2024 Le Mans Cup Explained

The 2024 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2024 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the ninth season of the Le Mans Cup. The six-event series began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 13 April and concluded at Algarve International Circuit on 19 October.^[1] The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 22 September 2022.^[1] Mugello Circuit was added to the calendar for the first time, replacing the round at MotorLand Aragón.

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Race Length	Date
1		Montmeló, Spain	1 hour, 50 mins	13 April
2	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	1 hour, 50 mins	4 May
3	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, France	55 minutes	14 June
			55 minutes	15 June
4	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Stavelot, Belgium	1 hour, 50 mins	24 August
5	Mugello Circuit	Scarperia e San Piero, Italy	1 hour, 50 mins	28 September
6	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	1 hour, 50 mins	19 October

Entries

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the 2020 spec Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team	Chassis		Drivers	Rounds
CD Sport^[2]	Ligier JS P320	2	Willyam Gosselin	All
			Shahan Sarkissian	All
		11	Franck Chappard	All
		Chris Short	All
DKR Engineering^[3]	Duqueine M30 - D08	3	Xinzhe Xie	3
			Pengcheng Ye	3
Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P320	4	Garett Grist	3
			Anthony McIntosh	3
		7	Wayne Boyd^[4]	All
			Anthony Wells	All
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320	5	Ian Aguilera	3
			Garth Walden	3
ANS Motorsport	Ligier JS P320	6	Nicolas Schatz	2–6
			Clément Moreno^[5]	2–3
			Eric de Doncker^[6]	4–6
		84	Julien Lemoine	All
			Paul Trojani	All
Team Virage	Ligier JS P320	8	Bernardo Pinheiro	3
			Georgios Kolovos	3
		44		4–6
			Mihnea Ștefan	All
			Jamie Falvey	1–3
		59	Oscar Bittar	All
			Ricardo Gracia Filho	All
		76	Raphaël Narac	3
			Jacek Zielonka	3
Graff	Ligier JS P320	9	Axel Gnos	2
			Georgios Kolovos	2
			Haowen Luo	3
			Louis Rossi	3
Racing Spirit of Léman	Ligier JS P320	10	Marius Fossard^[7]	All
			Christophe Lapierre	All
		64	Michael Doppelmayr	3
			Pierre Kaffer	3
M Racing	Ligier JS P320	13	Alexandre Cougnaud	All
			Romano Ricci	All
IDEC Sport	Ligier JS P320	17	Patrice Lafargue^[8]	1–3
			Dino Lunardi	1–3
High Class Racing	Ligier JS P320	20	Tommy Foster^[9]	All
			Jens Reno Møller	All
Team Thor		77	Auðunn Guðmundsson^[10]	All
			Colin Noble	All
EuroInternational	Ligier JS P320	21	Daniel Ali	3
			Miika Panu	3
		31	Jean-René de Fournoux	3
			Hugo Rosati	3
WTM by Rinaldi Racing Rinaldi Racing	Duqueine M30 - D08	22	Torsten Kratz	3
			Leonard Weiss	3
	Ligier JS P320	66	Steve Parrow^[11]	All
			Daniel Keilwitz	1–4
			Wyatt Brichacek	5–6
		71	Stefan Aust	All
			Felipe Fernández Laser	All
Bretton Racing	Ligier JS P320	26	Dan Skočdopole	1–3, 5
			Jamie Falvey	4–6
			Sacha Lehmann	4
			Teddy Wilson	6
			Ben Stone^[12]	1–3
		62		4–6
			Axel Gnos	1
			Georgios Kolovos	1
			Romain Iannetta	2
			Szymon Ładniak	2–3
			Ace Robey	3
			Theodor Jensen	4–6
P4 Racing	Ligier JS P320	27	Andrew Ferguson	All
			Louis Hamilton-Smith	All
MV2S Racing	Ligier JS P320	28	Kenzie Beecroft	1
			Romain Iannetta	1
			Maxence Maurice	3
			Viacheslav Gutak	3–6
			Terrence Woodward	4–6
		29	Maximus Mayer	All
			Clément Moreno	1
			Christophe Cresp	2–3
			Jacek Zielonka	4–6
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P320	34	Alexander Bukhanstov^[13]	All
			Rik Koen	All
		43	Tim Creswick	All
			Sebastian Gravlund	1–4, 6
			Daniel Ali^[14]	5
Steller Motorsport	Duqueine M30 - D08	42	Sennan Fielding^[15]	1–4, 6
			Sylvain Guintoli	1–3
			Josh Caygill	4
			Andrew Bentley^[16]	6
Reiter Engineering^[17]	Ligier JS P320	50	Horst Felbermayr Jr.	All
			Moritz Löhner	1
			Miklas Born	2–6
GG Classics	Ligier JS P320	58	George Nakas	All
			Fraser Ross	All
Haegeli by T2 Racing	Duqueine M30 - D08	67	Pieder Decurtins	All
			Samir Ben	All
		68	Marcel Oosenbrugh	3
			Dominik Schraml	3
R-ace GP	Duqueine M30 - D08	85	Hadrien David^[18]	All
			Fabien Michal	All
Cool Racing	Ligier JS P320	87	Adrien Closmenil	All
			James Sweetnam	All
		97	Adrien Chila	All
			David Droux	All
More Motorsport	Ligier JS P320	99	Mark van der Snel	All
			Max van der Snel	All
Source:^[19] ^[20] ^[21] ^[22] ^[23] ^[24]

• Murphy Prototypes was scheduled to field a Duqueine M30 - D08 for Ayrton Simmons, but did not appear in any rounds.^[19]
• Several drivers were scheduled to contest the season but did not appear. These include Jonathan Brossard at ANS Motorsport, Jiří Navrátil and Josef Knopp at Bretton Racing, and Bernard Delhez and Matthias Lüthen at MV2S Racing.^{[19] [12]}

GT3

Entrant/Team	Chassis	Engine		Drivers	Rounds
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	12	David Fumanelli	All
				Frédéric Jousset	All
			57	Orey Fidani	3
				Lars Kern	3
			74	Andrew Gilbert	All
				Fran Rueda	All
GetSpeed	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	14	Anthony Bartone	3
				Steve Jans	3
High Class Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	18	Nick Jones	All
				Scott Malvern	1–2
				Sven Müller	3, 5–6
				Nico Menzel	4
Biogas Motorsport	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	23	Marc Carol^[25]	All
				Josep Mayola	All
Steller Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	24	Darren Malkin	1–2
				Alex Aka	1
				Kiern Jewiss	2
				Rory Butcher	3
				Dominic Paul	3
				Andrew Bentley	4–5
				James Walker	4
				Sennan Fielding	5
				Charles Bateman	6
				Alex Martin	6
Heart of Racing by SPS	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	25	Gray Newell	3
				Valentin Pierburg	3
AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	51	Alessandro Balzan	All
				Matt Kurzejewski	All
			80	Gino Forgione	3
				Michele Rugolo	3
			82	Emmanuel Collard	3
				Charles-Henri Samani	3
			88	Riccardo Agostini	All
				Custodio Toledo	All
Team Motopark	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	65	Heiko Neumann	3
				Timo Rumpfkeil	3
Proton Huber Competition	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	73	Jörg Dreisow^[26]	All
				Manuel Lauck	All
Iron Dames	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	83	Karen Gaillard^[27]	All
				Célia Martin	All
Blackthorn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	90	Martin Berry	3
				Lorcan Hanafin	3
				Ross Kaiser	5–6
				James Swift	5–6
			91	Claude Bovet	2–6
				David McDonald	2–3, 5–6
				Darren Turner	4
Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	92	Jason Hart	4
				Scott Noble	4
Racing Spirit of Léman	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	95	Derek DeBoer	3
				Valentin Hasse-Clot	3
Source:

• Leipert Motorsport was scheduled to run a pair of Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 for Brendon Leitch, Gerhard Watzinger, Marcel Leipert and an unconfirmed driver, but did not appear in any rounds.^[19]
• Several drivers were scheduled to contest the season but did not appear. These include Nick Moss and Joe Osborne for Blackthorn, as well as Richard Williams for Steller Motorsport.^[19]

Race Results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round		Circuit	LMP3 Winners	GT3 Winners
1		Catalunya	No. 20 High Class Racing	No. 51 AF Corse
			Tommy Foster Jens Reno Møller	Alessandro Balzan Matt Kurzejewski
2		Le Castellet	No. 97 Cool Racing	No. 51 AF Corse
			Adrien Chila David Droux	Alessandro Balzan Matt Kurzejewski
3	1	Le Mans	No. 22 WTM by Rinaldi Racing	No. 12 Kessel Racing
			Torsten Kratz Leonard Weiss	David Fumanelli Frédéric Jousset
	R2		No. 29 MV2S Racing	No. 90 Blackthorn
			Christophe Cresp Maximus Mayer	Martin Berry Lorcan Hanafin
4		Spa-Francorchamps	No. 62 Bretton Racing	No. 88 AF Corse
			Theodor Jensen Ben Stone	Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo
5		Mugello	No. 85 R-ace GP	No. 51 AF Corse
			Hadrien David Fabien Michal	Alessandro Balzan Matt Kurzejewski
6		Portimão	No. 77 Team Thor	No. 51 AF Corse
			Auðunn Guðmundsson Colin Noble	Alessandro Balzan Matt Kurzejewski

Championship Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1
Le Mans	15	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1		1

LMP3 Drivers Championship

Driver Team BAR LEC LMS SPA MUG POR Points 1 Adrien Chila Cool Racing 5 1 4 2 9 4 4 73.5 David Droux Cool Racing 5 1 4 2 9 4 4 2 Hadrien David R-ace GP 2 3 21 5 Ret 1 14 68 Fabien Michal R-ace GP 2 3 21 5 Ret 1 14 3 Tommy Foster High Class Racing 1 6 14 3 Ret 7 3 61 Jens Reno Møller High Class Racing 1 6 14 3 Ret 7 3 4 Auðunn Guðmundsson Team Thor 6 5 5 7 Ret 5 1 60 Colin Noble Team Thor 6 5 5 7 Ret 5 1 5 Adrien Closmenil Cool Racing 4 12 Ret 8 2 6 5 52 James Sweetnam Cool Racing 4 12 Ret 8 2 6 5 6 Wayne Boyd Nielsen Racing 8 7 6 9 Ret 3 2 47.5 Anthony Wells Nielsen Racing 8 7 6 9 Ret 3 2 7 Ben Stone Bretton Racing 17 26 32 16 1 2 23 43 8 Theodor Jensen Bretton Racing 1 2 23 43 9 Stefan Aust Rinaldi Racing 14 15 2 21 4 8 21 23.5 Felipe Fernández Laser Rinaldi Racing 14 15 2 21 4 8 21 10 Alexandre Cougnaud M Racing 15 4 3 10 7 20 Ret 23.5 Romano Ricci M Racing 15 4 3 10 7 20 Ret 11 Mihnea Ștefan Team Virage Ret 2 10 19 16 12 10 21.5 12 Alexander Bukhanstov Inter Europol Competition 3 8 Ret 11 Ret 9 16 21 Rik Koen Inter Europol Competition 3 8 Ret 11 Ret 9 16 13 Jamie Falvey Team Virage Ret 2 10 19 19.5 Bretton Racing DNS 13 18 14 Maximus Mayer MV2S Racing 23 13 20 1 12 Ret 25 15 15 Christophe Cresp MV2S Racing 13 20 1 15 16 Mark van der Snel More Motorsport 21 18 31 26 3 19 Ret 15 Max van der Snel More Motorsport 21 18 31 26 3 19 Ret 17 Steve Parrow Rinaldi Racing 7 21 11 12 Ret 11 8 13 18 Nicolas Schatz ANS Motorsport 16 8 4 8 22 Ret 12 19 Marius Fossard Racing Spirit of Léman Ret 10 27 Ret 5 Ret 17 12 Christophe Lapierre Racing Spirit of Léman Ret 10 27 Ret 5 Ret 17 20 Sennan Fielding Steller Motorsport 9 17 Ret WD Ret 6 10 21 Clément Moreno MV2S Racing 23 8 ANS Motorsport 16 8 4 22 Oscar Bittar Team Virage 24 Ret 22 25 6 Ret 24 8 Ricardo Gracia Filho Team Virage 24 Ret 22 25 6 Ret 24 23 Andrew Bentley Steller Motorsport 6 8 24 Daniel Keilwitz Rinaldi Racing 7 21 11 12 Ret 7 25 Wyatt Brichacek Rinaldi Racing 11 8 6 26 Tim Creswick Inter Europol Competition 10 22 WD 20 Ret 18 9 5 28 Sebastian Gravlund Inter Europol Competition 10 22 WD 20 Ret 9 5 28 Eric de Doncker ANS Motorsport 8 22 Ret 4 29 Sylvain Guintoli Steller Motorsport 9 17 Ret WD 2 30 Willyam Gosselin CD Sport 11 11 15 15 Ret 10 15 2 Shahan Sarkissian CD Sport 11 11 15 15 Ret 10 15 31 Georgios Kolovos Bretton Racing 16 2 Graff 14 Team Virage 12 24 16 12 10 32 Franck Chappard CD Sport 19 20 13 21 11 17 11 1.5 Chris Short CD Sport 19 20 13 21 11 17 11 33 Andrew Ferguson P4 Racing Ret 25 25 Ret 10 20 1 Louis Hamilton-Smith P4 Racing Ret 25 25 Ret 10 20 Driver Team BAR LEC LMS SPA MUG POR Points LMP3 Teams Championship Team Chassis BAR LEC LMS SPA MUG POR Points 1 align=left #97 Cool Racing align=left Ligier JS P320 5 1 4 2 9 4 4 73.5 2 #85 R-ace GP Duqueine M30 - D08 2 3 21 5 Ret 1 14 68 3 #20 High Class Racing Ligier JS P320 1 6 14 3 Ret 7 3 61 4 #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 6 5 5 7 Ret 5 1 60 5 #87 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 4 12 Ret 8 2 6 5 52 6 #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 8 7 6 9 Ret 3 2 47.5 7 #62 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 16 Ret 28 Ret 1 2 23 43 8 #71 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 14 15 2 21 4 8 21 23.5 9 #13 M Racing Ligier JS P320 15 4 3 10 7 20 Ret 23.5 10 #44 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 Ret 2 10 19 16 12 10 21.5 11 #34 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 3 8 Ret 11 Ret 9 16 21 12 #29 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 23 13 20 1 12 Ret 25 15 13 #99 More Motorsport Ligier JS P320 21 18 31 26 3 19 Ret 15 14 #66 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 7 21 11 12 Ret 11 8 13 15 #6 ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 16 8 4 8 22 Ret 12 16 #10 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 Ret 10 27 Ret 5 Ret 17 12 17 #42 Steller Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 9 17 Ret WD Ret 6 10 18 #59 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 24 Ret 22 25 6 Ret 24 8 19 #43 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 10 22 Ret 20 Ret 18 9 5 20 #2 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 11 11 15 15 Ret 10 15 2 21 #11 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 19 20 13 21 11 17 11 1.5 22 #27 P4 Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 25 25 Ret 10 20 1 23 #84 ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 12 27 26 17 14 15 19 0 24 #28 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 20 23 27 Ret Ret 12 0 25 #67 Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 13 23 18 DSQ 15 16 13 0 26 #26 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 17 26 32 16 DNS 13 18 0 27 #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 Ret 19 17 Ret 0 28 #58 GG Classics Ligier JS P320 18 24 30 28 Ret 21 22 0 Teams ineligible to score points align=left #50 Reiter Engineering align=left Ligier JS P320 22 9 Ret Ret 13 14 7 #9 Graff Ligier JS P320 14 29 WD align=left #22 WTM by Rinaldi Racing align=left Duqueine M30 - D08 1 6 align=left #21 EuroInternational align=left Ligier JS P320 7 13 align=left #5 RLR M Sport align=left Ligier JS P320 9 17 align=left #8 Team Virage align=left Ligier JS P320 12 14 align=left #4 Nielsen Racing align=left Ligier JS P320 16 27 align=left #31 EuroInternational align=left Ligier JS P320 19 Ret align=left #76 Team Virage align=left Ligier JS P320 24 28 align=left #3 DKR Engineering align=left Duqueine M30 - D08 33 26 align=left #64 Racing Spirit of Léman align=left Ligier JS P320 34 31 align=left #68 Haegeli by T2 Racing align=left Duqueine M30 - D08 35 32 Team Chassis BAR LEC LMS SPA MUG POR Points Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap GT3 Teams Championship Team Car BAR LEC LMS SPA MUG POR Points 1 align=left #51 AF Corse align=left Ferrari 296 GT3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 133.5 2 align=left #88 AF Corse align=left Ferrari 296 GT3 3 7 3 6 1 2 2 91.5 3 align=left #74 Kessel Racing align=left Ferrari 296 GT3 2 3 14 9 3 8 4 69.5 4 align=left #18 High Class Racing align=left Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 5 5 6 3 4 3 5 66.5 5 align=left #12 Kessel Racing align=left Ferrari 296 GT3 4 4 1 14 7 6 3 64.5 6 align=left #83 Iron Dames align=left Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 7 2 7 16 11 5 7 43 7 align=left #24 Steller Motorsport align=left Audi R8 LMS Evo II 6 6 12 11 10 4 34 8 align=left #90 Blackthorn align=left Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 10 1 7 6 31.5 9 align=left #91 Blackthorn align=left Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 9 4 15 6 9 8 22 10 align=left #73 Proton Huber Competition align=left Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) WD 8 16 7 9 10 10 13 11 align=left #23 Biogas Motorsport align=left Ferrari 296 GT3 WD 10 17 17 8 DSQ 9 9 Team Car BAR LEC LMS SPA MUG POR Points External links

Notes and References

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5. Web site: Over 40 Cars for Le Castellet. Le Mans Cup. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 25 April 2024. 25 April 2024.
6. News: 39 Cars For Le Mans Cup At Spa. Dailysportscar. Goodwin. Graham. 14 August 2024. 17 August 2024.
7. News: Les brèves du mardi 26 mars. Endurance-Info. fr. 26 March 2024. 26 March 2024.
8. Web site: Le Mans Cup Notebook. Dailysportscar. Goodwin. Graham. 24 March 2024. 24 March 2024.
9. Web site: Les brèves du mardi 19 mars. Endurance-Info. fr. 19 March 2024. 19 March 2024.
10. Web site: Les brèves du mercredi 20 mars. Endurance-Info. fr. 20 March 2024. 21 March 2024.
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