2024 Le Mans Cup Explained

The 2024 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2024 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, will be the ninth season of the Le Mans Cup. The six-event season will begin at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 13 April and will finish at Algarve International Circuit on 19 October.^[1] The series is 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	1–4
			Shahan Sarkissian	1–4
		11	Franck Chappard	1–4
		Chris Short	1–4
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]	1–4
			Anthony Wells	1–4
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320	5	Ian Aguilera	3
			Garth Walden	3
ANS Motorsport	Ligier JS P320	6	Nicolas Schatz	2–4
			Clément Moreno^[5]	2–3
			Eric de Doncker^[6]	4
			Jonathan Brossard	TBC
		84	Julien Lemoine	1–4
			Paul Trojani	1–4
Team Virage	Ligier JS P320	8	Bernardo Pinheiro	3
			Georgios Kolovos	3
		44		4
			Mihnea Ștefan	1–4
			Jamie Falvey	1–3
		59	Oscar Bittar	1–4
			Ricardo Gracia Filho	1–4
		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]	1–4
			Christophe Lapierre	1–4
		64	Michael Doppelmayr	3
			Pierre Kaffer	3
M Racing	Ligier JS P320	13	Alexandre Cougnaud	1–4
			Romano Ricci	1–4
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]	1–4
			Jens Reno Møller	1–4
Team Thor		77	Auðunn Guðmundsson^[10]	1–4
			Colin Noble	1–4
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	Daniel Keilwitz^[11]	1–4
			Steve Parrow	1–4
		71	Stefan Aust	1–4
			Felipe Fernández Laser	1–4
Bretton Racing	Ligier JS P320	26	Dan Skočdopole	1–4
			Jamie Falvey	4
			Ben Stone^[12]	1–3
		62		4
			Axel Gnos	1
			Georgios Kolovos	1
			Romain Iannetta	2
			Szymon Ładniak	2–3
			Ace Robey	3
			Jiří Navrátil	TBC
			Josef Knopp	TBC
P4 Racing	Ligier JS P320	27	Andrew Ferguson	1–4
			Louis Hamilton-Smith	1–4
MV2S Racing	Ligier JS P320	28	Kenzie Beecroft	1
			Romain Iannetta	1
			Maxence Maurice	3
			Viacheslav Gutak	3–4
			Terrence Woodward	4
			Bernard Delhez	TBC
			Matthias Lüthen	TBC
		29	Maximus Mayer	1–4
			Clément Moreno	1
			Christophe Cresp	2–3
			Jacek Zielonka	4
Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P320	34	Alexander Bukhanstov^[13]	1–4
			Rik Koen	1–4
		43	Tim Creswick	1–4
			Sebastian Gravlund	1–4
Steller Motorsport	Duqueine M30 - D08	42	Sennan Fielding^[14]	1–4
			Sylvain Guintoli	1–3
			Josh Caygill	4
Murphy Prototypes	Duqueine M30 - D08	48	TBA	TBC
			TBA	TBC
Reiter Engineering^[15]	Ligier JS P320	50	Horst Felbermayr Jr.	1–4
			Moritz Löhner	1
			Miklas Born	2–4
GG Classics	Ligier JS P320	58	George Nakas	1–4
			Fraser Ross	1–4
Haegeli by T2 Racing	Duqueine M30 - D08	67	Pieder Decurtins	1–4
			Samir Ben	1–4
		68	Marcel Oosenbrugh	3
			Dominik Schraml	3
R-ace GP	Duqueine M30 - D08	85	Hadrien David^[16]	1–4
			Fabien Michal	1–4
Cool Racing	Ligier JS P320	87	Adrien Closmenil	1–4
			James Sweetnam	1–4
		97	Adrien Chila	1–4
			David Droux	1–4
More Motorsport	Ligier JS P320	99	Mark van der Snel	1–4
			Max van der Snel	1–4
Source:^[17] ^[18] ^[19] ^[20] ^[21]

GT3

Entrant/Team	Chassis	Engine		Drivers	Rounds
Kessel Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	12	David Fumanelli	1–4
				Frédéric Jousset	1–4
			57	Orey Fidani	3
				Lars Kern	3
			74	Andrew Gilbert	1–4
				Fran Rueda	1–4
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	1–4
				Scott Malvern	1–2
				Sven Müller	3
				Nico Menzel	4
Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	19	Marcel Leipert	TBC
				TBA	TBC
			70	Brendon Leitch	TBC
				Gerhard Watzinger	TBC
Biogas Motorsport	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	23	Marc Carol^[22]	1–4
				Josep Mayola	1–4
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
				James Walker	4
				Richard Williams	TBC
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	1–4
				Matt Kurzejewski	1–4
			80	Gino Forgione	3
				Michele Rugolo	3
			82	Emmanuel Collard	3
				Charles-Henri Samani	3
			88	Riccardo Agostini	1–4
				Custodio Toledo	1–4
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^[23]	1–4
				Manuel Lauck	1–4
Iron Dames	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	83	Karen Gaillard^[24]	1–4
				Célia Martin	1–4
Blackthorn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	90	Martin Berry	3
				Lorcan Hanafin	3
				David McDonald	TBC
				Nick Moss	TBC
			91	Claude Bovet	2–4
				David McDonald	2–3
				Darren Turner	4
				Joe Osborne	TBC
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:

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
5		Mugello
6		Portimão

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 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 47.5 2 #20 High Class Racing Ligier JS P320 1 6 14 3 40 3 #85 R-ace GP Duqueine M30 - D08 2 3 21 5 40 4 #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 6 5 5 7 25 5 #44 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 Ret 2 10 22 19.5 6 #34 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 3 8 Ret 11 19 7 #13 M Racing Ligier JS P320 15 4 3 10 17.5 8 #87 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 4 12 Ret 8 16 9 #29 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 23 13 20 1 15 10 #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 8 7 6 9 14.5 11 #6 ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 16 8 4 8 12 #71 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 14 15 2 21 7.5 13 #66 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 7 21 11 12 7 14 #42 Steller Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 9 17 Ret 2 15 #10 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 Ret 10 27 Ret 2 16 #43 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 10 22 Ret 24 1 17 #2 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 11 11 15 18 1 18 #11 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 19 20 13 25 0.5 19 #84 ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 12 27 26 20 0 20 #67 Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 13 23 18 16 0 21 #62 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 16 Ret 28 Ret 0 22 #26 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 17 26 32 19 0 23 #58 GG Classics Ligier JS P320 18 24 30 30 0 24 #28 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 20 23 15 0 25 #99 More Motorsport Ligier JS P320 21 18 31 29 0 26 #59 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 24 Ret 22 23 0 27 #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 Ret 19 17 Ret 0 28 #27 P4 Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 25 25 Ret 0 Teams ineligible to score points align=left #50 Reiter Engineering align=left Ligier JS P320 22 9 Ret Ret #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				64.5
2	align=left	#74 Kessel Racing	align=left	Ferrari 296 GT3	2	3	14	9				38.5
3	align=left	#12 Kessel Racing	align=left	Ferrari 296 GT3	4	4	1	14				33.5
4	align=left	#88 AF Corse	align=left	Ferrari 296 GT3	3	7	3	6				30.5
5	align=left	#18 High Class Racing	align=left	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	5	5	6	3				29.5
6	align=left	#83 Iron Dames	align=left	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	7	2	7	16				27
7	align=left	#24 Steller Motorsport	align=left	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	6	6	12	11				21
8	align=left	#90 Blackthorn	align=left	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo			10	1				16.5
9	align=left	#73 Proton Huber Competition	align=left	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	WD	8	16	7				7
10	align=left	#91 Blackthorn	align=left	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo		9	4	15				6
11	align=left	#23 Biogas Motorsport	align=left	Ferrari 296 GT3	WD	10	17	17				1
	Team	Car	BAR	LEC	LMS		SPA	MUG	POR	Points

Notes and References

1. Web site: Six Top Class Venues for 2024 MLMC Season. lemanscup.com. Le Mans Cup. 12 September 2023. 12 January 2023.
2. News: 42 Car Entry for 2024 Michelin Le Mans Cup. Goodwin. Graham. 12 January 2024. Dailysportscar. 30 January 2024.
3. Web site: 58 Car Entry For 2024 Road To Le Mans Races. Dailysportscar. Goodwin. Graham. 7 May 2024. 7 May 2024.
4. Web site: Boyd going for MLMC gold with Nielsen Racing. Le Mans Cup. 8 February 2024. 26 March 2024.
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.
11. Web site: Les brèves du jeudi soir 29 fevrier. Endurance-Info. fr. 29 February 2024. 26 March 2024.
12. Web site: 38 Cars Set For Le Mans Cup Opener. Dailysportscar. Kilbey. Stephen. 2 April 2024. 2 April 2024.
13. Web site: Inter Europol Competition finalise Michelin Le Mans Cup driver lineups. Inter Europol Competition. 6 March 2024. 6 March 2024.
14. Web site: Steller Confirm Fielding and Guintoli For LMP3 Debut. Dailysportscar. Goodwin. Graham. 11 March 2024. 11 March 2024.
15. Web site: Cool Racing Top Michelin Le Mans Cup Prologue. Dailysportscar. Goodwin. Graham. 10 April 2024. 11 April 2024.
16. Web site: Les brèves de la mi-journée du mercredi 27 mars. Endurance-Info. fr. 27 March 2024. 27 March 2024.
17. Web site: 2024 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Season Entry List. Google APIs. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 29 January 2024. 2 May 2024.
18. Web site: 2024 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - Barcelona Round - Provisional Entry List V4. Le Mans Cup. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 April 2024. 16 April 2024.
19. Web site: MLMC Collective Test Day - Le Castellet Round - Morning Test - Classification. Al Kamel Systems. 2 May 2024. 2 May 2024.
20. Web site: Road to Le Mans - Qualifying Session 2 - Final Classification by Category. Al Kamel Systems. 13 June 2024. 26 June 2024.
21. Web site: 2024 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - Spa-Francorchamps Round - Provisional Entry List V1. Google APIs. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 14 August 2024. 14 August 2024.
22. News: Les brèves du vendredi soir 22 mars. Endurance-Info. fr. 22 March 2024. 22 March 2024.
23. News: Les brèves du mercredi soir 27 mars. Endurance-Info. fr. 27 March 2024. 27 March 2024.
24. Web site: Iron Dames Names Full Driver Roster For 2024. 13 February 2024. Dailysportscar. 13 February 2024.