2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup

The 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup was the fourth season of the Michelin Le Mans Cup. It began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 13 April and finished at the Algarve International Circuit on 26 October. The series features LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective classes.

2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup
Previous: 2018 Next: 2020
Parent series:
European Le Mans Series
Road to Le Mans

Calendar

All races support the 2019 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which is part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.

Rnd Circuit Location Length Date
1 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 13 April
2 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy 2 hours 11 May
3 Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 2 x 55 minutes 13 & 15 June
4 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 2 hours 20 July
5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 21 September
6 Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 2 hours 26 October

Entries

LMP3
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Nielsen Racing[1][2][3] Norma M30 2 Colin Noble[2] All
Anthony Wells[2] All
17 Bonamy Grimes[3] 3
Ivor Dunbar[3] 3
Ligier JS P3 18 James Littlejohn[3] 3
Nobuya Yamanaka[3] 3
DKR Engineering[4] Norma M30 3 Laurents Hörr[4] All
François Kirmann[4] All
5 Marco Cencetti[5] 1–5
Marcello Marateotto[5] 1–5
Ligier JS P3 29 Bob Herber[3] 3
Rob Kamphues[3] 3
Cool Racing[4] Ligier JS P3 4 Nicolas Rondet[4] All
John Schauerman[4] All
74 Victor Blugeon[4] All
Maurice Smith[5] All
96 Romain Carton[4] 1–5
Philippe Cimadomo[5] 1, 4–5
Christian Vaglio[6] 2
Alexandre Coigny 3
Graff[4][3] Norma M30 9 Adrien Trouillet[4] 1–5
Eric Trouillet[4] 1–5
John Corbett 6
James Winslow 6
39 Adrien Chila[4] All
Nicolas Schatz[4] All
72 Natan Bihel[3] 3
Cyril Denis[3] 3
91 Matthias Kaiser[7] 3
Sébastien Page[7] 3
Racing Experience[8] Norma M30 11 Charlie Martin[8] 1–2
Gary Hauser[8] 1, 4–5
David Hauser[3] 2–3, 6
Nicolas Mélin[7] 3–6
Eurointernational[4] Ligier JS P3 12 Marzio Moretti[5] 1–2
Jean Marc Littman[5] 1
Andrea Dromedari[6] 2
Inter Europol Competition[3] Ligier JS P3 13 Philippe Bourgois[3] 3
Simon Phillips[3] 3
RLR Msport[4] Ligier JS P3 14 Christian Olsen[4] 1–4
Tom Olsen[5] 1–3
Colin Brown[9] 4
Alex Kapadia 6
Rob Wheldon 6
15 Freddie Hunt[3] 3
Martin Vedel Mortensen[3] 3
BHK Motorsport Ligier JS P3 16 Jacopo Baratto[6] 1–2
Francesco Mannino[6] 1–2
M Racing[3] Norma M30 19 Yann Ehrlacher[3] 3
Laurent Millara[3] 3
Grainmarket Racing[4] Norma M30 20 Mark Crader[4] All
Alex Mortimer[4] All
United Autosports[10][3] Ligier JS P3 22 Matthew Bell[4] All
James McGuire[4] All
23 Garett Grist[10] All
Rob Hodes[10] All
24 Wayne Boyd[5] 1–4
Najaf Husain[11] 1, 3
Mike Guasch[6] 2, 4
27 Patrice Lafargue[7] 3
Erik Maris[7] 3
Lanan Racing[12] Norma M30 25 Michael Benham[12] All
Duncan Tappy[12] All
CD Sport[4] Norma M30 30 Kevin Bole-Besançon[4] 1–5
Jacques Wolff[4] All
Charles Milesi 6
60 Nick Adcock[3] 3
Michael Jensen[3] 3
H24 Racing Norman Nato[13] LMPH2G 42 Olivier Lombard[13] 5–6
Norman Nato[13] 5–6
Keo Racing[4] Ligier JS P3 43 Joakim Frid[5] 1–3
Michael Markussen[4] 1–3
Alain Costa[9] 4–6
Johan Jokinen[9] 4–6
Spirit of Race[4] Ligier JS P3 55 Michele Rugolo[4] All
Claudio Sdanewitsch[4] All
Viper Niza Racing[3] Ligier JS P3 65 Dominic Ang[3] 3
Douglas Khoo[3] 3
Monza Garage[4] Ligier JS P3 69 Marc-Antoine Dannielou[7] 3
Alexandre Yvon[7] 3
SRT41 - Frederic Sausset[3] Ligier JS P3 84 Takuma Aoki[3] 3
Nigel Bailly[7] 3
Snoussi Benmoussa[3] 3
AT Racing[4] Ligier JS P3 90 Alexander Talkanista Jr.[4] All
Alexander Talkanista Sr.[4] All
Motorsport98[4] Ligier JS P3 98 Eric De Doncker[4] 4–6
Dino Lunardi[4] 4–6
Entry Lists:[4][5][3][6][7][9][13][14]

GT3
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Scuderia Villorba Corse[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 7 Mauro Calamia[4] 1–5
Roberto Pampanini[4] 1–5
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 83 Steeve Hiesse[4] 1–3
Cédric Mézard[4] 1–3
Kessel Racing[4] Ferrari 488 GT3 8 Sergio Pianezzola[5] All
Giacomo Piccini[4] All
50 Oliver Hancock[4] All
John Hartshorne[4] All
60 Andrea Piccini[13] 5–6
Claudio Schiavoni[13] 5–6
62 Anthony Lazzaro[7] 3
Philippe Mulacek[7] 3
82 Pierre Kaffer[7] 3
Pierre Mulacek[7] 3
Krypton Motorsport[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 35 Stefano Pezzucchi[4] 1–5
Marco Zanuttini[4] 1–5
SPS Automotive Performance[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 40 Tom Onslow-Cole[3] 3
Valentin Pierburg[3] 3
54 Yannick Mettler[4] All
Dexter Müller[4] All
Spirit of Race[4][3] Ferrari 488 GT3 51 Maurizio Mediani[4] All
Christoph Ulrich[4] All
52 Oswaldo Negri Jr.[3] 3
Francesco Piovanetti[3] 3
53 Rui Aguas[3] 3
Kriton Lentoudis[3] 3
Luzich Racing[15] Ferrari 488 GT3 71 Fabien Lavergne[15] All
Mikkel Mac[15] All
Ebimotors[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Paolo Venerosi[4] All
Alessandro Baccani[4] 1–4, 6
Daniel Mancinelli[13] 5
Bentley Team Africa[3] Bentley Continental GT3 95 Jan Lammers[3] 3
Greg Mills[3] 3
TF Sport[3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 97 Tom Gamble[7] 3
Flick Haigh[3] 3
Beechdean AMR[16] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 99 Ross Gunn[16] All
Andrew Howard[16] All
Entry List:[4][5][3][6][7][9][13][14]

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd. Circuit LMP3 Winning Team GT3 Winning Team Results
LMP3 Winning Drivers GT3 Winning Drivers
1 Paul Ricard No. 25 Lanan Racing No. 8 Kessel Racing Report
Michael Benham
Duncan Tappy		 Sergio Pianezzola
Giacomo Picini
2 Monza No. 25 Lanan Racing No. 71 Luzich Racing Report
Michael Benham
Duncan Tappy		 Fabian Lavergne
Mikkel Mac
3 R1 Le Mans No. 39 Graff No. 71 Luzich Racing Report
Adrien Chila
Nicolas Schatz		 Fabien Lavergne
Mikkel Mac
R2 No. 3 DKR Engineering No. 71 Luzich Racing
Laurents Hörr
François Kirmann		 Fabien Lavergne
Mikkel Mac
4 Barcelona No. 3 DKR Engineering No. 8 Kessel Racing Report
Laurents Hörr
François Kirmann		 Sergio Pianezzola
Giacomo Picini
5 Spa No. 25 Lanan Racing No. 8 Kessel Racing Report
Michael Benham
Duncan Tappy		 Sergio Pianezzola
Giacomo Picini
6 Portimão No. 14 RLR Msport No. 8 Kessel Racing Report
Alex Kapadia
Rob Wheldon		 Sergio Pianezzola
Giacomo Picini

Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure (except Le Mans):

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Other Pole
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

For Le Mans:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Other Pole
Points 15 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0.5 1

LMP3 Teams Championship
Pos. Team Car LEC
 MNZ
 LMS
 BAR
 SPA
 POR
 Points
1 #3 DKR Engineering Norma M30 2 2 6 1 1 DSQ 3 100
2 #25 Lanan Racing Norma M30 1 1 4 2 WD 1 17 91.5
3 #2 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 3 3 3 5 2 DSQ 2 79
4 #39 Graff Norma M30 6 15 1 3 4 DSQ 7 49.5
5 #98 Motorsport98 Ligier JS P3 5 2 4 40
6 #24 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 9 6 17 7 3 29.5
7 #20 Grainmarket Racing Norma M30 15 4 10 27 9 4 14 29.5
8 #11 Racing Experience Norma M30 4 Ret 27 Ret 6 Ret 6 28.5
9 #5 DKR Engineering Norma M30 8 5 2 Ret 8 12 12 28
10 #14 RLR Msport Ligier JS P3 Ret Ret Ret 24 15 1 26
11 #9 Graff Norma M30 5 11 Ret 11 10 6 15 22
12 #55 Spirit of Race Ligier JS P3 Ret 14 9 15 13 3 9 21.5
13 #30 CD Sport Norma M30 7 16 7 21 16 7 13 18
14 #90 AT Racing Ligier JS P3 16 9 22 19 Ret 9 5 15.5
15 #4 Cool Racing Ligier JS P3 Ret 10 28 12 11 5 16 13.5
16 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 14 12 15 9 Ret 8 8 12.5
17 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 10 8 19 6 Ret 11 10 12
18 #43 Keo Racing Ligier JS P3 12 7 21 22 14 Ret 11 9.5
19 #74 Cool Racing Ligier JS P3 11 13 26 DNS 7 Ret Ret 7.5
20 #96 Cool Racing Ligier JS P3 13 17 11 16 12 10 4
21 #69 Monza Garage Ligier JS P3 Ret 20 0.5
#12 Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 Ret WD 0
Entries ineligible to score points
#19 M Racing Norma M30 5 4
#15 RLR Msport Ligier JS P3 8 8
#72 Graff Norma M30 16 10
#91 Graff Norma M30 12 13
#17 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 13 23
#18 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P3 20 14
#27 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 14 25
#29 DKR Engineering Ligier JS P3 24 17
#65 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 25 18
#13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 18 26
#60 CD Sport Norma M30 23 28
#16 BHK Motorsport Ligier JS P3 Ret Ret
H24 Racing Norman Nato LMPH2G WD WD
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship
Pos. Team Car LEC
 MNZ
 LMS
 BAR
 SPA
 POR
 Points
1 #8 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 1 2 10 4 1 1 1 130
2 #71 Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 3 1 1 1 3 6 4 109
3 #99 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 5 4 DSQ 2 4 2 2 80
4 #51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 7 3 3 5 6 3 5 69
5 #54 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 2 Ret 7 7 5 4 3 66
6 #88 EbiMotors Porsche 911 GT3 R Ret 9 8 8 2 5 8 45
7 #50 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 6 6 13 14 8 7 7 37
8 #83 Scuderia Villorba Corse Lamborghini Huracán GT3 4 8 5 9 26
9 #35 Krypton Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Ret 5 15 11 7 Ret 20
10 #7 Scuderia Villorba Corse Mercedes-AMG GT3 Ret 7 12 15 9 Ret 11.5
Entries ineligible to score points
#40 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 2 3
#82 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 4 13
#53 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 6 10
#97 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 11 6
#60 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ret 6
#62 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 9 DNS
#52 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 Ret 12
#95 Bentley Team Africa Bentley Continental GT3 14 16
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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