2019 Le Mans Cup

The 2019 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the fourth season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 13 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 26 October at the Algarve International Circuit. The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

Calendar

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

Round	Circuit	Location	Race 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	55 minutes	13 June
			55 minutes	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
			Wolfgang Triller	6
			Kenneth Heyer	6
	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
			JM Littman[5]	1
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]	1–2
			Mark Mayall	3
			James Dayson	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[9][3]	Ligier JS P3	22	Matthew Bell[4]	All
			James McGuire[4]	All
		23	Garett Grist[9]	All
			Rob Hodes[9]	All
		24	Wayne Boyd[5]	1–4
			Najaf Husain[10]	1, 3
			Mike Guasch[6]	2, 4
		27	Patrice Lafargue[7]	3
			Erik Maris[7]	3
Lanan Racing[11]	Norma M30	25	Michael Benham[11]	All
			Duncan Tappy[11]	All
CD Sport[4]	Norma M30	30	Kevin Bole-Besançon[4]	1–5
			Jacques Wolff[4]	All
			Vincent Beltoise	6
		60	Nick Adcock[3]	3
			Michael Jensen[3]	3
H24 Racing Norman Nato[12]	LMPH2G	42	Olivier Lombard[12]	5–6
			Norman Nato[12]	5–6
Keo Racing[4]	Ligier JS P3	43	Joakim Frid[5]	1–3
			Michael Markussen[4]	1–3
			Alain Costa[13]	4–6
			Johan Jokinen[13]	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 Talkanitsa Jr.[4]	All
			Alexander Talkanitsa 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][13][12][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[12]	5–6
			Claudio Schiavoni[12]	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]	1–3, 5–6
			Alessandro Baccani[4]	1–4, 6
			Riccardo Pera	4
			Daniel Mancinelli[12]	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][13][12][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 Piccini
2		Monza	No. 25 Lanan Racing	No. 71 Luzich Racing	Report
			Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Fabien 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 Piccini
5		Spa	No. 25 Lanan Racing	No. 8 Kessel Racing	Report
			Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
6		Portimão	No. 14 RLR MSport	No. 8 Kessel Racing	Report
			Alex Kapadia Rob Wheldon	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini

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 Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did 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 Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Drivers Championship

GT3 Drivers Championship

References

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External links

• Official website