2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup

The 2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup was the 2nd season of the Michelin Le Mans Cup. It began on 13 May at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and finished on 21 October at the Algarve International Circuit. The series featured LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective class.^[1]

Calendar

All races supported the 2017 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. On the 4th May, the ACO revealed that 46 entries would take part in the Road To Le Mans for 2017, up from 42 the previous year.

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Length	Date
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza, Italy	2 hours	13 May
2	Circuit de la Sarthe[2]	Le Mans, France	2 x 55 minutes[2]	15 & 17 June
3	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	2 hours	22 July
4	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	2 hours	26 August
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	2 hours	23 September
6	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	2 hours	21 October

Entry list

LMP3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports[3][4]	Ligier JS P3[3][4]	2	John Falb[5]	2
			Sean Rayhall[5]	2
		22	Matthew Bell[4]	All
			Jim McGuire[4]	All
		23	Richard Meins[3]	All
			Shaun Lynn[3]	1–3, 5
			Andrew Bentley[6]	4, 6
DKR Engineering[7]	Norma M30[7]	3	Jean Glorieux[7]	All
			Alexander Toril[7]	All
		6	Edgar Lau[5]	2
			Jacques Wolf[5]	2
	ADESS-03[5]	91	Sylvain Boulay[5]	2
			Yojiro Terada[5]	2
Cool Racing by GPC[5]	Ligier JS P3[5]	4	Alexandre Coigny[5]	2–6
			Gino Forgione[5]	2
			Iradj Alexander[8]	3–5
			Antonin Borga[9]	6
Duqueine Engineering[10]	Ligier JS P3[10]	9	Joël Janco[10]	All
			Gerry Kraut[10]	1–2
			Scott Andrews[8]	3
			Kenton Koch[6]	4–5
			Jonatan Jorge[9]	6
		10	Antonin Borga[5]	2
			Lucas Borga[5]	2
		11	Lucas Légeret[5]	2
			Nicolas Melin[5]	2
SVC Sport Management[5]	Ligier JS P3[5]	12	Marco Cencetti[5]	2–3
			Marcello Marateotto[5]	2–3
RLR Msport[11][12]	Ligier JS P3[11][12]	14	Alex Kapadia[12]	All
			Ross Warburton[12]	1, 3–6
			Martin Rich[13]	2
		87	Morten Dons[13]	2
			John Farano[13]	2
By Speed Factory[5]	Ligier JS P3[5]	15	Ate de Jong[5]	2
			Tacksung Kim[5]	2
M.Racing - YMR[14]	Ligier JS P3[14]	18	Alexandre Cougnaud[5]	2
			Romano Ricci[5]	2
		53	Natan Bihel[15]	All
			Laurent Millara[7]	All
	Norma M30[5]	19	Erwin Creed[5]	2
			Yann Ehrlacher[5]	2
Ibrán Pardo Javier[7]	Ligier JS P3[7]	33	Javier Ibrán[7]	1–5
			Mathijs Bakker[7]	1, 3–5
			Dirk Waaijenberg[5]	2
Graff[7]	Ligier JS P3[7]	39	Scott Andrews[9]	6
			Eric Trouillet[9]	6
		40	Richard Bradley[16]	5
			William Lok[16]	5
		65	Émilien Carde[7]	All
			Adrien Chila[7]	All
		66	Scott Andrews[5]	2
			John Corbett[5]	2
		72	Philippe Cimadomo[5]	2
			Thomas Dagoneau[5]	2
		89	Greg Taylor[5]	2
			James Winslow[5]	2
KEO Racing	Ligier JS P3	43	Scott Andrews	1
			Yoshiharu Mori	1
SPV MotorSport[7]	Ligier JS P3[7]	44	Álvaro Fontes[7]	1–3
			Kim Rødkjær[7]	1
			Andrew Cummings[5]	2–3
Kox Racing[17]	Ligier JS P3[17]	48	Peter Kox[17]	1–2, 4
			Nico Pronk[17]	1–2, 4
Win Motorsport[5]	Ligier JS P3[5]	49	Richard Bradley[5]	2
			William Lok[5]	2
Spirit of Race[7]	Ligier JS P3[7]	55	Claudio Sdanewitsch[7]	All
			Maurizio Mediani	1
			Michele Rugolo[7]	2–6
Nielsen Racing[18]	Ligier JS P3[18]	79	Colin Noble[18]	All
			Anthony Wells[18]	All
Eurointernational[5]	Ligier JS P3[5]	85	Mark Kvamme[5]	2
			Alex Popow[5]	2
		86	Ricky Capo[5]	2
			Andrea Dromedari[5]	2
AT Racing[5]	Ligier JS P3[5]	90	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.[5]	2
			Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.[5]	2
TKS[5]	Ginetta-Juno LMP3[5]	92	Shinyo Sano[5]	2
			Takuya Shirasaka[5]	2
Motorsport 98[19]	Ligier JS P3[19]	98	Eric De Doncker[19]	All
			Andy Meyrick[19]	All
N'Race[7]	Ligier JS P3[7]	99	Alain Costa[7]	All
			Jordan Perroy[7]	1–2, 5
			Thomas Accary[8]	3
			Gaëtan Paletou[6]	4
			Stéphane Tribaudini[9]	6

GT3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ram Racing[20]	Mercedes-AMG GT3[20]	5	Tom Onslow-Cole[20]	All
			Remon Leonard Vos[20]	All
AmDTuning[21]	Mercedes-AMG GT3[21]	7	Lee Mowle[21]	All
			Phil Keen[21]	1–4, 6
			Dominik Baumann[16]	5
SVC Sport Management[7]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3[7]	8	Steeve Hiesse[7]	All
			Cédric Mézard[7]	All
Gulf Racing UK[7]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[7]	20	Andrew Baker[7]	2, 4–6
			Ben Barker[7]	2, 4–6
Garage 59[5]	McLaren 650S GT3[5]	24	Michael Benham[5]	2
			Duncan Tappy[5]	2
		88	Chris Goodwin[5]	2
			Alexander West[5]	2
Delahaye Racing Team[5]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[5]	28	Pierre-Étienne Bordet[5]	2
			Alexandre Viron[5]	2
Ebimotors[7]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3[7]	46	Fabio Babini[7]	All
			Emanuele Busnelli[7]	All
Larbre Compétition[5]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[5]	50	Franck Labescat[5]	2
			Christian Philippon[5]	2
Optimum Racing[22]	Audi R8 LMS[22]	75	Flick Haigh[22]	1–4
			Joe Osborne[22]	1–4
IMSA Performance[5]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[5]	76	Thierry Cornac[5]	2
			Raymond Narac[5]	2
		96	Michel Ettouati[5]	2
			Franck Racinet[5]	2
Kessel Racing[5]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3[5]	93	Deborah Mayer[5]	2
			Claudio Schiavoni[5]	2
	Ferrari 488 GT3[9]		Andrea Piccini[9]	6
			Claudio Schiavoni[9]	6
Spirit of Race[5]	Ferrari 488 GT3[5]	94	Martin Lanting[5]	2
			Patrick Van Glabeke[5]	2
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3[5]	95	Maurizio Mediani[5]	2–3
			Christoph Ulrich[5]	2–3
TF Sport[5]	Aston Martin Vantage GT3[5]	97	Ahmad Al Harthy[5]	2
			Tom Jackson[5]	2

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.		Circuit	LMP3 Winning Team	GT3 Winning Team	Results
			LMP3 Winning Drivers	GT3 Winning Drivers
1		Monza	No. 79 Nielsen Racing	No. 7 AmDTuning	Report
			Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Phil Keen Lee Mowle
2	R1	Le Mans	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 97 TF Sport	Report
			Sean Rayhall John Falb	Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Jackson
	R2		No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 97 TF Sport
			Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Jackson
3		Red Bull Ring	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 46 Ebimotors	Report
			Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli
4		Paul Ricard	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 46 Ebimotors	Report
			Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli
5		Spa	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 7 AmDTuning	Report
			Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Dominik Baumann Lee Mowle
6		Portimão	No. 98 Motorsport 98	No. 20 Gulf Racing UK	Report
			Eric De Doncker Andy Meyrick	Andrew Baker Ben Barker

References

External links

• Official website