2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup

The 2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup was the 3rd 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.

Calendar

All races supported the 2018 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.

Rnd	Circuit	Location	Length	Date
1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	2 hours	14 April
2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza, Italy	2 hours	12 May
3	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, France	2 x 55 minutes	14 & 16 June
4	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	2 hours	22 July
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	2 hours	22 September
6	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	2 hours	27 October

Entry list

LMP3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DKR Engineering[1]	Norma M30[1]	1	Dan Polley[2]	3
			James Winslow[2]	3
		3	Léonard Hoogenboom[1]	1–4
			Jens Petersen[1]	1–4
Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen[1]	Ligier JS P3[1]	2	James Littlejohn[1]	1–4
			Anthony Wells[1]	1–4
		74	Patrick McClughan[2]	3
			Gerhard Watzinger[2]	3
		75	Ivor Dunbar[2]	3
			Bonamy Grimes[2]	3
		76	Alex Kapadia[2]	3
			Christian Olsen[2]	3
		79	Alasdair McCaig[1]	1–4
			Colin Noble[1]	1–4
Brookspeed International[1]	Ligier JS P3[1]	4	Nicolas Rondet[3]	1–4
			John Schauerman[1]	1–4
NEFIS By Speed Factory[2]	Ligier JS P3[2]	5	Timur Boguslavskiy[2]	3
			Marcello Marateotto[2]	3
Cool Racing[1]	Norma M30[2]	9	Scott Andrews[2]	3-4
			Gerald Kraut[2]	3-4
	Ligier JS P3[1]		Scott Andrews[4]	2
			Gerald Kraut[1]	2
		24	Antonin Borga[1]	1–4
			Alexandre Coigny[1]	1–4
		27	Marvin Klein[2]	3
			Christian Vaglio[2]	3
Eurointernational[2]	Ligier JS P3[2]	11	Mikkel Jensen[2]	3
			Kay Van Berlo[2]	3
		12	James Dayson[2]	3
			Mark Kvamme[2]	3
RLR Msport[1]	Ligier JS P3[1]	14	John Farano[1]	1–4
			Job Van Uitert[1]	1–4
		59	Josh Burdon[2]	3
			Neric Wei[2]	3
			Alex Kapadia	4
			Ross Warburton	4
M.Racing - YMR[2]	Ligier JS P3[2]	15	Jonathan Bennett[2]	3
			Niclas Jönsson[2]	3
	Norma M30[2]	16	Natan Bihel[2]	3
			Laurent Millara[2]	3
RGP Motorsport[3]	Ligier JS P3[3]	17	Marco Cencetti[3]	1, 3
			Ioannis Inglessis[3]	1, 3
Ultimate[2]	Norma M30[2]	19	François Hériau[2]	3
			Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[2]	3
DB Autosport[1]	Norma M30[1]	20	Jean-Ludovic Foubert[1]	1–4
			Nicolas Maulini[1]	1–4
		21	Nicolas Schatz[1]	1–4
			Jacques Wolff[1]	1–4
United Autosports[1]	Ligier JS P3[1]	22	Matthew Bell[1]	1–4
			Jim McGuire[1]	1–4
		23	Richard Meins[1]	1–4
			Christian England[3]	1–2, 4
			Shaun Lynn[2]	3
		32	Najaf Husain[1]	1–4
			Mahaveer Raghunathan[3]	1
			Colin Braun[1]	2–4
		33	John Falb[2]	3
			Sean Rayhall[2]	3
Lanan Racing[1]	Norma M30[1]	25	Michael Benham[1]	1–3
			Duncan Tappy[1]	1–3
CD Sport[1]	Norma M30[1]	30	Laurents Hörr[1]	1–4
			Anthony Pons[1]	1, 3
			Eric Debard[4]	2
			Fabien Lavergne	4
		60	Nicolas Mélin[2]	3
			Julien Piguet[2]	3
Graff[1]	Norma M30[1]	39	Adrien Trouillet[1]	1–4
			Eric Trouillet[1]	1–4
		40	Adrien Chila[2]	3-4
			Marc-Antoine Dannielou[2]	3-4
		65	Damien Delafosse[2]	3-4
			Sergio Pasian[2]	3-4
	Ligier JS P3[1]	40	Adrien Chila[1]	1–2
			Marc-Antoine Dannielou[1]	1–2
		65	Damien Delafosse[3]	1–2
			Sergio Pasian[1]	1–2
SPV Racing[1]	Ligier JS P3[1]	44	Ricardo Sanchez[3]	1–3
			Álvaro Fontes[1]	1, 3
			Andy Cummings[1]	2
		45	Andy Cummings[2]	3
			Bradley Ellis[2]	3
Win Motorsport[2]	Ligier JS P3[2]	49	William Lok[2]	3
			Jim Michaelian[2]	3
Spirit of Race[1]	Ligier JS P3[1]	55	Chris Buncombe[2]	3
			Patrick Byrne[2]	3
TFT - SO24[2]	Norma M30[2]	72	Arnold Robin[2]	3
			Maxime Robin[2]	3
		73	Xavier Michel[2]	3
			Antoine Weil[2]	3
AT Racing[2]	Ligier JS P3[2]	90	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.[2]	3
			Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.[2]	3
TKS[1]	Ginetta-Juno LMP3[1]	96	Shinyo Sano[1]	1–3
			Luca Magnoni[3]	1
			Teruaki Kato[4]	2
			Takuya Shirasaka[2]	3
Motorsport 98[1]	Ligier JS P3[1]	98	Eric de Doncker[1]	1–4
			Andy Meyrick[1]	1
			Dino Lunardi[4]	2–4
N'Race[1]	Ligier JS P3[1]	99	Thomas Accary[1]	1–3
			Alain Costa[1]	1–4
			Johan-Boris Scheier	4

GT3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Kessel Racing[1]	Ferrari 488 GT3[1]	8	Sergio Pianezzola[1]	1–4
			Giacomo Piccini[1]	1–4
		50	Ollie Hancock[1]	1–3
			John Hartshorne[1]	1–3
		77	Andrea Piccini[1]	1–4
			Claudio Schiavoni[1]	1–4
Krypton Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	35	Stefano Pezzucchi	4
			Marco Zanuttini	4
Spirit of Race[1][N 1] AF Corse[1][N 1]	Ferrari 488 GT3[1]	51	Maurizio Mediani[1]	1–4
			Christoph Ulrich[1]	1–4
		54	Louis Soenen[2]	3
			Frédéric Vervisch[2]	3
		71	Marco Cioci[1]	1–4
			Piergiuseppe Perazzini[1]	1–4
StileF Squadra Corse[3]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3[3]	69	Martin Grab[3]	1, 3
			Yoshiki Ohmura[3]	1
			Gino Forgione[2]	3
Ebimotors[1]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[1]	88	Alessandro Baccani[1]	1–4
			Paolo Venerosi[1]	1–4

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. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8 Kessel Racing	Report
			Léonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
2		Monza	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8 Kessel Racing	Report
			Léonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
3	R1	Le Mans	No. 11 Eurointernational	No. 71 AF Corse	Report
			Mikkel Jensen Kay Van Berlo	Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini
	R2		No. 25 Lanan Racing	No. 51 Spirit of Race
			Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Maurizio Mediani Christoph Ulrich
4		Red Bull Ring	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8. Kessel Racing	Report
			Leonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Picini
5		Spa	No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	No. 8 Kessel Racing	Report
			Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Picini
6		Portimão			Report

References

External links

• Official website