Michelin Le Mans Cup

Michelin Le Mans Cup
Country International
Inaugural season 2016
GT Classes GT3, LMP3
Drivers' champion LMP3:
Belgium Jean Glorieux
Spain Alexander Toril
GT3:
Italy Fabio Babini
Italy Emanuele Busnelli
Teams' champion LMP3: Luxembourg DKR Engineering
GT3: Italy Ebimotors
Official website lemanscup.com
Current season

The Michelin Le Mans Cup (GT3 Le Mans Cup in 2016) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The GT3 Le Mans Cup was created in 2016 after the GTC category being dropped of European Le Mans Series due to a lack of entries during 2015. Aiming to increase the number of GT3 entries, ACO created a new six event competition (5 events of 2 hours and an one-hour race at Le Mans - with LMP3) destinated primarily for amateur drivers, leading to more media coverage and competitive races (in ELMS, GT3 were much slower than the other 3 categories).[1][2][3] The champion team receives an automatic invitation to take part on the following 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMGTE Am category.[4]

For 2017 season, the series will feature LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective class, with ACO aiming to create a kind of LMP3 secondary division regarding ELMS, promoting the best teams from Michelin LMC to ELMS.[5]

Champions

LMP3 Drivers

Season Drivers Team Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2017 Belgium Jean Glorieux
Spain Alexander Toril		 Luxembourg DKR Engineering 5 4 5 114 6 of 7 24

LMP3 Teams

Season Team Car Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2017 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Norma M30 5 4 5 114 6 of 7 24

GT3 Drivers

Season Drivers Team Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2016 Russia Aleksey Basov
Russia Viktor Shaytar		 Russia SMP Racing 3 4 5 121 5 of 6 14
2017 Italy Fabio Babini
Italy Emanuele Busnelli		 Italy Ebimotors 0 2 5 104.5 7 of 7 2

GT3 Teams

Season Team Cars Poles Wins Podiums Points Clinched Margin
2016 United Kingdom TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 0 2 5 107 6 of 6 11
2017 Italy Ebimotors Lamborghini Huracán GT3 0 2 5 104.5 7 of 7 2

See also

References

  1. ↑ Release, News (4 May 2016). "Villorba Corse to enter 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup".
  2. ↑ "History - Michelin Le Mans Cup".
  3. ↑ Ltd., Crash Media Group. "ACO launches Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup - Sportscars News".
  4. ↑ "Prize fund revealed for new GT3 Le Mans Cup".
  5. ↑ "LMP3 Cars Added to Michelin Le Mans Cup for 2017 - Sportscar365".
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