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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

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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

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LMP3

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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GT3 Drivers Championship

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References

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