2017 Le Mans Cup

The 2017 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the second season of the 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 was open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.^[1]

2017 Le Mans Cup

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2016

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2018

Parent series:
European Le Mans Series
Support series:
Road to Le Mans

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.^[2] On 4 May, the ACO revealed that 45 entries would take part in the Road To Le Mans for 2017, up from 42 the previous year.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Location	Race length	Date
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza, Italy	2 hours	13 May
2	Circuit de la Sarthe[4]	Le Mans, France	55 minutes	15 June
			55 minutes	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
Sources:[2][5]

Entry list

LMP3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports[6][7]	Ligier JS P3[6][7]	2	John Falb[8]	2
			Sean Rayhall[8]	2
		22	Matthew Bell[7]	All
			Jim McGuire[7]	All
		23	Richard Meins[6]	All
			Shaun Lynn[6]	1–3, 5
			Andrew Bentley[9]	4, 6
DKR Engineering[10]	Norma M30[10]	3	Jean Glorieux[10]	All
			Alexander Toril[10]	All
		6	Edgar Lau[8]	2
			Jacques Wolf[8]	2
	ADESS-03[8]	91	Sylvain Boulay[8]	2
			Yojiro Terada[8]	2
Cool Racing by GPC[8]	Ligier JS P3[8]	4	Alexandre Coigny[8]	2–6
			Gino Forgione[8]	2
			Iradj Alexander[11]	3–5
			Antonin Borga[12]	6
Duqueine Engineering[13]	Ligier JS P3[13]	9	Joël Janco[13]	All
			Gerry Kraut[13]	1–2
			Scott Andrews[11]	3
			Kenton Koch[9]	4–5
			Jonatan Jorge[12]	6
		10	Antonin Borga[8]	2
			Lucas Borga[8]	2
		11	Lucas Légeret[8]	2
			Nicolas Melin[8]	2
SVC Sport Management[8]	Ligier JS P3[8]	12	Marco Cencetti[8]	2–3
			Marcello Marateotto[8]	2–3
RLR MSport[14][15]	Ligier JS P3[14][15]	14	Alex Kapadia[15]	All
			Ross Warburton[15]	1, 3–6
			Martin Rich[16]	2
		87	Morten Dons[16]	2
			John Farano[16]	2
By Speed Factory[8]	Ligier JS P3[8]	15	Ate de Jong[8]	2
			Tacksung Kim[8]	2
M.Racing - YMR[17]	Ligier JS P3[17]	18	Alexandre Cougnaud[8]	2
			Romano Ricci[8]	2
		53	Natan Bihel[18]	All
			Laurent Millara[10]	All
	Norma M30[8]	19	Erwin Creed[8]	2
			Yann Ehrlacher[8]	2
BE Motorsport[10]	Ligier JS P3[10]	33	Javier Ibrán[10]	1–5
			Mathijs Bakker[10]	1, 3–5
			Dirk Waaijenberg[8]	2
Graff[10]	Ligier JS P3[10]	39	Scott Andrews[12]	6
			Eric Trouillet[12]	6
		40	Richard Bradley[19]	5
			William Lok[19]	5
		65	Émilien Carde[10]	All
			Adrien Chila[10]	All
		66	Scott Andrews[8]	2
			John Corbett[8]	2
		72	Philippe Cimadomo[8]	2
			Thomas Dagoneau[8]	2
		89	Greg Taylor[8]	2
			James Winslow[8]	2
KEO Racing	Ligier JS P3	43	Scott Andrews	1
			Yoshiharu Mori	1
SPV MotorSport[10]	Ligier JS P3[10]	44	Álvaro Fontes[10]	1–3
			Kim Rødkjær[10]	1
			Andrew Cummings[8]	2–3
Kox Racing[20]	Ligier JS P3[20]	48	Peter Kox[20]	1–2, 4
			Nico Pronk[20]	1–2, 4
Win Motorsport[8]	Ligier JS P3[8]	49	Richard Bradley[8]	2
			William Lok[8]	2
Spirit of Race[10]	Ligier JS P3[10]	55	Claudio Sdanewitsch[10]	All
			Maurizio Mediani	1
			Michele Rugolo[10]	2–6
Nielsen Racing[21]	Ligier JS P3[21]	79	Colin Noble[21]	All
			Anthony Wells[21]	All
Eurointernational[8]	Ligier JS P3[8]	85	Mark Kvamme[8]	2
			Alex Popow[8]	2
		86	Ricky Capo[8]	2
			Andrea Dromedari[8]	2
AT Racing[8]	Ligier JS P3[8]	90	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.[8]	2
			Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.[8]	2
TKS[8]	Ginetta-Juno LMP3[8]	92	Shinyo Sano[8]	2
			Takuya Shirasaka[8]	2
Motorsport 98[22]	Ligier JS P3[22]	98	Eric De Doncker[22]	All
			Andy Meyrick[22]	All
N'Race[10]	Ligier JS P3[10]	99	Alain Costa[10]	All
			Jordan Perroy[10]	1–2, 5
			Thomas Accary[11]	3
			Gaëtan Paletou[9]	4
			Stéphane Tribaudini[12]	6

GT3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ram Racing[23]	Mercedes-AMG GT3[23]	5	Tom Onslow-Cole[23]	All
			Remon Leonard Vos[23]	All
Lee Mowle[24]	Mercedes-AMG GT3[24]	7	Lee Mowle[24]	All
			Phil Keen[24]	1–4, 6
			Dominik Baumann[19]	5
SVC Sport Management[10]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3[10]	8	Steeve Hiesse[10]	All
			Cédric Mézard[10]	All
Gulf Racing UK[10]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[10]	20	Andrew Baker[10]	2, 5–6
			Ben Barker[10]	2, 5–6
Garage 59[8]	McLaren 650S GT3[8]	24	Michael Benham[8]	2
			Duncan Tappy[8]	2
		88	Chris Goodwin[8]	2
			Alexander West[8]	2
Delahaye Racing Team[8]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[8]	28	Pierre-Étienne Bordet[8]	2
			Alexandre Viron[8]	2
Ebimotors[10]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3[10]	46	Fabio Babini[10]	All
			Emanuele Busnelli[10]	All
Larbre Compétition[8]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3[8]	50	Franck Labescat[8]	2
			Christian Philippon[8]	2
Optimum Racing[25]	Audi R8 LMS[25]	75	Flick Haigh[25]	1–4
			Joe Osborne[25]	1–4
IMSA Performance[8]	Porsche 911 GT3 R[8]	76	Thierry Cornac[8]	2
			Raymond Narac[8]	2
		96	Michel Ettouati[8]	2
			Franck Racinet[8]	2
Kessel Racing[8]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3[8]	93	Deborah Mayer[8]	2
			Claudio Schiavoni[8]	2
	Ferrari 488 GT3[12]		Andrea Piccini[12]	6
			Claudio Schiavoni[12]	6
Spirit of Race[8]	Ferrari 488 GT3[8]	94	Martin Lanting[8]	2
			Patrick Van Glabeke[8]	2
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3[8]	95	Maurizio Mediani[8]	2–3
			Christoph Ulrich[8]	2–3
TF Sport[8]	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3[8]	97	Ahmad Al Harthy[8]	2
			Tom Jackson[8]	2

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.		Circuit	LMP3 Winning Team	GT3 Winning Team
			LMP3 Winning Drivers	GT3 Winning Drivers
1		Monza	No. 79 Nielsen Racing	No. 7 Lee Mowle
			Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Phil Keen Lee Mowle
2	R1	Le Mans	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 97 TF Sport
			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
			Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli
4		Paul Ricard	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 46 Ebimotors
			Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli
5		Spa	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 7 Lee Mowle
			Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Dominik Baumann Lee Mowle
6		Portimão	No. 98 Motorsport 98	No. 20 Gulf Racing UK
			Eric De Doncker Andy Meyrick	Andrew Baker Ben Barker
Source:[26]

Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure (except Le Mans):^[26]

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:^[27]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Other	Pole
Points	15	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5	0.5	1

LMP3 Driver's championships (top-5)

Pos. Driver Team MNZ LM1 LM2 RBR LEC SPA POR Total 1 Alexander Toril DKR Engineering 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 DSQ 114 1 Jean Glorieux DKR Engineering 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 DSQ 114 2 Anthony Wells Nielsen Racing 1 12 22 2 2 2 5 90 2 Colin Noble Nielsen Racing 1 12 22 2 2 2 5 90 3 Andy Meyrick Motorsport 98 5 6 9 4 Ret 3 1 67 3 Eric De Doncker Motorsport 98 5 6 9 4 Ret 3 1 67 4 Adrien Chila Graff 4 13 8 3 3 5 6 62.5 4 Émilien Carde Graff 4 13 8 3 3 5 6 62.5 5 Claudio Sdanewitsch Spirit of Race 3 11 Ret 7 5 4 2 61.5 Source:[26]

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

GT3 Driver's championships (top-5)

Pos. Driver Team MNZ LM1 LM2 RBR LEC SPA POR Total 1 Emanuele Busnelli Ebimotors 3 3 12 1 1 3 4 104.5 1 Fabio Babini Ebimotors 3 3 12 1 1 3 4 104.5 2 Lee Mowle Lee Mowle 1 13 6 4 3 1 3 102.5 3 Phil Keen AmDTuning 1 13 6 4 3 3 77.5 4 Cédric Mézard SVC Sport Management 4 5 3 5 4 4 6 66 4 Steeve Hiesse SVC Sport Management 4 5 3 5 4 4 6 66 5 Flick Haigh Optimum Racing 2 9 13 3 3 49.5 5 Joe Osborne Optimum Racing 2 9 13 3 3 49.5 Source:[26]

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

LMP3 Team's championships (top-5)

Pos. Team Car MNZ LM1 LM2 RBR LEC SPA POR Total 1 #3 DKR Engineering Norma M30 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 DSQ 114 2 #79 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P3 1 12 22 2 2 2 5 90 3 #98 Motorsport 98 Ligier JS P3 5 6 9 4 Ret 3 1 67 3 Eric De Doncker Motorsport 98 5 6 9 4 Ret 3 1 67 4 #65 Graff Ligier JS P3 4 13 8 3 3 5 6 62.5 5 #55 Spirit of Race Ligier JS P3 3 11 Ret 7 5 4 2 61.5 Sources:[26][28]

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

GT3 Team's championships (top-5)

Pos. Team Car MNZ LM1 LM2 RBR LEC SPA POR Total 1 #46 Ebimotors Lamborghini Huracán GT3 3 3 12 1 1 3 4 104.5 2 #7 Lee Mowle Mercedes-AMG GT3 1 13 6 4 3 1 3 102.5 3 #8 SVC Sport Management Lamborghini Huracán GT3 4 5 3 5 4 4 6 66 4 #75 Optimum Racing Audi R8 LMS 2 9 13 3 3 49.5 5 #20 Gulf Racing UK Porsche 911 GT3 R 13 Ret 2 1 44.5 Sources:[26][29]

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