2020 Le Mans Cup

The 2020 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the fifth season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 18 July at the Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 1 November at Algarve International Circuit. The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class. The 2020 calendar was released on 4 April 2020.^[1]

2020 Le Mans Cup

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2019

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2021

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

This season ran with a newly updated 2020 ACO LMP3 specification, including an uplift of ~35bhp in power and to 5.6 litres from 5.0 litres.^[2] An issue with fuel consumption came to light after Free Practice sessions; the spec Nissan VK56 / X-Trac drivetrain, homologated and supplied through Oreca, used more fuel than was predicted. To mitigate this in the first race an additional mandatory pit stop was added, along with adjustments to relevant mandatory stop times and driver stint rules.^[2]

Calendar

The 2020 calendar was released on 4 April 2020.^[1] All races supported the 2020 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.

The Barcelona round was moved to Paul Ricard due to the COVID-19 situation in Barcelona.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Location	Race length	Date
1	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	2 hours	18 July
2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	2 hours	8 August
3	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	2 hours	29 August
4	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, France	55 minutes	19 September
			55 minutes	18 September
5	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza, Italy	2 hours	10 October
6	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	2 hours	1 November

Entries

LMP3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DKR Engineering[4]	Duqueine M30 - D08	1	Ugo de Wilde	4
			Wolfgang Triller	4
		3	Jean Glorieux[4]	1–5
			Laurents Hörr[4]	All
			Wolfgang Triller	6
Realteam Racing	Ligier JS P320	4	Esteban García	4
			David Droux	4
CD Sport[4]	Ligier JS P320	5	Nicholas Adcock[4]	All
			Michael Jensen[4]	All
		6	Jacques Wolff[4]	All
			Joffrey de Narda[4]	1–3, 5–6
			Kévin Bole Besançon[5]	4
Nielsen Racing[4]	Duqueine M30 - D08	7	Colin Noble[4]	All
			Anthony Wells[4]	All
		10	Garett Grist[4]	All
			Rob Hodes[4]	All
Racing Experience[4]	Duqueine M30 - D08	11	Gary Hauser	1, 4
			Yury Wagner	1, 3
			Nicolas Melin	2, 4–5
			David Hauser	2–3, 5
Team Virage	Ligier JS P320	12	Julien Falchero	3
			Philippe Haezebrouck	3
			James Winslow	4
			Tom Cloet	4
			Alessandro Ghiretti	6
			Miguel Cristóvão	6
Eurointernational	Ligier JS P320	14	Niko Kari	4
			François Heriau	4
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320	15	James Dayson	4
			Malthe Jakobsen	4
Grainmarket Racing[4]	Duqueine M30 - D08	20	Mark Crader[4]	1–2, 5
			Alex Mortimer[4]	1–2, 5
Mühlner Motorsport[4]	Duqueine M30 - D08	21	Moritz Kranz[4]	All
			Tom Cloet[4]	1–2
			Gilles Magnus[5]	3–4
			Alex Kapadia	5–6
United Autosports[6]	Ligier JS P320[6]	22	Jim McGuire	4
			Duncan Tappy	4
		23	Wayne Boyd[7]	All
			John Schauerman[7]	All
		24	Andy Meyrick[8]	All
			Daniel Schneider[8]	All
		25	Shaun Lynn	4
			Joe Macari	4
Graff[4]	Ligier JS P320	26	Matthias Kaiser[4]	All
			Rory Penttinen[4]	All
MV2S Racing[4]	Ligier JS P320	27	Christophe Cresp[4]	All
			Bruce Jouanny[4]	1, 4
			Fabien Lavergne	2–3, 5–6
Cool Racing[4]	Ligier JS P320	37	Edouard Cauhaupe[4]	All
			Nicolas Maulini[4]	All
		69	Maurice Smith[4]	All
			Ben Barnicoat[4]	1
			Matt Bell	2–6
Rinaldi Racing[4]	Duqueine M30 - D08	55	Alexander Mattschull[4]	1, 3–4, 6
			Daniel Keilwitz[4]	1, 3
			Nicolas Schatz	4
			Nicolás Varrone	6
		66	Steve Parrow[4]	1–4, 6
			Dominik Schwager[4]	1–4, 6
IDEC Sport	Ligier JS P320	75	Patrice Lafargue	3–6
			Stéphane Adler	3–4
			Dimitri Enjalbert	5–6
Motorsport98[4]	Ligier JS P320	98	Eric De Doncker[4]	1–3, 5–6
			Dino Lunardi[4]	1–3, 5–6
Entries:[9]

GT3

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT[4]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2	Julien Andlauer[4]	1, 3–6
			Nicolas Leutwiler[4]	1, 3–6
Iron Lynx[10]	Ferrari 488 GT3[10]	8	Rino Mastronardi[10]	All
			Giacomo Piccini[10]	1–2, 4–6
			Nicklas Nielsen	3
		9	Michelle Gatting[10]	1–2
			Deborah Mayer[10]	1–2
			Paolo Ruberti[5]	4
			Murad Sultanov[5]	4
			Niccolò Schirò	5
			Emanuele Maria Tabacchi	5
		77	Claudio Schiavoni[4]	1–5
			Andrea Piccini[4]	1–2, 4–5
			Matt Griffin	3
IDEC Sport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	17	Patrice Lafargue	1
			Erik Maris	1
Delahaye Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3 R	28	Pierre-Etienne Bordet	4
			Alexandre Viron	4
Kessel Racing[4]	Ferrari 488 GT3	50	Oliver Hancock[4]	All
			John Hartshorne[4]	All
		67	Murad Sultanov[4]	1–3
			Paolo Ruberti[4]	1–2
			Andrea Belicchi	3
			Murat Cuhadaroglu[5]	4–5
			Nicola Cadei[5]	4
			David Fumanelli	5
		74	Michael Broniszewski[4]	All
			David Perel[4]	All
Spirit of Race[5]	Ferrari 488 GT3	51	Gunnar Jeannette[5]	4
			Rodrigo Sales[5]	4
Orange1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	63	Andrea Caldarelli	4
			Hiroshi Hamaguchi	4
Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	70	Brendan Iribe	5
			Oliver Milroy	5
Sky - Tempesta Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	93	Chris Froggatt	4
			Jonathan Hui	4
Entries[9]

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Rnd		Circuit	LMP3 Winning Team	GT3 Winning Team
			LMP3 Winning Drivers	GT3 Winning Drivers
1		Paul Ricard	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8 Iron Lynx
			Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr	Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini
2		Spa-Francorchamps	No. 37 Cool Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx
			Edouard Cauhaupe Nicolas Maulini	Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini
3		Paul Ricard	No. 69 Cool Racing	No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT
			Maurice Smith Matt Bell	Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler
4	R1	Le Mans	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8 Iron Lynx[N 1]
			Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr	Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini
	R2		No. 37 Cool Racing	No. 74 Kessel Racing[N 2]
			Edouard Cauhaupe Nicolas Maulini	Michael Broniszewski David Perel
5		Monza	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT
			Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr	Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler
6		Portimão	No. 7 Nielsen Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx
			Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini

1. The GT3 class winner in Race 1 at Le Mans was the No. 63 FFF Racing Team by ACM invitational entry. As it is not a full-season Michelin Le Mans Cup entrant, the points for the win were awarded to the No. 8 Iron Lynx entry
2. The GT3 class winner in Race 2 at Le Mans was the No. 63 FFF Racing Team by ACM invitational entry. As it is not a full-season Michelin Le Mans Cup entrant, the points for the win were awarded to the No. 74 Kessel Racing entry

Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

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
Le Mans	15	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5	0.5	1

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car RIC SPA LEC LMS MNZ POR Points 1 #3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 1 2 4 1 2 1 3 120 2 #37 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 1 5 2 1 2 6 89 3 #26 Graff Ligier JS P320 3 5 2 13 5 3 7 70.5 4 #69 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 5 7 1 3 3 8 Ret 59 5 #7 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 14 3 6 11 4 Ret 1 55 6 #98 Motorsport98 Ligier JS P320 2 6 Ret 5 8 40 7 #21 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 4 11 11 7 12 Ret 2 34.5 8 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 12 4 9 5 Ret 9 4 34.5 9 #24 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 6 Ret 3 4 10 Ret Ret 29.5 10 #10 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 9 9 7 9 9 4 Ret 24 11 #6 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 13 13 8 Ret 8 7 9 15 12 #27 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 7 10 12 8 6 11 Ret 14 13 #55 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 10 10 12 13 5 13 14 #20 Grainmarket Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 8 Ret 6 12 15 #11 Racing Experience Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 8 Ret 6 7 10 WD 12 16 #66 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 12 14 10 11 10 3 17 #5 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 11 14 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1.5 Pos. Team Car RIC SPA LEC LMS MNZ POR Points

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

Pos. Team Car RIC SPA LEC LMS MNZ POR Points 1 #8 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 132 2 #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ret 2 2 2 1 4 2 92 3 #2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 911 GT3 R Ret 1 5 Ret 1 3 70 4 #67 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 2 3 4 6 2 7 64 5 #50 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 4 4 6 4 6 6 4 62 6 #77 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 3 DNS 5 3 4 5 WD 48 7 #9 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 5 Ret Ret 5 2 WD 33 8 #51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 DNS 7 3 Pos. Team Car RIC SPA LEC LMS MNZ POR Points

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

GT3 Drivers Championship