en 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]

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
4	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, France	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
		1	Wolfgang Triller	4
		3	Jean Glorieux^[4]	1–5
			Laurents Hörr^[4]	All
			Wolfgang Triller	6
Realteam Racing	Ligier JS P320	4	Esteban Garcia	4
Realteam Racing	Ligier JS P320	4	David Droux	4
CD Sport^[4]	Ligier JS P320	5	Nicholas Adcock^[4]	All
		5	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
		7	Anthony Wells^[4]	All
		10	Garett Grist^[4]	All
		10	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
Eurointernational	Ligier JS P320	14	François Heriau	4
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320	15	James Dayson	4
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320	15	Malthe Jakobsen	4
Grainmarket Racing^[4]	Duqueine M30 - D08	20	Mark Crader^[4]	1–2, 5
Grainmarket Racing^[4]	Duqueine M30 - D08	20	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
		22	Duncan Tappy	4
		23	Wayne Boyd^[7]	All
		23	John Schauerman^[7]	All
		24	Andy Meyrick^[8]	All
		24	Daniel Schneider^[8]	All
		25	Shaun Lynn	4
		25	Joe Macari	4
Graff^[4]	Ligier JS P320	26	Matthias Kaiser^[4]	All
Graff^[4]	Ligier JS P320	26	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
		37	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
		66	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
Motorsport98^[4]	Ligier JS P320	98	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
Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT^[4]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2	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
IDEC Sport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	17	Erik Maris	1
Delahaye Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3 R	28	Pierre-Etienne Bordet	4
Delahaye Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3 R	28	Alexandre Viron	4
Kessel Racing^[4]	Ferrari 488 GT3	50	Oliver Hancock^[4]	All
		50	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
		74	David Perel^[4]	All
Spirit of Race^[5]	Ferrari 488 GT3	51	Gunnar Jeannette^[5]	4
Spirit of Race^[5]	Ferrari 488 GT3	51	Rodrigo Sales^[5]	4
Orange1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	63	Andrea Caldarelli	4
Orange1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	63	Hiroshi Hamaguchi	4
Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	70	Brendan Iribe	5
Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	70	Oliver Milroy	5
Sky - Tempesta Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	93	Chris Froggatt	4
Sky - Tempesta Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	93	Jonathan Hui	4
Entries^[9]

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

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

^ 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
^ 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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	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

References

^ ^a ^b Staff, Sportscar365 (4 April 2020). "Revised 2020 Sports Car Racing Calendars". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Goodwin, Graham (18 July 2020). "Fuel Consumption Issue Forces Le Mans Cup To Mandate Second Stop For New LMP3 Cars". Daily Sportscar.
^ Goodwin, Graham (6 August 2020). "Second ELMS Race at Le Castellet Replaces 4 Hours of Barcelona". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Road to Le Mans - Provisional Entry List" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Michelin Le Mans Cup. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Goodwin, Graham (29 November 2019). "Gerry Kraut & Scott Andrews Join United Autosports For 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "John Schauerman To Join United Autosports Alongside Wayne Boyd For 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup". sportscarracingnews.com. SportsCarRacingNews. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Kilbey, Stephen (12 February 2020). "Meyrick Signs With United For Le Mans Cup". Dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Season Entry List" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Michelin Le Mans Cup. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kilbey, Stephen (29 February 2020). "Iron Lynx Confirms ELMS & Le Mans Cup Drivers". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

External links

Official website

[LeMansR1-11] 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

[LeMansR2-12] 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

[2020Calendar-1] Staff, Sportscar365 (4 April 2020). "Revised 2020 Sports Car Racing Calendars". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[:0-2] Goodwin, Graham (18 July 2020). "Fuel Consumption Issue Forces Le Mans Cup To Mandate Second Stop For New LMP3 Cars". Daily Sportscar.

[LeCastellet-3] Goodwin, Graham (6 August 2020). "Second ELMS Race at Le Castellet Replaces 4 Hours of Barcelona". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

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[LeMans-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Road to Le Mans - Provisional Entry List" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Michelin Le Mans Cup. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[UnitedNewLigier-6] Goodwin, Graham (29 November 2019). "Gerry Kraut & Scott Andrews Join United Autosports For 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

[UnitedSecond-7] "John Schauerman To Join United Autosports Alongside Wayne Boyd For 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup". sportscarracingnews.com. SportsCarRacingNews. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[MeyrickUnited-8] Kilbey, Stephen (12 February 2020). "Meyrick Signs With United For Le Mans Cup". Dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[Entries-9] "2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Season Entry List" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Michelin Le Mans Cup. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

[IronLynxLMC-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kilbey, Stephen (29 February 2020). "Iron Lynx Confirms ELMS & Le Mans Cup Drivers". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

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