2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup
The 2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup was the 2nd season of the Michelin 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 featured LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective class.
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. On 4 May, the ACO revealed that 46 entries would take part in the Road To Le Mans for 2017, up from 42 the previous year.Rnd | Circuit | Location | Length | Date |
1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Monza, Italy | 2 hours | 13 May |
2 | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | 2 x 55 minutes | 15 & 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 |
Entry list
LMP3
Team | Car | Drivers | Rounds | |
United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | John Falb | 2 |
United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | Sean Rayhall | 2 |
United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 22 | Matthew Bell | All |
United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 22 | Jim McGuire | All |
United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 23 | Richard Meins | All |
United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 23 | Shaun Lynn | 1–3, 5 |
United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 23 | Andrew Bentley | 4, 6 |
DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 3 | Jean Glorieux | All |
DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 3 | Alexander Toril | All |
DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 6 | Edgar Lau | 2 |
DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 6 | Jacques Wolf | 2 |
DKR Engineering | ADESS-03 | 91 | Sylvain Boulay | 2 |
DKR Engineering | ADESS-03 | 91 | Yojiro Terada | 2 |
Cool Racing by GPC | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | Alexandre Coigny | 2–6 |
Cool Racing by GPC | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | Gino Forgione | 2 |
Cool Racing by GPC | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | Iradj Alexander | 3–5 |
Cool Racing by GPC | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | Antonin Borga | 6 |
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | Joël Janco | All |
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | Gerry Kraut | 1–2 |
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | Scott Andrews | 3 |
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | Kenton Koch | 4–5 |
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | Jonatan Jorge | 6 |
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 10 | Antonin Borga | 2 |
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 10 | Lucas Borga | 2 |
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 11 | Lucas Légeret | 2 |
Duqueine Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 11 | Nicolas Melin | 2 |
SVC Sport Management | Ligier JS P3 | 12 | Marco Cencetti | 2–3 |
SVC Sport Management | Ligier JS P3 | 12 | Marcello Marateotto | 2–3 |
RLR Msport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Alex Kapadia | All |
RLR Msport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Ross Warburton | 1, 3–6 |
RLR Msport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Martin Rich | 2 |
RLR Msport | Ligier JS P3 | 87 | Morten Dons | 2 |
RLR Msport | Ligier JS P3 | 87 | John Farano | 2 |
By Speed Factory | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Ate de Jong | 2 |
By Speed Factory | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Tacksung Kim | 2 |
M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | 18 | Alexandre Cougnaud | 2 |
M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | 18 | Romano Ricci | 2 |
M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | 53 | Natan Bihel | All |
M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | 53 | Laurent Millara | All |
M.Racing - YMR | Norma M30 | 19 | Erwin Creed | 2 |
M.Racing - YMR | Norma M30 | 19 | Yann Ehrlacher | 2 |
Ibrán Pardo Javier | Ligier JS P3 | 33 | Javier Ibrán | 1–5 |
Ibrán Pardo Javier | Ligier JS P3 | 33 | Mathijs Bakker | 1, 3–5 |
Ibrán Pardo Javier | Ligier JS P3 | 33 | Dirk Waaijenberg | 2 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 39 | Scott Andrews | 6 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 39 | Eric Trouillet | 6 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 40 | Richard Bradley | 5 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 40 | William Lok | 5 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 65 | Émilien Carde | All |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 65 | Adrien Chila | All |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 66 | Scott Andrews | 2 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 66 | John Corbett | 2 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 72 | Philippe Cimadomo | 2 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 72 | Thomas Dagoneau | 2 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 89 | Greg Taylor | 2 |
Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 89 | James Winslow | 2 |
KEO Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Scott Andrews | 1 |
KEO Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Yoshiharu Mori | 1 |
SPV MotorSport | Ligier JS P3 | 44 | Álvaro Fontes | 1–3 |
SPV MotorSport | Ligier JS P3 | 44 | Kim Rødkjær | 1 |
SPV MotorSport | Ligier JS P3 | 44 | Andrew Cummings | 2–3 |
Kox Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 48 | Peter Kox | 1–2, 4 |
Kox Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 48 | Nico Pronk | 1–2, 4 |
Win Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 49 | Richard Bradley | 2 |
Win Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 49 | William Lok | 2 |
Spirit of Race | Ligier JS P3 | 55 | Claudio Sdanewitsch | All |
Spirit of Race | Ligier JS P3 | 55 | Maurizio Mediani | 1 |
Spirit of Race | Ligier JS P3 | 55 | Michele Rugolo | 2–6 |
Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 79 | Colin Noble | All |
Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 79 | Anthony Wells | All |
Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 85 | Mark Kvamme | 2 |
Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 85 | Alex Popow | 2 |
Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 86 | Ricky Capo | 2 |
Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 86 | Andrea Dromedari | 2 |
AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 90 | Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. | 2 |
AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 90 | Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. | 2 |
TKS | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 92 | Shinyo Sano | 2 |
TKS | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 92 | Takuya Shirasaka | 2 |
Motorsport 98 | Ligier JS P3 | 98 | Eric De Doncker | All |
Motorsport 98 | Ligier JS P3 | 98 | Andy Meyrick | All |
N'Race | Ligier JS P3 | 99 | Alain Costa | All |
N'Race | Ligier JS P3 | 99 | Jordan Perroy | 1–2, 5 |
N'Race | Ligier JS P3 | 99 | Thomas Accary | 3 |
N'Race | Ligier JS P3 | 99 | Gaëtan Paletou | 4 |
N'Race | Ligier JS P3 | 99 | Stéphane Tribaudini | 6 |
GT3
Team | Car | Drivers | Rounds | |
Ram Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 5 | Tom Onslow-Cole | All |
Ram Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 5 | Remon Leonard Vos | All |
Lee Mowle | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 7 | Lee Mowle | All |
Lee Mowle | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 7 | Phil Keen | 1–4, 6 |
Lee Mowle | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 7 | Dominik Baumann | 5 |
SVC Sport Management | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 8 | Steeve Hiesse | All |
SVC Sport Management | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 8 | Cédric Mézard | All |
Gulf Racing UK | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 20 | Andrew Baker | 2, 5–6 |
Gulf Racing UK | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 20 | Ben Barker | 2, 5–6 |
Garage 59 | McLaren 650S GT3 | 24 | Michael Benham | 2 |
Garage 59 | McLaren 650S GT3 | 24 | Duncan Tappy | 2 |
Garage 59 | McLaren 650S GT3 | 88 | Chris Goodwin | 2 |
Garage 59 | McLaren 650S GT3 | 88 | Alexander West | 2 |
Delahaye Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 28 | Pierre-Étienne Bordet | 2 |
Delahaye Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 28 | Alexandre Viron | 2 |
Ebimotors | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 46 | Fabio Babini | All |
Ebimotors | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 46 | Emanuele Busnelli | All |
Larbre Compétition | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 50 | Franck Labescat | 2 |
Larbre Compétition | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 50 | Christian Philippon | 2 |
Optimum Racing | Audi R8 LMS | 75 | Flick Haigh | 1–4 |
Optimum Racing | Audi R8 LMS | 75 | Joe Osborne | 1–4 |
IMSA Performance | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 76 | Thierry Cornac | 2 |
IMSA Performance | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 76 | Raymond Narac | 2 |
IMSA Performance | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 96 | Michel Ettouati | 2 |
IMSA Performance | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 96 | Franck Racinet | 2 |
Kessel Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 93 | Deborah Mayer | 2 |
Kessel Racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 93 | Claudio Schiavoni | 2 |
Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 93 | Andrea Piccini | 6 |
Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 93 | Claudio Schiavoni | 6 |
Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 94 | Martin Lanting | 2 |
Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 94 | Patrick Van Glabeke | 2 |
Spirit of Race | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 95 | Maurizio Mediani | 2–3 |
Spirit of Race | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 95 | Christoph Ulrich | 2–3 |
TF Sport | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 97 | Ahmad Al Harthy | 2 |
TF Sport | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 97 | Tom Jackson | 2 |
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.Standings
Points are awarded according to the following structure :Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | ' | 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 | 10th | ' | Pole |
Points | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |