Intercontinental Le Mans Cup


The Intercontinental Le Mans Cup was an endurance sports car racing tournament organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest started in 2010. The plans were first announced in June 2009 and confirmed in December of the same year.
Both sports prototypes and grand tourers were eligible to compete for the ILMC: the LMP1 and GTE classes each had a manufacturers cup, whereas all ACO classes had teams cups as long as there were at least four entries. In 2010 also the GT1 class was eligible for the final time.
Peugeot was totally dominant winning 9 out of the 10 races during the two years.
For 2012, the ACO and the FIA announced the creation of a new FIA World Endurance Championship. This championship would use similar rules to and would replace the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

History

The 2010 calendar comprised the 1000 km Silverstone, the Petit Le Mans and the 1000 km Zhuhai. Meanwhile, the 2011 calendar expanded to seven events. Along with the Silverstone and Petit Le Mans races on similar dates, the championship started with the 12 Hours of Sebring before moving into Europe to contest a six-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium on May, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and another six hour race at the Imola circuit in Italy on July. The season finale was held in China on the Zhuhai circuit.

Champions