The 2018 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the third season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 12 May at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and finished on 27 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.
Calendar All races supported the 2018 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.
Round Circuit Location Race length Date 1 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 14 April 2 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy 2 hours 12 May 3 Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 55 minutes 14 June55 minutes16 June 4 Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria 2 hours 22 July 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 22 September 6 Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 2 hours 27 October
Entry list
LMP3
Team Car Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering Norma M30 1 Dan Polley 3 James Winslow 3 3 Leonard Hoogenboom All Jens Petersen All Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 2 James Littlejohn All Anthony Wells All 74 Patrick McClughan 3 Gerhard Watzinger 3 75 Ivor Dunbar 3 Bonamy Grimes 3 76 Alex Kapadia 3 Christian Olsen 3 79 Alasdair McCaig All Colin Noble All Brookspeed International Ligier JS P3 4 Nicolas Rondet All John Schauerman All NEFIS By Speed Factory Ligier JS P3 5 Timur Boguslavskiy 3 Marcello Marateotto 3 Cool Racing Norma M30 9 Scott Andrews 3–4 Gerald Kraut 3–4 Ligier JS P3 Scott Andrews 2 Gerald Kraut 2 24 Antonin Borga All Alexandre Coigny All 27 Marvin Klein 3 Christian Vaglio 3 Eurointernational Ligier JS P3 11 Mikkel Jensen 3 Kay van Berlo 3 12 James Dayson 3 Mark Kvamme 3 RLR MSport Ligier JS P3 14 John Farano All Job Van Uitert All 59 Josh Burdon 3 Neric Wei 3 Alex Kapadia 4–6 Ross Warburton 4–6 M.Racing - YMR Ligier JS P3 15 Jon Bennett 3 Niclas Jönsson 3 Norma M30 16 Natan Bihel 3 Laurent Millara 3 RGP Motorsport Ligier JS P3 17 Marco Cencetti 1, 3 Ioannis Inglessis 1, 3 Ultimate Norma M30 19 François Hériau 3 Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 3 DB Autosport Norma M30 20 Jean-Ludovic Foubert All Nicolas Maulini All 21 Nicolas Schatz All Jacques Wolff All United Autosports Ligier JS P3 22 Matthew Bell All Jim McGuire All 23 Richard Meins All Christian England 1–2, 4–6 Shaun Lynn 3 32 Najaf Husain All Mahaveer Raghunathan 1 Colin Braun 2–6 33 John Falb 3 Sean Rayhall 3 Lanan Racing Norma M30 25 Michael Benham All Duncan Tappy All CD Sport Norma M30 30 Laurents Hörr All Anthony Pons 1, 3, 5 Eric Debard 2 Fabien Lavergne 4, 6 60 Nicolas Mélin 3 Julien Piguet 3 Graff Norma M30 39 Adrien Trouillet All Eric Trouillet All 40 Adrien Chila 3–6 Marc-Antoine Dannielou 3-6 65 Damien Delafosse 3–6 Sergio Pasian 3-4 François Hériau 5 Alexander West 6 Ligier JS P3 40 Adrien Chila 1–2 Marc-Antoine Dannielou 1–2 65 Damien Delafosse 1–2 Sergio Pasian 1–2 Keo Racing Ligier JS P3 43 Johan Jokinen 6 Paul Scheuschner 6 SPV Racing Ligier JS P3 44 Ricardo Sanchez 1–3 Álvaro Fontes 1, 3 Andy Cummings 2 45 3 Bradley Ellis 3 Win Motorsport Ligier JS P3 49 William Lok 3 Jim Michaelian 3 Spirit of Race Ligier JS P3 55 Chris Buncombe 3 Patrick Byrne 3 TFT - SO24 Norma M30 72 Arnold Robin 3 Maxime Robin 3 73 Xavier Michel 3 Antoine Weil 3 AT Racing Ligier JS P3 90 Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. 3 Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. 3 TKS Ginetta-Juno LMP3 96 Shinyo Sano 1–3 Luca Magnoni 1 Teruaki Kato 2 Takuya Shirasaka 3 Motorsport 98 Ligier JS P3 98 Eric de Doncker All Andy Meyrick 1 Dino Lunardi 2–6 N'Race Ligier JS P3 99 Thomas Accary 1–3 Alain Costa 1–5 Johan-Boris Scheier 4–5
GT3
Team Car Drivers Rounds Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 8 Sergio Pianezzola All Giacomo Piccini All 50 Ollie Hancock 1–3, 6 John Hartshorne 1–3, 6 Murod Sultanov 5 Matteo Cressoni 5 77 Andrea Piccini All Claudio Schiavoni All 83 Manuela Gostner 6 Giorgio Sernagiotto 6 Krypton Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 35 Stefano Pezzucchi 4 Marco Zanuttini 4 Spirit of Race AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 51 Maurizio Mediani All Christoph Ulrich All 54 Louis Soenen 3 Frédéric Vervisch 3 71 Marco Cioci All Piergiuseppe Perazzini All StileF Squadra Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 69 Martin Grab 1, 3 Yoshiki Ohmura 1 Gino Forgione 3 Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Alessandro Baccani All Paolo Venerosi All
Notes
Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Circuit LMP3 Winning Team GT3 Winning Team LMP3 Winning Drivers GT3 Winning Drivers 1 Paul Ricard No. 3 DKR Engineering No. 8 Kessel Racing Leonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini 2 Monza No. 3 DKR Engineering No. 8 Kessel Racing Leonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini 3 1 Le Mans(report) No. 11 Eurointernational No. 71 AF Corse Mikkel Jensen Kay van Berlo Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini 2 No. 25 Lanan Racing No. 51 Spirit of Race Michael Benham Duncan Tappy Maurizio Mediani Christoph Ulrich 4 Red Bull Ring No. 3 DKR Engineering No. 8. Kessel Racing Leonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini 5 Spa No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen No. 8 Kessel Racing Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini 6 Portimão No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen No. 8 Kessel Racing Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
Standings Points are awarded according to the following structure (except Le Mans):
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
LMP3 Teams Championship Team Car LEC MNZ LMS RBR SPA POR Points 1 #3 DKR Engineering Norma M30 1 1 3 4 1 3 Ret 103 2 #79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 2 ? 5 ? 2 1 1 91.5 3 #2 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 3 2 ? ? 10 2 3 68.5 4 #40 Graff Norma M30 8 5 7 5 3 7 ? 43.5 5 #98 Motorsport 98 Ligier JS P3 10 8 ? 10 7 4 4 36.5Bold – Pole
LMP3 Drivers Championship
GT3 Teams Championship
GT3 Drivers Championship
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