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.

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. 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.

Calendar The 2020 calendar was released on 4 April 2020. 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.

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 September55 minutes18 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 Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 1 Ugo de Wilde 4 Wolfgang Triller 4 3 Jean Glorieux 1–5 Laurents Hörr All Wolfgang Triller 6 Realteam Racing Ligier JS P320 4 Esteban García 4 David Droux 4 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 5 Nicholas Adcock All Michael Jensen All 6 Jacques Wolff All Joffrey de Narda 1–3, 5–6 Kévin Bole Besançon 4 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 7 Colin Noble All Anthony Wells All 10 Garett Grist All Rob Hodes All Racing Experience 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 Hériau 4 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 15 James Dayson 4 Malthe Jakobsen 4 Grainmarket Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 20 Mark Crader 1–2, 5 Alex Mortimer 1–2, 5 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 21 Moritz Kranz All Tom Cloet 1–2 Gilles Magnus 3–4 Alex Kapadia 5–6 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 22 Jim McGuire 4 Duncan Tappy 4 23 Wayne Boyd All John Schauerman All 24 Andy Meyrick All Daniel Schneider All 25 Shaun Lynn 4 Joe Macari 4 Graff Ligier JS P320 26 Matthias Kaiser All Rory Penttinen All MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 27 Christophe Cresp All Bruce Jouanny 1, 4 Fabien Lavergne 2–3, 5–6 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 37 Edouard Cauhaupe All Nicolas Maulini All 69 Maurice Smith All Ben Barnicoat 1 Matt Bell 2–6 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 55 Alexander Mattschull 1, 3–4, 6 Daniel Keilwitz 1, 3 Nicolas Schatz 4 Nicolás Varrone 6 66 Steve Parrow 1–4, 6 Dominik Schwager 1–4, 6 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 75 Patrice Lafargue 3–6 Stéphane Adler 3–4 Dimitri Enjalbert 5–6 Motorsport98 Ligier JS P320 98 Eric De Doncker 1–3, 5–6 Dino Lunardi 1–3, 5–6 Entries:

GT3 Team Car Drivers Rounds Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 911 GT3 R 2 Julien Andlauer 1, 3–6 Nicolas Leutwiler 1, 3–6 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 8 Rino Mastronardi All Giacomo Piccini 1–2, 4–6 Nicklas Nielsen 3 9 Michelle Gatting 1–2 Deborah Mayer 1–2 Paolo Ruberti 4 Murad Sultanov 4 Niccolò Schirò 5 Emanuele Maria Tabacchi 5 77 Claudio Schiavoni 1–5 Andrea Piccini 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 Ferrari 488 GT3 50 Oliver Hancock All John Hartshorne All 67 Murad Sultanov 1–3 Paolo Ruberti 1–2 Andrea Belicchi 3 Murat Cuhadaroglu 4–5 Nicola Cadei 4 David Fumanelli 5 74 Michał Broniszewski All David Perel All Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 51 Gunnar Jeannette 4 Rodrigo Sales 4 Orange1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 63 Andrea Caldarelli 4 Hiroshi Hamaguchi 4 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 70 Brendan Iribe 5 Ollie Millroy 5 Sky - Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 93 Chris Froggatt 4 Jonathan Hui 4 Entries

Race results Bold indicates the overall winner. 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 1 Le Mans(report) No. 3 DKR Engineering No. 8 Iron Lynx Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini 2 No. 37 Cool Racing No. 74 Kessel Racing Edouard Cauhaupe Nicolas Maulini Michał 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

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

LMP3 Teams Championship 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 Team Car RIC SPA LEC LMS MNZ POR PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship 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 Team Car RIC SPA LEC LMS MNZ POR PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Drivers Championship

GT3 Drivers Championship

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