The 2021 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the sixth season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 17 April at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and ended on 25 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 The 2021 calendar was unveiled on 19 October 2020. Round Circuit Location Race length Date 1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 2 hours 17 April 2 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 5 June 3 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy 2 hours 10 July 4 Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 55 minutes 19 August55 minutes21 August 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 18 September 6 Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 2 hours 24 October Calendar changes Barcelona returned for 2021 after being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Entries LMP3 All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
Entrant/Team Chassis Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 – D08 1 Nathan Kumar 4 Marcello Marateotto4 3 Jon Brownson 1, 3, 5 Dario Cangialosi 1, 3, 5 Kris Cools 2, 6 Francois Kirmann 2, 6 Jean Glorieux 4 Laurents Hörr 4 Phoenix Racing Ligier JS P320 5 Finn Gehrsitz 1–5 Hamza Owega 1–5 Mathias Beche 6 Ian Loggie 6 60 Frank Kräling 5–6 Connor De Phillippi 5–6 ANS Team JSE Management Ligier JS P3206 Jonathan Brossard 2–3, 6 Nicholas Schatz 2–3, 6 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 7 Colin Noble All Anthony Wells All27 Nicholas Adcock 4 Max Koebolt 4 Andrew Ferguson 6 Jeremy Ferguson 6 28 Tristan Nunez 4 Steven Thomas 4 WTM Powered by Phoenix Duqueine M30 – D08 11 Torsten Kratz All Leonard Weiss All Black Falcon Ligier JS P320 12 Donar Munding 1–5 Maik Rosenberg 1–5 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 14 Malthe Jakobsen 4 Mike Benham 4 15 1–3 Tommy Foster 1–3, 6 Alex Kapadia 4 Martin Rich 4 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 6 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 16 Sacha Lehmann All Julien Gerbi 1, 5 Matthias Lüthen 2–4 Miguel Cristóvão 671 Rob Hodes All Garett Grist 1–5 Mathis Poulet 6 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 17 Dimitri Enjalbert All Patrice Lafargue All Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 – D08 18 Tom Dillmann 1 Matthias Lüthen 1 Ayla Ågren 2 Mathieu de Barbuat 2 Dino Lunardi 3 Francesco Zollo 3 Andres Latorre Canon 4–5 Garnet Patterson 4–5 James Allen 6 John Falb 6 21 Erwin Creed 1–2 Markus Pommer 1–2 Jeroen Bleekemolen 3 Freddie Hunt 3 Ugo de Wilde 4–6 Moritz Kranz 4 Thorsten Jung 5 Charles Crews 6 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 19 Mathieu de Barbuat 4 Niklas Krütten 4 37 Antoine Doquin All Josh Skelton All 69 Matthew Bell All Maurice Smith All Grainmarket Racing Duqueine M30 – D08 20 Mark Crader All Alex Mortimer All United Autosports Ligier JS P320 22 Scott Andrews All Gerald Kraut All23 John Schauerman All Wayne Boyd 1–3, 5–6 Duncan Tappy 4 26 James McGuire 4 Guy Smith 4 32 Andy Meyrick All Daniel Schneider All Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 25 Jacques Wolff All Théo Chalal 1–5 Antoine Jung 6 52 Mathijs Bakker 4 Tijmen van der Helm 4 Revere Racing ADESS-03 Evo 29 Simon Escallier 4 John Falb 4 Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 30 Klaus Abbelen 3–5 Axcil Jefferies 3–5 AF Corse Ligier JS P320 31 Rui Águas 1–3, 5–6 Kriton Lendoudis 1–3, 5–6 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 33 Adam Eteki All Michael Jensen All Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 – D08 55 Steve Parrow All Dominik Schwager All 66 Alexander Mattschull All Nicolás Varrone All R-Breizh CompetitionADESS-03 Evo56 Cedric Chapron 1 Simon Escallier 1 TS Corse Ligier JS P320 73 Cian Carey All Pietro Peccenini All MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 74 Sébastien Baud 4 Christophe Cresp 4 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 77 Auðunn Guðmundsson All Tom Ashton 1–2, 4, 6 Anders Fjordbach 3, 5 Motorsport98 Ligier JS P320 98 Eric De Doncker 1–2, 4–5 Dino Lunardi 1–2, 4–5
Innovative car Entrant/Team Car Drivers Rounds H24 Racing LMPH2G 24 Stéphane Richelmi 5–6
GT3
Team Car Engine Drivers Rounds Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFTPorsche 911 GT3 RPorsche 4.0 L Flat-62 Nicolas Leutwiler All Julien Andlauer 1, 3–6 Wolf Henzler 2 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 8 Rino Mastronardi 1–2 Paolo Ruberti 1, 3, 5–6 Logan Sargeant 2, 4 Gabriele Lancieri 3, 5–6 Rory Penttinen 4 9 Doriane Pin All Sarah Bovy 1–3 Manuela Gostner 4–6 ROFGO Racing with Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 34 Benjamin Goethe 4 Roald Goethe 4 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 72 Jean-Denis Delétraz 4 Charles Weerts 4 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Kenji Abe 1–4 Matteo Cressoni 1–3 Eddie Cheever III 461 Franck Dezoteux 2 Stephane Tribaudini 2 Gino Forgione 3–4 Andrea Montermini 3–4 62 Franck Dezoteux 4 Stephane Tribaudini 4 Racetivity Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 83 Emmanuel Collard 4 Charles-Henri Samani 4 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 91 Ralf Bohn 2 Robert Renauer 2 92 Alfred Renauer 2, 4 Daniel Allemann 2 Jürgen Häring 4 10Q Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 93 Kenneth Heyer 1 Wim Spinoy 1 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 95 Ahmad Al Harthy 4 Michael Dinan 4 TF Sport 97 Ross Gunn 3 Ben Keating 3
Race results Bold indicates the overall winner. Round Circuit LMP3 Winners GT3 Winners 1 Barcelona No. 22 United Autosports No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT Scott Andrews Gerald Kraut Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler 2 Le Castellet No. 7 Nielsen Racing No. 8 Iron Lynx Colin Noble Anthony Wells Rino Mastronardi Logan Sargeant 3 Monza No. 22 United Autosports No. 8 Iron Lynx Scott Andrews Gerald Kraut Gabriele Lancieri Paolo Ruberti 4 1 Le Mans(report) No. 7 Nielsen Racing No. 8 Iron Lynx Colin Noble Anthony Wells Rory Penttinen Logan Sargeant R2 No. 21 Mühlner Motorsport No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT Ugo de Wilde Moritz Kranz Nicolas Leutwiler Julien Andlauer 5 Spa-Francorchamps No. 37 Cool Racing No. 8 Iron Lynx Antoine Doquin Josh Skelton Gabriele Lancieri Paolo Ruberti 6 Portimão No. 5 Phoenix Racing No. 8 Iron Lynx Mathias Beche Ian Loggie Gabriele Lancieri Paolo Ruberti
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 BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR Points 1 #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 6 1 3 1 Ret 5 9 75 2 #69 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 3 2 12 3 14 2 4 71 3 #66 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 – D08 5 6 2 2 2 6 7 68 4 #5 Phoenix Racing Ligier JS P320 7 4 Ret 12 5 4 1 62.5 5 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 2 3 4 13 6 9 10 52.5 6 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 1 Ret 1 9 Ret 12 13 52 7 #37 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 11 Ret 7 7 17 1 15 38.5 8 #11 WTM Powered by Phoenix Duqueine M30 – D08 Ret 10 11 Ret 4 3 3 37.5 9 #71 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 4 Ret 6 8 3 8 18 33.5 10 #32 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 Ret 5 DNS 4 8 21 6 26 11 #21 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 – D08 Ret 12 9 18 1 13 8 23.5 12 #25 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 9 18 13 15 15 16 2 22.5 13 #33 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 17 7 10 6 11 18 5 22.5 14 #3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 – D08 19 14 5 16 Ret 19 14 13.5 15 #98 Motorsport98 Ligier JS P320 12 8 19 DNS 7 11 16 #18 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 – D08 10 17 Ret 5 9 23 17 8 17 #16 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 15 9 Ret 17 7 20 11 6.5 18 #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 8 Ret Ret 20 12 11 12 6 19 #31 AF Corse Ligier JS P320 18 15 8 Ret 15 16 6 20 #12 Black Falcon Ligier JS P320 13 16 15 14 18 10 3.5 21 #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 14 11 14 11 10 17 14 3.5 22 #20 Grainmarket Racing Duqueine M30 – D08 16 14 Ret Ret 16 22 19 1.5 23 #30 Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 Ret 10 13 14 1.5 Team Car BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
GT3 Teams Championship Team Car BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR Points 1 #8 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 148 2 #2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 911 GT3 R 1 3 3 Ret 1 2 2 107 3 #9 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 DNS 2 2 2 3 3 Ret 67 4 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 3 4 4 Ret DNS 39 5 #93 10Q Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4 12 Team Car BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
LMP3 Driver's championships (top-5) DriverTeamBARLECMNZLMSSPAPORTotal1 Colin Noble Nielsen Racing6131Ret59751 Anthony Wells Nielsen Racing6131Ret59752 Matthew Bell Cool Racing321231424712 Maurice Smith Cool Racing321231424713 Alexander Mattschull Rinaldi Racing5622267683 Nicolás Varrone Rinaldi Racing5622267684 John Schauerman United Autosports23413691052.55 Scott Andrews United Autosports1Ret19Ret1213525 Gerald Kraut United Autosports1Ret19Ret121352 Team Car BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR PointsBold – Pole
GT3 Drivers Championship DriverTeamBARLECMNZLMSSPAPORTotal1 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT 25 15 15 Ret 15 18 181072 Paolo Ruberti Iron Lynx 19 26 26 26973 Julien Andlauer Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT 25 15 Ret 15 18 18924 Gabriele Lancieri Iron Lynx 26 26 26785 Doriane Pin Iron Lynx 18 18 9 7 15 DNC676 Logan Sargeant Iron Lynx 26 15 10517 Rino Mastronardi Iron Lynx 19 26458 Ken Abe AF Corse 15 12 12399 Matteo Cressoni AF Corse 15 12 123910 Sarah Bovy Iron Lynx 18 183611 Manuela Gostner Iron Lynx 9 7 15 DNC3112 Rory Penttinen Iron Lynx 15 102513 Wolf Henzler Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT 15 151514 Kenneth Heyer 10Q Racing Team 121214 Wim Spinoy 10Q Racing Team 121215 Eddie Cheever III AF Corse0 Team Car BAR LEC MNZ LMS SPA POR PointsBold – Pole
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