The 2022 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the seventh season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 16 April at the Circuit Paul Ricard and ended on 15 October at the Algarve International Circuit. The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.
Calendar The 2022 calendar was unveiled on 17 September 2021. Round Circuit Location Race length Date 1 Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 1 hour 50 mins 16 April 2 Imola Circuit Imola, Italy 1 hour 50 mins 14 May 3 Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 55 minutes 9 June55 minutes11 June 4 Monza Circuit Monza, Italy 1 hour 50 mins 2 July 5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 1 hour 50 mins 24 September 6 Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 1 hour 50 mins 16 October
Entries LMP3 All cars in the LMP3 class used the 2020 spec Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres. The new-for-2022 race length of 1h 50m removes the need for the additional mandatory stop that was introduced in 2020 to mitigate unexpected higher fuel consumption.
Entrant/Team Chassis Drivers Rounds United Autosports Ligier JS P320 2 Max Lynn All Shaun Lynn 1–3, 5–6 Andrew Haddon 4 21 James McGuire 3 Guy Smith 3 22 Andres Latorre All Garnet Patterson All 23 Wayne Boyd All John Schauerman All 32 Daniel Schneider All Kay van Berlo 1 Andy Meyrick 2–6 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 3 Jon Brownson All Laurents Hörr All 14 Alexander Bukhantsov All James Winslow All Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 4 Matthew Bell All John Melsom All Ligier JS P320 7 Colin Noble All Anthony Wells All ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 6 Jonathan Brossard All Nicholas Schatz All AT Racing Team Ligier JS P320 9 Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. All Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. 1–2, 5–6 Gregory Huffaker 3 Charles Milesi 4 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 10 Tom Dillmann All Alexander Mattschull All 43 Josh Skelton All Jacques Wolff All WTM Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 11 Torsten Kratz All Leonard Weiss All Rinaldi Racing 66 Daniel Keilwitz All Steve Parrow All Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 13 Pieder Decurtins 2–6 Lars Kern 2 Marc Basseng 3–6 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 15 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 3 Alex Kapadia 3 53 Martin Rich 1–3 Tommy Foster 1–2 Nico Pino 3 Simon Butler 4–5 Valentino Catalano 4 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 5 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 17 Dino Lunardi 1–3, 5–6 Charles Crews 1 Patrice Lafargue 2–3, 5–6 Optimum Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 20 Mark Crader All Alex Mortimer All H24 Racing GreenGT H24 24 Stéphane Richelmi 1–3, 6 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 25 Mike Benham 3 Duncan Tappy 3 69 Malthe Jakobsen All Maurice Smith All 24-7 Motorsport Ligier JS P320 27 Andrew Ferguson All Jeremy Ferguson 1 Louis Hamilton-Smith 2–6 MV2S Forestier Racing Ligier JS P320 28 Emilien Carde All Christophe Cresp 1–2, 4–6 Nick Adcock 3 29 Louis Rousset All Jérôme de Sadeleer All Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 30 Klaus Abbelen 1–4, 6 Felipe Fernández Laser 1–4, 6 AF Corse Ligier JS P320 31 Rui Águas 1–2, 5–6 Kriton Lendoudis 1–2, 5–6 Mark Kvamme 3 Trenton Estep 3 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 33 Rob Hodes 1–4 Ian Rodríguez 1–4 Christian Bogle 5–6 Dimitry Gvazava 5 Antonio Forne 6 72 Alexandre Yvon 1–4 Mathis Poulet 1–4 Alessandro Bracalente 5–6 Thomas Padovani 5 Nathan Kumar 6 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 37 Fabien Michal 1–3, 5 Shaun Thong 1 Adam Eteki 2 Grégory Guilvert 3, 5 Belén García 6 Huilin Han 6 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 40 Luis Sanjuan All Théo Vaucher 1–4 David Droux 5–6 57 Ryan Harper-Ellam All Fabrice Rossello 1 Stephan Rupp 2–6 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 54 Noam Abramczyk 3 Don Yount 3 TS Corse Duqueine M30 - D08 73 Pietro Peccenini All Cian Carey 1 Parth Ghorpade 2, 4 Benjamín Hites 3 Kai Askey 5–6 Reiter Engineering Ligier JS P320 76 Freddie Hunt All Mads Siljehaug All Team Thor Ligier JS P320 77 Auðunn Guðmundsson All Michael H. Markussen All
GT3 Team Car Engine Drivers Rounds Schnitzelalm Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 8 P. J. Hyett 6 Gunnar Jeannette 6 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 19 Gregg Gorski 3 Gerhard Watzinger 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 34 Arnold Robin 3 Maxime Robin 3 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 44 Gustav Birch All Jens Reno Møller All 55 Kasper H. Jensen All Kristian Poulsen All 88 Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen All Mikkel O. Pedersen 1–4 Jan Magnussen 5–6 Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 46 Fabio Babini 1–4 Emanuele Busnelli 1–4 56 Max Busnelli 3 Paolo Venerosi 3 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Luke Davenport 1–3 Marcos Vivian 1–3 Kei Cozzolino 6 Hiroshi Koizumi 6 61 Gino Forgione 1–5 Andrea Montermini 1–5 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 52 Hugo Delacour 3 Cédric Sbirrazzuoli 3 Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 65 Nick Jones 6 Scott Malvern 6 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 74 Scott Andrews 3 Anton Dias Perera 3 Racetivity Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 83 Jean-Bernard Bouvet 3 Charles-Henri Samani 3 Bullitt Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 99 Stephen Pattrick All Théo Nouet 1–2 Valentin Hasse-Clot 3–6
Race results
Bold indicates the overall winner. Round Circuit LMP3 Winners GT3 Winners 1 Le Castellet No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman No. 55 GMB Motorsport Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull Kasper H. Jensen Kristian Poulsen 2 Imola No. 69 Cool Racing No. 44 GMB Motorsport Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith Gustav Birch Jens Reno Møller 3 1 Le Mans(report) No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman No. 46 Ebimotors Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli R2 No. 25 Cool Racing No. 55 GMB Motorsport Mike Benham Duncan Tappy Kasper H. Jensen Kristian Poulsen 4 Monza No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman No. 88 GMB Motorsport Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen Mikkel O. Pedersen 5 Spa-Francorchamps No. 40 Graff Racing No. 44 GMB Motorsport David Droux Luis Sanjuan Gustav Birch Jens Reno Møller 6 Portimão No. 76 Reiter Engineering No. 51 AF Corse Freddie Hunt Mads Siljehaug Kei Cozzolino Hiroshi Koizumi
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 1 Le Mans 15 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
LMP3 Teams Championship Team Car LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points 1 #10 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 1 12 1 3 1 6 3 97 2 #76 Reiter Engineering Ligier JS P320 11 16 5 2 6 2 1 73 3 #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 6 6 3 9 Ret 4 2 55 4 #69 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 1 27 5 16 5 4 53 5 #29 MV2S Forestier Racing Ligier JS P320 2 Ret 7 11 2 7 Ret 47 6 #43 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 29 22 2 26 3 3 Ret 39 7 #40 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 17 23 22 16 8 1 7 35 8 #11 WTM Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 4 Ret Ret 4 5 15 9 34 9 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 13 2 4 23 11 14 10 25 10 #27 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 7 5 20 6 16 17 21 11 #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 5 7 26 Ret 9 19 18 12 #32 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 10 18 10 12 7 22 6 16 13 #53 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 3 19 14 19 Ret Ret 15 14 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 16 3 Ret 17 Ret 25 14 15 15 #14 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 20 11 8 7 Ret 8 8 15 16 #9 AT Racing Team Ligier JS P320 18 9 Ret 25 4 28 23 14 17 #66 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 28 4 12 29 18 26 16 12 18 #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 12 15 18 14 9 11 5 12 19 #4 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 8 Ret Ret 8 22 27 15 7 20 #57 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 9 8 11 27 Ret 13 20 6 21 #72 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 19 Ret 9 10 17 19 21 3 22 #13 Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 10 21 22 12 10 12 2 23 #30 Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 23 Ret 23 Ret 10 11 1 24 #3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 15 17 13 Ret 21 Ret 25 1 25 #31 AF Corse Ligier JS P320 26 Ret 19 28 12 24 0 26 #24 24-7 Motorsport Ligier JS P320 27 13 Ret Ret 13 24 28 0 27 #20 Optimum Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 24 14 28 13 20 17 18 0 28 #6 ANS Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 21 Ret 15 Ret 14 Ret 27 0 29 #73 TS Corse Duqueine M30 - D08 14 24 17 Ret 19 23 29 0 30 #28 MV2S Forestier Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 18 24 15 Ret 18 13 0 31 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 25 20 25 24 15 21 22 0 32 #33 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 22 21 Ret Ret 23 20 Ret 0 33 #24 H24 Racing GreenGT H24WD 25 NC 30 26 0 Teams ineligible to score points - #25 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 6 1 - - #15 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 16 21 - - #21 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 Ret 18 - - #54 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 Ret 20 - Team Car LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
GT3 Teams Championship Team Car LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR Points 1 #55 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 1 5 3 1 2 3 3 109 2 #88 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 5 4 9 7 1 2 2 93 3 #44 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 2 1 6 Ret Ret 1 Ret 76 4 #99 Bullitt Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 4 2 7 3 3 DNS 4 72 5 #46 Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R 7 3 1 4 4 57 6 #61 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 3 6 4 Ret 5 4 52 7 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 6 7 DNS DNSWD 1 39 Teams ineligible to score points - #34 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2 2 - - #56 Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R 5 5 - - #65 Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 5 - - #52 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ret 6 - - #19 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 8 8 - - #83 Racetivity Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ret DNS - - #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 DNS DNS - - #8 Schnitzelalm Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ret - Team Car LEC IMO LMS MNZ SPA POR PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
LMP3 Drivers Championship