2017 Le Mans Cup

The 2017 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the second season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 13 May at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and finished on 21 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.^[1]

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Round	Circuit	Location	Race length	Date
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza, Italy	2 hours	13 May
2	Circuit de la Sarthe^[4]	Le Mans, France	55 minutes	15 June
2	Circuit de la Sarthe^[4]	Le Mans, France	55 minutes	17 June
3	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Austria	2 hours	22 July
4	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	2 hours	26 August
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	2 hours	23 September
6	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	2 hours	21 October
Sources:^[2]^[5]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports^[6]^[7]	Ligier JS P3^[6]^[7]	2	John Falb^[8]	2
		2	Sean Rayhall^[8]	2
		22	Matthew Bell^[7]	All
		22	Jim McGuire^[7]	All
		23	Richard Meins^[6]	All
			Shaun Lynn^[6]	1–3, 5
			Andrew Bentley^[9]	4, 6
DKR Engineering^[10]	Norma M30^[10]	3	Jean Glorieux^[10]	All
		3	Alexander Toril^[10]	All
		6	Edgar Lau^[8]	2
		6	Jacques Wolf^[8]	2
	ADESS-03^[8]	91	Sylvain Boulay^[8]	2
	ADESS-03^[8]	91	Yojiro Terada^[8]	2
Cool Racing by GPC^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	4	Alexandre Coigny^[8]	2–6
			Gino Forgione^[8]	2
			Iradj Alexander^[11]	3–5
			Antonin Borga^[12]	6
Duqueine Engineering^[13]	Ligier JS P3^[13]	9	Joël Janco^[13]	All
			Gerry Kraut^[13]	1–2
			Scott Andrews^[11]	3
			Kenton Koch^[9]	4–5
			Jonatan Jorge^[12]	6
		10	Antonin Borga^[8]	2
		10	Lucas Borga^[8]	2
		11	Lucas Légeret^[8]	2
		11	Nicolas Melin^[8]	2
SVC Sport Management^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	12	Marco Cencetti^[8]	2–3
SVC Sport Management^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	12	Marcello Marateotto^[8]	2–3
RLR MSport^[14]^[15]	Ligier JS P3^[14]^[15]	14	Alex Kapadia^[15]	All
			Ross Warburton^[15]	1, 3–6
			Martin Rich^[16]	2
		87	Morten Dons^[16]	2
		87	John Farano^[16]	2
By Speed Factory^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	15	Ate de Jong^[8]	2
By Speed Factory^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	15	Tacksung Kim^[8]	2
M.Racing - YMR^[17]	Ligier JS P3^[17]	18	Alexandre Cougnaud^[8]	2
		18	Romano Ricci^[8]	2
		53	Natan Bihel^[18]	All
		53	Laurent Millara^[10]	All
	Norma M30^[8]	19	Erwin Creed^[8]	2
	Norma M30^[8]	19	Yann Ehrlacher^[8]	2
BE Motorsport^[10]	Ligier JS P3^[10]	33	Javier Ibrán^[10]	1–5
			Mathijs Bakker^[10]	1, 3–5
			Dirk Waaijenberg^[8]	2
Graff^[10]	Ligier JS P3^[10]	39	Scott Andrews^[12]	6
		39	Eric Trouillet^[12]	6
		40	Richard Bradley^[19]	5
		40	William Lok^[19]	5
		65	Émilien Carde^[10]	All
		65	Adrien Chila^[10]	All
		66	Scott Andrews^[8]	2
		66	John Corbett^[8]	2
		72	Philippe Cimadomo^[8]	2
		72	Thomas Dagoneau^[8]	2
		89	Greg Taylor^[8]	2
		89	James Winslow^[8]	2
KEO Racing	Ligier JS P3	43	Scott Andrews	1
KEO Racing	Ligier JS P3	43	Yoshiharu Mori	1
SPV MotorSport^[10]	Ligier JS P3^[10]	44	Álvaro Fontes^[10]	1–3
			Kim Rødkjær^[10]	1
			Andrew Cummings^[8]	2–3
Kox Racing^[20]	Ligier JS P3^[20]	48	Peter Kox^[20]	1–2, 4
Kox Racing^[20]	Ligier JS P3^[20]	48	Nico Pronk^[20]	1–2, 4
Win Motorsport^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	49	Richard Bradley^[8]	2
Win Motorsport^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	49	William Lok^[8]	2
Spirit of Race^[10]	Ligier JS P3^[10]	55	Claudio Sdanewitsch^[10]	All
			Maurizio Mediani	1
			Michele Rugolo^[10]	2–6
Nielsen Racing^[21]	Ligier JS P3^[21]	79	Colin Noble^[21]	All
Nielsen Racing^[21]	Ligier JS P3^[21]	79	Anthony Wells^[21]	All
Eurointernational^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	85	Mark Kvamme^[8]	2
		85	Alex Popow^[8]	2
		86	Ricky Capo^[8]	2
		86	Andrea Dromedari^[8]	2
AT Racing^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	90	Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr.^[8]	2
AT Racing^[8]	Ligier JS P3^[8]	90	Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.^[8]	2
TKS^[8]	Ginetta-Juno LMP3^[8]	92	Shinyo Sano^[8]	2
TKS^[8]	Ginetta-Juno LMP3^[8]	92	Takuya Shirasaka^[8]	2
Motorsport 98^[22]	Ligier JS P3^[22]	98	Eric De Doncker^[22]	All
Motorsport 98^[22]	Ligier JS P3^[22]	98	Andy Meyrick^[22]	All
N'Race^[10]	Ligier JS P3^[10]	99	Alain Costa^[10]	All
			Jordan Perroy^[10]	1–2, 5
			Thomas Accary^[11]	3
			Gaëtan Paletou^[9]	4
			Stéphane Tribaudini^[12]	6

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ram Racing^[23]	Mercedes-AMG GT3^[23]	5	Tom Onslow-Cole^[23]	All
Ram Racing^[23]	Mercedes-AMG GT3^[23]	5	Remon Leonard Vos^[23]	All
Lee Mowle^[24]	Mercedes-AMG GT3^[24]	7	Lee Mowle^[24]	All
			Phil Keen^[24]	1–4, 6
			Dominik Baumann^[19]	5
SVC Sport Management^[10]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3^[10]	8	Steeve Hiesse^[10]	All
SVC Sport Management^[10]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3^[10]	8	Cédric Mézard^[10]	All
Gulf Racing UK^[10]	Porsche 911 GT3 R^[10]	20	Andrew Baker^[10]	2, 5–6
Gulf Racing UK^[10]	Porsche 911 GT3 R^[10]	20	Ben Barker^[10]	2, 5–6
Garage 59^[8]	McLaren 650S GT3^[8]	24	Michael Benham^[8]	2
		24	Duncan Tappy^[8]	2
		88	Chris Goodwin^[8]	2
		88	Alexander West^[8]	2
Delahaye Racing Team^[8]	Porsche 911 GT3 R^[8]	28	Pierre-Étienne Bordet^[8]	2
Delahaye Racing Team^[8]	Porsche 911 GT3 R^[8]	28	Alexandre Viron^[8]	2
Ebimotors^[10]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3^[10]	46	Fabio Babini^[10]	All
Ebimotors^[10]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3^[10]	46	Emanuele Busnelli^[10]	All
Larbre Compétition^[8]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3^[8]	50	Franck Labescat^[8]	2
Larbre Compétition^[8]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3^[8]	50	Christian Philippon^[8]	2
Optimum Racing^[25]	Audi R8 LMS^[25]	75	Flick Haigh^[25]	1–4
Optimum Racing^[25]	Audi R8 LMS^[25]	75	Joe Osborne^[25]	1–4
IMSA Performance^[8]	Porsche 911 GT3 R^[8]	76	Thierry Cornac^[8]	2
		76	Raymond Narac^[8]	2
		96	Michel Ettouati^[8]	2
		96	Franck Racinet^[8]	2
Kessel Racing^[8]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3^[8]	93	Deborah Mayer^[8]	2
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3^[8]		Claudio Schiavoni^[8]	2
	Ferrari 488 GT3^[12]		Andrea Piccini^[12]	6
	Ferrari 488 GT3^[12]		Claudio Schiavoni^[12]	6
Spirit of Race^[8]	Ferrari 488 GT3^[8]	94	Martin Lanting^[8]	2
	Ferrari 488 GT3^[8]	94	Patrick Van Glabeke^[8]	2
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3^[8]	95	Maurizio Mediani^[8]	2–3
	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3^[8]	95	Christoph Ulrich^[8]	2–3
TF Sport^[8]	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3^[8]	97	Ahmad Al Harthy^[8]	2
TF Sport^[8]	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3^[8]	97	Tom Jackson^[8]	2

Rnd.		Circuit	LMP3 Winning Team	GT3 Winning Team
Rnd.		Circuit	LMP3 Winning Drivers	GT3 Winning Drivers
1		Monza	No. 79 Nielsen Racing	No. 7 Lee Mowle
1		Monza	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Phil Keen Lee Mowle
2	R1	Le Mans (report)	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 97 TF Sport
	R1		Sean Rayhall John Falb	Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Jackson
	R2		No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 97 TF Sport
	R2		Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Jackson
3		Red Bull Ring	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 46 Ebimotors
3		Red Bull Ring	Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli
4		Paul Ricard	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 46 Ebimotors
4		Paul Ricard	Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli
5		Spa	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 7 Lee Mowle
5		Spa	Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril	Dominik Baumann Lee Mowle
6		Portimão	No. 98 Motorsport 98	No. 20 Gulf Racing UK
6		Portimão	Eric De Doncker Andy Meyrick	Andrew Baker Ben Barker
Source:^[26]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Other	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0.5	1

2017 Le Mans Cup

Calendar

Entry list

LMP3

GT3

Race results

Standings

LMP3 Driver's championships (top-5)

GT3 Driver's championships (top-5)

LMP3 Team's championships (top-5)

GT3 Team's championships (top-5)

References

External links

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