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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 June
			55 minutes	16 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	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DKR Engineering	Norma M30	1	Dan Polley	3
			James Winslow	3
		3	Léonard 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	No.	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

1. ^ Car Nos. 51 and 54 entered as Spirit of Race and Car No. 71 entered as AF Corse.

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.		Circuit	LMP3 Winning Team	GT3 Winning Team
			LMP3 Winning Drivers	GT3 Winning Drivers
1		Paul Ricard	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8 Kessel Racing
			Léonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
2		Monza	No. 3 DKR Engineering	No. 8 Kessel Racing
			Léonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen	Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini
3	R1	Le Mans	No. 11 Eurointernational	No. 71 AF Corse
			Mikkel Jensen Kay Van Berlo	Marco Cioci Piergiuseppe Perazzini
	R2		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):

For Le Mans:

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LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos. 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 36.5

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

LMP3 Drivers Championship

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GT3 Teams Championship

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GT3 Drivers Championship

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References

1. ^ "29 Cars for Le Mans Cup Season". sportscar365.com. Sportscar365. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
2. ^ "ROAD TO LE MANS 16 JUNE 2018 PROVISIONAL LIST OF COMPETITORS AND CARS INVITED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKINGS & SCRUTINEERING" (PDF). lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com. Al Kamel Systems. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
3. ^ Fernandez, Mat (9 April 2018). "29-Car Field Set For Le Mans Cup Season Opener". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
4. ^ "2018 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - MONZA ROUND - ENTRY LIST" (PDF). lemanscup.alkamelsystems.com. Al Kamel Systems. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

External links

• Official website

• 2018 in motorsport
• 2018 in European sport