2021 Le Mans Cup

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.[1]

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 August
55 minutes 21 August
5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 18 September
6 Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 2 hours 24 October

Calendar changes

Entries

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
DKR Engineering[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 1 Nathan Kumar 4
Marcello Marateotto 4
3 Jon Brownson[2] 1, 3, 5
Dario Cangialosi[2] 1, 3, 5
Kris Cools 2, 6
Francois Kirmann 2, 6
Jean Glorieux 4
Laurents Hörr 4
Phoenix Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 5 Finn Gehrsitz 1–5
Hamza Owega 1–5
Mathias Beche 6
John Loggie 6
60 Frank Kräling 5–6
Connor De Phillippi 5–6
ANS Team JSE Managemet Ligier JS P320 6 Jonathan Brossard 2–3, 6
Nicholas Schatz 2–3, 6
Nielsen Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 7 Colin Noble[2] All
Anthony Wells[2] All
27 Nicholas Adcock 4
Max Koebolt 4
Andrew Ferguson 6
Jeremy Ferguson 6
28 Tristan Nunez 4
Steven Thomas 4
Wochenspiegel Team Monschau[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 11 Torsten Kratz[2] All
Leonard Weiss[2] All
Black Falcon[2] Ligier JS P320 12 Donar Munding[2] 1–5
Maik Rosenberg[2] 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 6
Team Virage[2] Ligier JS P320 16 Sacha Lehmann[2] All
Julien Gerbi 1, 5
Matthias Lüthen 2–4
Miguel Cristóvão 6
71 Rob Hodes[2] All
Garett Grist[2] 1–5
Mathis Poulet 6
IDEC Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 17 Dimitri Enjalbert[2] All
Patrice Lafargue[2] All
Mühlner Motorsport[2] 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[3] Ligier JS P320 19 Mathieu de Barbuat 4
Niklas Krütten 4
37 Antoine Doquin[2] All
Josh Skelton[2] All
69 Matthew Bell[2] All
Maurice Smith[2] All
Grainmarket Racing[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 20 Mark Crader[2] All
Alex Mortimer[2] All
United Autosports[4] Ligier JS P320 22 Scott Andrews[2] All
Gerald Kraut[2] All
23 John Schauerman[5] All
Wayne Boyd[5] 1–3, 5–6
Duncan Tappy 4
26 James McGuire 4
Guy Smith 4
32 Andy Meyrick[4] All
Daniel Schneider[4] All
Racing Spirit of Léman[2] Ligier JS P320 25 Jacques Wolff[2] All
Théo Chalal[2] 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[2] Ligier JS P320 30 Klaus Abbelen[2] 3–5
Axcil Jefferies[2] 3–5
AF Corse[2] Ligier JS P320 31 Rui Águas[2] 1–3, 5–6
Kriton Lendoudis[2] 1–3, 5–6
CD Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 33 Adam Eteki[2] All
Michael Jensen[2] All
Rinaldi Racing[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 55 Steve Parrow All
Dominik Schwager All
66 Alexander Matschull All
Nicolas Varrone All
R-Breizh Competition ADESS-03 Evo 56 Cedric Chapron 1
Simon Escallier 1
TS Corse Ligier JS P320 73 Cian Carey All
Pietro Peccenini All
MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 74 Sebastien Baud 4
Christophe Cresp 4
Team Thor[6] Ligier JS P320 77 Auðunn Guðmundsson[6] All
Tom Ashton[6] 1–2, 4, 6
Anders Fjordbach 3, 5
Motorsport98[7] Ligier JS P320 98 Eric De Doncker[7] 1–2, 4–5
Dino Lundardi[7] 1–2, 4–5

Innovative car
Entrant/Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
H24 Racing[2] LMPH2G 24 Stéphane Richelmi 5–6

GT3
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 2 Nicolas Leutwiler[2] All
Julien Andlauer[2] 1, 3–6
Wolf Henzler 2
Iron Lynx[8] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 8 Rino Mastronardi[8] 1–2
Paolo Ruberti[8] 1, 3, 5–6
Logan Sargeant 2, 4
Gabriele Lancieri 3, 5–6
Rory Penttinen 4
9 Doriane Pin[9] 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[2] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Kenji Abe[2] 1–4
Matteo Cressoni[2] 1–3
Edward Cheever 4
61 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[2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 93 Kenneth Heyer[2] 1
Wim Spinoy[2] 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[N 1] 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[N 2]
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 R1 Le Mans 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
John Loggie		 Gabriele Lancieri
Paolo Ruberti
  1. The LMP3 class winner at Barcelona was the No. 15 RLR Msport invitational entry. As it is not a full season entrant, the points for the win are awarded to the No. 22 United Autosports entry.
  2. The GT3 class winner at Le Castellet was the No. 92 Herberth Motorsport invitational entry. As it is not a full season entrant, the points for the win are awarded to the No. 8 Iron Lynx entry.

Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

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

LMP3
Pos. 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 50
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 Le Mans 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
Pos. Team Car BAR
 LEC
 MNZ
 LMS
 SPA
 POR
 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3
Pos. 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
Pos. Team Car BAR
 LEC
 MNZ
 LMS
 SPA
 POR
 Points

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