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The 2020 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the fifth season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 18 July at the Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 1 November at Algarve International Circuit. The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class. The 2020 calendar was released on 4 April 2020.[1]
This season ran with a newly updated 2020 ACO LMP3 specification, including an uplift of ~35bhp in power and to 5.6 litres from 5.0 litres.[2] An issue with fuel consumption came to light after Free Practice sessions; the spec Nissan VK56 / X-Trac drivetrain, homologated and supplied through Oreca, used more fuel than was predicted. To mitigate this in the first race an additional mandatory pit stop was added, along with adjustments to relevant mandatory stop times and driver stint rules.[2]
Calendar
[edit]The 2020 calendar was released on 4 April 2020.[1] All races supported the 2020 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.
The Barcelona round was moved to Paul Ricard due to the COVID-19 situation in Barcelona.[3]
| Round | Circuit | Location | Race length | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 2 hours | 18 July |
| 2 |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | 2 hours | 8 August |
| 3 | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 2 hours | 29 August |
| 4 | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | 55 minutes | 19 September |
| 55 minutes | 18 September | |||
| 5 |  Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Monza, Italy | 2 hours | 10 October |
| 6 |  Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 2 hours | 1 November |
Entries
[edit]LMP3
[edit]| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DKR Engineering[4] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 1 | Ugo de Wilde | 4 |
 Wolfgang Triller | 4 | |||
| 3 | Jean Glorieux[4] | 1–5 | ||
| Laurents Hörr[4] | All | |||
| Wolfgang Triller | 6 | |||
 Realteam Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 4 | Esteban Garcia | 4 |
| David Droux | 4 | |||
 CD Sport[4] | Ligier JS P320 | 5 |  Nicholas Adcock[4] | All |
 Michael Jensen[4] | All | |||
| 6 | Jacques Wolff[4] | All | ||
| Joffrey de Narda[4] | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
| Kévin Bole Besançon[5] | 4 | |||
| Nielsen Racing[4] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 7 | Colin Noble[4] | All |
| Anthony Wells[4] | All | |||
| 10 |  Garett Grist[4] | All | ||
 Rob Hodes[4] | All | |||
| Racing Experience[4] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 11 | Gary Hauser | 1, 4 |
 Yury Wagner | 1, 3 | |||
| Nicolas Melin | 2, 4–5 | |||
| David Hauser | 2–3, 5 | |||
 Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 | 12 | Julien Falchero | 3 |
| Philippe Haezebrouck | 3 | |||
| James Winslow | 4 | |||
| Tom Cloet | 4 | |||
| Alessandro Ghiretti | 6 | |||
| Miguel Cristóvão | 6 | |||
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P320 | 14 |  Niko Kari | 4 |
| François Heriau | 4 | |||
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P320 | 15 | James Dayson | 4 |
| Malthe Jakobsen | 4 | |||
| Grainmarket Racing[4] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 20 | Mark Crader[4] | 1–2, 5 |
| Alex Mortimer[4] | 1–2, 5 | |||
| Mühlner Motorsport[4] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 21 | Moritz Kranz[4] | All |
| Tom Cloet[4] | 1–2 | |||
| Gilles Magnus[5] | 3–4 | |||
| Alex Kapadia | 5–6 | |||
| United Autosports[6] | Ligier JS P320[6] | 22 | Jim McGuire | 4 |
| Duncan Tappy | 4 | |||
| 23 | Wayne Boyd[7] | All | ||
| John Schauerman[7] | All | |||
| 24 | Andy Meyrick[8] | All | ||
 Daniel Schneider[8] | All | |||
| 25 | Shaun Lynn | 4 | ||
| Joe Macari | 4 | |||
| Graff[4] | Ligier JS P320 | 26 |  Matthias Kaiser[4] | All |
| Rory Penttinen[4] | All | |||
| MV2S Racing[4] | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | Christophe Cresp[4] | All |
| Bruce Jouanny[4] | 1, 4 | |||
| Fabien Lavergne | 2–3, 5–6 | |||
| Cool Racing[4] | Ligier JS P320 | 37 | Edouard Cauhaupe[4] | All |
| Nicolas Maulini[4] | All | |||
| 69 | Maurice Smith[4] | All | ||
| Ben Barnicoat[4] | 1 | |||
| Matt Bell | 2–6 | |||
| Rinaldi Racing[4] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 55 | Alexander Mattschull[4] | 1, 3–4, 6 |
| Daniel Keilwitz[4] | 1, 3 | |||
| Nicolas Schatz | 4 | |||
 Nicolás Varrone | 6 | |||
| 66 | Steve Parrow[4] | 1–4, 6 | ||
| Dominik Schwager[4] | 1–4, 6 | |||
| IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 75 | Patrice Lafargue | 3–6 |
| Stéphane Adler | 3–4 | |||
| Dimitri Enjalbert | 5–6 | |||
| Motorsport98[4] | Ligier JS P320 | 98 | Eric De Doncker[4] | 1–3, 5–6 |
| Dino Lunardi[4] | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
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GT3
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Race results
[edit]Bold indicates the 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 Iron Lynx | |
| Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini | |||
| 2 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 8 Iron Lynx | |
| Edouard Cauhaupe Nicolas Maulini | Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini | |||
| 3 | Paul Ricard | No. 69 Cool Racing | No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT | |
| Maurice Smith Matt Bell | Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler | |||
| 4 | R1 | Le Mans | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 8 Iron Lynx[N 1] |
| Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini | |||
| R2 | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 74 Kessel Racing[N 2] | ||
| Edouard Cauhaupe Nicolas Maulini | Michael Broniszewski David Perel | |||
| 5 | Monza | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT | |
| Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler | |||
| 6 | Portimão | No. 7 Nielsen Racing | No. 8 Iron Lynx | |
| Colin Noble Anthony Wells | Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini | |||
- ^ The GT3 class winner in Race 1 at Le Mans was the No. 63 FFF Racing Team by ACM invitational entry. As it is not a full-season Michelin Le Mans Cup entrant, the points for the win were awarded to the No. 8 Iron Lynx entry
- ^ The GT3 class winner in Race 2 at Le Mans was the No. 63 FFF Racing Team by ACM invitational entry. As it is not a full-season Michelin Le Mans Cup entrant, the points for the win were awarded to the No. 74 Kessel Racing entry
Standings
[edit]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 Teams Championship
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Staff, Sportscar365 (4 April 2020). "Revised 2020 Sports Car Racing Calendars". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Goodwin, Graham (18 July 2020). "Fuel Consumption Issue Forces Le Mans Cup To Mandate Second Stop For New LMP3 Cars". Daily Sportscar.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (6 August 2020). "Second ELMS Race at Le Castellet Replaces 4 Hours of Barcelona". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay "26 Cars For Michelin Le Mans Cup Season Opener". Dailysportscar. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Road to Le Mans - Provisional Entry List" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Michelin Le Mans Cup. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ a b Goodwin, Graham (29 November 2019). "Gerry Kraut & Scott Andrews Join United Autosports For 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ a b "John Schauerman To Join United Autosports Alongside Wayne Boyd For 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup". sportscarracingnews.com. SportsCarRacingNews. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ a b Kilbey, Stephen (12 February 2020). "Meyrick Signs With United For Le Mans Cup". Dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ a b "2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup - Season Entry List" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Michelin Le Mans Cup. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Kilbey, Stephen (29 February 2020). "Iron Lynx Confirms ELMS & Le Mans Cup Drivers". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 29 February 2020.