# 2020 Le Mans Cup

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.
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. 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.

## Calendar

The 2020 calendar was released on 4 April 2020. 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.
| 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 |
| 4 | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | 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
### LMP3

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 1 | Ugo de Wilde | 4 |
| DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 1 | Wolfgang Triller | 4 |
| DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 3 | Jean Glorieux | 1–5 |
| DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 3 | Laurents Hörr | All |
| DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 3 | Wolfgang Triller | 6 |
| Realteam Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 4 | Esteban García | 4 |
| Realteam Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 4 | David Droux | 4 |
| CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | Nicholas Adcock | All |
| CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | Michael Jensen | All |
| CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Jacques Wolff | All |
| CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Joffrey de Narda | 1–3, 5–6 |
| CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Kévin Bole Besançon | 4 |
| Nielsen Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 7 | Colin Noble | All |
| Nielsen Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 7 | Anthony Wells | All |
| Nielsen Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 10 | Garett Grist | All |
| Nielsen Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 10 | Rob Hodes | All |
| Racing Experience | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 11 | Gary Hauser | 1, 4 |
| Racing Experience | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 11 | Yury Wagner | 1, 3 |
| Racing Experience | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 11 | Nicolas Melin | 2, 4–5 |
| Racing Experience | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 11 | David Hauser | 2–3, 5 |
| Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 | 12 | Julien Falchero | 3 |
| Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 | 12 | Philippe Haezebrouck | 3 |
| Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 | 12 | James Winslow | 4 |
| Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 | 12 | Tom Cloet | 4 |
| Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 | 12 | Alessandro Ghiretti | 6 |
| Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 | 12 | Miguel Cristóvão | 6 |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P320 | 14 | Niko Kari | 4 |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P320 | 14 | François Heriau | 4 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P320 | 15 | James Dayson | 4 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P320 | 15 | Malthe Jakobsen | 4 |
| Grainmarket Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 20 | Mark Crader | 1–2, 5 |
| Grainmarket Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 20 | Alex Mortimer | 1–2, 5 |
| Mühlner Motorsport | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 21 | Moritz Kranz | All |
| Mühlner Motorsport | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 21 | Tom Cloet | 1–2 |
| Mühlner Motorsport | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 21 | Gilles Magnus | 3–4 |
| Mühlner Motorsport | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 21 | Alex Kapadia | 5–6 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 22 | Jim McGuire | 4 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 22 | Duncan Tappy | 4 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 23 | Wayne Boyd | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 23 | John Schauerman | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 24 | Andy Meyrick | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 24 | Daniel Schneider | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 25 | Shaun Lynn | 4 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 25 | Joe Macari | 4 |
| Graff | Ligier JS P320 | 26 | Matthias Kaiser | All |
| Graff | Ligier JS P320 | 26 | Rory Penttinen | All |
| MV2S Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | Christophe Cresp | All |
| MV2S Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | Bruce Jouanny | 1, 4 |
| MV2S Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | Fabien Lavergne | 2–3, 5–6 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 37 | Edouard Cauhaupe | All |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 37 | Nicolas Maulini | All |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 69 | Maurice Smith | All |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 69 | Ben Barnicoat | 1 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 69 | Matt Bell | 2–6 |
| Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 55 | Alexander Mattschull | 1, 3–4, 6 |
| Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 55 | Daniel Keilwitz | 1, 3 |
| Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 55 | Nicolas Schatz | 4 |
| Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 55 | Nicolás Varrone | 6 |
| Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 66 | Steve Parrow | 1–4, 6 |
| Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 66 | Dominik Schwager | 1–4, 6 |
| IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 75 | Patrice Lafargue | 3–6 |
| IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 75 | Stéphane Adler | 3–4 |
| IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 75 | Dimitri Enjalbert | 5–6 |
| Motorsport98 | Ligier JS P320 | 98 | Eric De Doncker | 1–3, 5–6 |
| Motorsport98 | Ligier JS P320 | 98 | Dino Lunardi | 1–3, 5–6 |
| Entries: |||||

### GT3

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2 | Julien Andlauer | 1, 3–6 |
| Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2 | Nicolas Leutwiler | 1, 3–6 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Rino Mastronardi | All |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Giacomo Piccini | 1–2, 4–6 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Nicklas Nielsen | 3 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 9 | Michelle Gatting | 1–2 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 9 | Deborah Mayer | 1–2 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 9 | Paolo Ruberti | 4 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 9 | Murad Sultanov | 4 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 9 | Niccolò Schirò | 5 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 9 | Emanuele Maria Tabacchi | 5 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 77 | Claudio Schiavoni | 1–5 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 77 | Andrea Piccini | 1–2, 4–5 |
| Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 77 | Matt Griffin | 3 |
| IDEC Sport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 17 | Patrice Lafargue | 1 |
| IDEC Sport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 17 | Erik Maris | 1 |
| Delahaye Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 28 | Pierre-Etienne Bordet | 4 |
| Delahaye Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 28 | Alexandre Viron | 4 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | Oliver Hancock | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | John Hartshorne | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 67 | Murad Sultanov | 1–3 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 67 | Paolo Ruberti | 1–2 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 67 | Andrea Belicchi | 3 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 67 | Murat Cuhadaroglu | 4–5 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 67 | Nicola Cadei | 4 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 67 | David Fumanelli | 5 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 74 | Michael Broniszewski | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 74 | David Perel | All |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 51 | Gunnar Jeannette | 4 |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 51 | Rodrigo Sales | 4 |
| Orange1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 63 | Andrea Caldarelli | 4 |
| Orange1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 63 | Hiroshi Hamaguchi | 4 |
| Optimum Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 | 70 | Brendan Iribe | 5 |
| Optimum Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 | 70 | Oliver Milroy | 5 |
| Sky - Tempesta Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 93 | Chris Froggatt | 4 |
| Sky - Tempesta Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 93 | Jonathan Hui | 4 |
| Entries |||||

## Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.
| Rnd | Rnd | Circuit | LMP3 Winning Team | GT3 Winning Team |
| Rnd | Rnd | Circuit | LMP3 Winning Drivers | GT3 Winning Drivers |
| 1 | 1 | Paul Ricard | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 8 Iron Lynx |
| 1 | 1 | Paul Ricard | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini |
| 2 | 2 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 8 Iron Lynx |
| 2 | 2 | Spa-Francorchamps | Edouard Cauhaupe Nicolas Maulini | Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini |
| 3 | 3 | Paul Ricard | No. 69 Cool Racing | No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT |
| 3 | 3 | Paul Ricard | Maurice Smith Matt Bell | Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler |
| 4 | R1 | Le Mans | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 8 Iron Lynx |
| 4 | R1 | Le Mans | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Rino Mastronardi Giacomo Piccini |
| 4 | R2 | Le Mans | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 74 Kessel Racing |
| 4 | R2 | Le Mans | Edouard Cauhaupe Nicolas Maulini | Michael Broniszewski David Perel |
| 5 | 5 | Monza | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT |
| 5 | 5 | Monza | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler |
| 6 | 6 | Portimão | No. 7 Nielsen Racing | No. 8 Iron Lynx |
| 6 | 6 | Portimão | 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

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

| Pos. | Team | Car | RIC | SPA | LEC | LMS | LMS | MNZ | POR | Points |
| 1 | #3 DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 120 |
| 2 | #37 Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 89 |
| 3 | #26 Graff | Ligier JS P320 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 70.5 |
| 4 | #69 Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 59 |
| 5 | #7 Nielsen Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 55 |
| 6 | #98 Motorsport98 | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | 6 | Ret | | | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| 7 | #21 Mühlner Motorsport | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 12 | Ret | 2 | 34.5 |
| 8 | #23 United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 4 | 34.5 |
| 9 | #24 United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 29.5 |
| 10 | #10 Nielsen Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 24 |
| 11 | #6 CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 13 | 13 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
| 12 | #27 MV2S Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 14 |
| 13 | #55 Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 10 | | 10 | 12 | 13 | | 5 | 13 |
| 14 | #20 Grainmarket Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 8 | Ret | | | | 6 | | 12 |
| 15 | #11 Racing Experience | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 10 | WD | 12 |
| 16 | #66 Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | | 10 | 3 |
| 17 | #5 CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 11 | 14 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1.5 |
| Pos. | Team | Car | RIC | SPA | LEC | LMS | LMS | MNZ | POR | Points |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Race winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| Blank | Did not participate |

### GT3 Teams Championship

| Pos. | Team | Car | RIC | SPA | LEC | LMS | LMS | MNZ | POR | Points |
| 1 | #8 Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 132 |
| 2 | #74 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 92 |
| 3 | #2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Ret | | 1 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 70 |
| 4 | #67 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | | 64 |
| 5 | #50 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 62 |
| 6 | #77 Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 3 | DNS | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | WD | 48 |
| 7 | #9 Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 5 | Ret | | Ret | 5 | 2 | WD | 33 |
| 8 | #51 Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | | | DNS | 7 | | | 3 |
| Pos. | Team | Car | RIC | SPA | LEC | LMS | LMS | MNZ | POR | Points |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Race winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| Blank | Did not participate |