# 2019 Le Mans Cup

The 2019 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the fourth season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 13 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 26 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 2019 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 | 13 April |
| 2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Monza, Italy | 2 hours | 11 May |
| 3 | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | 55 minutes | 13 June |
| 3 | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | 55 minutes | 15 June |
| 4 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Montmeló, Spain | 2 hours | 20 July |
| 5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | 2 hours | 21 September |
| 6 | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 2 hours | 26 October |

## Entries
### LMP3

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 2 | Colin Noble | All |
| Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 2 | Anthony Wells | All |
| Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 17 | Bonamy Grimes | 3 |
| Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 17 | Ivor Dunbar | 3 |
| Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 18 | James Littlejohn | 3 |
| Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 18 | Nobuya Yamanaka | 3 |
| DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 3 | Laurents Hörr | All |
| DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 3 | François Kirmann | All |
| DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 5 | Marco Cencetti | 1–5 |
| DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 5 | Marcello Marateotto | 1–5 |
| DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 5 | Wolfgang Triller | 6 |
| DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 5 | Kenneth Heyer | 6 |
| DKR Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 29 | Bob Herber | 3 |
| DKR Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | 29 | Rob Kamphues | 3 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | Nicolas Rondet | All |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | John Schauerman | All |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 74 | Victor Blugeon | All |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 74 | Maurice Smith | All |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 96 | Romain Carton | 1–5 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 96 | Philippe Cimadomo | 1, 4–5 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 96 | Christian Vaglio | 2 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 96 | Alexandre Coigny | 3 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 9 | Adrien Trouillet | 1–5 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 9 | Eric Trouillet | 1–5 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 9 | John Corbett | 6 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 9 | James Winslow | 6 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 39 | Adrien Chila | All |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 39 | Nicolas Schatz | All |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 72 | Natan Bihel | 3 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 72 | Cyril Denis | 3 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 91 | Matthias Kaiser | 3 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 91 | Sébastien Page | 3 |
| Racing Experience | Norma M30 | 11 | Charlie Martin | 1–2 |
| Racing Experience | Norma M30 | 11 | Gary Hauser | 1, 4–5 |
| Racing Experience | Norma M30 | 11 | David Hauser | 2–3, 6 |
| Racing Experience | Norma M30 | 11 | Nicolas Mélin | 3–6 |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 12 | Marzio Moretti | 1 |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 12 | JM Littman | 1 |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 13 | Philippe Bourgois | 3 |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 13 | Simon Phillips | 3 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Christian Olsen | 1–4 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Tom Olsen | 1–2 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Mark Mayall | 3 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | James Dayson | 4 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Alex Kapadia | 6 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Rob Wheldon | 6 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Freddie Hunt | 3 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Martin Vedel Mortensen | 3 |
| BHK Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 16 | Jacopo Baratto | 1–2 |
| BHK Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 16 | Francesco Mannino | 1–2 |
| M Racing | Norma M30 | 19 | Yann Ehrlacher | 3 |
| M Racing | Norma M30 | 19 | Laurent Millara | 3 |
| Grainmarket Racing | Norma M30 | 20 | Mark Crader | All |
| Grainmarket Racing | Norma M30 | 20 | Alex Mortimer | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 22 | Matthew Bell | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 22 | James McGuire | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 23 | Garett Grist | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 23 | Rob Hodes | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 24 | Wayne Boyd | 1–4 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 24 | Najaf Husain | 1, 3 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 24 | Mike Guasch | 2, 4 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 27 | Patrice Lafargue | 3 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 27 | Erik Maris | 3 |
| Lanan Racing | Norma M30 | 25 | Michael Benham | All |
| Lanan Racing | Norma M30 | 25 | Duncan Tappy | All |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 30 | Kevin Bole-Besançon | 1–5 |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 30 | Jacques Wolff | All |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 30 | Vincent Beltoise | 6 |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 60 | Nick Adcock | 3 |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 60 | Michael Jensen | 3 |
| H24 Racing Norman Nato | LMPH2G | 42 | Olivier Lombard | 5–6 |
| H24 Racing Norman Nato | LMPH2G | 42 | Norman Nato | 5–6 |
| Keo Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Joakim Frid | 1–3 |
| Keo Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Michael Markussen | 1–3 |
| Keo Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Alain Costa | 4–6 |
| Keo Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Johan Jokinen | 4–6 |
| Spirit of Race | Ligier JS P3 | 55 | Michele Rugolo | All |
| Spirit of Race | Ligier JS P3 | 55 | Claudio Sdanewitsch | All |
| Viper Niza Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 65 | Dominic Ang | 3 |
| Viper Niza Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 65 | Douglas Khoo | 3 |
| Monza Garage | Ligier JS P3 | 69 | Marc-Antoine Dannielou | 3 |
| Monza Garage | Ligier JS P3 | 69 | Alexandre Yvon | 3 |
| SRT41 - Frederic Sausset | Ligier JS P3 | 84 | Takuma Aoki | 3 |
| SRT41 - Frederic Sausset | Ligier JS P3 | 84 | Nigel Bailly | 3 |
| SRT41 - Frederic Sausset | Ligier JS P3 | 84 | Snoussi Benmoussa | 3 |
| AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 90 | Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. | All |
| AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 90 | Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. | All |
| Motorsport98 | Ligier JS P3 | 98 | Eric De Doncker | 4–6 |
| Motorsport98 | Ligier JS P3 | 98 | Dino Lunardi | 4–6 |
| Entry Lists: |||||

### GT3

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Scuderia Villorba Corse | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 7 | Mauro Calamia | 1–5 |
| Scuderia Villorba Corse | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 7 | Roberto Pampanini | 1–5 |
| Scuderia Villorba Corse | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 83 | Steeve Hiesse | 1–3 |
| Scuderia Villorba Corse | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 83 | Cédric Mézard | 1–3 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Sergio Pianezzola | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Giacomo Piccini | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | Oliver Hancock | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | John Hartshorne | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 60 | Andrea Piccini | 5–6 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 60 | Claudio Schiavoni | 5–6 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 62 | Anthony Lazzaro | 3 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 62 | Philippe Mulacek | 3 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 82 | Pierre Kaffer | 3 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 82 | Pierre Mulacek | 3 |
| Krypton Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 35 | Stefano Pezzucchi | 1–5 |
| Krypton Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 35 | Marco Zanuttini | 1–5 |
| SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 40 | Tom Onslow-Cole | 3 |
| SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 40 | Valentin Pierburg | 3 |
| SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 54 | Yannick Mettler | All |
| SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 54 | Dexter Müller | All |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 51 | Maurizio Mediani | All |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 51 | Christoph Ulrich | All |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 52 | Oswaldo Negri Jr. | 3 |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 52 | Francesco Piovanetti | 3 |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 53 | Rui Aguas | 3 |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 53 | Kriton Lentoudis | 3 |
| Luzich Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 71 | Fabien Lavergne | All |
| Luzich Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 71 | Mikkel Mac | All |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 88 | Paolo Venerosi | 1–3, 5–6 |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 88 | Alessandro Baccani | 1–4, 6 |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 88 | Riccardo Pera | 4 |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 88 | Daniel Mancinelli | 5 |
| Bentley Team Africa | Bentley Continental GT3 | 95 | Jan Lammers | 3 |
| Bentley Team Africa | Bentley Continental GT3 | 95 | Greg Mills | 3 |
| TF Sport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 97 | Tom Gamble | 3 |
| TF Sport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 97 | Flick Haigh | 3 |
| Beechdean AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 99 | Ross Gunn | All |
| Beechdean AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 99 | Andrew Howard | All |
| Entry List: |||||

## Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.
| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit | LMP3 Winning Team | GT3 Winning Team | Results |
| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit | LMP3 Winning Drivers | GT3 Winning Drivers | Results |
| 1 | 1 | Paul Ricard | No. 25 Lanan Racing | No. 8 Kessel Racing | Report |
| 1 | 1 | Paul Ricard | Michael Benham Duncan Tappy | Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini | Report |
| 2 | 2 | Monza | No. 25 Lanan Racing | No. 71 Luzich Racing | Report |
| 2 | 2 | Monza | Michael Benham Duncan Tappy | Fabien Lavergne Mikkel Mac | Report |
| 3 | R1 | Le Mans | No. 39 Graff | No. 71 Luzich Racing | Report |
| 3 | R1 | Le Mans | Adrien Chila Nicolas Schatz | Fabien Lavergne Mikkel Mac | Report |
| 3 | R2 | Le Mans | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 71 Luzich Racing | Report |
| 3 | R2 | Le Mans | Laurents Hörr François Kirmann | Fabien Lavergne Mikkel Mac | Report |
| 4 | 4 | Barcelona | No. 3 DKR Engineering | No. 8 Kessel Racing | Report |
| 4 | 4 | Barcelona | Laurents Hörr François Kirmann | Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini | Report |
| 5 | 5 | Spa | No. 25 Lanan Racing | No. 8 Kessel Racing | Report |
| 5 | 5 | Spa | Michael Benham Duncan Tappy | Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini | Report |
| 6 | 6 | Portimão | No. 14 RLR MSport | No. 8 Kessel Racing | Report |
| 6 | 6 | Portimão | Alex Kapadia Rob Wheldon | Sergio Pianezzola Giacomo Piccini | Report |

## Standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure (except Le Mans):
| 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 |
For Le Mans:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | Other | Pole |
| Points | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |

### LMP3 Teams Championship

| Pos. | Team | Car | LEC | MNZ | LMS | LMS | BAR | SPA | POR | Points |
| 1 | #3 DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 3 | 100 |
| 2 | #25 Lanan Racing | Norma M30 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | WD | 1 | 17 | 91.5 |
| 3 | #2 Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | DSQ | 2 | 79 |
| 4 | #39 Graff | Norma M30 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | DSQ | 7 | 49.5 |
| 5 | #98 Motorsport98 | Ligier JS P3 | | | | | 5 | 2 | 4 | 40 |
| 6 | #24 United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 3 | | | 29.5 |
| 7 | #20 Grainmarket Racing | Norma M30 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 29.5 |
| 8 | #11 Racing Experience | Norma M30 | 4 | Ret | 27 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | 28.5 |
| 9 | #5 DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 12 | 28 |
| 10 | #14 RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 24 | 15 | | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | #9 Graff | Norma M30 | 5 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 22 |
| 12 | #55 Spirit of Race | Ligier JS P3 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 21.5 |
| 13 | #30 CD Sport | Norma M30 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 18 |
| 14 | #90 AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 19 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 15.5 |
| 15 | #4 Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | Ret | 10 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 13.5 |
| 16 | #23 United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 12.5 |
| 17 | #22 United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| 18 | #43 Keo Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 9.5 |
| 19 | #74 Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | DNS | 7 | Ret | Ret | 7.5 |
| 20 | #96 Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 10 | | 4 |
| 21 | #69 Monza Garage | Ligier JS P3 | | | Ret | 20 | | | | 0.5 |
| | #12 Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | Ret | WD | | | | | | 0 |
| Entries ineligible to score points |||||||||||
| | #19 M Racing | Norma M30 | | | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | #15 RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | | | 8 | 8 | | | | |
| | #72 Graff | Norma M30 | | | 16 | 10 | | | | |
| | #91 Graff | Norma M30 | | | 12 | 13 | | | | |
| | #17 Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | | | 13 | 23 | | | | |
| | #18 Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P3 | | | 20 | 14 | | | | |
| | #27 United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | | | 14 | 25 | | | | |
| | #29 DKR Engineering | Ligier JS P3 | | | 24 | 17 | | | | |
| | #65 Viper Niza Racing | Ligier JS P3 | | | 25 | 18 | | | | |
| | #13 Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | | | 18 | 26 | | | | |
| | #60 CD Sport | Norma M30 | | | 23 | 28 | | | | |
| | #16 BHK Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | |
| | H24 Racing Norman Nato | LMPH2G | | | | | | WD | WD | |
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 | LEC | MNZ | LMS | LMS | BAR | SPA | POR | Points |
| 1 | #8 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130 |
| 2 | #71 Luzich Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 109 |
| 3 | #99 Beechdean AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 5 | 4 | DSQ | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 80 |
| 4 | #51 Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 69 |
| 5 | #54 SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 66 |
| 6 | #88 EbiMotors | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Ret | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 45 |
| 7 | #50 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 37 |
| 8 | #83 Scuderia Villorba Corse | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | | | | 26 |
| 9 | #35 Krypton Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Ret | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | Ret | | 20 |
| 10 | #7 Scuderia Villorba Corse | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Ret | 7 | 12 | 15 | 9 | Ret | | 11.5 |
| Entries ineligible to score points |||||||||||
| | #40 SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | | | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | #82 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | | 4 | 13 | | | | |
| | #53 Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | | 6 | 10 | | | | |
| | #97 TF Sport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | | 11 | 6 | | | | |
| | #60 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | | | | | Ret | 6 | |
| | #62 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | | 9 | DNS | | | | |
| | #52 Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | | Ret | 12 | | | | |
| | #95 Bentley Team Africa | Bentley Continental GT3 | | | 14 | 16 | | | | |
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 |