# 2018 Le Mans Cup

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 |
| 3 | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | 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 |
| DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 1 | James Winslow | 3 |
| DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 3 | Léonard Hoogenboom | All |
| DKR Engineering | Norma M30 | 3 | Jens Petersen | All |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | James Littlejohn | All |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | Anthony Wells | All |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 74 | Patrick McClughan | 3 |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 74 | Gerhard Watzinger | 3 |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 75 | Ivor Dunbar | 3 |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 75 | Bonamy Grimes | 3 |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 76 | Alex Kapadia | 3 |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 76 | Christian Olsen | 3 |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 79 | Alasdair McCaig | All |
| Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen | Ligier JS P3 | 79 | Colin Noble | All |
| Brookspeed International | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | Nicolas Rondet | All |
| Brookspeed International | Ligier JS P3 | 4 | John Schauerman | All |
| NEFIS By Speed Factory | Ligier JS P3 | 5 | Timur Boguslavskiy | 3 |
| NEFIS By Speed Factory | Ligier JS P3 | 5 | Marcello Marateotto | 3 |
| Cool Racing | Norma M30 | 9 | Scott Andrews | 3–4 |
| Cool Racing | Norma M30 | 9 | Gerald Kraut | 3–4 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | Scott Andrews | 2 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 9 | Gerald Kraut | 2 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 24 | Antonin Borga | All |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 24 | Alexandre Coigny | All |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 27 | Marvin Klein | 3 |
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 27 | Christian Vaglio | 3 |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 11 | Mikkel Jensen | 3 |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 11 | Kay van Berlo | 3 |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 12 | James Dayson | 3 |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 12 | Mark Kvamme | 3 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | John Farano | All |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Job Van Uitert | All |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 59 | Josh Burdon | 3 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 59 | Neric Wei | 3 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 59 | Alex Kapadia | 4–6 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 59 | Ross Warburton | 4–6 |
| M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Jon Bennett | 3 |
| M.Racing - YMR | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Niclas Jönsson | 3 |
| M.Racing - YMR | Norma M30 | 16 | Natan Bihel | 3 |
| M.Racing - YMR | Norma M30 | 16 | Laurent Millara | 3 |
| RGP Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 17 | Marco Cencetti | 1, 3 |
| RGP Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 17 | Ioannis Inglessis | 1, 3 |
| Ultimate | Norma M30 | 19 | François Hériau | 3 |
| Ultimate | Norma M30 | 19 | Jean-Baptiste Lahaye | 3 |
| DB Autosport | Norma M30 | 20 | Jean-Ludovic Foubert | All |
| DB Autosport | Norma M30 | 20 | Nicolas Maulini | All |
| DB Autosport | Norma M30 | 21 | Nicolas Schatz | All |
| DB Autosport | Norma M30 | 21 | Jacques Wolff | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 22 | Matthew Bell | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 22 | Jim McGuire | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 23 | Richard Meins | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 23 | Christian England | 1–2, 4–6 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 23 | Shaun Lynn | 3 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 32 | Najaf Husain | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 32 | Mahaveer Raghunathan | 1 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 32 | Colin Braun | 2–6 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 33 | John Falb | 3 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 33 | Sean Rayhall | 3 |
| Lanan Racing | Norma M30 | 25 | Michael Benham | All |
| Lanan Racing | Norma M30 | 25 | Duncan Tappy | All |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 30 | Laurents Hörr | All |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 30 | Anthony Pons | 1, 3, 5 |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 30 | Eric Debard | 2 |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 30 | Fabien Lavergne | 4, 6 |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 60 | Nicolas Mélin | 3 |
| CD Sport | Norma M30 | 60 | Julien Piguet | 3 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 39 | Adrien Trouillet | All |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 39 | Eric Trouillet | All |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 40 | Adrien Chila | 3–6 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 40 | Marc-Antoine Dannielou | 3-6 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 65 | Damien Delafosse | 3–6 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 65 | Sergio Pasian | 3-4 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 65 | François Hériau | 5 |
| Graff | Norma M30 | 65 | Alexander West | 6 |
| Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 40 | Adrien Chila | 1–2 |
| Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 40 | Marc-Antoine Dannielou | 1–2 |
| Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 65 | Damien Delafosse | 1–2 |
| Graff | Ligier JS P3 | 65 | Sergio Pasian | 1–2 |
| Keo Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Johan Jokinen | 6 |
| Keo Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 43 | Paul Scheuschner | 6 |
| SPV Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 44 | Ricardo Sanchez | 1–3 |
| SPV Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 44 | Álvaro Fontes | 1, 3 |
| SPV Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 44 | Andy Cummings | 2 |
| SPV Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 45 | Andy Cummings | 3 |
| SPV Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 45 | Bradley Ellis | 3 |
| Win Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 49 | William Lok | 3 |
| Win Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | 49 | Jim Michaelian | 3 |
| Spirit of Race | Ligier JS P3 | 55 | Chris Buncombe | 3 |
| Spirit of Race | Ligier JS P3 | 55 | Patrick Byrne | 3 |
| TFT - SO24 | Norma M30 | 72 | Arnold Robin | 3 |
| TFT - SO24 | Norma M30 | 72 | Maxime Robin | 3 |
| TFT - SO24 | Norma M30 | 73 | Xavier Michel | 3 |
| TFT - SO24 | Norma M30 | 73 | Antoine Weil | 3 |
| AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 90 | Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. | 3 |
| AT Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 90 | Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr. | 3 |
| TKS | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 96 | Shinyo Sano | 1–3 |
| TKS | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 96 | Luca Magnoni | 1 |
| TKS | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 96 | Teruaki Kato | 2 |
| TKS | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 96 | Takuya Shirasaka | 3 |
| Motorsport 98 | Ligier JS P3 | 98 | Eric de Doncker | All |
| Motorsport 98 | Ligier JS P3 | 98 | Andy Meyrick | 1 |
| Motorsport 98 | Ligier JS P3 | 98 | Dino Lunardi | 2–6 |
| N'Race | Ligier JS P3 | 99 | Thomas Accary | 1–3 |
| N'Race | Ligier JS P3 | 99 | Alain Costa | 1–5 |
| N'Race | Ligier JS P3 | 99 | Johan-Boris Scheier | 4–5 |

### GT3

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Sergio Pianezzola | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Giacomo Piccini | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | Ollie Hancock | 1–3, 6 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | John Hartshorne | 1–3, 6 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | Murod Sultanov | 5 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 50 | Matteo Cressoni | 5 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 77 | Andrea Piccini | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 77 | Claudio Schiavoni | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 83 | Manuela Gostner | 6 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 83 | Giorgio Sernagiotto | 6 |
| Krypton Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 35 | Stefano Pezzucchi | 4 |
| Krypton Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 35 | Marco Zanuttini | 4 |
| Spirit of Race AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 51 | Maurizio Mediani | All |
| Spirit of Race AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 51 | Christoph Ulrich | All |
| Spirit of Race AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 54 | Louis Soenen | 3 |
| Spirit of Race AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 54 | Frédéric Vervisch | 3 |
| Spirit of Race AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 71 | Marco Cioci | All |
| Spirit of Race AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 71 | Piergiuseppe Perazzini | All |
| StileF Squadra Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 69 | Martin Grab | 1, 3 |
| StileF Squadra Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 69 | Yoshiki Ohmura | 1 |
| StileF Squadra Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 69 | Gino Forgione | 3 |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 88 | Alessandro Baccani | All |
| Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 88 | Paolo Venerosi | All |