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
4	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans, France	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

Barcelona returned for 2021 after being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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
		1	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
			Ian Loggie	6
		60	Frank Kräling	5–6
		60	Connor De Phillippi	5–6
ANS Team JSE Management	Ligier JS P320	6	Jonathan Brossard	2–3, 6
ANS Team JSE Management	Ligier JS P320	6	Nicholas Schatz	2–3, 6
Nielsen Racing^[2]	Ligier JS P320	7	Colin Noble^[2]	All
		7	Anthony Wells^[2]	All
		27	Nicholas Adcock	4
			Max Koebolt	4
			Andrew Ferguson	6
			Jeremy Ferguson	6
		28	Tristan Nunez	4
		28	Steven Thomas	4
WTM Powered by Phoenix^[2]	Duqueine M30 – D08	11	Torsten Kratz^[2]	All
WTM Powered by Phoenix^[2]	Duqueine M30 – D08	11	Leonard Weiss^[2]	All
Black Falcon^[2]	Ligier JS P320	12	Donar Munding^[2]	1–5
Black Falcon^[2]	Ligier JS P320	12	Maik Rosenberg^[2]	1–5
RLR MSport	Ligier JS P320	14	Malthe Jakobsen	4
		14	Mike Benham	4
		15	Mike Benham	1–3
			Tommy Foster	1–3, 6
			Alex Kapadia	4
			Martin Rich	4
			Horst Felbermayr Jr.	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
IDEC Sport^[2]	Ligier JS P320	17	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
		19	Niklas Krütten	4
		37	Antoine Doquin^[2]	All
		37	Josh Skelton^[2]	All
		69	Matthew Bell^[2]	All
		69	Maurice Smith^[2]	All
Grainmarket Racing^[2]	Duqueine M30 – D08	20	Mark Crader^[2]	All
Grainmarket Racing^[2]	Duqueine M30 – D08	20	Alex Mortimer^[2]	All
United Autosports^[4]	Ligier JS P320	22	Scott Andrews^[2]	All
		22	Gerald Kraut^[2]	All
		23	John Schauerman^[5]	All
			Wayne Boyd^[5]	1–3, 5–6
			Duncan Tappy	4
		26	James McGuire	4
		26	Guy Smith	4
		32	Andy Meyrick^[4]	All
		32	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
		52	Tijmen van der Helm	4
Revere Racing	ADESS-03 Evo	29	Simon Escallier	4
Revere Racing	ADESS-03 Evo	29	John Falb	4
Frikadelli Racing Team^[2]	Ligier JS P320	30	Klaus Abbelen^[2]	3–5
Frikadelli Racing Team^[2]	Ligier JS P320	30	Axcil Jefferies^[2]	3–5
AF Corse^[2]	Ligier JS P320	31	Rui Águas^[2]	1–3, 5–6
AF Corse^[2]	Ligier JS P320	31	Kriton Lendoudis^[2]	1–3, 5–6
CD Sport^[2]	Ligier JS P320	33	Adam Eteki^[2]	All
CD Sport^[2]	Ligier JS P320	33	Michael Jensen^[2]	All
Rinaldi Racing^[2]	Duqueine M30 – D08	55	Steve Parrow	All
		55	Dominik Schwager	All
		66	Alexander Mattschull	All
		66	Nicolás Varrone	All
R-Breizh Competition	ADESS-03 Evo	56	Cedric Chapron	1
R-Breizh Competition	ADESS-03 Evo	56	Simon Escallier	1
TS Corse	Ligier JS P320	73	Cian Carey	All
TS Corse	Ligier JS P320	73	Pietro Peccenini	All
MV2S Racing	Ligier JS P320	74	Sébastien Baud	4
MV2S Racing	Ligier JS P320	74	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
Motorsport98^[7]	Ligier JS P320	98	Dino Lunardi^[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
ROFGO Racing with Team WRT			34	Roald Goethe	4
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			72	Jean-Denis Delétraz	4
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT			72	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
				Eddie Cheever III	4
			61	Franck Dezoteux	2
				Stephane Tribaudini	2
				Gino Forgione	3–4
				Andrea Montermini	3–4
			62	Franck Dezoteux	4
			62	Stephane Tribaudini	4
Racetivity	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	83	Emmanuel Collard	4
Racetivity	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	83	Charles-Henri Samani	4
Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	91	Ralf Bohn	2
			91	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
10Q Racing Team^[2]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	93	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
Oman Racing Team with TF Sport			95	Michael Dinan	4
TF Sport			97	Ross Gunn	3
TF Sport			97	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
1		Barcelona	Scott Andrews Gerald Kraut	Julien Andlauer Nicolas Leutwiler
2		Le Castellet	No. 7 Nielsen Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx^{[N 2]}
2		Le Castellet	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Rino Mastronardi Logan Sargeant
3		Monza	No. 22 United Autosports	No. 8 Iron Lynx
3		Monza	Scott Andrews Gerald Kraut	Gabriele Lancieri Paolo Ruberti
4	R1	Le Mans (report)	No. 7 Nielsen Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx
	R1		Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Rory Penttinen Logan Sargeant
	R2		No. 21 Mühlner Motorsport	No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT
	R2		Ugo de Wilde Moritz Kranz	Nicolas Leutwiler Julien Andlauer
5		Spa-Francorchamps	No. 37 Cool Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx
5		Spa-Francorchamps	Antoine Doquin Josh Skelton	Gabriele Lancieri Paolo Ruberti
6		Portimão	No. 5 Phoenix Racing	No. 8 Iron Lynx
6		Portimão	Mathias Beche Ian Loggie	Gabriele Lancieri Paolo Ruberti

↑ 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.
↑ 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 Teams Championship

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	52
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 Léman	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
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)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship

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

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)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Driver's championships (top-5)

Pos.	Driver	Team	BAR	LEC	MNZ	LMS		SPA	POR	Total
1	Colin Noble	Nielsen Racing	6	1	3	1	Ret	5	9	75
1	Anthony Wells	Nielsen Racing	6	1	3	1	Ret	5	9	75
2	Matthew Bell	Cool Racing	3	2	12	3	14	2	4	71
2	Maurice Smith	Cool Racing	3	2	12	3	14	2	4	71
3	Alexander Mattschull	Rinaldi Racing	5	6	2	2	2	6	7	68
3	Nicolás Varrone	Rinaldi Racing	5	6	2	2	2	6	7	68
4	John Schauerman	United Autosports	2	3	4	13	6	9	10	52.5
5	Scott Andrews	United Autosports	1	Ret	1	9	Ret	12	13	52
5	Gerald Kraut	United Autosports	1	Ret	1	9	Ret	12	13	52
Pos.	Team	Car	BAR	LEC	MNZ	LMS		SPA	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)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole

GT3 Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	BAR	LEC	MNZ	LMS		SPA	POR	Total
1	Nicholas Leutwiller	Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT	25	15	15	Ret	15	18	18	107
2	Paolo Ruberti	Iron Lynx	19		26			26	26	97
3	Julien Andlauer	Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT	25		15	Ret	15	18	18	92
4	Gabriele Lancieri	Iron Lynx			26			26	26	78
5	Doriane Pin	Iron Lynx		18	18	9	7	15	DNC	67
6	Logan Sargeant	Iron Lynx		26^{[X 1]}		15	10			51
7	Rino Mastronardi	Iron Lynx	19	26^{[X 1]}						45
8	Ken Abe	AF Corse	15	12	12					39
9	Matteo Cressoni	AF Corse	15	12	12					39
10	Sarah Bovy	Iron Lynx		18	18					36
11	Manuela Gostner	Iron Lynx				9	7	15	DNC	31
12	Rory Penttinen	Iron Lynx				15	10			25
13	Wolf Henzler	Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT		15	15					15
14	Kenneth Heyer	10Q Racing Team	12							12
14	Wim Spinoy	10Q Racing Team	12							12
15	Eddie Cheever III	AF Corse								0
Pos.	Team	Car	BAR	LEC	MNZ	LMS		SPA	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)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole

1 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.

References

↑ Goodwin, Graham (19 October 2020). "2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup Calendar Confirmed". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 "31 Cars for 2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup". Dailysportscar. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
↑ Goodwin, Graham (7 January 2021). "Cool Racing Revise Management And Race Programmes For 2021". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
1 2 3 Goodwin, Graham (4 December 2020). "United Autosports Confirms First 2021 ELMS & Le Mans Cup LMP3 Crews". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
1 2 Goodwin, Graham (26 February 2021). "Boyd and Shauerman Complete United Autosports' Le Mans Cup Roster". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
1 2 3 Goodwin, Graham (2 April 2021). "Welcome To Team Thor! Iceland's First Ever International Sportscar Race team". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
1 2 3 "Motorsport 98 confirms its entry in the Michelin Le Mans Cup". lemanscups.com. LMEM. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
1 2 3 Lloyd, Daniel (25 February 2021). "Iron Lynx to Run Both Factory Ferraris in Endurance Cup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
↑ "Iron Dames welcomes Doriane Pin and Esmee Hawkey | Ironlynx News". Retrieved 31 March 2021.

External links

Official website

[Barcelona-10] 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.

[LeCastellet-11] 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.

[LeCastellet-12] 1 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.

[1] Goodwin, Graham (19 October 2020). "2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup Calendar Confirmed". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[31Entries-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 "31 Cars for 2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup". Dailysportscar. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

[CoolRacing-3] Goodwin, Graham (7 January 2021). "Cool Racing Revise Management And Race Programmes For 2021". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[United-4] 1 2 3 Goodwin, Graham (4 December 2020). "United Autosports Confirms First 2021 ELMS & Le Mans Cup LMP3 Crews". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[United2nd-5] 1 2 Goodwin, Graham (26 February 2021). "Boyd and Shauerman Complete United Autosports' Le Mans Cup Roster". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

[ThorLMP3-6] 1 2 3 Goodwin, Graham (2 April 2021). "Welcome To Team Thor! Iceland's First Ever International Sportscar Race team". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

[Motorsport98-7] 1 2 3 "Motorsport 98 confirms its entry in the Michelin Le Mans Cup". lemanscups.com. LMEM. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[IronLynx2021-8] 1 2 3 Lloyd, Daniel (25 February 2021). "Iron Lynx to Run Both Factory Ferraris in Endurance Cup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

[9] "Iron Dames welcomes Doriane Pin and Esmee Hawkey | Ironlynx News". Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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