2017 British LMP3 Cup

2017 British LMP3 Cup

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The 2017 Henderson Insurance Brokers LMP3 Cup Championship was the inaugural season for the British LMP3 Cup. The series started at Donington Park on 22–23 April, and finished at the same circuit on 16–17 September.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Chassis	Engine	Driver(s)	Rounds
United Autosports Red River Sport	2	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	CJ Wilson	3-6
				Christian England	1-2, 7-12
				Andrew Evans	1-12
	3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Tony Wells	1-12
				Matt Bell	1-12
	22	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Bonamy Grimes	11-12
				Johnny Mowlem	11-12
	32	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Sir Chris Hoy	11-12
				Sandy Mitchell	11-12
360 Racing	6	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Andy Demetriou	1-2
				Bob Berridge	1-2
T-Sport	7	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Steve Tandy	1-2
				Karun Chandhock	1-2
				Alex Kapadia	11-12
				Manhal Allos	11-12
Nielsen Racing Ecurie Ecosse with Nielsen Racing	9	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Dean Gibbs	7-8
				Alex Kapadia	7-8
	23	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Jason Rishover	1-3, 11-12
				Jamie Spence	1-4, 11-12
	79	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Alasdair McCaig	1-12
				Colin Noble	1-12
	888	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Khaled Al Mudhaf	11-12
				Michael Vergers	11-12
Tockwith Motorsport	26	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Richard Dean	1-6
				Sarah Moore	1-6
G-Cat Racing	28	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Paul Bailey	1-6
				Andy Schulz	1-6
Douglas Motorsport	72	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Mike Newbould	1-4, 9-12
				Thomas Randle	1-4, 9-10
				Callan O'Keeffe	7-8, 11-12
Speedworks Motorsport	96	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Jack Butel	1-12
				Dean Gibbs	1-4
				Scott Mansell	5-6
				Andrew Bentley	7-8
				Devon Modell	9-10

Races

The revised 12-race calendar was released on Friday 7 December 2016.

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Winners
1	R1	Donington Park (National)	No. 28 G-Cat Racing	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
			Andy Schulz	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
	R2		No. 28 G-Cat Racing	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
			Andy Schulz	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
2	R3	Brands Hatch GP	No. 3 United Autosports	No. 3 United Autosports
			Tony Wells	Tony Wells Matt Bell
	R4		No. 23 Nielsen Racing	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
			Jamie Spence	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
3	R5	Spa Francorchamps	No. 79 Nielsen Racing	No. 3 United Autosports
			Alasdair McCaig	Tony Wells Matt Bell
	R6		No. 3 United Autosports	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
			Tony Wells	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
4	R7	Silverstone Circuit (GP)	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
			Christian England	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
	R8		No. 3 United Autosports	No. 3 United Autosports
			Tony Wells	Tony Wells Matt Bell
5	R9	Snetterton Circuit (300)	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
			Christian England	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
	R10		No. 2 United Autosports	No. 2 United Autosports
			Christian England	Christian England Andrew Evans
6	R11	Donington Park (GP)	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 3 United Autosports
			Christian England	Tony Wells Matt Bell
	R12		No. 2 United Autosports	No. 96 Speedworks Motorsport
			Christian England	Jack Butel

Table

Pos	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	No. 79 Nielsen Racing	25	26	19	25	19	26	26	19	25	15	8	DNF	234
2	No. 3 United Autosports	6	18	26	18	26	19	18	25	DNF	12	26	18	212
3	No. 96 Speedworks Motorsport	1	10	8	10	15	15	10	12	18	18	12	25	154
4	No. 2 United Autosports	8	DNF		6	12	8	16	16	16	26	11	12	132
5	No. 72 Douglas Motorsport	13	8	12	15					13	11			73
6	No. 23 Nielsen Racing	18	DNF	15	DNF	DNF	DNF					15	15	64
6	No. 26 Tockwith Motorsport	10	15	6	12	10	10							63
7	No. 28 G-Cat Racing	5	5	10	8	8	12							48
9	No. 32 United Autosports											18	10	28
10	No. 7 T-Sport	15	12											27
11	No. 9 Nielsen Racing							12	10					22
=12	No. 888 Nielsen Racing											6	4	10
=12	No. 22 United Autosports											4	6	10
=12	No. 7 T-Sport											2	8	10
15	No. 6 360 Racing	2	6											8

Points are scored:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

With bonus points for pole position and fastest lap.

External links

• Official series website