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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

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The 2021 calendar was unveiled on 19 October 2020.[1]

Round Circuit Location Race length Date
1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 2 hours 17 April
2 France Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 2 hours 5 June
3 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy 2 hours 10 July
4 France Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 55 minutes 19 August
55 minutes 21 August
5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 2 hours 18 September
6 Portugal Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 2 hours 24 October

Calendar changes

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Entries

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LMP3

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All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
Luxembourg DKR Engineering[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 1 Australia Nathan Kumar 4
Switzerland Marcello Marateotto 4
3 United States Jon Brownson[2] 1, 3, 5
United States Dario Cangialosi[2] 1, 3, 5
Belgium Kris Cools 2, 6
France Francois Kirmann 2, 6
Belgium Jean Glorieux 4
Germany Laurents Hörr 4
Germany Phoenix Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 5 Germany Finn Gehrsitz 1–5
Germany Hamza Owega 1–5
Switzerland Mathias Beche 6
United Kingdom John Loggie 6
60 Germany Frank Kräling 5–6
United States Connor De Phillippi 5–6
Switzerland ANS Team JSE Management Ligier JS P320 6 Switzerland Jonathan Brossard 2–3, 6
France Nicholas Schatz 2–3, 6
United Kingdom Nielsen Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 7 United Kingdom Colin Noble[2] All
United Kingdom Anthony Wells[2] All
27 United Kingdom Nicholas Adcock 4
Netherlands Max Koebolt 4
United Kingdom Andrew Ferguson 6
United Kingdom Jeremy Ferguson 6
28 United States Tristan Nunez 4
United States Steven Thomas 4
Germany Wochenspiegel Team Monschau[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 11 Germany Torsten Kratz[2] All
Germany Leonard Weiss[2] All
Germany Black Falcon[2] Ligier JS P320 12 Germany Donar Munding[2] 1–5
Germany Maik Rosenberg[2] 1–5
United Kingdom RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 14 Denmark Malthe Jakobsen 4
United Kingdom Mike Benham 4
15 1–3
United Kingdom Tommy Foster 1–3, 6
United Kingdom Alex Kapadia 4
United Kingdom Martin Rich 4
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr. 6
Poland Team Virage[2] Ligier JS P320 16 France Sacha Lehmann[2] All
Spain Julien Gerbi 1, 5
Germany Matthias Lüthen 2–4
Portugal Miguel Cristóvão 6
71 United States Rob Hodes[2] All
Canada Garett Grist[2] 1–5
France Mathis Poulet 6
France IDEC Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 17 France Dimitri Enjalbert[2] All
France Patrice Lafargue[2] All
Belgium Mühlner Motorsport[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 18 France Tom Dillmann 1
Germany Matthias Lüthen 1
Norway Ayla Ågren 2
France Mathieu de Barbuat 2
France Dino Lunardi 3
Italy Francesco Zollo 3
Australia Andres Latorre Canon 4–5
Australia Garnet Patterson 4–5
Australia James Allen 6
United States John Falb 6
21 France Erwin Creed 1–2
Germany Markus Pommer 1–2
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 3
United Kingdom Freddie Hunt 3
Belgium Ugo de Wilde 4–6
Germany Moritz Kranz 4
Germany Thorsten Jung 5
United States Charles Crews 6
Switzerland Cool Racing[3] Ligier JS P320 19 France Mathieu de Barbuat 4
Germany Niklas Krütten 4
37 France Antoine Doquin[2] All
United Kingdom Josh Skelton[2] All
69 United Kingdom Matthew Bell[2] All
United States Maurice Smith[2] All
United Kingdom Grainmarket Racing[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 20 United Kingdom Mark Crader[2] All
United Kingdom Alex Mortimer[2] All
United Kingdom United Autosports[4] Ligier JS P320 22 Australia Scott Andrews[2] All
United States Gerald Kraut[2] All
23 United States John Schauerman[5] All
United Kingdom Wayne Boyd[5] 1–3, 5–6
United Kingdom Duncan Tappy 4
26 United States James McGuire 4
United Kingdom Guy Smith 4
32 United Kingdom Andy Meyrick[4] All
Brazil Daniel Schneider[4] All
Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman[2] Ligier JS P320 25 France Jacques Wolff[2] All
France Théo Chalal[2] 1–5
France Antoine Jung 6
52 Netherlands Mathijs Bakker 4
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm 4
Australia Revere Racing ADESS-03 Evo 29 France Simon Escallier 4
United States John Falb 4
Germany Frikadelli Racing Team[2] Ligier JS P320 30 Germany Klaus Abbelen[2] 3–5
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies[2] 3–5
Italy AF Corse[2] Ligier JS P320 31 Portugal Rui Águas[2] 1–3, 5–6
Greece Kriton Lendoudis[2] 1–3, 5–6
Spain CD Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 33 France Adam Eteki[2] All
Denmark Michael Jensen[2] All
Germany Rinaldi Racing[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 55 Germany Steve Parrow All
Germany Dominik Schwager All
66 Germany Alexander Matschull All
Argentina Nicolás Varrone All
France R-Breizh Competition ADESS-03 Evo 56 France Cedric Chapron 1
France Simon Escallier 1
Italy TS Corse Ligier JS P320 73 Republic of Ireland Cian Carey All
Italy Pietro Peccenini All
France MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 74 France Sébastien Baud 4
France Christophe Cresp 4
Iceland Team Thor[6] Ligier JS P320 77 Iceland Auðunn Guðmundsson[6] All
United Kingdom Tom Ashton[6] 1–2, 4, 6
Denmark Anders Fjordbach 3, 5
Belgium Motorsport98[7] Ligier JS P320 98 Belgium Eric De Doncker[7] 1–2, 4–5
France Dino Lundardi[7] 1–2, 4–5

Innovative car

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Entrant/Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
France H24 Racing[2] LMPH2G 24 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi 5–6

GT3

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Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Switzerland Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 2 Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler[2] All
France Julien Andlauer[2] 1, 3–6
Germany Wolf Henzler 2
Italy Iron Lynx[8] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 8 Italy Rino Mastronardi[8] 1–2
Italy Paolo Ruberti[8] 1, 3, 5–6
United States Logan Sargeant 2, 4
Italy Gabriele Lancieri 3, 5–6
Finland Rory Penttinen 4
9 France Doriane Pin[9] All
Belgium Sarah Bovy 1–3
Italy Manuela Gostner 4–6
United Kingdom ROFGO Racing with Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 34 Germany Benjamin Goethe 4
Germany Roald Goethe 4
Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 72 Switzerland Jean-Denis Delétraz 4
Belgium Charles Weerts 4
Italy AF Corse[2] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 51 Japan Kenji Abe[2] 1–4
Italy Matteo Cressoni[2] 1–3
Italy Edward Cheever 4
61 France Franck Dezoteux 2
France Stephane Tribaudini 2
Switzerland Gino Forgione 3–4
Italy Andrea Montermini 3–4
62 France Franck Dezoteux 4
France Stephane Tribaudini 4
France Racetivity Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 83 France Emmanuel Collard 4
France Charles-Henri Samani 4
Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 91 Germany Ralf Bohn 2
Germany Robert Renauer 2
92 Germany Alfred Renauer 2, 4
Switzerland Daniel Allemann 2
Germany Jürgen Häring 4
Germany 10Q Racing Team[2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 93 Germany Kenneth Heyer[2] 1
Belgium Wim Spinoy[2] 1
Oman Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 95 Oman Ahmad Al Harthy 4
United States Michael Dinan 4
United Kingdom TF Sport 97 United Kingdom Ross Gunn 3
United States Ben Keating 3

Race results

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Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round Circuit LMP3 Winners GT3 Winners
1 Spain Barcelona United Kingdom No. 22 United Autosports[N 1] Switzerland No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT
Australia Scott Andrews
United States Gerald Kraut 		France Julien Andlauer
Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler
2 France Le Castellet United Kingdom No. 7 Nielsen Racing Italy No. 8 Iron Lynx[N 2]
United Kingdom Colin Noble
United States Anthony Wells 		Italy Rino Mastronardi
United States Logan Sargeant
3 Italy Monza United Kingdom No. 22 United Autosports Italy No. 8 Iron Lynx
Australia Scott Andrews
United States Gerald Kraut 		Italy Gabriele Lancieri
Italy Paolo Ruberti
4 R1 France Le Mans United Kingdom No. 7 Nielsen Racing Italy No. 8 Iron Lynx
United Kingdom Colin Noble
United States Anthony Wells 		Finland Rory Penttinen
United States Logan Sargeant
R2 Belgium No. 21 Mühlner Motorsport Switzerland No. 2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT
Belgium Ugo de Wilde
Germany Moritz Kranz 		Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler
France Julien Andlauer
5 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps Switzerland No. 37 Cool Racing Italy No. 8 Iron Lynx
France Antoine Doquin
United Kingdom Josh Skelton 		Italy Gabriele Lancieri
Italy Paolo Ruberti
6 Portugal Portimão Germany No. 5 Phoenix Racing Italy No. 8 Iron Lynx
Switzerland Mathias Beche
United Kingdom John Loggie 		Italy Gabriele Lancieri
Italy Paolo Ruberti
  1. ^ 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.
  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.

Standings

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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

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Pos. Team Car BAR
Spain 		LEC
France 		MNZ
Italy 		LMS
France 		SPA
Belgium 		POR
Portugal 		Points
1 United Kingdom #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 6 1 3 1 Ret 5 9 75
2 Switzerland #69 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 3 2 12 3 14 2 4 71
3 Germany #66 Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 5 6 2 2 2 6 7 68
4 Germany #5 Phoenix Racing Ligier JS P320 7 4 Ret 12 5 4 1 62.5
5 United Kingdom #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 2 3 4 13 6 9 10 52.5
6 United Kingdom #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 1 Ret 1 9 Ret 12 13 50
7 Switzerland #37 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 11 Ret 7 7 17 1 15 38.5
8 Germany #11 WTM Powered by Phoenix Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 10 11 Ret 4 3 3 37.5
9 Poland #71 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 4 Ret 6 8 3 8 18 33.5
10 United Kingdom #32 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 Ret 5 DNS 4 8 21 6 26
11 Belgium #21 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 12 9 18 1 13 8 23.5
12 Switzerland #25 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 9 18 13 15 15 16 2 22.5
13 Spain #33 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 17 7 10 6 11 18 5 22.5
14 Luxembourg #3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 19 14 5 16 Ret 19 14 13.5
15 Belgium #98 Motorsport98 Ligier JS P320 12 8 19 DNS 7 11
16 Belgium #18 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 10 17 Ret 5 9 23 17 8
17 Poland #16 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 15 9 Ret 17 7 20 11 6.5
18 France #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 8 Ret Ret 20 12 11 12 6
19 Italy #31 AF Corse Ligier JS P320 18 15 8 Ret 15 16 6
20 Germany #12 Black Falcon Ligier JS P320 13 16 15 14 18 10 3.5
21 Iceland #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 14 11 14 11 10 17 14 3.5
22 United Kingdom #20 Grainmarket Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 16 14 Ret Ret 16 22 19 1.5
23 Germany #30 Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 Ret 10 13 14 1.5
Pos. Team Car BAR
Spain 		LEC
France 		MNZ
Italy 		LMS
France 		SPA
Belgium 		POR
Portugal 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship

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Pos. Team Car BAR
Spain 		LEC
France 		MNZ
Italy 		LMS
France 		SPA
Belgium 		POR
Portugal 		Points
1 Italy #8 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 148
2 Switzerland #2 Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 911 GT3 R 1 3 3 Ret 1 2 2 107
3 Italy #9 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 DNS 2 2 2 3 3 Ret 67
4 Italy #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 3 4 4 Ret DNS 39
5 Germany #93 10Q Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4 12
Pos. Team Car BAR
Spain 		LEC
France 		MNZ
Italy 		LMS
France 		SPA
Belgium 		POR
Portugal 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap


LMP3 Drivers Championship

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GT3 Drivers Championship

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References

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  4. ^ a b c Goodwin, Graham (4 December 2020). "United Autosports Confirms First 2021 ELMS & Le Mans Cup LMP3 Crews". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b Goodwin, Graham (26 February 2021). "Boyd and Shauerman Complete United Autosports' Le Mans Cup Roster". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
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