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Line 1: {{Short description\|International sports car racing endurance series}} {{Infobox motorsport championship \| logo =~~LeMansCup~~ ~~logo.png~~File:Michelin Le Mans Cup Logo.jpg\|thumb \| pixels =~~250px~~ 300px \| category = [[Endurance racing (motorsport)\|Endurance racing]] \| caption = \| country/region = International \| inaugural = 2016 \| folded = \| GTLMP classes = ~~GT3,~~ LMP3 \| GT classes = GT3 ~~\| champion driver = LMP3:<br>{{flagicon\|BEL}} Jean Glorieux<br>{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alexander Toril<br>GT3:<br>{{flagicon\|ITA}} Fabio Babini<br>{{flagicon\|ITA}} Emanuele Busnelli~~ \| tyres = [[Michelin]] ~~\| champion team = LMP3: {{flagicon\|LUX}} [[DKR Engineering]]<br>GT3: {{flagicon\|ITA}} Ebimotors~~ \| champion driver = '''LMP3:'''<br>{{flagicon\|ESP}} [[Julien Gerbi]]<br>{{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Gillian Henrion]]<br>'''GT3:'''<br>{{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Valentin Hasse-Clot]]<br>{{flagicon\|FRA}} Arnold Robin ~~\| current_season = 2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup~~ \| champion team = '''LMP3:''' {{flagicon\|POL}} Team Virage<br>'''GT3:''' {{flagicon\|CHE}} Racing Spirit of Léman \| current_season = 2024 Le Mans Cup \| website = [http://www.lemanscup.com/en lemanscup.com] }} The '''~~Michelin~~ Le Mans Cup''', (previously the '''GT3 Le Mans Cup''' and currently known as the '''Michelin Le Mans Cup''' inunder ~~2016)~~sponsorship, is an ~~International~~international [[sports car racing]] endurance series inspired by the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race and ~~run~~organized by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO). ==History== The GT3 Le Mans Cup was created in 2016 after the [[Group GT3\|GTC category]] being dropped off [[European Le Mans Series]] due to a lack of entries during [[2015 European Le Mans Series\|2015]]. Aiming to increase the number of GT3 entries, ACO created a new six event competition (5 events of 2 hours and an one-hour race at Le Mans - with LMP3) destinated primarily for amateur drivers, leading to more media coverage and competitive races (in ELMS, GT3 were much slower than the other 3 categories).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2016/05/04/villorba-corse-to-enter-2016-michelin-gt3-le-mans-cup/\|title=Villorba Corse to enter 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup\|first=News\|last=Release\|date=4 May 2016\|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lemanscup.com/en/elms/story/5/62?year=2016\|title=History - Michelin Le Mans Cup\|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.crash.net/sportscars/news/224384/1/aco-launches-michelin-gt3-le-mans-cup.html\|title=ACO launches Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup - Sportscars News\|first=Crash Media Group\|last=Ltd.\|publisher=}}</ref> The champion team receives an automatic invitation to take part on the following [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in LMGTE Am category.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122272\|title=Prize fund revealed for new GT3 Le Mans Cup\|publisher=}}</ref> The GT3 Le Mans Cup was created in 2016 after the [[Group GT3\|GTC category]] was dropped from the [[European Le Mans Series]]. The new tournament was designed primarily to increase the number of amateur drivers.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2016/05/04/villorba-corse-to-enter-2016-michelin-gt3-le-mans-cup/\|title=Villorba Corse to enter 2016 Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup\|first=News\|last=Release\|date=4 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lemanscup.com/en/elms/story/5/62?year=2016\|title=History - Michelin Le Mans Cup}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.crash.net/sportscars/news/224384/1/aco-launches-michelin-gt3-le-mans-cup.html\|title=ACO launches Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup - Sportscars News\|first=Crash Media Group\|last=Ltd.}}</ref> The teams' champion automatically receives an invitation to take part in the following [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in the LMGTE Am category.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122272\|title=Prize fund revealed for new GT3 Le Mans Cup}}</ref> For [[2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2017 season]], the series adopted a new format with LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective class, with ACO aiming to create a kind of LMP3 secondary division regarding ELMS, promoting the best teams from Michelin LMC to ELMS.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans-cup/lmp3-cars-added-to-michelin-le-mans-cup-for-2017/\|title=LMP3 Cars Added to Michelin Le Mans Cup for 2017 - Sportscar365\|publisher=}}</ref> From the [[2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2017 season]], the series adopted a new format with LMP3 and GT3-class cars competing in their respective categories, with the ACO aiming to create a secondary division of LMP3-racing and promoting the best teams from the Le Mans Cup to the European Le Mans Series.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans-cup/lmp3-cars-added-to-michelin-le-mans-cup-for-2017/\|title=LMP3 Cars Added to Michelin Le Mans Cup for 2017 - Sportscar365}}</ref> ~~All races have a duration of 2 hours except the Le Mans round, which had a 1-hour race in 2017, and two 55 minutes races since 2018.~~ A new LMP3 specification with higher power engines was introduced for the [[2020 Le Mans Cup\|2020 season]]; this was found to consume more fuel than predicted, forcing pit stop and stint time rule changes. ~~==Champions==~~ ~~===LMP3 Drivers===~~ The Le Mans weekend originally had a one-hour format in 2017, and has had two 55-minute races every year since 2018. The remaining races originally had a two-hour format, later shortened to 1h 50min for the 2022 season, to enable removal of this second mandatory pit stop. ==Logo History== {{gallery \|File:Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup 2016 Logo.jpg \|Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup logo used in the 2016 season \|File:Michelin Le Mans Cup 2017 Logo.jpg \|Michelin Le Mans Cup logo used in the 2017 season \|File:Michelin Le Mans Cup 2018-2023 Logo.jpg \|Michelin Le Mans Cup logo used from 2018 until the end of the 2023 season }} ==Drivers Championships== ===LMP3 Drivers=== {\|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;" \|- Line 57 ⟶ 74: \|- ![[2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2019]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|DEU}} [[Laurents Hörr]]<br>{{flagicon\|FRA}} François Kirmann \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LUX}} [[DKR Engineering]] \|4 Line 65 ⟶ 82: \|7 of 7 \|8,5 \|} ~~===LMP3 Teams===~~ ~~{\|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;"~~ \|- ![[2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2020]] ~~!scope=col\|Season~~ \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|DEU}} [[Laurents Hörr]] ~~!scope=col\|Team~~ ~~!scope=col\|Car~~ ~~!scope=col\|[[Pole position\|Poles]]~~ ~~!scope=col\|Wins~~ ~~!scope=col\|Podiums~~ ~~!scope=col\|Points~~ ~~!scope=col\|Clinched~~ ~~!scope=col\|Margin~~ \|- ~~![[2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2017]]~~ \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LUX}} [[DKR Engineering]] \|1 ~~\|align=left\|[[Norma M30]]~~ \|53 \|46 \|5120 \|7 of 7 ~~\|114~~ \|15 ~~\|6 of 7~~ ~~\|24~~ \|- ![[~~2018~~2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|~~2018~~2021]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|~~LUX~~GBR}} ~~[[DKR~~Anthony ~~Engineering]]~~Wells<br>{{flagicon\|GBR}} Colin Noble \|align=left\|~~[[Norma~~{{flagicon\|GBR}} ~~M30]]~~Nielsen Racing \|0 \|2 \|3 \|75 \|7 of 7 \|4 ~~\|103~~ ~~\|6 of 7~~ ~~\|11,5~~ \|- ![[~~2019~~2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|~~2019~~2022]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|~~LUX~~FRA}} [[~~DKR~~Tom ~~Engineering~~Dillmann]]<br>{{flagicon\|DEU}} Alexander Mattschull \|align=left\|~~[[Norma~~{{flagicon\|CHE}} ~~M30]]~~Racing Spirit of Léman \|40 \|23 \|5 \|~~100~~97 \|7 of 7 \|~~8,5~~24 \|- ![[2023 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2023]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} [[Julien Gerbi]]<br>{{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Gillian Henrion]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|POL}} Team Virage \|1 \|2 \|3 \|73 \|7 of 7 \|4 \|} ===GT3 Drivers=== {\|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;" \|- Line 147 ⟶ 158: \|- ![[2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2018]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} [[Giacomo Piccini]]<br>{{flagicon\|ITA}} Sergio Pianezzola \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHE}} [[Loris Kessel\|Kessel Racing]] \|4 Line 157 ⟶ 168: \|- ![[2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2019]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} [[Giacomo Piccini]]<br>{{flagicon\|ITA}} Sergio Pianezzola \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHE}} [[Loris Kessel\|Kessel Racing]] \|1 Line 165 ⟶ 176: \|7 of 7 \|21 \|- ![[2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2020]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} [[Rino Mastronardi]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} [[Iron Lynx]] \|5 \|4 \|7 \|132 \|6 of 7 \|15 \|- ![[2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2021]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHE}} Nicolas Leutwiler \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHE}} Pzoberer Zürichsee by [[TFT Racing\|TFT]] \|1 \|2 \|6 \|107 \|7 of 7 \|10 \|- ![[2022 Le Mans Cup\|2022]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|DNK}} Kasper H. Jensen<br>{{flagicon\|DNK}} [[Kristian Poulsen]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|DNK}} GMB Motorsport \|0 \|2 \|5 \|109 \|7 of 7 \|16 \|- ![[2023 Le Mans Cup\|2023]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Arnold Robin<br>{{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Valentin Hasse-Clot]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHE}} Racing Spirit of Léman \|1 \|1 \|5 \|97 \|7 of 7 \|20 \|} ==~~=GT3~~ Teams= Championships== ===LMP3 Teams=== {\|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;" \|- !scope=col\|Season !scope=col\|Team !scope=col\|~~Cars~~Car !scope=col\|[[Pole position\|Poles]] !scope=col\|Wins !scope=col\|Podiums !scope=col\|Points !scope=col\|Clinched !scope=col\|Margin \|- ![[2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2017]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LUX}} [[DKR Engineering]] \|align=left\|[[Norma M30]] \|5 \|4 \|5 \|114 \|6 of 7 \|24 \|- ![[2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2018]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LUX}} [[DKR Engineering]] \|align=left\|[[Norma M30]] \|0 \|3 \|4 \|103 \|6 of 7 \|11,5 \|- ![[2019 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2019]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LUX}} [[DKR Engineering]] \|align=left\|[[Norma M30]] \|4 \|2 \|5 \|100 \|7 of 7 \|8,5 \|- ![[2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2020]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|LUX}} [[DKR Engineering]] \|align=left\|[[Duqueine D-08\|Duqueine M30 - D08]] \|1 \|3 \|6 \|120 \|7 of 7 \|31 \|- ![[2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2021]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|GBR}} Nielsen Racing \|align=left\|[[Ligier JS P320]] \|0 \|2 \|3 \|75 \|7 of 7 \|4 \|- ![[2022 Le Mans Cup\|2022]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHE}} Racing Spirit of Léman \|align=left\|[[Ligier JS P320]] \|0 \|3 \|5 \|97 \|7 of 7 \|24 \|- ![[2023 Le Mans Cup\|2023]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|POL}} Team Virage \|align=left\|[[Ligier JS P320]] \|1 \|2 \|3 \|73 \|7 of 7 \|4 \|} ===GT3 Teams=== {\|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;" \|- !scope=col\|Season !scope=col\|Team !scope=col\|Car !scope=col\|[[Pole position\|Poles]] !scope=col\|Wins Line 193 ⟶ 329: ![[2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2017]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Ebimotors \|align=left\|[[Lamborghini Huracán#~~Hurac.C3.A1n~~Huracán ~~GT3~~LP ~~.282015.E2.80.93present.29~~620-2 Super Trofeo EVO (2019–present)\|Lamborghini Huracán GT3]] \|0 \|2 Line 220 ⟶ 356: \|7 of 7 \|21 \|- ![[2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2020]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} [[Iron Lynx]] \|align=left\|[[Ferrari 488#488 GT3\|Ferrari 488 GT3]] \|5 \|4 \|7 \|132 \|6 of 7 \|40 \|- ![[2021 Michelin Le Mans Cup\|2021]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} [[Iron Lynx]] \|align=left\|[[Ferrari 488#488 GT3\|Ferrari 488 GT3]] \|6 \|5 \|7 \|148 \|6 of 7 \|41 \|- ![[2022 Le Mans Cup\|2022]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|DNK}} GMB Motorsport \|align=left\|[[Honda NSX (second generation)#GT3\|Honda NSX GT3 Evo22]] \|0 \|2 \|5 \|109 \|7 of 7 \|16 \|- ![[2023 Le Mans Cup\|2023]] \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHE}} Racing Spirit of Léman \|align=left\|[[Aston Martin Vantage (2018)#GT3\|Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3]] \|1 \|1 \|5 \|97 \|7 of 7 \|20 \|} Line 230 ⟶ 406: ==External links== {{Official website\|http://www.lemanscup.com}} ~~{{Commons category\|European Le Mans Series}}~~ {{Official website\|http://www.lemanscup.com/}} *[http://www.lemans.org Official ACO website] Line 240 ⟶ 415: [[Category:Sports car racing series]] [[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2016]] [[Category:Group GT3]]