2022 Le Mans Cup
The 2022 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the seventh season of the Le Mans Cup. It began on 16 April at the Circuit Paul Ricard and ended on 15 October at the Algarve International Circuit. The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.[1]
Calendar
The 2022 calendar was unveiled on 17 September 2021.[2]
Round | Circuit | Location | Race length | Date |
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1 | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 1 hour 50 mins | 16 April |
2 | Imola Circuit | Imola, Italy | 1 hour 50 mins | 14 May |
3 | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | 55 minutes | 9 June |
55 minutes | 11 June | |||
4 | Monza Circuit | Monza, Italy | 1 hour 50 mins | 2 July |
5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | 1 hour 50 mins | 24 September |
6 | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 1 hour 50 mins | 16 October |
Entries
LMP3
All cars in the LMP3 class used the 2020 spec Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres. The new-for-2022 race length of 1h 50m removes the need for the additional mandatory stop that was introduced in 2020 to mitigate unexpected higher fuel consumption.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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United Autosports[3] | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Max Lynn[3] | All |
Shaun Lynn[3] | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
Andrew Haddon[4] | 4 | |||
21 | James McGuire | 3 | ||
Guy Smith | 3 | |||
22 | Andres Latorre[3] | All | ||
Garnet Patterson[3] | All | |||
23 | Wayne Boyd[3] | All | ||
John Schauerman[3] | All | |||
32 | Daniel Schneider[3] | All | ||
Kay van Berlo | 1 | |||
Andy Meyrick[3] | 2–6 | |||
DKR Engineering[5] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 3 | Jon Brownson[5] | All |
Laurents Hörr[5] | All | |||
14 | Alexander Bukhantsov[5] | All | ||
James Winslow[5] | All | |||
Nielsen Racing[5] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | Matthew Bell[5] | All |
John Melsom[5] | All | |||
Ligier JS P320 | 7 | Colin Noble[5] | All | |
Anthony Wells[5] | All | |||
ANS Motorsport[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Jonathan Brossard[5] | All |
Nicholas Schatz[5] | All | |||
AT Racing Team[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 9 | Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.[5] | All |
Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.[5] | 1–2, 5–6 | |||
Gregory Huffaker | 3 | |||
Charles Milesi[4] | 4 | |||
Racing Spirit of Léman[6] | Ligier JS P320 | 10 | Tom Dillmann[6] | All |
Alexander Mattschull | All | |||
43 | Josh Skelton[6] | All | ||
Jacques Wolff[6] | All | |||
Wochenspiegel Team Monschau[5] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 11 | Torsten Kratz[5] | All |
Leonard Weiss[5] | All | |||
Rinaldi Racing[5] | 66 | Daniel Keilwitz[5] | All | |
Steve Parrow[5] | All | |||
Haegeli by T2 Racing[5] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 13 | Pieder Decurtins[5] | 2–6 |
Lars Kern | 2 | |||
Marc Basseng[5] | 3–6 | |||
RLR MSport[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 15 | Horst Felbermayr Jr. | 3 |
Alex Kapadia | 3 | |||
53 | Martin Rich[5] | 1–3 | ||
Tommy Foster[5] | 1–2 | |||
Nico Pino | 3 | |||
Simon Butler[4] | 4–5 | |||
Valentino Catalano | 4 | |||
Horst Felbermayr Jr. | 5 | |||
IDEC Sport[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Dino Lunardi[5] | 1–3, 5–6 |
Charles Crews | 1 | |||
Patrice Lafargue[5] | 2–3, 5–6 | |||
Optimum Motorsport[7] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 20 | Mark Crader[7] | All |
Alex Mortimer[7] | All | |||
H24 Racing[5] | H24 | 24 | Stéphane Richelmi[5] | 1–3, 6 |
Cool Racing[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 25 | Mike Benham | 3 |
Duncan Tappy | 3 | |||
69 | Malthe Jakobsen[5] | All | ||
Maurice Smith[5] | All | |||
24-7 Motorsport[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | Andrew Ferguson[5] | All |
Jeremy Ferguson[5] | 1 | |||
Louis Hamilton-Smith | 2–6 | |||
MV2S Forestier Racing[8] | Ligier JS P320 | 28 | Emilien Carde[8] | All |
Christophe Cresp[8] | 1–2, 4–6 | |||
Nick Adcock | 3 | |||
29 | Louis Rousset[8] | All | ||
Jérôme de Sadeleer[8] | All | |||
Frikadelli Racing Team[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 30 | Klaus Abbelen[5] | 1–4, 6 |
Felipe Fernández Laser[5] | 1–4, 6 | |||
AF Corse[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 31 | Rui Águas[5] | 1–2, 5–6 |
Kriton Lendoudis[5] | 1–2, 5–6 | |||
Mark Kvamme | 3 | |||
Trenton Estep | 3 | |||
Team Virage[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 33 | Rob Hodes[5] | 1–4 |
Ian Rodríguez[5] | 1–4 | |||
Christian Bogle | 5–6 | |||
Dimitry Gvazava | 5 | |||
Antonio Forne | 6 | |||
72 | Alexandre Yvon[5] | 1–4 | ||
Mathis Poulet[5] | 1–4 | |||
Alessandro Bracalente | 5–6 | |||
Thomas Padovani[9] | 5 | |||
Nathan Kumar | 6 | |||
CD Sport[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 37 | Fabien Michal[5] | 1–3, 5 |
Shaun Thong[5] | 1 | |||
Adam Eteki | 2 | |||
Grégory Guilvert | 3, 5 | |||
Belén García[9] | 6 | |||
Huilin Han[9] | 6 | |||
Graff Racing[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 40 | Luis Sanjuan[5] | All |
Théo Vaucher[5] | 1–4 | |||
David Droux | 5–6 | |||
57 | Ryan Harper-Ellam[5] | All | ||
Fabrice Rossello | 1 | |||
Stephan Rupp[5] | 2–6 | |||
Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P320 | 54 | Noam Abramczyk | 3 |
Don Yount | 3 | |||
TS Corse[5] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 73 | Pietro Peccenini[5] | All |
Cian Carey | 1 | |||
Parth Ghorpade | 2, 4 | |||
Benjamin Hites | 3 | |||
Kai Askey | 5–6 | |||
Reiter Engineering[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 76 | Freddie Hunt[5] | All |
Mads Siljehaug[5] | All | |||
Team Thor[5] | Ligier JS P320 | 77 | Auðunn Guðmundsson[5] | All |
Michael H. Markussen[5] | All |
GT3
Race results
Bold indicates the overall winner.
Round | Circuit | LMP3 Winners | GT3 Winners | |
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1 | Le Castellet | No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman | No. 55 GMB Motorsport | |
Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull |
Kasper H. Jensen Kristian Poulsen | |||
2 | Imola | No. 69 Cool Racing | No. 44 GMB Motorsport | |
Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith |
Gustav Birch Jens Reno Møller | |||
3 | R1 | Le Mans | No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman | No. 46 Ebimotors |
Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull |
Fabio Babini Emanuele Busnelli | |||
R2 | No. 25 Cool Racing | No. 55 GMB Motorsport | ||
Mike Benham Duncan Tappy |
Kasper H. Jensen Kristian Poulsen | |||
4 | Monza | No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman | No. 88 GMB Motorsport | |
Tom Dillmann Alexander Mattschull |
Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen Mikkel O. Pedersen | |||
5 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 40 Graff Racing | No. 44 GMB Motorsport | |
David Droux Luis Sanjuan |
Gustav Birch Jens Reno Møller | |||
6 | Portimão | No. 76 Reiter Engineering | No. 51 AF Corse | |
Freddie Hunt Mads Siljehaug |
Kei Cozzolino Koizumi Hiroshi |
Standings
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Le Mans | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
LMP3 Teams Championship
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Bold – Pole |
GT3 Teams Championship
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Bold – Pole |
LMP3 Drivers Championship
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Bold – Pole |
GT3 Drivers Championship
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Bold – Pole |
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