The2020 Le Mans Cup , known as the2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the fifth season of theLe Mans Cup . It began on 18 July at theCircuit Paul Ricard and finished on 1 November atAlgarve International Circuit . The series was open toLe Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, andgrand tourer sports cars in theGT3 class. The 2020 calendar was released on 4 April 2020.[ 1]
This season ran with a newly updated 2020 ACO LMP3 specification, including an uplift of ~35bhp in power and to 5.6 litres from 5.0 litres.[ 2] Nissan VK56 / X-Trac drivetrain, homologated and supplied throughOreca , used more fuel than was predicted. To mitigate this in the first race an additional mandatory pit stop was added, along with adjustments to relevant mandatory stop times and driver stint rules.[ 2]
The 2020 calendar was released on 4 April 2020.[ 1] 2020 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the2020 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.
The Barcelona round was moved to Paul Ricard due to the COVID-19 situation in Barcelona.[ 3]
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering [ 4] Duqueine M30 - D08 1 Ugo de Wilde 4 4 3 [ 4] 1–5 Laurents Hörr [ 4] All 6 Ligier JS P320 4 Esteban García 4 David Droux 4 [ 4] Ligier JS P320 5 [ 4] All [ 4] All 6 [ 4] All [ 4] 1–3, 5–6 [ 5] 4 [ 4] Duqueine M30 - D08 7 Colin Noble [ 4] All [ 4] All 10 Garett Grist [ 4] All [ 4] All [ 4] Duqueine M30 - D08 11 1, 4 1, 3 2, 4–5 2–3, 5 Ligier JS P320 12 Julien Falchero 3 Philippe Haezebrouck 3 James Winslow 4 4 Alessandro Ghiretti 6 6 Eurointernational Ligier JS P320 14 Niko Kari 4 4 Ligier JS P320 15 4 Malthe Jakobsen 4 [ 4] Duqueine M30 - D08 20 [ 4] 1–2, 5 [ 4] 1–2, 5 Mühlner Motorsport [ 4] Duqueine M30 - D08 21 [ 4] All [ 4] 1–2 Gilles Magnus [ 5] 3–4 5–6 United Autosports [ 6] Ligier JS P320 [ 6] 22 4 Duncan Tappy 4 23 Wayne Boyd [ 7] All [ 7] All 24 Andy Meyrick [ 8] All [ 8] All 25 4 4 Graff [ 4] Ligier JS P320 26 Matthias Kaiser [ 4] All Rory Penttinen [ 4] All [ 4] Ligier JS P320 27 [ 4] All Bruce Jouanny [ 4] 1, 4 Fabien Lavergne 2–3, 5–6 Cool Racing [ 4] Ligier JS P320 37 [ 4] All Nicolas Maulini [ 4] All 69 Maurice Smith [ 4] All Ben Barnicoat [ 4] 1 Matt Bell 2–6 [ 4] Duqueine M30 - D08 55 [ 4] 1, 3–4, 6 Daniel Keilwitz [ 4] 1, 3 4 Nicolás Varrone 6 66 [ 4] 1–4, 6 Dominik Schwager [ 4] 1–4, 6 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 75 3–6 3–4 5–6 [ 4] Ligier JS P320 98 Eric De Doncker [ 4] 1–3, 5–6 [ 4] 1–3, 5–6 Entries:[ 9]
Bold indicates the overall winner.
^ The GT3 class winner in Race 1 at Le Mans was the No. 63 FFF Racing Team by ACM invitational entry. As it is not a full-season Michelin Le Mans Cup entrant, the points for the win were awarded to the No. 8Iron Lynx entry ^ The GT3 class winner in Race 2 at Le Mans was the No. 63 FFF Racing Team by ACM invitational entry. As it is not a full-season Michelin Le Mans Cup entrant, the points for the win were awarded to the No. 74 Kessel Racing entry 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 [ edit ] 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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
GT3 Teams Championship [ edit ] 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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
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Current championships Former championships Current races
Former races
Current car classes Former car classes
Circuit Paul Ricard
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Algarve International Circuit
DKR Engineering[4]
Wolfgang Triller
Realteam Racing
CD Sport[4]
Nicholas Adcock[4]
Michael Jensen[4]
Garett Grist[4]
Rob Hodes[4]
Yury Wagner
Team Virage
Niko Kari
Daniel Schneider[8]
Matthias Kaiser[4]
Nicolás Varrone
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