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]
Racing Spirit of Léman ,
Tom Dillmann and Alexander Mattschull (left) won both LMP3 championships,
Reiter Engineering , Freddie Hunt and Mads Siljehaug (centre) finished second in both LMP3 standings and Nielsen Racing, Colin Noble and Anthony Wells (right) finished third in the championship.
GMB Motorsport, Kasper Jensen and
Kristian Poulsen (left) won both GT3s championships, other GMB Motorsport drivers Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen and #44 duo Gustav Birch and
Jens Reno Møller finished second and third respectively.
The hydrogen-electric H24 (pictured at Le Mans) made its competitive debut at Imola.
Calendar The 2022 calendar was unveiled on 17 September 2021.[ 2]
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 Drivers Rounds United Autosports [ 3] Ligier JS P320 2 [ 3] All [ 3] 1–3, 5–6 [ 4] 4 21 3 Guy Smith 3 22 [ 3] All [ 3] All 23 Wayne Boyd [ 3] All [ 3] All 32 [ 3] All Kay van Berlo 1 Andy Meyrick [ 3] 2–6 DKR Engineering [ 5] Duqueine M30 - D08 3 [ 5] All Laurents Hörr [ 5] All 14 [ 5] All James Winslow [ 5] All [ 5] Duqueine M30 - D08 4 [ 5] All [ 5] All Ligier JS P320 7 [ 5] All [ 5] All [ 5] Ligier JS P320 6 [ 5] All [ 5] All [ 5] Ligier JS P320 9 [ 5] All [ 5] 1–2, 5–6 3 Charles Milesi [ 4] 4 Racing Spirit of Léman [ 6] Ligier JS P320 10 Tom Dillmann [ 6] All All 43 [ 6] All [ 6] All [ 5] Duqueine M30 - D08 11 [ 5] All [ 5] All [ 5] 66 Daniel Keilwitz [ 5] All [ 5] All [ 5] Duqueine M30 - D08 13 [ 5] 2–6 Lars Kern 2 Marc Basseng [ 5] 3–6 [ 5] Ligier JS P320 15 3 3 53 [ 5] 1–3 [ 5] 1–2 Nico Pino 3 [ 4] 4–5 Valentino Catalano 4 5 IDEC Sport [ 5] Ligier JS P320 17 [ 5] 1–3, 5–6 Charles Crews 1 [ 5] 2–3, 5–6 [ 7] Duqueine M30 - D08 20 [ 7] All [ 7] All [ 5] GreenGT H24 24 Stéphane Richelmi [ 5] 1–3, 6 Cool Racing [ 5] Ligier JS P320 25 3 Duncan Tappy 3 69 Malthe Jakobsen [ 5] All Maurice Smith [ 5] All [ 5] Ligier JS P320 27 [ 5] All [ 5] 1 2–6 [ 8] Ligier JS P320 28 [ 8] All [ 8] 1–2, 4–6 3 29 [ 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 [ 5] Ligier JS P320 33 [ 5] 1–4 Ian Rodríguez [ 5] 1–4 Christian Bogle 5–6 5 6 72 [ 5] 1–4 [ 5] 1–4 5–6 [ 9] 5 6 [ 5] Ligier JS P320 37 [ 5] 1–3, 5 Shaun Thong [ 5] 1 2 Grégory Guilvert 3, 5 Belén García [ 9] 6 [ 9] 6 Graff Racing [ 5] Ligier JS P320 40 [ 5] All [ 5] 1–4 David Droux 5–6 57 [ 5] All 1 [ 5] 2–6 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 54 3 3 [ 5] Duqueine M30 - D08 73 [ 5] All 1 2, 4 Benjamín Hites 3 5–6 Reiter Engineering [ 5] Ligier JS P320 76 [ 5] All [ 5] All Team Thor [ 5] Ligier JS P320 77 Auðunn Guðmundsson [ 5] All [ 5] All
GT3
Race results Bold indicates the overall winner.
Standings Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole 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 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 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
LMP3 Drivers Championship 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 Drivers Championship 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
References
External links
Current championships Former championships Current races
Former races
Current car classes Former car classes
Circuit Paul Ricard 
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Algarve International Circuit 
United Autosports[3] 
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Andres Latorre[3] 
Daniel Schneider[3] 
Kay van Berlo 
DKR Engineering[5] 
Laurents Hörr[5] 
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Jonathan Brossard[5] 
AT Racing Team[5] 
Nico Pino 
Stéphane Richelmi[5] 
Malthe Jakobsen[5] 
Kriton Lendoudis[5] 
Team Virage[5] 
Ian Rodríguez[5] 
Dimitry Gvazava 
Antonio Forne 
Shaun Thong[5] 
Huilin Han[9] 
Cian Carey 
Parth Ghorpade 
Mads Siljehaug[5] 
Team Thor[5] 
Kei Cozzolino