2022 European motorsport series
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]
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
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
WTM Racing[ 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]
GreenGT 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
Benjamín 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.
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