2022 European motorsport series
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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.
Racing Spirit of Léman, "Tom Dillman." 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.
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
United Autosports
Ligier JS P320
2
Max Lynn
All
Shaun Lynn
1–3, 5–6
Andrew Haddon
4
21
James McGuire
3
Guy Smith
3
22
Andres Latorre
All
Garnet Patterson
All
23
Wayne Boyd
All
John Schauerman
All
32
Daniel Schneider
All
Kay van Berlo
1
Andy Meyrick
2–6
DKR Engineering
Duqueine M30 - D08
3
Jon Brownson
All
Laurents Hörr
All
14
Alexander Bukhantsov
All
James Winslow
All
Nielsen Racing
Duqueine M30 - D08
4
Matthew Bell
All
John Melsom
All
Ligier JS P320
7
Colin Noble
All
Anthony Wells
All
ANS Motorsport
Ligier JS P320
6
Jonathan Brossard
All
Nicholas Schatz
All
AT Racing Team
Ligier JS P320
9
Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.
All
Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.
1–2, 5–6
Gregory Huffaker
3
Charles Milesi
4
Racing Spirit of Léman
Ligier JS P320
10
Tom Dillmann
All
Alexander Mattschull
All
43
Josh Skelton
All
Jacques Wolff
All
Wochenspiegel Team Monschau
Duqueine M30 - D08
11
Torsten Kratz
All
Leonard Weiss
All
Rinaldi Racing
66
Daniel Keilwitz
All
Steve Parrow
All
Haegeli by, T2 Racing
Duqueine M30 - D08
13
Pieder Decurtins
2–6
Lars Kern
2
Marc Basseng
3–6
RLR MSport
Ligier JS P320
15
Horst Felbermayr Jr.
3
Alex Kapadia
3
53
Martin Rich
1–3
Tommy Foster
1–2
Nico Pino
3
Simon Butler
4–5
Valentino Catalano
4
Horst Felbermayr Jr.
5
IDEC Sport
Ligier JS P320
17
Dino Lunardi
1–3, 5–6
Charles Crews
1
Patrice Lafargue
2–3, 5–6
Optimum Motorsport
Duqueine M30 - D08
20
Mark Crader
All
Alex Mortimer
All
H24 Racing
GreenGT H24
24
Stéphane Richelmi
1–3, 6
Cool Racing
Ligier JS P320
25
Mike Benham
3
Duncan Tappy
3
69
Malthe Jakobsen
All
Maurice Smith
All
24-7 Motorsport
Ligier JS P320
27
Andrew Ferguson
All
Jeremy Ferguson
1
Louis Hamilton-Smith
2–6
MV2S Forestier Racing
Ligier JS P320
28
Emilien Carde
All
Christophe Cresp
1–2, 4–6
Nick Adcock
3
29
Louis Rousset
All
Jérôme de Sadeleer
All
Frikadelli Racing Team
Ligier JS P320
30
Klaus Abbelen
1–4, 6
Felipe Fernández Laser
1–4, 6
AF Corse
Ligier JS P320
31
Rui Águas
1–2, 5–6
Kriton Lendoudis
1–2, 5–6
Mark Kvamme
3
Trenton Estep
3
Team Virage
Ligier JS P320
33
Rob Hodes
1–4
Ian Rodríguez
1–4
Christian Bogle
5–6
Dimitry Gvazava
5
Antonio Forne
6
72
Alexandre Yvon
1–4
Mathis Poulet
1–4
Alessandro Bracalente
5–6
Thomas Padovani
5
Nathan Kumar
6
CD Sport
Ligier JS P320
37
Fabien Michal
1–3, 5
Shaun Thong
1
Adam Eteki
2
Grégory Guilvert
3, 5
Belén García
6
Huilin Han
6
Graff Racing
Ligier JS P320
40
Luis Sanjuan
All
Théo Vaucher
1–4
David Droux
5–6
57
Ryan Harper-Ellam
All
Fabrice Rossello
1
Stephan Rupp
2–6
Inter Europol Competition
Ligier JS P320
54
Noam Abramczyk
3
Don Yount
3
TS Corse
Duqueine M30 - D08
73
Pietro Peccenini
All
Cian Carey
1
Parth Ghorpade
2, 4
Benjamin Hites
3
Kai Askey
5–6
Reiter Engineering
Ligier JS P320
76
Freddie Hunt
All
Mads Siljehaug
All
Team Thor
Ligier JS P320
77
Auðunn Guðmundsson
All
Michael H. Markussen
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