The 2024 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2024 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, will be the ninth season of the Le Mans Cup. The six-event season will begin at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 13 April and will finish at Algarve International Circuit on 19 October.[1] The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 22 September 2022.[1] Mugello Circuit was added to the calendar for the first time, replacing the round at MotorLand Aragón.

Rnd Circuit Location Race Length Date
1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 1 hour, 50 mins 13 April
2 France Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 1 hour, 50 mins 4 May
3 France Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 55 minutes 14 June
55 minutes 15 June
5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 1 hour, 50 mins 24 August
4 Italy Mugello Circuit Scarperia e San Piero, Italy 1 hour, 50 mins 28 September
6 Portugal Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 1 hour, 50 mins 19 October

Entries

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the 2020 spec Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
Spain CD Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 2 France Willyam Gosselin TBA
Lebanon Shahan Sarkissian
11 France Franck Chappard TBA
United Kingdom Christian Short
France ANS Motorsport[2] Ligier JS P320 6 Switzerland Jonathan Brossard TBA
France Nicolas Schatz
84 France Julien Lemoine TBA
France Paul Trojani
United Kingdom Nielsen Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 7 United Kingdom Wayne Boyd TBA
United Kingdom Anthony Wells
Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman[2] Ligier JS P320 10 France Marius Fossard TBA
TBA
France M Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 13 France Alexandre Cougnaud TBA
France Romano Ricci
France IDEC Sport[2] Ligier JS P320 17 France Patrice Lafargue TBA
France Dino Lunardi
Denmark High Class Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 20 Denmark Jens Reno Møller TBA
TBA
Iceland Team Thor[2] 77 Iceland Auðunn Guðmundsson TBA
United Kingdom Colin Noble
Czech Republic Bretton Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 26 Czech Republic Dan Skočdopole TBA
TBA
62 Czech Republic Jiri Navratil TBA
TBA
United Kingdom P4 Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 27 United Kingdom Andrew Ferguson TBA
United Kingdom Louis Hamilton-Smith
France MV2S Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 28 Germany Matthias Lüthen TBA
TBA
29 France Christophe Cresp TBA
TBA
Poland Inter Europol Competition[2] Ligier JS P320 34 United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhanstov[N 1] TBA
TBA
43 Netherlands Rik Koen TBA
TBA
United Kingdom Steller Motorsport[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 42 France Sylvain Guintoli TBA
TBA
Poland Team Virage[2] Ligier JS P320 44 United Kingdom Jamie Falvey TBA
Romania Mihnea Stefan
59 Paraguay Oscar Bittar TBA
Brazil Ricardo Gracia Filho
Republic of Ireland Murphy Prototypes[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 48 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons TBA
TBA
Australia GG Classic[2] Ligier JS P320 58 Australia George Nakas TBA
Australia Fraser Ross
Germany Rinaldi Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 66 Germany Daniel Keilwitz TBA
Germany Steve Parrow
71 Germany Stefan Aust TBA
Germany Felipe Fernández Laser
Switzerland Haegeli by T2 Racing[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 67 Switzerland Pieder Decurtins TBA
Switzerland Samir Ben
France R-ace GP[2] Duqueine M30 - D08 85 France Hadrien David TBA
TBA
Switzerland Cool Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 87 France Adrien Closmenil TBA
United Kingdom James Sweetnam
97 France Adrien Chila TBA
Switzerland David Droux
Netherlands More Motorsport[2] Ligier JS P320 99 Netherlands Mark van der Snel TBA
Netherlands Max van der Snel

GT3

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Switzerland Kessel Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 12 Italy David Fumanelli TBA
France Frederic Jousset
74 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert TBA
Spain Fran Rueda
Denmark High Class Racing[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 18 United Kingdom Nick Jones TBA
United Kingdom Scott Malvern
Germany Leipert Motorsport[2] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 19 Germany Marcel Leipert TBA
TBA
70 New Zealand Brendon Leitch TBA
United States Gerhard Watzinger
Spain Biogas Motorsport[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 23 Spain Marc Carol TBA
Spain Josep Mayola
United Kingdom Steller Motorsport[2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 24 United Kingdom Richard Williams TBA
TBA
Italy AF Corse[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 51 Italy Alessandro Balzan TBA
United States Matt Kurzejewski
88 Italy Riccardo Agostini TBA
Brazil Custodio Toledo
Germany Proton Huber Competition[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 73 Germany Jörg Dreisow TBA
Germany Manuel Lauck
Italy Iron Dames[2] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 83 Switzerland Karen Gaillard TBA
France Célia Martin
United Kingdom Blackthorn[2] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 90 United Kingdom David McDonald TBA
United Kingdom Nick Moss
91 Switzerland Claude Bovet TBA
United Kingdom Joe Osborne

Notes

  1. ^ Bukhantsov is Russian, but he competes under an Emirati licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

  1. ^ a b "Six Top Class Venues for 2024 MLMC Season". lemanscup.com. Le Mans Cup. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Goodwin, Graham (12 January 2024). "42 Car Entry for 2024 Michelin Le Mans Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 January 2024.