Road to Le Mans

Road to Le Mans
Michelin Le Mans Cup
VenueCircuit de la Sarthe
First race2016
First MLMC race2016
Duration2x 55 Minutes
Most wins (team) DKR Engineering

The Road to Le Mans is a sports car race held annually at the Circuit de la Sarthe, in Le Mans, France. It serves as a support event for the main race, the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans. The race was first run in 2016, as a one-hour event, forming part of the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup, in its inaugural season.[1]

History

The race was announced on 13 November 2015, a support race for LMP3 cars, competing in series sanctioned by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, and GT3 cars competing in the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup. It would by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest with the collaboration of Le Mans Endurance Management (promoter of the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup Series)[2] It was announced to be a non-championship race for the LMP3 cars, while all full-season entrants of the GT3 Le Mans Cup would receive automatic invitations to the race.[2] For the inaugural race in 2016, a total of 39 cars were entered, with 22 LMP3 and 17 GT3 cars. [3] The race was the first time that GT3 and LMP3 cars had competed on the full Circuit de la Sarthe.[4]

In 2017, the race was announced to be returning on the Le Mans support calendar, albeit with a number of changes. The event was expanded to comprise 2x 55 minute long races, with up to 46 cars competing, instead of 42 in the previous year.[5]

Race winners

Year Race Drivers Team Car Drivers Team Car Duration /
Distance 		Ref
LMP3 GT3
2016 Alexandre Cougnaud
Thomas Laurent 		DC Racing Ligier JS P3 Aleksey Basov
Viktor Shaytar 		SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 13 laps [6]
2017 1 Sean Rayhall
John Falb 		United Autosports Ligier JS P3 Ahmad Al Harthy
Tom Jackson 		TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 13 laps [7]
2 Alexander Toril
Jean Glorieux 		DKR Engineering Norma M30 Ahmad Al Harthy
Tom Jackson 		TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 13 laps [8]
2018 1 Mikkel Jensen
Kay Van Berio 		EuroInternational Ligier JS P3 Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci 		AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 13 laps [9]
2 Michael Benham
Duncan Tappy 		Lanan Racing Norma M30 Christoph Ulrich
Maurizio Mediani 		Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 12 laps [10]
2019 1 Adrian Chila
Nicolas Schatz 		Graff Norma M30 Mikkel Mac
Fabien Lavergne 		Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 11 laps [11]
2 François Kirmann
Laurents Hörr 		DKR Engineering Norma M30 Mikkel Mac
Fabien Lavergne 		Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 14 laps [12]
2020 1 Jean Glorieux
Laurents Hörr 		DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 Andrea Caldarelli
Hiroshi Hamaguchi 		FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 13 laps [13]
2 Edouard Cauhaupé
Nicolas Maulini 		Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 Andrea Caldarelli
Hiroshi Hamaguchi 		FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 12 laps [14]
2021 1 Anthony Wells
Colin Noble 		Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 Rory Penttinen
Logan Sargeant 		Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 12 laps [15]
2 Moritz Kranz
Ugo de Wilde 		Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 Julien Andlauer
Nicolas Leutwiler 		Pzoberer Zürichsee by TFT Porsche 911 GT3 R 13 laps [16]
2022 1 Tom Dillmann
Alexander Mattschull 		Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 Emanuele Busnelli
Fabio Babini 		Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R 12 laps [17]
2 Michael Benham
Duncan Tappy 		Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 Kasper Jensen
Kristian Poulsen 		GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 11 laps [18]
2023 1 Manuel Espírito Santo
Martin Rich 		Team Virage Ligier JS P320 Max Hesse
Tim Whale 		Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 11 laps [19]
2 Luis Sanjaun
David Droux 		Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 Jérôme Policand
Valentino Rossi 		Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 11 laps [20]
2024 1 Torsten Kratz
Leonard Weiss 		Wochenspielgel Team Monschau
by Rinaldi Racing 		Duqueine M30 - D08 David Fumanelli
Frédéric Jousset 		Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 4 laps [21]
2 Christophe Cresp
Maximus Mayer 		MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 Martin Berry
Lorcan Hanafin 		Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 10 laps [22]

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