Road to Le Mans

Road to Le Mans

Michelin Le Mans Cup
Venue	Circuit de la Sarthe
First race	2016
First MLMC race	2016
Duration	2x 55 Minutes
Most wins (team)	DKR Engineering

The Road to Le Mans is a sports car racing 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	Duration/Distance
2016		Alexandre Cougnaud Thomas Laurent	DC Racing	Ligier JS P3	13 laps
	1	Sean Rayhall John Falb	United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	13 laps
	2	Alexander Toril Jean Glorieux	DKR Engineering	Norma M30	13 laps
	1	Mikkel Jensen Kay Van Berio	EuroInternational	Ligier JS P3
	2	Michael Benham Duncan Tappy	Lanan Racing	Norma M30
2019	1	Adrian Chila Nicolas Schatz	GRAFF	Norma M30
	2	Francois Kirmann Laurents Hörr	DKR Engineering	Norma M30

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