2024 Road to Le Mans

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The 9th Road to Le Mans Cup was a sports car race held on 14 and 15 June 2024 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. The race featured LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective classes.

Entry list[edit]

Icon Series
MLMS Michelin Le Mans Cup
ELMS European Le Mans Series
GTWC SRO GT World Challenge
ALMS Asian Le Mans Series
RLMS Road to Le Mans only
No. Entrant Car Series Driver 1 Driver 2
LMP3 (40 entries)
2 Spain CD Sport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Willyam Gosselin Lebanon Shahan Sarkissian
3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan ELMS France Benjamin Rouget China Pengcheng Ye
4 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan RLMS Canada Garett Grist United States Anthony McIntosh
5 United Kingdom RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ELMS Mexico Ian Aguilera TBA
6 France ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Clément Moreno France Nicolas Schatz
7 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Wayne Boyd United Kingdom Anthony Wells
8 Poland Team Virage Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ELMS Portugal Bernardo Pinheiro TBA
9 Switzerland Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS China Haowen Luo France Louis Rossi
10 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Marius Fossard France Christophe Lapierre
11 Spain CD Sport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Franck Chappard United Kingdom Chris Short
13 France M Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Alexandre Cougnaud France Romano Ricci
17 France IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Patrice Lafargue France Dino Lunardi
20 Denmark High Class Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Tommy Foster Denmark Jens Reno Møller
21 Italy EuroInternational Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ELMS Canada Adam Ali United Kingdom Matthew Richard Bell
22 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan MLMS Germany Torsten Kratz Germany Leonard Weiss
26 Czech Republic Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Czech Republic Dan Skočdopole United Kingdom Ben Stone
27 United Kingdom P4 Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Andrew Ferguson United Kingdom Louis Hamilton-Smith
28 France MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan RLMS TBA TBA
29 France MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Spain Maximus Mayer TBA
31 Italy EuroInternational Ligier JS P320 - Nissan RLMS Canada Daniel Ali TBA
34 Poland Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhanstov[N 1] Netherlands Rik Koen
42 United Kingdom Steller Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Sennan Fielding France Sylvain Guintoli
43 Poland Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Tim Creswick Denmark Sebastian Gravlund
44 Poland Team Virage Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Jamie Falvey Romania Mihnea Ștefan
50 Germany Reiter Engineering Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Switzerland Miklas Born Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
58 Australia GG Classics Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Australia George Nakas Australia Fraser Ross
59 Poland Team Virage Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Paraguay Oscar Bittar Brazil Ricardo Gracia Filho
62 Czech Republic Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ALMS TBA TBA
64 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ELMS Austria Michael Doppelmayr Germany Pierre Kaffer
66 Germany Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Germany Daniel Keilwitz Germany Steve Parrow
67 Switzerland Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan MLMS Switzerland Pieder Decurtins Switzerland Samir Ben
68 Switzerland Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan RLMS Germany Marcel Oosenbrugh Germany Dominik Schraml
71 Germany Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Germany Stefan Aust Germany Felipe Fernández Laser
76 Poland Team Virage Ligier JS P320 - Nissan RLMS France Raphaël Narac TBA
77 Iceland Team Thor Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Iceland Auðunn Guðmundsson United Kingdom Colin Noble
84 France ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Julien Lemoine France Paul Trojani
85 France R-ace GP Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan MLMS France Hadrien David France Fabien Michal
87 Switzerland Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Adrien Closmenil United Kingdom James Sweetnam
97 Switzerland Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Adrien Chila Switzerland David Droux
99 Netherlands More Motorsport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Netherlands Mark van der Snel Netherlands Max van der Snel
GT3 (20 entries)
12 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 MLMS Italy David Fumanelli France Frédéric Jousset
14 Germany GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo ALMS United States Anthony Bartone Germany Valentin Pierburg
18 Denmark High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) MLMS United Kingdom Nick Jones United Kingdom Scott Malvern
23 Spain Biogas Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 MLMS Spain Marc Carol Spain Josep Mayola
24 United Kingdom Steller Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II MLMS TBA TBA
25 Germany Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GTWC United Kingdom Ian James United States Gray Newell
51 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 MLMS Italy Alessandro Balzan United States Matt Kurzejewski
57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 ELMS Canada Orey Fidani Germany Lars Kern
65 Austria Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo ALMS Germany Heiko Neumann TBA
73 Germany Proton Huber Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) MLMS Germany Jörg Dreisow Germany Manuel Lauck
74 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 MLMS United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert Spain Fran Rueda
80 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 RLMS Switzerland Gino Forgione Italy Michele Rugolo
82 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 ELMS France Emmanuel Collard France Charles-Henri Samani
83 Italy Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 MLMS Switzerland Karen Gaillard France Célia Martin
88 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 MLMS Italy Riccardo Agostini Brazil Custodio Toledo
90 United Kingdom Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo MLMS TBA TBA
91 United Kingdom Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo MLMS Switzerland Claude Bovet United Kingdom David McDonald
95 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo ELMS United States Derek DeBoer France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Source:[1][2]

Reserve entries[edit]

In addition to the sixty-two entries given invitations for the race, seven entries are put on a reserve list to potentially replace any invitations that were not accepted or withdrawn. Reserve entries are ordered with the first reserve replacing the first withdrawal from the race, regardless of the class of either entry.

Reserve Class No. Entrant Car Series Driver 1 Driver 2
1st GT3 56 Italy Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) RLMS Italy Paolo Venerosi Pesciolini TBA
2nd LMP3 69 France Zosh Competition Ligier JS P320 - Nissan RLMS France Jean-Rene de Fournoux France Hugo Rosati
3rd LMGT3 16 Italy TS Corse Duqueine M30 - D08 RLMS Italy Gianluca Giraudi TBA
4th GT3 75 Austria Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo RLMS Germany Timo Rumpfkeil TBA
5th GT3 54 Italy Dinamic GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) GTWC Germany Thomas Kiefer Kyrgyzstan Stanislav Minsky[N 1]
6th LMP3 96 France Zosh Competition Ligier JS P320 - Nissan RLMS France Claude Rosati France Rodolphe Rosati
7th GT3 55 Italy Dinamic GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) GTWC Germany Marvin Dienst Austria Philipp Sager
Source:[1][2]

Free Practice[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Race 1[edit]

Race 2[edit]

Races[edit]

Race 1 Result[edit]

Race 2 Result[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Goodwin, Graham (7 May 2024). "58 Car Entry For 2024 Road To Le Mans Races". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2024 Michelen Le Mans Cup - Road to Le Mans - Provisional Entry List" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com. Michelin Le Mans Cup. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bukhantsov and Minskiy are Russian, but he competes under an Emirati and a Kyrgyz licence respectively as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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