2017 Le Mans Cup

The 2017 Automobile Club de l’Ouest Le Mans Cup was the first running of the ACO Le Mans Cup, formed after the collaps of WEC. At the end of 2016, the management of this new series bought out the Siemens Ausdauer Reject Series.

Teams and Drivers

LMP1

Entrant	Chassis	Engine	H	Class	#	Drivers	Rounds
/ Glacier-Mont Blanc Racing	Onroak LMP1	Zytek	NON-HYBRID	I	3	Sebastien Bourdais P	All
						Randall Wade G	All
						J.C. Wolf B	All
					24	Kristina Harris S	All
						Kaitlyn Harris B	All
						Kelly Harris B	All
Porsche by Best In The World	Porsche 919B		HYBRID	M	6	Mike Rockenfeller P	All
						Du Lei G	All
						Yu Hiang-Hao G	All
					41	Jacques Villeneuve P	All
						Calvin Brooks P	All
						Florian Grünewald S	All
DENSO Toyota PORE	Toyota TS-50 Hybrid	Toyota T8-34H	HYBRID	M	15	David Koczo P	All
						James James Davies P	All
						Kamui Kobayashi P	All
					16	Lucas di Grassi P	All
						Damon Cannon G	All
						Angel Jose Castañeda S	All
Equipe Gauthier	Audi R18+ e-tron quattro		HYBRID	M	17	File:Flag of the United Kingdom Anthony Davidson P	All
						Stephane Sarrazin	All
						TBA	All
					18	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
EnerG NISMO	Nissan LMP1		HYBRID	M	22	André Lotterer P	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
					23	Benoit Treluyer P	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
Samurai Rocket Racing	Dome S103.5	AER	NON-HYBRID	I	34	Giovanni Vaille G	All
						Victor Sagat S	All
						Adrian Shephard S	All
	SR-DASH	AER			76	Giancarlo Ceara G	8
						William Guile G	8
						Ai Fukami S	8
Équipe Fantomette	TBA	TBA	NON-HYBRID	I	37	Sérgio Jimenez B	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
					38	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
Commonwealth Racing	Dome S103.5	Toyota	NON-HYBRID	I	73	Barii Mori P	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
Red Bull Vlieniger Racing	WR LMP2014	Zytek	NON-HYBRID	I	97	Mika Paasonen G	All
						Dieter Hallenstein G	All
						Peter Vlieniger B	All

LMP2

Entrant	Chassis	Engine	H	Class	#	Drivers	Rounds
Tassie Racing	Adess 02	Nissan	NON-HYBRID	I	13	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						Humbert Moyenmoutier S	All
Mad-Croc Pulsar Racing Team	Oreca 05	Mazda	NON-HYBRID	I	19	Jaime Alguersuari P	All
						Yuka Katayama G	All
						Leandro Moreira B	All
					20		All
						Deividas Lukauskis S	All
						Poppy Whitechapel S	All
AutoExe-Terramos	Dome S103	Mazda	NON-HYBRID	I	29	Darryl O'Young S	4,8
						Mizuki Ukawa G	4,8
						Yojiro Terada B	4,8
Mobil Racing ZimSport	Pilbeam MP100	Mazda	NON-HYBRID	I	31	Pieter Kickert G	TBA
						Mike Stern S	TBA
						TBA	TBA
Gazprom Restov Racing	TBA	TBA	NON-HYBRID	I	32	Henry Paul G	All
						Luis Pereira S	All
						Dominic Strass-Cahn B	All
Kellogg's All-Bran EuroBran Racing	Ligier JS55	Judd	NON-HYBRID	I	35	Jan van der Maeyede S	TBC
						Sope Stever B	TBC
						Ryan Carlton G	TBC
Henri Racing Team	Oreca 05	Nissan	NON-HYBRID	I	42		All
						Jayleen Mori S	All
						Carsten Jancker S	All
					43	Mark Webber P	All
						Jukka-Pekka Kankaanpää S	All
						Clément Grandmaison S	All
Jones Racing	Jones JR 500	Judd	NON-HYBRID	I	44	Sammy Jones P	All
						TBA	All
						Mike Vulcano S	All
Hunter Autosport	Oreca 05	Nissan	NON-HYBRID	I	80	Christian Klien P	All
						Deanna McMohan S	All
						TBA	All
					81	Tom Kimber-Smith G	All
						Thomas Day S	All
						TBA	All
Kellogg's Boxtel Engineering	TBA	TBA	NON-HYBRID	I	86	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
					87	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
Union Saver Developments	Tiga LM214	Judd	NON-HYBRID	I	88		1-3,5-6,8-10
							1-3,5-6,8-10
							1-3,5-6,8-10

GT

Entrant	Chassis	Engine	H	Class	#	Drivers	Rounds
USD Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GT		NON-HYBRID	M	4	Ricardo Llosa P	4,7
						Jordan McKenna P	4,7
						Karl Lichter Shultz G	4,7
					5	TBA	4,7
						TBA	4,7
						TBA	4,7
Himalayas Racing	TBA	TBA	NON-HYBRID	I	8	Chacko Palaniappan G	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
					9	Laurent Seron G	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
RonDen Racing Engineering	Ferrari 474 GTS		NON-HYBRID	M	27	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
					72	Gianmaria Bruni P	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
SRT Onyx	SRT Viper GTS-R		NON-HYBRID	M	30	Domink Farnbacher G	4,7
						TBA	4,7
						TBA	4,7
					40	Jonathan Bomarito G	4,7
						Kuno Wittmer G	4,7
						TBA	4,7
Dave McFaste FAT Turbo Racing	McLaren MP4-12C		NON-HYBRID	I	77	Saeed Al Faisal G	1,3-5,7,8
						Sam Keppler III S	1,3-5,7,8
						Shinobu Katayama P	1,3-5,7,8
BOSS Automation	Porsche 991 GT		NON-HYBRID	M	92	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
					93	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
AMR Loyer Racing Technologies	Aston Martin DB11 GT		NON-HYBRID	M	94	Norman Isles P	All
						Melanie Bourne P	All
						Anne Dorra P	All
					95	Giancarlo Fisichella P	All
						Niklas Svanberg S	All
						Akinjide Ezerioha B	All
Renntechnologie AG	TBA		NON-HYBRID	I	98	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All
					99	TBA	All
						TBA	All
						TBA	All

Key

E.R.S.
HYBRID		Cars equipped with Hybrid Energy Recovery System technology
NON-HYBRID		Cars not equipped with any Energy Recovery Systems
Class
M	Manufacturer	Works teams
I	Independent	Teams with no works support

Automatic Entries

The ACO and the AFRM both awarded automatic entry slots for the 2017 Le Mans Cup, both for the duration of the season and for one-off events. Teams could choose whether to accept or deny this entry.

Full-season entries
Criteria		Team	Accepted?
2016 SARS season Participant		Equipe Gauthier	Accepte, competing in LMP1
		Schröder BMW	Declined
		Pulsar Racing Team	Accepted, competing in LMP2.
		West Cliff Racing	Declined
		Onyx Racing	Accepted, competing in GT
		Tassie Racing	Accepted, competing in LMP2.
		Dofasco Lukoil Racing	Declined
		Équipe Fantomette	Accepted, competing in LMP1.
		Himalayas Racing	Accepted, competing in GT.
		Samurai Rocket Racing	Accepted, competing in LMP1
		Il Barone Rampante	Accepted, competing in LMP1.
One-off entries
Criteria	Cat.	Team	Accepted?	Rounds
2016 GTR champions	GT	TBD	TBC	Le Mans only
2016 Aston 24 Hours winner	GT	TBD	TBC	Le Mans only

Reserve Entries

Rank	Number	Team	Class
1	#11	Álvarez Competición	GT
2	TBA	GlobeX Scorpio Racing	GT
3	#77	Kellog's All-Bran EuroBran Racing	LMP2
4	#28	RonDen Racing Engineering	LMP2