2017 British LMP3 Cup

The 2017 Henderson Insurance Brokers LMP3 Cup Championship was the inaugural season for the British LMP3 Cup. The series started at Donington Park on 22–23 April, and finished at the same circuit on 16–17 September.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Chassis	Engine	Driver(s)	Rounds
United Autosports Red River Sport^[1]^{[N 1]}	2	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	CJ Wilson	3-6
				Christian England	1-2, 7-12
				Andrew Evans	1-12
	3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Tony Wells	1-12
	3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Matt Bell	1-12
	22	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Bonamy Grimes	11-12
	22	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Johnny Mowlem	11-12
	32	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Sir Chris Hoy	11-12
	32	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Sandy Mitchell	11-12
360 Racing	6	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Andy Demetriou	1-2
360 Racing	6	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Bob Berridge	1-2
T-Sport	7	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Steve Tandy	1-2
				Karun Chandhock	1-2
				Alex Kapadia	11-12
				Manhal Allos	11-12
Nielsen Racing Ecurie Ecosse with Nielsen Racing^[2]^{[N 2]}	9	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Dean Gibbs	7-8
	9	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Alex Kapadia	7-8
	23	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Jason Rishover	1-3, 11-12
	23	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Jamie Spence	1-4, 11-12
	79	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Alasdair McCaig	1-12
	79	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Colin Noble	1-12
	888	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Khaled Al Mudhaf	11-12
	888	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Michael Vergers	11-12
Tockwith Motorsport	26	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Richard Dean	1-6
Tockwith Motorsport	26	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Sarah Moore	1-6
G-Cat Racing	28	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Paul Bailey	1-6
G-Cat Racing	28	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Andy Schulz	1-6
Douglas Motorsport	72	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Mike Newbould	1-4, 9-12
				Thomas Randle	1-4, 9-10
				Callan O'Keeffe	7-8, 11-12
Speedworks Motorsport	96	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE	Jack Butel	1-12
				Dean Gibbs	1-4
				Scott Mansell	5-6
				Andrew Bentley	7-8
				Devon Modell	9-10

Races

The revised 12-race calendar was released on Friday 7 December 2016.^[3]

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Winners
1	R1	Donington Park (National)	No. 28 G-Cat Racing	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
	R1		Andy Schulz	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
	R2		No. 28 G-Cat Racing	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
	R2		Andy Schulz	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
2	R3	Brands Hatch GP	No. 3 United Autosports	No. 3 United Autosports
	R3		Tony Wells	Tony Wells Matt Bell
	R4		No. 23 Nielsen Racing	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
	R4		Jamie Spence	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
3	R5	Spa Francorchamps	No. 79 Nielsen Racing	No. 3 United Autosports
	R5		Alasdair McCaig	Tony Wells Matt Bell
	R6		No. 3 United Autosports	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
	R6		Tony Wells	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
4	R7	Silverstone Circuit (GP)	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
	R7		Christian England	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
	R8		No. 3 United Autosports	No. 3 United Autosports
	R8		Tony Wells	Tony Wells Matt Bell
5	R9	Snetterton Circuit (300)	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 79 Nielsen Racing
	R9		Christian England	Alasdair McCaig Colin Noble
	R10		No. 2 United Autosports	No. 2 United Autosports
	R10		Christian England	Christian England Andrew Evans
6	R11	Donington Park (GP)	No. 2 United Autosports	No. 3 United Autosports
	R11		Christian England	Tony Wells Matt Bell
	R12		No. 2 United Autosports	No. 96 Speedworks Motorsport
	R12		Christian England	Jack Butel

Table

Pos	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	No. 79 Nielsen Racing	25	26	19	25	19	26	26	19	25	15	8	DNF	234
2	No. 3 United Autosports	6	18	26	18	26	19	18	25	DNF	12	26	18	212
3	No. 96 Speedworks Motorsport	1	10	8	10	15	15	10	12	18	18	12	25	154
4	No. 2 United Autosports	8	DNF		6	12	8	16	16	16	26	11	12	132
5	No. 72 Douglas Motorsport	13	8	12	15					13	11			73
6	No. 23 Nielsen Racing	18	DNF	15	DNF	DNF	DNF					15	15	64
6	No. 26 Tockwith Motorsport	10	15	6	12	10	10							63
7	No. 28 G-Cat Racing	5	5	10	8	8	12							48
9	No. 32 United Autosports											18	10	28
10	No. 7 T-Sport	15	12											27
11	No. 9 Nielsen Racing							12	10					22
=12	No. 888 Nielsen Racing											6	4	10
=12	No. 22 United Autosports											4	6	10
=12	No. 7 T-Sport											2	8	10
15	No. 6 360 Racing	2	6											8

Points are scored:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

With bonus points for pole position and fastest lap.

References

^ Goodwin, Graham (September 8, 2017). "Mowlem & Grimes Enter Final Rounds of LMP3 Cup Championship". DailySportscar.com. DailySportscar.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
^ Goodwin, Graham (March 28, 2017). "Ecurie Ecosse Confirms Double LMP3 Programme In UK & Europe". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
^ "2017 Calender [sic] announced". www.lmp3cup.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-09-06.

^ The No. 22 was run by United Autosports on behalf of Red River Sport.
^ The No. 79 Nielsen Racing entry was in conjunction with Ecurie Ecosse.

External links

Official series website

[Redriversport-1] Goodwin, Graham (September 8, 2017). "Mowlem & Grimes Enter Final Rounds of LMP3 Cup Championship". DailySportscar.com. DailySportscar.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.

[EcurieEcosse-3] Goodwin, Graham (March 28, 2017). "Ecurie Ecosse Confirms Double LMP3 Programme In UK & Europe". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.

[5] "2017 Calender [sic] announced". www.lmp3cup.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-09-06.

[United-2] The No. 22 was run by United Autosports on behalf of Red River Sport.

[Nielsen-4] The No. 79 Nielsen Racing entry was in conjunction with Ecurie Ecosse.

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