LMP3 Constructors in MLMC

There have been 50 races held since that first race in 2016, with all of the four eligible chassis’ manufacturers being represented on the MLMC grid over the years. Ligier, and Norma/ Duqueine have been the main stays of the series, with teams running the Ginetta and Adess chassis joining for the Road to Le Mans in 2016-18.

1. ENTRIES: There have been 50 races since 2016, with 198 Ligier JS P3 and JS P320s taking part in those races and 63 Norma M30 / Duqueine M30-D08s.
2. RACE WINS: 29 races have been won by Ligier and 21 by Norma / Duqueine (14 to Norma and 7 to Duqueine).
3. POLE POSITIONS: 26 pole positions have gone to Ligier teams while 24 have gone to Norma / Duqueine (17 and 7 respectively).
4. CHAMPIONSHIPS: Norma/ Duqueine have won the MLMC title four times, all in the hands of DKR Engineering with 3 for Norma (2017-2019) and once for Duqueine in 2020. Ligier have won the title three times with Nielsen Racing (2021), Racing Spirit of Leman (2022) and Team Virage (2023)

1. OTHER MANUFACTURERS: Ginetta have made three appearances, taking part in Road to Le Mans in 2016, 2017 and 2018.Ginetta finished 14^thin the 2016 race in the hands of Lawrence Tomlinson and Charlie Robertson.

In 2017 TKS ran a single car for Japanese duo Shinyo Sano and Takuya Shirasaka, who finished 21^st in race 1 and 10^th in race 2. The team returned in 2018 for another two races at Le Mans, with Sano and Shirasaka finishing 22^nd in race 1 and posting a DNF in race 2.

The Adess chassis has made three appearances, all at Le Mans. In 2016 PS Racing race a single car which was unclassified at the end of the race.

In 2017 four-time MLMC LMP3 champions DKR Engineering race a single Adess-Nissan alongside their two Norma M30s at Le Mans for Japan’s Yojiro Terada and French driver Sylvain Boulay. The team recorded a DNF in race 1 and 24^th in race 2.

In 2021 Australian team Revere Lifestyle entered an Adess-03 EVO driven by ELMS LMP3 Champion John Falb and French driver Simon Escallier but the car failed to finish in either race.

For the 2024 Michelin Le Mans Cup there are 29 LMP3 contenders, with 25 Ligier JS P320-Nissans competing against 4 Duqueine M30-DO08s.