2026 marks 10 years since the first ever Michelin Le Mans Cup race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and there will be a total of 45 entries for this year’s event, compared to just 12 cars ten years ago. The grid for the Belgian round of the 2026 MLMC will feature 90 drivers and 31 teams representing 28 different nations from Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania.
With two podiums from three races, Daniel Frost and Enzo Peugeot head the championship standings on 62 points in the no85 R-ace GP Duqueine-Toyota and have a 12-point advantage over their nearest rivals, Lucas Fluxá Cross and Matus Ryba in the no19 Brutal Fish by Campos Ligier-Toyota.
Le Castellet winners Colin Queen and Giovanni Maschio are third on 43 points after failing to finish last time out in Le Mans in the no50 23Events Racing Ligier.
Arthur Rogeon and August Raber moved up to 4th in the no12 Brutal Fish by Campos Ligier after winning the first ever 3-hour Road To Le Mans race from pole position, scoring a maximum 39-points to get their title aspirations back on track after failing to score any points in Barcelona or Le Castellet.
Lenny Ried and Philip Lindberg also scored some useful points in Le Mans, with the no20 High Class Racing Ligier finishing second to score 27 points, with the German-Danish duo moving up to 5th in the standings at the halfway point of the season.
Belgium will be represented in the LMP3 category by Vic Stevens, who will be racing the no70 Team Virage Ligier alongside his British teammate Jude Peters. Stevens will be hoping that home advantage will help gather some important points and add to the 8-points they scored in Barcelona.
Belgian team Ajith RedAnt Racing will field one Ligier JS P325-Toyota for former Indian Formula One star Narain Karthikeyan and his Indian teammate Aditya Patel in the no36 Ligier.
The 24 strong grid will also feature a pair of entries by Nielsen Racing, ANS Motorsport, CLX Motorsport and Forestier Racing by VPS, with a second entry by reigning champions R-ace GP and 23Events Racing. BWT Muecke Motorsport, Vector Sport RLR, Trajectus Motorsport, Bretton Racing, Inter Europol Competition, M Racing and More Motorsport complete the LMP3 field with a single entry in the top class.
There are three driver changes, with Bruno Ribeiro and Mitchell van Dijk replacing James Winslow and Augustin Bernier who raced the no26 Bretton Racing Ligier at Le Mans. Romain Boeckler will race the no97 CLX Motorsport Ligier alongside David Droux instead of Cédric Oltramare.
The 11 strong LMP3 Pro/Am field is led by reigning champions Eric De Doncker and Gillian Henrion, with the Franco-Belgian pairing heading to Motorsport98’s home race on 72-points, 12 ahead of their nearest rivals. De Doncker and Henrion won in Le Castellet and then had a perfect weekend in Le Mans, winning Road To Le Mans from pole position.
Three podium finishes from the first three races have kept Steve Parrow and Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen in contention for the 2026 title, with the no66 Rinaldi Racing Ligier on 60-points, 8-points ahead of the no62 Bretton Racing Ligier of Barcelona race winners Jacek Zielonka from Poland and his Algerian teammate Léo Sami Robinson.
Australian duo Fraser Ross and Georges Nakas finished third in Le Mans, with the GG Classics Ligier lying in 4th in the standings on 37-points, 7-points ahead of the second Rinaldi Racing Ligier of Felipe Fernandez-Laser and Stefan Aust.
George King is replacing Shawn Rashid in the no34 Inter Europol Competition Ligier and will race alongside double pole position holder Alex Bukhantsov in Belgium.
The grid is completed by single car entries by Ajith RedAnt by Virage, Racing Spirit of Léman, P4 Racing, High Class Racing and a new team, Allay Racing, with Swedish brother Linus and Emil Hellberg.
There are two driver changes in the GT3 class. The first change is championship leader Valentin Hasse Clot will be racing in the United States, and he will be replaced by Marius Fossard in the no10 Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin Vantage. Fossard will be competing alongside Barcelona and Road To Le Mans race winner Philipp Sager in Belgium.
Sager and the Racing Spirit of Léman team hold a comfortable 27-point lead at the top of the driver and team GT3 standings, with Matteo Cressoni and Reinhold Klein their nearest rivals on 51-points in the no54 Dinamic GT Porsche 911.
The no21 Kessel Racing Ferrari is currently in third place, with British driver Oscar Lee Ryndziewicz being joined by Lorenzo Ferrari who he raced with in Le Castellet in May. Ferrari is replacing Giacomo Altoe who raced the no21 Ferrari 296 in Barcelona and Le Mans.
Reigning champions Alessandro Cozzi and Eliseo Donno are lying 4th in the GT3 standings on 40 points in the no51 AF Corse Ferrari.
The GT3 field is completed by the no11 Code Racing Development Aston Martin Vantage, the no17 Kessel Racing Ferrari of Le Castellet race winners David Fumanelli and Lorenzo Innocenti, the no23 Biogas Motorsport Ferrari, the no77 SMC Motorsport McLaren 720S, the no88 AF Corse Ferrari and the no91 Ecurie Ecosse Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage.
Round 4 of the 2026 Michelin Le Mans Cup will take place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday 22 August.
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