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Points Leaders After Monza

The opening round of the 2017 Michelin Le Mans Cup season saw the first points awarded. With neither of the pole position holders in LMP3 or GT3 taking the win in Italy neither class saw the maximum 26 points awarded to one team or driver pairing.

26/05/2017

In LMP3 the 25 points for the win went to the no79 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P3-Nissan of Tony Wells and Colin Noble, the British pairing leaving 6 points ahead of the second placed no3 DKR Engineering Norma M30 of Alexander Toril and Jean Glorieux after Glorieux secured the first pole position of the year a few hours before the race.

Claudio Sdanewitsch and Maurizio Mediani take 15 points from Monza to the next race at Le Mans in the no55 Spirit of Race Ligier-Nissan.

In GT3 it was the no7 Lee Mowle Mercedes AMG that took the chequered flag and the 25 points, with drivers Lee Mowle and Phil Keen holding a 7 point lead over Flick Haigh and Joe Osborne in the no75 Optimum Racing Audi R8 LMS.

Monza pole sitters Emanuele Busnelli and Fabio Babini took the final podium place with the Italians leaving their home event with 16 points as the Michelin Le Mans Series heads to France for two 55 minute races at the Road to Le Mans at the 24 Heures du Mans event.

CLICK HERE for the classifications after Round 1