2024 Ultimate Cup Series
The 2024 Ultimate Cup Series is the sixth season of the Ultimate Cup Series. It began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 15 March and will end at the same venue on 8 November.[1] The Ultimate Cup Series is a program comprising multiple endurance and sprint championships across different classes of motor racing.[2][3][4][5][6]
Calendar[edit]
The 2024 calendar will see the Portuguese round move from Estoril to Algarve. The round at Navarra will be replaced by a round at Mugello, marking the series return to the venue after last competing there in 2019.[1]
Round | Circuit | Date | Map of circuit locations |
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1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 15–17 March | |
2 | Algarve International Circuit, Portimão | 24–26 May | |
3 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 5–7 July | |
4 | Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero | 6–8 September | |
5 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 11–13 October | |
6 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 8–10 November |
European Endurance Prototype Cup[edit]
The European Endurance Prototype Cup is open to LMP3, Nova Proto NP02s and Group CN cars.[3][7]
Teams and drivers[edit]
Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | U | Rounds |
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LMP3 | ||||||
Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 1 | Axel Gnos | 1–2 | |
Georgios Kolovos | ||||||
Panagiotis Kaitatzis | 1 | |||||
Sacha Lehmann | 2 | |||||
88 | Daniel Maciá | 1–2 | ||||
Raphaël Narac | ||||||
Jacek Zielonka | ||||||
Graff Racing | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 2 | Samir Ben | 2 | |
Haowen Luo | ||||||
George King | ||||||
Racing Spirit of Léman | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 10 | Christian Gisy | 2 | |
Ralf Kelleners | ||||||
Sebastian Schmitz | ||||||
Dominik Schraml | ||||||
CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 11 | Franck Chappard | 2 | |
Willyam Gosselin | ||||||
Chris Short | ||||||
CMR | Ginetta G61-LT-P3 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 12 | Fabien Michal | 1–2 | |
Nico Prost | ||||||
Gwenael Delomier | 2 | |||||
62 | Mike Simpson | 1–2 | ||||
Lawrence Tomlinson | 1 | |||||
Freddie Tomlinson | ||||||
Andrew Bentley | 2 | |||||
Sennan Fielding | ||||||
TS Corse | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 24 | Nathan Kumar | 1–2 | |
Theodor Jensen | 1 | |||||
"Valerio" | ||||||
Gianluca Giraudi | 2 | |||||
Ayrton Simmons | ||||||
Bretton Racing | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 26 | Marius Fossard | 1–2 | |
Vyacheslav Gutak[N 1] | 1 | |||||
Dan Skočdopole | ||||||
Manuel Espírito Santo | 2 | |||||
Bernardo Pinheiro | ||||||
DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 33 | Jon Brownson | 2 | |
Laurents Hörr | ||||||
Pengcheng Ye | ||||||
Benjamin Rouget | ||||||
Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 34 | Alexander Bukhantsov[N 1] | 1–2 | |
Pedro Perino | ||||||
Tim Creswick | 1 | |||||
Niels Koolen | 2 | |||||
BHK Motorsport | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 35 | Sergio Campana | 2 | |
Francesco Dracone | ||||||
Reiter Engineering[8] | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 57 | Vincent Capillaire | 1–2 | |
Nicolas Chartier | ||||||
Stephan Rupp | ||||||
MG Sound Speed Division | Ginetta G61-LT-P3 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 61 | Martin Böhm | U | 1–2 |
Andreas Fojtik | ||||||
RLR MSport | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 77 | Ian Aguilera | 1 | |
James Dayson | ||||||
ANS Motorsport | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 84 | Julien Lemoine | 1–2 | |
Paul Trojani | ||||||
Cool Racing | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 87 | Adrien Closmenil | 1 | |
Cédric Oltramare | ||||||
NP02 | ||||||
CD Sport[8] | Nova Proto NP02 | Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 | 3 | Nick Adcock | 1–2 | |
Michael Jensen | ||||||
Paul Alberto | 1 | |||||
Ian Aguilera | 2 | |||||
4 | Christophe Carriere | 1–2 | ||||
Maxence Maurice | ||||||
Kevin Bole Besancon | 1 | |||||
Louis Maurice | 2 | |||||
5 | Thomas Imbourg | 1–2 | ||||
Jonathan Thomas | ||||||
Graff Racing[8] | 7 | Alim Geshev | 1–2 | |||
James Winslow[9] | ||||||
John Corbett[9] | 2 | |||||
8 | Loris Kyburz | 1–2 | ||||
Louis Rossi | ||||||
Yann Zimmer | 1 | |||||
Sebastien Page | 2 | |||||
9 | David Droux[10] | 1–2 | ||||
Luis Sanjuan | ||||||
Eric Trouillet | ||||||
Lamo Racing | 17 | Danny Buntschu | 1–2 | |||
Fred Morel | ||||||
Jonathan Correrella | 1 | |||||
777 | Jean-Marc Alaphilippe | 1–2 | ||||
Alexandre Lafourcade | ||||||
Stéphane Perrin | 1 | |||||
Quentin Antonel | 2 | |||||
DB Autosport[11] | 20 | Adrien Bastide | 1 | |||
Philippe Yschard | ||||||
Christopher Brenier | 2 | |||||
William Cavailhes | ||||||
David Cristini | ||||||
David Delucinge | ||||||
Xavier Fort[11] | TBA | |||||
Nicolas Marroc[11] | ||||||
21 | Daniel Bassora[11] | 1–2 | ||||
Quentin Bassora[11] | ||||||
Mathias Beche | ||||||
MV2S | 27 | Christophe Cresp | 1–2 | |||
Pierre-Alexandre Provost | ||||||
28 | Philippe Cimadomo | U 1 | 1–2 | |||
Clément Moreno | 1 | |||||
Roman Krumins | 2 | |||||
Maximus Mayer | ||||||
Racing Spirit of Léman[12] | 51 | Nicolas Maulini | 1–2 | |||
Jacques Wolff | ||||||
Benjamin Monnay | 2 | |||||
ANS Motorsport | 71 | Marc Faggionato | 1–2 | |||
Karen Gaillard | ||||||
Iko Segret | ||||||
72 | Erwin Creed | 1–2 | ||||
Philippe Mondolot | ||||||
Mathis Poulet | ||||||
73 | Frédéric Croullet | U | 1–2 | |||
Rodolphe Rosati | ||||||
Nerguti Competition | 99 | Alban Nerguti | 1–2 | |||
Stéphane Ortelli | ||||||
Cogemo Racing Team[8][13] | 154 | Jesse Bouhet[13] | 1–2 | |||
Antoine Lacoste[13] | ||||||
Yohan Rossel[13] | 1 | |||||
Thomas Laurent[14] | 2 | |||||
555 | Denis Caillon[13] | U | 1–2 | |||
Sébastien Morales[13] | ||||||
Philippe Thirion[13] | ||||||
Source:[8][15][16] |
Race results[edit]
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | LMP3 Winning Car | NP02 Winning Car |
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LMP3 Winning Drivers | NP02 Winning Drivers | |||
1 | Paul Ricard | No. 87 Cool Racing | No. 88 Team Virage | No. 9 Graff Racing |
Adrien Closmenil Cédric Oltramare | Daniel Maciá Raphaël Narac Jacek Zielonka | David Droux Luis Sanjuan Eric Trouillet | ||
2 | Algarve | No. 26 Bretton Racing | No. 1 Team Virage | No. 7 Graff Racing |
Manuel Espírito Santo Marius Fossard Bernardo Pinheiro | Axel Gnos Panagiotis Kaitatzis Georgios Kolovos | John Corbett Alim Geshev James Winslow | ||
3 | Hockenheimring | |||
4 | Mugello | |||
5 | Magny-Cours | |||
6 | Paul Ricard | |||
Championship standings[edit]
Drivers' standings[edit]
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† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the class winner's race distance.
Teams' Championship[edit]
Pos. | Team | LEC1 | ALG | HOC | MUG | MAG | LEC2 | Points |
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1 | Graff Racing | 1 | 2 | 50 | ||||
2 | Team Virage | 3 | 1 | 50 | ||||
3 | Inter Europol Competition | 4 | 10 | 33 | ||||
4 | TS Corse | 11 | 5 | 26 | ||||
5 | Cogemo Racing Team | 7 | 6 | 24 | ||||
6 | ANS Motorsport | 8 | 11 | 22 | ||||
7 | CD Sport | 16 | 3 | 20 | ||||
8 | Bretton Racing | 13 | 12 | 16 | ||||
9 | MV2S | 18 | 4 | 15.5 | ||||
10 | Racing Spirit of Léman | 6 | 21 | 15.5 | ||||
11 | RLR Msport | 5 | 15 | |||||
12 | Cool Racing | 9 | 12 | |||||
13 | Reiter Engineering | 19 | 17 | 12 | ||||
14 | Lamo Racing | 15 | 9 | 10 | ||||
15 | Nerguti Competition | 14 | Ret | 6 | ||||
16 | MG Sound Speed Division | 21 | 23 | 4 | ||||
17 | CMR | 27 | 24 | 1.5 | ||||
18 | DB Autosport | 20 | Ret | 0.5 | ||||
BHK Motorsport | Ret | 0 | ||||||
DKR Engineering | Ret | 0 | ||||||
Pos. | Team | LEC1 | ALG | HOC | MUG | MAG | LEC2 | Points |
GT Endurance Cup[edit]
The Ultimate GT Endurance Cup is open to GT3, GT4, single-make series (Porsche Carrera Cup, Ferrari Challenge, Lamborghini Super Trofeo), TCR cars.[4]
Teams and drivers[edit]
Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds | |
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UGT3 | ||||||
Visiom | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 | 1 | Jean-Bernard Bouvet | 1–2 | |
David Hallyday | ||||||
Jean-Paul Pagny | ||||||
Vortex | Vortex 2.0 | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | 20 | Arnaud Gomez | 2 | |
Olivier Gomez | ||||||
21 | Cyril Calmon | 1–2 | ||||
Philippe Bonnel | 1 | |||||
Miguel Moiola | ||||||
Solenn Amrouche | 2 | |||||
UGTX | ||||||
XP Racing | Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo | Ferrari 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 29 | Roland Marchix | 1–2 | |
Philippe Papin | ||||||
Xavier Pompidou | ||||||
Vortex | Vortex 1.0 | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | 701 | Christophe Derouineau | 1–2 | |
Stéphane Gouverneur | ||||||
Jimmy Luminier | ||||||
Porsche Cup | ||||||
2B Autosport | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 7 | Olivier Favre | 1–2 | |
Romain Favre | ||||||
Yann Penlou | ||||||
14 | César Vandewoestyne | 1–2 | ||||
Karl Vandewoestyne | ||||||
Hughes Vandewoestyne | 1 | |||||
Martinet by Alméras | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 71 | Pierre Martinet | 1–2 | |
Gérard Tremblay | ||||||
Victor Bernier | 1 | |||||
Marlon Hernandez | 2 | |||||
95 | Mathys Jaubert | 1 | ||||
Marlon Hernandez | ||||||
Cédric Mezard | ||||||
GP Racing Team | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 89 | Anthony Beltoise | 1–2 | |
Gabriel Pemeant | ||||||
Loïc Teire | ||||||
Mirage Racing | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 91 | Jean-Jacques Ardilly | 2 | |
Guillaume Bruot | ||||||
Thibaud Carrai | ||||||
Seb Lajoux Racing | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 908 | Nicolas Caumon | 2 | |
Sébastien Lajoux | ||||||
Stéphane Perrin | ||||||
UGT4 | ||||||
GL Racing Team | Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo | Audi 5.2 L V10 | 13 | Philippe Cosi | 1–2 | |
Ahmed Henni | 1 | |||||
Herve Alloro | 2 | |||||
L'Espace Bienvenue | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | BMW 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | 17 | Régis Rego de Sebes | 1–2 | |
Daniel Waszczinsky | ||||||
Team Speedcar | Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo | Audi 5.2 L V10 | 83 | Julien Ripert | 1 | |
Philippe Thalamy | ||||||
UGT Light | ||||||
Chazel Technologie Course | Alpine A110 Cup | Alpine 1.4 L I4 | 19 | Julien Bounie | 1–2 | |
Benoit Marion | ||||||
Olivier Martinez | ||||||
93 | Antoni de Barn | 1–2 | ||||
Marc Jacob | ||||||
Marc Lopes | ||||||
110 | Michel Abattu | 2 | ||||
Félix Crepet | ||||||
Stéphane Lipp | ||||||
Guillaume Masset | ||||||
123 | Frederic de Badant | 2 | ||||
Jean-Louis Dauger | ||||||
Source:[17][18] |
Race results[edit]
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | UGT3 Winning Car | UGTX Winning Car | Porsche Cup Winning Car | UGT4 Winning Car | UGT Light Winning Car |
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UGT3 Winning Drivers | UGTX Winning Drivers | Porsche Cup Winning Drivers | UGT4 Winning Drivers | UGT Light Winning Drivers | |||
1 | Paul Ricard | No. 1 Visiom | No. 1 Visiom | No. 701 Vortex | No. 95 Martinet by Alméras | No. 17 L'Espace Bienvenue | No. 19 Chazel Technologie Course |
Jean-Bernard Bouvet David Hallyday Jean-Paul Pagny | Jean-Bernard Bouvet David Hallyday Jean-Paul Pagny | Christophe Derouineau Stéphane Gouverneur Jimmy Luminier | Mathys Jaubert Marlon Hernandez Cédric Mezard | Régis Rego de Sebes Daniel Waszczinsky | Julien Bounie Benoit Marion Olivier Martinez | ||
2 | Algarve | No. 20 Vortex | No. 1 Visiom | No. 701 Vortex | No. 7 2B Autosport | No. 17 L'Espace Bienvenue | No. 19 Chazel Technologie Course |
Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | Jean-Bernard Bouvet David Hallyday Jean-Paul Pagny | Christophe Derouineau Stéphane Gouverneur Jimmy Luminier | Olivier Favre Romain Favre Yann Penlou | Régis Rego de Sebes Daniel Waszczinsky | Julien Bounie Benoit Marion Olivier Martinez | ||
3 | Hockenheimring | ||||||
4 | Mugello | ||||||
5 | Magny-Cours | ||||||
6 | Paul Ricard | ||||||
Championship standings[edit]
Drivers' standings[edit]
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GT-Sprint Cup[edit]
The Ultimate GT-Sprint Cup is open to GT3, GT4, single-make series (Porsche Carrera Cup, Ferrari Challenge, Lamborghini Super Trofeo), TCR cars.[19]
Teams and drivers[edit]
Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | T | Rounds |
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UCS1 | ||||||
JRM Racing Team | Corvette C7 GT3-R | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | 2 | Olivier Morihain | 1–2 | |
SR&R SRL | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 | 3 | Francesco Atzori | T | 1–2 |
Lorenzo Bontempelli | 1 | |||||
"Aramis" | 2 | |||||
UCS2 | ||||||
CMR | Ginetta G56 Cup | GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | 12 | Grégory Driot | 2 | |
Eric Mouza | ||||||
CMR | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | 30 | Quentin Antonel | 1 | |
Eric Mouez | ||||||
Thierry Soave | ||||||
Alexis Berthet | 2 | |||||
62 | George Cabanne | 1 | ||||
Thierry Soave | ||||||
73 | Alexis Berthet | 1 | ||||
George Cabanne | ||||||
Patrick Michellier | ||||||
BDR Competition Grupo Prom | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | 77 | Alfredo Hernandez | 2 | |
UCS3 | ||||||
JVO Racing | Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo | Ferrari 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 88 | Franck Kewitz | T | 1 |
Racing Spirit of Léman | Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo | Ferrari 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 91 | Frédéric Lacore | T | 1–2 |
Alexandre Delaye | TBA | |||||
Vortex | Vortex 1.0 | Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | 95 | Solenn Amrouche[20] | 1–2 | |
AF Corse | Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo | Ferrari 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 105 | Motohito Isozaki | T | 1 |
SR&R SRL | Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo | Ferrari 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 333 | Francesco Coassin | T | 1–2 |
Lorenzo Cossu | 1 | |||||
353 | Lourenço Monteiro | T | 1–2 | |||
Lyle Schofield | ||||||
Porsche Cup | ||||||
2B Autosport | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 13 | César Vandewoestyne | 1 | |
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 14 | Karl Vandewoestyne | 1–2 | ||
César Vandewoestyne | 2 | |||||
Debard Automobiles by Racetivity | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 81 | Eric Debard | 2 | |
GP Racing Team | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 89 | Lionel Riguad | 2 | |
Spabiz Racing Team | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 415 | Jérémy Faligand | 1 | |
Seb Lajoux Racing | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 415 | Jérémy Faligand | 2 | |
908 | Sébastien Lajoux | 2 | ||||
Stéphane Perrin | ||||||
UCS4 | ||||||
CMR | Ginetta G56 GT41 Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo2 | GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | 6 | Adrien Stern | 1 | |
RACAR Motorsport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 9 | Mathieu Martins | 1 | |
António Marques Lopes | ||||||
777 | Ruben Duarte Vaquinhas | 1 | ||||
Roberto Faria | ||||||
Team Speedcar | Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo | Audi 5.2 L V10 | 32 | Julien Goujat | 1 | |
83 | Julien Ripert | 1 | ||||
Ginetta G55 Supercup | Ford 3.7 L V6 | 555 | François Denis | 2 | ||
Herrero Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo | Audi 5.2 L V10 | 64 | Pierre Arraou | 1–2 | |
UGT Light | ||||||
Team Speedcar | Mitjet BMW | Renault 3.5 L V6 | 6 | Marine Pidoux | 1–2 | |
40 | Serge Nauges | 1 | ||||
Driv'n Motorsport | Ligier JS2 R | Ford 3.7 L V6 | 10 | Etienne Garrouste | 1 | |
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport | Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | 57 | André Zaphiratos | 2 | ||
ANS Motorsport | Ligier JS2 R | Ford 3.7 L V6 | 72 | Adrien Yvon | 1 | |
Source:[17][21] |
Race results[edit]
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | UCS1 Winning Car | UCS2 Winning Car | UCS3 Winning Car | Porsche Cup Winning Car | UCS4 Winning Car | UGT Light Winning Car | |
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UCS1 Winning Drivers | UCS2 Winning Drivers | UCS3 Winning Drivers | Porsche Cup Winning Drivers | UCS4 Winning Drivers | UGT Light Winning Drivers | ||||
1 | R1 | Paul Ricard | No. 3 SR&R | No. 3 SR&R | No. 30 CMR | No. 353 SR&R | No. 14 2B Autosport | No. 9 RACAR Motorsport | No. 10 Driv'in Motorsport |
Lorenzo Bontempelli | Lorenzo Bontempelli | Thierry Soave | Lyle Schofield | Karl Vandewoestyne | Mathieu Martins | Etienne Garrouste | |||
R2 | No. 3 SR&R | No. 3 SR&R | No. 30 CMR | No. 105 AF Corse | No. 14 2B Autosport | No. 777 RACAR Motorsport | No. 10 Driv'in Motorsport | ||
Francesco Atzori | Francesco Atzori | Quentin Antonel | Motohito Isozaki | Karl Vandewoestyne | Roberto Faria | Etienne Garrouste | |||
R3 | No. 3 SR&R | No. 3 SR&R | No. 73 CMR | No. 91 Racing Spirit of Léman | No. 14 2B Autosport |
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