Intercontinental Le Mans Cup

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2010
Folded2011
Prototype ClassesLMP1, LMP2
GT ClassesLM GTE Pro, LM GTE Am
Last Makes' championLMP1: Peugeot
GTE: Ferrari
Last Teams' championLMP1: Peugeot Sport Total
LMP2: Signatech Nissan
GTE Pro: AF Corse
GTE Am: Larbre Compétition
Official websiteintercontinental-le-mans-cup.com

The Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (shortened ILMC) was an endurance sports car racing tournament organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) started in 2010.[1] The plans were first announced in June 2009[2][3] and confirmed in December of the same year.[1]

Both sports prototypes and grand tourers were eligible to compete for the ILMC: the LMP1 and GTE classes each had a manufacturers cup, whereas all ACO classes had teams cups as long as there were at least four entries.[4] In 2010 also the GT1 class was eligible for the final time.

Peugeot was totally dominant winning 9 out of the 10 races during the two years.

For 2012, the ACO and the FIA announced the creation of a new FIA World Endurance Championship. This championship would use similar rules to and would replace the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.[5]

  1. ^ a b ACO links Le Mans series' with Intercontinental Cup[permanent dead link] - Motorsport.com, December 8, 2009
  2. ^ ACO adds trophies, expands driving school Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine - Motorsport.com, June 11, 2009
  3. ^ LMP1 teams urged into more series - Autosport, June 11, 2009
  4. ^ Le Mans Intercontinental Cup – GT2 added! - Planet Le Mans, March 19, 2010
  5. ^ "Planetlemans.com | FIA announces World Endurance Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2011-06-20.