Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
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. The plans were first announced in June 2009 and confirmed in December of the same year.
Country | International |
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Inaugural season | 2010 |
Folded | 2011 |
Prototype Classes | LMP1, LMP2 |
GT Classes | LM GTE Pro, LM GTE Am |
Last Makes' champion | LMP1: Peugeot GTE: Ferrari |
Last Teams' champion | LMP1: Peugeot Sport Total LMP2: Signatech Nissan GTE Pro: AF Corse GTE Am: Larbre Compétition |
Official website | intercontinental-le-mans-cup.com |
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. 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.