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Michelin Le Mans Cup Champions!

The long-term partnership between Tony Wells, Colin Noble and Nielsen Racing has seen plenty of success over the years in various categories, but Sunday (24 October 2021) at the season finale at Portimao saw them crowned Champions together as they secured the Michelin Le Mans Cup title.
 

Having taken the runner-up position together in 2017 and third position in 2019, the pairing took the title by four points from Cool Racing’s Matt Bell and Maurice Smith, but much of the hard work that resulted in the championship victory had already been completed over the previous six rounds to give them an 11-point advantage heading into the Portuguese race weekend.
 
Three podiums in the first four rounds in their #7 Ligier JS P320, including Paul Ricard and the Road to Le Mans victories, gave them great momentum to the campaign. A strong showing at Spa-Francorchamps then gave them the all-important cushion heading to the last race of the season.
 
Tenth position was the result, having made a race tactical error in not switching drivers under the full course yellow. Ultimately, however, the team and drivers were able to go on to celebrate their 2021 Le Mans Cup success, adding to their Asian Le Mans Series title from 2020 with the Rockingham-based team. 

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TONY WELLS
“Throughout the race, it could have been anyone us of us – Alexander or Maurice – but we’re relieved and delighted to win the championship by a few points and after being in the top three so many times, it’s really nice to finally do it!

“The race for me was pretty straightforward. I made a good start and kept out of trouble and then made up a couple of places. I then drove at 90 to 95 percent the whole time. A couple of people came up from behind and I opted to just to let them pass as it was so important to keep it all clean for the championship.”

COLIN NOBLE
“It’s a great result for Nielsen Racing after being so close so many times before. We were fortunate there at the end, we made it particularly tricky for ourselves. Tony had plenty of pace and we were comfortable and then the pitstop turned it on its head and then we had to scramble back there in the end.

“We played it too safe in trying to have a straight-forward race and also knowing which drivers we really had to compete against. But the way it worked out meant that they nearly got a lap on us and so it was quite an uphill battle for the last 40-minutes of the race.”
ABOUT THE MICHELIN LE MANS CUP
The Michelin Le Mans Cup takes place over six rounds. Five of the events will be a 2-hour race on the same weekends as the European Le Mans Series, with a special event "Road To Le Mans" in the curtain-raiser of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

ABOUT EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES
British, Asian LMP3 Champions and 2019 Team of the Year, Northamptonshire-based Nielsen Racing returns to the European Le Mans Series for its fourth season. The ELMS, inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is considered the pinnacle of LMP3 championships around the world and features six rounds at Europe’s finest and most challenging circuits. 

ELMS driver line-up

No. 6 | Ligier JS P320
Nicholas Adcock  {GBR] | B
Austin McCusker  [USA] | S
Max Koebolt  [NLD] | S
No. 7 | Ligier JS P320
Tony Wells  [GBR] | B
Colin Noble [GBR] | S

LMC driver line-up

No. 7 | Ligier JS P320
Tony Wells  [GBR] | B
Colin Noble [GBR] | S
No. 20 | Duqueine D08 LMP3
Mark Crader  [GBR] | B
Alex Mortimer  [GBR] | S

ELMS historic result

 

 2020 season

Car

Pos.

 

 #7   

 Wells/Noble 

Duqueine M30

2nd

 

 #10   

 Hodes/Grist

Duqueine M30

DNF

 

ABOUT THE 4 HOURS OF PORTIMAO

The sixth and final round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series will be the 4 Hours of Portimão, with the ‘roller coaster’ 4.6km track at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve hosting the season finale on Sunday 24 October.  The grid will consist of 41 cars run by 28 different teams, with 120 drivers taking part and representing a total of 31 different nations from all four corners of the world. 

Portimao - Portugal
  • Circuit  · 16 turns
  • 4.813 km / 2.911mi
  • 2020 pole: 2:12.634
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