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Five Minutes With....Martin Hippe

LM P3 - 20/07/2018 - Jeff CARTER

A good start to the 2018 ELMS season has seen Germany’s Martin Hippe and his Polish teammate Jakub Smiechowski score a 6th and 4th place LMP3 class finishes in the opening two rounds of the series at Le Castellet and Monza.

The no13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier-Nissan crew are currently lying in 5^th place overall in the championship and are looking for their first podium of the year at the Red Bull Ring this weekend.

We caught up with Martin Hippe ahead of the first track session of the weekend in Austria.

Q: What are your thoughts on this Red Bull Ring circuit?

MH: “This is a nice country and nice landscape. It is a challenging track, certainly not the easiest layout. It looks easy on the map but with the up and down, it is pretty challenging to find the right breaking point. But I really like this track.”

Q: The competition in LMP3 is strong this season, what are your thoughts on the class of 2018?

MH: “Every year the competition is getting better and better. It is good for us and we saw at Monza we were there. With a bit more luck we can still fight for the win.”

Q: What is the goal this weekend?

MH: “We are aiming for the win but it is going to be difficult. The realistic goal is a podium, which is really possible for us, but you never know what can happen on Sunday. If everything works well then a win is possible but the podium is the target.”

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Season 2021

Barcelona 18 April

Red Bull Ring 16 May

Monza 11 July

Le Castellet 29 August

Spa-Francorchamps 19 September

Portimão 24 October

Results 2020

LMP2 Teams

1 - United Autosports (109pts)

2 - United Autosports (70pts)

3 - G-Drive Racing (61pts)

4 - Panis Racing (47pts)

5 - Graff (43pts)

6 - Duqueine Team (38pts)

7 - Cool Racing (28.5pts)

8 - High Class Racing (24pts)

9 - IDEC Sport (21pts)

10 - Richard Mille Racing Team (20pts)

11 - Algarve Pro Racing (19.5pts)

12 - Inter Europol Competition (15.5pts)

13 - Algarve Pro Racing (13pts)

14 - DragonSpeed (5.5pts)

15 - BHK Motorsport (1.5pts)

All results

LMP2 Drivers

1 - Filipe ALBUQUERQUE (109pts)

1 - Philip HANSON (109pts)

2 - Alex BRUNDLE (70pts)

2 - Job VAN UITERT (70pts)

2 - William OWEN (70pts)

3 - Mikkel JENSEN (61pts)

3 - Roman RUSINOV (61pts)

4 - Julien CANAL (47pts)

4 - Nicolas JAMIN (47pts)

4 - William STEVENS (47pts)

5 - Nyck DE VRIES (43pts)

6 - Alexandre COUGNAUD (43pts)

6 - James ALLEN (43pts)

6 - Thomas LAURENT (43pts)

7 - Jonathan HIRSCHI (38pts)

7 - Konstantin TERESCHENKO (38pts)

7 - Tristan GOMMENDY (38pts)

8 - Alexandre COIGNY (28.5pts)

8 - Antonin BORGA (28.5pts)

8 - Nicolas LAPIERRE (28.5pts)

9 - Anders FJORDBACH (24pts)

9 - Dennis ANDERSEN (24pts)

10 - Paul LAFARGUE (21pts)

10 - Richard BRADLEY (21pts)

11 - Tatiana CALDERON (19.5pts)

12 - Gabriel AUBRY (19.5pts)

12 - John FALB (19.5pts)

13 - Jean-Eric VERGNE (18pts)

14 - André NEGRÃO (18pts)

15 - Simon TRUMMER (15.5pts)

16 - Jakub SMIECHOWSKI (15.5pts)

16 - Matevos ISAAKYAN (15.5pts)

16 - Rene BINDER (15.5pts)

17 - Henning ENQVIST (13pts)

17 - Jon LANCASTER (13pts)

18 - Paul Loup CHATIN (13pts)

19 - Beitske VISSER (10pts)

20 - Loïc DUVAL (9pts)

21 - Nicolas MINASSIAN (8pts)

22 - Arjun MAINI (8pts)

23 - Mémo ROJAS (5.5pts)

24 - Ryan CULLEN (4.5pts)

25 - Sophia FLÖRSCH (2pts)

26 - Francesco DRACONE (1.5pts)

26 - Sergio CAMPANA (1.5pts)

27 - Timothé BURET (1pts)

All results

LMP3 Teams

1 - United Autosports (94pts)

2 - Inter Europol Competition (73pts)

3 - Realteam Racing (68pts)

4 - Eurointernational (55pts)

5 - United Autosports (46.5pts)

6 - Graff (42pts)

7 - RLR MSport (35pts)

8 - Nielsen Racing (32pts)

9 - DKR Engineering (24pts)

10 - Nielsen Racing (22.5pts)

11 - BHK Motorsport (10pts)

12 - Graff (9pts)

All results

LMP3 Drivers

1 - Robert WHELDON (94pts)

1 - Tom GAMBLE (94pts)

1 - Wayne BOYD (94pts)

2 - Martin HIPPE (73pts)

3 - David DROUX (68pts)

4 - Niko KARI (55pts)

5 - Esteban GARCIA (50pts)

6 - Andrew BENTLEY (46.5pts)

6 - Duncan TAPPY (46.5pts)

7 - Arnold ROBIN (42pts)

7 - Maxime ROBIN (42pts)

7 - Vincent CAPILLAIRE (42pts)

8 - Dino LUNARDI (40pts)

9 - Jacopo BARATTO (36pts)

10 - James DAYSON (35pts)

10 - Malthe JAKOBSEN (35pts)

11 - Nigel MOORE (33pts)

12 - Nicolas MAULINI (32pts)

13 - Charles CREWS (32pts)

13 - Garett GRIST (32pts)

13 - Rob HODES (32pts)

14 - James McGUIRE (28.5pts)

15 - François KIRMANN (24pts)

15 - Laurents HÖRR (24pts)

16 - Thomas ERDOS (23pts)

17 - Anthony WELLS (22.5pts)

17 - Colin NOBLE (22.5pts)

18 - Julien GERBI (18pts)

19 - Robert MEGENNIS (18pts)

20 - Wolfgang TRILLER (16pts)

21 - Ryan HARPER-ELLAM (15pts)

22 - Andreas LASKARATOS (15pts)

23 - Eric TROUILLET (9pts)

23 - Sébastien PAGE (9pts)

24 - Jean GLORIEUX (8pts)

25 - Luis SANJUAN (7pts)

26 - Lorenzo VEGLIA (6pts)

27 - Tom CLOET (5pts)

28 - Alex FONTANA (4pts)

28 - Julius ADOMAVICIUS (4pts)

29 - Andrea FONTANA (4pts)

30 - Gustas GRINBERGAS (3pts)

31 - Nicholas ADCOCK (1pts)

32 - Philippe PAILLOT (1pts)

All results

LMGTE Teams

1 - Proton Competition (99pts)

2 - Kessel Racing (99pts)

3 - Spirit of Race (62pts)

4 - Iron Lynx (61pts)

5 - Proton Competition (47pts)

6 - JMW Motorsport (38pts)

7 - Iron Lynx (35pts)

8 - AF Corse (28pts)

All results

LMGTE Drivers

1 - Alessio PICARIELLO (99pts)

1 - Christian RIED (99pts)

1 - Michele BERETTA (99pts)

2 - David PEREL (99pts)

2 - Michael BRONISZEWSKI (99pts)

3 - Aaron SCOTT (62pts)

3 - Duncan CAMERON (62pts)

3 - Matthew GRIFFIN (62pts)

4 - Nicola CADEI (62pts)

5 - Manuela GOSTNER (61pts)

5 - Michelle GATTING (61pts)

5 - Rahel FREY (61pts)

6 - Felipe LASER (47pts)

6 - Michael FASSBENDER (47pts)

6 - Richard LIETZ (47pts)

7 - Finlay HUTCHISON (38pts)

8 - Marcos GOMES (37pts)

9 - Christoph ULRICH (28pts)

9 - Steffen GÖRIG (28pts)

10 - Rino MASTRONARDI (26pts)

11 - Gunnar JEANNETTE (26pts)

11 - Rodrigo SALES (26pts)

12 - Andrea PICCINI (25pts)

12 - Sergio PIANEZZOLA (25pts)

13 - Alexander WEST (20pts)

14 - Claudio SCHIAVONI (19pts)

15 - Hunter ABBOTT (12pts)

15 - Jody FANNIN (12pts)

16 - Nicklas NIELSEN (10pts)

17 - Daniel SERRA (8pts)

All results

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