39 races since 2017

theRecord

2 titles, 6 wins and 11 podiums in 7 seasons of the Michelin Le Mans Cup, always with number 98 and always in a Ligier.

2026Champion

Michelin Le Mans Cup · LMP3 Pro/Am · Ligier JS P325 #98

Title defended

Three wins in a row — Le Castellet, Road to Le Mans, Spa — and a top-six finish in every race: the #98 defends its title by 8 points.

Eric De Doncker · Gillian Henrion — 121 points

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2025Champion

Michelin Le Mans Cup · LMP3 Pro/Am · Ligier JS P325 #98

The comeback, and the title

Back in the Le Mans Cup with the brand-new Ligier JS P325 and a new team-mate, Frenchman Gillian Henrion. A home win at Spa, then at Portimão: the #98 is crowned by three points, the team’s first title. Fans also vote its livery the best in LMP3 Pro/Am.

Eric De Doncker · Gillian Henrion — 88 points

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2022 – 2024Three seasons away from the Le Mans Cup. In 2024, Eric De Doncker enters a Motorsport98 Mercedes-AMG GT2 in the GT2 European Series.

202115th place

Michelin Le Mans Cup · LMP3 · Ligier JS P320 #98

Part-time programme

An incomplete season, before three years away from the Le Mans Cup.

Eric De Doncker · Dino Lunardi — 11 points

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20206th place

Michelin Le Mans Cup · LMP3 · Ligier JS P320 #98

The new JS P320

New rules, new car: the Ligier JS P320. It reaches the podium in its very first race, at Le Castellet.

Eric De Doncker · Dino Lunardi — 40 points

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20195th place

Michelin Le Mans Cup · LMP3 · Ligier JS P3 #98

Three races, three top-five finishes

Injured in the shoulder, Eric De Doncker can only get back behind the wheel at Barcelona. The team contests just three of the seven rounds, reaches the podium at Spa and still finishes fifth in the championship.

Eric De Doncker · Dino Lunardi — 40 points

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20185th place

Michelin Le Mans Cup · LMP3 · Ligier JS P3 #98

Every finish

Andy Meyrick contests the opening round, then Frenchman Dino Lunardi joins Eric De Doncker from Monza onwards. The #98 sees the finish of every race and ends with two fourth places.

Eric De Doncker · Dino Lunardi · Andy Meyrick — 36.5 points

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20173rd place

Michelin Le Mans Cup · LMP3 · Ligier JS P3 #98

First season, first win

The Michelin Le Mans Cup opens up to LMP3 cars: Motorsport98 buys a Ligier JS P3 and enters it for Eric De Doncker and Briton Andy Meyrick. A home podium at Spa, a win at the Portimão finale, third place in the championship.

Eric De Doncker · Andy Meyrick — 67 points

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before theLe Mans Cup

Number 98 first raced in European NASCAR, and its boss in GT and Group C.

2007 · 2008

GT4 European Cup

Eric De Doncker, champion two years in a row.

2015 – 2019

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

Motorsport 98 enters its Ford #98 in both classes. “Legend” trophy in Elite 2 from 2015.

2016

Group C Racing Series

Eric De Doncker, Class 1 champion, and second in his grid at Le Mans Classic.