2023 Le Mans Cup
The 2023 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2023 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the eighth season of the Le Mans Cup. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 22 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 22 October.[1] The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.
Calendar
[edit]The provisional calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 22 September 2022.[1] On the 11th of April it was announced the 4 Hours of Imola would be postponed due to ongoing works on the pit lane and paddock areas.[2][3] On the 14th of April it was announced that Imola round would be cancelled and Aragón round would be added.[4]
Rnd | Circuit | Location | Race Length | Date |
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1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Montmeló, Spain | 1 hour, 50 mins | 22 April |
2 | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | 55 minutes | 8 June |
55 minutes | 9 June | |||
3 | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 1 hour, 50 mins | 15 July |
4 | MotorLand Aragón | Alcañiz, Spain | 1 hour, 50 mins | 25 August |
5 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Stavelot, Belgium | 1 hour, 50 mins | 23 September |
6 | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 1 hour, 50 mins | 22 October |
Cancelled | ||||
Circuit | Location | Race Length | Original date | |
Imola Circuit | Imola, Italy | 1 hour, 50 mins | 6 May |
Entries
[edit]LMP3
[edit]All cars in the LMP3 class used the 2020 spec Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres. The new-for-2022 race length of 1h 50m removes the need for the additional mandatory stop that was introduced in 2020 to mitigate unexpected higher fuel consumption.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds | |||
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CD Sport | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Fabian Michal | All | |||
Kirill Smal[5][N 1] | All | ||||||
11 | Franck Chappard | All | |||||
Shahan Sarkissian | All | ||||||
DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 3 | Alexander Bukhanstov[N 1] | All | |||
James Winslow | All | ||||||
5 | Sebastian Arenram | 2 | |||||
Robin Rogalski | 2 | ||||||
Nielsen Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | Matt Bell | All | |||
John Melsom | All | ||||||
Ligier JS P320 | 7 | Josh Skelton | All | ||||
Anthony Wells | All | ||||||
ANS Motorsport | Ligier JS P320 | 6 | Jonathan Brossard | All | |||
Nicolas Schatz | All | ||||||
Graff Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 8 | George Nakas[6] | All | |||
Fraser Ross[6] | All | ||||||
38 | Haowen Luo | 2 | |||||
Sébastien Page | 2 | ||||||
39 | James Sweetnam[6] | All | |||||
Lucca Allen[6] | 1–2 | ||||||
Paul Trojani | 3 | ||||||
Xavier Lloveras | 4 | ||||||
Samir Ben | 5–6 | ||||||
Racing Spirit of Léman | Ligier JS P320 | 9 | Christian Gisy | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
Ralf Kelleners | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||||
Antoine Doquin | 4 | ||||||
Jean-Ludovic Foubert | 4 | ||||||
12 | Antoine Doquin | 2 | |||||
Jacques Wolff | 2 | ||||||
Inter Europol Competition[7] | Ligier JS P320 | 13 | Santiago Concepción Serrano | All | |||
Ben Stone | All | ||||||
14 | Daniel Ali[7] | All | |||||
Andres Latorre Canon | All | ||||||
15 | Bryson Morris[7] | All | |||||
Chris Short[7] | All | ||||||
Team Virage[8] | Ligier JS P320 | 16 | Julien Gerbi | All | |||
Gillian Henrion | All | ||||||
58 | Manuel Espírito Santo | 2 | |||||
Martin Rich | 2 | ||||||
59 | Oscar Bittar | All | |||||
Alessandro Bracalente | All | ||||||
IDEC Sport[9] | Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Patrice Lafargue[9] | 1–4, 6 | |||
Dino Lunardi[9] | 1–4, 6 | ||||||
United Autosports | Ligier JS P320 | 20 | Andy Meyrick | 2 | |||
Daniel Schneider | 2 | ||||||
21 | Jim McGuire | 2 | |||||
Guy Smith | 2 | ||||||
22 | Scott Andrews | 1–3, 5–6 | |||||
Gerald Kraut | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||||
Josh Caygill | 4 | ||||||
Garnet Patterson | 4 | ||||||
23 | Wayne Boyd | All | |||||
John Schauerman | All | ||||||
360 Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 25 | Belén García[10] | All | |||
Mark Richards | 1–2, 4–6 | ||||||
James Dayson | 3 | ||||||
26 | Tommy Foster | All | |||||
Terrence Woodward | All | ||||||
24-7 Motorsport | Ligier JS P320 | 27 | Andrew Ferguson | All | |||
Louis Hamilton-Smith | All | ||||||
MV2S Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 28 | Christophe Cresp[6] | All | |||
Jérôme de Sadeleer[6] | All | ||||||
29 | Matthias Lüthen[6] | 1–4 | |||||
Emilien Carde[6] | 1, 3–6 | ||||||
Mathis Poulet | 2 | ||||||
Philippe Cimadomo | 5–6 | ||||||
Frikadelli Racing Team | Ligier JS P320 | 30 | Klaus Abbelen | 1–4 | |||
Felipe Fernández Laser | 1–4 | ||||||
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Duqueine M30 - D08 | 33 | Torsten Kratz | 2 | |||
Leonard Weiss | 2 | ||||||
Ligier JS P320 | 66 | Daniel Keilwitz | All | ||||
Steve Parrow | All | ||||||
Murphy Prototypes | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 48 | Adrian Watt | 1–3 | |||
Dan Skočdopole | 1–2 | ||||||
Will Powell[11] | 3 | ||||||
Will Bratt | 4–5 | ||||||
Torsten Kratz | 4, 6 | ||||||
Josh Caygill | 5 | ||||||
Enzo Elias | 6 | ||||||
Haegeli by T2 Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 67 | Pieder Decurtins | 1–3, 5–6 | |||
Brent Verheyen | 1–3, 5–6 | ||||||
M Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 68 | Hugo Delacour | 1–2 | |||
Guilherme Oliveira | 1–2 | ||||||
Sacha Lehmann | 3–5 | ||||||
Miguel Cristóvão | 3 | ||||||
Erwin Creed | 4–5 | ||||||
69 | Miguel Cristóvão | 2 | |||||
Sacha Lehmann | 2 | ||||||
Team Thor | Ligier JS P320 | 77 | Auðunn Guðmundsson | All | |||
Colin Noble | All | ||||||
Cool Racing[12] | Ligier JS P320 | 87 | Adrien Chila[12] | All | |||
Cédric Oltramare[12] | All | ||||||
97 | David Droux[12] | All | |||||
Luis Sanjuan[12] | All | ||||||
Source:[13][14][15][16][17][18][19] |
GT3
[edit]- Leonardo Pulcini was scheduled to compete for Iron Lynx but did not appear in any rounds.[24]
Race results
[edit]Bold indicates the overall winner.
Round | Circuit | LMP3 Winners | GT3 Winners | |
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1 | Catalunya | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman | |
Julien Gerbi Gillian Henrion |
Valentin Hasse-Clot Arnold Robin | |||
2 | R1 | Le Mans | No. 4 Nielsen Racing | No. 31 Team WRT |
Matt Bell John Melsom |
Max Hesse Tim Whale | |||
R2 | No. 97 Cool Racing | No. 46 Team WRT | ||
David Droux Luis Sanjuan |
Jérôme Policand Valentino Rossi | |||
3 | Le Castellet | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 19 Leipert Motorsport | |
Julien Gerbi Gillian Henrion |
Patrick Kujala Gabriel Rindone | |||
4 | Aragón | No. 4 Nielsen Racing | No. 51 AF Corse | |
Matt Bell John Melsom |
Kei Cozzolino Hiroshi Koizumi | |||
5 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 23 United Autosports | No. 42 Steller Motorsport | |
Wayne Boyd John Schauerman |
Mark Cole Sennan Fielding | |||
6 | Portimão | No. 7 Nielsen Racing | No. 63 Iron Lynx | |
Josh Skelton Anthony Wells |
Vincent Abril Hiroshi Hamaguchi |
Championship standings
[edit]Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Le Mans | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
LMP3 Teams Championship
[edit]
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Bold – Pole |
GT3 Teams Championship
[edit]Pos. | Team | Car | BAR |
LMS |
LEC |
ARA |
SPA |
POR |
Points | |
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1 | #10 Racing Spirit of Léman | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 97 |
2 | #51 AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 77 |
3 | #86 HCR with CaffeineSix | Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 73 |
4 | #19 Leipert Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 72 |
5 | #18 Team Parker Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 63 |
6 | #63 Iron Lynx | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 1 | 48 | |
7 | #88 GMB Motorsport | Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 44 |
8 | #42 Steller Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 10 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 41 |
9 | #55 GMB Motorsport | Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
10 | #83 AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 24 |
11 | #64 Team Parker Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | 8 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
12 | #70 Leipert Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Ret | 12 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 21 | ||
Teams ineligible to score points | ||||||||||
#31 Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
#46 Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
#57 Winward Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 8 | 3 | |||||||
#95 GMB Motorsport | BMW M4 GT3 | 7 | 15 | |||||||
#24 Leipert Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 8 | ||||||||
#53 AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 10 | 9 | |||||||
#74 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 14 | 14 | |||||||
#76 IMSA LS Group Performance | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 17 | 17 | |||||||
#52 AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Ret | 18 | |||||||
Pos. | Team | Car | BAR |
LMS |
LEC |
ARA |
SPA |
POR |
Points |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Smal is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov, also a Russian, competes under an Emirati licence for the same reason.
- ^ a b Car No. 33 entered as WTM by Rinaldi Racing, car No. 66 entered as Rinaldi Racing.
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