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
editThe 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
editLMP3
editAll 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
editBold 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
editPoints are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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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 Drivers Championship
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LMP3 Teams Championshipedit
GT3 Teams Championshipedit
Notesedit
Referencesedit
External linksedit |