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2023 Le Mans Cup

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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.

Racing Spirit of Léman are the reigning champions in LMP3 whilst GMB Motorsport are the defending teams' champion in GT3.

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
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
  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
  WTM by Rinaldi Racing[N 2]
Rinaldi Racing[N 2]
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

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
  Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 10   Valentin Hasse-Clot All
  Arnold Robin All
  Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 18   Nick Jones All
  Scott Malvern All
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 64   Charles Bateman All
  Alex Martin All
  Leipert Motorsport[14] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 19   Patrick Kujala All
  Gabriel Rindone All
70   Brendon Leitch 1–4
  Gerhard Watzinger 1–4
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 24   Brendon Leitch 6
  Gregg Gorski 6
  Team WRT[20] BMW M4 GT3[20] BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 31   Max Hesse[20] 2
  Tim Whale[20] 2
46   Jérôme Policand[21] 2
  Valentino Rossi[20] 2
  Steller Motorsport[22] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 42   Sennan Fielding[22] All
  James Wood[22] 1–3
  Mark Cole 4–5
  Sylvain Guintoli 6
  AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 51   Kei Cozzolino All
  Hiroshi Koizumi All
83   Emmanuel Collard All
  Charles-Henri Samani All
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 52   Laurent de Meeus 2
  Jamie Stanley 2
53   Gino Forgione 2
  Andrea Montermini 2
  GMB Motorsport[23] Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 55   Thomas Andersen All
  Simon Birch[23] All
88   Jan Magnussen All
  Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen All
BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 95   Kristian Poulsen 2
  Roland Poulsen 2
  Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 57   George Kurtz 2
  Russell Ward 2
  Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 63   Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1–3, 5
  Vincent Abril[24] 1–3, 5
  Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 74   Murat Çuhadaroğlu 2
  David Fumanelli 2
  IMSA LS Group Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 76   Charlie Luck 2
  Marco Seefried 2
  HCR with CaffeineSix Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 86   Tim Creswick All
  Anders Fjordbach All
Source:[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Race results edit

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round Circuit LMP3 Winners GT3 Winners
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

Pos. Team Chassis BAR
  		LMS
  		LEC
  		ARA
  		SPA
  		POR
  		Points
1   #16 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 1 8 Ret 1 2 18 21 73
2   #2 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 3 Ret 3 19 6 2 2 69
3   #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 4 2 15 3 3 14 6 59
4   #4 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 1 7 11 1 Ret Ret 45
5   #87 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 6 10 32 2 4 Ret 10 42
6   #26 360 Racing Ligier JS P320 5 9 6 6 17 15 6 39
7   #97 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 20 3 1 8 7 7 20 38
8   #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 16 13 19 5 Ret 1 22 35
9   #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 18 8 32 Ret Ret 1 30
10   #25 360 Racing Ligier JS P320 15 17 13 13 5 5 5 30
11   #11 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 14 25 28 7 14 Ret 3 21
12   #68 M Racing Ligier JS P320 2 16 20 Ret Ret Ret 18
13   #3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 9 Ret 29 4 NC 8 26 18
14   #28 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 23 22 11 17 21 3 Ret 16
15   #66 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 19 24 10 10 4 15 14
16   #6 ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 Ret 6 10 9 8 Ret 11 14
17   #29 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 7 7 Ret 16 9 19 17 13
18   #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 24 11 5 20 11 Ret 24 9
19   #67 Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 13 23 23 15 6 14 8
20   #15 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 Ret 30 12 36 13 17 7 6
21   #30 Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 8 12 26 Ret 16 4
22   #59 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 12 Ret 21 Ret 18 Ret 8 4
23   #39 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 10 15 Ret 18 20 9 13 4
24   #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 17 21 9 Ret 12 25 3
25   #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 2
26   #48 Murphy Prototypes Duqueine M30 - D08 21 29 31 31 NC 10 12 1
27   #8 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 11 28 30 21 15 11 16 0
28   #9 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 19 Ret 16 14 Ret 12 19 0
29   #14 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 22 DNS 25 12 Ret 16 18 0
30   #27 24-7 Motorsport Ligier JS P320 18 27 22 NC 19 13 23 0
Teams ineligible to score points
  #33 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 2
  #69 M Racing Ligier JS P320 14 4
  #58 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 4 17
  #12 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 5 Ret
  #5 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 14
  #21 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 24 18
  #38 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 26 27
  #20 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 Ret DNS
Pos. Team Chassis BAR
  		LMS
  		LEC
  		ARA
  		SPA
  		POR
  		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship edit

Pos. Team Car BAR
  		LMS
  		LEC
  		ARA
  		SPA
  		POR
  		Points
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Car No. 33 entered as WTM by Rinaldi Racing, car No. 66 entered as Rinaldi Racing.

References edit

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