2023 Prototype Challenge

The 2023 Prototype Challenge powered by Pirelli is the seventh season of the Prototype Challenge. It began at Circuit Zandvoort 14 April and will end at TT Circuit Assen on 29 October.[1]

Calendar edit

Round Circuit Date Event Notes
1   Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands 14–16 April Spring Races All races contested with Supercar Challenge entries.
2   Red Bull Ring, Austria 19–21 May BG Sport Events
3   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 2–4 June Spa Euro Races
4   Circuit Zolder, Belgium 7–9 July Zolder Superprix
5   TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands 11–13 August JACK'S Racing Day
6   Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands 14–17 September Trophy of the Dunes
7   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 13–15 October Racing Festival Both races contested with Funyo Cup and Sports Prototype Cup entries.
8   TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands 27–29 October Supercar Madness Finale Races
Source:[1][2]

Entry list edit

Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
CN
  Revolution Race Cars Revolution A-One 500SC Ford 3.7 L V6 500   Milan DeLaet 6
  Richard Morris
563   James Booth 6
577   Joaquim Penteado 6
  Deldiche Racing Norma M20-FC Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 611   Thomas Piessens 4
  Sam Dejonghe TBA
  BS Racing by Baticonsult Norma M20-FC Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 614   Alain Berg 3, 5
  Patrick Engelen 3
  DayVTec Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 615   Mathijs Bakker 5
  Joshua Kreuger
  Idola Motorsport[3] Praga R1 (Mk5) Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4 616   Ed Bridle 5
  Lilo Fryrileiv
617   Rodolfo González 5
  Antonio la Rosa
618   Rodolfo González 3
  William Stowell
619   Chris Bridle 5
  William Stowell
Radical
  Radical Motorsport Radical SR3 Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4 705   Robin Greenhalgh 1–2, 4–7
  Jerome Greenhalgh 1, 3–7
710   Alain Berg 6
  Mitchell van Dijk
722   Melvin van Dam 2–5
  Eddie van Dam 4
  Sam Jongejan 5
733   Eddie van Dam 1–3, 5–7
  Melvin van Dam 1, 6–7
  Sam Jongejan[4] 2
  Vlad Raducanu 3
  Alain Berg 4
  Bastiaan van Loenen
  Luuk van Wijngaarden 5
  Radical Benelux Radical SR1 Suzuki RPE 1.3 L I4 710   Mitchell van Dijk 5, 8
  Oscar Vianen 5
  Luuk van Wijngaarden 8
  Domec Racing Radical RXC Spyder Ford 3.7 L V6 711   Nagy Kabaz 4, 7
Radical SR3 RSX Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4 750   Martin Lucas 4, 7
Radical SR3 Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4 751   Vlad Raducanu 1–4
  Alain Berg 1
Non-championship entries
Funyo Sprint Cup
  L'Ecurie Française Funyo SP05 Evo Peugeot 1.6 L I4 2   Romain Boeckler 6
33   Edoardo Elia 6
  Livio Elia
  AMGV Sport Racing 7   David Litzistorf 6
64   Etienne Champetier 6
83   Dominique Arnoux 6
  Belt Racing 12   Benoit Eveillard 6
  HMC Racing 21   Bruno Fretin 6
23   Nicolas Cannard 6
28   Jean-Claude Rolland 6
54   Jérémy Siffert 6
77   Alex Gaines 6
79   Eric Soares 6
  Spirit of 78 26   Frank Lefevre 6
49   Rémy Brouard 6
  Kairos Racing 99   David Braunstein 6
  Pegasus Racing 294   Alain Meyer 6
  Jordan Meyer
Sports Prototype Cup
  DD-Compound Revolution A-One 500SC Ford 3.7 L V6 76   Dominik Dierkes 6
  Rob Kamphues
  Revolution Race Cars Revolution A-One 500SC Ford 3.7 L V6 89   Elvis Stojko 6
  Markus Zunker
500   Milan DeLaet 6
  Richard Morris
563   James Booth 6
577   Joaquim Penteado 6
Source:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Race results edit

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit CN Winning Car Radical Winning Car
CN Drivers Radical Winning Drivers
1 R1   Zandvoort No entries   No. 733 Radical Motorsport
  Eddie van Dam
  Melvin van Dam
R2   No. 705 Radical Motorsport
  Jerome Greenhalgh
  Robin Greenhalgh
2 R1   Red Bull Ring   No. 722 Radical Motorsport
  Melvin van Dam
R2   No. 751 Domec Racing
  Vlad Raducanu
3 R1   Spa-Francorchamps   No. 614 BS Racing by Baticonsult   No. 705 Radical Motorsport
  Alain Berg
  Patrick Engelen
  Jerome Greenhalgh
R2   No. 618 Idola Motorsport   No. 705 Radical Motorsport
  Rodolfo González
  William Stowell
  Jerome Greenhalgh
4 R1   Zolder   No. 611 Deldiche Racing   No. 750 Domec Racing
  Thomas Piessens   Martin Lucas
R2   No. 611 Deldiche Racing   No. 744 Radical Motorsport
  Thomas Piessens   Alain Berg
  Bastiaan van Loenen
5 R1   Assen   No. 615 DayVTec   No. 705 Radical Motorsport
  Mathijs Bakker
  Joshua Kreuger
  Jerome Greenhalgh
  Robin Greenhalgh
R2   No. 615 DayVTec   No. 710 Radical Benelux
  Mathijs Bakker
  Joshua Kreuger
  Mitchell van Dijk
  Oscar Vianen
6 R1   Zandvoort   No. 500 Revolution Race Cars   No. 705 Radical Motorsport
  Milan DeLaet
  Richard Morris
  Jerome Greenhalgh
  Robin Greenhalgh
R2   No. 500 Revolution Race Cars   No. 705 Radical Motorsport
  Milan DeLaet
  Richard Morris
  Jerome Greenhalgh
  Robin Greenhalgh
7 R1   Spa-Francorchamps No entries   No. 710 Radical Motorsport
  Alain Berg
  Mitchell van Dijk
R2   No. 705 Radical Motorsport
  Jerome Greenhalgh
  Robin Greenhalgh
8 R1   Assen   No. 710 Radical Benelux
  Mitchell van Dijk
  Luuk van Wijngaarden
R2   No. 710 Radical Benelux
  Mitchell van Dijk
  Luuk van Wijngaarden

Championship standings edit

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   Pole 
Points 23 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 1
 
Eddie van Dam leads the Radical drivers' standings.
Pos. Driver Team  
ZAN
 
RBR
 
SPA
 
ZOL
 
ASS
 
ZAN
 
SPA
 
ASS
Points
CN
1   Alain Berg   BS Racing by Baticonsult 1 3 2 2 84
  Patrick Engelen 1 3
2   William Stowell   Idola Motorsport 4 1 9 10 78
3   Rodolfo González   Idola Motorsport 4 1 Ret 39 59
4   Thomas Piessens   Deldiche Racing 1 4 47
5   Milan DeLaet
  Richard Morris
  Revolution Race Cars 3 1 47
6   Mathijs Bakker
  Joshua Kreuger
  DayVTec 1 1 46
7   Joaquim Penteado   Revolution Race Cars 8 4 40
8   Chris Bridle   Idola Motorsport 9 10 34
9   James Booth   Revolution Race Cars 14 11 34
10   Ed Bridle
  Lilo Fryrileiv
  Idola Motorsport 12 40 28
11   Antonio La Rosa   Idola Motorsport Ret 39 15
Radical
1   Eddie van Dam   Radical Motorsport 4 8 11 12 13 29 Ret 9 13 35 10 10 168
2   Vlad Raducanu   Domec Racing 8 12 10 7 DNS DNS 6 17 150
  Radical Motorsport 13 29
3   Robin Greenhalgh   Radical Motorsport 5 7 13 DSQ 11 Ret 10 Ret 7 6 145
  Jerome Greenhalgh 5 7 10 6 11 Ret 10 Ret 7 6
4   Melvin van Dam   Radical Motorsport 4 8 9 8 Ret 13 Ret 9 11 Ret 10 10 144
5   Alain Berg   Domec Racing 8 12 70
  Radical Motorsport 17 3
6   Sam Jongejan   Radical Motorsport 11 12 11 Ret 54
7   Martin Lucas   Domec Racing 5 6 43
8   Mitchell van Dijk
  Oscar Vianen
  Radical Benelux 26 23 38
9   Luuk van Wijngaarden   Radical Motorsport 13 35 37
10   Bastiaan van Loenen   Radical Motorsport 17 3 36
11   Nagy Kabaz   Domec Racing 9 Ret 17
Pos. Driver Team  
ZAN
 
RBR
 
SPA
 
ZOL
 
ASS
 
ZAN
 
SPA
 
ASS
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap


References edit

  1. ^ a b "Supercar Challenge presents calendar for 2023". autosport.nu. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Supercar Challenge". RacingCalendar.net.
  3. ^ "Idola Motorsport joins Prototype Challenge for 2023". Supercar Challenge. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Sam Jongejan with a Radical in the Supercar Challenge". autosport.nu. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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  6. ^ "PROVISIONAL Entry list Supercar Challenge pb Pirelli - REDBULL RING 19-20 & 21 MAY 2023" (PDF). sportity.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. ^ "PROVISIONAL Entry list Supercar Challenge pb Pirelli - SPA EURO RACE - 2, 3 & 4 June 2023" (PDF). sportity.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ^ "PROVISIONAL Entry list Supercar Challenge pb Pirelli - ZOLDER SUPERCAR MADNESS - 7, 8 & 9 July 2023" (PDF). sportity.com. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. ^ "PROVISIONAL Entry list Supercar Challenge pb Pirelli - JACK'S RACING DAY - 11, 12 & 13 August 2023" (PDF). sportity.com. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Entry list Supercar Challenge pb Pirelli - BELCITY TROPHY OF THE DUNES - 15, 16 & 17 September 2023" (PDF). sportity.com. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  11. ^ "PROVISIONAL Entry list Prototype Challenge pb Pirelli - SPA RACING FESITVAL 2023 - 13, 14 & 15 OCTOBER 2023" (PDF). sportity.com. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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