The 2023 Ultimate Cup Series was the fifth season of the Ultimate Cup Series. It began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 25 March and ended at the same venue on 26 November. The Ultimate Cup Series is a program comprising multiple endurance and sprint championships across different classes of motor racing.
Calendar The 2023 calendar was announced on 10 October 2022. The round at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli was to be replaced by a round at the newly built Circuit de Mirecourt near Nancy in eastern France. Championship organizers were unable to finalize an agreement on the round, however, so in June, the venue was replaced by a round at Estoril. Round Circuit Date 1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 24–26 March 2 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 28–30 April 3 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 26–28 May 4 Circuito do Estoril, Estoril 8–10 September 5 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 27–29 October 6 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 24–26 November
Endurance Prototype Challenge The Endurance Prototype Challenge is open to LMP3, Nova Proto NP02s and Group CN cars.
Teams and drivers Team Chassis Engine Drivers Rounds LMP3 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 4 Matt Bell 1 John Melsom Konrad Motorsport Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 7 Torsten Kratz 6 Danny Soufi Zosh Competition Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 8 Claude Rosati U 1–3, 6 Rodolphe Rosati 10 Jean René de Fournoux 1–3, 6 Hugo Rosati Team Virage Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 14 George King All Manuel Espírito Santo 1, 3–6 Vyacheslav Gutak 1, 4–6 Mihnea Ștefan 2–3 Bernardo Pinheiro 2 44 Diego de la Torre 6 Julien Gerbi Raúl Guzmán 92 Jacopo Faccioni 5–6 Jamie Falvey Frederico Peters 5 Axel Gnos 6 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 15 Chris Short 1, 6 Daniel Ali 1 Bryson Morris Romain Favre 6 Maximus Mayer 88 John Corbett 6 James Winslow Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 16 Samir Ben 1 Loris Kyburz Luis Sanjuan Panagiotis Kaitatzis U 6 Georgios Kolovos Louis Rossi 38 Samir Ben 3 Haowen Luo Loris Kyburz 39 Nicolas Chartier 3–4 Vincent Capillaire Stephan Rupp 65 George Nakas 6 Fraser Ross Pegasus Racing Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 23 Thibault Ehrhart 1 Julien Schell TS Corse Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 27 Ayrton Simmons All Georgi Dimitrov 1–2 Toni Forné 1 Jonathan Woolridge 2–3 Ian Aguilera 3 Zdeněk Chovanec 4 Pedro Perino Gianluca Giraudi 5 Theodor Jensen 6 Nathan Kumar Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 31 Marius Fossard 6 Jean-Ludovic Foubert BHK Motorsport Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 35 Alex Cascatău 1 Elia Sperandio Joël Roussel Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 Francesco Dracone 6 Beitske Visser Reiter Engineering Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 57 Vincent Capillaire 6 Nicolas Chartier MG Sound Speed Division Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 61 Martin Böhm U All Andreas Fojtik M Racing Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 68 Hugo Delacour 1 Yann Ehrlacher T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 303 Marcel Oosenbrugh 1, 6 Dominik Schraml Marc Basseng 1 Sebastian Schmitt 6 NP02 CD Sport Nova Proto NP02 Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 3 Nick Adcock 1–6 Jonathan Thomas Michael Jensen 1–2, 5 Claude Degremont 6 28 Willyam Gosselin 6 Thomas Imbourg James Sweetnam Graff Racing 9 David Droux 6 Luis Sanjuan Eric Trouillet DIMAB Motorsport by ANS 11 Grégory de Sybourg-Siffert All Karen Gaillard ANS Motorsport 71 Marc Faggionato U All Philippe Mondolot 1–4, 6 Iko Segret 5–6 72 Frédéric Croullet All Mathys Jaubert 1–3, 5–6 Nicolas Schatz 4 Lamo Racing 17 Danny Buntschu 6 Nico Ferrarin Laurent Prunet 777 Jean-Marc Alaphilippe U 6 Alexandre Lafourcade Thomas Perrin Weenrace 18 William Cavailhes U 4 José Ibañez Christian Vassal DB Autosport 19 David Cristini 6 Sacha Clavadetscher David Delucinge 20 Pierre Courroye All Nicolas Marroc 1–3, 5–6 Xavier Fort 1, 6 Lionel Robert 4 21 Daniel Bassora All Philippe Yschard Mathias Beche 1–3, 5–6 Antoine Robert 4 Sem Speed 26 Benoit Semoulin U 1, 6 François Semoulin Racing Spirit of Léman 51 Nicolas Maulini All Jacques Wolff Nerguti Competition 99 Alban Nerguti 1–2, 6 Dylan Nerguti Stéphane Ortelli Cogemo Racing Team 555 Denis Caillon U All Sébastien Morales Philippe Thirion Antoine Lacoste 3 CN Wolf Racing France Wolf GB08 Tornado Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 22 José Ibañez U 1 Michele Fattorini Nicolas Ferrarin 2–3 Jérémy Merires 2 Timothé Buret 3 24 Jérémy Merires 1 25 Nicolas Ferrarin 1 Emanuele Romani Timothé Buret 2 Michele Fattorini T2 Racing Norma M20-FC Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 66 Mike Fenzl U 6 Ivan Ruggiero Philipp Schlegel ANS Motorsport Norma M20-FC Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 73 Sacha Clavadetscher U 1–5 Julien Lemoine 1 Iko Segret 2–4 Philibert Michy 5–6 Clément Moreno 6 HMC Racing Funyo SP05 Evo Peugeot 1.6 L I4 290 Marc-Antoine Dannielou 2 Nicolas SturmSource:
Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit Pole Position LMP3 Winning Car NP02 Winning Car Group CN Winning Car LMP3 Winning Drivers NP02 Winning Drivers Group CN Winning Drivers 1 Paul Ricard No. 14 Team Virage No. 14 Team Virage No. 3 CD Sport No. 22 Wolf Racing France Manuel Espírito Santo Vyacheslav Gutak George King Manuel Espírito Santo Vyacheslav Gutak George King Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Jonathan Thomas Nicolas Ferrarin Emanuele Romani 2 Circuito de Navarra No. 10 Zosh Competition No. 27 TS Corse No. 51 No. 73 ANS Motorsport Jean René de Fournoux Hugo Rosati Georgi Dimitrov Ayrton Simmons Jonathan Woolridge Nicolas Maulini Jacques Wolff Sacha Clavadetscher Iko Segret 3 Hockenheimring No. 14 Team Virage No. 10 Zosh Competition No. 72 ANS Motorsport No. 73 ANS Motorsport Manuel Espírito Santo George King Mihnea Ștefan Jean René de Fournoux Hugo Rosati Frédéric Croullet Mathys Jaubert Sacha Clavadetscher Iko Segret 4 Circuito do Estoril No. 14 Team Virage No. 14 Team Virage No. 20 DB Autosport No. 73 ANS Motorsport Manuel Espírito Santo Vyacheslav Gutak George King Manuel Espírito Santo Vyacheslav Gutak George King Pierre Courroye Lionel Robert Sacha Clavadetscher Iko Segret 5 Magny-Cours No. 14 Team Virage No. 14 Team Virage No. 71 ANS Motorsport No. 73 ANS Motorsport Manuel Espírito Santo Vyacheslav Gutak George King Manuel Espírito Santo Vyacheslav Gutak George King Marc Faggionato Iko Segret Sacha Clavadetscher Philibert Michy 6 Paul Ricard No. 14 Team Virage No. 92 Team Virage No. 9 Graff Racing No. 66 T2 Racing Manuel Espírito Santo Vyacheslav Gutak George King Jacopo Faccioni Jamie Falvey Axel Gnos David Droux Luis Sanjuan Eric Trouillet Mike Fenzl Ivan Ruggiero Philipp Schlegel
Championship standings Classes Drivers Team LEC1 NAV HOC EST MAG LEC2 Points Overall 1 George King Team Virage 1 11 2 1 1 6 126.75 2 Manuel Espírito Santo Team Virage 1 2 1 1 6 126 3 Vyacheslav Gutak Team Virage 1 1 1 6 108 4 Nicolas Maulini Jacques Wolff Racing Spirit of Léman Ret 1 12 3 4 4 92 5 Frédéric Croullet ANS Motorsport 9 3 3 5 5 Ret 69.5 6 Ayrton Simmons TS Corse 2 4 7 11 2 7 67 7 Grégory de Sybourg-Siffert Karen Gaillard DIMAB Motorsport by ANS 7 13 6 4 7 5 54.75 8 Pierre Courroye DB Autosport 17 Ret 4 2 9 15 51 9 Mathys Jaubert ANS Motorsport 9 3 3 5 Ret 49.5 10 Daniel Bassora Philippe Yschard DB Autosport 8 2 10 8 10 Ret 41 LMP3 1 George King Team Virage 1 11 2 1 1 6 151 2 Manuel Espírito Santo Team Virage 1 2 1 1 6 133 3 Ayrton Simmons TS Corse 2 4 7 11 2 7 121.5 4 Vyacheslav Gutak Team Virage 1 1 1 6 115 5 Georgi Dimitrov TS Corse 2 4 55.5 6 Martin Böhm Andreas Fojtik MG Sound Speed Division 14 Ret 14 9 11 26 50.5 129 7 Jonathan Woolridge TS Corse 4 7 49.5 8 Claude Rosati Rodolphe Rosati Zosh Competition 12 5 5 Ret 48.5 87.5 9 Jean René de Fournoux Hugo Rosati Zosh Competition Ret 7 1 Ret 47.5 10 Nicolas Chartier Vincent Capillaire Graff Racing 9 6 47 Reiter Engineering 18 11 Stephan Rupp Graff Racing 9 6 46 12 Jacopo Faccioni Jamie Falvey Team Virage 6 1 40 13 Mihnea Ștefan Team Virage 11 2 36 14 Axel Gnos Team Virage 1 25 15 Zdeněk Chovanec Pedro Perino TS Corse 11 24 16 Samir Ben Loris Kyburz Graff Racing 4 11 20 17 Toni Forné TS Corse 2 18 18 Gianluca Giraudi TS Corse 2 18 19 Panagiotis Kaitatzis Georgios Kolovos Louis Rossi Graff Racing 2 18 25 20 Bernardo Pinheiro Team Virage 11 18 21 Matt Bell John Melsom Nielsen Racing 3 15 22 Frederico Peters Team Virage 6 15 23 Chris Short Inter Europol Competition 6 14 14 24 Ian Aguilera TS Corse 7 12 25 Theodor Jensen Nathan Kumar TS Corse 7 12 26 Luis Sanjuan Graff Racing 4 12 27 Daniel Ali Bryson Morris Inter Europol Competition 6 10 28 John Corbett Jamie Winslow Inter Europol Competition 8 10 29 Marius Fossard Jean-Ludovic Foubert Racing Spirit of Léman 10 8 30 Thibault Ehrhart Julien Schell Pegasus Racing 11 8 31 Haowen Luo Graff Racing 11 8 32 Torsten Kratz Danny Soufi Konrad Motorsport 11 6 33 Marcel Oosenbrugh Dominik Schraml T2 Racing 13 29 4.5 34 Marc Basseng T2 Racing 13 4 35 Romain Favre Maximus Mayer Inter Europol Competition 14 4 36 Francesco Dracone Beitske Visser BHK Motorsport 17 2 37 Alex Cascatău Elia Sperandio Joël Roussel BHK Motorsport 15 1 38 Diego de la Torre Julien Gerbi Raúl Guzmán Team Virage 19 0.5 39 George Nakas Fraser Ross Graff Racing 23 0.5 40 Sebastian Schmitt T2 Racing 29 0.5 Hugo Delacour Yann Ehrlacher M Racing Ret 0 NP02 1 Nicolas Maulini Jacques Wolff Racing Spirit of Léman Ret 1 12 3 4 4 117.5 2 Grégory de Sybourg-Siffert Karen Gaillard DIMAB Motorsport by ANS 7 13 6 4 7 5 99 3 Frédéric Croullet ANS Motorsport 9 3 3 5 5 Ret 98.5 4 Pierre Courroye DB Autosport 17 Ret 4 2 9 15 90 5 Marc Faggionato ANS Motorsport 10 Ret 8 7 3 9 79 100 6 Mathys Jaubert ANS Motorsport 9 3 3 5 Ret 74.5 7 Daniel Bassora Philippe Yschard DB Autosport 8 2 10 8 10 Ret 74 8 Nick Adcock Jonathan Thomas CD Sport 5 12 16 10 8 12 73 9 Michael Jensen CD Sport 5 12 10 8 59 10 Mathias Beche DB Autosport 8 2 10 10 Ret 58 11 Philippe Mondolot ANS Motorsport 10 Ret 8 7 9 54 100 12 Lionel Robert DB Autosport 2 50 13 Iko Segret ANS Motorsport 3 9 37 14 Nicolas Marroc DB Autosport 17 Ret 4 9 34 15 Denis Caillon Sébastien Morales Philippe Thirion Cogemo Racing Team Ret 6 15 Ret Ret 16 28 80.5 16 David Droux Luis Sanjuan Eric Trouillet Graff Racing 3 25 17 Nicolas Schatz ANS Motorsport 5 24 18 Alban Nerguti Dylan Nerguti Stéphane Ortelli Nerguti Competition 18 8 20 23 19 Antoine Robert DB Autosport 8 16 20 Willyam Gosselin Thomas Imbourg James Sweetnam CD Sport 13 8 21 Xavier Fort DB Autosport 17 8 22 Antoine Lacoste Cogemo Racing Team 15 6 18 23 David Cristini Sacha Clavadetscher David Delucinge DB Autosport 21 1 24 Danny Buntschu Nico Ferrarin Laurent Prunet Lamo Racing 22 0.5 25 Benoit Semoulin François Semoulin Sem SpeedWD 24 0.5 18 26 Jean-Marc Alaphilippe Alexandre Lafourcade Thomas Perrin Lamo Racing 25 0.5 15 William Cavailhes José Ibañez Christian Vassal Weenrace Ret 0 0 Group CN 1 Sacha Clavadetscher ANS Motorsport Ret 9 13 12 12 137.5 2 Iko Segret ANS Motorsport 9 13 12 112.5 3 Philibert Michy ANS Motorsport 12 28 43 18 4 Marc-Antoine Dannielou Nicolas Sturm HMC Racing 10 27 5 Nicolas Ferrarin Wolf Racing France 16 Ret Ret 25 Emanuele Romani 16 Ret 6 Mike Fenzl Ivan Ruggiero Philipp Schlegel T2 Racing 27 25 25 7 Clément Moreno ANS Motorsport 28 18 18 Julien Lemoine ANS Motorsport Ret 0 Timothé Buret Wolf Racing France Ret Ret 0 Jérémy Merires Wolf Racing France DNS Ret 0 Michele Fattorini José Ibañez Wolf Racing France DNS 0 0 Drivers Team LEC1 NAV HOC EST MAG LEC2 Points
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