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 the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 22 April and finished at the Algarve International Circuit on 22 October. The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

Calendar The provisional calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 22 September 2022. 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. On the 14th of April it was announced that Imola round would be cancelled and Aragón round would be added.

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 LMP3 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 Drivers Rounds CD Sport Ligier JS P320 2 Fabien Michal All Kirill Smal All 11 Franck Chappard All Shahan Sarkissian All DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 3 Alexander Bukhanstov 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 All Fraser Ross All 38 Haowen Luo 2 Sébastien Page 2 39 James Sweetnam All Lucca Allen 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 Ligier JS P320 13 Santiago Concepción Serrano All Ben Stone All 14 Daniel Ali All Andres Latorre Canon All 15 Bryson Morris All Chris Short All Team Virage 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 Ligier JS P320 17 Patrice Lafargue 1–4, 6 Dino Lunardi 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 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 All Jérôme de Sadeleer All 29 Matthias Lüthen 1–4 Emilien Carde 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 Rinaldi Racing 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 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 Ligier JS P320 87 Adrien Chila All Cédric Oltramare All 97 David Droux All Luis Sanjuan All Source:

GT3

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine 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 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 BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 31 Max Hesse 2 Tim Whale 2 46 Jérôme Policand 2 Valentino Rossi 2 Steller Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 42 Sennan Fielding All James Wood 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 Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 55 Thomas Andersen All Simon Birch 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, 5–6 Vincent Abril 1–3, 5–6 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:

Leonardo Pulcini was scheduled to compete for Iron Lynx but did not appear in any rounds.

Race results

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 1 Le Mans(report) 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 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 Drivers Championship Driver Team BAR LMS LEC ARA SPA POR Points 1 Julien Gerbi Team Virage 1 8 Ret 1 2 18 21 73 Gillian Henrion Team Virage 1 8 Ret 1 2 18 21 2 Fabien Michal CD Sport 3 Ret 3 19 6 2 2 69 Kirill Smal CD Sport 3 Ret 3 19 6 2 2 3 Auðunn Guðmundsson Team Thor 4 2 15 3 3 14 6 59 Colin Noble Team Thor 4 2 15 3 3 14 6 4 Matt Bell Nielsen Racing Ret 1 7 11 1 Ret Ret 45 John Melsom Nielsen Racing Ret 1 7 11 1 Ret Ret 5 Adrien Chila Cool Racing 6 10 Ret 2 4 Ret 10 42 Cédric Oltramare Cool Racing 6 10 Ret 2 4 Ret 10 6 Tommy Foster 360 Racing 5 9 6 6 17 15 4 39 Terrence Woodward 360 Racing 5 9 6 6 17 15 4 7 David Droux Cool Racing 20 3 1 8 7 7 20 38 Luis Sanjuan Cool Racing 20 3 1 8 7 7 20 8 Wayne Boyd United Autosports 16 13 19 5 Ret 1 22 35 John Schauerman United Autosports 16 13 19 5 Ret 1 22 9 Josh Skelton Nielsen Racing Ret 18 8 23 Ret Ret 1 30 Anthony Wells Nielsen Racing Ret 18 8 23 Ret Ret 1 10 Belén García 360 Racing 15 17 13 13 5 5 5 30 Mark Richards 360 Racing 15 17 13 5 5 5 11 Franck Chappard CD Sport 14 25 28 7 14 Ret 3 21 Shahan Sarkissian CD Sport 14 25 28 7 14 Ret 3 12 Hugo Delacour M Racing 2 16 20 18 Guilherme Oliveira M Racing 2 16 20 13 Alexander Bukhanstov DKR Engineering 9 Ret 29 4 Ret 8 26† 18 James Winslow DKR Engineering 9 Ret 29 4 Ret 8 26† 14 Christophe Cresp MV2S Racing 23 22 11 17 21 3 Ret 16 Jérôme de Sadeleer MV2S Racing 23 22 11 17 21 3 Ret 15 Daniel Keilwitz Rinaldi Racing Ret 19 24 10 10 4 15 14 Steve Parrow Rinaldi Racing Ret 19 24 10 10 4 15 16 Jonathan Brossard ANS Motorsport Ret 6 10 9 8 Ret 11 14 Nicolas Schatz ANS Motorsport Ret 6 10 9 8 Ret 11 17 Matthias Lüthen MV2S Racing 7 7 Ret 16 9 13 18 Pieder Decurtins Haegeli by T2 Racing132323156148 Brent Verheyen Haegeli by T2 Racing13232315614 19 Scott Andrews United Autosports2411520248 Gerald Kraut United Autosports241152024 20 Emilien Carde MV2S Racing716919178 21 Bryson Morris Inter Europol CompetitionRet301224131776 Chris Short Inter Europol CompetitionRet30122413177 22 Mathis Poulet MV2S Racing7Ret 5 23 Klaus Abbelen Frikadelli Racing Team81226Ret164 Felipe Fernández Laser Frikadelli Racing Team81226Ret16 24 Oscar Bittar Team Virage12Ret21Ret18Ret84 Alessandro Bracalente Team Virage12Ret21Ret18Ret8 25 James Sweetnam Graff Racing1015Ret1820913 4 26 Patrice Lafargue IDEC Sport17219Ret1225†3 Dino Lunardi IDEC Sport17219Ret1225† 27 Samir Ben Graff Racing913 2 28 Santiago Concepción Serrano Inter Europol CompetitionRet20RetRetRetRet92 Ben Stone Inter Europol CompetitionRet20RetRetRetRet9 29 Lucca Allen Graff Racing1015Ret 2 30 Josh Caygill United Autosports11 2 Murphy Prototypes10 31 Will Bratt Murphy PrototypesRet10 1 32 Garnet Patterson United Autosports11 133 Torsten Kratz WTM by Rinaldi RacingRet20 Murphy PrototypesNC12 33 Sacha Lehmann M Racing144RetRetRet 0 33 Miguel Cristóvão M Racing144Ret 0 33 Antoine Doquin Racing Spirit of Léman5RetRet 0 33 Jacques Wolff Racing Spirit of Léman5Ret 0 33 George Nakas Graff Racing 11 28 30 21 15 11 16 0 Fraser Ross Graff Racing 11 28 30 21 15 11 16 33 Christian Gisy Racing Spirit of Léman 19 Ret 16 14 12 19 0 Ralf Kelleners Racing Spirit of Léman 19 Ret 16 14 12 19 33 Daniel Ali Inter Europol Competition 22 DNS 25 12 Ret 16 18 0 Andres Latorre Canon Inter Europol Competition 22 DNS 25 12 Ret 16 18 33 Enzo Elias Murphy Prototypes12 0 33 Andrew Ferguson 24-7 Motorsport 18 27 22 NC 19 13 23 0 Louis Hamilton-Smith 24-7 Motorsport 18 27 22 NC 19 13 23 33 James Dayson 360 Racing13 033 Philippe Cimadomo MV2S Racing1917033 Paul Trojani Graff Racing18033 Xavier Lloveras Graff Racing200 33 Adrian Watt Murphy Prototypes212931 0 33 Dan Skočdopole Murphy Prototypes2129 033 Will Powell Murphy Prototypes310 33 Erwin Creed M RacingRetRet 0 33 Jean-Ludovic Foubert Racing Spirit of LémanRet 0 Driver Team BAR LMS LEC ARA SPA POR PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Teams Championship