2023 Le Mans Cup
The 2023 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2023 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, is the eighth season of the Le Mans Cup. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 22 April and will finish 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
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Sport |
Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Fabian Michal |
1 |
 Kirill Smal[5][N 1] |
1 | |||
| 11 | Franck Chappard |
1 | ||
 Shahan Sarkissian |
1 | |||
 DKR Engineering |
Duqueine M30 - D08 | 3 |  Alexander Bukhanstov[N 1] |
1 |
 James Winslow |
1 | |||
| 5 |  Pedro Perino |
TBA | ||
 TBA |
TBA | |||
| Nielsen Racing |
Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | Matt Bell |
1 |
 John Melsom |
1 | |||
| Ligier JS P320 | 7 | Josh Skelton |
1 | |
| Anthony Wells |
1 | |||
| ANS Motorsport |
Ligier JS P320 | 6 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jonathan Brossard |
1 |
| Nicolas Schatz |
1 | |||
| Graff Racing |
Ligier JS P320 | 8 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} George Nakas[6] |
1 |
| Fraser Ross[6] |
1 | |||
| 38 |  Haowen Luo |
TBA | ||
| Sébastien Page |
TBA | |||
| 39 |  Lucca Allen[6] |
1 | ||
| James Sweetnam[6] |
1 | |||
| Racing Spirit of Léman |
Ligier JS P320 | 9 |  Christian Gisy |
1 |
| Ralf Kelleners |
1 | |||
| 12 | Antoine Doquin |
TBA | ||
| Jacques Wolff |
TBA | |||
 Inter Europol Competition[7] |
Ligier JS P320 | 13 | Santiago Concepción Serrano |
1 |
| Ben Stone |
1 | |||
| 14 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Daniel Ali[7] |
1 | ||
| Andres Latorre Canon |
1 | |||
| James Dayson[7] |
TBA | |||
| 15 | Bryson Morris[7] |
1 | ||
| Chris Short[7] |
1 | |||
| Team Virage[8] |
Ligier JS P320 | 16 |  Julien Gerbi |
1 |
| Gillian Henrion |
1 | |||
| 58 | Manuel Espírito Santo |
TBA | ||
| TBA |
TBA | |||
| 59 |  Oscar Bittar |
1 | ||
| Alessandro Bracalente |
1 | |||
| IDEC Sport[9] |
Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Patrice Lafargue[9] |
1 |
| Dino Lunardi[9] |
1 | |||
| United Autosports |
Ligier JS P320 | 20 | Andy Meyrick |
TBA |
 Daniel Schneider |
TBA | |||
| 21 | Jim McGuire |
TBA | ||
| Guy Smith |
TBA | |||
| 22 | Scott Andrews |
1 | ||
| Gerald Kraut |
1 | |||
| 23 | Wayne Boyd |
1 | ||
| John Schauerman |
1 | |||
| H24 Racing |
GreenGT H24 | 24 | Norman Nato |
TBA |
 Stéphane Richelmi |
TBA | |||
| 360 Racing |
Ligier JS P320 | 25 | Belén García[10] |
1 |
| Mark Richards |
1 | |||
| 26 | Tommy Foster |
1 | ||
| Terrence Woodward |
1 | |||
| 24-7 Motorsport |
Ligier JS P320 | 27 | Andrew Ferguson |
1 |
| Louis Hamilton-Smith |
1 | |||
| MV2S Racing |
Ligier JS P320 | 28 | Christophe Cresp[6] |
1 |
| Jérôme de Sadeleer[6] |
1 | |||
| 29 | Emilien Carde[6] |
1 | ||
| Matthias Lüthen[6] |
1 | |||
| Frikadelli Racing Team |
Ligier JS P320 | 30 | Klaus Abbelen |
1 |
| Felipe Fernández Laser |
1 | |||
| WTM by Rinaldi Racing |
Duqueine M30 - D08 | 33 | Torsten Kratz |
TBA |
| Leonard Weiss |
TBA | |||
| Rinaldi Racing |
Ligier JS P320 | 66 | Daniel Keilwitz |
1 |
| Steve Parrow |
1 | |||
| Murphy Prototypes |
Duqueine M30 - D08 | 48 |  Dan Skočdopole |
1 |
| Adrian Watt |
1 | |||
| Haegeli by T2 Racing |
Duqueine M30 - D08 | 67 | Pieder Decurtins |
1 |
| Brent Verheyen |
1 | |||
| M Racing |
Ligier JS P320 | 68 | Hugo Delacour |
1 |
| Guilherme Oliveira |
1 | |||
| 69 | Yvan Muller |
TBA | ||
| TBA |
TBA | |||
 Team Thor |
Ligier JS P320 | 77 | Auðunn Guðmundsson |
1 |
| Colin Noble |
1 | |||
| Cool Racing[11] |
Ligier JS P320 | 87 | Adrien Chila[11] |
1 |
| Cédric Oltramare[11] |
1 | |||
| 97 | David Droux[11] |
1 | ||
| Luis Sanjuan[11] |
1 | |||
| Source:[12][13][14] | ||||
GT3
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 | R1 | Le Mans |
||
| R2 | ||||
| 3 | Le Castellet |
|||
| 4 | Aragón |
|||
| 5 | Spa-Francorchamps |
|||
| 6 | Portimão |
|||
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 Teams Championship
Bold – Pole | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GT3 Teams Championship
| Pos. | Team | Car | BAR |
LMS |
LEC |
ARA |
SPA |
POR |
Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #10 Racing Spirit of Léman |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| 2 | #18 Team Parker Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2 | 18 | ||||||
| 3 | #51 AF Corse |
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 4 |  #86 HCR with CaffeineSix |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) | 4 | 12 | ||||||
| 5 | #88 GMB Motorsport |
Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| 6 | #55 GMB Motorsport |
Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| 7 | #63 Iron Lynx |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 8 | #64 Team Parker Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 9 | #83 AF Corse |
Ferrari 296 GT3 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | #42 Steller Motorsport |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| #70 Leipert Motorsport |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
| #19 Leipert Motorsport |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
| Pos. | Team | Car | BAR |
LMS |
LEC |
ARA |
SPA |
POR |
Points | |
Notes
- 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.
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