French automobile endurance race
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.
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
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 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 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]
Bold indicates the overall winner.
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 ] 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 – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
GT3 Teams Championship [ edit ] ^ 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. ^ a b Car No. 33 entered as WTM by Rinaldi Racing, car No. 66 entered as Rinaldi Racing.
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