2023 Le Mans Cup

2023 Le Mans Cup

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Parent series:
European Le Mans Series
Support series:
Road to Le Mans
Ligier European Series

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. The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

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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. 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	No.	Drivers	Rounds
CD Sport	Ligier JS P320	2	Fabian 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
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GT3

Entrant/Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	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
				Vincent Abril	1–3, 5
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	R1	Le Mans	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

Pos. 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 Fabian 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 Racing 13 23 23 15 6 14 8 Brent Verheyen Haegeli by T2 Racing 13 23 23 15 6 14 19 Scott Andrews United Autosports 24 11 5 20 24 8 Gerald Kraut United Autosports 24 11 5 20 24 20 Emilien Carde MV2S Racing 7 16 9 19 17 8 21 Bryson Morris Inter Europol Competition Ret 30 12 24 13 17 7 6 Chris Short Inter Europol Competition Ret 30 12 24 13 17 7 22 Mathis Poulet MV2S Racing 7 Ret 5 23 Klaus Abbelen Frikadelli Racing Team 8 12 26 Ret 16 4 Felipe Fernández Laser Frikadelli Racing Team 8 12 26 Ret 16 24 Oscar Bittar Team Virage 12 Ret 21 Ret 18 Ret 8 4 Alessandro Bracalente Team Virage 12 Ret 21 Ret 18 Ret 8 25 James Sweetnam Graff Racing 10 15 Ret 18 20 9 13 4 26 Patrice Lafargue IDEC Sport 17 21 9 Ret 12 25† 3 Dino Lunardi IDEC Sport 17 21 9 Ret 12 25† 27 Samir Ben Graff Racing 9 13 2 28 Santiago Concepción Serrano Inter Europol Competition Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 2 Ben Stone Inter Europol Competition Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 29 Lucca Allen Graff Racing 10 15 Ret 2 30 Josh Caygill United Autosports 11 2 Murphy Prototypes 10 31 Will Bratt Murphy Prototypes Ret 10 1 32 Garnet Patterson United Autosports 11 1 33 Torsten Kratz WTM by Rinaldi Racing Ret 2 0 Murphy Prototypes NC 12 33 Sacha Lehmann M Racing 14 4 Ret Ret Ret 0 33 Miguel Cristóvão M Racing 14 4 Ret 0 33 Antoine Doquin Racing Spirit of Léman 5 Ret Ret 0 33 Jacques Wolff Racing Spirit of Léman 5 Ret 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 Prototypes 12 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 Racing 13 0 33 Philippe Cimadomo MV2S Racing 19 17 0 33 Paul Trojani Graff Racing 18 0 33 Xavier Lloveras Graff Racing 20 0 33 Adrian Watt Murphy Prototypes 21 29 31 0 33 Dan Skočdopole Murphy Prototypes 21 29 0 33 Will Powell Murphy Prototypes 31 0 33 Erwin Creed M Racing Ret Ret 0 33 Jean-Ludovic Foubert Racing Spirit of Léman Ret 0 Pos. Driver Team BAR LMS LEC ARA SPA POR Points LMP3 Teams Championship Pos. Team Chassis BAR LMS LEC ARA SPA POR Points 1 #16 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 1 8 Ret 1 2 18 21 73 2 #2 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 3 Ret 3 19 6 2 2 69 3 #77 Team Thor Ligier JS P320 4 2 15 3 3 14 6 59 4 #4 Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 1 7 11 1 Ret Ret 45 5 #87 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 6 10 32 2 4 Ret 10 42 6 #26 360 Racing Ligier JS P320 5 9 6 6 17 15 6 39 7 #97 Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 20 3 1 8 7 7 20 38 8 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 16 13 19 5 Ret 1 22 35 9 #7 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 18 8 32 Ret Ret 1 30 10 #25 360 Racing Ligier JS P320 15 17 13 13 5 5 5 30 11 #11 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 14 25 28 7 14 Ret 3 21 12 #68 M Racing Ligier JS P320 2 16 20 Ret Ret Ret 18 13 #3 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 9 Ret 29 4 NC 8 26 18 14 #28 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 23 22 11 17 21 3 Ret 16 15 #66 Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 19 24 10 10 4 15 14 16 #6 ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 Ret 6 10 9 8 Ret 11 14 17 #29 MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 7 7 Ret 16 9 19 17 13 18 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 24 11 5 20 11 Ret 24 9 19 #67 Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 13 23 23 15 6 14 8 20 #15 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 Ret 30 12 36 13 17 7 6 21 #30 Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 8 12 26 Ret 16 4 22 #59 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 12 Ret 21 Ret 18 Ret 8 4 23 #39 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 10 15 Ret 18 20 9 13 4 24 #17 IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 17 21 9 Ret 12 25 3 25 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 2 26 #48 Murphy Prototypes Duqueine M30 - D08 21 29 31 31 NC 10 12 1 27 #8 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 11 28 30 21 15 11 16 0 28 #9 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 19 Ret 16 14 Ret 12 19 0 29 #14 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 22 DNS 25 12 Ret 16 18 0 30 #27 24-7 Motorsport Ligier JS P320 18 27 22 NC 19 13 23 0 Teams ineligible to score points #33 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 2 #69 M Racing Ligier JS P320 14 4 #58 Team Virage Ligier JS P320 4 17 #12 Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 5 Ret #5 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 14 #21 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 24 18 #38 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 26 27 #20 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 Ret DNS Pos. Team Chassis BAR LMS LEC ARA SPA POR Points 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 – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 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 3 13 2 3 5 2 97 2 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 3 4 16 4 1 6 5 77 3 #86 HCR with CaffeineSix Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) 4 2 4 9 2 9 6 73 4 #19 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Ret 11 7 1 6 2 4 72 5 #18 Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 2 5 11 8 9 3 3 63 6 #63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 7 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 48 7 #88 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 5 6 6 7 Ret 4 9 44 8 #42 Steller Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II 10 15 10 11 8 1 7 41 9 #55 GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 6 16 8 12 4 8 11 30 10 #83 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 9 9 12 6 7 Ret 10 24 11 #64 Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) 8 Ret DNS 10 5 7 12 22 12 #70 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Ret 12 5 5 Ret 21 Teams ineligible to score points #31 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 1 2 #46 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 13 1 #57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 8 3 #95 GMB Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 7 15 #24 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 8 #53 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 10 9 #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 14 14 #76 IMSA LS Group Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 17 17 #52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ret 18 Pos. Team Car BAR LMS LEC ARA SPA POR Points Notes References External links Official website