2022–23 Le Mans Virtual Series Explained
The 2022–23 Le Mans Virtual Series was the second season of the Le Mans Virtual Series which is an Esports endurance series. The five-event season began at the Bahrain International Circuit on 17 September 2022 and finished at the Circuit de la Sarthe for the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual on 14–15 January 2023.[1]
The series is open for Le Mans Prototype (LMP2) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) classes.
Calendar
Entries
The entry list is divided into two categories of vehicles: LMP2 and GTE.
LMP2
!Entrant/Team!Chassis!!Drivers!Rounds Team Redline | Oreca 07 | 1 | Jeffrey Rietveld | All |
Maximilian Benecke | 1–4 |
Luke Bennett | 1–2 |
Max Verstappen | 3–5 |
Luke Browning | 5 |
Diogo Pinto | 5 |
2 | Diogo Pinto | 1–4 |
Michal Smidl | 1–3 |
Josh Thompson | 1–2 |
Luke Bennett | 3–5 |
Luke Browning | 4 |
Felipe Drugovich | 5 |
Felix Rosenqvist | 5 |
Chris Lulham | 5 |
Floyd Vanwall-Burst | Oreca 07 | 4 | Jesper Pedersen | All |
Jernej Simončič |
Damian Skowron | 1, 4 |
Tom Dillmann | 2 |
Bent Viscaal | 3, 5 |
Franco Colapinto | 5 |
Nextview Vanwall-Burst | 444 | Michi Hoyer | All |
Dawid Mroczek |
Sérgio Sette Câmara | 1 |
Esteban Guerrieri | 2 |
Damian Skowron | 3 |
Josh Skelton | 4–5 |
Jonny Edgar | 5 |
Williams Esports | Oreca 07 | 5 | Petar Brlijak | All |
Jack Keithley |
Sami-Matti Trogen | 1, 4 |
Martin Stefanko | 2–3 |
William Tregurtha | 5 |
Tommaso Mosca | 5 |
AMG Team Williams Esports | 53 | Jakub Brzezinski | All |
Nikodem Wisniewski |
Michael Romanidis | 1–3 |
Raffaele Marciello | 4 |
Sami-Matti Trogen | 5 |
Agustin Canapino | 5 |
AMG Team Petronas Esports | 63 | James Baldwin | All |
Graham Carroll |
Bono Huis |
Daniel Juncadella | 5 |
R8G Esports | Oreca 07 | 8 | Marcell Csincsik | All |
Erhan Jajovski | 1–4 |
Jiri Toman | 1–3, 5 |
Arthur Rougier | 4–5 |
Mathias Beche | 5 |
18 | Ulas Ozyldirim | All |
Martin Hemmingsen | 1–3, 5 |
Christopher Högfeldt | 1–2 |
Romain Grosjean | 3–5 |
Mathias Beche | 4 |
Mathis Poulet | 5 |
Pescarolo Esport Monaco | Oreca 07 | 16 | Alon Day | 1 |
Thomas Imbourg | 1–2 |
Csaba Kiss |
Robert Paun | 2–5 |
Darius Andrei | 3–5 |
Martin Murguly | 3–4 |
Thomas Imbourg | 5 |
Romain Boeckler | 5 |
Porsche Team Coanda | Oreca 07 | 20 | Mitchell deJong | All |
Tommy Østgaard | 1–4 |
Zac Campbell | 1, 3 |
Ayhancan Güven | 2, 4–5 |
Laurin Heinrich | 5 |
Joshua Rogers | 5 |
23 | Mack Bakkum | All |
Joshua Rogers | 1–4 |
Martin Krönke | 1–3 |
Laurin Heinrich | 4 |
Bastian Buus | 5 |
Morris Schuring | 5 |
Dayne Warren | 5 |
SEM9 Axle Sports | Oreca 07 | 21 | Naquib Azlan | All |
Inigo Anton | 1–3 |
Josh Purwien | 1 |
Muhammad Aleef | 2–5 |
Michaël Benyahia | 4 |
Alister Yoong | 5 |
Arjun Maini | 5 |
Rocket Simsport | Oreca 07 | 22 | Jordan Albert | 1 |
Sean Campbell | 1–2 |
Ferris Stanley |
Mika Hakimi | 2–5 |
Alex Buncombe | 3 |
Borja Millan | 3–5 |
Angus Fender | 4–5 |
Rodrigo Pflucker | 5 |
Le Mans Virtual Cup | Oreca 07 | 24 | Andy Priaulx | 5 |
Sebastian Priaulx | 5 |
Shaun Arnold | 5 |
Zoltán Várkonyi | 5 |
YAS HEAT Veloce | Oreca 07 | 28 | Isaac Gillissen | All |
Marko Pejic | 1–3, 5 |
Eamonn Murphy | 1 |
Balazs Remenyik | 2–4 |
Sandy Mitchell | 4–5 |
Elias Seppänen | 5 |
Mexico Racing Team | Oreca 07 | 29 | Alberto Gironella | All |
Manuel De Samaniego | 1–4 |
Alejandro Vargas | 1 |
Luis Díaz | 2–3, 5 |
Adolfo Pérez | 4–5 |
Ricardo Sánchez | 5 |
Alpine eSports | Oreca 07 | 36 | Colin Spork | All |
Rory MacDuff | 1–4 |
Tom Lartilleux | 1–3, 5 |
Sacha Lehmann | 4–5 |
Leo Boulay | 5 |
37 | Victor Martins | 5 |
Olli Caldwell | 5 |
Rory MacDuff | 5 |
Patrik Sipos | 5 |
Graff by ATRS eSports | Oreca 07 | 39 | Vincent Capillaire | 5 |
Georgios Karakoulas | 5 |
Markus Søholm | 5 |
Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya | 5 |
ARC Bratislava | Oreca 07 | 44 | Andrej Marecak | All |
Jakub Stofko | 1–3 |
Erik Vizi | 1, 3–5 |
Maťo Homola | 2, 5 |
Tomáš Enge | 4, 5 |
Brabham Esports | Oreca 07 | 62 | Devin Braune | 1–3 |
Mika Hakimi | 1 |
Borja Millan |
Jan von der Heyde | 2–5 |
Arne Schoonvliet |
William Dendy | 4–5 |
Gordon Mutch | 5 |
Panis Racing Team | Oreca 07 | 65 | Florian Lebigre | All |
Thibault Cazaubon | 1–3, 5 |
Yannick Lapchin | 1, 3 |
Job van Uitert | 2, 4–5 |
Quentin Vialatte | 4 |
Pierre-Louis Chovet | 5 |
GR Vector eSport | Oreca 07 | 86 | Daniel Brewer | All |
Jan Granqvist | 1–3 |
Tom Stevens | 1–2 |
Jannick Bock | 3–5 |
Pierre Courroye | 4 |
Gus Bowers | 5 |
Mohan Ritson | 5 |
101 | Mattia Crupi | 1–4 |
Liam de Waal | 1–3, 5 |
Phillip Drayss | 1 |
Adam Maguire | 2–5 |
Alexandru Cascatău | 4–5 |
Andre Castro | 5 |
Peugeot Esports | Oreca 07 | 93 | Gustavo Menezes | 5 |
Malthe Jakobsen | 5 |
Valentin Mandernach | 5 |
Maxime Brient | 5 |
Arnage Competition | Oreca 07 | 100 | Adam Pinczes | All |
Jimmy Antunes | 1–3, 5 |
Janos Bracsok | 1, 3–4 |
Ye Yifei | 2, 5 |
Dennis Zeťák | 4 |
Emilien Carde | 5 |
Team Fordzilla | Oreca 07 | 966 | Gianmarco Fiduci | All |
Alessandro Ottaviani |
Luke Browning | 1–2 |
Nuno Pinto | 3–4 |
Ramon Piñeiro | 5 |
Georgi Dimitrov | 5 |
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LMGTE
! Entrant/Team! Chassis! Engine! ! Drivers! Rounds MAHLE Racing Team | BMW M8 GTE | BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 10 | Michele D’Alessandro | All |
Muhammed Patel |
Eros Masciulli | 1–3 |
Beitske Visser | 4–5 |
Jimmy Broadbent | 5 |
Project 1 by Dörr Esports | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 11 | Leonard Krippner | 1–2, 4–5 |
Marc Gassner | 1, 3–5 |
Moritz Löhner | 2–3, 5 |
Florian Hasse | 2–3 |
Alexander Dornieden | 2 |
Norbert Kiss | 5 |
P1 Esports | 111 | Rasmus Busk | All |
Turkka Häkkinen |
Marcus Jensen | 1–2, 4 |
Frederik Schandorff | 3, 5 |
Oliver Rasmussen | 5 |
Inspeed Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 25 | Li Xiayufei | All |
Li Yanzhe |
Quan Yaocheng | 1–3 |
Lu Wenlong | 4–5 |
Rafael Lobato | 5 |
SIM Maranello | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 26 | Christian Malghera | All |
Andrea Terzi |
Gianluca Scalvini | 1 |
Lorenzo Arisi | 2, 4 |
Kikko Galbiati | 3, 5 |
Lorenzo Patrese | 5 |
SF Velas Esports Team | 51 | Kasper Stoltze | All |
Christian Michel |
Jordy Zwiers | 1–2, 4 |
Nicklas Nielsen | 3 |
Oliver Bearman | 5 |
David Perel | 5 |
Satellite Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 64 | Jimi Nisula | All |
Henri Sinik |
David Pittard | 1–3, 5 |
James Dziuba | 4 |
Nello Pastorino | 5 |
SIMMSA Esports | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 66 | Patrick Schindler | All |
Sebastian Wunsch | 1, 3–5 |
Ramez Azzam | 1–2, 5 |
Gustas Grinbergas | 2–5 |
BMW Team Redline | BMW M8 GTE | BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 71 | Enzo Bonito | All |
Kevin Siggy |
Chris Lulham | 1–3 |
Rudy van Buren | 4–5 |
Lorenzo Colombo | 5 |
BMW Team BS + Competition | 89 | Ibraheem Khan | 1–5 |
Joonas Raivio | 1–2 |
Bruno Spengler | 1, 5 |
Alen Terzic | 2–5 |
Ferris Stanley | 3–4 |
Phillippe Denes | 5 |
Proton Coanda Esports | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 77 | Charlie Collins | All |
Paschalis Gkergkis |
Dayne Warren | 1–3 |
Loek Hartog | 4–5 |
Jeferson Giassi | 5 |
88 | Kevin van Dooren | All |
Dylan Pereira | 1–2 |
Joni Takanen | 1, 3–4 |
Oskar Biksrud | 2–4 |
Raoul Hyman | 5 |
Alexander Tauscher | 5 |
Bryn Collins | 5 |
Prodrive FYRA Esport | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 95 | Lasse Bak | All |
Lasse Sørensen |
Mikkel Gade | 1–3 |
Andreas Jochimsen | 4–5 |
Caique Oliveira | 5 |
Oracle Red Bull Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 99 | Dennis Jordan | All |
Cooper Webster | 1–2 |
Yuri Kasdorp | 1, 3–5 |
Alex Siebel | 2–3 |
Dennis Lind | 4 |
Casper Stevenson | 5 |
Jaden Conwright | 5 |
D’station Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 777 | Marc Veit | All |
Toshiya Nojima | 1–4 |
Remi Delorme | 1–3, 5 |
Charlie Fagg | 4–5 |
Henrique Chaves | 5 |
R8G Esports | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 888 | Alexander Smolyar | All |
Risto Kappet | 1–4 |
Timotej Andonovski | 1–3, 5 |
Martin Hemmingsen | 4 |
Scott Andrews | 5 |
Erhan Jajovski | 5 |
LOR JMX Phantom | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 889 | Presley Martono | 5 |
Thanathip Tanalapanan | 5 |
Andika Rama Maulana | 5 |
Fadhli Rachmat | 5 |
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- Notes
Results
Bold indicates overall winner
- – The #8 R8G Esports LMP2, qualified by Marcell Csincsik put down the fastest lap of the day, however, they won’t be leading the virtual field to the green flag at Sebring. Due to a penalty stemming from an incident at Spa-Francorchamps in the previous month, the #23 Porsche Coanda will instead lead the field in the 500 Miles of Sebring. Per the broadcast, Article 17 of the Code of Conduct was breached and therefore all R8G Esports teams would have consequences.[13] With that, all three of the R8G Esports cars in the field will be slapped with 10-place grid penalties for Saturday’s event, including the #8 and #18 LMP2s as well as the #888 Ferrari in the GTE category.[13] Moving up from the second spot, Josh Rogers laid down the second fastest lap and will be starting from the pole instead with his #23 Porsche Coanda.
Teams' Championships
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Duration | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
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0–6 Hours | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
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8–10 Hours | 38 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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24 Hours | 50 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
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LMP2
| Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap | |
LMGTE
References
- Web site: Harrison-Lord . Thomas . 2022-06-10 . 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual and Le Mans Virtual Series return, starts September . 2022-08-18 . Traxion . en-US.
- Web site: Entries Bahrain. 2022-11-05.
- Web site: Entries Monza. 2022-11-05.
- Web site: Entries Spa. 2022-11-05.
- Web site: Entries Sebring. 2022-12-02.
- Web site: Entries Le Mans. 2023-07-08.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Bahrain Qualifying. 2022-05-11.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Bahrain Race Results. 2022-05-11.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Monza Qualifying. 2022-05-11.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Monza Race Results. 2022-05-11.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying. 2022-05-11.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Spa-Francorchamps Race Results. 2022-05-11.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Sebring Qualifying. 2022-03-12.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Sebring Race Results. 2022-07-12.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Le Mans Qualifying. 2023-07-08.
- Web site: Le Mans Virtual Series Le Mans Race Results. 2023-07-08.