The 2023 European Le Mans Series was the twentieth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 23 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 22 October.[1]
The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class. The season was the last for the LMGTE class.[2]
The provisional calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 22 September 2022. MotorLand Aragón was added to the calendar for the first time, replacing the round at Monza, which left after serving as a late replacement for the Hungaroring during the 2022 season.[1] The Portimão round was later postponed one week to alleviate a clash with the 2023 Petit Le Mans.[3]
On 11 April it was announced the 4 Hours of Imola would be postponed due to ongoing works on the pit lane and paddock areas.[4] [5] On 14 April, the 4 Hours of Imola were officially cancelled, with the Portimão round becoming a double-header to fill the void.[6]
1 | 4 Hours of Barcelona | Montmeló, Spain | 23 April | |
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2 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 16 July |
3 | 4 Hours of Aragón | MotorLand Aragón | Alcañiz, Spain | 26 August |
4 | 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Stavelot, Belgium | 24 September |
5 | 4 Hours of Algarve | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 20 October |
6 | 4 Hours of Portimão | 22 October | ||
Cancelled | ||||
Race | Circuit | Location | Original date | |
4 Hours of Imola | Imola Circuit | Imola, Italy | 7 May |
All cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am class, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with icons.
All cars in the LMP3 class used the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds | |
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DKR Engineering | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 4 | nowrap | Alexander Bukhantsov | All |
Pedro Perino | All | ||||
James Winslow | All | ||||
RLR MSport | Ligier JS P320 | 5 | James Dayson | All | |
Valdemar Eriksen | All | ||||
Jack Manchester | All | ||||
15 | Horst Felbermayr Jr. | All | |||
Gaël Julien | All | ||||
Mateusz Kaprzyk | All | ||||
Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P320 | 7 | Ryan Harper-Ellam | All | |
Anthony Wells | All | ||||
Team Virage | Ligier JS P320 | 8 | Nick Adcock | All | |
Manuel Espírito Santo | All | ||||
Michael Jensen | All | ||||
EuroInternational[35] | Ligier JS P320 | 10 | Glenn van Berlo | 1–4 | |
Nick Moss | 1 | ||||
Matthias Lüthen[36] | 2–3 | ||||
François Heriau[37] | 4 | ||||
11 | Adam Ali | All | |||
Matthew Richard Bell | All | ||||
WTM by Rinaldi Racing | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 12 | Torsten Kratz | All | |
Óscar Tunjo[38] | All | ||||
Leonard Weiss | All | ||||
Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P320 | 13 | Kai Askey | All | |
Wyatt Brichacek | All | ||||
Miguel Cristóvão | All | ||||
Cool Racing[39] | Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Adrien Chila | All | |
Alex García | All | ||||
Marcos Siebert | All | ||||
Racing Spirit of Léman | Ligier JS P320 | 31 | Antoine Doquin | All | |
Jacques Wolff | All | ||||
Fabien Michal | 1 | ||||
Jean-Ludovic Foubert | 2–6 | ||||
Ultimate[40] | Ligier JS P320 | 35 | Jean-Baptiste Lahaye | All | |
Matthieu Lahaye | All | ||||
Eric Trouillet | All | ||||
All cars in the LMGTE class used Goodyear tyres.
Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Proton Competition[41] | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | 16 | Ryan Hardwick | All |
Alessio Picariello | All | ||||
Zacharie Robichon | All | ||||
77 | Julien Andlauer[42] | All | |||
Giammarco Levorato | All | ||||
Christian Ried | All | ||||
93 | nowrap | Michael Fassbender | All | ||
Richard Lietz | All | ||||
Martin Rump | All | ||||
GMB Motorsport[43] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 44 | Gustav Birch | All |
Jens Reno Møller | All | ||||
Nicki Thiim[44] | All | ||||
Formula Racing[45] | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 50 | Conrad Laursen | All |
Johnny Laursen | All | ||||
Mikkel Mac | 1 | ||||
Nicklas Nielsen | 2–6 | ||||
AF Corse | 51 | Rui Águas | All | ||
Ulysse de Pauw[46] | All | ||||
Kriton Lendoudis | All | ||||
Spirit of Race | 55 | Duncan Cameron | All | ||
Matt Griffin | All | ||||
David Perel | All | ||||
Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 57 | Scott Huffaker | All |
Takeshi Kimura | All | ||||
Frederik Schandorff | 1–2 | ||||
Davide Rigon | 3 | ||||
Daniel Serra | 4–6 | ||||
Iron Lynx[47] | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | 60 | Matteo Cairoli[48] | All |
Matteo Cressoni | All | ||||
Claudio Schiavoni | All | ||||
JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 | 66 | Martin Berry | All |
Lorcan Hanafin[49] | All | ||||
Jon Lancaster | All | ||||
TF Sport[50] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 72 | Valentin Hasse-Clot | All |
Arnold Robin | All | ||||
Maxime Robin | All | ||||
95 | Jonathan Adam[51] | All | |||
John Hartshorne | All | ||||
Ben Tuck | All | ||||
Bold indicates overall winner.
Circuit | Pole | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | LMGTE Winning Team | Results | |
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LMP2 Winning Drivers | LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Drivers | LMP3 Winning Drivers | LMGTE Winning Drivers | ||||
1 | Catalunya | No. 47 Cool Racing | No. 30 Duqueine Team | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 17 Cool Racing | No. 16 Proton Competition | Report |
Reshad de Gerus Vladislav Lomko José María López | René Binder Neel Jani Nico Pino | Louis Delétraz Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç | Adrien Chila Alex García Marcos Siebert | Ryan Hardwick Alessio Picariello Zacharie Robichon | |||
2 | Le Castellet | No. 47 Cool Racing | No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing | No. 34 Racing Team Turkey | No. 31 Racing Spirit of Léman | No. 77 Proton Competition | Report |
Reshad de Gerus Vladislav Lomko José María López | James Allen Alex Lynn Kyffin Simpson | Louis Delétraz Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç | Antoine Doquin Jean-Ludovic Foubert Jacques Wolff | Julien Andlauer Giammarco Levorato Christian Ried | |||
3 | Aragón | No. 22 United Autosports USA | No. 22 United Autosports USA | No. 83 AF Corse | No. 17 Cool Racing | No. 57 Kessel Racing | Report |
Phil Hanson Oliver Jarvis Marino Sato | Phil Hanson Oliver Jarvis Marino Sato | Francois Perrodo Alessio Rovera Matthieu Vaxivière | Adrien Chila Alex García Marcos Siebert | Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Davide Rigon | |||
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing | No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 17 Cool Racing | No. 60 Iron Lynx | Report |
James Allen Alex Lynn Kyffin Simpson | James Allen Alex Lynn Kyffin Simpson | Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre | Adrien Chila Alex García Marcos Siebert | Matteo Cairoli Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni | |||
5 | Algarve | No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing | No. 22 United Autosports USA | No. 37 Cool Racing | No. 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing | No. 77 Proton Competition | Report |
James Allen Alex Lynn Kyffin Simpson | Phil Hanson Oliver Jarvis Marino Sato | Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre | Torsten Kratz Óscar Tunjo Leonard Weiss | Julien Andlauer Giammarco Levorato Christian Ried | |||
6 | No. 28 IDEC Sport | No. 22 United Autosports USA | No. 83 AF Corse | No. 11 EuroInternational | No. 16 Proton Competition | Report | |
Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr Paul Lafargue | Phil Hanson Oliver Jarvis Marino Sato | Ben Barnicoat Francois Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière | Adam Ali Matthew Richard Bell | Ryan Hardwick Alessio Picariello Zacharie Robichon |
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest lap |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest lap |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest lap |
| Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest lap |
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bold – Pole |
| Bold – Pole |
| Bold – Pole |
| Bold – Pole |
| Bold – Pole |