2024 Prototype Winter Series Explained

2024 Prototype Winter Series was the first season of the Prototype Winter Series, sports car racing series organized by Gedlich Racing and licenced by Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO).^[1]

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Circuito do Estoril, Estoril	13–14 January	GT Winter Series GT4 Winter Series
	R2
2	R1	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão	20–21 January	GT Winter Series GT4 Winter Series
	R2
3	R1	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz	2–3 March	GT Winter Series GT4 Winter Series Formula Winter Series
	R2
4	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	9–10 March	GT Winter Series GT4 Winter Series Formula Winter Series
	R2
Source:^[2]

Vehicle classes

The 2024 Prototype Winter Series consists of three vehicle classes. These are:

• Class 3: LMP3; ADESS-03 EVO, Duqueine D-08, Ginetta G61-LT-P3, Ligier JS P320
• Class 4: Ligier JS P4
• Class N: Nova Proto NP02

Entry list

Team	Chassis		Drivers	Rounds
Class 3
DKR Engineering^[3]	Duqueine D-08	3	Jon Brownson	1, 3–4
			Laurents Hörr	1, 3–4
			Tom van Rompuy	1
			Wyatt Brichacek	2
			Chris Short	2
Konrad Motorsport	Ligier JS P320	7	Danny Soufi	All
			Franz Konrad	1–2
			Glenn van Berlo	3
Racing Experience	Duqueine D-08	12	Charles Delbrassine	1–2
			Lea Mauer	1–2
Mühlner Motorsport	Duqueine D-08	18	Emil Heyerdahl^[4]	1
			Rodrigo Almeida	2
			Bernardo Pinheiro	2
			Will Stowell	3
			Juan Pablo Vega	3
			Moritz Kranz	4
Rinaldi Racing	Duqueine D-08	33	Sandro Holzem	1–2
			Juliano Holzem	1
	Ligier JS P320	66	Daniel Keilwitz	All
			Steve Parrow	All
ANS Motorsport^[5]	Ligier JS P320	42	Julien Lemoine	All
			Clément Moreno	All
Gebhardt Motorsport^[6]	Duqueine D-08	70	Valentino Catalano	4
			Maxim Dirickx	4
		80	Valentino Catalano	3
			Maxim Dirickx	3
R-ace GP	Duqueine D-08	85	Hadrien David	4
			Fabian Michal	4
Inter Europol Competition^[7]	Ligier JS P320	88	Sebastian Gravlund	2, 4
			Pedro Perino	2
			Rik Koen^[8]	4
Class 4
ANS Motorsport^[9]	Ligier JS P4	6	Iko Segret	3–4
Class N
ANS Motorsport	Nova Proto NP02	6	Iko Segret	3
		71	Kevin Rabin	All
		72	Philippe Mondolot	4

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Class 3 Winners	Class 4 Winners	Class N Winners
1	R1	Circuito do Estoril	No. 33 Rinaldi Racing	No entries	No. 71 ANS Motorsport
			Juliano Holzem Sandro Holzem		Kevin Rabin
	R2		No. 7 Konrad Motorsport		No. 71 ANS Motorsport
			Danny Soufi		Kevin Rabin
2	R1	Algarve International Circuit	No. 42 ANS Motorsport		No. 71 ANS Motorsport
			Julien Lemoine Clément Moreno		Kevin Rabin
	R2		No. 33 Rinaldi Racing		No. 71 ANS Motorsport
			Sandro Holzem		Kevin Rabin
3	R1	MotorLand Aragón	No. 7 Konrad Motorsport	No finishers	No. 71 ANS Motorsport
			Glenn van Berlo Danny Soufi		Kevin Rabin
	R2		No. 7 Konrad Motorsport	No entries	No. 6 ANS Motorsport
			Glenn van Berlo Danny Soufi		Iko Segret
4	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Cancelled due to weather conditions
	R2		No. 85 R-ace GP	No. 6 ANS Motorsport	No. 71 ANS Motorsport
			Hadrien David Fabian Michal	Iko Segret	Kevin Rabin

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded based on number of competitors in each class.

Position in class	Number of starters per class
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7+
1st	5	7.5	8.33	8.75	9	9.17	9.29
2nd		2.5	5	6.25	7	7.5	7.86
3rd			1.67	3.75	5	5.83	6.43
4th				1.25	3	4.17	5
5th					1	2.5	3.57
6th						0.83	2.14
7th							0.71

Class 3 Drivers

	Driver	Team	EST		POR		ARA		CAT		Points
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Danny Soufi	Konrad Motorsport	7	1	5	4	1	1	C	2	44.295
2	Julien Lemoine Clément Moreno	ANS Motorsport	2	4	1	Ret	2	Ret	C	5	28.46
3	Daniel Keilwitz Steve Parrow	Rinaldi Racing	5	3	6	6	3	2	C	7	25.935
4	Laurents Hörr	DKR Engineering	3	2			4	3	C	4	25.715
5	Sandro Holzem	Rinaldi Racing	1	DNS	3	1					20.365
6	Glenn van Berlo	Konrad Motorsport					1	1			18.34
7	Jon Brownson	DKR Engineering	WD	WD			4	3	C	4	15
8	Sebastian Gravlund	Inter Europol Competition			DNS	2			C	3	14.29
9	Wyatt Brichacek Chris Short	DKR Engineering			2	5					11.43
10	Rodrigo Almeida Bernardo Pinheiro	Mühlner Motorsport			4	3					11.43
11	Tom van Rompuy	DKR Engineering	3	2							10.715
12	Hadrien David Fabian Michal	R-ace GP							C	1	9.29
13	Pedro Perino	Inter Europol Competition			DNS	2					7.86
14	Valentino Catalano Maxim Dirickx	Gebhardt Motorsport					5	4	C	Ret	6.67
15	Rik Koen	Inter Europol Competition							C	3	6.43
16	Emil Heyerdahl	Mühlner Motorsport	4	5							5
17	Juliano Holzem	Rinaldi Racing	1	DNS							4.645
18	Will Stowell Juan Pablo Vega	Mühlner Motorsport					6	5			3.33
19	Charles Delbrassine Lea Mauer	Racing Experience	6	6	7	7					3.32
20	Moritz Kranz	Mühlner Motorsport							C	6	2.14
–	Franz Konrad	Konrad Motorsport	WD	WD	WD	WD					–

Class N Drivers

	Driver	Team	EST		POR		ARA		CAT		Points
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Kevin Rabin	ANS Motorsport	1	1	1	1	1	2	C	1	32.5
2	Iko Segret	ANS Motorsport						1			7.5
3	Philippe Mondolot	ANS Motorsport							C	2	2.5

Class 3 Teams

	Team	EST		POR		ARA		CAT		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	No. 7 Konrad Motorsport	7	1	5	4	1	1	C	2	44.295
2	No. 3 DKR Engineering	3	2	2	5	4	3	C	4	37.145
3	No. 42 ANS Motorsport	2	4	1	Ret	2	Ret	C	5	28.46
4	No. 66 Rinaldi Racing	5	3	6	6	3	2	C	7	25.935
5	No. 18 Mühlner Motorsport	4	5	4	3	6	5	C	6	21.9
6	No. 33 Rinaldi Racing	1	DNS	3	1					20.305
7	No. 88 Inter Europol Competition			DNS	2			C	3	14.29
8	No. 85 R-ace GP								1	9.29
9	No. 80 Gebhardt Motorsport					6	4			6.67
10	No. 12 Racing Experience	6	6	7	7					3.32
–	No. 70 Gebhardt Motorsport							C	Ret	–

Class N Teams

	Team	EST		POR		ARA		CAT		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	No. 71 ANS Motorsport	1	1	1	1	1	2	C	1	32.5
2	No. 6 ANS Motorsport						1			7.5
3	No. 72 ANS Motorsport							C	2	2.5

References

1. Web site: 13 December 2023 . Prototype Winter Series with ACO licence is in the starting blocks . 15 December 2023 . www.autosport.com . en.
2. Web site: 2024 PTWS Sporting Regulations . 15 December 2023 . prototype-winter-series.com . PDF.
3. Web site: 4 January 2024 . Successful DKR Engineering team in Prototype Winter Series . 5 January 2024 . prototype-winter-series.com.
4. C1-DEGxtB5G. muehlnermotorsport. PTWS: We are happy to announce the Estoril-Driver in our @duqueine_automotive LMP3: Welcome @emheyerdahl. 11 January 2024. 12 January 2024.
5. Web site: 3 January 2024 . ANS Motorsport with double programme in Prototype Winter Series . 3 January 2024 . prototype-winter-series.com.
6. Web site: 5 January 2024 . Group C team starts in Prototype Winter Series . 5 January 2024 . prototype-winter-series.com.
7. Web site: 2 January 2024 . Le Mans winning team starts in Prototype Winter Series . 2 January 2024 . prototype-winter-series.com.
8. C3U8DUxtAPJ . rikkoen9 . Delighted to confirm that I will race with @intereuropolcompetition this year in the @lemanscup Before that, I get my first LMP3 race in PTWC in Barcelona! . 14 January 2024 . 16 January 2024.
9. Web site: 14 January 2024 . Season highlight: Le Mans feeling in Aragon . 14 January 2024 . prototype-winter-series.com .

External links

• Official website