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2021–22 Le Mans Virtual Series

The 2021–22 Le Mans Virtual Series was the first season of the Le Mans Virtual Series which is an Esports endurance series. The five-event season began at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on 25 September 2021 and finished at the Circuit de la Sarthe for the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual on 15–16 January 2022 which took place at Studio Gabriel, in Paris, France.[1][2]

The series is open for Le Mans Prototype (LMP2) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) classes.

Calendar

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Round Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Monza   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 25 September 2021
2 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 16 October 2021
3 8 Hours of Nürburgring   Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany 13 November 2021
4 Sebring 500   Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida, United States 18 December 2021
5 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual   Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 15–16 January 2022

Entries

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The entry list was divided into two categories of vehicles: LMP2 and GTE. There are 21 teams in the LMP class and 17 in the GTE category.[3]

   Pro Drivers
   Sim Drivers

LMP2

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All cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
 
  		Rebellion GPX Williams[N 1]
GPX Rebellion Williams[N 1]
Oreca 07 1   Kuba Brzezinski All
  Nikodem Wisniewski All
  Louis Delétraz 1–2, 5
  Raffaele Marciello 3
  Agustín Canapino 4–5
22   Marcell Csincsik All
  Jiri Toman All
  Ye Yifei 1–2, 5
  Jack Aitken 3
  David Pittard 4
  Néstor Girolami 5
  Williams eSports 5   Petar Brljak All
  Alex Arana 1–2
  Néstor Girolami 1
  Jarno D'Hauw 2–4
  Moreno Sirica 3–5
  Attila Tassi 5
  Michael Romanidis 5
  Team Rocket Simsport Oreca 07 2   Devin Braune 1–3, 5
  Alex Buncombe All
  Jan von der Heyde 1, 3–5
  Matt Richards 2, 4
  Marc Gassner 5
  Floyd ByKolles – Burst eSport[N 2]
Alpha Ind. ByKolles – Burst eSport[N 2]
Oreca 07 4   Jesper Pedersen All
  Jerernej Simončič All
  Sérgio Sette Câmara 1
  Tom Dillmann 2–5
  Bent Viscaal 5
444   Michi Hoyer All
  Dawid Mroczek All
  Jonathan Aberdein 1
  Bent Viscaal 2–4
  Sérgio Sette Câmara 5
  Lucas Ditlev Daugaard 5
  R8G Esports Team Oreca 07 8   Erhan Jajovski All
  Gordon Mutch 1–4
  Hany Alsabti 1–3
  Isaac Price 4–5
  Scott Andrews 5
  Mathias Beche 5
18   Thibault Cazaubon All
  Thomas Petitjean 1
  Job van Uitert 1, 5
  Risto Kappet 2–5
  Arthur Rougier 2–5
  Mahle Racing Team Oreca 07 10   Michele D'Alessandro All
  Muhammed Patel All
  Beitske Visser 1, 5
  Phillipe Denes 2–5
  Red Bull Racing Esports Oreca 07 11   Dennis Jordan All
  Alex Siebel 1–4
  Timmy Hansen 1
  Jack Doohan 2
  Liam Lawson 3
  Cooper Webster 4–5
  Norbert Kiss 5
  Frederik Rasmussen 5
  Race Clutch Alpine[N 3]
Alpine Esports[N 3]
Oreca 07 14   Tom Lartilleux 1–3, 5
  Nico Barclay 1, 4
  Nikodem Wierzbicki 1, 5
  Rory MacDuff 2–5
  Paul-Adrien Pallot 2–5
15   Romain Boeckler All
  Borja Millan 1–4
  Rick Jonk 1
  Eneric André 2–5
  Antoine Doquin 5
  Peter Zuba 5
36   Sacha Lehmann 5
  Victor Martins 5
  Olli Pahkala 5
  Patrik Sipos 5
  Pescarolo E-sport Oreca 07 16   Thomas Imbourg 5
  Bruce Jouanny 5
  Adrien Tambay 5
  Quentin Vialatte 5
  Axle Motorsport Oreca 07 21   Naquib Azlan All
  Josh Purwien All
  Mika Hakimi 1
  Ar Muhammad Aleef 2–5
  Iñígo Anton 5
  LMVS Guest Car Oreca 07 24   Luca D'Amelio 5
  Christopher Högfeldt 5
  Juan Pablo Montoya 5
  Sebastián Montoya 5
  Veloce Esports Oreca 07 28   James Baldwin 5
  Michael Epps 5
  Isaac Gillissen 5
  Eamonn Murphy 5
  Mexico Racing Team Oreca 07 29   Alberto Gironella 5
  Benito Guerra Jr. 5
  Alejandro de Alba Márquez 5
  Memo Rojas 5
  Duqueine/PRiMA Esports Oreca 07 30   Gabriel Aubry 5
  Léo Boulay 5
  Maxime Delpech 5
  Arnaud Lacombe 5
  Team WRT SIMTAG Esports Oreca 07 31   Arne Schoonvliet 1–2
  Marco Schendel 1
  Lasse Sørensen 1
  Fabrice Cornelis 2–5
  Ryuichiro Tomita 2, 4–5
  Benjamin Gielczynski 3–5
  Franco Colapinto 3, 5
  Jota Oreca 07 38   Ibraheem Khan 1–3, 5
  Mike Epps 1–3
  Ferris Stanley 1, 4–5
  Daniel Kiss 2–4
  Mika Hakimi 4–5
  Jordan Albert 5
  GRAFF by ProSimu Oreca 07 39   Maxime Brient 5
  Vincent Capillaire 5
  Yohann Harth 5
  Maxime Robin 5
  ARC Bratislava Oreca 07 44   Dennis Zeťák All
  Dávid Nemček 1–3, 5
  Jakub Štofko 1–2, 5
  Andrej Marečák 3–4
  Maťo Homola 4–5
  YAS HEAT Oreca 07 49   Josh Lad 1–4
  Balázs Remenyik 1–2, 5
  Ryan Tveter 1
  William Tregurtha 2, 5
  James Baldwin 3–4
  Isaac Gillissen 3–4
  Sandy Mitchell 5
  Marko Pejić 5
  Panis Racing Oreca 07 65   Alessandro Ottaviani All
  Will Stevens 1–4
  Valentin Mandernach 1
  Tobias Pfeffer 2–4
  Gustavo Ariel 5
  Gabriele Minì 5
  Nicolás Varrone 5
  Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Oreca 07 67   Ross Gunn 5
  Bono Huis 5
  Daniel Juncadella 5
  Jarno Opmeer 5
  Realteam Hydrogen Redline Oreca 07 70   Jeffrey Rietveld All
  Michal Smidl All
  Daniel Juncadella 1, 4
  Caio Collet 2
  Jeff Giassi 3
  Felipe Drugovich 5
  Oliver Rowland 5
  Team Redline 123   Bono Huis 1–4
  Atze Kerkhof 1–2, 4–5
  Colin Caresani 1
  Felix Rosenqvist 2–5
  Collin Spork 3
  Maximilian Benecke 5
  Max Verstappen 5
  Team Fordzilla Oreca 07 966   Nuno Pinto All
  Luke Browning 1–2, 5
  Gianmarco Fiduci 1, 4
  Pablo López Padín 2–3, 5
  Rafael Lobato 3
  Andre Castro 4
  Álex Palou 5
Sources:[4][5][6][7][8]

LMGTE

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Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
  Absolute Inspeed Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTE Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25   Johnathan Hoggard 5
  Li Xiayufei 5
  Li Yanzhe 5
  Lu Wenlong 5
  W Series BMW M8 GTE BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8 45   Ayla Ågren 5
  Emily Jones 5
  Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya 5
  Fabienne Wohlwend 5
  FDA Esports Team Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 51   Jordy Zwiers 1–2, 4–5
  Kasper Stoltze 1, 3–5
  Nicklas Nielsen 1, 4–5
  David Perel 2–3, 5
  Martin Dyrlund 2
  BMW Team GB BMW M8 GTE BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8 55   Jack Keithley All
  Martin Stefanko All
  Sami-Matti Trogen 1, 3–5
  Agustín Canapino 2
  Sindre Setsaas 5
  Team Project 1 x BPM Porsche 911 RSR GTE Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 56   Tim Neuendorf All
  Peyo Stoyanov Peev 1–2
  Nicolas Hillebrand 1
  Bradley Philpot 2
  Bram Beelen 3–5
  René Buttler 3–4
  Jimmy Broadbent 5
  René Buttler 5
57   Zbigniew Siara All
  Bram Beelen 1–2
  Nicolas Hillebrand 2–5
  René Buttler 1
  Peyo Stoyanov Peev 3–5
  Riccardo Pera 5
  Axle Motorsport Porsche 911 RSR GTE Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 61   Mikko Nassi 1–2
  Inigo Anton 1, 3–4
  Alister Yoong 1, 3–5
  Davide Arduini 2, 5
  Amir Haziq 2
  Nabil Azlan 3, 5
  Cian Butler 4
  Avila Bahar 5
  Satellite Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 63   Gabby Chaves 5
  Jimi Nisula 5
  Simon SIkes 5
  Henri Sinik 5
  SIMMSA Esports Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 66   Armin Binder All
  Gustas Grinbergas 1, 3–5
  Sebastian Wunsch 1, 5
  Ramez Azzam 2, 5
  Andreas Schmich 2–4
  BMW Team Redline BMW M8 GTE BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8 71   Enzo Bonito All
  Kevin Siggy All
  Jeff Giassi 1
  Rudy van Buren 2–5
  Lorenzo Colombo 5
  Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR GTE Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 77   Jeremy Bouteloup All
  Kevin van Dooren All
  Loek Hartog All
  Matt Campbell 5
88   Charlie Collins All
  Dylan Pereira All
  Dayne Warren All
  Sindre Furuseth 5
  Prodrive E Sports Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 84   Tom Canning 5
  Logan Hannah 5
  David Pittard 5
  Lasse Sørensen 5
  GR Wolves Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTE Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 86   Adam Maguire All
  Nick Foster 1–2
  Liam de Waal 1, 3–5
  Turkka Häkkinen 2
  Bart Horsten 3–5
  Ben Barker 5
87   Philipp Puschke 1–3, 5
  Chris McDade 1–2
  Ben Baker 1
  Ryan Cullen 2
  Turkka Häkkinen 3–4
  Alessio Picariello 3
  Philipp Puschke 4
  Vojta Polesny 4
  Tom Gamble 5
  Alex Malykhin 5
  BMW Team BS+Competition BMW M8 GTE BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8 89   Joonas Raivio All
  Alen Terzic All
  Bruno Spengler 1, 4–5
  Laurin Heinrich 2–3
  Robby Foley 5
  Porsche Esports Team Porsche 911 RSR GTE Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 91   Mack Bakkum All
  Mitchell DeJong All
  Martin Krönke 1–3, 5
  Laurin Heinrich 4–5
92   Tommy Østgaard All
  Joshua Rogers All
  Ayhancan Güven 1, 3–5
  Sage Karam 2, 5
  Red Bull Racing Esports Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 111   Nestor Garcia Jr. All
  Yuri Kasdorp All
  Dennis Lind 1, 4–5
  Jonny Edgar 2
  Cem Bölükbaşı 3
  Sebastian Job 5
  D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 777   Toshiya Nojima All
  João Paulo de Oliveira All
  Yusuke Tomibayashi All
  Hideto Yasuoka 5
  Tesla R8G Esports BMW M8 GTE BMW P63/1 4.0 L Turbo V8 888   Timotej Andonovski All
  Florian Lebigre 1–2
  Simon Pilate 1–2
  Martin Hemmingsen 3–5
  Aleksandr Smolyar 3, 5
  Scott Andrews 4
  Elliot Vayron 5
Sources:[4][5][6][7]

Results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd. Circuit Pole LMP2 Winning Team LMGTE Winning Team Results
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMGTE Winning Drivers
1   Monza   No. 8 R8G Esports Team   No. 70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline   No. 91 Porsche Esports Team [9]
  Hany Alsabti
  Erhan Jajovski
  Gordon Mutch 		  Daniel Juncadella
  Jeffrey Rietveld
  Michal Smidl 		  Mack Bakkum
  Mitchell DeJong
  Martin Krönke
2   Spa-Francorchamps   No. 70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline   No. 123 Team Redline   No. 71 BMW Team Redline [10]
  Caio Collet
  Jeffrey Rietveld
  Michal Smidl 		  Felix Rosenqvist
  Atze Kerkhof
  Bono Huis 		  Rudy van Buren
  Enzo Bonito
  Kevin Siggy
3   Nürburgring   No. 4 Floyd ByKolles – Burst eSport   No. 123 Team Redline   No. 888 Tesla R8G Esports [11]
  Tom Dillmann
  Jesper Pedersen
  Jerernej Simončič 		  Felix Rosenqvist
  Bono Huis
  Collin Spork 		  Aleksandr Smolyar
  Timotej Andonovski
  Martin Hemmingsen
4   Sebring   No. 8 R8G Esports Team   #1 Rebellion GPX Williams   #71 BMW Team Redline [12]
  Erhan Jajovski
  Gordon Mutch
  Isaac Price 		  Kuba Brzezinski
  Agustín Canapino
  Nikodem Wisniewski 		  Rudy van Buren
  Enzo Bonito
  Kevin Siggy
5   Le Mans Virtual   No. 70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline   No. 70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline   #71 BMW Team Redline [13]
  Felipe Drugovich
  Oliver Rowland
  Jeffrey Rietveld
  Michal Smidl 		  Felipe Drugovich
  Oliver Rowland
  Jeffrey Rietveld
  Michal Smidl 		  Rudy van Buren
  Lorenzo Colombo
  Enzo Bonito
  Kevin Siggy

Teams' Championships

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Points are awarded according to the following structure:[14]

Duration 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Other
0–6 Hours 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5
8–10 Hours 38 27 23 18 15 12 9 6 3 2 1
24 Hours 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2 1

LMP2

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Pos. Team Car MNZ
  		SPA
  		NÜR‡
  		SEB
  		LMS
  		Points
1   #70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline Oreca 07 1 Ret 19 3 1 91
2   #1 Rebellion GPX Williams Oreca 07 5 3 7 1 2 90.5
3   #4 Floyd ByKolles – Burst eSport Oreca 07 3 2 2 4 3 88.5
4   #123 Team Redline Oreca 07 7 1 1 6 26 59
5   #8 R8G Esports Team Oreca 07 12 4 5 2 6 54
6   #22 GPX Rebellion Williams Oreca 07 2 5 8 15 10 33.5
7   #444 Alpha Ind. ByKolles – Burst eSport Oreca 07 4 6 6 9 22 29
8   #49 YAS HEAT Oreca 07 Ret 16 11 7 5 27.5
9   #966 Team Fordzilla Oreca 07 13 9 3 13 7 26.5
10   #21 Axle Motorsport Oreca 07 14 13 16 14 4 26.5
11   #10 Mahle Racing Team Oreca 07 8 19 18 5 13 16.5
12   #2 Team Rocket Simsport Oreca 07 6 12 14 18 9 14
13   #14 Race Clutch Alpine Oreca 07 16 11 4 12 16 11.5
14   #38 Jota Oreca 07 15 15 15 21 8 10.5
15   #18 R8G Esports Team Oreca 07 Ret 8 10 8 15 10
16   #65 Panis Racing Oreca 07 Ret 7 12 17 11 8.5
17   #11 Red Bull Racing Esports Oreca 07 9 14 9 16 19 5.5
18   #15 Race Clutch Alpine Oreca 07 10 10 17 11 28 4.5
19   #31 Team WRT SIMTAG Esports Oreca 07 Ret 18 13 19 14 3
20   #44 ARC Bratislava Oreca 07 11 17 NC 20 25 2.5
21   #5 Williams eSports Oreca 07 Ret Ret WD 10 24 2
22   #30 Duqueine/PRiMA eSports Oreca 07 12 1
23   #16 Pescarolo E-Sport Oreca 07 17 1
24   #29 Mexico Racing Team Oreca 07 18 1
25   #28 Veloce eSports Oreca 07 20 1
26   #36 Alpine eSports Oreca 07 21 1
27   #24 Le Mans Virtual Series Guest Car Oreca 07 23 1
28   #39 Graff by ProSimu Oreca 07 27 1
29   #67 Mercedes-AMG Petronas eSports Oreca 07 29 1
Pos. Team Car MNZ
  		SPA
  		NÜR‡
  		SEB
  		LMS
  		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

‡ – Half points for the 8 Hours of Nürburgring as the race was red flagged prematurely.

LMGTE

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Pos. Team Car MNZ
  		SPA
  		NÜR‡
  		SEB
  		LMS
  		Points
1   #71 BMW Team Redline BMW M8 GTE 2 1 4 1 1 127
2   #91 Porsche Esports Team Porsche 911 RSR GTE 1 2 7 2 2 101.5
3   #88 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR GTE 3 4 3 4 12 51.5
4   #77 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR GTE 6 9 13 5 3 51
5   #55 BMW Team GB BMW M8 GTE 4 5 8 7 6 47
6   #111 Red Bull Racing Esports Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 13 8 2 3 7 45
7   #89 BMW Team BS+Competition BMW M8 GTE 5 7 5 15 5 44
8   #51 FDA Esports Team Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 7 6 15 8 4 43
9   #92 Porsche Esports Team Porsche 911 RSR GTE 8 3 6 6 16 34
10   #888 Tesla R8G Esports BMW M8 GTE 15 Ret 1 9 8 29.5
11   #66 SIMMSA Esports Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 11 10 9 10 9 8
12   #56 Team Project 1 x BPM Porsche 911 RSR GTE 9 Ret 17 16 14 4.5
13   #57 Team Project 1 x BPM Porsche 911 RSR GTE 10 Ret 12 12 15 3.5
14   #61 Axle Motorsport Porsche 911 RSR GTE 14 12 11 11 18 3.5
15   #777 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE 12 13 14 13 20 3.5
16   #86 GR Wolves Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTE 16 Ret 10 14 19 3
17   #87 GR Wolves Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTE Ret 11 16 17 11 3
18   #63 Satellite Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 10 2
19   #84 Prodrive eSports Aston Martin Vantage GTE 13 1
20   #25 Absolute Inspeed Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTE 17 1
21   #45 W Series BMW M8 GTE DNS 0
Pos. Team Car MNZ
  		SPA
  		NÜR‡
  		SEB
  		LMS
  		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

‡ – Half points for the 8 Hours of Nürburgring as the race was red flagged prematurely.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Car No. 1 entered as Rebellion GPX Williams and car No. 22 entered as GPX Rebellion Williams.
  2. ^ a b Car No. 4 entered as Floyd ByKolles – Burst eSport and car No. 444 entered as Alpha Ind. ByKolles – Burst.
  3. ^ a b Car No. 14 entered as Race Clutch Alpine and Car No. 15 entered as Race Clutch Alpine from Rounds 1 to 4 and as Alpine ESports at Round 5, car No. 36 entered as Alpine Esports.

References

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