2022–23 Le Mans Virtual Series

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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

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Round Race Circuit Location Date
1 8 Hours of Bahrain   Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain 17 September 2022
2 4 Hours of Monza   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 8 October 2022
3 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 5 November 2022
4 Sebring 500   Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida, United States 3 December 2022
5 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual   Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 14–15 January 2023

Entries

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The entry list is divided into two categories of vehicles: LMP2 and GTE.

  Pro Drivers
  Sim Drivers

LMP2

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Entrant/Team Chassis No. 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
Sources:[2][3][4][5][6]

LMGTE

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Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. 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[a] 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
Sources:[2][3][4][5][6]
Notes
  1. ^ Alexander Smolyar is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Results

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Bold indicates overall winner

Rnd. Circuit Pole Fastest Lap LMP2 Winning Team LMGTE Winning Team Results
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMGTE Winning Drivers
1   Bahrain   No. 1 Team Redline   No. 36 Alpine eSports   No. 4 Floyd Vanwall-Burst   No. 99 Oracle Red Bull Racing [7][8][9]
  Jeffrey Rietveld   Colin Spork   Jesper Pedersen
  Jernej Simončič
  Damian Skowron
  Dennis Jordan
  Cooper Webster
  Yuri Kasdorp
2   Monza   No. 20 Porsche Coanda   No. 23 Porsche Coanda   No. 1 Team Redline   No.888 R8G Esports [10][11][12]
  Mitchell deJong   Martin Krönke   Maximilian Benecke
  Jeffrey Rietveld
  Luke Bennett
  Alexander Smolyar
  Timotej Andonovski
  Risto Kappet
3   Spa-Francorchamps   No. 23 Porsche Coanda   No. 5 Williams Esports   No. 63 AMG Team Petronas Esports   No. 71 BMW Team Redline [13][14][15]
  Joshua Rogers   Jack Keithley   James Baldwin
  Graham Carroll
  Bono Huis
  Enzo Bonito
  Kevin Siggy
  Chris Lulham
4   Sebring   No. 23 Porsche Coanda1   No. 23 Porsche Coanda   No. 23 Porsche Coanda   No. 71 BMW Team Redline [16][17][18]
  Joshua Rogers1   Joshua Rogers   Joshua Rogers
  Mack Bakkum
  Laurin Heinrich
  Enzo Bonito
  Kevin Siggy
  Rudy van Buren
5   Le Mans   No. 20 Porsche Coanda   No. 22 Rocket Simsport   No. 2 Team Redline   No.888 R8G Esports [19][20][21]
  Joshua Rogers   Mika Hakimi   Luke Bennett
  Felipe Drugovich
  Felix Rosenqvist
  Chris Lulham
  Alexander Smolyar
  Timotej Andonovski
  Scott Andrews
  Erhan Jajovski
  • ^1 – 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.[16] 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.[16] 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

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Points are awarded according to the following structure:

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 BHR
 
MNZ
 
SPA
 
SEB
 
LMS
 
Points
1   #20 Porsche Coanda Oreca 07 4 5 4 2 2 94
2   #1 Team Redline Oreca 07 3 1 2 4 NC 78
3   #2 Team Redline Oreca 07 6 10 8 7 1 73
4   #4 Floyd Vanwall-Burst Oreca 07 1 4 9 6 7 72
5   #53 AMG Team Williams Esports Oreca 07 7 2 5 8 3 71
6   #63 AMG Team Petronas Esports Oreca 07 NC 8 1 3 5 64
7   #23 Porsche Coanda Oreca 07 NC 3 7 1 6 62
8   #8 R8G Esports Oreca 07 2 12 3 15 12 44
9   #36 Alpine eSports Oreca 07 17 6 10 13 4 34.5
10   #444 Nextview Vanwall-Burst Oreca 07 5 7 6 9 13 32
11   #62 Brabham Esports Oreca 07 8 14 20 19 8 15.5
12   #5 Williams Esports Oreca 07 11 9 23 5 22 14.5
13   #65 Panis Racing Team Oreca 07 9 15 12 10 11 6
14   #101 GR Vector eSport Oreca 07 10 16 15 17 14 4.5
15   #37 Alpine eSports Oreca 07 9 4
16   #18 R8G Esports Oreca 07 NC 20 17 18 10 3.5
17   #28 YAS HEAT Veloce Oreca 07 13 13 11 11 21 3.5
18   #100 Arnage Competition Oreca 07 12 21 18 14 18 3.5
19   #21 SEM9 Axle Sports Oreca 07 15 18 24 23 19 3.5
20   #86 GR Vector eSport Oreca 07 16 NC 19 21 15 3
21   #29 Mexico Racing Team Oreca 07 NC 23 22 24 20 2.5
22   #16 Pescarolo Esport Monaco Oreca 07 14 19 14 12 NC 2.5
23   #44 ARC Bratislava Oreca 07 NC 17 21 22 16 2.5
24   #966 Team Fordzilla Oreca 07 NC 11 13 16 NC 1.5
25   #22 Rocket Simsport Oreca 07 NC 22 16 20 NC 1.5
26   #93 Peugeot Esports Oreca 07 17 1
27   #39 Graff by ATRS eSports Oreca 07 23 1
28   #24 Le Mans Virtual Cup Oreca 07 NC 0
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

LMGTE

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Pos. Team Car BHR
 
MNZ
 
SPA
 
SEB
 
LMS
 
Points
1   #71 BMW Team Redline BMW M8 GTE 3 5 1 1 2 119
2   #888 R8G Esports Ferrari 488 GTE 14 1 10 8 1 81
3   #26 SIM Maranello Ferrari 488 GTE 5 4 11 2 6 61.5
4   #99 Oracle Red Bull Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTE 1 13 6 4 10 60.5
5   #89 BMW Team BS+Competition BMW M8 GTE 6 12 9 3 3 59.5
6   #51 SF Velas Esports Team Ferrari 488 GTE 2 8 4 6 13 52
7   #66 SIMMSA Esports Ferrari 488 GTE 4 6 8 9 7 44
8   #95 Prodrive FYRA Esport Aston Martin Vantage GTE 8 2 2 13 12 43.5
9   #77 Proton Coanda Esports Porsche 911 RSR GTE 7 3 3 14 NC 39.5
10   #11 Project 1 by Dörr Esports Porsche 911 RSR GTE 9 14 13 12 4 28.5
11   #10 MAHLE Racing Team BMW M8 GTE 12 9 5 7 9 23
12   #88 Proton Coanda Esports Porsche 911 RSR GTE 13 15 15 11 5 22.5
13   #64 Satellite Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE 15 7 14 16 8 16
14   #111 P1 Esports Porsche 911 RSR GTE 10 11 12 5 NC 13
15   #777 D’station Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE 11 10 7 10 14 10
16   #25 Inspeed Racing Porsche 911 RSR GTE NC 16 16 15 11 2.5
17   #889 LOR JMX Phantom Aston Martin Vantage GTE NC 0
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

References

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  1. ^ Harrison-Lord, Thomas (2022-06-10). "24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual and Le Mans Virtual Series return, starts September". Traxion. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
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  5. ^ a b "Entries Sebring". Retrieved 2022-12-02.
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  8. ^ "Le Mans Virtual Series Bahrain Race Results". Retrieved 2022-05-11.
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  10. ^ "Le Mans Virtual Series Monza Qualifying". Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  11. ^ "Le Mans Virtual Series Monza Race Results". Retrieved 2022-05-11.
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  14. ^ "Le Mans Virtual Series Spa-Francorchamps Race Results". Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  15. ^ LIVE: 6 Hours of Spa Race - Le Mans Virtual Series 2022 on YouTube
  16. ^ a b c "Le Mans Virtual Series Sebring Qualifying". Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  17. ^ "Le Mans Virtual Series Sebring Race Results". Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  18. ^ 500 Miles of Sebring Highlights - Le Mans Virtual Series 2022 on YouTube
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  20. ^ "Le Mans Virtual Series Le Mans Race Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  21. ^ Le Mans Virtual 2023 - Extended Highlights on YouTube
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