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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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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