2022–23 Le Mans Virtual Series

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

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

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

  Pro Drivers
  Sim Drivers

LMP2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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