The 2023 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2023 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, was the eighth season of the Le Mans Cup. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 22 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 22 October.[1] The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.

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Racing Spirit of Léman are the reigning champions in LMP3 whilst GMB Motorsport are the defending teams' champion in GT3.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 22 September 2022.[1] On the 11th of April it was announced the 4 Hours of Imola would be postponed due to ongoing works on the pit lane and paddock areas.[2][3] On the 14th of April it was announced that Imola round would be cancelled and Aragón round would be added.[4]

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Rnd Circuit Location Race Length Date
1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 1 hour, 50 mins 22 April
2 France Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 55 minutes 8 June
55 minutes 9 June
3 France Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 1 hour, 50 mins 15 July
4 Spain MotorLand Aragón Alcañiz, Spain 1 hour, 50 mins 25 August
5 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 1 hour, 50 mins 23 September
6 Portugal Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 1 hour, 50 mins 22 October
Cancelled
Circuit Location Race Length Original date
Italy Imola Circuit Imola, Italy 1 hour, 50 mins 6 May
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LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class used the 2020 spec Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres. The new-for-2022 race length of 1h 50m removes the need for the additional mandatory stop that was introduced in 2020 to mitigate unexpected higher fuel consumption.

More information Entrant/Team, Chassis ...
Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
Spain CD Sport Ligier JS P320 2 France Fabian Michal All
Kirill Smal[5][N 1] All
11 France Franck Chappard All
Lebanon Shahan Sarkissian All
Luxembourg DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 3 United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhanstov[N 1] All
United Kingdom James Winslow All
5 Sweden Sebastian Arenram 2
Poland Robin Rogalski 2
United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 4 United Kingdom Matt Bell All
United States John Melsom All
Ligier JS P320 7 United Kingdom Josh Skelton All
United Kingdom Anthony Wells All
France ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 6 Switzerland Jonathan Brossard All
France Nicolas Schatz All
France Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 8 Australia George Nakas[6] All
Australia Fraser Ross[6] All
38 China Haowen Luo 2
Switzerland Sébastien Page 2
39 United Kingdom James Sweetnam[6] All
Republic of Ireland Lucca Allen[6] 1–2
France Paul Trojani 3
Spain Xavier Lloveras 4
Switzerland Samir Ben 5–6
Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 9 Germany Christian Gisy 1–3, 5–6
Germany Ralf Kelleners 1–3, 5–6
France Antoine Doquin 4
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert 4
12 France Antoine Doquin 2
France Jacques Wolff 2
Poland Inter Europol Competition[7] Ligier JS P320 13 Spain Santiago Concepción Serrano All
United Kingdom Ben Stone All
14 Canada Daniel Ali[7] All
Australia Andres Latorre Canon All
15 United States Bryson Morris[7] All
United Kingdom Chris Short[7] All
Poland Team Virage[8] Ligier JS P320 16 Spain Julien Gerbi All
France Gillian Henrion All
58 Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo 2
United Kingdom Martin Rich 2
59 Paraguay Oscar Bittar All
Italy Alessandro Bracalente All
France IDEC Sport[9] Ligier JS P320 17 France Patrice Lafargue[9] 1–4, 6
France Dino Lunardi[9] 1–4, 6
United Kingdom United Autosports Ligier JS P320 20 United Kingdom Andy Meyrick 2
Brazil Daniel Schneider 2
21 United States Jim McGuire 2
United Kingdom Guy Smith 2
22 Australia Scott Andrews 1–3, 5–6
United States Gerald Kraut 1–3, 5–6
United Kingdom Josh Caygill 4
Australia Garnet Patterson 4
23 United Kingdom Wayne Boyd All
United States John Schauerman All
United Kingdom 360 Racing Ligier JS P320 25 Spain Belén García[10] All
United Kingdom Mark Richards 1–2, 4–6
Canada James Dayson 3
26 United Kingdom Tommy Foster All
United Kingdom Terrence Woodward All
United Kingdom 24-7 Motorsport Ligier JS P320 27 United Kingdom Andrew Ferguson All
United Kingdom Louis Hamilton-Smith All
France MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 28 France Christophe Cresp[6] All
Switzerland Jérôme de Sadeleer[6] All
29 Germany Matthias Lüthen[6] 1–4
France Emilien Carde[6] 1, 3–6
France Mathis Poulet 2
France Philippe Cimadomo 5–6
Germany Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 30 Germany Klaus Abbelen 1–4
Germany Felipe Fernández Laser 1–4
Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing[N 2]
Rinaldi Racing[N 2]
Duqueine M30 - D08 33 Germany Torsten Kratz 2
Germany Leonard Weiss 2
Ligier JS P320 66 Germany Daniel Keilwitz All
Germany Steve Parrow All
Republic of Ireland Murphy Prototypes Duqueine M30 - D08 48 United Kingdom Adrian Watt 1–3
Czech Republic Dan Skočdopole 1–2
United Kingdom Will Powell[11] 3
United Kingdom Will Bratt 4–5
Germany Torsten Kratz 4, 6
United Kingdom Josh Caygill 5
Brazil Enzo Elias 6
Switzerland Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 67 Switzerland Pieder Decurtins 1–3, 5–6
Belgium Brent Verheyen 1–3, 5–6
France M Racing Ligier JS P320 68 France Hugo Delacour 1–2
Portugal Guilherme Oliveira 1–2
France Sacha Lehmann 3–5
Portugal Miguel Cristóvão 3
France Erwin Creed 4–5
69 Portugal Miguel Cristóvão 2
France Sacha Lehmann 2
Iceland Team Thor Ligier JS P320 77 Iceland Auðunn Guðmundsson All
United Kingdom Colin Noble All
Switzerland Cool Racing[12] Ligier JS P320 87 France Adrien Chila[12] All
Switzerland Cédric Oltramare[12] All
97 Switzerland David Droux[12] All
Switzerland Luis Sanjuan[12] All
Source:[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
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GT3

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Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 10 France Valentin Hasse-Clot All
France Arnold Robin All
United Kingdom Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 18 United Kingdom Nick Jones All
United Kingdom Scott Malvern All
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 64 United Kingdom Charles Bateman All
United Kingdom Alex Martin All
Germany Leipert Motorsport[14] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 19 Finland Patrick Kujala All
Luxembourg Gabriel Rindone All
70 New Zealand Brendon Leitch 1–4
United States Gerhard Watzinger 1–4
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 24 New Zealand Brendon Leitch 6
United States Gregg Gorski 6
Belgium Team WRT[20] BMW M4 GT3[20] BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 31 Germany Max Hesse[20] 2
United Kingdom Tim Whale[20] 2
46 France Jérôme Policand[21] 2
Italy Valentino Rossi[20] 2
United Kingdom Steller Motorsport[22] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 42 United Kingdom Sennan Fielding[22] All
United Kingdom James Wood[22] 1–3
United Kingdom Mark Cole 4–5
France Sylvain Guintoli 6
Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 51 Japan Kei Cozzolino All
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi All
83 France Emmanuel Collard All
France Charles-Henri Samani All
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 52 Belgium Laurent de Meeus 2
United Kingdom Jamie Stanley 2
53 Italy Gino Forgione 2
Italy Andrea Montermini 2
Denmark GMB Motorsport[23] Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 55 Denmark Thomas Andersen All
Denmark Simon Birch[23] All
88 Denmark Jan Magnussen All
Denmark Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen All
BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 95 Denmark Kristian Poulsen 2
Denmark Roland Poulsen 2
United States Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 57 United States George Kurtz 2
United States Russell Ward 2
Italy Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 63 Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1–3, 5
Monaco Vincent Abril[24] 1–3, 5
Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 74 Turkey Murat Çuhadaroğlu 2
Italy David Fumanelli 2
France IMSA LS Group Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 76 United States Charlie Luck 2
Germany Marco Seefried 2
Denmark HCR with CaffeineSix Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 86 United Kingdom Tim Creswick All
Denmark Anders Fjordbach All
Source:[13][14][15][16][17][18]
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Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

More information Round, Circuit ...
Round Circuit LMP3 Winners GT3 Winners
1 Spain Catalunya Poland No. 16 Team Virage Switzerland No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman
Spain Julien Gerbi
France Gillian Henrion
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
France Arnold Robin
2 R1 France Le Mans United Kingdom No. 4 Nielsen Racing Belgium No. 31 Team WRT
United Kingdom Matt Bell
United States John Melsom
Germany Max Hesse
United Kingdom Tim Whale
R2 Switzerland No. 97 Cool Racing Belgium No. 46 Team WRT
Switzerland David Droux
Switzerland Luis Sanjuan
France Jérôme Policand
Italy Valentino Rossi
3 France Le Castellet Poland No. 16 Team Virage Germany No. 19 Leipert Motorsport
Spain Julien Gerbi
France Gillian Henrion
Finland Patrick Kujala
Luxembourg Gabriel Rindone
4 Spain Aragón United Kingdom No. 4 Nielsen Racing Italy No. 51 AF Corse
United Kingdom Matt Bell
United States John Melsom
Japan Kei Cozzolino
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi
5 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps United Kingdom No. 23 United Autosports United Kingdom No. 42 Steller Motorsport
United Kingdom Wayne Boyd
United States John Schauerman
United Kingdom Mark Cole
United Kingdom Sennan Fielding
6 Portugal Portimão United Kingdom No. 7 Nielsen Racing Italy No. 63 Iron Lynx
United Kingdom Josh Skelton
United Kingdom Anthony Wells
Monaco Vincent Abril
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
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Championship standings

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