2023 Road to Le Mans

The 8th Road to Le Mans Cup is an automobile endurance event that is scheduled to take place on 8 and 9 June 2023, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. The race features LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective classes.

Circuit de la Sarthe track

Entry list

Icon Series
MLMS Michelin Le Mans Cup
ELMS European Le Mans Series
GTWC SRO GT World Challenge
ALMS Asian Le Mans Series
RLMS Road to Le Mans only
No. Entrant Car Series Driver 1 Driver 2
LMP3 (38 entries)
2 Spain CD Sport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Fabian Michal Main Page Kirill Smal[lower-alpha 1]
3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan MLMS United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhanstov[lower-alpha 1] United Kingdom James Winslow
4 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Matthew Bell United Kingdom John Melsom
5 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan ELMS Mozambique Pedro Perino Poland Robin Rogalski
6 France ANS Motorsport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Switzerland Jonathan Brossard France Nicholas Schatz
7 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Josh Skelton United Kingdom Anthony Wells
8 France Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Australia George Nakas Australia Fraser Ross
9 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Germany Christian Gisy Germany Ralf Kelleners
11 Spain CD Sport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Franck Chappard Lebanon Shahan Sarkissian
12 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ELMS France Antoine Doquin France Jacques Wolff
13 Poland Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Spain Santiago Concepción Serrano United Kingdom Ben Stone
14 Poland Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Canada Daniel Ali Australia Andres Latorre Canon
15 Poland Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United States Bryson Morris United Kingdom Chris Short
16 Poland Team Virage Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Algeria Julien Gerbi France Gillian Henrion
17 France IDEC Sport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Patrice Lafargue France Dino Lunardi
20 United Kingdom United Autosports Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ELMS United Kingdom Andy Meyrick Brazil Daniel Schneider
21 United Kingdom United Autosports Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ELMS United States Jim McGuire United Kingdom Guy Smith
22 United Kingdom United Autosports Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Australia Scott Andrews United States Gerald Kraut
23 United Kingdom United Autosports Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Wayne Boyd United States John Schauerman
25 United Kingdom 360 Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Spain Belén García United Kingdom Mark Richards
26 United Kingdom 360 Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Tommy Foster United Kingdom Terrence Woodward
27 United Kingdom 24-7 Motorsport Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS United Kingdom Andrew Ferguson United Kingdom Louis Hamilton-Smith
28 France MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Christophe Cresp Switzerland Jérôme de Sadeleer
29 France MV2S Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Emilien Carde Germany Matthias Lüthen
30 Germany Frikadelli Racing Team Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Germany Klaus Abbelen Germany Felipe Fernández Laser
33 Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan ELMS Germany Torsten Kratz Germany Leonard Weiss
38 France Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ALMS China Haowen Luo Switzerland Sébastien Page
39 France Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Republic of Ireland Lucca Allen United Kingdom James Sweetnam
48 Republic of Ireland Murphy Prototypes Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan MLMS Czech Republic Dan Skočdopole United Kingdom Adrian Watt
58 Poland Team Virage Ligier JS P320 - Nissan ELMS Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo United Kingdom Martin Rich
59 Poland Team Virage Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Paraguay Oscar Bittar Italy Alessandro Bracalente
66 Germany Rinaldi Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Germany Daniel Keilwitz Germany Steve Parrow
67 Switzerland Haegeli by T2 Racing Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan MLMS Switzerland Pieder Decurtins Belgium Brent Verheyen
68 France M Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Hugo Delacour Portugal Guilherme Oliveira
69 France M Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan RLMS Portugal Miguel Cristóvão France Sacha Lehmann
77 Iceland Team Thor Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Iceland Auðunn Guðmundsson United Kingdom Colin Noble
87 Switzerland Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS France Adrien Chila Switzerland Cédric Oltramare
97 Switzerland Cool Racing Ligier JS P320 - Nissan MLMS Switzerland David Droux Switzerland Luis Sanjuan
GT3 (20 entries)
10 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 MLMS France Valentin Hasse-Clot TBA
16 United Kingdom Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) MLMS United Kingdom Nick Jones United Kingdom Scott Malvern
19 Germany Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 MLMS Finland Patrick Kujala Luxembourg Gabriel Rindone
31 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 GTWC Germany Max Hesse[1] United Kingdom Tim Whale[1]
42 United Kingdom Steller Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II MLMS United Kingdom Sennan Fielding United Kingdom James Wood
46 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 GTWC France Jérôme Policand[2] Italy Valentino Rossi[1]
51 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 MLMS Japan Kei Cozzolino Japan Hiroshi Koizumi
52 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 RLMS Belgium Laurent de Meeus United Kingdom Jamie Stanley
53 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 RLMS Italy Gino Forgione Italy Andrea Montermini
55 Denmark GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 MLMS Denmark Thomas Andersen Denmark Simon Birch
57 United States Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GTWC United States George Kurtz United States Russell Ward
63 Italy Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 MLMS Monaco Vincent Abril Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
64 United Kingdom Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) MLMS United Kingdom Charles Bateman United Kingdom Alex Martin
70 Germany Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 MLMS New Zealand Brendon Leitch United States Gerhard Watzinger
74 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 RLMS Turkey Murat Çuhadaroğlu Italy David Fumanelli
76 France IMSA LS Group Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) RLMS United States Charles Luck Germany Marco Seefried
83 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 MLMS France Emmanuel Collard France Charles-Henri Samani
86 Denmark HCR with CaffeineSix Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) MLMS United Kingdom Tim Creswick Denmark Anders Fjordbach
88 Denmark GMB Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 MLMS Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen
95 Denmark GMB Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 RLMS Denmark Kristian Poulsen Denmark Roland Poulsen
Source:[3]

Free Practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Drivers Time
LMP3 #77 Iceland Team Thor Iceland Auðunn Guðmundsson
United Kingdom Colin Noble
3:49.296
GT3 #10 Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman France Valentin Hasse-Clot
France Arnold Robin
3:58.499
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
LMP3 #58 Poland Team Virage Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
United Kingdom Martin Rich
3:50.077
GT3 #57 United States Winward Racing United States George Kurtz
United States Russell Ward
3:58.909
Source:[4][5]

Qualifying

Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Races

References

  1. Lloyd, Daniel (3 May 2023). "Rossi to Make Circuit de la Sarthe Debut in Road to Le Mans". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. Lloyd, Daniel (8 May 2023). "ASP Team Boss Policand to Drive for WRT Alongside Rossi". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. "2023 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - ROAD TO LE MANS - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com. Michelin Le Mans Cup. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  4. "Road to Le Mans - 91º Edition des 24 Heures du Mans - Free Practice 1 - Final Classification by Category" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. "Road to Le Mans - 91º Edition des 24 Heures du Mans - Free Practice 2 - Final Classification by Category" (PDF). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

Notes

  1. Smal is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov, also a Russian, competes under an Emirati licence for the same reason.
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