2023 Le Mans Cup

Last updated October 05, 2024

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.

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]

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

Entries

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.

Entrant/Team

Chassis

Drivers

Rounds

CD Sport

Ligier JS P320

2

Fabian Michal

All

Kirill Smal ^[5]^{[N 1]}

All

11

Franck Chappard

All

Shahan Sarkissian

All

DKR Engineering

Duqueine M30 - D08

3

Alexander Bukhanstov^{[N 1]}

All

James Winslow

All

5

Sebastian Arenram

2

Robin Rogalski

2

Nielsen Racing

Duqueine M30 - D08

4

Matt Bell

All

John Melsom

All

Ligier JS P320

7

Josh Skelton

All

Anthony Wells

All

ANS Motorsport

Ligier JS P320

6

Jonathan Brossard

All

Nicolas Schatz

All

Graff Racing

Ligier JS P320

8

George Nakas^[6]

All

Fraser Ross^[6]

All

38

Haowen Luo

2

Sébastien Page

2

39

James Sweetnam^[6]

All

Lucca Allen ^[6]

1–2

Paul Trojani

3

Xavier Lloveras

4

Samir Ben

5–6

Racing Spirit of Léman

Ligier JS P320

9

Christian Gisy

1–3, 5–6

Ralf Kelleners

1–3, 5–6

Antoine Doquin

4

Jean-Ludovic Foubert

4

12

Antoine Doquin

2

Jacques Wolff

2

Inter Europol Competition ^[7]

Ligier JS P320

13

Santiago Concepción Serrano

All

Ben Stone

All

14

Daniel Ali^[7]

All

Andres Latorre Canon

All

15

Bryson Morris^[7]

All

Chris Short^[7]

All

Team Virage^[8]

Ligier JS P320

16

Julien Gerbi

All

Gillian Henrion

All

58

Manuel Espírito Santo

2

Martin Rich

2

59

Oscar Bittar

All

Alessandro Bracalente

All

IDEC Sport ^[9]

Ligier JS P320

17

Patrice Lafargue^[9]

1–4, 6

Dino Lunardi^[9]

1–4, 6

United Autosports

Ligier JS P320

20

Andy Meyrick

2

Daniel Schneider

2

21

Jim McGuire

2

Guy Smith

2

22

Scott Andrews

1–3, 5–6

Gerald Kraut

1–3, 5–6

Josh Caygill

4

Garnet Patterson

4

23

Wayne Boyd

All

John Schauerman

All

360 Racing

Ligier JS P320

25

Belén García ^[10]

All

Mark Richards

1–2, 4–6

James Dayson

3

26

Tommy Foster

All

Terrence Woodward

All

24-7 Motorsport

Ligier JS P320

27

Andrew Ferguson

All

Louis Hamilton-Smith

All

MV2S Racing

Ligier JS P320

28

Christophe Cresp^[6]

All

Jérôme de Sadeleer ^[6]

All

29

Matthias Lüthen ^[6]

1–4

Emilien Carde^[6]

1, 3–6

Mathis Poulet

2

Philippe Cimadomo

5–6

Frikadelli Racing Team

Ligier JS P320

30

Klaus Abbelen

1–4

Felipe Fernández Laser

1–4

	WTM by Rinaldi Racing^{[N 2]}
	Rinaldi Racing^{[N 2]}

Duqueine M30 - D08

33

Torsten Kratz

2

Leonard Weiss

2

Ligier JS P320

66

Daniel Keilwitz

All

Steve Parrow

All

Murphy Prototypes

Duqueine M30 - D08

48

Adrian Watt

1–3

Dan Skočdopole

1–2

Will Powell ^[11]

3

Will Bratt

4–5

Torsten Kratz

4, 6

Josh Caygill

5

Enzo Elias

6

Haegeli by T2 Racing

Duqueine M30 - D08

67

Pieder Decurtins

1–3, 5–6

Brent Verheyen

1–3, 5–6

M Racing

Ligier JS P320

68

Hugo Delacour

1–2

Guilherme Oliveira

1–2

Sacha Lehmann

3–5

Miguel Cristóvão

3

Erwin Creed

4–5

69

Miguel Cristóvão

2

Sacha Lehmann

2

Team Thor

Ligier JS P320

77

Auðunn Guðmundsson

All

Colin Noble

All

Cool Racing ^[12]

Ligier JS P320

87

Adrien Chila^[12]

All

Cédric Oltramare ^[12]

All

97

David Droux^[12]

All

Luis Sanjuan^[12]

All

Source:^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]

GT3

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

Leonardo Pulcini was scheduled to compete for Iron Lynx but did not appear in any rounds.^[24]

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

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

Championship standings

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1
Le Mans	15	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1		1

LMP3 Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	BAR	LMS		LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	Points
1	Julien Gerbi	Team Virage	1	8	Ret	1	2	18	21	73
1	Gillian Henrion	Team Virage	1	8	Ret	1	2	18	21	73
2	Fabian Michal	CD Sport	3	Ret	3	19	6	2	2	69
2	Kirill Smal	CD Sport	3	Ret	3	19	6	2	2	69
3	Auðunn Guðmundsson	Team Thor	4	2	15	3	3	14	6	59
3	Colin Noble	Team Thor	4	2	15	3	3	14	6	59
4	Matt Bell	Nielsen Racing	Ret	1	7	11	1	Ret	Ret	45
4	John Melsom	Nielsen Racing	Ret	1	7	11	1	Ret	Ret	45
5	Adrien Chila	Cool Racing	6	10	Ret	2	4	Ret	10	42
5	Cédric Oltramare	Cool Racing	6	10	Ret	2	4	Ret	10	42
6	Tommy Foster	360 Racing	5	9	6	6	17	15	4	39
6	Terrence Woodward	360 Racing	5	9	6	6	17	15	4	39
7	David Droux	Cool Racing	20	3	1	8	7	7	20	38
7	Luis Sanjuan	Cool Racing	20	3	1	8	7	7	20	38
8	Wayne Boyd	United Autosports	16	13	19	5	Ret	1	22	35
8	John Schauerman	United Autosports	16	13	19	5	Ret	1	22	35
9	Josh Skelton	Nielsen Racing	Ret	18	8	23	Ret	Ret	1	30
9	Anthony Wells	Nielsen Racing	Ret	18	8	23	Ret	Ret	1	30
10	Belén García	360 Racing	15	17	13	13	5	5	5	30
10	Mark Richards	360 Racing	15	17	13		5	5	5	30
11	Franck Chappard	CD Sport	14	25	28	7	14	Ret	3	21
11	Shahan Sarkissian	CD Sport	14	25	28	7	14	Ret	3	21
12	Hugo Delacour	M Racing	2	16	20					18
12	Guilherme Oliveira	M Racing	2	16	20					18
13	Alexander Bukhanstov	DKR Engineering	9	Ret	29	4	Ret	8	26†	18
13	James Winslow	DKR Engineering	9	Ret	29	4	Ret	8	26†	18
14	Christophe Cresp	MV2S Racing	23	22	11	17	21	3	Ret	16
14	Jérôme de Sadeleer	MV2S Racing	23	22	11	17	21	3	Ret	16
15	Daniel Keilwitz	Rinaldi Racing	Ret	19	24	10	10	4	15	14
15	Steve Parrow	Rinaldi Racing	Ret	19	24	10	10	4	15	14
16	Jonathan Brossard	ANS Motorsport	Ret	6	10	9	8	Ret	11	14
16	Nicolas Schatz	ANS Motorsport	Ret	6	10	9	8	Ret	11	14
17	Matthias Lüthen	MV2S Racing	7	7	Ret	16	9			13
18	Pieder Decurtins	Haegeli by T2 Racing	13	23	23	15		6	14	8
18	Brent Verheyen	Haegeli by T2 Racing	13	23	23	15		6	14	8
19	Scott Andrews	United Autosports	24	11	5	20			24	8
19	Gerald Kraut	United Autosports	24	11	5	20			24	8
20	Emilien Carde	MV2S Racing	7			16	9	19	17	8
21	Bryson Morris	Inter Europol Competition	Ret	30	12	24	13	17	7	6
21	Chris Short	Inter Europol Competition	Ret	30	12	24	13	17	7	6
22	Mathis Poulet	MV2S Racing		7	Ret					5
23	Klaus Abbelen	Frikadelli Racing Team	8	12	26	Ret	16			4
23	Felipe Fernández Laser	Frikadelli Racing Team	8	12	26	Ret	16			4
24	Oscar Bittar	Team Virage	12	Ret	21	Ret	18	Ret	8	4
24	Alessandro Bracalente	Team Virage	12	Ret	21	Ret	18	Ret	8	4
25	James Sweetnam	Graff Racing	10	15	Ret	18	20	9	13	4
26	Patrice Lafargue	IDEC Sport	17	21	9	Ret	12		25†	3
26	Dino Lunardi	IDEC Sport	17	21	9	Ret	12		25†	3
27	Samir Ben	Graff Racing						9	13	2
28	Santiago Concepción Serrano	Inter Europol Competition	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	2
28	Ben Stone	Inter Europol Competition	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	2
29	Lucca Allen	Graff Racing	10	15	Ret					2
30	Josh Caygill	United Autosports					11			2
30	Josh Caygill	Murphy Prototypes						10		2
31	Will Bratt	Murphy Prototypes					Ret	10		1
32	Garnet Patterson	United Autosports					11			1
33	Torsten Kratz	WTM by Rinaldi Racing		Ret	2					0
33	Torsten Kratz	Murphy Prototypes					NC		12	0
33	Sacha Lehmann	M Racing		14	4	Ret	Ret	Ret		0
33	Miguel Cristóvão	M Racing		14	4	Ret				0
33	Antoine Doquin	Racing Spirit of Léman		5	Ret		Ret			0
33	Jacques Wolff	Racing Spirit of Léman		5	Ret					0
33	George Nakas	Graff Racing	11	28	30	21	15	11	16	0
33	Fraser Ross	Graff Racing	11	28	30	21	15	11	16	0
33	Christian Gisy	Racing Spirit of Léman	19	Ret	16	14		12	19	0
33	Ralf Kelleners	Racing Spirit of Léman	19	Ret	16	14		12	19	0
33	Daniel Ali	Inter Europol Competition	22	DNS	25	12	Ret	16	18	0
33	Andres Latorre Canon	Inter Europol Competition	22	DNS	25	12	Ret	16	18	0
33	Enzo Elias	Murphy Prototypes							12	0
33	Andrew Ferguson	24-7 Motorsport	18	27	22	NC	19	13	23	0
33	Louis Hamilton-Smith	24-7 Motorsport	18	27	22	NC	19	13	23	0
33	James Dayson	360 Racing				13				0
33	Philippe Cimadomo	MV2S Racing						19	17	0
33	Paul Trojani	Graff Racing				18				0
33	Xavier Lloveras	Graff Racing					20			0
33	Adrian Watt	Murphy Prototypes	21	29	31					0
33	Dan Skočdopole	Murphy Prototypes	21	29						0
33	Will Powell	Murphy Prototypes				31				0
33	Erwin Creed	M Racing					Ret	Ret		0
33	Jean-Ludovic Foubert	Racing Spirit of Léman					Ret			0
Pos.	Driver	Team	BAR	LMS		LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	Points

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Chassis	BAR	LMS		LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	Points
1	#16 Team Virage	Ligier JS P320	1	8	Ret	1	2	18	21	73
2	#2 CD Sport	Ligier JS P320	3	Ret	3	19	6	2	2	69
3	#77 Team Thor	Ligier JS P320	4	2	15	3	3	14	6	59
4	#4 Nielsen Racing	Duqueine M30 - D08	Ret	1	7	11	1	Ret	Ret	45
5	#87 Cool Racing	Ligier JS P320	6	10	32	2	4	Ret	10	42
6	#26 360 Racing	Ligier JS P320	5	9	6	6	17	15	6	39
7	#97 Cool Racing	Ligier JS P320	20	3	1	8	7	7	20	38
8	#23 United Autosports	Ligier JS P320	16	13	19	5	Ret	1	22	35
9	#7 Nielsen Racing	Ligier JS P320	Ret	18	8	32	Ret	Ret	1	30
10	#25 360 Racing	Ligier JS P320	15	17	13	13	5	5	5	30
11	#11 CD Sport	Ligier JS P320	14	25	28	7	14	Ret	3	21
12	#68 M Racing	Ligier JS P320	2	16	20	Ret	Ret	Ret		18
13	#3 DKR Engineering	Duqueine M30 - D08	9	Ret	29	4	NC	8	26	18
14	#28 MV2S Racing	Ligier JS P320	23	22	11	17	21	3	Ret	16
15	#66 Rinaldi Racing	Ligier JS P320	Ret	19	24	10	10	4	15	14
16	#6 ANS Motorsport	Ligier JS P320	Ret	6	10	9	8	Ret	11	14
17	#29 MV2S Racing	Ligier JS P320	7	7	Ret	16	9	19	17	13
18	#22 United Autosports	Ligier JS P320	24	11	5	20	11	Ret	24	9
19	#67 Haegeli by T2 Racing	Duqueine M30 - D08	13	23	23	15		6	14	8
20	#15 Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P320	Ret	30	12	36	13	17	7	6
21	#30 Frikadelli Racing Team	Ligier JS P320	8	12	26	Ret	16			4
22	#59 Team Virage	Ligier JS P320	12	Ret	21	Ret	18	Ret	8	4
23	#39 Graff Racing	Ligier JS P320	10	15	Ret	18	20	9	13	4
24	#17 IDEC Sport	Ligier JS P320	17	21	9	Ret	12		25	3
25	#13 Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P320	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	2
26	#48 Murphy Prototypes	Duqueine M30 - D08	21	29	31	31	NC	10	12	1
27	#8 Graff Racing	Ligier JS P320	11	28	30	21	15	11	16	0
28	#9 Racing Spirit of Léman	Ligier JS P320	19	Ret	16	14	Ret	12	19	0
29	#14 Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P320	22	DNS	25	12	Ret	16	18	0
30	#27 24-7 Motorsport	Ligier JS P320	18	27	22	NC	19	13	23	0
Teams ineligible to score points
	#33 WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Duqueine M30 - D08		Ret	2
	#69 M Racing	Ligier JS P320		14	4
	#58 Team Virage	Ligier JS P320		4	17
	#12 Racing Spirit of Léman	Ligier JS P320		5	Ret
	#5 DKR Engineering	Duqueine M30 - D08		Ret	14
	#21 United Autosports	Ligier JS P320		24	18
	#38 Graff Racing	Ligier JS P320		26	27
	#20 United Autosports	Ligier JS P320		Ret	DNS
Pos.	Team	Chassis	BAR	LMS		LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

GT3 Teams Championship

Pos.	Team	Car	BAR	LMS		LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	Points
1	#10 Racing Spirit of Léman	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	1	3	13	2	3	5	2	97
2	#51 AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	3	4	16	4	1	6	5	77
3	#86 HCR with CaffeineSix	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2)	4	2	4	9	2	9	6	73
4	#19 Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Ret	11	7	1	6	2	4	72
5	#18 Team Parker Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	2	5	11	8	9	3	3	63
6	#63 Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	7	Ret	Ret	3		Ret	1	48
7	#88 GMB Motorsport	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22	5	6	6	7	Ret	4	9	44
8	#42 Steller Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	10	15	10	11	8	1	7	41
9	#55 GMB Motorsport	Honda NSX GT3 Evo22	6	16	8	12	4	8	11	30
10	#83 AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	9	9	12	6	7	Ret	10	24
11	#64 Team Parker Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2)	8	Ret	DNS	10	5	7	12	22
12	#70 Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Ret	12	5	5	Ret			21
Teams ineligible to score points
	#31 Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3		1	2
	#46 Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3		13	1
	#57 Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		8	3
	#95 GMB Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3		7	15
	#24 Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo							8
	#53 AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		10	9
	#74 Kessel Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		14	14
	#76 IMSA LS Group Performance	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)		17	17
	#52 AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020		Ret	18
Pos.	Team	Car	BAR	LMS		LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	Points

Notes

1 2 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.
1 2 Car No. 33 entered as WTM by Rinaldi Racing, car No. 66 entered as Rinaldi Racing.

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[Russians-6] 1 2 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.

[Rinaldi-12] 1 2 Car No. 33 entered as WTM by Rinaldi Racing, car No. 66 entered as Rinaldi Racing.

[MLMCCalendar23-1] 1 2 "Michelin Le Mans Cup Returns to Barcelona in 2023". lemanscup.com. Le Mans Cup. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[2] "Building Work Delays Force 4 Hours Imola To Be Postponed". ELMS. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[3] "Imola Round Postponed Due to Delayed Track Upgrades". sportscar365.com. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[4] "Portimão To Host ELMS Grand Season Finale In October". ELMS. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[5] "The French team @cdsport will be racing with two Ligiers JS P320 in this year's #LMC season!". Twitter. Le Mans Cup. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

[Graff&MV2S-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Les brèves du mardi 4 avril matin". Endurance-Info (in French). 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-04.

[InterEuropolLMP3-8] 1 2 3 4 Goodwin, Graham (20 January 2023). "Inter Europol Confirm Michelin Le Mans Cup Squad For 2023". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[VirageLMP3-9] Goodwin, Graham (16 January 2023). "Team Virage, Expanding Across The ELMS Package". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[IDECLMP3-10] 1 2 3 Goodwin, Graham (26 January 2023). "Laurents Hörr Joins IDEC Sport For 2023 ELMS". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[11] "Belén García to race in Le Mans Cup with 360 Racing". Racers - Behind the Helmet. 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

[13] "4H Le Castellet: Friday Paddock Notes | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-07-15.

[CoolLMP3-14] 1 2 3 4 5 Goodwin, Graham (12 January 2023). "Cool Racing Confirm Michelin Le Mans Cup Plans". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[SeasonEntries-15] 1 2 "2023 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - Provisional Season Entry List" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com. Michelin Le Mans Cup. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

[BarcelonaEntries-16] 1 2 3 "2023 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - Barcelona Round - Provisional Entry List V1" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com. Michelin Le Mans Cup. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

[LeMansEntries-17] 1 2 "2023 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - ROAD TO LE MANS - Provisional Entry List V2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Michelin Le Mans Cup. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

[PaulRicardEntries-18] 1 2 "2023 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - Le Castellet Round - Provisional Entry List V2" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Michelin Le Mans Cup. Retrieved 2023-08-16.

[AragonEntries-19] 1 2 "2023 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - Aragón Round - Competitors & Drivers authorized to take part in Race V1" (PDF). Al Kamel Systems. Michelin Le Mans Cup. Retrieved 2023-08-27.

[SpaEntries-20] 1 2 "2023 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - Spa-Francorchamps Round - Provisional Entry List V1" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com. Michelin Le Mans Cup. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

[PortimaoEntries-21] "2023 MICHELIN LE MANS CUP - Portimao Round - Provisional Entry List V1" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com. Michelin Le Mans Cup. Retrieved 2023-10-16.

[WRTBMW-22] 1 2 3 4 5 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.

[23] Lloyd, Daniel (2023-05-08). "ASP Team Boss Policand to Drive for WRT Alongside Rossi". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2023-05-08.

[StellerAudi-24] 1 2 3 Goodwin, Graham (3 April 2023). "Steller Motorsport Confirms Livery & Crew For 2023 Michelin Le Mans Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[MLMCGT3Multiple-25] 1 2 Goodwin, Graham (6 January 2023). "Michelin Le Mans Cup Set To See New Blood In GT3". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[AbrilPulcini-26] 1 2 Tassel, Pierre (2023-04-11). "Vincent Abril to race at Barcelona in the Michelin Le Mans Cup with Iron Lynx". Endurance-Info. Retrieved 2023-04-11.

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Entries

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Race results

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LMP3 Drivers Championship

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