The 2023 Prototype Challenge powered by Pirelli is the seventh season of the Prototype Challenge. It began at Circuit Zandvoort 14 April and will end at TT Circuit Assen on 29 October. [1]
Round | Circuit | Date | Event | Notes |
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1 | Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands | 14–16 April | Spring Races | All races contested with Supercar Challenge entries. |
2 | Red Bull Ring, Austria | 19–21 May | BG Sport Events | |
3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium | 2–4 June | Spa Euro Races | |
4 | Circuit Zolder, Belgium | 7–9 July | Zolder Superprix | |
5 | TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands | 11–13 August | JACK'S Racing Day | |
6 | Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands | 14–17 September | Trophy of the Dunes | |
7 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium | 13–15 October | Racing Festival | Both races contested with Funyo Cup and Sports Prototype Cup entries. |
8 | TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands | 27–29 October | Supercar Madness Finale Races | |
Source: [1] [2] |
Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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CN | |||||
Revolution Race Cars | Revolution A-One 500SC | Ford 3.7 L V6 | 500 | Milan DeLaet | 6 |
Richard Morris | |||||
563 | James Booth | 6 | |||
577 | Joaquim Penteado | 6 | |||
Deldiche Racing | Norma M20-FC | Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 | 611 | Thomas Piessens | 4 |
Sam Dejonghe | TBA | ||||
BS Racing by Baticonsult | Norma M20-FC | Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 | 614 | Alain Berg | 3, 5 |
Patrick Engelen | 3 | ||||
DayVTec | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | 615 | Mathijs Bakker | 5 |
Joshua Kreuger | |||||
Idola Motorsport [3] | Praga R1 (Mk5) | Renault F4R 832 2.0 L I4 | 616 | Ed Bridle | 5 |
Lilo Fryrileiv | |||||
617 | Rodolfo González | 5 | |||
Antonio la Rosa | |||||
618 | Rodolfo González | 3 | |||
William Stowell | |||||
619 | Chris Bridle | 5 | |||
William Stowell | |||||
Radical | |||||
Radical Motorsport | Radical SR3 | Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4 | 705 | Robin Greenhalgh | 1–2, 4–7 |
Jerome Greenhalgh | 1, 3–7 | ||||
710 | Alain Berg | 6 | |||
Mitchell van Dijk | |||||
722 | Melvin van Dam | 2–5 | |||
Eddie van Dam | 4 | ||||
Sam Jongejan | 5 | ||||
733 | Eddie van Dam | 1–3, 5–7 | |||
Melvin van Dam | 1, 6–7 | ||||
Sam Jongejan [4] | 2 | ||||
Vlad Raducanu | 3 | ||||
Alain Berg | 4 | ||||
Bastiaan van Loenen | |||||
Luuk van Wijngaarden | 5 | ||||
Radical Benelux | Radical SR1 | Suzuki RPE 1.3 L I4 | 710 | Mitchell van Dijk | 5, 8 |
Oscar Vianen | 5 | ||||
Luuk van Wijngaarden | 8 | ||||
Domec Racing | Radical RXC Spyder | Ford 3.7 L V6 | 711 | Nagy Kabaz | 4, 7 |
Radical SR3 RSX | Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4 | 750 | Martin Lucas | 4, 7 | |
Radical SR3 | Suzuki RPE 1.5 L I4 | 751 | Vlad Raducanu | 1–4 | |
Alain Berg | 1 | ||||
Non-championship entries | |||||
Funyo Sprint Cup | |||||
L'Ecurie Française | Funyo SP05 Evo | Peugeot 1.6 L I4 | 2 | Romain Boeckler | 6 |
33 | Edoardo Elia | 6 | |||
Livio Elia | |||||
AMGV Sport Racing | 7 | David Litzistorf | 6 | ||
64 | Etienne Champetier | 6 | |||
83 | Dominique Arnoux | 6 | |||
Belt Racing | 12 | Benoit Eveillard | 6 | ||
HMC Racing | 21 | Bruno Fretin | 6 | ||
23 | Nicolas Cannard | 6 | |||
28 | Jean-Claude Rolland | 6 | |||
54 | Jérémy Siffert | 6 | |||
77 | Alex Gaines | 6 | |||
79 | Eric Soares | 6 | |||
Spirit of 78 | 26 | Frank Lefevre | 6 | ||
49 | Rémy Brouard | 6 | |||
Kairos Racing | 99 | David Braunstein | 6 | ||
Pegasus Racing | 294 | Alain Meyer | 6 | ||
Jordan Meyer | |||||
Sports Prototype Cup | |||||
DD-Compound | Revolution A-One 500SC | Ford 3.7 L V6 | 76 | Dominik Dierkes | 6 |
Rob Kamphues | |||||
Revolution Race Cars | Revolution A-One 500SC | Ford 3.7 L V6 | 89 | Elvis Stojko | 6 |
Markus Zunker | |||||
500 | Milan DeLaet | 6 | |||
Richard Morris | |||||
563 | James Booth | 6 | |||
577 | Joaquim Penteado | 6 | |||
Source: [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] |
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | CN Winning Car | Radical Winning Car | |
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CN Drivers | Radical Winning Drivers | |||
1 | R1 | Zandvoort | No entries | No. 733 Radical Motorsport |
Eddie van Dam Melvin van Dam | ||||
R2 | No. 705 Radical Motorsport | |||
Jerome Greenhalgh Robin Greenhalgh | ||||
2 | R1 | Red Bull Ring | No. 722 Radical Motorsport | |
Melvin van Dam | ||||
R2 | No. 751 Domec Racing | |||
Vlad Raducanu | ||||
3 | R1 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 614 BS Racing by Baticonsult | No. 705 Radical Motorsport |
Alain Berg Patrick Engelen | Jerome Greenhalgh | |||
R2 | No. 618 Idola Motorsport | No. 705 Radical Motorsport | ||
Rodolfo González William Stowell | Jerome Greenhalgh | |||
4 | R1 | Zolder | No. 611 Deldiche Racing | No. 750 Domec Racing |
Thomas Piessens | Martin Lucas | |||
R2 | No. 611 Deldiche Racing | No. 744 Radical Motorsport | ||
Thomas Piessens | Alain Berg Bastiaan van Loenen | |||
5 | R1 | Assen | No. 615 DayVTec | No. 705 Radical Motorsport |
Mathijs Bakker Joshua Kreuger | Jerome Greenhalgh Robin Greenhalgh | |||
R2 | No. 615 DayVTec | No. 710 Radical Benelux | ||
Mathijs Bakker Joshua Kreuger | Mitchell van Dijk Oscar Vianen | |||
6 | R1 | Zandvoort | No. 500 Revolution Race Cars | No. 705 Radical Motorsport |
Milan DeLaet Richard Morris | Jerome Greenhalgh Robin Greenhalgh | |||
R2 | No. 500 Revolution Race Cars | No. 705 Radical Motorsport | ||
Milan DeLaet Richard Morris | Jerome Greenhalgh Robin Greenhalgh | |||
7 | R1 | Spa-Francorchamps | No entries | No. 710 Radical Motorsport |
Alain Berg Mitchell van Dijk | ||||
R2 | No. 705 Radical Motorsport | |||
Jerome Greenhalgh Robin Greenhalgh | ||||
8 | R1 | Assen | No. 710 Radical Benelux | |
Mitchell van Dijk Luuk van Wijngaarden | ||||
R2 | No. 710 Radical Benelux | |||
Mitchell van Dijk Luuk van Wijngaarden | ||||
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | Pole |
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Points | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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