The 2023 Prototype Cup Germany is the second season of the Prototype Cup Germany. Creventic and German automobile club ADAC are the organizers and promoters of the series. [1] The races will be contested with Le Mans Prototype and Group CN cars, as well as some special prototypes. The season started on 28th April at the Hockenheimring and ended on 15 October at the Nürburgring. [2]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting | |
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| 1 | R1 |  Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 28–30 April | ADAC Racing Weekend |
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| 2 | R1 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Börde, Germany | 26–28 May | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters ADAC GT4 Germany |
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| 3 | R1 |  Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands | 23–25 June | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters ADAC GT4 Germany Porsche Carrera Cup Germany F1 Academy |
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| 4 | R1 | Norisring, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany | 7–9 July | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters ADAC GT Masters |
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| 5 | R1 | TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands | 1–3 September | ADAC Racing Weekend |
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| 6 | R1 | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 13–15 October | ADAC Racing Weekend |
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| Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Hockenheimring | No. 6 JvO Racing by Downforce Motorsports | No. 6 JvO Racing by Downforce Motorsports |
 Julien Apothéloz Óscar Tunjo | Julien Apothéloz Óscar Tunjo | |||
| R2 |  No. 77 DKR Engineering | No. 15 Racing Experience | ||
Valentino Catalano  Robin Rogalski | Gary Hauser Markus Pommer | |||
| 2 | R1 | Oschersleben |  No. 72 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport | No. 6 Van Ommen Racing by DataLab |
| Laurents Hörr Matthias Lüthen | Julien Apothéloz Óscar Tunjo | |||
| R2 | No. 77 DKR Engineering | No. 77 DKR Engineering | ||
| Valentino Catalano Robin Rogalski | Valentino Catalano Robin Rogalski | |||
| 3 | R1 | Zandvoort | No. 6 Van Ommen Racing by DataLab | No. 14 MRS GT-Racing |
| Julien Apothéloz Óscar Tunjo | Jan Marschalkowski Jasper Stiksma | |||
| R2 | No. 5 Van Ommen Racing by DataLab | No. 5 Van Ommen Racing by DataLab | ||
 Gabriela Jílková Xavier Lloveras | Gabriela Jílková Xavier Lloveras | |||
| 4 | R1 | Norisring | No. 72 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport | No. 15 Racing Experience |
| Laurents Hörr Matthias Lüthen | Gary Hauser Markus Pommer | |||
| R2 | No. 77 DKR Engineering | No. 72 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport | ||
| Valentino Catalano Robin Rogalski | Laurents Hörr Matthias Lüthen | |||
| 5 | R1 | Assen | No. 15 Racing Experience | No. 15 Racing Experience |
| Gary Hauser Markus Pommer | Gary Hauser Markus Pommer | |||
| R2 | No. 77 DKR Engineering | No. 99 More Motorsport by Reiter | ||
| Valentino Catalano Robin Rogalski | Mark van der Snel Max van der Snel | |||
| 6 | R1 | Nürburgring | No. 15 Racing Experience | No. 15 Racing Experience |
| Gary Hauser Markus Pommer | Gary Hauser Markus Pommer | |||
| R2 | No. 8 BWT Mücke Motorsport | No. 6 Van Ommen Racing by DataLab | ||
Nico Göhler  Gustavo Kiryla | Julien Apothéloz Óscar Tunjo | |||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | HOC | OSC | ZAN | NOR | ASS | NÜR | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Hauser Markus Pommer | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 223 |
| 2 | Julien Apothéloz Óscar Tunjo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 173 |
| 3 | Nico Göhler Gustavo Kiryla | 4 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 133 |
| 4 | Valentino Catalano Robin Rogalski | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8† | 7 | Ret | 130 |
| 5 | Jan Marschalkowski | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7† | 3 | 7 | 119 |
| 6 | Laurents Hörr Matthias Lüthen | 3 | DNS | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 111 | ||
| 7 | Xavier Lloveras | 6 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | DNS | 6 | 5 | 106 | ||
| 8 | Mark van der Snel Max van der Snel | 8 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 15† | 8 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 12 | 8 | 103 |
| 9 | Gabriela Jílková | 5 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 8 | DNS | 83 | ||||
| 10 | Sebastian von Gartzen Maximilian Hackländer | Ret | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 9† | 8 | 11 | 74 |
| 11 | Jacob Erlbacher | Ret | 14 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 4 | DSQ | 4 | 73 |
| 12 | Dino Steiner | 9 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 71 | ||
| 13 |  Nigel Moore | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 65 | ||||||||
| 14 | Elia Sperandio | 7 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 3 | DNS | DNS | 11 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 60 |
| 15 |  Danny Soufi | Ret | 13 | 8 | 6 | 13† | DNS | 6 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 59 |
| = |  Wolfgang Payr | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 59 |
| 16 | Jasper Stiksma | 1 | Ret | 4 | 7† | 48 | ||||||||
| 17 | Courtney Crone | Ret | 14 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 46 | ||||
| = | Constantin Schöll | 9 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 46 | ||||
| 18 | Kevin Rohrscheidt | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 34 | ||||
| 19 | Lucas Mauron | 5 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 31 | ||||||||
| 20 | Belén García | 2 | 10 | 26 | ||||||||||
| = |  Guilherme Oliveira | 3 | 7 | 26 | ||||||||||
| = |  Marco Kacic | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 26 | ||||||||
| 21 |  Alex Cascatău | 7 | 3 | DNS | DNS | 25 | ||||||||
| = | David Hauser | 13 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 25 | ||||||||
| 22 |  Martin Andersen | 10 | Ret | 12 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||
| 23 | Tim Zimmerman | 10 | 9 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Michael Lyons | 11 | 7 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Beitske Visser | 11 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 10 | ||||||||
| 26 | Hamza Owega | 10 | Ret | 7 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Nico Silva | Ret | 13 | WD | WD | 5 | ||||||||
| 28 |  Axcil Jefferies | 13† | DNS | 3 | ||||||||||
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||
| Leevi Vappula | 9 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Leonard Hoogenboom Pedro Perino | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Dan Skočdopole | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Klaus Abbelen Felipe Fernández Laser | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Enzo Scionti  Suleiman Zanfari | Ret | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Kaufmann | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Horst Felbermayr Jr. Freddie Hunt | Ret | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Robert Doyle | 14 | WD | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | HOC | OSC | ZAN | NOR | ASS | NÜR | Points | ||||||
| Pos. | Driver | HOC | OSC | ZAN | NOR | ASS | NÜR | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Max van der Snel | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10† | 5 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 4 | 202.5 |
| 2 | Julien Apothéloz | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 200 |
| 3 | Nico Göhler | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 175 |
| 4 | Jan Marschalkowski | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 158 |
| 5 | Valentino Catalano Robin Rogalski | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 156 |
| 6 | Xavier Lloveras | 4 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 125 | ||
| 7 | Jacob Erlbacher | Ret | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | DSQ | 3 | 106 |
| 8 | Constantin Schöll | 7 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 94.5 | ||||
| 9 | Danny Soufi | Ret | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9† | DNS | 4 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 81 |
| 10 | Elia Sperandio | 5 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 3 | DNS | DNS | 8 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 76 |
| 11 | Courtney Crone | Ret | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 71 | ||||
| 12 | Jasper Stiksma | 1 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 61 | ||||||||
| 13 | Lucas Mauron | 3 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 42 | ||||||||
| 14 | Marco Kacic | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||
| 15 | Belén García | 1 | 7 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Guilherme Oliveira | 1 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||
| Leevi Vappula | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Leonard Hoogenboom Pedro Perino | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Enzo Scionti Suleiman Zanfari | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Dan Skočdopole | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Trophy | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mark van der Snel | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5† | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 277.5 | ||
| 2 | Wolfgang Payr | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 274 | ||
| 3 | Dino Steiner | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 240 | ||
| 4 | Kevin Rohrscheidt | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 226 | ||||
| 5 | Matthias Lüthen | 1 | DNS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 200 | ||
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Kaufmann | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Robert Doyle | 4 | WD | ||||||||||||
| Horst Felbermayr Jr. | Ret | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | HOC | OSC | ZAN | NOR | ASS | NÜR | Points | ||||||
| Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | HOC | OSC | ZAN | NOR | ASS | NÜR | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Racing Experience | Duqueine | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 223 |
| 2 | JvO Racing by Downforce Motorsports Van Ommen Racing by DataLab | Duqueine | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 218 |
| 3 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | Duqueine | 4 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 141 |
| 4 | DKR Engineering | Duqueine | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8† | 7 | Ret | 132 |
| 5 | MRS GT-Racing | Ligier | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 126 |
| 6 | Aust Motorsport | Ligier | 9 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 117 |
| 7 | Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport | Duqueine | 3 | DNS | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 114 | ||
| 8 | More Motorsport by Reiter | Ligier | 8 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 15† | 8 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 12 | 8 | 110 |
| 9 | Konrad Motorsport | Ginetta | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 9† | 8 | 9 | 92 |
| 10 | Gebhardt Motorsport | Duqueine Ginetta | Ret | 14 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 4 | DSQ | 4 | 81 |
| 11 | BHK Motorsport | Duqueine Ligier | 7 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 3 | DNS | DNS | 11 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 67 |
| 12 |  Mühlner Motorsport | Duqueine | 10 | Ret | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 41 | ||||||
| Guest teams ineligible to score points | |||||||||||||||
| Frikadelli Racing Team | Ligier | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Bretton Racing | Ligier | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||||
 MMi Motorsport | Ligier | Ret | 9 | ||||||||||||
| AF2 Motorsport | Ligier | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Reiter Engineering | Ligier | Ret | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | Manufacturer | HOC | OSC | ZAN | NOR | ASS | NÜR | Points | ||||||
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