2023 European Le Mans Series

The 2023 European Le Mans Series will be the twentieth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season will begin at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 23 April and will finish at Algarve International Circuit on 15 October.[1]

The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class. The season will be the last for the LMGTE class.[2]

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2023 season was announced on 22 September 2022. MotorLand Aragón was added to the calendar for the first time, replacing the round at Monza, which left after serving as a late replacement for the Hungaroring during the 2022 season.[1] The Portimão round was later postponed one week to alleviate a clash with the 2023 Petit Le Mans.[3]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Barcelona Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 23 April
2 4 Hours of Imola Italy Imola Circuit Imola, Italy 7 May
3 4 Hours of Le Castellet France Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 16 July
4 4 Hours of Aragón Spain MotorLand Aragón Alcañiz, Spain 26 August
5 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 24 September
6 4 Hours of Portimão Portugal Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 22 October

Entries

LMP2

All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am Cup, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with Icons.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. MISC Drivers Rounds
Luxembourg DKR Engineering[4] Oreca 07 3 PA Belgium Tom van Rompuy[4] TBA
TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Poland Team Virage[5] Oreca 07 19 PA United States Rob Hodes[5] TBA
Guatemala Ian Rodríguez[4] TBA
TBA TBA
Portugal Algarve Pro Racing[4] Oreca 07 20 PA United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth[4] TBA
United States Fred Poordad[4] TBA
France Tristan Vautier[4] TBA
25 P2 Australia James Allen[4] TBA
United Kingdom Alex Lynn[4] TBA
Barbados Kyffin Simpson[4] TBA
United States United Autosports USA[6][7] Oreca 07 21 PA United Kingdom Andy Meyrick[8] TBA
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.[8] TBA
Brazil Daniel Schneider[8] TBA
22 P2 United Kingdom Philip Hanson[9] TBA
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis[9] TBA
Japan Marino Sato[9] TBA
23 PA United Kingdom Paul di Resta[7] TBA
United States Jim McGuire[7] TBA
United Kingdom Guy Smith[7] TBA
United Kingdom Nielsen Racing[4] Oreca 07 24 PA Switzerland Mathias Beche[4] TBA
United Kingdom Ben Hanley[4] TBA
United States Rodrigo Sales[4] TBA
France IDEC Sport[10] Oreca 07 28 P2 France Paul-Loup Chatin[10] TBA
Germany Laurents Hörr[10] TBA
France Paul Lafargue[10] TBA
France Duqueine Team[11] Oreca 07 30 P2 Austria René Binder[11] TBA
Switzerland Neel Jani[11] TBA
Chile Nico Pino[11] TBA
Turkey Racing Team Turkey[12] Oreca 07 34 PA Switzerland Louis Delétraz[12] TBA
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood[12] TBA
Turkey Salih Yoluç[12] TBA
Switzerland Cool Racing[13] Oreca 07 37 PA Switzerland Alexandre Coigny[13] TBA
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen[13] TBA
France Nicolas Lapierre[4] TBA
47 P2 France Reshad de Gerus[14] TBA
Main Page Vladislav Lomko[15][N 1] TBA
Argentina José María López[16] TBA
Poland Inter Europol Competition[4] Oreca 07 43 P2 South Africa Jonathan Aberdein[17] TBA
Angola Rui Andrade[17] TBA
United Kingdom Olli Caldwell[17] TBA
France Panis Racing[18] Oreca 07 65 P2 Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm[18] TBA
Venezuela Manuel Maldonado[18] TBA
Netherlands Job van Uitert[18] TBA
United States DragonSpeed USA[19] Oreca 07 81 PA Sweden Henrik Hedman[4] TBA
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya[4] TBA
Colombia Sebastián Montoya[4] TBA
Italy AF Corse[20] Oreca 07 83 PA United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat[20] TBA
France François Perrodo[20] TBA
France Matthieu Vaxivière[20] TBA
Germany Proton Competition[21] Oreca 07 99 PA Italy Gianmaria Bruni[21] TBA
Germany Jonas Ried[21] TBA
Italy Giorgio Roda[21] TBA
Icon MISC
P2 LMP2
PA LMP2 Pro-Am

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
Luxembourg DKR Engineering[4] Duqueine M30 - D08 4 United Arab Emirates Alexander Bukhantsov[4][N 1] TBA
Mozambique Pedro Perino[4] TBA
United Kingdom James Winslow[4] TBA
United Kingdom RLR MSport[4] Ligier JS P320 5 Denmark Valdemar Eriksen[4] TBA
Australia Andres Latorre Canon[4] TBA
United Kingdom Jack Manchester[4] TBA
15 Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.[4] TBA
France Gaël Julien[4] TBA
Poland Mateusz Kaprzyk[4] TBA
United Kingdom Nielsen Racing[4] Ligier JS P320 7 United Kingdom Ryan Harper-Ellam[4] TBA
United Kingdom Anthony Wells[4] TBA
Poland Team Virage[4] Ligier JS P320 8 Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo[4] TBA
Main Page Dmitry Gvazava[4][N 1] TBA
TBA TBA
Italy EuroInternational[22] Ligier JS P320 10 Netherlands Glenn van Berlo[22] TBA
United Kingdom Nick Moss[22] TBA
11 United Kingdom Matthew Bell[4] TBA
Belgium Gilles Cloet[4] TBA
Italy Kevin Gilardoni[4] TBA
Germany WTM by Rinaldi Racing[4] Duqueine M30 - D08 12 Colombia Óscar Tunjo[23] TBA
Germany Torsten Kratz[4] TBA
Germany Leonard Weiss[4] TBA
Poland Inter Europol Competition[4] Ligier JS P320 13 United Kingdom Kai Askey[17] TBA
United States Wyatt Brichacek[17] TBA
Portugal Miguel Cristóvão[17] TBA
Switzerland Cool Racing[24] Ligier JS P320 17 France Adrien Chila[24] TBA
Mexico Alex García[24] TBA
Argentina Marcos Siebert[24] TBA
Switzerland Racing Spirit of Léman[4] Ligier JS P320 31 France Antoine Doquin[4] TBA
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert[4] TBA
France Jacques Wolff[4] TBA
France Ultimate[4][25] Ligier JS P320 35 France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[4] TBA
France Matthieu Lahaye[4] TBA
France Eric Trouillet[25] TBA

LMGTE

All cars in the LMGTE class use Goodyear tyres.

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Germany Proton Competition[26] Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 16 United States Ryan Hardwick[26] TBA
Belgium Alessio Picariello[4] TBA
Canada Zacharie Robichon[4] TBA
77 France Julien Andlauer TBA
Italy Giammarco Levorato TBA
Germany Christian Ried[4] TBA
93 Republic of Ireland Michael Fassbender[4] TBA
Austria Richard Lietz[4] TBA
Estonia Martin Rump[4] TBA
Denmark GMB Motorsport[27] Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 44 Denmark Gustav Birch[27] TBA
Denmark Jens Reno Møller[27] TBA
Denmark Nicki Thiim[28] TBA
Denmark Formula Racing[29] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 50 Denmark Conrad Laursen[29] TBA
Denmark Johnny Laursen[29] TBA
Denmark Mikkel Mac[29] TBA
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen[29] TBA
Italy AF Corse[4] 51 Portugal Rui Águas[4] TBA
Greece Kriton Lendoudis[4] TBA
TBA TBA
Switzerland Spirit of Race[4] 55 United Kingdom Duncan Cameron[4] TBA
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin[4] TBA
South Africa David Perel[4] TBA
Switzerland Kessel Racing[4] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 57 United States Scott Huffaker[4] TBA
Japan Takeshi Kimura[4] TBA
Denmark Frederik Schandorff[4] TBA
Italy Iron Lynx[30] Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 60 Italy Matteo Cairoli[31] TBA
Italy Matteo Cressoni[31] TBA
Italy Claudio Schiavoni[31] TBA
United Kingdom JMW Motorsport[4] Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 66 Australia Martin Berry[4] TBA
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin[32] TBA
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster[32] TBA
United Kingdom TF Sport[33] Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 72 France Valentin Hasse-Clot[33] TBA
France Arnold Robin[33] TBA
France Maxime Robin[33] TBA
95 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam[34] TBA
United Kingdom John Hartshorne[34] TBA
United Kingdom Ben Tuck[34] TBA

Notes
  1. Gvazava and Lomko are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov, also a Russian, competes under an Emirati licence for the same reason.

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