Le Mans Virtual Series

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The Le Mans Virtual Series is an Esports endurance series. The five-event season began at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on 25 September 2021 and will finish at Circuit de la Sarthe for the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual on 15–16 January 2022 which will take place at the 2022 Autosport International show at the NEC, in Birmingham, United Kingdom.[1][2]

The series is open for Le Mans Prototype (LMP2) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) classes.

Calendar[]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Monza Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy 25 September 2021
2 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium 16 October 2021
3 8 Hours of Nürburgring Germany Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany 13 November 2021
4 6 Hours of Sebring United States Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida, United States 18 December 2021
5 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual France Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans, France 15–16 January 2022

Entries[]

The entry list was divided into two categories of vehicles: LMP2 and GTE. There are 21 teams in the LMP class and 17 in the GTE category.[3]

LMP2[]

All cars in the LMP2 class used the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.

   Pro Drivers
   Sim Drivers
Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
Switzerland
United Arab Emirates
Rebellion GPX Williams[N 1]
GPX Rebellion Williams[N 1]
Oreca 07 1 Poland Kuba Brzezinski 1–3, 5
Poland Nikodem Wisniewski 1–3, 5
Switzerland Louis Delétraz 1–2, 5
Italy Raffaele Marciello 3
Argentina Agustín Canapino 5
22 Hungary Marcell Csincsik 1–3, 5
Czech Republic Jiri Toman 1–3, 5
China Ye Yifei 1–2, 5
United Kingdom Jack Aitken 3
Argentina Néstor Girolami 5
United Kingdom Williams eSports 5 Croatia Petar Brljak 1–3, 5
Spain Alex Arana 1–2
Argentina Néstor Girolami 1
Belgium Jarno D'Hauw 2–3
Italy Moreno Sirica 3
Greece Michael Romanidis 5
United Kingdom Team Rocket Simsport Oreca 07 2 Germany Devin Braune 1–3, 5
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe 1–3, 5
Germany Jan von der Heyde 1, 3, 5
United Kingdom Matt Richards 2
Germany Marc Gassner 5
Austria Floyd ByKolles – Burst eSport[N 2]
Alpha Ind. ByKolles – Burst eSport[N 2]
Oreca 07 4 Denmark Jesper Pedersen 1–3, 5
Slovenia Jerernej Simončič 1–3, 5
Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara 1
France Tom Dillmann 2–3, 5
Netherlands Bent Viscaal 5
444 Germany Michi Hoyer 1–3, 5
Poland Dawid Mroczek 1–3, 5
South Africa Jonathan Aberdein 1
Netherlands Bent Viscaal 2–3
Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara 5
Denmark Lucas Ditlev Daugaard 5
France R8G Esports Team Oreca 07 8 North Macedonia Erhan Jajovski 1–3, 5
Netherlands Hany Alsabti 1–3
United Kingdom Gordon Mutch 1–3
Australia Scott Andrews 5
Switzerland Mathias Beche 5
United Kingdom Isaac Price 5
18 France Thibault Cazaubon 1–3, 5
France Thomas Petitjean 1
Netherlands Job van Uitert 1, 5
Estonia Risto Kappet 2–3, 5
France Arthur Rougier 2–3, 5
Germany Mahle Racing Team Oreca 07 10 Italy Michele D'Alessandro 1–3, 5
United Kingdom Muhammed Patel 1–3, 5
Netherlands Beitske Visser 1, 5
United States Phillipe Denes 2–3, 5
Austria Red Bull Racing Esports Oreca 07 11 Germany Dennis Jordan 1–3, 5
Germany Alex Siebel 1–3
Sweden Timmy Hansen 1
Australia Jack Doohan 2
New Zealand Liam Lawson 3
Hungary Norbert Kiss 5
Denmark Frederik Rasmussen 5
Australia Cooper Webster 5
France Race Clutch Alpine[N 3]
Alpine Esports[N 3]
Oreca 07 14 France Tom Lartilleux 1–3, 5
Peru Nico Barclay 1
Poland Nikodem Wierzbicki 1, 5
United States Rory MacDuff 2–3, 5
France Paul-Adrien Pallot 2–3, 5
15 France Romain Boeckler 1–3, 5
Spain Borja Millan 1–3
Netherlands Rick Jonk 1
United States Eneric André 2–3, 5
France Antoine Doquin 5
Hungary Peter Zuba 5
36 France Sacha Lehmann 5
France Victor Martins 5
Finland Olli Pahkala 5
Hungary Patrik Sipos 5
France Pescarolo E-sport Oreca 07 16 France Thomas Imbourg 5
France Bruce Jouanny 5
France Adrien Tambay 5
France Quentin Vialatte 5
Malaysia Axle Motorsport Oreca 07 21 Malaysia Naquib Azlan 1–3, 5
Australia Josh Purwien 1–3, 5
Malaysia Mika Hakimi 1
Singapore Ar Muhammad Aleef 2–3, 5
Philippines Inigo Anton 5
United Kingdom Guest Car Oreca 07 24 Italy Luca D'Amelio 5
Sweden Christopher Högfeldt 5
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 5
Colombia Sebastián Montoya 5
United Kingdom Veloce Esports Oreca 07 28 United Kingdom James Baldwin 5
United Kingdom Michael Epps 5
Netherlands Isaac Gillissen 5
Republic of Ireland Eamonn Murphy 5
Mexico Mexico Racing Team Oreca 07 29 Mexico Alberto Gironella 5
Mexico Benito Guerra Jr. 5
Mexico Alejandro de Alba Márquez 5
Mexico Memo Rojas 5
France Duqueine/PRiMA Esports Oreca 07 30 France Gabriel Aubry 5
France Léo Boulay 5
France Maxime Delpech 5
France Arnaud Lacombe 5
Belgium Team WRT SIMTAG Esports Oreca 07 31 Belgium Arne Schoonvliet 1–2
Belgium Marco Schendel 1
Denmark Lasse Sørensen 1
Belgium Fabrice Cornelis 2–3, 5
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita 2, 5
Argentina Franco Colapinto 3, 5
Germany Benjamin Gielczynski 3, 5
United Kingdom Jota Oreca 07 38 United Kingdom Ibraheem Khan 1–3, 5
United Kingdom Mike Epps 1–3
Indonesia Ferris Stanley 1, 5
Hungary Daniel Kiss 2–3
United Kingdom Jordan Albert 5
Malaysia Mika Hakimi 5
France GRAFF by ProSimu Oreca 07 39 France Maxime Brient 5
France Vincent Capillaire 5
France Yohann Harth 5
France Maxime Robin 5
Slovakia ARC Bratislava Oreca 07 44 Slovakia Dávid Nemček 1–3, 5
Slovakia Dennis Zeťák 1–3, 5
Slovakia Jakub Štofko 1–2, 5
Slovakia Andrej Marečák 3
Slovakia Maťo Homola 5
United Arab Emirates YAS HEAT Oreca 07 49 United Kingdom Josh Lad 1–3
Hungary Balázs Remenyik 1–2, 5
United States Ryan Tveter 1
United Kingdom William Tregurtha 2, 5
United Kingdom James Baldwin 3
Netherlands Isaac Gillissen 3
United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell 5
Germany Marko Pejic 5
France Panis Racing Oreca 07 65 Italy Alessandro Ottaviani 1–3, 5
United Kingdom Will Stevens 1–3
France Valentin Mandernach 1
Germany Tobias Pfeffer 2–3
Brazil Gustavo Ariel 5
Italy Gabriele Minì 5
Argentina Nicolás Varrone 5
Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Oreca 07 67 United Kingdom Ross Gunn 5
Netherlands Bono Huis 5
Spain Daniel Juncadella 5
Netherlands Jarno Opmeer 5
Switzerland Realteam Hydrogen Redline Oreca 07 70 Netherlands Jeffrey Rietveld 1–3, 5
Czech Republic Michal Smidl 1–3, 5
Spain Daniel Juncadella 1
Brazil Caio Collet 2
Brazil Jeff Giassi 3
Brazil Felipe Drugovich 5
United Kingdom Oliver Rowland 5
Luxembourg Team Redline 123 Netherlands Bono Huis 1–3
Netherlands Atze Kerkhof 1–2, 5
Netherlands Colin Caresani 1
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 2–3, 5
Netherlands Collin Spork 3
Germany Maximilian Benecke 5
Netherlands Max Verstappen 5
United States Team Fordzilla Oreca 07 966 Portugal Nuno Pinto 1–3, 5
United Kingdom Luke Browning 1–2, 5
Italy Gianmarco Fiduci 1
Spain Pablo López Padín 2–3, 5
Portugal Rafael Lobato 3
Spain Álex Palou 5
Sources:[4][5][6][7][8]

LMGTE[]

Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Italy FDA Esports Team Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 51 Netherlands Jordy Zwiers 1–2
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 1
Denmark Kasper Stoltze 1, 3
Denmark Martin Dyrlund 2–3
South Africa David Perel 2–3
United Kingdom BMW Team GB BMW M8 GTE 4.0 L Turbo V8 55 United Kingdom Jack Keithley 1–3
Czech Republic Martin Stefanko 1–3
Finland Sami-Matti Trogen 1, 3
Argentina Agustín Canapino 2
Germany Team Project 1 x BPM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 56 Germany Tim Neuendorf 1–2
Bulgaria Peyo Stoyanov Peev 1–2
Germany Nicolas Hillebrand 1
United Kingdom Bradley Philpot 2
57 Netherlands Bram Beelen 1–2
Poland Zbigniew Siara 1–2
Germany René Buttler 1
Germany Nicolas Hillebrand 2
Malaysia Axle Motorsport Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 61 Malaysia Mikko Nassi 1–2
Philippines Inigo Anton 1, 3
Malaysia Alister Yoong 1, 3
Italy Davidie Arduini 2
Malaysia Amir Haziq 2
Malaysia Nabil Azlan 3
United Arab Emirates SIMMSA Esports Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 66 Germany Armin Binder 1–3
Lithuania Gustas Grinbergas 1, 3
Germany Sebastian Wunsch 1
Canada Ramez Azzam 2
Germany Andreas Schmich 2–3
Luxembourg BMW Team Redline BMW M8 GTE 4.0 L Turbo V8 71 Italy Enzo Bonito 1–3
Brazil Jeff Giassi 1
Slovenia Kevin Siggy 1–3
Netherlands Rudy van Buren 2–3
Germany Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 77 France Jeremy Bouteloup 1–3
Belgium Kevin van Dooren 1–3
Netherlands Loek Hartog 1–3
88 United Kingdom Charlie Collins 1–3
Luxembourg Dylan Pereira 1–3
Australia Dayne Warren 1–3
United Kingdom GR Wolves Racing Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 86 Republic of Ireland Adam Maguire 1–3
Australia Nick Foster 1–2
Netherlands Liam de Waal 1, 3
Finland Turkka Häkkinen 2
Australia Bart Horsten 3
87 Germany Philipp Puschke 1–3
United Kingdom Chris McDade 1–2
United Kingdom Ben Baker 1
Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen 2
Finland Turkka Häkkinen 3
Belgium Alessio Picariello 3
Germany BMW Team BS+Competition BMW M8 GTE 4.0 L Turbo V8 89 Finland Joonas Raivio 1–3
Slovenia Alen Terzic 1–3
Canada Bruno Spengler 1
Germany Laurin Heinrich 2–3
Germany Porsche Esports Team Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 91 Netherlands Mack Bakkum 1–3
United States Mitchell DeJong 1–3
Germany Martin Krönke 1–3
92 Norway Tommy Østgaard 1–3
Australia Joshua Rogers 1–3
Turkey Ayhancan Güven 1, 3
United States Sage Karam 2
Austria Red Bull Racing Esports Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 111 Spain Nestor Garcia Jr. 1–3
Netherlands Yuri Kasdorp 1–3
Denmark Dennis Lind 1
United Kingdom Jonny Edgar 2
Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı 3
Japan D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 777 Japan Toshiya Nojima 1–3
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira 1–3
Japan Yusuke Tomibayashi 1–3
France Tesla R8G Esports BMW M8 GTE 4.0 L Turbo V8 888 North Macedonia Timotej Andonovski 1–3
France Florian Lebigre 1–2
France Simon Pilate 1–2
Denmark Martin Hemmingsen 3
Russia Aleksandr Smolyar 3
Sources:[4][5][6][7]

Results[]

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd. Circuit Pole LMP2 Winning Team LMGTE Winning Team Results
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMGTE Winning Drivers
1 Italy Monza France No. 8 R8G Esports Team Switzerland No. 70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline Germany No. 91 Porsche Esports Team [9]
Netherlands Hany Alsabti
North Macedonia Erhan Jajovski
United Kingdom Gordon Mutch
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Netherlands Jeffrey Rietveld
Czech Republic Michal Smidl
Netherlands Mack Bakkum
United States Mitchell DeJong
Germany Martin Krönke
2 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps Switzerland No. 70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline Luxembourg No. 123 Team Redline Luxembourg No. 71 BMW Team Redline [10]
Brazil Caio Collet
Netherlands Jeffrey Rietveld
Czech Republic Michal Smidl
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Netherlands Atze Kerkhof
Netherlands Bono Huis
Netherlands Rudy van Buren
Italy Enzo Bonito
Slovenia Kevin Siggy
3 Germany Nürburgring Austria No. 4 Floyd ByKolles – Burst eSport Luxembourg No. 123 Team Redline France No. 888 Tesla R8G Esports [11]
France Tom Dillmann
Denmark Jesper Pedersen
Slovenia Jerernej Simončič
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Netherlands Bono Huis
Netherlands Collin Spork
Russia Aleksandr Smolyar
North Macedonia Timotej Andonovski
Denmark Martin Hemmingsen
4 United States Sebring
5 France Le Mans Virtual

Teams Championships[]

Points are awarded according to the following structure:[12]

Duration 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Other
0–6 Hours 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5
8��10 Hours 38 27 23 18 15 12 9 6 3 2 1
24 Hours 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2 1

LMP2[]

Pos. Team Car MNZ
Italy
SPA
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
SEB
United States
LMS
France
Points
1 Austria #4 Floyd ByKolles – Burst eSport Oreca 07 3 2 2 4 58.5
2 Luxembourg #123 Team Redline Oreca 07 7 1 1 6 58
3 Switzerland #1 Rebellion GPX Williams Oreca 07 5 3 7 1 54.5
4 Switzerland #70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline Oreca 07 1 Ret 19 3 41
5 France #8 R8G Esports Team Oreca 07 12 4 5 2 38
6 United Arab Emirates #22 GPX Rebellion Williams Oreca 07 2 5 8 15 31.5
7 Austria #444 Alpha Ind. ByKolles – Burst eSport Oreca 07 4 6 6 9 28
8 Germany #10 Mahle Racing Team Oreca 07 8 19 18 5 15.5
9 United States #966 Team Fordzilla Oreca 07 13 9 3 13 14.5
10 France #14 Race Clutch Alpine Oreca 07 16 11 4 12 10.5
11 United Kingdom #2 Team Rocket Simsport Oreca 07 6 12 14 18 10
12 France #18 R8G Esports Team Oreca 07 Ret 8 10 8 9
13 United Arab Emirates #49 YAS HEAT Oreca 07 Ret 16 11 7 7.5
14 France #65 Panis Racing Oreca 07 Ret 7 12 17 7.5
15 Austria #11 Red Bull Racing Esports Oreca 07 9 14 9 16 4.5
16 France #15 Race Clutch Alpine Oreca 07 10 10 17 11 3.5
17 Malaysia #21 Axle Motorsport Oreca 07 14 13 16 14 2.5
18 United Kingdom #38 Jota Oreca 07 15 15 15 21 2.5
19 Belgium #31 Team WRT SIMTAG Esports Oreca 07 Ret 18 13 19 2
20 Slovakia #44 ARC Bratislava Oreca 07 11 17 NC 20 1.5
21 United Kingdom #5 Williams eSports Oreca 07 Ret Ret WD 10 1
Pos. Team Car MNZ
Italy
SPA
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
SEB
United States
LMS
France
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did Not Participate

Bold – Pole

‡ – Half points for the 8 Hours of Nürburgring as the race was red flagged prematurely.

LMGTE[]

Pos. Team Car MNZ
Italy
SPA
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
SEB
United States
LMS
France
Points
1 Luxembourg #71 BMW Team Redline BMW M8 GTE 2 1 4 1 77
2 Germany #91 Porsche Esports Team Porsche 911 RSR 1 2 7 2 65.5
3 Germany #88 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 3 4 3 4 50.5
4 Austria #111 Red Bull Racing Esports Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 13 8 2 3 33
5 Germany #92 Porsche Esports Team Porsche 911 RSR 8 3 6 6 33
6 United Kingdom #55 BMW Team GB BMW M8 GTE 4 5 8 7 31
7 Germany #89 BMW Team BS+Competition BMW M8 GTE 5 7 5 15 24
8 France #888 Tesla R8G Esports BMW M8 GTE 15 Ret 1 9 21.5
9 Germany #77 Proton Competition Porsche 911 RSR 6 9 13 5 21
10 Italy #51 FDA Esports Team Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 7 6 15 8 19
11 United Arab Emirates #66 SIMMSA Esports Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 11 10 9 10 4
12 Germany #56 Team Project 1 x BPM Porsche 911 RSR 9 Ret 17 16 3.5
13 Germany #57 Team Project 1 x BPM Porsche 911 RSR 10 Ret 12 12 2.5
14 Malaysia #61 Axle Motorsport Porsche 911 RSR 14 12 11 11 2.5
15 Japan #777 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR 12 13 14 13 2.5
16 United Kingdom #86 GR Wolves Racing Porsche 911 RSR 16 Ret 10 14 2
17 United Kingdom #87 GR Wolves Racing Porsche 911 RSR Ret 11 16 17 2
Pos. Team Car MNZ
Italy
SPA
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
SEB
United States
LMS
France
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did Not Participate

Bold – Pole

‡ – Half points for the 8 Hours of Nürburgring as the race was red flagged prematurely.

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Car No. 1 entered as Rebellion GPX Williams and car No. 22 entered as GPX Rebellion Williams.
  2. ^ a b Car No. 4 entered as Floyd ByKolles – Burst eSport and car No. 444 entered as Alpha Ind. ByKolles – Burst.
  3. ^ a b Car No. 14 entered as Race Clutch Alpine and Car No. 15 entered as Race Clutch Alpine from Rounds 1 to 4 and as Alpine ESports at Round 5, car No. 36 entered as Alpine Esports.

References[]

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  9. ^ "Le Mans Virtual Series Monza Race - Classification" (PDF). Le Mans Virtual Series. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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