The entry list for the first Le Mans Virtual Series round is now published, ahead of this coming weekend’s race, mixing real-world stars and leading virtual talent.
The main Le Mans Virtual Series, and 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual, driver and car roster, plus livery designs, can be viewed on our preview show. In it, drivers such as Max Verstappen, Beitske Visser, Romain Grosjean and Alex Yoong were included.
Teams’ pro-rated driver must compete in one of four ‘Series’ races, plus the 24 Hour of Le Mans Virtual.
Here, for the 8 Hours of Bahrain, we can see the majority of the professional racing esports line-up, plus several real-world FIA-graded drivers competing.
One of the stand-out entrants is Sérgio Sette Câmara, currently competing in Formula E for Dragon / Penske Autosport following three race wins in Formula 2. He lines up for Danish squad Nextview Vanwall-Burst in the #444 LMP, with team-mates Michi Hoyer and Dawid Mroczek – both known as rFactor 2 experts, competing in this year’s Formula Pro Series.
Former World’s Fastest Gamer and British GT race winner James Baldwin has made the switch to the manufacturer-backed AMG Team Petronas Esports squad, with Visa Vegas eRace winner Bono Huis and fellow new AMG recruit Graham Carroll completing the trio driving #63.
Bahrain will see the public debut of Porsche’s new works esports team, with Porsche Coanda entering both the #20 and #23 – the numbers relating to the marque’s 2023 return to top-level prototype racing.
Reigning champions Team Redline enters a formidable sextet of Luke Bennett, Jeffrey Rietveld, Maximilian Benecke, Josh Thompson, Michal Smidl and Diogo Pinto across two LMP cars for the opening race.
In GTE, it remains with BMW, fielding Chris Lulham, reigning DTM Esports champion Kevin Siggy and Enzo Bonito.
2012 DTM champion and current FIA ETCR driver Bruno Spengler lines up for the BMW-backed Team BS+COMPETITION in GTE, the Florian Haasper-managed squad looking to build upon some promising performances in 2021 with Ibraheem Khan Joonas and Raivio also in the car.
Also in GTE is 2022 Porsche Supercup champion Dylan Pereira, wrapping up the Formula 1-supporting series last weekend in Monza. He will be sharing the #88 Proton Coanda Esports 911 with Kevin van Dooren and Joni Takanen.
This is just a taste of the talent lined up, as the full list is below. Qualifying is live on the Traxion.GG YouTube channel from 6 pm BST / 7 pm CEST on Friday 16th September, followed by the main race on Saturday 17th September at 12.30 pm BST / 1.30 pm CEST.
Le Mans Virtual Series, 8 Hours of Bahrain, LMP entry list
| N° | LMP | CAR | No | DRIVER 1 | DRIVER 2 | DRIVER 3 |
| 1 | Team Redline | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 1 | Luke Bennett | Jeffrey Rietveld | Maximilian Benecke |
| 2 | Team Redline | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 2 | Josh Thompson | Michal Smidl | Diogo Pinto |
| 3 | Floyd Vanwall-Burst | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 4 | Jesper Pedersen | Jernej Simončič | Damian Skowron* |
| 4 | Williams Esports | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 5 | Sami-Matti Trogen (PRO) | Jack Keithley | Petar Brljak |
| 5 | R8G ESPORTS | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 8 | Jiri Toman | Erhan Jajovski | Marcell Csincsik |
| 6 | Pescarolo Esport Monaco | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 16 | Alon Day (PRO) | Thomas Imbourg | Csaba Kiss |
| 7 | R8G ESPORTS | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 18 | Martin Hemmingsen | Christopher Högfeldt | Ulas Ozyldirim |
| 8 | Porsche Coanda | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 20 | Mitchell deJong | Tommy Østgaard | Zac Campbell |
| 9 | SEM9 Axle Sports | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 21 | Naquib Azlan | Josh Purwien | Inigo Anton |
| 10 | Rocket Simsport | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 22 | Jordan Albert* | Sean Campbell | Ferris Stanley |
| 11 | Porsche Coanda | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 23 | Joshua Rogers | Mack Bakkum | Martin Krönke |
| 12 | YAS HEAT VELOCE | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 28 | Isaac Gillissen | Eamonn Murphy | Marko Pejic |
| 13 | Mexico Racing Team | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 29 | Alejandro Vargas | Alberto Gironella | Manuel De Samaniego |
| 14 | Alpine Esports | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 36 | Collin Spork | Rory MacDuff | Tom Lartilleux |
| 15 | ARC Bratislava | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 44 | Andrej Marecak* | Jakub Stofko | Erik Vizi |
| 16 | AMG Team Williams Esports | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 53 | Michael Romanidis | Nikodem Wisniewski | Jakub Brzezinski |
| 17 | Brabham Esports | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 62 | Devin Braune | Mika Hakimi | Borja Millan |
| 18 | AMG Team Petronas Esports | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 63 | James Baldwin (PRO) | Bono Huis | Graham Carroll |
| 19 | Panis Racing Team | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 65 | Florian Lebigre | Thibault Cazaubon | Yannick Lapchin |
| 20 | GR Vector eSport | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 86 | Jan Granqvist | Daniel Brewer | Tom Stevens |
| 21 | Arnage Competition | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 100 | Jimmy Antunes | Adam Pinczes | Janos Bracsok |
| 22 | GR Vector eSport | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 101 | Liam de Waal | Mattia Cruppi | Phillip Drayss* |
| 23 | Nextview Vanwall-Burst | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 444 | Sergio Sette Camara (PRO) | Michi Hoyer | Dawid Mroczek |
| 24 | Team Fordzilla | Oreca 07 LMP2 | 966 | Luke Browning (PRO) | Gianmarco Fiduci | Alessandro Ottaviani |
Le Mans Virtual Series, 8 Hours of Bahrain, GTE entry list
| N° | GTE | CAR | No. | DRIVER 1 | DRIVER 2 | DRIVER 3 |
| 25 | MAHLE Racing Team | BMW M8 GTE | 10 | Michele D’Alessandro | Muhammed Patel | Eros Masciulli |
| 26 | Project 1 by Dörr Esports | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 11 | Marc Gassner (PRO) | Moritz Löhner | Leonard Krippner |
| 27 | Inspeed Racing | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 25 | Xiayufei Li | Yanzhe Li | Yaocheng Quan |
| 28 | SIM Maranello | Ferrari 488 GTE | 26 | Christian Malghera | Andrea Terzi | Gianluca Scalvini* |
| 29 | SF Velas Esports Team | Ferrari 488 GTE | 51 | Kasper Stoltze | Jordy Zwiers | Christian Michel |
| 30 | Satellite Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 64 | David Pittard (PRO) | Henri Sinik | Jimi Nisula |
| 31 | SIMMSA Esports | Ferrari 488 GTE | 66 | Ramez Azzam (PRO) | Sebastian Wunsch | Patrick Schindler |
| 32 | BMW Team Redline | BMW M8 GTE | 71 | Chris Lulham | Kevin Siggy | Enzo Bonito |
| 33 | Proton Coanda Esports | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 77 | Dayne Warren | Charlie Collins | Paschalis Gkergkis |
| 34 | Proton Coanda Esports | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 88 | Dylan Pereira (PRO) | Kevin van Dooren | Joni Takanen |
| 35 | BMW Team BS+COMPETITION | BMW M8 GTE | 89 | Bruno Spengler (PRO) | Ibraheem Khan | Joonas Raivio |
| 36 | Prodrive FYRA Esport | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 95 | Lasse Sørensen (PRO) | Mikkel Gade | Lasse Bak |
| 37 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 99 | Cooper Webster* | Yuri Kasdorp | Dennis Jordan |
| 38 | P1 Esport | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 111 | Marcus Jensen | Turkka Häkkinen | Rasmus Busk |
| 39 | D’station Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 777 | Remi Delorme | Marc Veit | Toshiya Nojima |
| 40 | R8G ESPORTS | Ferrari 488 GTE | 888 | Alexander Smolyar (PRO) | Timotej Andonovski | Risto Kappet |
2022/23 LE MANS VIRTUAL SERIES, Round 1, 8 Hours of Bahrain schedule
- Le Mans Virtual Series GTE qualifying – Friday 16th September 19:10 BST / 20:10 CEST / 11:10 PT / 14:10 ET
- Le Mans Virtual Series LMP qualifying – Friday 16th September 19:40 BST / 20.40 CEST / 11:40 PT / 14:40 ET
- Le Mans Virtual Series 8 Hours of Bahrain – Saturday 17th September 13:00 BST / 14:00 CEST / 05:00 PT / 08:00 ET
2022/23 LE MANS VIRTUAL SERIES CALENDAR
- Round 1 – 8 Hours of Bahrain, Bahrain – 17th September 2022
- Round 2 – 4 Hours of Monza, Italy – 8th October 2022
- Round 3 – 6 Hours of Spa, Belgium – 5th November 5 2022
- Round 4 – 500 Miles of Sebring, USA – 3rd December 2022
- Round 5 – 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual – 14th-15th January 2023
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