Touring car stars and factory GT drivers lead Le Mans Virtual Series Monza entry 

The second round of the 2022-23 Le Mans Virtual Series is later this week and will feature even more real-world motorsport stars alongside the very best professional esports talent. 

The rules for this season’s LMP and GT championship, run in collaboration between the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and Motorsport Games, require one FIA-graded real-world driver in each car to enter a Series race before the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual in January 2023. 

As a result, the second round – the 4 Hours of Monza – whiteness further motorsport talent entering. 

Amongst the line-up is 10-time FIA World Touring Car Cup race winner Esteban Guerrieri driving for the #444 Nextview Vanwall-Burst car alongside Michi Hoyer and Dawid Mroczek. He takes the seat vacated by Formula E driver Sérgio Sette Câmara, who alongside Hoyer and Mroczek finished fifth in Bahrain three weeks ago. 

Another WTCR race victor, Slovakian Maťo Homola is also taking part, alongside compatriots Jakub Stofko and Andrej Marecak for ARC Bratislava. 

Elsewhere, Porsche has decided to make use of its first factory-backed drivers, with current ADAC GT Masters driver Ayhancan Güven behind the wheel of the #20 Porsche Coanda LMP alongside Tommy Østgaard and Mitchell deJong who finished fourth in the opening round. 

Yifei Ye makes a return to the championship for Monza. The Chinese driver is both the 2021 Asian and European Le Mans champion and will be driving the virtual version of his real-world machine alongside Adam Pinczes and Jimmy Antunes for Arnage Competition. 

2009 American Le Mans Series LMP2 champion Luis Díaz will also take part for his national squad –Mexico Racing Team – with Alberto Gironella and Manuel de Samaniego. 

Winners of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, #4 Floyd Vanwall-Burst, once again field Jernej Simončič and Jesper Pedersen, but this time they are joined by real-world Vanwall Hypercar driver Tom Dillmann. 

Of course, the sim racing talent is fiercely competitive too, with experts across all major platforms present. 

Current DTM Esports and Formula Pro Series champion Kevin Siggy, GT World Challenge Europe Esports champion James Baldwin and Formula Challenge race winner Risto Kappet will all take to the grid. 

Two-time Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup champion Joshua Rogers will compete against 2022 champion Diogo Pinto. 

Qualifying is live on the Traxion.GG YouTube channel from 6 pm BST / 7 pm CEST on Friday 7th September, followed by the main race on Saturday 8th September at 12.30 pm BST / 1.30 pm CEST.

LE MANS VIRTUAL SERIES, 4 HOURS OF MONZA, LMP ENTRY LIST

No	LMP	CAR	DRIVER 1	DRIVER 2	DRIVER 3
1	Team Redline	Oreca 07 LMP2	Luke Bennett	Jeffrey Rietveld	Maximilian Benecke
2	Team Redline	Oreca 07 LMP2	Josh Thompson	Michal Smidl	Diogo Pinto
4	Floyd Vanwall-Burst	Oreca 07 LMP2	Tom Dillmann (PRO)	Jernej Simončič	Jesper N. Pedersen
5	Williams Esports	Oreca 07 LMP2	Martin Stefanko*	Jack Keithley	Petar Brljak
8	R8G ESPORTS	Oreca 07 LMP2	Jiri Toman	Erhan Jajovski	Marcell Csincsik
16	Pescarolo Esport Monaco	Oreca 07 LMP2	Thomas Imbourg	Robert Paun*	Csaba kiss
18	R8G ESPORTS	Oreca 07 LMP2	Martin Hemmingsen	Christopher Högfeldt	Ulas Ozyildirim
20	Porsche Coanda	Oreca 07 LMP2	Ayhancan Güven (PRO)	Tommy Østgaard	Mitchell deJong
21	SEM9.Axle	Oreca 07 LMP2	Naquib Azlan	Muhammad Aleef*	Inigo Anton
22	Rocket Simsport	Oreca 07 LMP2	Mika Hakimi	Sean Campbell	Ferris Stanley
23	Porsche Coanda	Oreca 07 LMP2	Joshua Rogers	Mack Bakkum	Martin Krönke
28	YAS HEAT VELOCE	Oreca 07 LMP2	Isaac Gillissen	Balazs Remenyik*	Marko Pejic
29	Mexico Racing Team	Oreca 07 LMP2	Luis Díaz (PRO)	Alberto Gironella	Manuel de Samaniego
36	Alpine Esports	Oreca 07 LMP2	Collin Spork	Rory MacDuff	Tom Lartilleux
44	ARC Bratislava	Oreca 07 LMP2	Matej Homola (PRO)	Jakub Stofko	Andrej Marecak*
53	AMG Team Williams Esports	Oreca 07 LMP2	Michael Romanidis	Nikodem Wisniewski	Jakub Brzezinski
62	Brabham Esports	Oreca 07 LMP2	Devin Braune	Jan von der Heyde	Arne Schoonvliet
63	AMG Team Petronas Esports	Oreca 07 LMP2	James Baldwin (PRO)	Bono Huis	Graham Carroll
65	Panis Racing Team	Oreca 07 LMP2	Job van Uitert (PRO)	Florian Lebigre	Thibault Cazaubon
86	GR Vector eSport	Oreca 07 LMP2	Jan Granqvist	Tom Stevens	Daniel Brewer
100	Arnage Competition	Oreca 07 LMP2	Yifei Ye (PRO)	Adam Pinczes	Jimmy Antunes
101	GR Vector eSport	Oreca 07 LMP2	Adam Maguire	Liam de Waal	Mattia Crupi
444	Nextview Vanwall-Burst	Oreca 07 LMP2	Esteban Guerrieri (PRO)	Michi Hoyer	Dawid Mroczek
966	Team Fordzilla	Oreca 07 LMP2	Luke Browning (PRO)	Gianmarco Fiduci	Alessandro Ottaviani

LE MANS VIRTUAL SERIES, 4 HOURS OF MONZA, GTE ENTRY LIST

No.	GTE	CAR	DRIVER 1	DRIVER 2	DRIVER 3
10	MAHLE Racing Team	BMW M8 GTE	Michele D’Alessandro	Muhammed Patel	Eros Masciulli
11	Project 1 by Dörr Esports	Porsche 911 RSR GTE	Leonard Krippner	Florian Hasse	Alexander Dornieden*
25	Inspeed Racing	Porsche 911 RSR GTE	Xiayufei Li	Yanzhe Li	Yaocheng Quan
26	SIM Maranello	Ferrari 488 GTE	Lorenzo Arisi	Christian Malghera	Andrea Terzi
51	SF Velas Esports Team	Ferrari 488 GTE	Kasper Stoltze	Jordy Zwiers	Christian Michel
64	Satellite Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	David Pittard (PRO)	Henri Sinik	Jimi Nisula
66	SIMMSA Esports	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ramez Azzam (PRO)	Gustas Grinbergas (PRO)	Patrick Schindler
71	BMW Team Redline	BMW M8 GTE	Chris Lulham	Kevin Siggy	Enzo Bonito
77	Proton Coanda Esports	Porsche 911 RSR GTE	Dayne Warren	Charlie Collins	Paschalis Gkergkis
88	Proton Coanda Esports	Porsche 911 RSR GTE	Dylan Pereira (PRO)	Kevin van Dooren	Oskar Biksrud
89	BMW Team BS+COMPETITION	BMW M8 GTE	Alen Terzic	Ibraheem Khan	Joonas Raivio
95	Prodrive FYRA Esport	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Lasse Sørensen (PRO)	Lasse Bak	Mikkel Gade
99	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Porsche 911 RSR GTE	Cooper Webster*	Alex Siebel	Dennis Jordan
111	P1 Esport	Porsche 911 RSR GTE	Marcus Jensen	Turkka Häkkinen	Rasmus Busk
777	D’station Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Remi Delorme	Marc Veit	Toshiya Nojima
888	R8G ESPORTS	Ferrari 488 GTE	Alexander Smolyar (PRO)	Timotej Andonovski	Risto Kappet

2022/23 LE MANS VIRTUAL SERIES, ROUND 2, 4 HOURS OF MONZA SCHEDULE

• Le Mans Virtual Series GTE qualifying – Friday 7th September 19:10 BST / 20:10 CEST / 11:10 PT / 14:10 ET
• Le Mans Virtual Series LMP qualifying – Friday 7th September 19:40 BST / 20.40 CEST / 11:40 PT / 14:40 ET
• Le Mans Virtual Series 8 Hours of Bahrain – Saturday 8th 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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