The 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual was an esports 24-hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) vehicles held on a simulated version of the Circuit de la Sarthe from 15 to 16 January 2022. It was hosted on the rFactor 2 gaming platform as the fifth and final round of the 2021–22 Le Mans Virtual Series. The race featured 50 teams of four drivers each sharing one car, divided into two categories of vehicles: LMP and GTE. There were 29 teams in the LMP class and 21 in the GTE category. High-profile drivers like two-time Formula One world champion Max Verstappen and IndyCar driver Juan Pablo Montoya competed in the race.[1]
Results edit
Qualifying edit
Pole position winners in each of the two classes are indicated in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP | 70 | Realteam Hydrogen Redline | Oreca 07 | 3:21.219 | |
| 2 | LMP | 123 | Team Redline | Oreca 07 | 3:21.221 | +0.002 |
| 3 | LMP | 67 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:21.258 | +0.039 |
| 4 | LMP | 28 | Veloce eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:21.443 | +0.224 |
| 5 | LMP | 14 | Race Clutch Alpine | Oreca 07 | 3:21.496 | +0.277 |
| 6 | LMP | 4 | Floyd ByKolles-Burst | Oreca 07 | 3:21.563 | +0.344 |
| 7 | LMP | 65 | Panis Racing | Oreca 07 | 3:21.716 | +0.497 |
| 8 | LMP | 21 | SEM9 Flash Axle Motorsport | Oreca 07 | 3:21.765 | +0.546 |
| 9 | LMP | 31 | Team WRT SIMTAG eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:21.824 | +0.605 |
| 10 | LMP | 11 | Red Bull Racing eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:21.865 | +0.646 |
| 11 | LMP | 444 | Alpha Ind. ByKolles-Burst | Oreca 07 | 3:21.882 | +0.663 |
| 12 | LMP | 1 | Rebellion GPX eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:21.906 | +0.687 |
| 13 | LMP | 24 | Le Mans Virtual Series Guest Car | Oreca 07 | 3:21.984 | +0.765 |
| 14 | LMP | 8 | R8G ESPORTS | Oreca 07 | 3:22.042 | +0.823 |
| 15 | LMP | 966 | Team Fordzilla | Oreca 07 | 3:22.062 | +0.843 |
| 16 | LMP | 15 | Alpine eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:22.074 | +0.855 |
| 17 | LMP | 36 | Alpine eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:22.233 | +1.014 |
| 18 | LMP | 22 | GPX Rebellion eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:22.311 | +1.092 |
| 19 | LMP | 49 | YAS HEAT | Oreca 07 | 3:22.321 | +1.102 |
| 20 | LMP | 38 | Jota Sport | Oreca 07 | 3:22.361 | +1.142 |
| 21 | LMP | 18 | R8G ESPORTS | Oreca 07 | 3:22.504 | +1.285 |
| 22 | LMP | 10 | Mahle Racing Team | Oreca 07 | 3:22.550 | +1.331 |
| 23 | LMP | 5 | Williams eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:22.936 | +1.717 |
| 24 | LMP | 39 | Graff by ProSimu | Oreca 07 | 3:23.652 | +2.433 |
| 25 | LMP | 30 | Duqueine/PRiMA eSports | Oreca 07 | 3:24.137 | +2.918 |
| 26 | LMP | 16 | Pescarolo E-Sport | Oreca 07 | 3:24.310 | +3.091 |
| 27 | LMP | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Oreca 07 | 3:24.772 | +3.553 |
| 28 | LMP | 29 | Mexico Racing Team | Oreca 07 | 3:26.473 | +5.254 |
| 29 | GTE | 111 | Red Bull Racing eSports | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 3:46.438 | +25.219 |
| 30 | GTE | 91 | Porsche eSports Team | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:46.528 | +25.309 |
| 31 | GTE | 71 | BMW Team Redline | BMW M8 GTE | 3:46.600 | +25.381 |
| 32 | GTE | 88 | Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:46.871 | +25.652 |
| 33 | GTE | 92 | Porsche eSports Team | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:47.132 | +25.913 |
| 34 | GTE | 89 | BMW Team BS+COMPETITION | BMW M8 GTE | 3:47.290 | +26.071 |
| 35 | GTE | 888 | TESLA R8G eSports | BMW M8 GTE | 3:47.305 | +26.086 |
| 36 | GTE | 55 | BMW Team GB | BMW M8 GTE | 3:47.750 | +26.531 |
| 37 | GTE | 51 | FDA eSports Team | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 3:47.918 | +26.699 |
| 38 | GTE | 77 | Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:48.282 | +27.063 |
| 39 | GTE | 84 | Prodrive eSports | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 3:48.461 | +27.242 |
| 40 | GTE | 87 | GR Wolves Racing | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:48.502 | +27.283 |
| 41 | GTE | 57 | Team Project 1 x BPM | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:48.548 | +27.329 |
| 42 | GTE | 777 | D'Station Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 3:48.622 | +27.403 |
| 43 | GTE | 61 | SEM9 Axle Motorsport | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:48.955 | +27.736 |
| 44 | GTE | 63 | Satellite Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 3:48.959 | +27.740 |
| 45 | GTE | 66 | SIMMSA eSports | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 3:49.436 | +28.217 |
| 46 | GTE | 45 | W Series | BMW M8 GTE | 3:49.511 | +28.292 |
| 47 | GTE | 86 | GR Wolves Racing | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:49.571 | +28.352 |
| 48 | GTE | 56 | Team Project 1 x BPM | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:50.934 | +29.715 |
| 49 | GTE | 25 | Absolute Inspeed Racing | Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 3:51.317 | +30.098 |
| 50 | LMP | 2 | Rocket Simsport | Oreca 07 | No time | — |
| Source:[2] | ||||||
Race edit
Class winners are denoted in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP | 70 |  Realteam Hydrogen Redline
|
 Felipe Drugovich Oliver Rowland Jeffrey Rietveld Michal Smidl
|
Oreca 07 | 407 | |
| 2 | LMP | 1 | Rebellion GPX eSports
|
Louis Delétraz Agustín Canapino Jakub Brzezinski Nikodem Wisniewski
|
Oreca 07 | 407 | |
| 3 | LMP | 4 |  Floyd ByKolles-Burst
|
 Tom Dillmann Bent Viscaal Jesper Pedersen Jernej Simončic
|
Oreca 07 | 406 | +1 lap |
| 4 | LMP | 21 |  SEM9 Flash Axle Motorsport
|
Naquib Azlan Iñígo Anton Josh Purwien Muhammad Aleef
|
Oreca 07 | 406 | +1 lap |
| 5 | LMP | 49 |  YAS HEAT
|
Will Tregurtha Sandy Mitchell Marko Pejić Balázs Remenyik
|
Oreca 07 | 406 | +1 lap |
| 6 | LMP | 8 | R8G ESPORTS
|
Mathias Beche Scott Andrews Erhan Jajovski Isaac Price
|
Oreca 07 | 405 | +2 laps |
| 7 | LMP | 966 | Team Fordzilla
|
 Álex Palou Luke Browning Nuno Pinto Pablo López Padín
|
Oreca 07 | 405 | +2 laps |
| 8 | LMP | 38 | Jota Sport
|
Jordan Albert Mika Hakimi Ibraheem Khan Ferris Stanley
|
Oreca 07 | 405 | +2 laps |
| 9 | LMP | 2 | Rocket Simsport
|
Alex Buncombe Marc Gaßner Devin Braune Jan von der Heyde
|
Oreca 07 | 404 | +3 laps |
| 10 | LMP | 22 | GPX Rebellion eSports
|
Néstor Girolami Yi-Fei Ye Jiri Toman Marcell Csincsik
|
Oreca 07 | 404 | +3 laps |
| 11 | LMP | 65 | Panis Racing
|
Nicolás Varrone Gabriele Minì Alessandro Ottaviani Gustavo Ariel
|
Oreca 07 | 404 | +3 laps |
| 12 | LMP | 30 | Duqueine/PRiMA eSports
|
Gabriel Aubry Léo Boulay Maxime Delpech Arnaud Lacombe
|
Oreca 07 | 403 | +4 laps |
| 13 | LMP | 10 | Mahle Racing Team
|
Beitske Visser Philippe Denes Michele D’Alessandro Muhammed Patel
|
Oreca 07 | 402 | +5 laps |
| 14 | LMP | 31 |  Team WRT SIMTAG eSports
|
Franco Colapinto Ryuchiro Tomita Fabrice Cornelis Benjamin Gielczynski
|
Oreca 07 | 402 | +5 laps |
| 15 | LMP | 18 | R8G ESPORTS
|
Arthur Rougier Job van Uitert Thibault Cazaubon Risto Kappet
|
Oreca 07 | 401 | +6 laps |
| 16 | LMP | 14 | Race Clutch Alpine
|
Nikodem Wierzbicki Paul-Adrien Pallot Rory MacDuff Tom Lartilleux
|
Oreca 07 | 400 | +7 laps |
| 17 | LMP | 16 | Pescarolo E-Sport
|
Bruce Jouanny Adrien Tambay Thomas Imbourg Quentin Vialatte
|
Oreca 07 | 398 | +9 laps |
| 18 | LMP | 29 |  Mexico Racing Team
|
Memo Rojas Benito Guerra, Jr. Alberto Gironella Alex de Alba
|
Oreca 07 | 392 | +15 laps |
| 19 | LMP | 11 |  Red Bull Racing eSports
|
Cooper Webster Norbert Kiss Frederik Rasmussen Dennis Jordan
|
Oreca 07 | 384 | +23 laps |
| 20 | GTE | 71 |  BMW Team Redline
|
Rudy van Buren Lorenzo Colombo Enzo Bonito Kevin Siggy
|
BMW M8 GTE | 367 | +40 laps |
| 21 | GTE | 91 | Porsche eSports Team
|
Mitchell DeJong Laurin Heinrich Mack Bakkum Martin Krönke
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 367 | +40 laps |
| 22 | GTE | 77 | Proton Competition
|
Loek Hartog Matthew Campbell Kevin van Dooren Jeremy Bouteloup
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 366 | +41 laps |
| 23 | GTE | 51 | FDA eSports Team
|
Nicklas Nielsen David Perel Jordy Zwiers Kasper Stoltze
|
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 366 | +41 laps |
| 24 | GTE | 89 | BMW Team BS+COMPETITION
|
 Bruno Spengler Robby Foley Alen Terzić Joonas Raivio
|
BMW M8 GTE | 365 | +42 laps |
| 25 | GTE | 55 | BMW Team GB
|
Sami-Matti Trogen Sindre Setsås Martin Štefanko Jack Keithley
|
BMW M8 GTE | 365 | +42 laps |
| 26 | GTE | 111 | Red Bull Racing eSports
|
Dennis Lind Yuri Kasadorp Néstor García Sebastian Job
|
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 365 | +42 laps |
| 27 | GTE | 888 | TESLA R8G eSports
|
Elliott Vayron Aleksandr Smolyar Timotej Andonovski Martin Hemmingsen
|
BMW M8 GTE | 364 | +43 laps |
| 28 | GTE | 66 | SIMMSA eSports
|
 Gustas Grinbergas Ramez Azzam Armin Binder Sebastian Wunsch
|
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 364 | +43 laps |
| 29 | GTE | 63 | Satellite Racing
|
 Gabby Chaves James French Henri Sinik Jimi Nisula
|
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | 362 | +45 laps |
| 30 | GTE | 87 | GR Wolves Racing
|
Ben Barker Ryan Cullen Philipp Puschke Turkka Hakkinnen
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 361 | +46 laps |
| 31 | GTE | 88 | Proton Competition
|
Dylan Pereira Sindre Furuseth Charlie Collins Dayne Warren
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 361 | +46 laps |
| 32 | GTE | 84 | Prodrive eSports
|
David Pittard Tom Canning Logan Hannah Lasse Sørensen
|
Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 360 | +47 laps |
| 33 | GTE | 56 | Team Project 1 x BPM
|
Jimmy Broadbent René Buttler Bram Beelen Tim Neuendorf
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 358 | +49 laps |
| 34 | GTE | 57 | Team Project 1 x BPM
|
Riccardo Pera Nicolas Hillebrand Zbigniew Siara Peyo Peev
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 358 | +49 laps |
| 35 | LMP | 28 | Veloce eSports
|
James Baldwin Mike Epps Isaac Gillissen Eamonn Murphy
|
Oreca 07 | 357 | +50 laps |
| 36 | LMP | 36 | Alpine eSports
|
Sascha Lehmann Victor Martins Olli Pahkala Patrik Sipos
|
Oreca 07 | 263 | +144 laps |
| 37 | GTE | 92 | Porsche eSports Team
|
 Ayhancan Güven Sage Karam Joshua Rogers Tommy Østgaard
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 221 | +186 laps |
| 38 | LMP | 444 | Alpha Ind. ByKolles-Burst
|
Sérgio Sette Câmara Lucas Ditlev Daugaard Michi Hoyer Dawid Mroczek
|
Oreca 07 | 212 | +195 laps |
| 39 | GTE | 25 | Absolute Inspeed Racing
|
Johnathan Hoggard Zhuo Cao Xiayu-Fei Li Yan-Zhe Li
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 200 | +207 laps |
| 40 | LMP | 24 | Le Mans Virtual Series Guest Car
|
Juan Pablo Montoya Sebastián Montoya Luca D'Amelio Christopher Högfeldt
|
Oreca 07 | 183 | +224 laps |
| 41 | LMP | 5 | Williams eSports
|
Attila Tassi Petar Brljak Moreno Sirica Michael Romanidis
|
Oreca 07 | 170 | +237 laps |
| 42 | GTE | 61 | SEM9 Axle Motorsport
|
Alister Yoong Avila Bahar Nabil Azlan Davide Arduini
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 156 | +251 laps |
| 43 | LMP | 44 | ARC Bratislava
|
Mat'o Homola Dávid Nemček Dennis Zeťák Jakub Štofko
|
Oreca 07 | 148 | +259 laps |
| 44 | LMP | 123 | Team Redline
|
Max Verstappen Felix Rosenqvist Maximilian Benecke Atze Kerkhof
|
Oreca 07 | 124 | +283 laps |
| 45 | LMP | 39 | Graff by ProSimu
|
Vincent Capillaire Maxime Robin Maxime Brient Yohann Harth
|
Oreca 07 | 108 | +299 laps |
| 46 | GTE | 86 | GR Wolves Racing
|
Nick Foster Bart Horsten Adam Maguire Liam de Waal
|
Porsche 911 RSR GTE | 80 | +327 laps |
| 47 | LMP | 15 | Alpine eSports
|
Romain Boeckler Antoine Doquin Eneric André Peter Zuba
|
Oreca 07 | 62 | +345 laps |
| 48 | LMP | 67 | Mercedes-AMG Petronas eSports
|
Daniel Juncadella Ross Gunn Bono Huis Jarno Opmeer
|
Oreca 07 | 55 | +352 laps |
| 49 | GTE | 777 | D'Station Racing
|
João Paulo de Oliveira Hideto Yasuoka Yusuke Tomibayashi Toshiya Nojima
|
Aston Martin Vantage GTE | 47 | +360 laps |
| DNS | GTE | 45 | W Series
|
Ayla Ågren Emily Jones Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya Fabienne Wohlwend
|
BMW M8 GTE | 0 | Server issues[3] |
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
References edit
- ^ "24 HOURS OF LE MANS VIRTUAL 2022 - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Results 2021/22: Qualifying Round 5 - Le Mans". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 14 January 2022.
- ^ "@WSeriesRacing on Twitter". Twitter. 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Results 2021/22: Race Round 5 - Le Mans". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Realteam Hydrogen and BMW Redline win 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual". Motorsport.com. 17 January 2022.