2022 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual

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.

Results Qualifying Pole position winners in each of the two classes are indicated in bold. +Final qualifying classification Class Team Car 1LMP70Realteam Hydrogen RedlineOreca 073:21.219 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:

Race Class winners are denoted in bold. +Final race results Class Team Drivers Car 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 Ryuichiro 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 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 47 +360 laps DNS GTE 45 W Series Ayla Ågren Emily Jones Fabienne Wohlwend BMW M8 GTE 0 Server issues Sources:

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