With two races of the 2023 European Le Mans Series still to go, the championship titles in each of the four categories are still up for grabs.
There will be two races held in Portugal with the 4 Hours of Algarve on Friday 20th and the 4 Hours of Portimão on Sunday 22nd October, meaning there is still 52 points to be won on the final weekend of the season.
Victory in Belgium has put the no25 Algarve Pro Racing crew of Kyffin Simpson, James Allen and Alex Lynn at the head of the tables on 76 points, 17 points ahead of the no30 Duqueine Team of Neel Jani, Nico Pino and René Binder after Binder was the innocent party in the first corner incident with Manuel Maldonado’s no65 Panis Racing Oreca.
The Panis Racing Oreca finished the race second in class and heads to Portugal with 56 points, just one point ahead of the no28 IDEC Sport Oreca.
There are 26 points between the first and sixth placed cars in LMP2, meaning that they are all mathematical capable of taking the championship in Portugal.
Racing Team Turkey returned to the top of the championship standings after being classified in 2nd place in Belgium. The Turkish flagged team of Salih Yoluç, Charlie Eastwood and Louis Delétraz are on 74 points, just four points ahead of the no83 AF Corse and two of the drivers François Perrodo and Matthieu Vaxiviere.
4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps LMP2 Pro/Am winners Alexandre Coigny, Nico Lapierre and Malthe Jakobsen are on 58 points in the no37 COOL Racing, 16 behind the leaders with 52 points on offer in Portugal.
A third win from four races has given the no17 COOL Racing and drivers Adrien Chila, Alejandro Garcia and Marcos Siebert a 46-point lead over the rest of the LMP3 field.
The no13 Inter Europol Competition is lying in second place on 45 points, the no31 Racing Spirit of Léman is on 44 points and the no11 Eurointernational is on 43 points.
COOL Racing need to finish 7th or better in the 4 Hours of Algarve, or 8th if they take or their nearest rivals fail to take, the single point for pole position, to secure the titles after Friday’s race.
The no16 Proton Competition and no60 Iron Lynx Porsches are tied at the top of the LMGTE standings on 61 points, with the no16 Porsche crew of Ryan Hardwick, Zacharie Robichon and Alessio Picariello classified as leading the championship thanks to a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes compared to a 1st, 2nd and 4th for their rivals Matteo Cressoni, Claudio Schiavoni and Matteo Cairoli.
The no57 Kessel Racing Ferrari is only 8 points behind the two Porsches, with Scott Huffaker and Takeshi Kimura on 53 points.
With 52 points still to be won, eleven of the twelve LMGTE cars still have a mathematical chance of taking the title.
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