2023 Porte-Lyon Grand Prix

2023 Porte-Lyon Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	19 June 2023 (2023-06-19)
Official name	Grand Prix de la Porte de Lyon 2023
Location	Circuit des Castellet, Porte-Lyon, Allieu
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.337 km (2.074 miles)
Distance	32 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 miles)
Scheduled distance	78 laps, 307.440 km (191.784 miles)
Weather	Sunny

The 2023 Porte-Lyon Grand Prix (officially known as the Grand Prix de la Porte de Lyon 2023) was a Formula motor race held on 19 June 2023 at the Circuit des Castellet, a street circuit that runs through Porte-Lyon, Allieu. The principle race of Crown Formula, it was the 34th time the Porte-Lyon Grand Prix was held and it was the second race in the 2023 Crown Formula World Championship.

Drivers

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Country	Sponsor	Final grid
						1	2	Raymundo Ribeiro	Versenia	Petrovas	1
2	51	Arnaud Crozier	Zamastan	ZSuites & Foresster	2
3	12	Micael Dantas	Quetana	Quetana Airways	3
4	3	Shakeel Ozer	Emmiria	Iozzby	4
5	4	Timothee Snowden	Zamastan	Pegassi	5
6	8	Bjoren Djurna	Caspiaa	Cavitale	6
7	9	Emann Belmontue	Shoassau	ShoassauAir	7
8	88	Parker Beste	Elbresia	Wrentley	8
9	13	Dmitry Manturov	Kossmil	KTC	9
10	14	Alex Spalding	Jyau	Forebel Bleu	10
11	99	Hiroši Coyabaši	Zoygaria	Lumia	11
12	7	Mikkal Podzbrad IV	Drambenburg	Maarlboru AG	12
13	25	Harrison Thompson	Beatavic	Snell Auto	13
14	58	Stavaan Macalester	Saint Offeat	Vogoci FC	14
15	72	Lukas Haag	Greater Normark	Northgas	15
16	5	Fraiser Mounsur	Lutharia	Diekirich	16
17	15	Liam Heltz	Pongi	Alpine Solar	17
18	1	Benecio Beldratta	Alcarres	Mini Rover	18
19	6	Adje Sokken	Shoassau	Banobia	19
20	26	Édouard Bessette	Allieu	SyphonGas	20

Race

Race report

At the start, Arnaud Crozier advanced three positions to head into turn two right behind Lukas Haag who was in the lead. Third and fourth were Hiroši Coyabaši and Mikkal Podzbrad IV, the latter had sustained slight front wing damage from contact with Crozier heading into turn 2. Adje Sokken moved into 5th when he passed Harrison Thompson on the first lap. Thompson would eventually finish 7th after falling behind Alex Spalding and struggling with brake problems in the late stages of the race. Also on the first lap, a collision occurred causing the retirement of Dmitry Manturov and Parker Beste, and a pit stop front wing change for Timothee Snowden. The safety car was brought out to allow marshals to clear the track. At the restart Podzbrad's damaged wing partially collapsed as he accelerated back to racing speed. He pitted on lap 5 to repair the damage and dropped to 18th (last) position. On lap 11, Crozier's car lost electrical power and forced his retirement from 2nd position. As the race continued, Édouard Bessette worked his way up into 9th position. On lap 66 Shakeel Ozer's car suffered an engine failure. Lukas Haag finished the race 20 seconds ahead of Hiroši Coyabaši, with Adje Sokken closely behind in third. Mikkal Podzbrad IV overtook Liam Heltz on the penultimate lap to finish in 4th position close behind Sokken, following a race-long charge from the back and an alternate two-stop strategy.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Country	Sponsor	Final grid
						1	2	Raymundo Ribeiro	Versenia	Petrovas	13
2	51	Arnaud Crozier	Zamastan	ZSuites & Foresster	DNF
3	12	Micael Dantas	Quetana	Quetana Airways	10
4	3	Shakeel Ozer	Emmiria	Iozzby	DNF
5	4	Timothee Snowden	Zamastan	Pegassi	11
6	8	Bjoren Djurna	Caspiaa	Cavitale	8
7	9	Emann Belmontue	Shoassau	ShoassauAir	16
8	88	Parker Beste	Elbresia	Wrentley	DNF
9	13	Dmitry Manturov	Kossmil	KTC	DNF
10	14	Alex Spalding	Jyau	Forebel Bleu	6
11	99	Hiroši Coyabaši	Zoygaria	Lumia	2
12	7	Mikkal Podzbrad IV	Drambenburg	Maarlboru AG	4
13	25	Harrison Thompson	Beatavic	Snell Auto	7
14	58	Stavaan Macalester	Saint Offeat	Vogoci FC	15
15	72	Lukas Haag	Greater Normark	Northgas	1
16	5	Fraiser Mounsur	Lutharia	Diekirich	14
17	15	Liam Heltz	Pongi	Alpine Solar	5
18	1	Benecio Beldratta	Alcarres	Mini Rover	12
19	6	Adje Sokken	Shoassau	Banobia	3
20	26	Édouard Bessette	Allieu	SyphonGas	9