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Season (2023)
Thanks for being with us for the 2023 season. Its been a blast! Thank you too to all our Murphy fans for your support this season.
Keep checking back and as soon as we have news on what Murphys plans are for 2024 we will post in under the 2024 season page!
Love & Light! Team Murphys
FINAL ROUND OF THIS SEASON - PORTIMAO
15mins in KRATZ up to 4th.
READY TO ROLL - IT IS VERY WET!
With 20mins to go, the conditions were atrocious. Causing a RED flag and the end of the result.
Final position for No.48 13th overall.
LIVE QUALIFYING
Here we GO!
10mins to go. Murphys on top!
A wet lottery of a session sees Murphys 48 end up 8th. Still the fastest Duqueine!
To watch a replay of qualiifying click the link below
FREE PRACTISE 2
09.10 SATURDAY 21st OCTOBER
DRIVERS: KRATZ & ELIAS. GOOD JOB GUYS - 4th OVERALL & FASTEST DUQUEINE.
GREEN FLAG - ENZO ELIAS IN THE No.48
10mins in - ELIAS goes 2nd!
FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER
2nd BRONZE DRIVER TEST LIVE
TORSTEN KRATZ in MURPHY 48 GOES FASTEST!
1 48 MURPHY PROTOTYPES KRATZ Torsten Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan 1:40.259
WEDNESDAY 18th OCTOBER - BRONZE DRIVER TEST UPDATE
AFTERNOON SESSION
Session complete. Final poition 19th
27mins to go, ELIAS back in the car.
45mins in, great lap from WILL BRATT to post a 1:40:322 going 10th.
24mins in RED FLAG - Now back to GREEN. WILL BRATT back in the car. Running 14th.
15mins in and ELIAS is currently running 11th. Good start to the session. 75mins left to run.
MORNING SESSION
20mins in. Murphys No.48 currently 16th. Enzo Elias piloting. Track is damp.
Pit Stop. 30mins to go. Will Bratt now in the car.
12mins to go. Elias back in the car.
Elias was on a hot lap however RED flag came out - Session will not be resumed.
Final position 24th overall.
2nd session later this afternoon. See you back here then for further updates!
SPA FRANCORCHAMP ROUND (2023)
UPDATE
AFTER POST RACE PENALTIES WERE HANDED OUT MURPHYS 48 WAS ELEVATED TO 10th PLACE AND A POINTS SCORING FINISH
GREAT JOB TEAM MURPHYS!
FINAL RESULT 11th PLACE
30 SECONDS BEHIND A POINTS SCORING PLACE AND THE BEST RESULT FOR THE MURPHYS 48 THIS SEASON
1 HOUR IN THE THIRD SAFETY CAR PERIOD!
45MINS GONE. ANOTHER SAFETY CAR. MURPHYS UP TO 12TH
30MINS GONE. SAFETY CAR PERIOD ENDING.No48 RUNNING 14th
LAP 1 GREEN FLAG!
FULL RACE REPLAY - SPA FRANCORCHAMPS
QUALIFYING DONE
STERLING DRIVE BY JOSH CAYGILL WHO WITH VERY LITTLE RUNNING THIS WEEKEND MANAGED A TIME OF 2:15.682 TO LINE UP 17th FOR THE RACE THIS AFTERNOON. WELL DONE TEAM MURPHYS.
Full chat @ Radillon in Quali
No.48 leaves Spa pitlane for Quali.
FREE PRACTISE 2
A DAMP START TO FP2 BUT DRIED OUT AS THE SESSION WENT ON
DRIVERS: WILL BRATT
13 LAPS COMPLETED 24th OVERALL 20th in P3 CLASS WITH A TIME OF 2.36.514
NEXT SESSION TOMORROW SATURDAY IS QUALIFYING - JOIN US THEN!
WILL BRATT FULL CHAT @ RADILLON
A DAMP START TO FP2 @ SPA
SPA FRANCORCHAMPS FP1 is live
A STOP/START SESSION PUNCTUATED BY SEVERAL RED FLAGS
40MINS IN CURRENTLY NO TIME SET FOR THE NO.48 DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR - TEAM WORKING ON IT!
BRONZE COLLECTIVE DRIVER TEST
DRIVERS: JOSH CAYGILL
11 LAPS COMPLETED 24th OVERALL 22nd in P3 CLASS WITH A TIME OF 2.20.393
Image courtesy of ELMS & Ligier
ARAGON ROUND FINALLY ROLLS AROUND
Murphy Prototypes arrive at Aragon with a new ttruck and a new driver line up!
Pictured is the Murphy Prototypes No.48 Duqueine. Setting up for this weekends MLMC round with their new truck and awning.
A new driver pairing will be hussling the No.48 this weekend . John Ferguson and Will Bratt both make their 1st appearances as Murphy drivers.
QUALIFYING
Prior to Qualifying John Ferguson sadly was forced to withdraw from the event due to the intense heat. The ambient temperature was 45C so we can only imagine how how it was in the car. Luckily at the last minute WTM by Rinaldi ELMS driver Torsten Kratz stepped up and drove a Heroic stint to be running fastest of all when the session was red flagged. In the remaining 4 minutes Torstens times was pipped by 0.076 secs. A fine margin which leaves the No.48 Duqueine on the front row for the race. A great start which bodes well for an exciting race @ 1740 CET today Friday.
TOP 5 TIMES
No Team Drivers Car Cat Ty Time
1 22 United Autosports J. CAYGILL / G. PATTERSON Ligier JS P320 - Nissan LMP3 M 1:54.235
2 48 Murphy Prototypes T. KRATZ / W. BRATT Duqueine M30 - D08 - Nissan LMP3 M 1:54.311 4 5 +0.076
3 25 360 Racing M. RICHARDS / B. GARCIA Ligier JS P320 - Nissan LMP3 M 1:54.655 5 8 +0.420
4 16 Team Virage J. GERBI / G. HENRION Ligier JS P320 - Nissan LMP3 M 1:54.769 4 8 +0.534
5 59 Team Virage O. BITTAR / A. BRACALENTE Ligier JS P320 - Nissan LMP3 M 1:54.830 5 9 +0.595
GREEN FLAG! WE ARE GO @ ARAGON!
1st lap, 1st corner incident. Hit in the rear causing a rear left puncture - No Luck!
LAP 1 PIT STOP - STILL IN THE RACE
pit stop with 45 mins to go from 1st place
Well what began as a stellar performance did not materialise into a much hoped for result. Both drivers put in exceptional performances in the high temperatures, but a late drop down the order saw the Murphy 48 finish in 32nd place. Maybe luck was not with the team today. But we move on to Spa and live to fight another day.
To watch thae race:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjOuZ5LzAAc
In 2023 Murphy Prototypes are running in the Michelin Le Mans Cup with a LMP3 DUQUIENE M30 D-08 car.
ROUND 1 BARCELONA APRIL 22nd
REPORT FROM R1 BARCELONA FP1
A new season and a new a new championship begins today in the Michelin Le Mans Cup at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Exciting times for the team making their return to enudrance racing in 2023 in thier new Duqueine LMP3 ex-Nielsen Racing D08. FP1 was a scrappy affair with the session punctuated by no less than 5 Red flags! The No.48 completed 17 laps with both drivers, Dan Skocdople & Adrian Watt getting some much needed if not limited seat time. The team ended the session 30th in the LMP3 class with a best time of 1m42.093s. The car ran well on its 1st shakedown.
Round 1 saw the Duqueine M30 of Murphy Prototypes finsh 32nd overall 30th in LMP3. No points scored.
Drivers: Adrian Watt / Will Powell
ROAD TO LE MANS RACE 1
A return to the Circuit de Sarthe for Race 1
Result: 41st Overall 29th in class No poinrs scored.
Drivers: Adrian Watt / Dan Skocdopole
ROAD TO LE MANS RACE 2
2nd race in support of the Le Mans 24 hour
Result: 48th Overall 31st in class. No points scored.
Drivers: Adrian Watt / Dan Skocdopole
ROUND 3 Circuit paul ricard july 15th
After a promising run Murphys Car 48 was dropped down the order after pit stop infringments brought a drive through penalty dropping the car down the order.
Result 40th Overall 31st in class. No points scored.
Drivers: Adrian Watt / Will Powell
After round 4 at Circuit aragon on august 27th Murphy Prototypes are currently lying 23RD in the MLMC with 3 races to go.
NEXT ROUND: spa francorchamps 23/24th september.
We will be offering live race reports here.
THIS FRIDAY FP1 @ SPA!
The following round will be at the Circuit Spa Francorchamps, Belgium on September 23rd . We will be covering all the practise & race sessions at this round.
The final round will be at Portimao. This will take place on Ocrober 22nd. It is likely to be a double header round in light of the cancellation of the Imola round earlier in the season.
ROAD TO LE MANS 2023
ROAD TO LE MANS 2023
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