The 2023 Yamaha R3 bLU cRU European Cup is the third season of the Yamaha R3 bLU cRU World Cup Series.The series was contested on an equal Yamaha YZF-R3 machine by riders between 14 and 20 years.

The season was held over 12 races at 6 meetings, following the same calendar as the WSBK. starting at TT Circuit Assen on 22 April and finished at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours on 9 September.

Italian Emiliano Ercolani won the title after beating closest rival Aldi Satya Mahendra.^[1]

2023 Calendar[2]
Round			Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Source
1	R1	Dutch Round	TT Circuit Assen	22 April	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Christian Stringhetti	Emiliano Ercolani	Yamaha bLU cRU Italy	[3]
	R2					Gustavo Manso	Gustavo Manso	Yamaha AD78 Team Latin America	[4]
2	R1	Catalunya Round	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	6 May	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Gustavo Manso	Emiliano Ercolani	Yamaha bLU cRU Italy	[5]
	R2					Aldi Satya Mahendra	Gustavo Manso	Yamaha AD78 Team Latin America	[6]
3	R1	Emilia-Romagna Round	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	3 June	Kevin Fontainha	Krittapat Keankum	Emiliano Ercolani	Yamaha bLU cRU Italy	[7]
	R2					Shoma Yamane	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Yamaha bLU cRU Racing Indonesia	[8]
4	R1	UK Round	Donington Park	1 July	Kevin Fontainha	Emiliano Ercolani	Marc Vich	DS Racing School	[9]
	R2					Aldi Satya Mahendra	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Yamaha bLU cRU Racing Indonesia	[10]
5	R1	Italy Round	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	15 July	Emiliano Ercolani	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Yamaha bLU cRU Racing Indonesia	[11]
	R2					Aldi Satya Mahendra	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Yamaha bLU cRU Racing Indonesia	[12]
6	R1	France Round	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	9 September	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Marc Vich	Marc Vich	DS Racing School	[13]
	R2					Aldi Satya Mahendra	Aldi Satya Mahendra	Yamaha bLU cRU Racing Indonesia	[14]

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds bLU cRU Yamaha Racing Japan Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R3 62 Shoma Yamane All DS Racing School 28 Pietro Anastasi All 96 Marc Vich All FT Racing Academy 8 Louca Frieh 1–2 Project 109 15 Christian Stringhetti All Prorent - SP Motorsports 49 Apostolos Kamzelis 3 Swain Racing 87 Cameron Swain 6 Szkopek Team 37 Jakub Belak All 46 Dawid Nowak All Team PMR 14 Cyprien Baby 6 Türkiye Racing Team 35 Mert Konuk All VAL56 Speed Racing 56 Valentin Arnaud All VM Racing Team 40 Salvatore Germano 5 Yamaha AD78 Team Latin America 26 Kevin Fontainha All 77 Jerónimo González 1–3, 6 80 Gustavo Manso All 88 Eduardo Burr All Yamaha bLU cRU Australia 85 Jayden Martin All Yamaha bLU cRU Italy 9 Emiliano Ercolani All Yamaha bLU cRU Motor France 19 Dorian Joulin 2–6 92 Evann Plaindoux All Yamaha bLU cRU Racing Indonesia 27 Aldi Satya Mahendra All Yamaha bLU cRU Thailand 32 Krittapat Keankum All 53 Passkon Sanluang 6 54 Worapot Thongdonmaun 6 57 Thurakij Buapa 1–5 Yamaha bLU cRU U.K. 66 Katie Hand 4

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Points

Pos. Rider ASS CAT MIS DON IMO MAG Pts. 1 Emiliano Ercolani 1 4 1 2 1 3 12F 2 RetP 2P 4 Ret 181 2 Aldi Satya Mahendra 12P 7P 2P 13PF 3 1 Ret 1F 1F 1F DNSP 1PF 177 3 Kevin Fontainha 3 3 5 3 5P 6P 2P 4P 3 5 6 2 170 4 Marc Vich 2 6 6 4 7 2 1 Ret 4 4 1F 6 168 5 Gustavo Manso DNS 1F 4F 1 4 4 3 3 10 8 13 3 154 6 Krittapat Keankum 4 5 8 6 2F 5 17 6 2 3 DNS Ret 119 7 Eduardo Burr 5 2 7 9 Ret Ret 4 5 5 6 7 9 108 8 Shoma Yamane 11 8 10 11 6 7F 7 8 6 10 3 Ret 92 9 Dorian Joulin 3 5 8 8 Ret 11 9 13 2 5 89 10 Evann Plaindoux 7 Ret Ret 8 10 14 10 7 11 11 10 4 69 11 Dawid Nowak Ret 11 15 16 12 9 6 12 7 9 5 8 66 12 Valentin Arnaud 6 9 9 7 11 12 9 17 Ret 12 12 11 62 13 Thurakij Buapa 10 14 Ret 10 13 11 5 9 8 7 57 14 Christian Stringhetti 8F 10 11 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 12 14 14 12 42 15 Mert Konuk 14 15 13 14 Ret 18 11 10 13 16 15 13 26 Pos. Rider ASS CAT MIS DON IMO MAG Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) P – Pole position F – Fastest lap Source:[15]

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