2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series was the seventh season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Asian Le Mans Series. It is the fourth 24 Hours of Le Mans-based series created by the ACO, following the American Le Mans Series (since merged with the Rolex Sports Car Series to form the United SportsCar Championship), the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. The four-event season began at the Shanghai International Circuit on 25 November 2018 and ended at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 24 February 2019.[1]

2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series
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Calendar

The calendar for the 2018–2019 season was announced on 3 February 2018, featuring four FIA Grade 1 circuits.[1] The series returned to the Shanghai International Circuit for the first time since the 2014 season, with the venue replacing the Zhuhai International Circuit as the opening round of the season.

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Shanghai Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China 25 November 2018
2 4 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway Oyama, Japan 9 December 2018
3 4 Hours of Buriram Chang International Circuit Buriram, Thailand 12 January 2019
4 4 Hours of Sepang Sepang International Circuit Selangor, Malaysia 24 February 2019

Entry list

LMP2
Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport[2] Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 1 Jazeman Jaafar[2] 1
Nabil Jeffri[2] 1
Weiron Tan[2] 1
ARC Bratislava[2] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 Am 4 Darren Burke[2] All
Miro Konopka[2] All
Kang Ling[2] All
Spirit of Race[3] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 8 Pipo Derani[3] 1–2, 4
Côme Ledogar[3] 1–2, 4
Alexander West[3] 1–2, 4
United Autosports[4] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 22 Phil Hanson[5] All
Paul di Resta[5] All
P2 Am 23 Patrick Byrne[6] All
Guy Cosmo[6] All
Salih Yoluç[6] All
Algarve Pro Racing[7] Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 24 Ate de Jong[7] 1, 3–4
Harrison Newey[7] All
Andrea Pizzitola[7] All
P2 Am 25 Anders Fjordbach[7] All
Chris McMurry[7] All
Mark Patterson[7] All
Panis Barthez Competition[8] Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 35 François Heriau[8] All
Matthieu Lahaye[8] All
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[8] 1, 3–4
Icon Class
P2 LMP2
P2 Am LMP2 Am

LMP3
Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
United Autosports[4] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 2 Wayne Boyd[9] All
Chris Buncombe[9] All
Garett Grist[9] All
P3 3 Matthew Bell[10] All
Jim McGuire[10] 1, 3–4
Kay Van Berlo[10] All
Christian England 2
Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen[11] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 7 Nick Adcock[12] All
Christian Stubbe Olsen[12] All
P3 79 Colin Noble[13] All
Anthony Wells[13] All
Inter Europol Competition[14] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 13 Jakub Smiechowski[14] All
Martin Hippe[14] All
Eurasia Motorsport[15] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 36 Nobuya Yamanaka[16] All
Aidan Read[16] All
Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport[2] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 37 Yoshiharu Mori[2] 1
Hwang Doyun[2] 1
Neale Muston[2] 1
P3 38 Neric Wei[2] 1
Hugo de Sadeleer 1
Jake Parsons 4
Jamie Winslow 4
Rick Yoon 4
ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno P3-15 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 44 Neale Muston 4
Michael Simpson 4
N24[2][N 1]
R24[2][N 1]
 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 50 Sarah Bovy[2] 1
Stéphane Kox[2] 1, 3
Marie Iwaoka[2] 1–3
Anna Inotsume 2
Katherine Legge 4
Michelle Gatting 4
Margot Laffite 4
Viper Niza Racing[2] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 65 Douglas Khoo[2] All
Nigel Moore[2] All
Icon Class
P3 LMP3

GT
Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
Red River Sport by TF Sport[17] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 GT3 Am 5 Johnny Mowlem[17] All
Bonamy Grimes[17] 1–3
Ivor Dunbar[17] 2–4
CarGuy Racing[18] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT3 11 James Calado[18] All
Kei Cozzolino[18] All
Takeshi Kimura[18] All
Earl Bamber Motorsport[19] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 12 Jeffrey Chiang[19] 1
Graeme Dowsett[19] 1
Will Bamber[19] 1
Modena Motorsports[19] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 16 Philippe Descombes[19] 1
Benny Simonsen[19] 1
OpenRoad Racing[19] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 21 Francis Tjia[19] 1
Michael S.[19] 1
Spirit of Race[20] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT3 51 Francesco Piovanetti[20] All
Oswaldo Negri Jr.[20] All
Alessandro Pier Guidi[20] All
EKS Motorsports[19] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 59 Bao Jinlong[19] 1
Daniel Lu[19] 1
TianShi Racing Team by Anstone Racing[21][N 2]
Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT[2][N 2]
 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8 GT3 66 Xu Wei[22] 1
Massimiliano Wiser[22] 1
Audi R8 LMS 1
Audi R8 LMS Evo 4		 Audi 5.2 L V10 GT3 Am 66 Xu Wei[22] 2
Massimiliano Wiser[22] 2–4
Zhang Ya Qi[22] 2–4
Lo Kai Fung 3
Qi Peiwen 4
GT3 88 Dries Vanthoor[22] 1–2, 4
Chen (David) Weian[22] All
Dennis Zhang[22] 1
Anthony Liu 2
Alex Au 3
Jean-Karl Vernay 3
Xu Wei[22] 4
Icon Class
GT3 GT3
GT3 Am GT3 Am
GTC GT Cup

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team GT Winning Team GT Cup Winning Team
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers GT Cup Winning Drivers
1 Shanghai No. 8 Spirit of Race No. 13 Inter Europol Competition No. 11 CarGuy Racing No. 16 Modena Motorsports
Pipo Derani
Côme Ledogar
Alexander West		 Martin Hippe
Jakub Smiechowski		 James Calado
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura		 Philippe Descombes
Benny Simonsen
2 Fuji No. 24 Algarve Pro Racing No. 3 United Autosports No. 11 CarGuy Racing No Entrants
Harrison Newey
Andrea Pizzitola		 Matthew Bell
Kay Van Berlo
Christian England		 James Calado
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
3 Buriram No. 22 United Autosports No. 2 United Autosports No. 11 CarGuy Racing
Phil Hanson
Paul di Resta		 Wayne Boyd
Chris Buncombe
Garett Grist		 James Calado
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
4 Sepang No. 24 Algarve Pro Racing No. 13 Inter Europol Competition No. 11 CarGuy Racing
Ate de Jong
Harrison Newey
Andrea Pizzitola		 Martin Hippe
Jakub Smiechowski		 James Calado
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura

Teams Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Other Pole
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Teams Championship
Pos. Team Car SHA
 FUJ
 CHA
 SEP
 Points
1 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P2 2 2 1 2 80
2 #24 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 Ret 1 2 1 69
3 #4 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 4 3 4 4 51
4 #35 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 6 4 3 3 50
5 #8 Spirit of Race Ligier JS P2 1 6 5 45
6 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P2 3 5 6 Ret 33
7 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 5 7 5 Ret 26
8 #1 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Oreca 05 Ret 0
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole

LMP3 Teams Championship
Pos. Team Car SHA
 FUJ
 CHA
 SEP
 Points
1 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 1 2 2 1 87
2 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 2 5 1 3 70
3 #79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 4 3 3 4 54
4 #3 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 6 1 5 5 53
5 #7 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 5 4 4 2 52
6 #36 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P3 3 Ret 6 6 31
7 #65 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 8 6 8 7 23
8 #50 R24 Ligier JS P3 7 7 7 8 22
9 #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Ligier JS P3 9 10 3
10 #44 ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno P3-15 9 2
11 #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Ligier JS P3 DSQ 0
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole

GT Teams Championship
Pos. Team Car SHA
 FUJ
 CHA
 SEP
 Points
1 #11 CarGuy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 1 1 1 1 101
2 #51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 2 2 3 3 67
3 #88 TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS
Audi R8 LMS Evo		 Ret 4 2 2 50
4 #66 TianShi Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3
Audi R8 LMS
Audi R8 LMS Evo		 4 3 4 Ret 39
5 #5 Red River Sport by TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 3 5 Ret 4 37
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole

GTC Teams Championship
Pos. Team Car SHA
 FUJ
 CHA
 SEP
 Points
1 #16 Modena Motorsports Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 1 26
2 #59 EKS Motorsports Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 2 18
3 #21 OpenRoad Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 3 15
4 #12 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Ret 0
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole

Notes
  1. Car No. 50 entered as N24 at Rounds 1 and 2 and as R24 at Rounds 3 and 4
  2. Car No. 66 entered as TianShi Racing Team by Anstone Racing with Mercedes-AMG GT3. Cars No. 66 and No. 88 entered as Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT with 2 Audi R8 LMS.

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