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
Previous:	2017–18	Next:	2019–20

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 Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did 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 Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did 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 Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did 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 Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did 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.

References

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External links

• Official website