2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series was the eighth 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 24 November 2019 and ended at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram on 23 February 2020.[1]

2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series
Previous: 2018–19 Next: 2021

Calendar

The calendar for the 2019–2020 season was announced on 21 February 2019.[1]

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Shanghai Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China 24 November 2019
2 4 Hours of The Bend The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, Australia 12 January 2020
3 4 Hours of Sepang Sepang International Circuit Selangor, Malaysia 15 February 2020
4 4 Hours of Buriram Chang International Circuit Buriram, Thailand 23 February 2020

Entry list

LMP2

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
Eurasia Motorsport[2][3] Ligier JS P217[3] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 1 Daniel Gaunt[2] All
Nobuya Yamanaka[2] 1, 4
Masataka Yanagida 1, 3
Nick Cassidy[4] 2–4
Shane van Gisbergen[5] 2
P2 36 Nick Foster[6] All
Roberto Merhi[2] All
Aidan Read[6] All
ARC Bratislava[7] Ligier JS P2[4] Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 Am 4 Miro Konopka[7] 1–2
Andreas Laskaratos[7] 1–2
Kang Ling[7] 1
Garnet Patterson 2
Rick Ware Racing[8] Ligier JS P2[8] Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 Am 25 Philippe Mulacek[8] 2–4
Guy Cosmo 2–4
Anthony Lazzaro 2–4
P2 Am 52 Mark Kvamme[8] 1
Cody Ware[8] All
Gustas Grinbergas 2–4
G-Drive Racing with Algarve[9] Aurus 01[9] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 26 James French[9] All
Léonard Hoogenboom[9] All
Roman Rusinov[9] All
Inter Europol Endurance[10] Ligier JS P217[10] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 33 John Corbett[11] All
Nathan Kumar[11] All
Mitchell Neilson 1–2
Danial Frost 3–4
P2 34 Mathias Beche[11] All
Jakub Smiechowski[11] All
James Winslow[11] All
Thunderhead Carlin Racing[12] Dallara P217[12] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 45 Ben Barnicoat[12] All
Jack Manchester[12] All
Harry Tincknell[12] All
RLR MSport[13] Oreca 05[13] Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 Am 59 John Farano[13] 1–2
Andrew Higgins[13] 1–2
Arjun Maini[13] 1–2
K2 Uchino Racing[14] Oreca 07[14] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 96 Haruki Kurosawa[14] 1, 3–4
Shaun Thong[14] 1, 3–4
Icon Class
P2 LMP2
P2 Am LMP2 Am

LMP3

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
Nielsen Racing[15] Norma M30[15] Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 2 Colin Noble[15] All
Tony Wells[15] All
P3 3 Charles Crews[15] All
Garett Grist[15] All
Rob Hodes[15] All
Graff Racing[16] Norma M30[16] Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 8 Matthias Kaiser 3–4
Rory Penttinen 3
Neale Muston 4
P3 9 David Droux[16] All
Eric Trouillet[16] All
Sébastien Page[16] 1, 3–4
Ricky Capo 2
ACE1 Villorba Corse[17] Ligier JS P3[18] Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 12 Alessandro Bressan[17] All
Gabriele Lancieri[17] All
Yuki Harata[17] 1
David Fumanelli 2–4
Inter Europol Competition[10] Ligier JS P3[10] Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 13 Martin Hippe[11] All
Nigel Moore[11] All
P3 14 Peter Paddon 2
Garth Walden 2
Austin McCusker 2
P3 18 Philip Kadoorie 3–4
Dan Wells 3–4
Viper Niza Racing[19] Ligier JS P3[19] Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 65 Dominc Ang[19] All
Douglas Khoo[19] All
Icon Class
P3 LMP3

GT

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
Car Guy Racing[17] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT3 7 Kei Cozzolino[17] 1–3
Takeshi Kimura[17] All
Antonio Fuoco[17] 1
Côme Ledogar 2–4
Mikkel Jensen 4
Astro Veloce Motorsport[20] BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 GT3 Am 16 Michael Lu[20] 1–2
David Weian Chen[20] 2
Li Lin[20] 1
Dennis Zhang[20] 2
GT3 17 Jens Klingmann[20] 1–2
Aven Qi[20] 1–2
Max Wiser[20] 1–2
HubAuto Corsa[21] Ferrari 488 GT3 1
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 2
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT3 27 Morris Chen[21] 1
Marcos Gomes[21] All
Davide Rigon[21] 1–3
Liam Talbot 2–4
Tim Slade 4
Spirit of Race[18] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT3 51 Oswaldo Negri Jr. All
Alessandro Pier Guidi 1–3
Francesco Piovanetti All
Daniel Serra 4
T2 Motorsports[22] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT3 75 Christian Colombo[22] All
Rio Haryanto[22] All
David Tjiptobiantoro[22] All
D'station Racing AMR[23] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT3 77 Tomonobu Fujii[23] All
Ross Gunn[23] 1–3
Satoshi Hoshino[23] All
Tom Gamble 4
Team JLOC[24] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 GT3 88 André Couto[24] 1–2
Yuya Motojima[24] All
Yusaku Shibata[24] All
Takashi Kogure 3–4
FIST-Team AAI[25] BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 GT3 90 Jun-San Chen[25] 1
Joel Eriksson[25] 1
Ye Hongli[25] 1
Icon Class
GT3 GT3
GT3 Am GT3 Am

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP2 Am Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team GT Winning Team GT Am Winning Team
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP2 Am Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers GT Am Winning Drivers
1 Shanghai No. 26 G-Drive Racing with Algarve No. 59 RLR MSport No. 13 Inter Europol Competition No. 77 D'station Racing AMR No Finishers
James French
Léonard Hoogenboom
Roman Rusinov
John Farano
Andrew Higgins
Arjun Maini
Martin Hippe
Nigel Moore
Tomonobu Fujii
Ross Gunn
Satoshi Hoshino
2 The Bend No. 26 G-Drive Racing with Algarve No. 52 Rick Ware Racing No. 2 Nielsen Racing No. 7 Car Guy Racing No Finishers
James French
Léonard Hoogenboom
Roman Rusinov
Gustas Grinbergas
Cody Ware
Colin Noble
Tony Wells
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Côme Ledogar
3 Sepang No. 45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing No. 52 Rick Ware Racing No. 9 Graff Racing No. 88 Team JLOC No Entries
Ben Barnicoat
Jack Manchester
Harry Tincknell
Gustas Grinbergas
Cody Ware
David Droux
Sébastien Page
Eric Trouillet
Takashi Kogure
Yuya Motojima
Yusaku Shibata
4 Buriram No.45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing No. 25 Rick Ware Racing No. 12 ACE1 Villorba Corse No. 27 HubAuto Corsa
Ben Barnicoat
Jack Manchester
Harry Tincknell
Philippe Mulacek
Guy Cosmo
Anthony Lazzaro
Alessandro Bressan
David Fumanelli
Gabriele Lancieri
Marcos Gomes
Tim Slade
Liam Talbot

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
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 #26 G-Drive Racing with Algarve Aurus 01 1 1 3 2 83
2 #45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing Dallara P217 3 3 1 1 82
3 #36 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 2 2 2 5 65
4 #33 Inter Europol Endurance Ligier JS P217 5 4 6 6 38
5 #34 Inter Europol Endurance Ligier JS P217 4 Ret 5 7 28
6 #96 K2 Uchino Racing Oreca 07 Ret WD 4 3 27
7 #1 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 Ret Ret Ret 4 13
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

LMP2 Am Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car SHA
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 #52 Rick Ware Racing Ligier JS P2 2 1 1 2 86
2 #25 Rick Ware Racing Ligier JS P2 DNS 2 Ret 1 45
3 #59 RLR MSport Oreca 05 1 Ret 26
4 #4 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 Ret 3 16
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
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 #2 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 2 1 4 2 75
2 #12 ACE1 Villorba Corse Ligier JS P3 4 3 5 1 62
3 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 1 2 3 Ret 59
4 #9 Graff Racing Norma M30 3 Ret 1 Ret 40
5 #3 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 6 Ret 2 5 37
6 #65 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 5 Ret 8 4 26
7 #8 Graff Racing Norma M30 7 3 21
8 #18 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 6 6 16
9 #14 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 4 12
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
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 #27 HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 6 2 2 1 71
2 #7 Car Guy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 5 1 5 2 64
3 #88 Team JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 7 1 4 61
4 #51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 4 3 3 3 57
5 #75 T2 Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 7 4 4 5 41
6 #77 D'station Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 1 6 Ret Ret 33
7 #17 Astro Veloce Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 3 5 DNS DNS 25
8 #16 Astro Veloce Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 DNS Ret DNS DNS 0
9 #90 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 Ret DNS DNS 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 Am Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car SHA
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 #16 Astro Veloce Motorsports BMW M6 GT3 DNS Ret 2
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

Drivers 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 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver SHA
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 James French 1 1 3 2 83
Léonard Hoogenboom
Roman Rusinov
2 Ben Barnicoat 3 3 1 1 82
Jack Manchester
Harry Tincknell
3 Aidan Read 2 2 2 5 65
Nick Foster
Roberto Merhi
4 John Corbett 5 4 6 6 38
Nathan Kumar
5 Jakub Smiechowski 4 Ret 5 7 28
James Winslow
Mathias Beche
6 Haruki Kurosawa Ret WD 4 3 27
Shaun Thong
7 Mitchell Neilson 5 4 22
8 Danial Frost 6 6 16
9 Daniel Gaunt Ret Ret Ret 4 13
Nick Cassidy Ret Ret 4
10 Nobuya Yamanaka Ret 4 12
11 Masataka Yanagida Ret Ret 1
12 Shane van Gisbergen 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

LMP2 Am Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver SHA
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 Cody Ware 2 1 1 2 86
2 Gustas Grinbergas 1 1 2 68
3 Anthony Lazzaro 2 Ret 1 45
Guy Cosmo
4 Phillippe Mulacek DNS DNS Ret 1 27
5 Andrew Higgins 1 Ret 26
Arjun Maini
John Farano
6 Mark Kvamme 2 18
7 Andreas Laskaratos Ret 3 16
Miro Konopka Ret 3
8 Garnet Patterson 3 15
9 Kang Ling Ret 1
10 Michael Zimicki DNS 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 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver SHA
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 Colin Noble 2 1 4 2 75
Tony Wells
2 Alessandro Bressan 4 3 5 1 62
3 Martin Hippe 1 2 3 Ret 59
Nigel Moore
4 David Fumanelli 3 5 1 50
5 David Droux 3 Ret 1 Ret 40
Eric Trouilllet
Sebastien Page
6 Charles Crews 6 Ret 2 5 37
Garett Grist
Rob Hodes
7 Gabriele Lancieri 4 3 27
8 Dominic Ang 5 Ret 8 4 26
Douglas Khoo
9 Matthias Kaiser 7 3 21
10 Neale Muston 3 15
11 Yuki Harata 4 12
Austin McCusker 4
Garth Walden 4
Peter Paddon 4
12 Dan Wells 6 Ret 8
Philip Kadoorie
13 Rory Penttinen 7 6
14 Ricky Capo 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

GT Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver SHA
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 Marcos Gomes 6 2 2 1 71
2 Takeshi Kimura 5 1 5 2 64
3 Liam Talbot 2 2 1 62
4 Yusaku Shibata 2 7 1 4 61
Yuya Motojima
5 Francesco Piovanetti 4 3 3 3 57
Oswaldo Negri Jr.
6 Côme Ledogar 1 5 2 54
7 Davide Rigon 6 2 2 46
Kei Cozzolino 5 1 5
8 Alessandro Pier Guidi 4 3 3 42
9 Christian Colombo 7 4 4 5 41
David Tjiptobiantoro
Rio Haryanto
10 Takashi Kogure 1 4 37
11 Ross Gunn 1 6 Ret 33
Satoshi Hoshino 1 6 Ret Ret
Tomonobu Fujii 1 6 Ret Ret
12 Jens Klingmann 3 5 25
Max Wiser 3 5
Peiwen Qi 3 5
Tim Slade 1
13 André Couto 2 7 24
14 Mikkel Jensen 2 18
15 Daniel Serra 3 15
16 Antonio Fuoco 5 10
17 Morris Chen 6 9
18 Chen Weian Ret 0
Li Lin DNS 0
Zhang Yaqi Ret 0
Zhiwei Lu DNS Ret 0
Tom Gamble Ret 0
Ye Hongli Ret 0
Joel Eriksson Ret 0
Jun-San Chen 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

GT Am Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver SHA
BEN
SEP
CHA
Points
1 Li Lin DNS 1
Zhiwei Lu
2 Chen Weian Ret 0
Zhang Yaqi
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

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  20. "Astro Veloce Motorsport To Field Two Car BMW Effort In Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  21. "HubAuto Corsa Commits To Full Asian Le Mans Series Season". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  22. "T2 Motorsports Join Asian Le Mans Series With Ferrari GT3". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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