The 2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series was the fourth 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 Fuji Speedway on 10 October 2015 and ended at Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 24 January 2016.
This would mark the first season of the Asian Le Mans Series to be organized by the ACO after taking over from the Chinese S2M Group due from since relaunched in 2013 to overcome and bring up from struggling car grid counts in all of the classes.
Calendar The 2015 calendar was revealed on 12 February 2015. An updated race calendar was released on 20 April 2015, which added the round at Buriram and rescheduled the Sepang round, before a further revised calendar cancelled the planned event at Shanghai International Circuit and replaced it with a second race in Sepang. The Fuji round was held alongside the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 2 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 10 October 2015 2 3 Hours of Sepang I Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 8 November 2015 3 3 Hours of Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 10 January 2016 4 3 Hours of Sepang II Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 24 January 2016Sources:
Entry list All entries use Michelin tyres.
LMP2 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Race Performance Oreca 03R Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 8 Nicolas Leutwiler All Shinji Nakano 1–2 Oliver Webb 3–4 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 9 Sean Gelael 3–4 Antonio Giovinazzi 3–4 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 25 Dean Koutsoumidis 2–4 Michael Munemann 2–4 James Winslow 2–4 Eurasia Motorsport Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 99 William Lok All Tacksung Kim 1–2, 4 Tristan Gommendy 1 Richard Bradley 2–4 Nick de Bruijn 3Source: Icon Class P2 LMP2
LMP3 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds DC Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 1 David Cheng All Ho-Pin Tung All Thomas Laurent 2–4 Team AAI ADESS-03 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 88 Tatsuya Tanigawa 1, 3 Peter Li 1 Ryohei Sakaguchi 1 Chen Junrong 3 Chen Siyu 3 P3 89 Masataka Yanagida All Terry Fang 1 Takamitsu Matsui 1 Ollie Hancock 2 Alex Kapadia 2 Ryohei Sakaguchi 3 Tanart Sathienthirakul 3 Chen Siyu 4 Lam Yu 4Source: Icon Class P3 LMP3
CN Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Avelon Formula Wolf GB08 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 CN 21 Denis Lian 2–4 Giorgio Maggi 2–4 Atlantic Racing Team Wolf GB08 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 CN 69 Zen Low 2–4 John Bryant-Meisner 2 Toshiyuki Ochiai 2 Shinyo Sano 3–4Source: Icon Class CN CN
GT Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Clearwater Racing McLaren 650S GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin-turbo V8 GT 3 Rob Bell All Keita Sawa All Weng Sun Mok All Absolute Racing#5 entered as Absolute Racing and #6 and #66 entered as Bentley Team Absolute. Bentley Team Absolute Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 GT 5 Jeffrey Lee All Shaun Thong 1 Alex Yoong 1 Alessio Picariello 2–4 Andrew Kim 2 Adderly Fong 3 Christopher Mies 4 Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley EA824 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 GT 6 Adderly Fong 4 Andrew Palmer 4 GT 66 Andrew Kim 4 Tanart Sathienthirakul 4 Jonathan Venter 4 ARC Bratislava Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 GT 7 Miroslav Konôpka All Pierre Kaffer 1 Fairuz Fauzy 2–4 Afiq Yazid 4 Nexus Infinity Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 GT 27 Dominic Ang All Joshua Hunt All Adrian D'Silva 4 Spirit of Race Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 GT 38 Nasrat Muzayyin All Rui Águas 1–2 Aaron Scott 3–4 Marco Cioci 4 KCMG Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GT Am 51 Paul Ip All Christian Ried 1–2 James Munro 1 Dan Wells 2 Yuan Bo 3–4 Martin Rump 3 Akash Nandy 4 Team Starspeed Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 GT Am 77 Chong Yau Wong 4 Rick Yoon 4 Team AAI#90, #91, #93 entered as Team AAI and #92 entered as Team AAI - HubAuto. Team AAI - HubAuto Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 GT 90 Tatsuya Tanigawa 2 Lam Yu 2 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 GT 91 Jun-San Chen All Ollie Millroy All Nobuteru Taniguchi 1, 3–4 Dirk Müller 2 BMW Z4 GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 GT 92 Han-Chen Chen All Shinya Hosokawa All Hiroki Yoshimoto All McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin-turbo V8 GT 93 Shunsuke Kohno 4 Tatsuya Tanigawa 4Source: Icon Class GT GT3 GT Am GT3 Am
Results Bold indicates overall winner. Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team CN Winning Team GT Winning Team GT Am Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers CN Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers GT Am Winning Drivers 1 Fuji #8 Race Performance #1 DC Racing No entries #3 Clearwater Racing #51 KCMG Report Nicolas Leutwiler Shinji Nakano David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Rob Bell Keita Sawa Weng Sun Mok Paul Ip James Munro Christian Ried 2 Sepang I #8 Race Performance #1 DC Racing #21 Avelon Formula #3 Clearwater Racing #51 KCMG Report Nicolas Leutwiler Shinji Nakano David Cheng Thomas Laurent Ho-Pin Tung Denis Lian Giorgio Maggi Rob Bell Keita Sawa Weng Sun Mok Paul Ip Christian Ried Dan Wells 3 Buriram #9 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia #1 DC Racing No finishers #27 Nexus Infinity #51 KCMG Report Sean Gelael Antonio Giovinazzi David Cheng Thomas Laurent Ho-Pin Tung Dominic Ang Joshua Hunt Yuan Bo Paul Ip Martin Rump 4 Sepang II #9 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia #1 DC Racing #21 Avelon Formula #5 Absolute Racing #51 KCMG Report Sean Gelael Antonio Giovinazzi David Cheng Thomas Laurent Ho-Pin Tung Denis Lian Giorgio Maggi Jeffrey Lee Christopher Mies Alessio Picariello Yuan Bo Paul Ip Akash NandySource:
Championship Standings
Championship Race points Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Other Classified Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5Source:
Teams Championships
LMP2 Teams Championship Team Car FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total 1 #8 Race Performance Oreca 03R 1 1 3 2 84 2 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 2 2 3 53 3 #9 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia Oreca 03R 1 1 51 4 #99 Eurasia Motorsport Oreca 03R 2 3 4 Ret 45Sources:Bold – Pole
LMP3 Teams Championship Team Car FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total 1 #1 DC Racing Ligier JS P3 1 1 1 1 104 2 #89 Team AAI ADESS-03 Ret 2 2 Ret 36 3 #88 Team AAI ADESS-03 Ret DNS 0Sources:Bold – Pole
CN Teams Championship Team Car FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total 1 #21 Avelon Formula Wolf GB08 1 Ret 1 51 2 #69 Atlantic Racing Team Wolf GB08 2 Ret DNS 20Sources:Bold – Pole
GT Teams Championship Team Car FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total 1 #3 Clearwater Racing Mclaren 650S GT3 1 1 5 3 77 2 #5 Absolute Racing Audi R8 GT3Audi R8 LMS 5 7 2 1 60 3 #27 Nexus Infinity Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 6 5 1 4 56 4 #91 Team AAI BMW Z4 GT3 Ret 2 3 2 51 5 #38 Spirit of Race Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 2 4 7 5 46 6 #92 Team AAI - HubAuto BMW Z4 GT3Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 3 6 4 6 43 7 #7 ARC Bratislava Audi R8 LMS Ultra 4 8 6 8 28 8 #90 Team AAI Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 3 15 9 Bentley Team Absolute #66 Bentley Continental GT3 7 6 10 #93 Team AAI Mclaren MP4-12C GT3 9 2 11 #6 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3 10 1Sources:Bold – Pole
GT Am Teams Championship Team Car FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total 1 #51 KCMG Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 1 1 1 1 104 2 #77 Team Starspeed Racing Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo 2 18Sources:Bold – Pole
Drivers Championships
LMP2 Drivers Championship Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Totalpoints1 Nicolas Leutwiler Race Performance 1 1 3 2 84 2 Michael Munemann Algarve Pro Racing 2 2 3 53 2 Dean Koutsoumidis Algarve Pro Racing 2 2 3 53 2 James Winslow Algarve Pro Racing 2 2 3 53 3 Shinji Nakano Race Performance 1 152 4 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia 1 1 51 4 Antonio Giovinazzi Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia 1 1 51 5 William Lok Eurasia Motorsport 2 3 4 Ret 45 6 Oliver Webb Race Performance 3 2 33 6 Tacksung Kim Eurasia Motorsport 2 3 Ret 33 7 Richard Bradley Eurasia Motorsport 3 4 Ret 27 8 Tristan Gommendy Eurasia Motorsport 2 18 9 Nick de Bruijn Eurasia Motorsport 4 12Sources:Bold – Pole
LMP3 Drivers Championship Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Totalpoints 1 David Cheng DC Racing 1 1 1 1 103 1 Ho-Pin Tung DC Racing 1 1 1 1 103 2 Thomas Laurent DC Racing 1 1 1 77 3 Masataka Yanagida Team AAI Ret 2 2 Ret37 4 Alex Kapadia Team AAI 218 4 Ollie Hancock Team AAI 218 4 Ryohei Sakaguchi Team AAI Ret 218 4 Tanart Sathienthirakul Team AAI 218 5 Chen Siyu Team AAIDNS Ret1 5 Lam Yu Team AAI Ret1 6 Tatsuya Tanigawa Team AAI RetDNS0 6 Zhi Cong Li Team AAI Ret0 6 Terry Fang Team AAI Ret0 6 Takamitsu Matsui Team AAI Ret0 6 Chen Junrong Team AAIDNS0Sources:Bold – Pole
CN Drivers Championship Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Totalpoints 1 Denis Lian Avelon Formula 1 Ret 1 51 1 Giorgio Maggi Avelon Formula 1 Ret 1 51 2 Zen Low Atlantic Racing Team 2 RetDNS 20 3 John Bryant-Meisner Atlantic Racing Team 2 19 3 Toshiyuki Ochiai Atlantic Racing Team 219 4 Shinyo Sano Atlantic Racing Team RetDNS 1Sources:Bold – Pole
GT Drivers Championship Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Totalpoints 1 Weng Sun Mok Clearwater Racing 1 1 5 3 78 1 Keita Sawa Clearwater Racing 1 1 5 3 78 1 Rob Bell Clearwater Racing 1 1 5 3 78 2 Jeffery Lee Absolute Racing 5 7 2 1 60 3 Dominic Ang Nexus Infinity 6 5 1 4 55 3 Joshua Hunt Nexus Infinity 6 5 1 4 55 4 Jun-San Chen Team AAI Ret 2 3 2 51 4 Ollie Millroy Team AAI Ret 2 3 2 51 5 Alessio Picariello Absolute Racing 7 2 1 50 6 Nasrat Muzayyin Spirit of Race 2 4 7 5 46 7 Han-Chen Chen Team AAI - HubAuto 3 6 4 6 43 7 Shinya Hosokawa Team AAI - HubAuto 3 6 4 6 43 7 Hiroki Yoshimoto Team AAI - HubAuto 3 6 4 6 438 Nobuteru Taniguchi Team AAI Ret 3 233 9 Rui Águas Spirit of Race 2 4 30 10 Miroslav Konôpka ARC Bratislava 4 8 6 8 28 11 Christopher Mies Absolute Racing 1 26 12 Dirk Müller Team AAI 2 18 12 Adderly Fong Absolute Racing 2 1813 Aaron Scott Spirit of Race 7 51614 Lam Yu Team AAI 3 1514 Tatsuya Tanigawa Team AAI 3 1515 Pierre Kaffer ARC Bratislava 4 1215 Fairuz Fauzy ARC Bratislava 8 6 1216 Alex Yoong Absolute Racing 5 1016 Shaun Thong Absolute Racing 5 1017 Andrew Kim Absolute Racing 7 6Sources:Bold – Pole
GT Am Drivers Championship Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Totalpoints 1 Paul Ip KCMG 1 1 1 1 104 2 Christian Ried KCMG 1 1 52 2 Yuan Bo KCMG 1 1 52 3 James Munro KCMG 1 26 3 Dan Wells KCMG 1 26 3 Martin Rump KCMG 1 26 3 Akash Nandy KCMG 1 26 4 Rick Yoon Team Starspeed Racing 2 18 4 Chong Yau Wong Team Starspeed Racing 2 18Sources:Bold – Pole
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