2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series was the fifth 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 begun at the Zhuhai International Circuit on 30 October 2016 and ended at Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 22 January 2017.

Calendar The 2016–2017 calendar was revealed on 27 January 2016.

Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 4 Hours of Zhuhai Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 30 October 2016 2 4 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 4 December 2016 3 4 Hours of Buriram Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 8 January 2017 4 4 Hours of Sepang Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 22 January 2017

Entry list

LMP2 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Race Performance Oreca 03R Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 8 Giorgio Maggi All Struan Moore All Fabian Schiller 2–4 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 24 Tacksung Kim All Matt McMurry 1 Andrea Roda 1 Mark Patterson 2–4 Jonathan Hirschi 2 Michael Munemann 3–4 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 25 Andrea Pizzitola All Michael Munemann 1–2 Nicky Catsburg 1 Andrea Roda 2–4 Matt McMurry 3 Aidan Read 4 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 35 Gustavo Menezes All Ho-Pin Tung All Thomas Laurent 2–4 Icon Class P2 LMP2

LMP3 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Jackie Chan DC Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 1 David Cheng All James Winslow All Pu Jun Jin 1 Hiroki Yoshida 2–4 ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 4 Darren Burke All Miroslav Konôpka 1–3 Mike Simpson 1–3 Konstantīns Calko 4 P3 7 Neale Muston All Konstantīns Calko 1–3 Miroslav Konôpka 4 Mike Simpson 4 Tockwith Motorsports Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 26 Phil Hanson All Nigel Moore All PS Racing ADESS-03 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 48 Angelo Negro 1–2 Louis Prette 1–2 Philippe Prette 1–2 PRT Racing Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 67 Ate de Jong All Charlie Robertson All Martin Rump 1–2 Aylezo Ecotint Racing Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 69 Zen Low All Weiron Tan All Giacomo Barri 1 Riki Christodoulou 2–4 G-Print by Triple 1 Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 85 Hanss Lin All Julio Acosta 1 Shaun Thong 2–4 Ryuichirou Ohtsuka 3 FIST-Team AAI ADESS-03 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 93 Huang Chi 4 Ryohei Sakaguchi 4 Tatsuya Tanigawa 4 Wineurasia Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 99 William Lok All Richard Bradley 1 Philippe Descombes 1 Scott Andrews 2–4 Aidan Read 2–3 Devon Modell 4 Icon Class P3 LMP3

CN Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds PS Racing Ligier JS53 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 CN 68 Kenji Abe 1 Akihiro Asai 1 Qin Tianqi 1 Tira Sosothikul 3 Medhapan Sundaradeja 3 Icon Class CN CN

GT Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Absolute Racing#2 entered as Absolute Racing and #88 entered as Team Bentley Absolute. Team Bentley Absolute Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 GT 2 Cheng Congfu 1 Steven Lin 1 Alessio Picariello 1 Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley EA824 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 88 Adderly Fong 1 Jeffrey Lee 1 Vincent Wong 1 DH Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 3 Olivier Beretta All Rino Mastronardi All Alex Riberas All GT 5 Michele Rugolo All Frédéric Vervisch 1 Neric Wei 1 Stéphane Lémeret 2–4 Matthieu Vaxivière 2–4 VS Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 GT 6 Kei Cozzolino 1–3 Corey Lewis 1–3 Adrian Zaugg 1 Yuhi Sekiguchi 2–3 FFF Racing by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 GT 10 Matthew Bell 1–3 Hiroshi Hamaguchi 1–3 Andrea Caldarelli 1–2 Vitantonio Liuzzi 3 Team Audi Korea Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 GT 31 You Kyong-Ouk 2–4 Marchy Lee 2–4 Alex Yoong 2–4 Team BBT Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 37 Anthony Liu All Alessandro Pier Guidi All Davide Rizzo All Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 38 Rui Águas All Marco Cioci All Nasrat Muzayyin All KCMG Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 GT 51 Go Max All Tetsuya Tanaka All Toru Tanaka All Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 61 Matt Griffin All Keita Sawa All Weng Sun Mok All TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 GT 66 Christopher Haase 1 Peng Liu 1 Max Wiser 1 Team NZ Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 77 John Curran 3–4 Graeme Dowsett 3–4 Paul Kanjanapas 3 Will Bamber 4 OD Racing Best Leader Team McLaren 650S GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Turbo V8 GT 86 Fairuz Fauzy All Jono Lester All James Tang 1 Philippe Descombes 2 Liam Talbot 3–4 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63 4.4 L Turbo V8 GT 90 Tom Blomqvist All Akira Iida All Lam Yu 1–2, 4 Jesse Krohn 3 GT 91 Jun-San Chen All Ollie Millroy All Xavier Maassen 1 Philipp Eng 2–4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 GT 92 Li Bin 1–2 Tatsuya Tanigawa 1–2 Huang Chi 1 Wen He Zhang 2 TKS Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 96 Takuma Aoki 2, 4 Shinyo Sano 2, 4 Shigeto Nagashima 2 Takuya Shirasaka 4 Icon Class GT GT3 GTC GT Cup

Notes

Results Bold indicates overall winner. Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team CN Winning Team GT Winning Team GT Cup Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers CN Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers GT Cup Winning Drivers 1 Zhuhai No. 35 Jackie Chan DC Racing No. 1 Jackie Chan DC Racing No finishers No. 38 Spirit of Race No entries Report Gustavo Menezes Ho-Pin Tung David Cheng Pu Jun Jin James Winslow Rui Águas Marco Cioci Nasrat Muzayyin 2 Fuji No. 8 Race Performance No. 26 Tockwith Motorsports No entries No. 5 DH Racing No. 96 TKS Report Giorgio Maggi Struan Moore Fabian Schiller Philip Hanson Nigel Moore Stéphane Lémeret Michele Rugolo Matthieu Vaxivière Takuma Aoki Shigeto Nagashima Shinyo Sano 3 Buriram No. 35 Jackie Chan DC Racing No. 4 ARC Bratislava No finishers No. 3 DH Racing No. 77 Team NZ Report Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Ho-Pin Tung Darren Burke Miroslav Konôpka Mike Simpson Olivier Beretta Rino Mastronardi Alex Riberas John Curran Graeme Dowsett Paul Kanjanapas 4 Sepang No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing No. 26 Tockwith Motorsports No entries No. 31 Team Audi Korea No. 96 TKS Report Andrea Pizzitola Aidan Read Andrea Roda Philip Hanson Nigel Moore You Kyong-Ouk Marchy Lee Alex Yoong Takuma Aoki Shinyo Sano Takuya Shirasaka

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 0.5

Teams Championships

LMP2 Teams Championship Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 3 3 2 1 76 2 #35 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 03R 1 2 1 Ret 69 3 #24 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 2 4 3 3 60 4 #8 Race Performance Oreca 03R Ret 1 4 2 55Bold – Pole

LMP3 Teams Championship Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #26 Tockwith Motorsports Ligier JS P3 2 1 7 1 77 2 #4 ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno LMP3 4 2 1 6 63 3 #1 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ligier JS P3 1 3 6 3 63 4 #85 G-Print by Triple 1 Racing Ligier JS P3 3 Ret 3 2 48 5 #7 ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno LMP3 5 4 2 7 46 6 #99 Wineurasia Ligier JS P3 6 Ret 5 5 29 7 #69 Aylezo Ecotint Racing Ginetta-Juno LMP3DNC 6 8 4 24 8 #67 PRT Racing Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Ret 5 4 Ret 22 9 #48 PS Racing ADESS-03 7 Ret 6 10 #93 FIST-Team AAI ADESS-03 Ret 0Bold – Pole

CN Teams Championship Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #68 PS Racing Ligier JS53 Ret Ret 2Bold – Pole

GT Teams Championship Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #5 DH Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 4 1 3 5 62 2 #3 DH Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ret 5 1 2 54 3 #37 Team BBT Ferrari 488 GT3DNS 2 2 3 53 4 #61 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 2 7 6 4 44 5 #31 Team Audi Korea Audi R8 LMS 6 9 1 35 6 #38 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 1 Ret 8 8 34 7 #91 FIST-Team AAI McLaren 650S GT3BMW M6 GT3 Ret 3 5 7 31 8 #6 VS RacingLamborghini Huracán GT3 3 4 Ret 27 9 #90 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 RetDNS 4 6 20 10 #51 KCMG Audi R8 LMS 6 9 10 9 13 11 #2 Absolute Racing Audi R8 LMS 5 10 12 #10 FFF Racing by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Ret 11 7 6.5 13 #88 Team Bentley Absolute Bentley Continental GT3 7 6 14 #86 OD Racing Best Leader Team McLaren 650S GT3DNC 8 Ret 105 15 #92 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 Ret 10 1 16 #66 TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS ultra Ret 0Bold – Pole

GT Cup Teams Championship Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #96 TKS Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 1 1 52 2 #77 Team NZ Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 1 2 44Bold – Pole

Drivers Championships

LMP2 Drivers Championship Driver Team ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 Andrea Roda Algarve Pro Racing 2 3 2 1 78 2 Andrea Pizzitola Algarve Pro Racing 3 3 2 1 76 3 Ho-Pin Tung Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 2 1 Ret 69 3 Gustavo Menezes Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 2 1 Ret 69 4 Michael Munemann Algarve Pro Racing 3 3 3 3 62 5 Tacksung Kim Algarve Pro Racing 2 4 3 3 62 6 Giorgio Maggi Race Performance Ret 1 4 2 55 6 Fabian Schiller Race Performance 1 4 2 55 6 Struan Moore Race Performance 1 4 2 55 7 Thomas Laurent Jackie Chan DC Racing 2 1 Ret 44 8 Mark Patterson Algarve Pro Racing 4 3 3 42 9 Matt McMurry Algarve Pro Racing 2 2 36 10 Aidan Read Algarve Pro Racing 1 25 11 Nicky Catsburg Algarve Pro Racing 3 16 12 Jonathan Hirschi Algarve Pro Racing 4 12Bold – Pole

LMP3 Drivers Championship Driver Team ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsports 2 1 7 1 77 1 Philip Hanson Tockwith Motorsports 2 1 7 1 77 2 Darren Burke ARC Bratislava 4 2 1 6 63 2 James Winslow Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 3 6 3 63 2 David Cheng Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 3 6 3 63 3 Miroslav Konôpka ARC Bratislava 4 2 1 7 61 3 Mike Simpson ARC Bratislava 4 2 1 7 61 4 Konstantīns Calko ARC Bratislava 5 4 2 6 48 4 Hanss Lin G-Print by Triple 1 Racing 3 7 3 2 48 5 Neale Muston ARC Bratislava 5 4 2 7 46 6 Hiroki Yoshida Jackie Chan DC Racing 3 6 3 38 7 Shaun Thong G-Print by Triple 1 Racing Ret 3 2 33 8 William Lok Wineurasia 6 Ret 5 5 29 9 Pu Jun Jin Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 25 10 Zen Low Aylezo Ecotint RacingDNC 6 8 4 24 10 Weiron Tan Aylezo Ecotint RacingDNC 6 8 4 24 10 Riki Christodoulou Aylezo Ecotint RacingDNC 6 8 4 24 11 Ate de Jong PRT Racing Ret 5 4 Ret 22 11 Charlie Robertson PRT Racing Ret 5 4 Ret 22 12 Scott Andrews Wineurasia Ret 5 5 20 13 Julio Acosta G-Print by Triple 1 Racing 3 15 13 Ryuichirou Ohtsuka G-Print by Triple 1 Racing 3 15 14 Martin Rump PRT Racing Ret 5 10 14 Aidan Read Wineurasia Ret 5 10 14 Devon Modell Wineurasia 5 10 15 Richard Bradley Wineurasia 6 9 15 Philippe Descombes Wineurasia 6 9 16 Philippe Prette PS Racing 7 Ret 6 16 Angelo Negro PS Racing 7 Ret 6 16 Louis Prette PS Racing 7 Ret 6 17 Giacomo Barri Aylezo Ecotint RacingDNC 0 17 Huang Chi FIST-Team AAI Ret 0 17 Ryohei Sakaguchi FIST-Team AAI Ret 0 17 Tatsuya Tanigawa FIST-Team AAI Ret 0Bold – Pole

CN Drivers Championship Driver Team ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 Kenji Abe PS Racing Ret 1 1 Akihiro Asai PS Racing Ret 1 1 Qin Tianqi PS Racing Ret 1 1 Tira Sosothikul PS Racing Ret 1 1 Medhapan Sundaradeja PS Racing Ret 1Bold – Pole

GT Drivers Championship