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.

Calendar The calendar for the 2018–2019 season was announced on 3 February 2018, featuring four FIA Grade 1 circuits. 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 Drivers Rounds Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 1 Jazeman Jaafar 1 Nabil Jeffri 1 Weiron Tan 1 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Am 4 Darren Burke All Miroslav Konôpka All Kang Ling All Spirit of Race Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 8 Pipo Derani 1–2, 4 Côme Ledogar 1–2, 4 Alexander West 1–2, 4 United Autosports Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 22 Phil Hanson All Paul di Resta All Am 23 Patrick Byrne All Guy Cosmo All Salih Yoluç All Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 24 Ate de Jong 1, 3–4 Harrison Newey All Andrea Pizzitola All Am 25 Anders Fjordbach All Chris McMurry All Mark Patterson All Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 35 François Hériau All Matthieu Lahaye All Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 1, 3–4 Icon Class P2 LMP2 Am LMP2 Am

LMP3 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds United Autosports Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 2 Wayne Boyd All Chris Buncombe All Garett Grist All P3 3 Matthew Bell All Jim McGuire 1, 3–4 Kay van Berlo All Christian England 2 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 7 Nick Adcock All Christian Stubbe Olsen All P3 79 Colin Noble All Anthony Wells All Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 13 Jakub Śmiechowski All Martin Hippe All Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 36 Nobuya Yamanaka All Aidan Read All Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 37 Yoshiharu Mori 1 Hwang Do-yun 1 Neale Muston 1 P3 38 1 Hugo de Sadeleer 1 Jake Parsons 4 Jamie Winslow 4 Rick Yoon 4 ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno P3-15 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 44 Neale Muston 4 Mike Simpson 4 N24 R24 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 50 Sarah Bovy 1 Stéphane Kox 1, 3 Marie Iwaoka 1–3 Anna Inotsume 2 Sayaka Katō 2 Katherine Legge 4 Michelle Gatting 4 Margot Laffite 4 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 65 Douglas Khoo All Nigel Moore All Icon Class P3 LMP3

GT Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Red River Sport by TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM28 6.0 L V12 GT Am 5 Johnny Mowlem All Bonamy Grimes 1–3 Ivor Dunbar 2–4 CarGuy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 11 James Calado All Kei Cozzolino All Takeshi Kimura All Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 12 Jeffrey Chiang 1 Graeme Dowsett 1 Will Bamber 1 Modena Motorsports Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 16 Philippe Descombes 1 Benny Simonsen 1 OpenRoad Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 21 Francis Tjia 1 Michael Soeryadjaya 1 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 51 Francesco Piovanetti All Oswaldo Negri Jr. All Alessandro Pier Guidi All EKS Motorsports Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 59 Bao Jinlong 1 1 TianShi Racing Team by Anstone Racing Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRTMercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 GT Am 66 Xu Wei 1 Max Wiser 1 Audi R8 LMS Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 GT Am 66 Xu Wei 2 Max Wiser 2–4 Zhang Yaqi 2–4 Lo Kai Fung 3 Qi Peiwen 4 GT 88 Dries Vanthoor 1–2, 4 All Dennis Zhang 1 Anthony Liu Xu 2 Alex Au 3 Jean-Karl Vernay 3 Xu Wei 4 Icon Class GT GT3 GT 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 Results 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 Report Pipo Derani Côme Ledogar Alexander West Martin Hippe Jakub Śmiechowski 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 Report 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 Report 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 Report Ate de Jong Harrison Newey Andrea Pizzitola Martin Hippe Jakub Śmiechowski 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 Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Teams Championship Team CarSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 #22 United AutosportsLigier JS P2 22 1 2 80 2 #24 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2 Ret 12 1 69 3 #4 ARC BratislavaLigier JS P2 4 3 4 4 51 4 #35 Panis Barthez CompetitionLigier JS P2 6 4 3 3 50 5 #8 Spirit of RaceLigier JS P21 65 45 6 #23 United AutosportsLigier JS P2 3 5 6 Ret 33 7 #25 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2 5 7 5 Ret 26 8 #1 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota SportOreca 05Ret 0Bold – Pole

LMP2 Am Teams Championship Team CarSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 #4 ARC BratislavaLigier JS P2 2 1 1 1 94 2 #23 United AutosportsLigier JS P2 1 2 3 Ret 60 3 #25 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2 3 3 2 Ret 49Bold – Pole

LMP3 Teams Championship Team CarSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P31221 87 2 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P32513 70 3 #79 Ecurie Ecosse/NielsenLigier JS P34334 54 4 #3 United Autosports Ligier JS P36155 53 5 #7 Ecurie Ecosse/NielsenLigier JS P35442 52 6 #36 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P33Ret66 31 7 #65 Viper Niza RacingLigier JS P38687 23 8 #50 R24 Ligier JS P37778 22 9 #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Ligier JS P3910 3 10 #44 ARC BratislavaGinetta-Juno P3-15 9 2 11 #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota SportLigier JS P3 DSQ 0Bold – Pole

GT Teams Championship Team CarSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 #11 CarGuy RacingFerrari 488 GT31111 101 2 #51 Spirit of RaceFerrari 488 GT32233 67 3 #88 TianShi Racing TeamAudi R8 LMSAudi R8 LMS EvoRet422 50 4 #66 TianShi Racing TeamMercedes-AMG GT3Audi R8 LMSAudi R8 LMS Evo434Ret 39 5 #5 Red River Sport by TF SportAston Martin V12 Vantage GT335Ret4 37Bold – Pole

GT Am Teams Championship Team CarSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 #66 TianShi Racing TeamMercedes-AMG GT3Audi R8 LMSAudi R8 LMS Evo11Ret 78 2 #5 Red River Sport by TF SportAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3Ret 0Bold – Pole

GTC Teams Championship Team CarSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 #16 Modena MotorsportsPorsche 991 GT3 Cup1 26 2 #59 EKS MotorsportsPorsche 991 GT3 Cup2 18 3 #21 OpenRoad RacingPorsche 991 GT3 Cup3 15 4 #12 Earl Bamber MotorsportPorsche 991 GT3 CupRet 0Bold – Pole

Drivers championships Points are awarded according to the following structure: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Drivers Championship DriverSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 Paul di Resta 2 2 1 2 80 Phil Hanson 2 Andrea Pizzitola Ret 1 2 1 69 Harrison Newey 3 Darren Burke 4 3 4 4 51 Kang Ling Miroslav Konôpka 4 François Hériau 6 4 3 3 50 Matthieu Lahaye 5 Alexander West 1 6 5 45 Côme Ledogar Pipo Derani 6 Ate de Jong 2 1 44 7 Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 6 3 3 38 8 Guy Cosmo 3 5 6 Ret 33 Patrick Byrne Salih Yoluç 9 Anders Fjordbach 5 7 5 Ret 26 Chris McMurry Mark Patterson 10 Jazeman Jaafar Ret 0 Nabil Jeffri Weiron TanBold – Pole

LMP2 Am Drivers Championship DriverSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 Darren Burke 3 1 1 1 94 Kang Ling Miroslav Konôpka 2 Guy Cosmo 1 2 3 Ret 60 Patrick Byrne Salih Yoluç 3 Anders Fjordbach 3 3 2 Ret 49 Chris McMurry Mark PattersonBold – Pole

LMP3 Drivers Championship DriverSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 Jakub Śmiechowski 1 2 2 1 87 Martin Hippe 2 Chris Buncombe 2 5 1 3 70 Garett Grist Wayne Boyd 3 Anthony Wells 4 3 3 4 54 Colin Noble 4 Kay van Berlo 6 1 5 5 53 Matthew Bell 5 Christian Stubbe Olsen 5 4 4 3 52 Nick Adcock 6 Aidan Read 3 Ret 6 6 31 Nobuya Yamanaka 7 James McGuire 6 5 5 28 8 Christian England 1 25 9 Douglas Khoo 8 6 8 7 23 Nigel Moore 10 Marie Iwaoka 7 7 7 18 11 Stéphane Kox 7 7 12 12 Sarah Bovy 7 6 Sayaka Katō 7 13 Katherine Legge 8 4 Michelle Gatting Margot Laffite 14 Wei Chaoyin 9 2 Hugo de Sadeleer Mike Simpson 9 Neale Muston DSQ 9 15 Jake Parsons 10 1 Jamie Winslow Rick Yoon 16 Hwang Do-yun DSQ 0Bold – Pole

GT Drivers Championship DriverSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 James Calado 1 1 1 1 101 Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura 2 Alessandro Pier Guidi 2 2 3 3 67 Francesco Piovanetti Oswaldo Negri Jr. 3 Chen Weian Ret 4 2 2 50 4 Xu Wei 4 3 2 46 5 Max Wiser 4 3 4 Ret 39 6 Johnny Mowlem 3 5 Ret 4 37 7 Dries Vanthoor Ret 4 2 32 8 Zhang Yaqi Ret 3 4 Ret 28 9 Bonamy Grimes 3 5 Ret 25 10 Ivor Dunbar 5 Ret 4 22 11 Alex Au 2 18 Jean-Karl Vernay 12 Anthony Liu Xu 4 12 Lo Kai Fung 4 13 Qi Peiwen Ret 0Bold – Pole

GT Am Drivers Championship DriverSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 Max Wiser 1 1 78 2 Xu Wei 1 1 52 Zhang Yaqi 1 1 3 Lo Kai Fung 1 26 4 Bonamy Grimes Ret 0 Ivor Dunbar Johnny MowlemBold – Pole

GTC Drivers Championship DriverSHAFUJCHASEP Points 1 Benny Simonsen 1 26 Philippe Descombes 2 Bao Jinlong 2 18 Lu Wenlong 3 Francis Tjia 3 15 Michael Soeryadjaya 4 Graeme Dowsett Ret 0 Jeffrey Chiang Will BamberBold – Pole

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