2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series was the sixth 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 season began at the Zhuhai International Circuit in October 2017 and ended at Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 4 February 2018.^[1]

Calendar

The 2017–2018 calendar was revealed in February 2017.^[2] It was then updated in June, removing the Zhejiang round.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	4 Hours of Zhuhai	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China	29 October 2017
2	4 Hours of Fuji	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan	3 December 2017
3	6 Hours of Buriram	Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand	13 January 2018
4	4 Hours of Sepang	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia	4 February 2018

Entry list

LMP2

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds ARC Bratislava[3] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 4 Konstantīns Calko[4] All Miroslav Konôpka[4] All Rik Breukers[4] 1–2 Gustavo Yacamán[5] 3 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota[6] Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 7 David Cheng[6] 1–2 Ho-Pin Tung[6] 1 Jazeman Jaafar[7] 2–4 Weiron Tan[5] 3–4 Afiq Yazid[5] 3–4 P2 8 Thomas Laurent[6] All Harrison Newey[6] All Stéphane Richelmi[6] All Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 25 Ate de Jong[4] All Dean Koutsoumidis[4] All John Graham[4] 1, 3–4 Eurasia Motorsport[8] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 33 Alex Au[4] 1 Keiko Ihara[4] 1 Scott Andrews[7] 2 Marko Asmer[7] 2, 4 Yoshiharu Mori[7] 2 Nabil Jeffri[9] 4 Jake Parsons[9] 4 BBT Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 37 Pipo Derani[4] All Anthony Liu[4] All Davide Rizzo[4] All

Icon Class P2 LMP2

LMP3

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds WIN Motorsport[8] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 1 Richard Bradley[4] All Philippe Descombes[4] All William Lok[4] All Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota[6] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 6 Patrick Byrne[6] All Guy Cosmo[6] All Gabriel Aubry[5] 3–4 Taiwan Beer GH Motorsport Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 11 Hanss Lin[4] All Shaun Thong[4] 1–2, 4 Ye Hongli[7] 2–3 Scott Andrews[5] 3 KCMG Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 18 Josh Burdon[4] All Louis Prette[4] All Neric Wei[4] All Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 65 Dominic Ang[4] All Douglas Khoo[4] All James Winslow[7] 2 Nigel Moore 3–4 TKS[7] Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 99 Yuta Kamimura[7] 2 Shinyo Sano[7] 2 Takuya Shirasaka[7] 2

Icon Class P3 LMP3

GT and GT Cup

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 GT Am 66 Weian Chen[4] All Max Wiser[4] All Peng Liu[4] 1–2 Alex Au[5] 3 Mitchell Gilbert[9] 4 Team NZ Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 77 Will Bamber[5] 3–4 Graeme Dowsett[5] 3–4 John Curran[5] 3 Alif Hamdan[9] 4 FIST-Team AAI Mercedes-AMG GT3 1 Ferrari 488 GT3 2–4 Mercedes-AMG 4.0 L M178 twin-turbo V8 1 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 2–4 GT 90 Ollie Millroy[4] All Lam Yu[4] 1–3 Raffaele Marciello[4] 1 Marco Cioci[7] 2–3 Bhurit Bhirombhakdi[9] 4 Sarun Sereethoranakul[9] 4 BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 GT 91 Jun-San Chen[4] All Jesse Krohn[4] All Chaz Mostert[4] 1–3 Markus Palttala[9] 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	Zhuhai	No. 8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota	No. 18 KCMG	No. 91 FIST-Team AAI	No entries	Report
		Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi	Josh Burdon Louis Prette Neric Wei	Jun-San Chen Jesse Krohn Chaz Mostert
2	Fuji	No. 8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota	No. 6 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota	No. 90 FIST-Team AAI	No entries	Report
		Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi	Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo	Marco Cioci Ollie Millroy Lam Yu
3	Buriram	No. 7 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota	No. 18 KCMG	No. 91 FIST-Team AAI	No. 77 Team NZ	Report
		Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Afiq Yazid	Josh Burdon Louis Prette Neric Wei	Jun-San Chen Jesse Krohn Chaz Mostert	Will Bamber John Curran Graeme Dowsett
4	Sepang	No. 8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota	No. 6 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota	No. 91 FIST-Team AAI	No. 77 Team NZ	Report
		Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi	Gabriel Aubry Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo	Jun-San Chen Jesse Krohn Markus Palttala	Will Bamber Graeme Dowsett Alif Hamdan

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

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LMP2 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 #8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Oreca 05 1 1 2 1 95 2 #37 BBT Ligier JS P2 2 2 3 2 70 3 #4 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 3 4 4 4 51 4 #7 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Oreca 05 Ret 3 1 5 50 5 #33 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P2 4 Ret 3 28 6 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 4 4 Ret Ret 20

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 ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 #6 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Ligier JS P3 3 1 4 1 77 2 #18 KCMG Ligier JS P3 1 Ret 1 Ret 54 2 #11 Taiwan Beer GH Motorsport Ligier JS P3 2 Ret 2 2 54 3 #65 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 4 2 5 4 52 4 #1 WIN Motorsport Ligier JS P3 5 Ret 3 3 40 5 #99 TKS Ginetta-Juno LMP3 3 15

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 ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 #91 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 1 2 1 1 95 2 #90 FIST-Team AAI Mercedes-AMG GT3 2 1 3 2 78 3 #66 TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS 3 3 2 Ret 48

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 Am Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 #66 TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS 1 1 1 78

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 ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 #77 Team NZ Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 1 1 52

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

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

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LMP2 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 Stéphane Richelmi 1 1 2 1 95 Harrison Newey Thomas Laurent 2 Anthony Liu 2 2 3 2 70 Davide Rizzo Pipo Derani 3 Miroslav Konôpka 3 4 4 4 51 Konstantīns Calko 4 Jazeman Jaafar 3 1 5 50 5 Weiron Tan 1 5 35 Afiq Yazid 6 Rik Breukers 3 4 27 7 Ate de Jong 5 5 20 Dean Koutsoumidis 8 Marko Asmer Ret 3 16 Jake Parsons 3 Nabil Jeffri 3 9 David Cheng Ret 3 15 10 Alex Au 4 12 Keiko Ihara 4 Gustavo Yacamán 4 11 Yoshiharu Mori Ret 0 Scott Andrews Ret Ho-Pin Tung Ret John Graham Ret Ret

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 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 Guy Cosmo 3 1 4 1 77 Patrick Byrne 2 Josh Burdon 1 Ret 1 Ret 54 Louis Prette 1 Ret 1 Ret Neric Wei 1 Ret 1 Ret Hanss Lin 2 Ret 2 2 3 Douglas Khoo 4 2 5 4 52 Dominic Ang 4 William Lok 5 Ret 3 3 40 Philippe Descombes Richard Bradley 5 Gabriel Aubry 4 1 37 6 Shaun Thong 2 Ret 2 36 7 Nigel Moore 5 4 22 8 James Winslow 2 18 Ye Hong Li Ret 2 Scott Andrews 2 9 Shinyo Sano 3 15 Yuta Kamimura Takuya Shirasaki

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 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 Jun-San Chen 1 2 1 1 95 Jesse Krohn 2 Ollie Millroy 2 1 3 2 78 3 Chaz Mostert 1 2 1 69 4 Weian Chen 3 3 2 Ret 48 Max Wiser 5 Lam Yu 2 1 DNS 45 6 Marco Cioci 1 3 41 7 Peng Liu 3 3 30 8 Markus Palttala 1 26 9 Raffaele Marciello 2 19 10 Sarun Sereethoranakul 2 18 Bhurit Bhirombhakdi 2 Alex Au 2 11 Mitchell Gilbert 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

GT Am Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 Weian Chen 1 1 1 78 Max Wiser 2 Peng Liu 1 1 52 3 Alex Au 1 26

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 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Points 1 Graeme Dowsett 1 1 52 Will Bamber 2 John Curran 1 26 Alif Hamdan 1

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

References

1. "Asian LMS Announces Significant Changes For 2017/18 Season". dailysportscar.com. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
2. 2017/2018 ASIAN LE MANS (29 October 2016). "2017/2018 ASIAN LE MANS: MOVING FORWARD". 2017/2018 ASIAN LE MANS. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
3. "ARC Bratislava LMP2 Programme Sees Greaves Motorsport Return To The Fray". dailysportscar.com. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
4. "4 Hours of Zhuhai - Asian Le Mans Series 2017-2018 - Final results Qualifying" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
5. "6 Hours of Buriram - Asian Le Mans Series 2017-2018 - Final results Qualifying" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
6. Kilshaw, Jake (25 October 2017). "DC Racing Reveals Three-Car Asian LMS Lineup". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
7. "4 Hours of Fuji - Asian Le Mans Series 2017-2018 - Final results Qualifying" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
8. "Eurasia & WIN Motorsport Confirm Asian Le Mans Series Entries". dailysportscar.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
9. "4 Hours of Sepang - Asian Le Mans Series 2017-2018 - Final results Qualifying" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
10. "2017-18 Asian Le Mans Series Teams Classification" (PDF).
11. "2017-18 Asian Le Mans Series Drivers Classification" (PDF).

External links

• Official website