2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series Explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

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,^[2] before a further revised calendar cancelled the planned event at Shanghai International Circuit and replaced it with a second race in Sepang.^[3] The Fuji round will be held alongside the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[1]

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 2016

Entry list

All entries use Michelin tyres.^[4]

LMP2

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Race Performance^[5] Oreca 03R Judd HK 3.6 L V8 align=center rowspan=3 P2 8 Nicolas Leutwiler All Shinji Nakano 1–2 Oliver Webb^[6] 3–4 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 align=center rowspan=2 P2 9 Sean Gelael 3–4 Antonio Giovinazzi 3–4 Algarve Pro Racing^[7] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 align=center rowspan=3 P2 25 Dean Koutsoumidis 2–4 Michael Munemann 2–4 James Winslow 2–4 Eurasia Motorsport Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 align=center rowspan=5 P2 99 William Lok All Tacksung Kim 1–2, 4 Tristan Gommendy 1 Richard Bradley^[8] 2–4 Nick de Bruijn 3

LMP3

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds DC Racing^[9] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=3 P3 1 David Cheng All Ho-Pin Tung All Thomas Laurent 2–4 Team AAI ADESS-03 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=5 P3 88 Tatsuya Tanigawa 1, 3 Zhi Cong Li 1 Ryohei Sakaguchi 1 Chen Junrong 3 Chen Siyu 3 align=center rowspan=9 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^[10] 4 Lam Yu 4

CN

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Avelon Formula Wolf GB08 Honda 2.0 L I4 align=center rowspan=2 CN 21 Denis Lian 2–4 Giorgio Maggi 2–4 Atlantic Racing Team Wolf GB08 Honda 2.0 L I4 align=center rowspan=4 CN 69 Zen Low 2–4 John Bryant-Meisner 2 Toshiyuki Ochiai 2 Shinyo Sano 3–4

GT

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Clearwater Racing McLaren 650S GT3 McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 GT 3 Rob Bell All Keita Sawa All Weng Sun Mok All Absolute Racing^[11] Bentley Team Absolute Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi R8 LMS Audi 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 4.0 L V8 twin-turbo 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 5.2 L V10 GT 7 Miroslav Konôpka All Pierre Kaffer 1 Fairuz Fauzy 2–4 Afiq Yazid 4 Nexus Infinity^[12] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GT 27 Dominic Ang All Joshua Hunt All Adrian D'Silva 4 Spirit of Race Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 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 5.2 L V10 GT Am 77 Chong Yau Wong 4 Rick Yoon 4 Team AAI^[13] Team AAI - HubAuto Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8 GT 90 Tatsuya Tanigawa 2 Lam Yu 2 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 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 4.4 L V8 Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8 GT 92 Han-Chen Chen All Shinya Hosokawa All Hiroki Yoshimoto All McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8 L twin-turbo V8 GT 93 Shunsuke Kohno 4 Tatsuya Tanigawa 4

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 Nandy

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 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 45

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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 0

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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 20

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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 GT3 Audi 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 GT3 Mercedes-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 1

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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 18

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Drivers Championships

LMP2 Drivers Championship

Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total points 1 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 1 52 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 12

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LMP3 Drivers Championship

Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total points 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 Ret 37 4 Alex Kapadia Team AAI 2 18 4 Ollie Hancock Team AAI 2 18 4 Ryohei Sakaguchi Team AAI Ret 2 18 4 Tanart Sathienthirakul Team AAI 2 18 5 Chen Siyu Team AAI DNS Ret 1 5 Lam Yu Team AAI Ret 1 6 Tatsuya Tanigawa Team AAI Ret DNS 0 6 Zhi Cong Li Team AAI Ret 0 6 Terry Fang Team AAI Ret 0 6 Takamitsu Matsui Team AAI Ret 0 6 Chen Junrong Team AAI DNS 0

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CN Drivers Championship

Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total points 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 Ret DNS 20 3 John Bryant-Meisner Atlantic Racing Team 2 19 3 Toshiyuki Ochiai Atlantic Racing Team 2 19 4 Shinyo Sano Atlantic Racing Team Ret DNS 1

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GT Drivers Championship

Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total points 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 43 8 Nobuteru Taniguchi Team AAI Ret 3 2 33 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 18 13 Aaron Scott Spirit of Race 7 5 16 14 Lam Yu Team AAI 3 15 14 Tatsuya Tanigawa Team AAI 3 15 15 Pierre Kaffer ARC Bratislava 4 12 15 Fairuz Fauzy ARC Bratislava 8 6 12 16 Alex Yoong Absolute Racing 5 10 16 Shaun Thong Absolute Racing 5 10 17 Andrew Kim Absolute Racing 7 6

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GT Am Drivers Championship

Driver Team FUJ SEP I BUR SEP II Total points 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 18

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Notes and References

1. News: Three Race Calendar For 2015 AsLMS, Support Race For WEC In Japan & China. dailysportscar.com. 12 February 2015. 22 September 2015.
2. News: Buriram Added to Restructured Asian LMS Schedule. ten Caat. Marcel. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. 20 April 2015. 22 September 2015.
3. News: Additional Sepang Race Replaces Shanghai on 2015/16 Schedule. Dagys. John. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. 2 June 2015. 22 September 2015.
4. News: Michelin to Continue as Exclusive Tire Supplier in Asian LMS. Dagys. John. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. 24 June 2015. 22 September 2015.
5. Web site: Asian Le Mans Series Race (120') - Final Classification. PDF. asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 10 October 2015. 28 October 2016.
6. Web site: Asian Le Mans Series - Round 3 Buriram Race Provisional Result. PDF. asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 10 January 2016. 20 October 2016.
7. News: Algarve Pro Racing Confirms Asian LMS Effort. Dagys. John. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. 22 August 2015. 22 September 2015.
8. Web site: Asian Le Mans Series - Round 2 Sepang Race Provisional Result. PDF. asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 8 November 2015. 28 October 2016.
9. News: DC Racing Launched; Confirms Ligier JS P3 Effort in Asian LMS. Dagys. John. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. 20 August 2015. 22 September 2015.
10. Web site: Asian Le Mans Series - Round 4 Sepang Race Provisional Result. PDF. asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 24 January 2016. 28 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221182246/http://www.raceresults.nu/uitslagen//2016/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series%20-%20Round%204%20Sepang/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series%20-%20Race.pdf. 21 December 2016. dead.
11. 1. 5 entered as Absolute Racing and #6 and #66 entered as Bentley Team Absolute.
12. News: Nexus Infinity Announces Asian LMS GT Effort. Dagys. John. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. 14 August 2015. 22 September 2015.
13. 1. 90, #91, #93 entered as Team AAI and #92 entered as Team AAI - HubAuto.