2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series Explained

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.^[1]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2018–2019 season was announced on 3 February 2018, featuring four FIA Grade 1 circuits.^[1] 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 align=center rowspan=3 P2 1 Jazeman Jaafar 1 Nabil Jeffri 1 Weiron Tan 1 ARC Bratislava^[2] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 align=center rowspan=3 Am 4 Darren Burke All Miroslav Konôpka All Kang Ling All Spirit of Race^[3] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 align=center rowspan=3 P2 8 Pipo Derani 1–2, 4 Côme Ledogar 1–2, 4 Alexander West 1–2, 4 United Autosports^[4] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 align=center rowspan=2 P2 22 Phil Hanson^[5] All Paul di Resta All align=center rowspan=3 Am 23 Patrick Byrne^[6] All Guy Cosmo All Salih Yoluç All Algarve Pro Racing^[7] Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 align=center rowspan=3 P2 24 Ate de Jong 1, 3–4 Harrison Newey All Andrea Pizzitola All align=center rowspan=3 Am 25 Anders Fjordbach All Chris McMurry All Mark Patterson All Panis Barthez Competition^[8] Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 align=center rowspan=3 P2 35 François Heriau 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 VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=3 P3 2 Wayne Boyd^[9] All Chris Buncombe All Garett Grist All align=center rowspan=4 P3 3 Matthew Bell^[10] All Jim McGuire 1, 3–4 Kay van Berlo All Christian England 2 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen^[11] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=2 P3 7 Nick Adcock^[12] All Christian Stubbe Olsen All align=center rowspan=2 P3 79 Colin Noble^[13] All Anthony Wells All Inter Europol Competition^[14] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=2 P3 13 Jakub Śmiechowski All Martin Hippe All Eurasia Motorsport^[15] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=2 P3 36 Nobuya Yamanaka^[16] All Aidan Read All Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=3 P3 37 Yoshiharu Mori 1 Hwang Do-yun 1 Neale Muston 1 align=center rowspan=5 P3 38 1 Hugo de Sadeleer 1 Jake Parsons 4 Jamie Winslow 4 Rick Yoon 4 ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno P3-15 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=2 P3 44 Neale Muston 4 Michael Simpson 4 N24 R24 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=8 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 VK50 5.0 L V8 align=center rowspan=2 P3 65 Douglas Khoo All Nigel Moore All

GT

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds Red River Sport by TF Sport^[17] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 GT Am 5 Johnny Mowlem All Bonamy Grimes 1–3 Ivor Dunbar 2–4 CarGuy Racing^[18] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 11 James Calado All Kei Cozzolino All Takeshi Kimura All Earl Bamber Motorsport^[19] 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^[20] 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^[21] Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT Am 66 Xu Wei^[22] 1 Max Wiser 1 Audi R8 LMS Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 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

^[23]

LMP2 Teams Championship

Team Car SHA FUJ CHA SEP Points 1 #22 United Autosports Ligier JS P2 2 2 1 2 80 2 #24 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 Ret 1 2 1 69 3 #4 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 4 3 4 4 51 4 #35 Panis Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 6 4 3 3 50 5 #8 Spirit of Race Ligier JS P2 1 6 5 45 6 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P2 3 5 6 Ret 33 7 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 5 7 5 Ret 26 8 #1 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Oreca 05 Ret 0

Bold – Pole

LMP2 Am Teams Championship

Team Car SHA FUJ CHA SEP Points 1 #4 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 2 1 1 1 94 2 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P2 1 2 3 Ret 60 3 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 3 3 2 Ret 49

Bold – Pole

LMP3 Teams Championship

Team Car SHA FUJ CHA SEP Points 1 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 1 2 2 1 87 2 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 2 5 1 3 70 3 #79 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 4 3 3 4 54 4 #3 United Autosports Ligier JS P3 6 1 5 5 53 5 #7 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Ligier JS P3 5 4 4 2 52 6 #36 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P3 3 Ret 6 6 31 7 #65 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 8 6 8 7 23 8 #50 R24 Ligier JS P3 7 7 7 8 22 9 #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Ligier JS P3 9 10 3 10 #44 ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno P3-15 9 2 11 #37 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Ligier JS P3 DSQ 0

Bold – Pole

GT Teams Championship

Team Car SHA FUJ CHA SEP Points 1 #11 CarGuy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 1 1 1 1 101 2 #51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 2 2 3 3 67 3 #88 TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Audi R8 LMS Evo Ret 4 2 2 50 4 #66 TianShi Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi R8 LMS Evo 4 3 4 Ret 39 5 #5 Red River Sport by TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 3 5 Ret 4 37

Bold – Pole

GT Am Teams Championship

Team Car SHA FUJ CHA SEP Points 1 #66 TianShi Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Audi R8 LMS Audi R8 LMS Evo 1 1 Ret 78 2 #5 Red River Sport by TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Ret 0

Bold – Pole

GTC Teams Championship

Team Car SHA FUJ CHA SEP Points 1 #16 Modena Motorsports Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 1 26 2 #59 EKS Motorsports Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 2 18 3 #21 OpenRoad Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 3 15 4 #12 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Ret 0

Bold – 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

^[24]

LMP2 Drivers Championship

Driver SHA FUJ CHA SEP 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 Heriau 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 Tan

Bold – Pole

LMP2 Am Drivers Championship

Driver SHA FUJ CHA SEP 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 Patterson

Bold – Pole

LMP3 Drivers Championship

Driver SHA FUJ CHA SEP 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 Michael Simpson 9 Neale Muston DSQ 9 15 Jake Parsons 10 1 Jamie Winslow Rick Yoon 16 Hwang Do-yun DSQ 0

Bold – Pole

GT Drivers Championship

Driver SHA FUJ CHA SEP 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 0

Bold – Pole

GT Am Drivers Championship

Driver SHA FUJ CHA SEP 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 Mowlem

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GTC Drivers Championship

Driver SHA FUJ CHA SEP 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 Bamber

Bold – Pole

Notes and References

1. News: FOUR WILL BE A COMMON THEME IN THE 2018/19 ASIAN LE MANS SERIES. 3 February 2018. Asian Le Mans Series. 4 February 2018. 4 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180204000624/http://www.asianlemansseries.com/news-and-features/news/four-will-be-a-common-theme-in-the-2018-19-asian-le-mans-series/. dead.
2. News: Asian Le Mans Series Confirm Boost In Early Entries For 2018/19 Season. 13 July 2018. Dailysportscar. 13 July 2018.
3. News: Spirit of Race Joins Asian LMP2 Grid; Derani Signs. Kilshaw. Jake. 12 September 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 12 September 2018.
4. News: United Autosports Reveals Four-Car Asian LMS Entry. Kilshaw. Jake. 27 June 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 27 June 2018.
5. News: Di Resta, Hanson Join United Autosports Asian LMS Entry. Kilshaw. Jake. 16 October 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 16 October 2018.
6. News: United Autosports Confirm Second Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Line-up. 6 November 2018. Dailysportscar. 6 November 2018.
7. News: Three Reigning Champions Combine For Algarve Pro’s Asian Le Mans Series Attack. 9 November 2018. Dailysportscar. 9 November 2018.
8. News: Panis-Barthez Announces Asian LMP2 Program. Kilshaw. Jake. 7 September 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 7 September 2018.
9. News: Buncombe, Grist & Boyd Complete United Autosports Asian LMS Line-up. 14 November 2018. Dailysportscar. 14 November 2018.
10. News: McGuire, Bell & Van Berlo Team Up For 2018/19 Asian LMS. 31 October 2018. Dailysportscar. 31 October 2018.
11. News: Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen Racing Confirms Two-Car LMP3 Asian LMS Effort. 27 September 2018. Dailysportscar. 27 September 2018.
12. News: Olsen & Adcock Named As First Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen Racing Asian Le Mans Pairing. 5 October 2018. Dailysportscar. 5 October 2018.
13. News: Wells & Noble Pair Up For Asian Le Mans Season With Ecurie Ecosse / Nielsen Racing. 8 October 2018. Dailysportscar. 8 October 2018.
14. News: Inter Europol To Enter 2018/19 Asian Le Mans Series. 23 July 2018. Dailysportscar. 23 July 2018.
15. News: Eurasia Close In On Asian Le Mans Series Squad. 9 October 2018. Dailysportscar. 9 October 2018.
16. News: Eurasia Confirms LMP Entries For Asian Le Mans Series. 28 June 2018. Dailysportscar. 28 June 2018.
17. News: Red River Sport by TF Sport Enter Asian Le Mans Series With GT Class Aston Martin. 17 September 2018. Dailysportscar. 17 September 2018.
18. News: Calado Joins Car Guy Ferrari Effort For Asian Le Mans Series. 13 November 2018. Dailysportscar. 13 November 2018.
19. News: Asian Le Mans Series Porsche Endurance Trophy Adds To Shanghai Entry. 21 November 2018. Dailysportscar. 21 November 2018.
20. News: Pier Guidi Joins Spirit of Race Asian Le Mans Series Effort. 19 November 2018. Dailysportscar. 19 November 2018.
21. News: 4H Shanghai: Saturday Paddock Notes. 24 November 2018. Dailysportscar. 24 November 2018.
22. News: Huff, Vanthoor Confirmed in TSRT Audis for Shanghai. Lloyd. Daniel. 21 November 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 21 November 2018.
23. Web site: 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series Teams Championships.
24. Web site: 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series Drivers Championships.