2018 4 Hours of Shanghai explained

The 2018 4 Hours of Shanghai was the first round of the 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on November 25, 2018, at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China.^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

	Class		Entry	Chassis	Time
1	LMP2	8	Spirit of Race	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	1:55.476
2	LMP2	24	Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2-Judd	1:55.804
3	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	1:56.230
4	LMP2	1	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	Oreca 05-Nissan	1:56.444
5	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	1:56.445
6	LMP2	35	Panis Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P2-Judd	1:56.507
7	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2-Judd	1:57.146
8	LMP2	4	ARC Bratislava	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	1:57.835
9	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	1:59.711
10	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Ligier JS P3	1:59.898
11	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	1:59.927
12	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Ligier JS P3	2:00.416
13	LMP3	36	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P3	2:00.631
14	LMP3	79	Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	Ligier JS P3	2:00.924
15	LMP3	7	Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	Ligier JS P3	2:01.216
16	LMP3	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	Ligier JS P3	2:01.218
17	GT	88	Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT	Audi R8 LMS	2:02.603
18	GT	11	CarGuy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:03.286
19	GT	51	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:03.375
20	LMP3	50	N24	Ligier JS P3	2:03.664
21	LMP3	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	Ligier JS P3	2:03.736
22	GT	66	TianShi Racing Team by Anstone Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:05.752
23	GTC	16	Modena Motorsports	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	2:08.401
24	GTC	59	EKS Motorsports	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	2:09.039
25	GT	5	Red River Sport by TF Sport	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	2:10.609
26	GTC	21	OpenRoad Racing	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	2:10.780
27	GTC	12	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	2:17.993
Source:^[2]

Race

Race results

Class winners in bold.

	Class		Entry	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP2	8	Spirit of Race	Pipo Derani Côme Ledogar Alexander West	Ligier JS P2	115
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Phil Hanson Paul di Resta	Ligier JS P2	115
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
3	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo Salih Yoluç	Ligier JS P2	114
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4	LMP2	4	ARC Bratislava	Darren Burke Miroslav Konôpka Kang Ling	Ligier JS P2	114
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Anders Fjordbach Chris McMurry Mark Patterson	Ligier JS P2	114
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
6	LMP2	35	Panis Barthez Competition	François Heriau Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Ligier JS P2	113
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
7	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Jakub Śmiechowski Martin Hippe	Ligier JS P3	112
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
8	LMP3	2	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd Chris Buncombe Garett Grist	Ligier JS P3	112
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
9	LMP3	36	Eurasia Motorsport	Nobuya Yamanaka Aidan Read	Ligier JS P3	111
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
10	LMP3	79	Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Ligier JS P3	111
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
11	LMP3	7	Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen	Nick Adcock Christian Stubbe Olsen	Ligier JS P3	111
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
12	LMP3	3	United Autosports	Matthew Bell Jim McGuire Kay van Berlo	Ligier JS P3	110
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
13	GT	11	CarGuy Racing	James Calado Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura	Ferrari 488 GT3	110
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
14	GT	51	Spirit of Race	Francesco Piovanetti Oswaldo Negri Jr. Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GT3	109
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15	GT	5	Red River Sport by TF Sport	Johnny Mowle Bonamy Grimes	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	108
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
16	LMP3	50	N24	Sarah Bovy Stéphane Kox Marie Iwaoka	Ligier JS P3	107
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
17	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Douglas Khoo Nigel Moore	Ligier JS P3	106
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
18	GT	66	TianShi Racing Team by Anstone Racing	Xu Wei Max Wiser	Mercedes-AMG GT3	106
					Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8
19	GTC	16	Modena Motorsports	Philippe Descombes Benny Simonsen	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	102
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20	GTC	59	EKS Motorsports	Bao Jinlong	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	101
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21	LMP3	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	Hugo de Sadeleer	Ligier JS P3	98
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
22	GTC	21	OpenRoad Racing	Francis Tjia Michael Soeryadjaya	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	98
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	GT	88	Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT	Dries Vanthoor Dennis Zhang	Audi R8 LMS	78
					Audi 5.2 L V10
DNF	GTC	12	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Jeffrey Chiang Graeme Dowsett Will Bamber	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	61
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP2	1	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan	Oreca 05	36
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	24	Algarve Pro Racing	Ate de Jong Harrison Newey Andrea Pizzitola	Ligier JS P2	9
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
DSQ	LMP3	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	Yoshiharu Mori Hwang Do-yun Neale Muston	Ligier JS P3	—
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
Source:^[3]

References

1. Web site: 27-Car Field For 2018/19 Shanghai Asian Le Mans Series Season Opener . August 31, 2024 . www.dailysportscar.com.
2. Web site: November 25, 2018 . 2018 4 Hours Shanghai Qualifying . August 31, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.
3. Web site: November 25, 2018 . 2018 4 Hours of Shanghai Race . August 31, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.