2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series

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 edit

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 edit

All entries use Michelin tyres.[4]

LMP2 edit

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
  Race Performance[5] Oreca 03R Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 8   Nicolas Leutwiler[5] All
  Shinji Nakano[5] 1–2
  Oliver Webb[6] 3–4
  Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia[6] Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 9   Sean Gelael[6] 3–4
  Antonio Giovinazzi[6] 3–4
  Algarve Pro Racing[7] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 25   Dean Koutsoumidis[7] 2–4
  Michael Munemann[7] 2–4
  James Winslow[7] 2–4
  Eurasia Motorsport[5] Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 99   William Lok[5] All
  Tacksung Kim[5] 1–2, 4
  Tristan Gommendy[5] 1
  Richard Bradley[8] 2–4
  Nick de Bruijn[6] 3
Icon Class
P2 LMP2

LMP3 edit

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
  DC Racing[9] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 1   David Cheng[9] All
  Ho-Pin Tung[9] All
  Thomas Laurent[8] 2–4
  Team AAI[5] ADESS-03 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 88   Tatsuya Tanigawa[5] 1, 3
  Zhi Cong Li[5] 1
  Ryohei Sakaguchi[5] 1
  Chen Junrong[6] 3
  Chen Siyu[6] 3
P3 89   Masataka Yanagida[5] All
  Terry Fang[5] 1
  Takamitsu Matsui[5] 1
  Ollie Hancock[8] 2
  Alex Kapadia[8] 2
  Ryohei Sakaguchi[6] 3
  Tanart Sathienthirakul[6] 3
  Chen Siyu[10] 4
  Lam Yu[10] 4
Icon Class
P3 LMP3

CN edit

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
  Avelon Formula[8] Wolf GB08 Honda 2.0 L I4 CN 21   Denis Lian[8] 2–4
  Giorgio Maggi[8] 2–4
  Atlantic Racing Team[8] Wolf GB08 Honda 2.0 L I4 CN 69   Zen Low[8] 2–4
  John Bryant-Meisner[8] 2
  Toshiyuki Ochiai[8] 2
  Shinyo Sano[6] 3–4
Icon Class
CN CN

GT edit

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
  Clearwater Racing[5] McLaren 650S GT3 McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 GT 3   Rob Bell[5] All
  Keita Sawa[5] All
  Weng Sun Mok[5] All
  Absolute Racing[5][N 1]
Bentley Team Absolute[10][N 1]
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 1–2
Audi R8 LMS 3–4
Audi 5.2 L V10 GT 5   Jeffrey Lee[5] All
  Shaun Thong[5] 1
  Alex Yoong[5] 1
  Alessio Picariello[8] 2–4
  Andrew Kim[8] 2
  Adderly Fong[6] 3
  Christopher Mies[10] 4
Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley 4.0 L V8 twin-turbo GT 6   Adderly Fong[10] 4
  Andrew Palmer[10] 4
GT 66   Andrew Kim[10] 4
  Tanart Sathienthirakul[10] 4
  Jonathan Venter[10] 4
  ARC Bratislava[5] Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi 5.2 L V10 GT 7   Miroslav Konôpka[5] All
  Pierre Kaffer[5] 1
  Fairuz Fauzy[8] 2–4
  Afiq Yazid[10] 4
  Nexus Infinity[11] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GT 27   Dominic Ang[11] All
  Joshua Hunt[11] All
  Adrian D'Silva[10] 4
  Spirit of Race[5] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 GT 38   Nasrat Muzayyin[5] All
  Rui Águas[5] 1–2
  Aaron Scott[5] 3–4
  Marco Cioci[10] 4
  KCMG[5] Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GT Am 51   Paul Ip[5] All
  Christian Ried[5] 1–2
  James Munro[5] 1
  Dan Wells[8] 2
  Yuan Bo[6] 3–4
  Martin Rump[6] 3
  Akash Nandy[10] 4
  Team Starspeed Racing[10] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 GT Am 77   Chong Yau Wong[10] 4
  Rick Yoon[10] 4
  Team AAI[5][N 2]
Team AAI - HubAuto[5][N 2]
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8 GT 90   Tatsuya Tanigawa[8] 2
  Lam Yu[8] 2
BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 GT 91   Jun-San Chen[5] All
  Ollie Millroy[5] All
  Nobuteru Taniguchi[5] 1, 3–4
  Dirk Müller[8] 2
BMW Z4 GT3 1–2
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 3–4
BMW 4.4 L V8 1–2
Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8 3–4
GT 92   Han-Chen Chen[5] All
  Shinya Hosokawa[5] All
  Hiroki Yoshimoto[5] All
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8 L twin-turbo V8 GT 93   Shunsuke Kohno[10] 4
  Tatsuya Tanigawa[10] 4
Icon Class
GT GT3
GT Am GT3 Am

Results edit

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 edit

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 edit

LMP2 Teams Championship edit

Pos. 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
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

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LMP3 Teams Championship edit

Pos. 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
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

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CN Teams Championship edit

Pos. 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
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

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GT Teams Championship edit

Pos. 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
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

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GT Am Teams Championship edit

Pos. 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
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 edit

LMP2 Drivers Championship edit

Pos. 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
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

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LMP3 Drivers Championship edit

Pos. 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
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

CN Drivers Championship edit

Pos. 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
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

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GT Drivers Championship edit

Pos. 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
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 edit

Pos. 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
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

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b #5 entered as Absolute Racing and #6 and #66 entered as Bentley Team Absolute.
  2. ^ a b #90, #91, #93 entered as Team AAI and #92 entered as Team AAI - HubAuto.

References edit

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External links edit