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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 edit

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 edit

LMP2 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

[10]


LMP2 Teams Championship edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

[11]


LMP2 Drivers Championship edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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  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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "ARC Bratislava LMP2 Programme Sees Greaves Motorsport Return To The Fray". dailysportscar.com. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i Kilshaw, Jake (25 October 2017). "DC Racing Reveals Three-Car Asian LMS Lineup". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "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. ^ a b "Eurasia & WIN Motorsport Confirm Asian Le Mans Series Entries". dailysportscar.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "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).

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