2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series

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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

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 China Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 29 October 2017
2 4 Hours of Fuji Japan Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 3 December 2017
3 6 Hours of Buriram Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 13 January 2018
4 4 Hours of Sepang Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 4 February 2018

Entry list

LMP2

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
Slovakia ARC Bratislava[3] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 4 Latvia Konstantīns Calko[4] All
Slovakia Miroslav Konôpka[4] All
Netherlands Rik Breukers[4] 1–2
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán[5] 3
China Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota[6] Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 7 China David Cheng[6] 1–2
China Ho-Pin Tung[6] 1
Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar[7] 2–4
Malaysia Weiron Tan[5] 3–4
Malaysia Afiq Yazid[5] 3–4
P2 8 France Thomas Laurent[6] All
United Kingdom Harrison Newey[6] All
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi[6] All
Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 25 Netherlands Ate de Jong[4] All
Australia Dean Koutsoumidis[4] All
Canada John Graham[4] 1, 3–4
Philippines Eurasia Motorsport[8] Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 33 Hong Kong Alex Au[4] 1
Japan Keiko Ihara[4] 1
Australia Scott Andrews[7] 2
Estonia Marko Asmer[7] 2, 4
Japan Yoshiharu Mori[7] 2
Malaysia Nabil Jeffri[9] 4
Australia Jake Parsons[9] 4
China BBT Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 37 Brazil Pipo Derani[4] All
China Anthony Liu[4] All
Italy Davide Rizzo[4] All
Icon Class
P2 LMP2

LMP3

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
Hong Kong WIN Motorsport[8] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 1 United Kingdom Richard Bradley[4] All
France Philippe Descombes[4] All
Hong Kong William Lok[4] All
China Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota[6] Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 6 United States Patrick Byrne[6] All
United States Guy Cosmo[6] All
France Gabriel Aubry[5] 3–4
Chinese Taipei Taiwan Beer GH Motorsport Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 11 Chinese Taipei Hanss Lin[4] All
Hong Kong Shaun Thong[4] 1–2, 4
China Ye Hongli[7] 2–3
Australia Scott Andrews[5] 3
Hong Kong KCMG Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 18 Australia Josh Burdon[4] All
Italy Louis Prette[4] All
China Neric Wei[4] All
Malaysia Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 65 Malaysia Dominic Ang[4] All
Malaysia Douglas Khoo[4] All
United Kingdom James Winslow[7] 2
United Kingdom Nigel Moore 3–4
Japan TKS[7] Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 99 Japan Yuta Kamimura[7] 2
Japan Shinyo Sano[7] 2
Japan Takuya Shirasaka[7] 2
Icon Class
P3 LMP3

GT and GT Cup

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
China TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 GT Am 66 China Weian Chen[4] All
Italy Max Wiser[4] All
China Peng Liu[4] 1–2
Hong Kong Alex Au[5] 3
Australia Mitchell Gilbert[9] 4
New Zealand Team NZ Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 77 New Zealand Will Bamber[5] 3–4
New Zealand Graeme Dowsett[5] 3–4
Republic of Ireland John Curran[5] 3
Malaysia Alif Hamdan[9] 4
Chinese Taipei 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 United Kingdom Ollie Millroy[4] All
China Lam Yu[4] 1–3
Italy Raffaele Marciello[4] 1
Italy Marco Cioci[7] 2–3
Thailand Bhurit Bhirombhakdi[9] 4
Thailand Sarun Sereethoranakul[9] 4
BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 GT 91 Chinese Taipei Jun-San Chen[4] All
Finland Jesse Krohn[4] All
Australia Chaz Mostert[4] 1–3
Finland Markus Palttala[9] 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 Zhuhai China No. 8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Hong Kong No. 18 KCMG Chinese Taipei No. 91 FIST-Team AAI No entries Report
France Thomas Laurent
United Kingdom Harrison Newey
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi 		Australia Josh Burdon
Italy Louis Prette
China Neric Wei 		Chinese Taipei Jun-San Chen
Finland Jesse Krohn
Australia Chaz Mostert
2 Fuji China No. 8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota China No. 6 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Chinese Taipei No. 90 FIST-Team AAI No entries Report
France Thomas Laurent
United Kingdom Harrison Newey
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi 		United States Patrick Byrne
United States Guy Cosmo 		Italy Marco Cioci
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
China Lam Yu
3 Buriram China No. 7 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Hong Kong No. 18 KCMG Chinese Taipei No. 91 FIST-Team AAI New Zealand No. 77 Team NZ Report
Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar
Malaysia Weiron Tan
Malaysia Afiq Yazid 		Australia Josh Burdon
Italy Louis Prette
China Neric Wei 		Chinese Taipei Jun-San Chen
Finland Jesse Krohn
Australia Chaz Mostert 		New Zealand Will Bamber
Republic of Ireland John Curran
New Zealand Graeme Dowsett
4 Sepang China No. 8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota China No. 6 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Chinese Taipei No. 91 FIST-Team AAI New Zealand No. 77 Team NZ Report
France Thomas Laurent
United Kingdom Harrison Newey
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi 		France Gabriel Aubry
United States Patrick Byrne
United States Guy Cosmo 		Chinese Taipei Jun-San Chen
Finland Jesse Krohn
Finland Markus Palttala 		New Zealand Will Bamber
New Zealand Graeme Dowsett
Malaysia Alif Hamdan

Teams championships

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

Pos. Team Car ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 China #8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Oreca 05 1 1 2 1 95
2 China #37 BBT Ligier JS P2 2 2 3 2 70
3 Slovakia #4 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 3 4 4 4 51
4 China #7 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Oreca 05 Ret 3 1 5 50
5 Philippines #33 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P2 4 Ret 3 28
6 Portugal #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

Pos. Team Car ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 China #6 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Ligier JS P3 3 1 4 1 77
2 Hong Kong #18 KCMG Ligier JS P3 1 Ret 1 Ret 54
2 Chinese Taipei #11 Taiwan Beer GH Motorsport Ligier JS P3 2 Ret 2 2 54
3 Malaysia #65 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 4 2 5 4 52
4 Hong Kong #1 WIN Motorsport Ligier JS P3 5 Ret 3 3 40
5 Japan #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

Pos. Team Car ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 Chinese Taipei #91 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 1 2 1 1 95
2 Chinese Taipei #90 FIST-Team AAI Mercedes-AMG GT3 2 1 3 2 78
3 China #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

Pos. Team Car ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 China #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

Pos. Team Car ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 New Zealand #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

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

Pos. Driver ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 Monaco Stéphane Richelmi 1 1 2 1 95
United Kingdom Harrison Newey
France Thomas Laurent
2 China Anthony Liu 2 2 3 2 70
Italy Davide Rizzo
Brazil Pipo Derani
3 Slovakia Miroslav Konôpka 3 4 4 4 51
Latvia Konstantīns Calko
4 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar 3 1 5 50
5 Malaysia Weiron Tan 1 5 35
Malaysia Afiq Yazid
6 Netherlands Rik Breukers 3 4 27
7 Netherlands Ate de Jong 5 5 20
Australia Dean Koutsoumidis
8 Estonia Marko Asmer Ret 3 16
Australia Jake Parsons 3
Malaysia Nabil Jeffri 3
9 China David Cheng Ret 3 15
10 Hong Kong Alex Au 4 12
Japan Keiko Ihara 4
Colombia Gustavo Yacamán 4
11 Japan Yoshiharu Mori Ret 0
Australia Scott Andrews Ret
China Ho-Pin Tung Ret
Canada 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

Pos. Driver ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 United States Guy Cosmo 3 1 4 1 77
United States Patrick Byrne
2 Australia Josh Burdon 1 Ret 1 Ret 54
Italy Louis Prette 1 Ret 1 Ret
China Neric Wei 1 Ret 1 Ret
Chinese Taipei Hanss Lin 2 Ret 2 2
3 Malaysia Douglas Khoo 4 2 5 4 52
Malaysia Dominic Ang
4 Hong Kong William Lok 5 Ret 3 3 40
France Philippe Descombes
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
5 France Gabriel Aubry 4 1 37
6 Hong Kong Shaun Thong 2 Ret 2 36
7 United Kingdom Nigel Moore 5 4 22
8 United Kingdom James Winslow 2 18
China Ye Hong Li Ret 2
Australia Scott Andrews 2
9 Japan Shinyo Sano 3 15
Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan 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

Pos. Driver ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 Chinese Taipei Jun-San Chen 1 2 1 1 95
Finland Jesse Krohn
2 United Kingdom Ollie Millroy 2 1 3 2 78
3 Australia Chaz Mostert 1 2 1 69
4 China Weian Chen 3 3 2 Ret 48
Italy Max Wiser
5 China Lam Yu 2 1 DNS 45
6 Italy Marco Cioci 1 3 41
7 China Peng Liu 3 3 30
8 Finland Markus Palttala 1 26
9 Italy Raffaele Marciello 2 19
10 Thailand Sarun Sereethoranakul 2 18
Thailand Bhurit Bhirombhakdi 2
Hong Kong Alex Au 2
11 Australia 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

Pos. Driver ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 China Weian Chen 1 1 1 78
Italy Max Wiser
2 China Peng Liu 1 1 52
3 Hong Kong 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

Pos. Driver ZHU
China 		FUJ
Japan 		BUR
Thailand 		SEP
Malaysia 		Points
1 New Zealand Graeme Dowsett 1 1 52
New Zealand Will Bamber
2 Republic of Ireland John Curran 1 26
Malaysia 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

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  10. ^ "2017-18 Asian Le Mans Series Teams Classification" (PDF).
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