2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series

2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series season
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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 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

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	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 Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia	24 January 2016

Entry list

All entries use Michelin tyres.^[4]

LMP2

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

LMP3

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DC Racing[10]	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	1	David Cheng[10]	All
				Ho-Pin Tung[10]	All
				Thomas Laurent[9]	2–4
Team AAI[5]	ADESS-03	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	88	Tatsuya Tanigawa[5]	1, 3
				Ryohei Sakaguchi[5]	1
				Li Zhi Cong[11]	1
				Chen Siyu[6]	3
				Chen Junrong[6]	3
			89	Masataka Yanagida[5]	All
				Terry Fang[5]	1
				Takamitsu Matsui[11]	1
				Alex Kapadia[12]	2
				Ollie Hancock[12]	2
				Ryohei Sakaguchi[6]	3
				Tanart Sathienthirakul[6]	3
				Lam Yu[13]	4
				Chen Siyu[13]	4

CN

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Avelon Formula[9]	Wolf GB08	Honda 2.0 L I4	21	Denis Lian[9]	2–4
				Giorgio Maggi[9]	2–4
Atlantic Racing Team[9]	Wolf GB08	Honda 2.0 L I4	69	Zen Low[9]	2–4
				John Bryant-Meisner[9]	2
				Toshiyuki Ochiai[12]	2
				Shinyo Sano[6]	3–4

GT

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Clearwater Racing[5]	McLaren 650S GT3	McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8	3	Weng Sun Mok[5]	All
				Rob Bell[5]	All
				Keita Sawa[5]	All
Absolute Racing[5]	Audi R8 GT3[N 1] Audi R8 LMS[N 2]	Audi 5.2 L V10	5	Jeffrey Lee[11]	All
				Alex Yoong[11]	1
				Shaun Thong[11]	1
				Alessio Picariello[12]	2–4
				Andrew Kim[12]	2
				Adderly Fong[6]	3
				Christopher Mies[13]	4
Bentley Team Absolute[13]	Bentley Continental GT3	Bentley 4.0 L V8 twin-turbo	6	Adderly Fong[13]	4
				Andrew Palmer[13]	4
			66	Andrew Kim[13]	4
				Jonathan Venter[13]	4
				Tanart Sathienthirakul[13]	4
ARC Bratislava[5]	Audi R8 GT3	Audi 5.2 L V10	7	Miroslav Konopka[5]	All
				Pierre Kaffer[5]	1
				Fairuz Fauzy[9]	2–4
				Afiq Yazid[13]	4
Nexus Infinity[14]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	27	Dominic Ang[14]	All
				Joshua Hunt[14]	All
				Adrian D'Silva[13]	4
Spirit of Race[5]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	38	Nasrat Muzayyin[5]	All
				Rui Águas[5]	1–2
				Aaron Scott[5]	3–4
				Marco Cioci[13]	4
Team AAI[5] Team AAI-HubAuto[5]	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8	90	Lam Yu[12]	2
				Tatsuya Tanigawa[12]	2
			92	Han-Chen Chen[6]	3–4
				Hiroki Yoshimoto[6]	3–4
				Shinya Hosokawa[6]	3–4
	BMW Z4 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	91	Jun-San Chen[5]	All
				Ollie Millroy[5]	All
				Nobuteru Taniguchi[11]	1, 3–4
				Dirk Müller	2
			92	Han-Chen Chen[5]	1–2
				Shinya Hosokawa[5]	1–2
				Hiroki Yoshimoto[5]	1–2
	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	McLaren 3.8 L twin-turbo V8	93	Tatsuya Tanigawa[13]	4
				Shunsuke Kohno[13]	4

GT Am

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
KCMG[5]	Porsche GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	51	Paul Ip[5]	All
				Christian Ried[11]	1–2
				James Munro[11]	1
				Dan Wells[12]	2
				Yuan Bo[6]	3–4
				Martin Rump[6]	3
				Akash Neil Nandy[13]	4
Team Starspeed Racing[13]	Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	77	Rick Yoon[13]	4
				Chong Yau Wong[13]	4

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	CN Winning Team	GT Winning Team	GTAm Winning Team
		LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	CN Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	GTAm Winning Drivers
1	Fuji	#8 Race Performance	#1 DC Racing	No entries	#3 Clearwater Racing	#51 KCMG
		Nicolas Leutwiler Shinji Nakano	David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung		Weng Sun Mok Rob Bell Keita Sawa	Paul Ip Christian Ried James Munro
2	Sepang	#8 Race Performance	#1 DC Racing	#21 Avelon Formula	#3 Clearwater Racing	#51 KCMG
		Nicolas Leutwiler Shinji Nakano	David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent	Denis Lian Giorgio Maggi	Weng Sun Mok Rob Bell Keita Sawa	Paul Ip Christian Ried Dan Wells
3	Buriram	#9 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia	#1 DC Racing	No competitors classified	#27 Nexus Infinity	#51 KCMG
		Sean Gelael Antonio Giovinazzi	David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent		Dominic Ang Joshua Hunt	Paul Ip Yuan Bo Martin Rump
4	Malaysia	#9 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia	#1 DC Racing	#21 Avelon Formula	#5 Absolute Racing	#51 KCMG
		Sean Gelael Antonio Giovinazzi	David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent	Denis Lian Giorgio Maggi	Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello Christopher Mies	Paul Ip Yuan Bo Akash Neil Nandy

Championship standings

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' Championship

LMP2

Pos.	Team	Car	FUJ	SEP I	BUR	SEP II	Total
1	Race Performance #8	Oreca 03R	1	1	3	2	84
2	Algarve Pro Racing #25	Ligier JS P2		2	2	3	53
3	Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia #9	Oreca 03R			1	1	51
4	Eurasia Motorsport #99	Oreca 03R	2	3	4	Ret	45

LMP3

Pos.	Team	Car	FUJ	SEP I	BUR	SEP II	Total
1	DC Racing #1	Ligier JSP3	1	1	1	1	104
2	Team AAI #89	ADESS-03	Ret	2	2	Ret	36
3	Team AAI #88	ADESS-03	Ret		DNS		0

CN

Pos.	Team	Car	FUJ	SEP I	BUR	SEP II	Total
1	Avelon Formula #21	Wolf GB08		1	Ret	1	51
2	Atlantic Racing Team #69	Wolf GB08		2	Ret	DNS	20

GT

Pos.	Team	Car	FUJ	SEP I	BUR	SEP II	Total
1	Clearwater Racing #3	Mclaren 650S GT3	1	1	5	3	77
2	Absolute Racing #5	Audi R8 GT3 Audi R8 LMS	5	7	2	1	60
3	Nexus Infinity #27	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	6	5	1	4	56
4	Team AAI #91	BMW Z4 GT3	Ret	2	3	2	51
5	Spirit of Race #38	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	2	4	7	5	46
6	Team AAI #92	BMW Z4 GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	3	6	4	6	43
7	ARC Bratislava #7	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	4	8	6	8	28
8	Team AAI #90	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3		3			15
9	Bentley Team Absolute #66	Bentley Continental GT3				7	6
10	Team AAI #93	Mclaren MP4-12C GT3				9	2
11	Bentley Team Absolute #6	Bentley Continental GT3				10	1

GTAm

Pos.	Team	Car	FUJ	SEP I	BUR	SEP II	Total
1	KCMG #51	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	1	1	1	1	104
2	Team Starspeed Racing #77	Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo				2	18

Notes

1. Rounds 1–2.
2. Rounds 3–4.

References

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3. Dagys, John (2 June 2015). "Additional Sepang Race Replaces Shanghai on 2015/16 Schedule". sportscar365.com (John Dagys Media, LLC). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
4. Dagys, John (24 June 2015). "Michelin to Continue as Exclusive Tire Supplier in Asian LMS". sportscar365.com (John Dagys Media, LLC). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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7. Dagys, John (22 August 2015). "Algarve Pro Racing Confirms Asian LMS Effort". sportscar365.com (John Dagys Media, LLC). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
8. "Eurasia Motorsport announces Asian Le Mans LMP2 line-up". eurasiamotorsport.com (Eurasia Motorsport). 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
9. "2015/2016 ASIAN LE MANS SERIES ROUND 2 - SEPANG PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
10. Dagys, John (20 August 2015). "DC Racing Launched; Confirms Ligier JS P3 Effort in Asian LMS". sportscar365.com (John Dagys Media, LLC). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
11. "2015/2016 Asian Le Mans Series - Fuji Round Race" (PDF). fiawec.alkamelsystems.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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13. "2015/2016 ASIAN LE MANS SERIES ROUND 4 - SEPANG FINAL ENTRY LIST" (JPEG). asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
14. Dagys, John (14 August 2015). "Nexus Infinity Announces Asian LMS GT Effort". sportscar365.com (John Dagys Media, LLC). Retrieved 22 September 2015.

External links

• Official website