2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series was the eighth 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 Shanghai International Circuit on 24 November 2019 and ended at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram on 23 February 2020.^[1]

2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series

Previous

2018–19

Next

2021

Calendar

The calendar for the 2019–2020 season was announced on 21 February 2019.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Shanghai	Shanghai International Circuit	Shanghai, China	24 November 2019
2	4 Hours of The Bend	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, Australia	12 January 2020
3	4 Hours of Sepang	Sepang International Circuit	Selangor, Malaysia	15 February 2020
4	4 Hours of Buriram	Chang International Circuit	Buriram, Thailand	23 February 2020

Entry list

LMP2

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds Eurasia Motorsport[2][3] Ligier JS P217[3] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 1 Daniel Gaunt[2] All Nobuya Yamanaka[2] 1, 4 Masataka Yanagida 1, 3 Nick Cassidy[4] 2–4 Shane van Gisbergen[5] 2 P2 36 Nick Foster[6] All Roberto Merhi[2] All Aidan Read[6] All ARC Bratislava[7] Ligier JS P2[4] Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Am 4 Miro Konopka[7] 1–2 Andreas Laskaratos[7] 1–2 Kang Ling[7] 1 Garnet Patterson 2 Rick Ware Racing[8] Ligier JS P2[8] Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Am 25 Philippe Mulacek[8] 2–4 Guy Cosmo 2–4 Anthony Lazzaro 2–4 Am 52 Mark Kvamme[8] 1 Cody Ware[8] All Gustas Grinbergas 2–4 G-Drive Racing with Algarve[9] Aurus 01[9] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 26 James French[9] All Leonard Hoogenboom[9] All Roman Rusinov[9] All Inter Europol Endurance[10] Ligier JS P217[10] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 33 John Corbett[11] All Nathan Kumar[11] All Mitchell Neilson 1–2 Danial Frost 3–4 P2 34 Mathias Beche[11] All Jakub Śmiechowski[11] All James Winslow[11] All Thunderhead Carlin Racing[12] Dallara P217[12] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 45 Ben Barnicoat[12] All Jack Manchester[12] All Harry Tincknell[12] All RLR MSport[13] Oreca 05[13] Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Am 59 John Farano[13] 1–2 Andrew Higgins[13] 1–2 Arjun Maini[13] 1–2 K2 Uchino Racing[14] Oreca 07[14] Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 96 Haruki Kurosawa[14] 1, 3–4 Shaun Thong[14] 1, 3–4

Icon Class P2 LMP2 Am LMP2 Am

LMP3

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Nielsen Racing[15]	Norma M30[15]	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	2	Colin Noble[15]	All
				Tony Wells[15]	All
			3	Charles Crews[15]	All
				Garett Grist[15]	All
				Rob Hodes[15]	All
Graff Racing[16]	Norma M30[16]	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	8	Matthias Kaiser	3–4
				Rory Penttinen	3
				Neale Muston	4
			9	David Droux[16]	All
				Eric Trouillet[16]	All
				Sébastien Page[16]	1, 3–4
				Ricky Capo	2
ACE1 Villorba Corse[17]	Ligier JS P3[18]	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	12	Alessandro Bressan[17]	All
				Gabriele Lancieri[17]	All
				Yuki Harata[17]	1
				David Fumanelli	2–4
Inter Europol Competition[10]	Ligier JS P3[10]	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	13	Martin Hippe[11]	All
				Nigel Moore[11]	All
			14	Peter Paddon	2
				Garth Walden	2
				Austin McCusker	2
			18	Philip Kadoorie	3–4
				Dan Wells	3–4
Viper Niza Racing[19]	Ligier JS P3[19]	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	65	Dominc Ang[19]	All
				Douglas Khoo[19]	All

GT

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds Car Guy Racing[17] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 7 Kei Cozzolino[17] 1–3 Takeshi Kimura[17] All Antonio Fuoco[17] 1 Côme Ledogar 2–4 Mikkel Jensen 4 Astro Veloce Motorsport[20] BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 Am 16 Michael Lu[20] 1–2 David Weian Chen[20] 2 Li Lin[20] 1 Dennis Zhang[20] 2 GT 17 Jens Klingmann[20] 1–2 Aven Qi[20] 1–2 Max Wiser[20] 1–2 HubAuto Corsa[21] Ferrari 488 GT3 1 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 2 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 27 Morris Chen[21] 1 Marcos Gomes[21] All Davide Rigon[21] 1–3 Liam Talbot 2–4 Tim Slade 4 Spirit of Race[18] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 51 Oswaldo Negri Jr. All Alessandro Pier Guidi 1–3 Francesco Piovanetti All Daniel Serra 4 T2 Motorsports[22] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 75 Christian Colombo[22] All Rio Haryanto[22] All David Tjiptobiantoro[22] All D'station Racing AMR[23] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 77 Tomonobu Fujii[23] All Ross Gunn[23] 1–3 Satoshi Hoshino[23] All Tom Gamble 4 Team JLOC[24] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 GT 88 André Couto[24] 1–2 Yuya Motojima[24] All Yusaku Shibata[24] All Takashi Kogure 3–4 FIST-Team AAI[25] BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 GT 90 Jun-San Chen[25] 1 Joel Eriksson[25] 1 Ye Hongli[25] 1

Icon Class GT GT3 Am GT3 Am

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP2 Am Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	GT Winning Team	GT Am Winning Team	Results
		LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Am Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	GT Am Winning Drivers
1	Shanghai	No. 26 G-Drive Racing with Algarve	No. 59 RLR MSport	No. 13 Inter Europol Competition	No. 77 D'station Racing AMR	No Finishers	Report
		James French Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov	John Farano Andrew Higgins Arjun Maini	Martin Hippe Nigel Moore	Tomonobu Fujii Ross Gunn Satoshi Hoshino
2	The Bend	No. 26 G-Drive Racing with Algarve	No. 52 Rick Ware Racing	No. 2 Nielsen Racing	No. 7 Car Guy Racing	No Finishers	Report
		James French Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov	Gustas Grinbergas Cody Ware	Colin Noble Tony Wells	Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar
3	Sepang	No. 45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing	No. 52 Rick Ware Racing	No. 9 Graff Racing	No. 88 Team JLOC	No Entries	Report
		Ben Barnicoat Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell	Gustas Grinbergas Cody Ware	David Droux Sébastien Page Eric Trouillet	Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata
4	Buriram	No.45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing	No. 25 Rick Ware Racing	No. 12 ACE1 Villorba Corse	No. 27 HubAuto Corsa		Report
		Ben Barnicoat Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell	Philippe Mulacek Guy Cosmo Anthony Lazzaro	Alessandro Bressan David Fumanelli Gabriele Lancieri	Marcos Gomes Tim Slade Liam Talbot

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

LMP2 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 #26 G-Drive Racing with Algarve Aurus 01 1 1 3 2 83 2 #45 Thunderhead Carlin Racing Dallara P217 3 3 1 1 82 3 #36 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 2 2 2 5 65 4 #33 Inter Europol Endurance Ligier JS P217 5 4 6 6 38 5 #34 Inter Europol Endurance Ligier JS P217 4 Ret 5 7 28 6 #96 K2 Uchino Racing Oreca 07 Ret WD 4 3 27 7 #1 Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 Ret Ret Ret 4 13

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

LMP2 Am Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 #52 Rick Ware Racing Ligier JS P2 2 1 1 2 86 2 #25 Rick Ware Racing Ligier JS P2 DNS 2 Ret 1 45 3 #59 RLR MSport Oreca 05 1 Ret 26 4 #4 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 Ret 3 16

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 SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 #2 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 2 1 4 2 75 2 #12 ACE1 Villorba Corse Ligier JS P3 4 3 5 1 62 3 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 1 2 3 Ret 59 4 #9 Graff Racing Norma M30 3 Ret 1 Ret 40 5 #3 Nielsen Racing Norma M30 6 Ret 2 5 37 6 #65 Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 5 Ret 8 4 26 7 #8 Graff Racing Norma M30 7 3 21 8 #18 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 6 6 16 9 #14 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 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 Bold – Pole

GT Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 #27 HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 6 2 2 1 71 2 #7 Car Guy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 5 1 5 2 64 3 #88 Team JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 7 1 4 61 4 #51 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 4 3 3 3 57 5 #75 T2 Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 7 4 4 5 41 6 #77 D'station Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 1 6 Ret Ret 33 7 #17 Astro Veloce Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 3 5 DNS DNS 25 8 #16 Astro Veloce Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 DNS Ret DNS DNS 0 9 #90 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 Ret DNS 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

GT Am Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 #16 Astro Veloce Motorsports BMW M6 GT3 DNS Ret 2

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

LMP2 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 James French 1 1 3 2 83 Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov 2 Ben Barnicoat 3 3 1 1 82 Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell 3 Aidan Read 2 2 2 5 65 Nick Foster Roberto Merhi 4 John Corbett 5 4 6 6 38 Nathan Kumar 5 Jakub Śmiechowski 4 Ret 5 7 28 James Winslow Mathias Beche 6 Haruki Kurosawa Ret WD 4 3 27 Shaun Thong 7 Mitchell Neilson 5 4 22 8 Danial Frost 6 6 16 9 Daniel Gaunt Ret Ret Ret 4 13 Nick Cassidy Ret Ret 4 10 Nobuya Yamanaka Ret 4 12 11 Masataka Yanagida Ret Ret 1 12 Shane van Gisbergen 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

LMP2 Am Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 Cody Ware 2 1 1 2 86 2 Gustas Grinbergas 1 1 2 68 3 Anthony Lazzaro 2 Ret 1 45 Guy Cosmo 4 Phillippe Mulacek DNS DNS Ret 1 27 5 Andrew Higgins 1 Ret 26 Arjun Maini John Farano 6 Mark Kvamme 2 18 7 Andreas Laskaratos Ret 3 16 Miro Konopka Ret 3 8 Garnet Patterson 3 15 9 Kang Ling Ret 1 10 Michael Zimicki 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

LMP3 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 Colin Noble 2 1 4 2 75 Tony Wells 2 Alessandro Bressan 4 3 5 1 62 3 Martin Hippe 1 2 3 Ret 59 Nigel Moore 4 David Fumanelli 3 5 1 50 5 David Droux 3 Ret 1 Ret 40 Eric Trouilllet Sebastien Page 6 Charles Crews 6 Ret 2 5 37 Garett Grist Rob Hodes 7 Gabriele Lancieri 4 3 27 8 Dominic Ang 5 Ret 8 4 26 Douglas Khoo 9 Matthias Kaiser 7 3 21 10 Neale Muston 3 15 11 Yuki Harata 4 12 Austin McCusker 4 Garth Walden 4 Peter Paddon 4 12 Dan Wells 6 Ret 8 Philip Kadoorie 13 Rory Penttinen 7 6 14 Ricky Capo 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 Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 Marcos Gomes 6 2 2 1 71 2 Takeshi Kimura 5 1 5 2 64 3 Liam Talbot 2 2 1 62 4 Yusaku Shibata 2 7 1 4 61 Yuya Motojima 5 Francesco Piovanetti 4 3 3 3 57 Oswaldo Negri Jr. 6 Côme Ledogar 1 5 2 54 7 Davide Rigon 6 2 2 46 Kei Cozzolino 5 1 5 8 Alessandro Pier Guidi 4 3 3 42 9 Christian Colombo 7 4 4 5 41 David Tjiptobiantoro Rio Haryanto 10 Takashi Kogure 1 4 37 11 Ross Gunn 1 6 Ret 33 Satoshi Hoshino 1 6 Ret Ret Tomonobu Fujii 1 6 Ret Ret 12 Jens Klingmann 3 5 25 Max Wiser 3 5 Peiwen Qi 3 5 Tim Slade 1 13 André Couto 2 7 24 14 Mikkel Jensen 2 18 15 Daniel Serra 3 15 16 Antonio Fuoco 5 10 17 Morris Chen 6 9 18 Chen Weian Ret 0 Li Lin DNS 0 Zhang Yaqi Ret 0 Zhiwei Lu DNS Ret 0 Tom Gamble Ret 0 Ye Hongli Ret 0 Joel Eriksson Ret 0 Jun-San Chen 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 SHA BEN SEP CHA Points 1 Li Lin DNS 1 Zhiwei Lu 2 Chen Weian Ret 0 Zhang Yaqi

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

1. Kilshaw, Jake (21 February 2019). "The Bend Replaces Fuji on 2019-20 Schedule". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
2. "Mehri Signs With Eurasia For Asian Le Mans". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
3. Lloyd, Daniel (26 April 2019). "Eurasia Plotting Current-Gen Ligier LMP2 Entry for 2019-20". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
4. "Asian Le Mans Series News Notebook: More LMP2s Confirmed". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
5. "SHANE VAN GISBERGEN TO MAKE ASIAN LE MANS SERIES DEBUT WITH EURASIA MOTORSPORT AT THE BEND". Eurasia Motorsport. 8 January 2020.
6. "Eurasia Add Second LMP2 Ligier To Asian Le Mans Series Entry". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
7. "ARC Bratislava Confirm Asian Le Mans Class Title Defence". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
8. "Rick Ware Racing Announce LMP2 Efforts in Asia and IMSA". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
9. "Algarve Pro Racing To Run G-Drive AURUS LMP2 In Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
10. "Inter Europol Competition Confirm LMP2 Entry For Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
11. "Beche & Winslow Join Inter Europol For Asian Le Mans". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
12. "Thunderhead Carlin Dallara Confirmed for Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
13. "RLR MSport Confirm Asian Le Mans Series Entry". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
14. "K2 Uchino Racing Enter New ORECA 07 Gibson For Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
15. "Nielsen Racing To Return To Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
16. "GRAFF Enters Normas Into Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
17. "ACE1 Villorba Corse Confirm 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series Programme". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
18. "Spirit of Race & ACE 1 Villorba Corse Join 2019/20 Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
19. "Viper Niza Confirms Asian Le Mans Campaign". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
20. "Astro Veloce Motorsport To Field Two Car BMW Effort In Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
21. "HubAuto Corsa Commits To Full Asian Le Mans Series Season". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
22. "T2 Motorsports Join Asian Le Mans Series With Ferrari GT3". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
23. "D'station Racing Enters Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
24. "Team JLOC Files Asian Le Mans Entry". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
25. "FIST Team AAI BMW Added To Asian Le Mans Series Entry". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

External links

• Official website