2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series will be the thirteenth 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 six-event season will begin at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 6 December 2024 and will conclude at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on 16 February 2025.^[1]

2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series

Previous

2023–24

Next

2025–26

Calendar

The calendar for the 2024–25 season was announced on the official website 22 April 2024. The first two races will be held at the Sepang International Circuit in December 2024, before moving to United Arab Emirates at the Dubai Autodrome in Dubai and Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi in February 2025.^[1]

The season will comprise six four-hour length races, run on the three circuits.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	4 Hours of Sepang	Sepang International Circuit	Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia	7 December 2024
2				8 December 2024
3	4 Hours of Dubai	Dubai Autodrome	Dubailand, Dubai, UAE	8 February 2025
4				9 February 2025
5	4 Hours of Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina Circuit	Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE	15 February 2025
6				16 February 2025
Map of circuit locations
Sepang Dubai Abu Dhabi

Entry list

LMP2

All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DKR Engineering[2]	Oreca 07	3	Laurents Hörr[3]	1–2
			Georgios Kolovos[3]	1–2
			Job van Uitert[3]	1–2
Proton Competition[2]	Oreca 07	11	Mathias Beche[4]	1–2
			Alexander Mattschull[5]	1–2
			Jonas Ried[4]	1–2
			Paul Lanchere[4]	TBC
		22	Tom Dillmann[4]	1–2
			Vladislav Lomko[4][N 1]	1–2
			Giorgio Roda[4]	1–2
Algarve Pro Racing[2]	Oreca 07	20	Olli Caldwell[6]	1–2
			Kriton Lendoudis[6]	1–2
			Alex Quinn[6]	1–2
		25	Malthe Jakobsen[7]	1–2
			Michael Jensen[7]	1–2
			Valerio Rinicella[7]	1–2
Nielsen Racing[2]	Oreca 07	24	Nicky Catsburg[8]	1–2
			Matt Bell[8]	1–2
			Naveen Rao[8]	1–2
RD Limited[9][10]	Oreca 07	30	James Allen[11]	1–2
			Fred Poordad[9]	1–2
			Tristan Vautier[9]	1–2
AF Corse[2]	Oreca 07	50	Patrick Byrne[4]	1–2
			Jeremy Clarke[4]	1–2
			Olivier Pla[4]	1–2
		83	François Perrodo[4]	1–2
			Alessio Rovera[4]	1–2
			Matthieu Vaxivière[4]	1–2
Pure Rxcing[12]	Oreca 07	91	Louis Delétraz[4]	1–2
			Harry King[4]	1–2
			Alex Malykhin[4][N 2]	1–2

• Inter Europol Competition was scheduled to enter an Oreca 07, but altered its plans prior to the start of the season, replacing it with a second LMP3 entry.^[13][14]

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Graff Racing[15][4]	Ligier JS P320	7	Alexander Bukhantsov[16][N 1]	1–2
			Danial Frost[16]	1–2
			James Winslow[16]	1–2
RLR MSport[2]	Ligier JS P320	15	Nick Adcock[4]	1–2
			Ian Aguilera[4]	1–2
			James Dayson[4]	1–2
Bretton Racing[2]	Ligier JS P320	26	Theodor Jensen[4]	1–2
			Dan Skočdopole[4]	1–2
			Jens Reno Møller	1–2
Inter Europol Competition[13][14]	Ligier JS P320	34	Daniel Ali[17]	1–2
			Tim Creswick[17]	1–2
			Douwe Dedecker[17]	1–2
		43	Steve Brooks[17]	1–2
			Mikkel Kristensen[17]	1–2
			Kévin Rabin[17]	1–2
Ultimate[2][18]	Ligier JS P320	35	Stéphane Lémeret[18]	1–2
			Matteo Quintarelli[4]	1–2
			Bence Válint[4]	1–2
High Class Racing[2]	Ligier JS P320	49	Anders Fjordbach[4]	1–2
			Seth Lucas[4]	1–2
			Mark Patterson[4]	1–2

• Filipino team Eurasia Motorsport was set to return to LMP3 competition after a six-year absence, but did not make the final entry list.^[19][2]

GT

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Climax Racing[20]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	2	Ralf Aron[21]	1–2
				Elias Seppänen[21]	1–2
				Zhou Bihuang[21]	1–2
			14	Lucas Auer[21]	1–2
				Ling Kang[21]	1–2
				Lü Wei[21]	1–2
Dragon Racing[22]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	8	Todd Coleman[23]	TBC
				Aaron Telitz[23]	TBC
				TBA	TBC
			88	Giacomo Altoè[23]	TBC
				Nicola Marinangeli[23]	TBC
				Marco Pulcini[23]	TBC
GetSpeed Performance[24]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	9	Anthony Bartone[24]	1–2
				Steve Jans[24]	1–2
				Fabian Schiller[24]	1–2
Manthey Racing[2]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	10	Antares Au[25]	1–2
				Klaus Bachler[25]	1–2
				Joel Sturm[25]	1–2
Manthey 1st Phorm[2]			92	Ryan Hardwick[25]	1–2
				Richard Lietz[25]	1–2
				Riccardo Pera[4]	1–2
Car Collection Motorsport[2]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	12	James Kell[26]	1–2
				Bashar Mardini[26]	1–2
				Nico Menzel[26]	1–2
			21	Alex Fontana[26]	1–2
				'Hash'[26]	1–2
				Yannick Mettler[26]	1–2
Winward Racing[27][4]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	16	Maro Engel[4]	1–2
				Viktor Shaytar[4][N 1]	1–2
				Sergey Stolyarov[4][N 1]	1–2
			81	Jules Gounon[4]	1–2
				Gabriele Piana[4]	1–2
				Rinat Salikhov[4][N 1]	1–2
Blackthorn[2]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8	19	Jason Ambrose[4]	1–2
				Claude Bovet[4]	1–2
				David McDonald[4]	1–2
Absolute Racing[28]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	23	Carl Bennett[28]	1–2
				Gregory Bennett[28]	1–2
				Chris van der Drift[28]	1–2
Optimum Motorsport[2]	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	27	Andrew Gilbert[29]	1–2
				Benjamin Goethe[29]	1–2
				Fran Rueda[29]	1–2
			77	Tom Gamble[30]	1–2
				Tom Ikin[30]	1–2
				Morgan Tillbrook[30]	1–2
Conquest Racing[2]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	28	Manny Franco[4]	1–2
				Davide Rigon[4]	1–2
				Massimiliano Wiser[4]	1–2
AF Corse[2]			51	Riccardo Agostini[4]	1–2
				Cédric Sbirrazzuoli[4]	1–2
				Custodio Toledo[4]	1–2
			82	Conrad Laursen[31]	1–2
				Charles-Henri Samani[31]	1–2
				Nicolás Varrone[31]	1–2
Prime Speed Sport[32]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	42	Nick Foster[4]	1–2
				Jono Lester[4]	1–2
				René Heremana Malmezac[4]	1–2
Car Guy Racing[2]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	57	Esteban Masson[33]	1–2
				Daniel Serra[33]	1–2
				Yudai Uchida[33]	1–2
				Takeshi Kimura[33]	TBC
Kessel Racing[2]			74	Dustin Blattner[33]	1–2
				Dennis Marschall[33]	1–2
				Ben Tuck[33]	1–2
Proton Competition[2]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	60	Matteo Cressoni[4]	1–2
				Alessio Picariello[4]	1–2
				Claudio Schiavoni[4]	1–2
Iron Dames[34]			85	Sarah Bovy[4]	1–2
				Michelle Gatting[34]	1–2
				Célia Martin[4]	1–2
Tsunami RT[20][4]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	79	Fabio Babini[21]	1–2
				Daniel Gaunt[21]	1–2
				Johannes Zelger[21]	1–2
Origine Motorsport[35][36]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	87	Yuan Bo[35]	1–2
				Laurin Heinrich[35]	1–2
				Leo Ye Hongli[35]	1–2
Earl Bamber Motorsport[2]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8	89	Brendon Leitch[4]	1–2
				Marco Sørensen[4]	1–2
				Anderson Tanoto[4]	1–2
2 Seas Motorsport[2]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	96	Ben Barnicoat[4]	1–2
				Anthony McIntosh[4]	1–2
				Parker Thompson[4]	1–2

• Triple Eight Race Engineering was scheduled to run a pair of Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evos, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.^[2][4]

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Ref.
		LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Sepang	No. 30 RD Limited	No. 35 Ultimate	No. 57 Car Guy Racing	Report
		James Allen Fred Poordad Tristan Vautier	Stéphane Lémeret Matteo Quintarelli Bence Válint	Esteban Masson Daniel Serra Yudai Uchida
2		No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing	No. 35 Ultimate	No. 81 Winward Racing
		Malthe Jakobsen Michael Jensen Valerio Rinicella	Stéphane Lémeret Matteo Quintarelli Bence Válint	Jules Gounon Gabriele Piana Rinat Salikhov
3	Dubai				Report
4
5	Abu Dhabi				Report
6

Teams Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

LMP2 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car SEP DUB ABU Points 1 #30 RD Limited Oreca 07 1 2 43 2 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 4 1 37 3 #83 AF Corse Oreca 07 2 6 26 4 #20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 6 3 23 5 #24 Nielsen Racing Oreca 07 5 5 20 6 #91 Pure Rxcing Oreca 07 3 8 19 7 #22 Proton Competition Oreca 07 DSQ 4 14 8 #50 AF Corse Oreca 07 8 7 10 9 #3 DKR Engineering Oreca 07 7 9 8 10 #11 Proton Competition Oreca 07 9 10 3

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 Italic – Fastest Lap

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car SEP DUB ABU Points 1 #35 Ultimate Ligier JS P320 1 1 52 2 #49 High Class Racing Ligier JS P320 2 2 36 3 #15 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 5 3 25 4 #26 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 4 4 24 5 #7 Graff Racing Ligier JS P320 3 Ret 15 6 #34 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 Ret 5 10 7 #43 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 Ret 6 8

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 Italic – Fastest Lap

GT Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car SEP DUB ABU Points 1 #81 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 5 1 35 2 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 2 5 28 3 #28 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 4 3 28 4 #57 Car Guy Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1 Ret 25 5 #10 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Ret 2 18 6 #92 Manthey 1st Phorm Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 3 14 15 7 #2 Climax Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 10 4 13 8 #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 6 12 8 9 #87 Origine Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Ret 6 8 10 #85 Iron Dames Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 13 7 6 11 #60 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 7 17 6 12 #96 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 8 9 6 13 #9 GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 15 8 5 14 #12 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 9 13 2 15 #82 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 20 10 1 16 #89 Earl Bamber Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 11 18 0 17 #16 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ret 11 0 18 #77 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 12 15 0 19 #27 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 14 23 0 20 #19 Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 16 20 0 21 #21 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 17 22 0 22 #14 Climax Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 18 16 0 23 #79 Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 21 19 0 24 #42 Prime Speed Sport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 19 Ret 0 25 #23 Absolute Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ret 21 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 Italic – Fastest Lap

Notes

1. Lomko, Shaytar, Stolyarov and Salikhov are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov, also a Russian, competes under a Kittitian licence for the same reason.
2. Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a Kittitian licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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External links

• Official website