2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series

2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series
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2016 Asian Le Mans Series Zhuhai Round starting grid.

2016 Asian Le Mans Series drivers group photo.

The 2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series season will be the fifth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Asian Le Mans Series. It is the fifth 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 will begin at the Zhuhai International Circuit on 30 October 2016 and end at Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 22 January 2017.^[1]

Calendar

The 2016–2017 calendar was revealed on 27 January 2016.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	4 Hours of Zhuhai	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China	30 October 2016
2	4 Hours of Fuji	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan	4 December 2016
3	4 Hours of Thailand	Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand	8 January 2017
4	4 Hours of Sepang	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia	22 January 2017

Entry list

LMP2

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Race Performance	Oreca 03R	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	8	Giorgio Maggi[2]	1–2
				Struan Moore[2]	1–2
				Fabien Schiller[3]	2
Algarve Pro Racing	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	24	Tacksung Kim[2]	1–2
				Matt McMurry[4]	1
				Andrea Roda[4]	1
				Jonathan Hirschi[3]	2
				Mark Patterson[3]	2
		Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	25	Michael Munemann[2]	1–2
				Andrea Pizzitola[4]	1–2
				Nicky Catsburg[4]	1
				Andrea Roda[3]	2
Jackie Chan DC Racing	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	35	Gustavo Menezes[4]	1–2
				Ho-Pin Tung[2]	1–2
				Thomas Laurent[3]	2

LMP3

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	1	David Cheng[2]	1–2
				James Winslow[4]	1–2
				Pu Jun Jin[4]	1
				Hiroki Yoshida[3]	2
ARC Bratislava[5]	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	4	Darren Burke[2]	1–2
				Miroslav Konopka[2]	1–2
				Mike Simpson[2]	1–2
			7	Konstantīns Calko[4]	1–2
				Neale Muston[4]	1–2
Tockwith Motorsports	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	26	Philip Hanson[4]	1–2
				Nigel Moore[4]	1–2
PS Racing	ADESS-03	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	48	Angelo Negro[2]	1–2
				Louis Prette[2]	1–2
				Philippe Prette[2]	1–2
PRT Racing[6]	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	67	Ate de Jong[6]	1–2
				Charlie Robertson[4]	1–2
				Martin Rump[4]	1–2
Aylezo Ecotint Racing[7]	Ginetta-Juno LMP3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	69	Zen Low[7]	1–2
				Weiron Tan[4]	1–2
				Giacomo Barri[4]	1
				Riki Christodoulou	2
G-Print by Triple 1 Racing	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	85	Hanss Lin[2]	1–2
				Julio Acosta[4]	1
				Shaun Thong[3]	2
Wineurasia	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	99	William Lok[4]	1–2
				Richard Bradley[4]	1
				Philippe Descombes[4]	1
				Scott Andrews[3]	2
				Aidan Read[3]	2

CN

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
PS Racing	Ligier JS53	Honda 2.0 L I4	68	Kenji Abe[4]	1
				Akihiro Asai[4]	1
				Qin Tianqi[4]	1

GT

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Absolute Racing[N 1] Team Bentley Absolute[N 1]	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	2	Cheng Congfu[4]	1
				Steven Lin[4]	1
				Alessio Picariello[4]	1
	Bentley Continental GT3	Bentley 4.0 L V8 twin-turbo	88	Adderly Fong[4]	1
				Jeffrey Lee[4]	1
				Vincent Wong[4]	1
DH Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	3	Olivier Beretta[2]	1–2
				Rino Mastronardi[2]	1–2
				Alex Riberas[2]	1–2
			5	Michele Rugolo[2]	1–2
				Frédéric Vervisch[4]	1
				Chaoyin Wei[4]	1
				Stéphane Lémeret[3]	2
				Matthieu Vaxivière[3]	2
VS Racing[8]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	6	Kei Cozzolino[9]	1–2
				Corey Lewis[9]	1–2
				Adrian Zaugg[9]	1
				Yuhi Sekiguchi[3]	2
FFF Racing by ACM	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	10	Matthew Bell[4]	1–2
				Hiroshi Hamaguchi[4]	1–2
				Andrea Caldarelli[4]	1–2
Team Audi Korea	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	31	You Kyong-Ouk[3]	2
				Marchy Lee[3]	2
				Alex Yoong[3]	2
Team BBT	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	37	Anthony Liu[2]	1–2
				Alessandro Pier Guidi[2]	1–2
				Davide Rizzo[2]	1–2
Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	38	Rui Águas[2]	1–2
				Marco Cioci[2]	1–2
				Nasrat Muzayyin[2]	1–2
KCMG	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	51	Go Max[4]	1–2
				Tetsuya Tanaka[2]	1–2
				Toru Tanaka[2]	1–2
Clearwater Racing[10]	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	61	Matt Griffin[4]	1–2
				Keita Sawa[4]	1–2
				Weng Sun Mok[10]	1–2
TianShi Racing Team	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	Audi 5.2 L V10	66	Christopher Haase[4]	1
				Peng Liu[4]	1
				Max Wiser[4]	1
OD Racing Best Leader Team[11]	McLaren 650S GT3	McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8	86	Fairuz Fauzy[11]	1–2
				Jono Lester[4]	1–2
				Tang Chi Lun[4]	1
				Philippe Descombes[3]	2
Team AAI[11][12][N 2]	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	90	Tom Blomqvist[4]	1–2
				Akira Iida[2]	1–2
				Lam Yu[2]	1–2
			91	Jun-San Chen[2]	1–2
				Ollie Millroy[2]	1–2
				Xavier Maassen[13]	1
				Philipp Eng[3]	2
	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes 4.0 L M178 twin-turbo V8	92	Li Bin[4]	1–2
				Tatsuya Tanigawa[4]	1–2
				Huang Chi[4]	1
				Wen He Zhang[3]	2

GT Cup

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
TKS	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	96	Takuma Aoki[3]	2
				Shigeto Nagashima[3]	2
				Shinyo Sano[3]	2

1. 1. 2 entered as Absolute Racing and #88 entered as Team Bentley Absolute.
2. Car No. 91 entered with a McLaren 650S GT3 in Round 1.

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	CN Winning Team	GT Winning Team	GT Cup Winning Team
		LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	CN Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	GT Cup Winning Drivers
1	Zhuhai	No. 35 Jackie Chan DC Racing	No. 1 Jackie Chan DC Racing	No finishers	No. 38 Spirit of Race	No entries
		Gustavo Menezes Ho-Pin Tung	David Cheng Pu Jun Jin James Winslow		Rui Águas Marco Cioci Nasrat Muzayyin
2	Fuji	No. 8 Race Performance	No. 26 Tockwith Motorsports	No entries	No. 5 DH Racing	No. 96 TKS
		Giorgio Maggi Struan Moore Fabien Schiller	Philip Hanson Nigel Moore		Stéphane Lémeret Michele Rugolo Matthieu Vaxivière	Takuma Aoki Shigeto Nagashima Shinyo Sano
3	Buriram
4	Sepang

References

1. "2016/2017 Season Begins in 9 Months!". asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
2. "2016/2017 ASIAN LE MANS SERIES FULL SEASON FINAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
3. "2016/2017 ASIAN LE MANS SERIES ROUND 2 : 4H OF FUJI Result of Qualifying" (PDF). asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
4. "2016/2017 ASIAN LE MANS SERIES ROUND 1 : 4H OF ZHUHAI Provisional Entry List V2" (PDF). asianlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
5. "ARC Bratislava Test All Three Ginetta LMP3s At Slovakiaring". dailysportscar.com. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
6. "Another Ginetta For 2016/17 Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
7. "And Then There Were Four, Simpson & Low For Asian Le Mans Series In LMP3 Ginetta". dailysportscar.com. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
8. "Asian Le Mans Series Update: LMP3s & Lamborghini". dailysportscar.com. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
9. "Drivers confirmed for Asian Le Mans Series" (PDF). vs-racing.com. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
10. "More LMP3s, Clearwater Ferrari 488 GT3". dailysportscar.com. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
11. "Two New McLaren 650S GT3s For Asian Le Mans". dailysportscar.com. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
12. "Team AAI Set To Add BMW M6 GT3 For 2016/17 Asian Le Mans Series". dailysportscar.com. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
13. "Xavier Maassen 3ème homme de la McLaren 650S GT3/Team AAI". endurance-info.com. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

External links

• Official website