The 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series is the twelfth 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 five-event season began at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 2 December 2023 and will end at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on 11 February 2024.[1]
Calendar
The calendar for the 2023–24 season was announced on the official website 9 June 2023. This Asian Le Mans Series season will return to Southeast Asia for the first time since the 2019–20 season. The first two races will be held at the Sepang International Circuit in December 2023, before moving to United Arab Emirates at the Dubai Autodrome in Dubai and Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi in February 2024.[1]
The season will comprise five four-hour length races, run on the three circuits.
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 Hours of Sepang | Sepang International Circuit | Selangor, Malaysia | 2 December 2023 |
2 | 3 December 2023 | |||
3 | 4 Hours of Dubai | Dubai Autodrome | Dubailand, Dubai, UAE | 4 February 2024 |
4 | 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi | Yas Marina Circuit | Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE | 10 February 2024 |
5 | 11 February 2024 |
Entry list
LMP2
All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
CD Sport[2] | Ligier JS P320 | 2 | Nick Adcock[7] | 1–2 |
Michael Jensen[7] | 1–2 | |||
Fabien Lavergne[7] | 1–2 | |||
Cool Racing[2] | Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Alexander Bukhantsov[21][N 1] | 1–2 |
Danial Frost[7] | 1–2 | |||
James Winslow[21] | 1–2 | |||
High Class Racing[2] | Ligier JS P320 | 20 | Anders Fjordbach[22] | 1–2 |
Auðunn Guðmundsson[7] | 1–2 | |||
Seth Lucas[22] | 1–2 | |||
Bretton Racing[6] | Ligier JS P320 | 26 | Julien Gerbi[7] | 1–2 |
Dan Skočdopole[7] | 1–2 | |||
Mihnea Stefan[7] | 1–2 | |||
Viper Niza Racing[6] | Ligier JS P320 | 65 | Dominic Ang[23] | 1–2 |
Josh Burdon[23] | 1–2 | |||
Douglas Khoo[23] | 1–2 | |||
GT
Results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | GT Winning Team | Ref. |
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LMP2 Winning Drivers | LMP3 Winning Drivers | GT Winning Drivers | |||
1 | Sepang | No. 99 99 Racing | No. 17 Cool Racing | No. 42 Saintéloc Racing | Report |
Ahmad Al Harthy Louis Delétraz Nikita Mazepin |
Alexander Bukhantsov Danial Frost James Winslow |
Christopher Haase Gilles Magnus Alban Varutti | |||
2 | No. 4 CrowdStrike Racing by APR | No. 2 CD Sport | No. 91 Pure Rxcing | ||
Colin Braun Malthe Jakobsen George Kurtz |
Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Fabien Lavergne |
Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm | |||
3 | Dubai | Report | |||
4 | Abu Dhabi | Report | |||
5 | |||||
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
|
Bold – Pole |
LMP3 Teams Championship
|
Bold – Pole |
GT Teams Championship
Bold – Pole |
Driver's 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 Drivers Championship
Bold – Pole |
LMP3 Drivers Championship
|
Bold – Pole |
GT Drivers Championship
|
Bold – Pole |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mazepin, Mukovoz, Nesov and Titarenko are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov, Gorbatskiy and Lomko, also Russians, compete under a Kittitian, a Canadian, and a French licence respectively for the same reason.
- ↑ 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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