2014 Asian Le Mans Series

2014 Asian Le Mans Series 2013 2015–16 The 2014 Asian Le Mans Series was the third 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 Inje Speedium on 20 July 2014 and ended at Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 7 December 2014. http://www.asianlemansseries.com/2014-asian-le-mans-series 2014 Asian Le Mans Series Asian Le Mans Series 10 December 2013 10 December 2013 https://archive.today/20131210080333/http://www.asianlemansseries.com/2014-asian-le-mans-series 2013-12-10 dead In the main LMP2 class, defending champions OAK Racing Team Total won all four races during the season to win both championship titles on offer. David Cheng – who won the class title in 2013 – and Ho-Pin Tung won the drivers' championship title, and were joined by Keiko Ihara at Fuji and Yuan Bo at Sepang. Chang and Tung finished 53 points clear of John Hartshorne and Pu Jun Jin, who drove for Eurasia Motorsport. Similarly in the CN class, Craft-Bamboo Racing won all four races against class rivals Team Avelon Formula and ATL Wolf Asia. Kevin Tse was the only driver that was a part of the Craft-Bamboo Racing team at every meeting, and thus claimed the championship by 50 points ahead of Denis Lian, who took a trio of runner-up finishes with Team Avelon Formula. Tse was joined by Mathias Beche (Inje and Fuji), Frank Yu (Inje and Sepang), Samson Chan (Fuji and Shanghai), Naoki Yokomizo (Shanghai) and Jonathan Venter (Sepang) for his victories. The GT class was the most competitive of the series, with three different entries sharing the four victories. Fuji winners Jun San Chen and Tatsuya Tanigawa, driving for the AAI-Rstrada team, were crowned champions by seven points ahead of teammates and Inje winners Hanchen Chen and Marco Seefried. Clearwater Racing won the final two races with Mok Weng Sun a part of both victories. He was joined by Keita Sawa and Matt Griffin in Shanghai, and Hiroshi Hamaguchi and Richard Wee in Sepang. Ryohei Sakaguchi (Inje) and Carlo van Dam (Fuji) were third drivers in the respective AAI-Rstrada winning cars. The GT-Am class saw just two entries, both at the Fuji event and both fielded by China's The Emperor Racing. One of the cars was withdrawn, and thus the sister car of Giorgio Sanna, Akihiko Nakaya – who was moved from the withdrawn car to replace Jiang Xin – and Max Wiser won the class. Regulation changes The top class of the series continued to be LMP2. The LMGTE and GTC categories were combined, along with Super GT GT300 class vehicles, into a single performance balanced GT category. Silver and bronze level drivers were required in the amateur division. A new class, replacing the LMPC category which was not utilized in 2013, allowed a variety of Group CN cars to compete with standardized Honda engines. These cars are eligible for competition through 2017. At the end of the season, the first place team in LMP2 and the top two teams in GT received automatic invitations to the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans. The requirement for all competitors to have at least one driver from Asia was expanded to include any drivers from the Australasia region. To help reduce operational costs for the teams, only two crew members were allowed to be involved in a tyre change. Calendar The 2014 calendar was revealed during the 2013 3 Hours of Sepang. The second round was to be held alongside the fifth round of the 2014 Super GT season at Fuji Speedway.http://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/2014-schedule-new-class-structure-announced/ 2014 Schedule, New Class Structure Announced John Dagys Sportscar365 John Dagys Media 7 December 2013 10 May 2014 After being removed from the provisional 2013 calendar the 3 Hours of Shanghai returned, racing at the same event alongside the tenth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season.http://www.btccblogs.co.uk/2014-wtcc-calendar-approved-by-wmsc 2014 WTCC CALENDAR APPROVED BY WMSC Mick O'Rourke BTCC Blogs 7 December 2013 12 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141018130108/http://www.btccblogs.co.uk/2014-wtcc-calendar-approved-by-wmsc 2014-10-18 dead The season opening round at Inje Speedium was originally scheduled to be held on 6 July, but was later rescheduled to 20 July. The schedule was revised again on 9 May with the round at Fuji being moved back three weeks and no longer on the same weekend as Super GT. As well as this, a round at the Buriram United International Circuit in Thailand was confirmed, replacing a round scheduled for the Zhuhai International Circuit.http://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/asian-lms-to-race-in-thailand/ Asian LMS to Race in Thailand John Dagys Sportscar365 John Dagys Media 9 May 2014 10 May 2014 On 12 October, the round at the Buriram United International Circuit was removed from the calendar with no replacement.http://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/buriram-asian-lms-round-canceled/ Buriram Asian LMS Round Canceled John Dagys Sportscar365 John Dagys Media 12 October 2014 12 October 2014 Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 3 Hours of Inje KOR Inje Speedium, Inje, South Korea 20 July 2 3 Hours of Fuji JPN Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 31 August 3 3 Hours of Shanghai CHN Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading, China 11 October 4 3 Hours of Sepang MYS Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 7 DecemberSources:Asian LeMans Series - 2014: Racing Calendar https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/asian-lemans-series/2014-calendar.html Speedsport Magazine 7 March 2025 Teams and Drivers All entries use Michelin tyres. LMP2 Team Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Rounds FRA OAK Racing Team Totalhttp://www.endurance-info.com/en/oak-racing-will-be-back-to-defend-its-5tle-in-the-asian-le-mans-series/ OAK Racing will be back to defend its 5tle in the Asian Le Mans Series! endurance-info.com 5 April 2014 9 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140409092157/http://www.endurance-info.com/en/oak-racing-will-be-back-to-defend-its-5tle-in-the-asian-le-mans-series/ 2014-04-09 dead Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 1 CHN David Cheng All CHN Ho-Pin Tung All JPN Keiko Iharahttp://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/ihara-joins-oak-team-total-for-fuji/ Ihara Joins OAK Team TOTAL for Fuji Dagys John John Dagys Media Group, LLC Sportscar365 22 August 2014 22 August 2014 2 CHN Yuan Bo 4 PHL Eurasia Motorsporthttp://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/eurasia-planning-lmp2-cn-program/ Eurasia Planning LMP2, CN Programs sportscar365.com 21 June 2014 25 June 2014 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 27 GBR John Hartshorne All GBR Richard Bradley 1–2 KOR Tacksung Kim 1 CHN Kevin Pu Junjin 2–4 GBR James Winslow 3–4Source:Asian LeMans Series - 2014: Entrylist https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/asian-lemans-series/2014-entrylist.html 7 March 2025 Speedsport Magazine 2, 3, 4 CN Team Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Rounds ITA Team Avelon Formula Wolf GB08 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 21 SGP Denis Lian 2–4 HKG William Lok 2 AUS James Mitchell 2 ITA Guglielmo Belotti 3 SGP Sean Hudspeth 4 CAN ATL Wolf Asiahttp://www.wolfracingcars.com/anteprima.asp?id=126&lingua=ing ATLANTIC RACING AND THE WOLF GB08 IN THE ASIAN LE MANS SERIES Wolf Racing Cars 28 January 2014 9 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140409140431/http://www.wolfracingcars.com/anteprima.asp?id=126&lingua=ing 2014-04-09 dead Wolf GB08 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 45 MYS Dominic Ang 1 MYS Gilbert Ang 1 HKG Craft-Bamboo Racinghttp://www.endurance-info.com/en/craft-racing-and-bamboo-engineering-merge-to-form-new-global-race-team/ Craft Racing and Bamboo Engineering merge to form new global race team endurance-info.com 8 April 2014 9 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140409093844/http://www.endurance-info.com/en/craft-racing-and-bamboo-engineering-merge-to-form-new-global-race-team/ 2014-04-09 dead Ligier JS53 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 77 MAC Kevin Tse All CHE Mathias Beche 1–2 HKG Frank Yu 1, 4 CAN Samson Chan 2–3 JPN Naoki Yokomizo 3 AUS Jonathan Venter 4Source: GT Team Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Rounds CHN Python http://www.asianlemansseries.com/3-hours-of-inje/entry-list/ Entry List Asian Le Mans Series 11 July 2014 11 July 2014 https://archive.today/20140715005537/http://www.asianlemansseries.com/3-hours-of-inje/entry-list/ 2014-07-15 dead Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 7 CHN Zou Si Rui 1 CHN Xu Wei 1 SGP Clearwater Racing http://www.asianlemansseries.com/3-hours-of-sepang/entry-list/ Entry List Asian Le Mans Series 8 October 2014 8 October 2014 https://archive.today/20141008183243/http://www.asianlemansseries.com/3-hours-of-sepang/entry-list/ 2014-10-08 dead Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 33 SGP Weng Sun Mok 3–4 IRL Matt Griffin 3 JPN Keita Sawa 3 JPN Hiroshi Hamaguchi 4 SGP Richard Wee 4 TPE AAI-Rstradahttp://www.endurance-info.com/en/35697/ Ollie Millroy to spearhead AAI Motorsport's Asian Le Mans Series challenge endurance-info.com 29 March 2014 9 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140409062504/http://www.endurance-info.com/en/35697/ 2014-04-09 deadhttp://www.sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/aai-motorsports-reveals-three-car-gt-program/ AAI Motorsports Reveals Three-Car GT Program sportscar365.com 9 April 2014 10 April 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 90 JPN Takamitsu Matsui All JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya All CHN Lam Yu All BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 91 TPE Jun-San Chen All JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa All GBR Ollie Millroy 1, 3–4 NLD Carlo van Dam 2 92 TPE Han-Chen Chen 1, 3–4 DEU Marco Seefried 1, 3–4 JPN Ryohei Sakaguchi 1, 4 DEU Jörg Müller 3 Nissan GT-R GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Twin-turbo V6 TPE Han-Chen Chen 2 JPN Ryohei Sakaguchi 2 DEU Marco Seefried 2Source: GT Am Team Car Engine No. Car number Drivers Rounds CHN The Emperor Racing Lamborghini Gallardo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 11 JPN Akihiko Nakaya 2 ITA Giorgio Sanna 2 ITA Max Wiser 2 82 JPN Hideshi Matsuda 2 JPN Hironori Takeuchi 2 CHN Jiang Xin 2Source:3 Hours of Fuji Entry List http://www.asianlemansseries.com/3-hours-of-fuji/entry-list/ Asian Le Mans Series 7 March 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20141024113534/http://www.asianlemansseries.com/3-hours-of-fuji/entry-list/ 24 October 2014 dead Season results Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team CN Winning Team GT Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers CN Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 1 Inje FRA No. 1 OAK Racing Team Total HKG No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing TPE No. 92 AAI-Rstrada Report CHN David ChengCHN Ho-Pin Tung CHE Mathias BecheMAC Kevin TseHKG Frank Yu TPE Han-Chen ChenJPN Ryohei SakaguchiDEU Marco Seefried 2 Fuji FRA No. 1 OAK Racing Team Total HKG No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing TPE No. 91 AAI-Rstrada Report CHN David ChengJPN Keiko IharaCHN Ho-Pin Tung CHE Mathias BecheCAN Samson ChanMAC Kevin Tse TPE Jun-San ChenNLD Carlo van DamJPN Tatsuya Tanigawa 3 Shanghai FRA No. 1 OAK Racing Team Total HKG No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing SGP No. 33 Clearwater Racing Report CHN David ChengCHN Ho-Pin Tung CAN Samson ChanMAC Kevin TseJPN Naoki Yokomizo JPN Keita SawaIRL Matt GriffinSGP Weng Sun Mok 4 Sepang FRA No. 1 OAK Racing Team Total HKG No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing SGP No. 33 Clearwater Racing Report CHN Yuan BoCHN David ChengCHN Ho-Pin Tung MAC Kevin TseAUS Jonathan VenterHKG Frank Yu JPN Hiroshi HamaguchiSGP Weng Sun MokSGP Richard WeeSource: Championship Standings Scoring system Points System Position Pole Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1Source: Teams Championships LMP2 Standings Pos. Position Team Car INJKOR FUJJAP SHACHN SEPMYS Total 1 FRA #1 OAK Racing Team Total Morgan LMP2 1 1 1 1 103 2 PHL #27 Eurasia Motorsport Oreca 03 Ret 2 2 2 55Bold – Pole CN Standings Pos. Position Team Car INJKOR FUJJAP SHACHN SEPMYS Total 1 HKG #77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Ligier JS53 1 1 1 1 104 2 ITA #21 Team Avelon Formula Wolf GB08 2 2 2 543CAN #45 ATL Wolf AsiaWolf GB08 DNS–Bold – Pole GT Standings Pos. Position Team Car INJKOR FUJJAP SHACHN SEPMYS Total 1TPE #91 AAI-RstradaBMW Z4 GT3 3 1 2 2762TPE #92 AAI-RstradaBMW Z4 GT3Nissan GT-R GT3 1 2 4 3703SGP #33 Clearwater RacingFerrari 458 Italia GT311504 TPE #90 AAI-Rstrada Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 2 Ret 3 4 485CHN #7 PythonFerrari 458 Italia GT3DNS–Bold – Pole GT Am Standings Pos. Position Team Car INJKOR FUJJAP SHACHN SEPMYS Total 1 CHN #11 The Emperor Racing Lamborghini Gallardo 1 26 2 CHN #82 The Emperor Racing Lamborghini Gallardo WD –Bold – Pole Driver's Championships December 2014 LMP2 Standings December 2014 CN Standings December 2014 GT Standings December 2014 GT Am Standings December 2014 References External links http://www.asianlemansseries.com/ Asian Le Mans Series Official Website Asian Le Mans Series Le Mans Series