2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series

2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series 2014 2016–17 The 2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series was the fourth 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 Fuji Speedway on 10 October 2015 and ended at Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 24 January 2016.http://www.dailysportscar.com/2015/02/12/three-race-calendar-for-2015-aslms-support-race-for-wec-in-japan-and-china.html Three Race Calendar For 2015 AsLMS, Support Race For WEC In Japan & China dailysportscar.com 12 February 2015 22 September 2015http://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/buriram-circuit-added-to-asian-lms-calendar/ Buriram Added to Restructured Asian LMS Schedule ten Caat Marcel sportscar365.com John Dagys Media, LLC 20 April 2015 22 September 2015 This would mark the first season of the Asian Le Mans Series to be organized by the ACO after taking over from the Chinese S2M Group due from since relaunched in 2013 to overcome and bring up from struggling car grid counts in all of the classes.http://www.autosport.com/general/news/relaunched-asian-le-mans-series-to-straddle-2015-16-5008179/5008179/ Relaunched Asian Le Mans Series to straddle 2015-16 autosport.com 20 April 2015 29 August 2026 Calendar The 2015 calendar was revealed on 12 February 2015. An updated race calendar was released on 20 April 2015, which added the round at Buriram and rescheduled the Sepang round, before a further revised calendar cancelled the planned event at Shanghai International Circuit and replaced it with a second race in Sepang.http://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/additional-sepang-race-to-replace-shanghai-on-201516-calendar/ Additional Sepang Race Replaces Shanghai on 2015/16 Schedule Dagys John sportscar365.com John Dagys Media, LLC 2 June 2015 22 September 2015 The Fuji round was held alongside the FIA World Endurance Championship. Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 2 Hours of Fuji JPN Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 10 October 2015 2 3 Hours of Sepang I MYS Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 8 November 2015 3 3 Hours of Thailand THA Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 10 January 2016 4 3 Hours of Sepang II MYS Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 24 January 2016Sources:Asian LeMans Series - 2015-16: Racing Calendar https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/asian-lemans-series/2015-2016-calendar.html Speedsport Magazine 7 March 2025 Entry list All entries use Michelin tyres.http://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/michelin-to-continue-as-exclusive-tire-supplier-of-asian-lms/ Michelin to Continue as Exclusive Tire Supplier in Asian LMS Dagys John sportscar365.com John Dagys Media, LLC 24 June 2015 22 September 2015 LMP2 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Car number Drivers Rounds CHE Race Performancehttp://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/05_2015/06_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/97_Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series/201510101500_Race/Hour%202/03_Classification_Race.PDF PDF Asian Le Mans Series Race (120') - Final Classification asianlemansseries.com Automobile Club de l'Ouest 10 October 2015 28 October 2016 Oreca 03R Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 8 CHE Nicolas Leutwiler All JPN Shinji Nakano 1–2 GBR Oliver Webbhttp://d2uv4t0ox1pknx.cloudfront.net/fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/01/Asian-Le-Mans-Series-Race-per-class.pdf PDF Asian Le Mans Series - Round 3 Buriram Race Provisional Result asianlemansseries.com Automobile Club de l'Ouest 10 January 2016 20 October 2016 3–4 INA Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 9 INA Sean Gelael 3–4 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi 3–4 PRT Algarve Pro Racinghttp://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/algarve-pro-racing-confirms-asian-lms-effort/ Algarve Pro Racing Confirms Asian LMS Effort Dagys John sportscar365.com John Dagys Media, LLC 22 August 2015 22 September 2015 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 25 AUS Dean Koutsoumidis 2–4 GBR Michael Munemann 2–4 GBR James Winslow 2–4 PHI Eurasia Motorsport Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 99 HKG William Lok All KOR Tacksung Kim 1–2, 4 FRA Tristan Gommendy 1 GBR Richard Bradleyhttp://d2uv4t0ox1pknx.cloudfront.net/fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/11/Asian-Le-Mans-Series-Race.pdf PDF Asian Le Mans Series - Round 2 Sepang Race Provisional Result asianlemansseries.com Automobile Club de l'Ouest 8 November 2015 28 October 2016 2–4 NLD Nick de Bruijn 3Source:Asian LeMans Series - 2015-2016: Entrylist https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/asian-lemans-series/2015-2016-entrylist.html Speedsport Magazine 2, 3, 4 7 March 2025 Icon Class P2 LMP2 LMP3 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Car number Drivers Rounds CHN DC Racinghttp://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/dc-racing-launched-confirms-ligier-js-p3-effort-in-asian-lms/ DC Racing Launched; Confirms Ligier JS P3 Effort in Asian LMS Dagys John sportscar365.com John Dagys Media, LLC 20 August 2015 22 September 2015 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 1 CHN David Cheng All CHN Ho-Pin Tung All FRA Thomas Laurent 2–4 TPE Team AAI ADESS-03 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 P3 88 JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa 1, 3 CHN Peter Li 1 JPN Ryohei Sakaguchi 1 CHN Chen Junrong 3 CHN Chen Siyu 3 P3 89 JPN Masataka Yanagida All TPE Terry Fang 1 JPN Takamitsu Matsui 1 GBR Ollie Hancock 2 GBR Alex Kapadia 2 JPN Ryohei Sakaguchi 3 THA Tanart Sathienthirakul 3 CHN Chen Siyuhttp://www.raceresults.nu/uitslagen//2016/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series%20-%20Round%204%20Sepang/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series%20-%20Race.pdf PDF Asian Le Mans Series - Round 4 Sepang Race Provisional Result asianlemansseries.com Automobile Club de l'Ouest 24 January 2016 28 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221182246/http://www.raceresults.nu/uitslagen//2016/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series%20-%20Round%204%20Sepang/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series%20-%20Race.pdf 21 December 2016 dead 4 CHN Lam Yu 4Source: Icon Class P3 LMP3 CN Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Car number Drivers Rounds ITA Avelon Formula Wolf GB08 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 CN 21 SGP Denis Lian 2–4 CHE Giorgio Maggi 2–4 CAN Atlantic Racing Team Wolf GB08 Honda K20A 2.0 L I4 CN 69 MYS Zen Low 2–4 SWE John Bryant-Meisner 2 JPN Toshiyuki Ochiai 2 JPN Shinyo Sano 3–4Source: Icon Class CN CN GT Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Car number Drivers Rounds SGP Clearwater Racing McLaren 650S GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin-turbo V8 GT 3 GBR Rob Bell All JPN Keita Sawa All SGP Weng Sun Mok AllCHN Absolute Racing#5 entered as Absolute Racing and #6 and #66 entered as Bentley Team Absolute. Bentley Team Absolute Audi R8 LMS Ultra 1–2 Rounds 1–2Audi R8 LMS 3–4 Rounds 3–4 Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 GT 5 TPE Jeffrey Lee All HKG Shaun Thong 1 MYS Alex Yoong 1 BEL Alessio Picariello 2–4 KOR Andrew Kim 2 HKG Adderly Fong 3 GER Christopher Mies 4 Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley EA824 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 GT 6 HKG Adderly Fong 4 USA Andrew Palmer 4 GT 66 KOR Andrew Kim 4 THA Tanart Sathienthirakul 4 AUS Jonathan Venter 4 SVK ARC Bratislava Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 GT 7 SVK Miroslav Konôpka All DEU Pierre Kaffer 1 MYS Fairuz Fauzy 2–4 MYS Afiq Yazid 4 MYS Nexus Infinityhttp://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/nexus-infinity-announces-asian-lms-gt-effort/ Nexus Infinity Announces Asian LMS GT Effort Dagys John sportscar365.com John Dagys Media, LLC 14 August 2015 22 September 2015 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 GT 27 MYS Dominic Ang All AUS Joshua Hunt All MYS Adrian D'Silva 4 CHE Spirit of Race Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 GT 38 SGP Nasrat Muzayyin All PRT Rui Águas 1–2 GBR Aaron Scott 3–4 ITA Marco Cioci 4 HKG KCMG Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GT Am 51 HKG Paul Ip All DEU Christian Ried 1–2 NZL James Munro 1 GBR Dan Wells 2 CHN Yuan Bo 3–4 EST Martin Rump 3 MYS Akash Nandy 4 HKG Team Starspeed Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 GT Am 77 HKG Chong Yau Wong 4 KOR Rick Yoon 4TPE Team AAI#90, #91, #93 entered as Team AAI and #92 entered as Team AAI - HubAuto. Team AAI - HubAuto Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 GT 90 JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa 2 CHN Lam Yu 2 BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 GT 91 TPE Jun-San Chen All GBR Ollie Millroy All JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi 1, 3–4 GER Dirk Müller 2 BMW Z4 GT3 1–2 Rounds 1–2Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 3–4 Rounds 3–4 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 1–2 Rounds 1–2Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 3–4 Rounds 3–4 GT 92 TPE Han-Chen Chen All JPN Shinya Hosokawa All JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto All McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Twin-turbo V8 GT 93 JPN Shunsuke Kohno 4 JPN Tatsuya Tanigawa 4Source: Icon Class GT GT3 GT Am GT3 Am Results Bold indicates overall winner. Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team CN Winning Team GT Winning Team GT Am Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers CN Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers GT Am Winning Drivers 1 Fuji CHE #8 Race Performance CHN #1 DC Racing No entries SGP #3 Clearwater Racing HKG #51 KCMG Report CHE Nicolas LeutwilerJPN Shinji Nakano CHN David ChengCHN Ho-Pin Tung GBR Rob BellJPN Keita SawaSGP Weng Sun Mok HKG Paul IpNZL James MunroGER Christian Ried 2 Sepang I CHE #8 Race Performance CHN #1 DC Racing SGP #21 Avelon Formula SGP #3 Clearwater Racing HKG #51 KCMG Report CHE Nicolas LeutwilerJPN Shinji Nakano CHN David ChengFRA Thomas LaurentCHN Ho-Pin Tung SGP Denis LianCHE Giorgio Maggi GBR Rob BellJPN Keita SawaSGP Weng Sun Mok HKG Paul IpGER Christian RiedGBR Dan Wells 3 Buriram INA #9 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia CHN #1 DC Racing No finishers MYS #27 Nexus Infinity HKG #51 KCMG Report INA Sean GelaelITA Antonio Giovinazzi CHN David ChengFRA Thomas LaurentCHN Ho-Pin Tung MYS Dominic AngAUS Joshua Hunt CHN Yuan BoHKG Paul IpEST Martin Rump 4 Sepang II INA #9 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia CHN #1 DC Racing SGP #21 Avelon Formula CHN #5 Absolute Racing HKG #51 KCMG Report INA Sean GelaelITA Antonio Giovinazzi CHN David ChengFRA Thomas LaurentCHN Ho-Pin Tung SGP Denis LianCHE Giorgio Maggi TPE Jeffrey LeeGER Christopher MiesBEL Alessio Picariello CHN Yuan BoHKG Paul IpMYS Akash NandySource: Championship Standings Championship Race points Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Other Classified  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5Source: Teams Championships LMP2 Teams Championship Pos. Position Team Car FUJJPN SEP IMYS BURTHA SEP IIMYS Total 1 CHE #8 Race Performance Oreca 03R 1 1 3 2 84 2 POR #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 2 2 3 53 3 INA #9 Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia Oreca 03R 1 1 51 4 PHI #99 Eurasia Motorsport Oreca 03R 2 3 4 Ret 45Sources:Points Classification http://www.asianlemansseries.com/?page_id=7939 Asian Le Mans Series 7 March 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20160607021453/http://www.asianlemansseries.com/?page_id=7939 7 June 2016 deadBold – Pole LMP3 Teams Championship Pos. Position Team Car FUJJPN SEP IMYS BURTHA SEP IIMYS Total 1 CHN #1 DC Racing Ligier JS P3 1 1 1 1 104 2 TPE #89 Team AAI ADESS-03 Ret 2 2 Ret 36 3 TPE #88 Team AAI ADESS-03 Ret DNS 0Sources:Bold – Pole CN Teams Championship Pos. Position Team Car FUJJPN SEP IMYS BURTHA SEP IIMYS Total 1 SGP #21 Avelon Formula Wolf GB08 1 Ret 1 51 2 CAN #69 Atlantic Racing Team Wolf GB08 2 Ret DNS 20Sources:Bold – Pole GT Teams Championship Pos. Position Team Car FUJJPN SEP IMYS BURTHA SEP IIMYS Total 1 SGP #3 Clearwater Racing Mclaren 650S GT3 1 1 5 3 77 2 CHN #5 Absolute Racing Audi R8 GT3Audi R8 LMS 5 7 2 1 60 3 MYS #27 Nexus Infinity Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 6 5 1 4 56 4 TPE #91 Team AAI BMW Z4 GT3 Ret 2 3 2 51 5 CHE #38 Spirit of Race Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 2 4 7 5 46 6 TPE #92 Team AAI - HubAuto BMW Z4 GT3Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 3 6 4 6 43 7 SVK #7 ARC Bratislava Audi R8 LMS Ultra 4 8 6 8 28 8 TPE #90 Team AAI Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 3 15 9 CHN Bentley Team Absolute #66 Bentley Continental GT3 7 6 10 TPE #93 Team AAI Mclaren MP4-12C GT3 9 2 11 CHN #6 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3 10 1Sources:Bold – Pole GT Am Teams Championship Pos. Position Team Car FUJJPN SEP IMYS BURTHA SEP IIMYS Total 1 HKG #51 KCMG Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 1 1 1 1 104 2 HKG #77 Team Starspeed Racing Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo 2 18Sources:Bold – Pole Drivers Championships LMP2 Drivers Championship Pos. Position Driver Team FUJJPN SEP IMAS BURTHA SEP IIMAS Totalpoints1CHE Nicolas LeutwilerCHE Race Performance 1 1 3 2 84 2GBR Michael MunemannPOR Algarve Pro Racing 2 2 3 53 2AUS Dean KoutsoumidisPOR Algarve Pro Racing 2 2 3 53 2GBR James WinslowPOR Algarve Pro Racing 2 2 3 53 3JPN Shinji NakanoCHE Race Performance 1 152 4INA Sean GelaelINA Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia 1 1 51 4ITA Antonio GiovinazziINA Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia 1 1 51 5HKG William LokPHI Eurasia Motorsport 2 3 4 Ret 45 6GBR Oliver WebbCHE Race Performance 3 2 33 6KOR Tacksung KimPHI Eurasia Motorsport 2 3 Ret 33 7GBR Richard BradleyPHI Eurasia Motorsport 3 4 Ret 27 8FRA Tristan GommendyPHI Eurasia Motorsport 2 18 9NED Nick de BruijnPHI Eurasia Motorsport 4 12Sources:Bold – Pole LMP3 Drivers Championship Pos. Position Driver Team FUJJPN SEP IMAS BURTHA SEP IIMAS Totalpoints 1CHN David ChengCHN DC Racing 1 1 1 1 103 1CHN Ho-Pin TungCHN DC Racing 1 1 1 1 103 2FRA Thomas LaurentCHN DC Racing 1 1 1 77 3JPN Masataka YanagidaTPE Team AAI Ret 2 2 Ret37 4GBR Alex KapadiaTPE Team AAI 218 4GBR Ollie HancockTPE Team AAI 218 4JPN Ryohei SakaguchiTPE Team AAI Ret 218 4THA Tanart SathienthirakulTPE Team AAI 218 5CHN Chen SiyuTPE Team AAIDNS Ret1 5CHN Lam YuTPE Team AAI Ret1 6JPN Tatsuya TanigawaTPE Team AAI RetDNS0 6CHN Zhi Cong LiTPE Team AAI Ret0 6TPE Terry FangTPE Team AAI Ret0 6JPN Takamitsu MatsuiTPE Team AAI Ret0 6CHN Chen JunrongTPE Team AAIDNS0Sources:Bold – Pole CN Drivers Championship Pos. Position Driver Team FUJJPN SEP IMAS BURTHA SEP IIMAS Totalpoints 1SIN Denis LianSIN Avelon Formula 1 Ret 1 51 1CHE Giorgio MaggiSIN Avelon Formula 1 Ret 1 51 2MYS Zen LowCAN Atlantic Racing Team 2 RetDNS 20 3SWE John Bryant-MeisnerCAN Atlantic Racing Team 2 19 3JPN Toshiyuki OchiaiCAN Atlantic Racing Team 219 4JPN Shinyo SanoCAN Atlantic Racing Team RetDNS 1Sources:Bold – Pole GT Drivers Championship Pos. Position Driver Team FUJJPN SEP IMAS BURTHA SEP IIMAS Totalpoints 1SIN Weng Sun MokSIN Clearwater Racing 1 1 5 3 78 1JPN Keita SawaSIN Clearwater Racing 1 1 5 3 78 1GBR Rob BellSIN Clearwater Racing 1 1 5 3 78 2TPE Jeffery LeeCHN Absolute Racing 5 7 2 1 60 3MAS Dominic AngMAS Nexus Infinity 6 5 1 4 55 3AUS Joshua HuntMAS Nexus Infinity 6 5 1 4 55 4TPE Jun-San ChenTPE Team AAI Ret 2 3 2 51 4TPE Ollie MillroyTPE Team AAI Ret 2 3 2 51 5BEL Alessio PicarielloCHN Absolute Racing 7 2 1 50 6SIN Nasrat MuzayyinCHE Spirit of Race 2 4 7 5 46 7TPE Han-Chen ChenTPE Team AAI - HubAuto 3 6 4 6 43 7JPN Shinya HosokawaTPE Team AAI - HubAuto 3 6 4 6 43 7JPN Hiroki YoshimotoTPE Team AAI - HubAuto 3 6 4 6 438 JPN Nobuteru Taniguchi TPE Team AAI Ret 3 233 9POR Rui ÁguasCHE Spirit of Race 2 4 30 10SVK Miroslav KonôpkaSVK ARC Bratislava 4 8 6 8 28 11GER Christopher MiesCHN Absolute Racing 1 26 12GER Dirk MüllerTPE Team AAI 2 18 12CHN Adderly FongCHN Absolute Racing 2 1813 GBR Aaron Scott CHE Spirit of Race 7 51614CHN Lam YuTPE Team AAI 3 1514JPN Tatsuya TanigawaTPE Team AAI 3 1515GER Pierre KafferSVK ARC Bratislava 4 1215MAS Fairuz FauzySVK ARC Bratislava 8 6 1216MAS Alex YoongCHN Absolute Racing 5 1016HKG Shaun ThongCHN Absolute Racing 5 1017KOR Andrew KimCHN Absolute Racing 7 6Sources:Bold – Pole GT Am Drivers Championship Pos. Position Driver Team FUJJPN SEP IMAS BURTHA SEP IIMAS Totalpoints 1 HKG Paul Ip HKG KCMG 1 1 1 1 104 2 GER Christian Ried HKG KCMG 1 1 52 2 CHN Yuan Bo HKG KCMG 1 1 52 3 NZL James Munro HKG KCMG 1 26 3 GBR Dan Wells HKG KCMG 1 26 3 EST Martin Rump HKG KCMG 1 26 3 MAS Akash Nandy HKG KCMG 1 26 4 KOR Rick Yoon HKG Team Starspeed Racing 2 18 4 HKG Chong Yau Wong HKG Team Starspeed Racing 2 18Sources:Bold – Pole Notes "N" References External links http://www.asianlemansseries.com/ Asian Le Mans Series Asian Le Mans Series Le Mans Series Le Mans Series Category:2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series season