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2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series
The 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series was the sixth 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 season began at the Zhuhai International Circuit in October 2017 and ended at Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 4 February 2018.
The 2017–2018 calendar was revealed in February 2017. It was then updated in June, removing the Zhejiang round.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Hours of Zhuhai | Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China | 29 October 2017 | |
| 4 Hours of Fuji | Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan | 3 December 2017 | |
| 6 Hours of Buriram | Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand | 13 January 2018 | |
| 4 Hours of Sepang | Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia | 4 February 2018 |
| Entrant/Team | Car | Engine | Class | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}No. | Drivers | Rounds | Icon | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC Bratislava | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | P2 | 4 | Konstantīns Calko | All | ||
| Miroslav Konôpka | All | |||||||
| Rik Breukers | 1–2 | |||||||
| Gustavo Yacamán | 3 | |||||||
| Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | P2 | 7 | David Cheng | 1–2 | ||
| Ho-Pin Tung | 1 | |||||||
| Jazeman Jaafar | 2–4 | |||||||
| Weiron Tan | 3–4 | |||||||
| Afiq Yazid | 3–4 | |||||||
| P2 | 8 | Thomas Laurent | All | |||||
| Harrison Newey | All | |||||||
| Stéphane Richelmi | All | |||||||
| Algarve Pro Racing | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | P2 | 25 | Ate de Jong | All | ||
| Dean Koutsoumidis | All | |||||||
| John Graham | 1, 3–4 | |||||||
| Eurasia Motorsport | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | P2 | 33 | Alex Au | 1 | ||
| Keiko Ihara | 1 | |||||||
| Scott Andrews | 2 | |||||||
| Marko Asmer | 2, 4 | |||||||
| Yoshiharu Mori | 2 | |||||||
| Nabil Jeffri | 4 | |||||||
| Jake Parsons | 4 | |||||||
| BBT | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | P2 | 37 | Pipo Derani | All | ||
| Anthony Liu | All | |||||||
| Davide Rizzo | All | |||||||
| P2 | LMP2 |
| Entrant/Team | Car | Engine | Class | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Icon | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIN Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | P3 | 1 | Richard Bradley | All | ||
| Philippe Descombes | All | |||||||
| William Lok | All | |||||||
| Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | P3 | 6 | Patrick Byrne | All | ||
| Guy Cosmo | All | |||||||
| Gabriel Aubry | 3–4 | |||||||
| Taiwan Beer GH Motorsport | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | P3 | 11 | Hanss Lin | All | ||
| Shaun Thong | 1–2, 4 | |||||||
| Leo Ye | 2–3 | |||||||
| Scott Andrews | 3 | |||||||
| KCMG | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | P3 | 18 | Josh Burdon | All | ||
| Louis Prette | All | |||||||
| Neric Wei | All | |||||||
| Viper Niza Racing | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | P3 | 65 | Dominic Ang | All | ||
| Douglas Khoo | All | |||||||
| James Winslow | 2 | |||||||
| Nigel Moore | 3–4 | |||||||
| TKS | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | P3 | 99 | Yuta Kamimura | 2 | ||
| Shinyo Sano | 2 | |||||||
| Takuya Shirasaka | 2 | |||||||
| P3 | LMP3 |
| Entrant/Team | Car | Engine | Class | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Icon | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TianShi Racing Team | Audi R8 LMS | Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | GT Am | 66 | Weian Chen | All | ||
| Max Wiser | All | |||||||
| Peng Liu | 1–2 | |||||||
| Alex Au | 3 | |||||||
| Mitchell Gilbert | 4 | |||||||
| Team NZ | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | GTC | 77 | Will Bamber | 3–4 | ||
| Graeme Dowsett | 3–4 | |||||||
| John Curran | 3 | |||||||
| Alif Hamdan | 4 | |||||||
| FIST-Team AAI | Mercedes-AMG GT3 1Ferrari 488 GT3 2–4 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 1Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 2–4 | GT | 90 | Ollie Millroy | All | ||
| Lam Yu | 1–3 | |||||||
| Raffaele Marciello | 1 | |||||||
| Marco Cioci | 2–3 | |||||||
| Bhurit Bhirombhakdi | 4 | |||||||
| Sarun Sereethoranakul | 4 | |||||||
| BMW M6 GT3 | BMW S63 4.4 L Turbo V8 | GT | 91 | Jun-San Chen | All | |||
| Jesse Krohn | All | |||||||
| Chaz Mostert | 1–3 | |||||||
| Markus Palttala | 4 | |||||||
| GT | GT3 | |||||||
| GT Am | GT3 Am | |||||||
| GTC | GT Cup |
Bold indicates overall winner.
| Rnd. | Circuit | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | GT Winning Team | GT Cup Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhuhai | No. 8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | No. 18 KCMG | No. 91 FIST-Team AAI | No entries | Report | |
| Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi | Josh Burdon Louis Prette Neric Wei | Jun-San Chen Jesse Krohn Chaz Mostert | ||||
| Fuji | No. 8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | No. 6 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | No. 90 FIST-Team AAI | No entries | Report | |
| Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi | Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo | Marco Cioci Ollie Millroy Lam Yu | ||||
| Buriram | No. 7 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | No. 18 KCMG | No. 91 FIST-Team AAI | No. 77 Team NZ | Report | |
| Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Afiq Yazid | Josh Burdon Louis Prette Neric Wei | Jun-San Chen Jesse Krohn Chaz Mostert | Will Bamber John Curran Graeme Dowsett | |||
| Sepang | No. 8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | No. 6 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | No. 91 FIST-Team AAI | No. 77 Team NZ | Report | |
| Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi | Gabriel Aubry Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo | Jun-San Chen Jesse Krohn Markus Palttala | Will Bamber Graeme Dowsett Alif Hamdan |
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
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