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.

Calendar The 2017–2018 calendar was revealed in February 2017. It was then updated in June, removing the Zhejiang round.

Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 4 Hours of Zhuhai Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 29 October 2017 2 4 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 3 December 2017 3 6 Hours of Buriram Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 13 January 2018 4 4 Hours of Sepang Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 4 February 2018

Entry list

LMP2 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds 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 Icon Class P2 LMP2

LMP3 Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds 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 Icon Class P3 LMP3

GT and GT Cup Entrant/Team Car Engine Class Drivers Rounds 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 Ferrari 488 GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 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 Icon Class GT GT3 GT Am GT3 Am GTC GT Cup

Results Bold indicates overall winner. Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team GT Winning Team GT Cup Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers GT Cup Winning Drivers 1 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 2 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 3 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 4 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

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 0.5 1

LMP2 Teams Championship Team CarZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 #8 Jackie Chan DC Racing X JotaOreca 05 1 12 1 95 2 #37 BBTLigier JS P2 22 3 2 70 3 #4 ARC BratislavaLigier JS P2 3 4 4 4 51 4 #7 Jackie Chan DC Racing X JotaOreca 05 Ret 3 15 50 5 #33 Eurasia MotorsportLigier JS P2 4 Ret 3 28 6 #25 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2 5 5 Ret Ret 20Bold – Pole

LMP3 Teams Championship Team CarZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 #6 Jackie Chan DC Racing X JotaLigier JS P3 3 1 4 1 77 2 #18 KCMGLigier JS P3 1 Ret 1 Ret 54 2 #11 Taiwan Beer GH MotorsportLigier JS P3 2 Ret 2 2 54 3 #65 Viper Niza RacingLigier JS P3 4 2 5 4 52 4 #1 WIN MotorsportLigier JS P3 5 Ret 3 3 40 5 #99 TKSGinetta-Juno LMP3 3 15Bold – Pole

GT Teams Championship Team CarZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 #91 FIST-Team AAIBMW M6 GT3 1 2 1 1 95 2 #90 FIST-Team AAIMercedes-AMG GT3 2 1 3 2 78 3 #66 TianShi Racing TeamAudi R8 LMS 3 3 2 Ret 48Bold – Pole

GT Am Teams Championship Team CarZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 #66 TianShi Racing TeamAudi R8 LMS 1 1 1 78Bold – Pole

GTC Teams Championship Team CarZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 #77 Team NZPorsche 997 GT3 Cup 1 1 52Bold – Pole

Drivers 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 0.5 1

LMP2 Drivers Championship DriverZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 Stéphane Richelmi 1 12 1 95 Harrison Newey Thomas Laurent 2 Anthony Liu 22 3 2 70 Davide Rizzo Pipo Derani 3 Miroslav Konôpka 3 4 4 4 51 Konstantīns Calko 4 Jazeman Jaafar 3 1 5 50 5 Weiron Tan 15 35 Afiq Yazid 6 Rik Breukers 3 4 27 7 Ate de Jong55 20 Dean Koutsoumidis 8 Marko Asmer Ret 3 16 Jake Parsons 3 Nabil Jeffri 3 9 David Cheng Ret 3 15 10 Alex Au4 12 Keiko Ihara4 Gustavo Yacamán4 11 Yoshiharu Mori Ret 0 Scott Andrews Ret Ho-Pin Tung Ret John Graham Ret RetBold – Pole LMP3 Drivers Championship DriverZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 Guy Cosmo 3 1 4 1 77 Patrick Byrne 2 Josh Burdon 1 Ret 1 Ret 54 Louis Prette 1 Ret 1 Ret Neric Wei 1 Ret 1 Ret Hanss Lin 2 Ret 2 2 3 Douglas Khoo 4 2 5 4 52 Dominic Ang 4 William Lok 5 Ret 3 3 40 Philippe Descombes Richard Bradley 5 Gabriel Aubry 4 1 37 6 Shaun Thong 2 Ret 2 36 7 Nigel Moore 5 4 22 8 James Winslow 2 18 Ye Hongli Ret 2 Scott Andrews 2 9 Shinyo Sano 3 15 Yuta Kamimura Takuya ShirasakiBold – Pole GT Drivers Championship DriverZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 Jun-San Chen 1 2 1 1 95 Jesse Krohn 2 Ollie Millroy 2 1 3 2 78 3 Chaz Mostert 1 2 1 69 4 Weian Chen 3 3 2 Ret 48 Max Wiser 5 Lam Yu 2 1 DNS 45 6 Marco Cioci 1 3 41 7 Peng Liu 3 3 30 8 Markus Palttala 1 26 9 Raffaele Marciello 2 19 10 Sarun Sereethoranakul 2 18 Bhurit Bhirombhakdi 2 Alex Au 2 11 Mitchell Gilbert Ret 0Bold – Pole GT Am Drivers Championship DriverZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 Weian Chen 1 1 1 78 Max Wiser 2 Peng Liu 1 1 52 3 Alex Au 1 26Bold – Pole GTC Drivers Championship DriverZHUFUJBURSEP Points 1 Graeme Dowsett 1 1 52 Will Bamber 2 John Curran 1 26 Alif Hamdan 1Bold – Pole References

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