The 2023 Asian Le Mans Series was the eleventh 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 Dubai Autodrome in Dubai on 11 February 2023 and ended at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on 19 February 2023.[1]
For the first time, a bronze-rated driver is mandatory in each class and only the bronze drivers can participate in qualifying, hence the LMP2 Am and GT Am subclasses would officially be dropped for this season.[2]
Calendar
editThe calendar for the 2023 season was announced on the official website 25 May 2022. This Asian Le Mans Series season will once again run in its entirety in the Middle East, in the United Arab Emirates at the Dubai Autodrome in Dubai and Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi in February 2023, due to the significant freight issues.[1]
The season will continue to comprise four four-hour length races, run on the two circuits.
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
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1 | 4 Hours of Dubai | Dubai Autodrome | Dubailand, Dubai, UAE | 11 February 2023 |
2 | 12 February 2023 | |||
3 | 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi | Yas Marina Circuit | Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE | 18 February 2023 |
4 | 19 February 2023 |
Entry list
editLMP2
editAll cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
Entrant/Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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DKR Engineering[3] | Oreca 07 | 3 | Charlie Eastwood[4] | All |
Ayhancan Güven[4] | All | |||
Salih Yoluç[4] | All | |||
United Autosports[5] | Oreca 07 | 22 | Paul di Resta[6] | All |
Philip Hanson[6] | All | |||
James McGuire[6] | All | |||
23 | Oliver Jarvis[7] | All | ||
Garnet Patterson[7] | All | |||
Yasser Shahin[7] | All | |||
Nielsen Racing[8] | Oreca 07 | 24 | Mathias Beche[8] | All |
Ben Hanley[8] | All | |||
Rodrigo Sales[8] | All | |||
Algarve Pro Racing[9][10] | Oreca 07 | 25 | James Allen[10] | All |
John Falb[10] | All | |||
Kyffin Simpson[10] | All | |||
Cool Racing[11] | Oreca 07 | 37 | Alexandre Coigny[11] | All |
Malthe Jakobsen[11] | All | |||
Nicolas Lapierre[12] | 1–2 | |||
Inter Europol Competition[13] | Oreca 07 | 43 | Christian Bogle[14] | All |
Charles Crews[14] | All | |||
Nolan Siegel[14] | All | |||
ARC Bratislava[9] | Oreca 07 | 44 | Miro Konôpka[15] | All |
Nico Pino[15] | All | |||
László Tóth[15] | All | |||
99 Racing[9][16] | Oreca 07 | 98 | Neel Jani[15] | All |
Nikita Mazepin[16][N 1] | All | |||
Gonçalo Gomes[17] | 1–2 | |||
Ahmad Al Harthy[18] | 3–4 |
Notes:
- Ben Barnicoat was scheduled to compete for 99 Racing, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. He was replaced by Neel Jani.[16][19][15] The team's nominated bronze-rated driver, Félix Porteiro, also had to withdraw after he was retroactively reclassified as silver shortly before the event. Warren Hughes was initially called up to replace the Spaniard, but a documentation issue for the Briton resulted in Gonçalo Gomes eventually being drafted in.[20][17] Gomes was later replaced with Ahmad Al Harthy for rounds 3 and 4.[18]
LMP3
editAll cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.
Entrant/Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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CD Sport[21] | Ligier JS P320 | 1 | Nick Adcock[21] | All |
Valdemar Eriksen[21] | All | |||
Michael Jensen[21] | All | |||
2 | Vladislav Lomko[15][N 1] | All | ||
James Sweetnam[15] | All | |||
Fabien Michal[15] | 1–2 | |||
Jacques Wolff[18] | 3–4 | |||
Nielsen Racing[22] | Ligier JS P320 | 4 | Matt Bell[22] | All |
Tony Wells[22] | All | |||
DKR Engineering[9] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 5 | Valentino Catalano[15] | All |
Tom van Rompuy[15] | All | |||
Graff Racing[23] | Ligier JS P320 | 8 | François Heriau[24] | All |
Xavier Lloveras[24] | All | |||
Fabrice Rossello[24] | All | |||
9 | Belén García[24] | All | ||
Sébastien Page[24] | All | |||
Eric Trouillet[24] | All | |||
WTM by Rinaldi Racing[25] | Duqueine M30 - D08 | 11 | Torsten Kratz[25] | All |
Leonard Weiss[25] | All | |||
Nicolás Varrone[25] | All | |||
Rinaldi Racing[25] | 55 | Lorcan Hanafin[25] | All | |
Matthias Lüthen[25] | All | |||
Jonas Ried[25] | All | |||
RLR MSport[26] | Ligier JS P320 | 15 | Amir Feyzulin[26][N 1] | All |
Bijoy Garg[26] | All | |||
Andres Latorre Canon[26] | All | |||
Cool Racing[27] | Ligier JS P320 | 17 | Adrien Chila[12] | All |
Cédric Oltramare[27] | All | |||
Marcos Siebert[12] | All | |||
360 Racing[9] | Ligier JS P320 | 18 | Sebastián Álvarez[15] | All |
Frédéric Jousset[15] | All | |||
Ross Kaiser[15] | All | |||
MV2S Racing[9] | Ligier JS P320 | 29 | Jérôme de Sadeleer[28] | All |
Vyacheslav Gutak[28][N 1] | All | |||
Fabien Lavergne[28] | All | |||
Inter Europol Competition[13] | Ligier JS P320 | 53 | Kai Askey[14] | All |
Wyatt Brichacek[14] | All | |||
Miguel Cristóvão[14] | All | |||
63 | Adam Ali[14] | All | ||
James Dayson[14] | All | |||
John Schauerman[29] | All | |||
73 | Alexander Bukhantsov[14][N 1] | All | ||
John Corbett[14] | All | |||
James Winslow[14] | All |
GT
editNotes:
- Richard Heistand was scheduled to compete for Walkenhorst Motorsport, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. He was replaced by Thomas Merrill.[39][40]
Results
editBold 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 | Dubai | #25 Algarve Pro Racing | #29 MV2S Racing | #34 Walkenhorst Motorsport | Report |
James Allen John Falb Kyffin Simpson |
Jérôme de Sadeleer Vyacheslav Gutak Fabien Lavergne |
Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Thomas Merrill | |||
2 | #43 Inter Europol Competition | #5 DKR Engineering | #34 Walkenhorst Motorsport | ||
Christian Bogle Charles Crews Nolan Siegel |
Valentino Catalano Tom van Rompuy |
Nicky Catsburg Chandler Hull Thomas Merrill | |||
3 | Abu Dhabi | #37 Cool Racing | #4 Nielsen Racing | #7 Haupt Racing Team | Report |
Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen |
Tony Wells Matthew Bell |
Al Faisal Al Zubair Luca Stolz Martin Konrad | |||
4 | #3 DKR Engineering | #8 Graff Racing | #7 Haupt Racing Team | ||
Salih Yoluç Charlie Eastwood Ayhancan Güven |
Fabrice Rossello Xavier Lloveras François Heriau |
Al Faisal Al Zubair Luca Stolz Martin Konrad |
Teams Championships
editPoints are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
LMP2 Teams Championship
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Bold – Pole |
LMP3 Teams Championship
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Bold – Pole |
GT Teams Championship
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Bold – Pole |
Driver's championships
editPoints are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
LMP2 Drivers Championship
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Bold – Pole |
LMP3 Drivers Championship
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Bold – Pole |
GT Drivers Championship
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Bold – Pole |
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e Gutak, Lomko and Mazepin are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov and Feyzulin, also Russians, compete under a Kittitian licence for the same reason.
- ^ Both cars entered as Haupt Racing Team. However, Car No. 6 will run under a German licence and car No. 7 will run under an Omani licence.
- ^ Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a British license as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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