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The 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series will be the thirteenth 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 six-event season will begin at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 6 December 2024 and will conclude at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on 16 February 2025.[1]

Calendar

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The calendar for the 2024–25 season was announced on the official website 22 April 2024. The first two races will be held at the Sepang International Circuit in December 2024, before moving to United Arab Emirates at the Dubai Autodrome in Dubai and Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi in February 2025.[1]

The season will comprise six four-hour length races, run on the three circuits.

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Sepang Malaysia Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia 7 December 2024
2 8 December 2024
3 4 Hours of Dubai United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome Dubailand, Dubai, UAE 8 February 2025
4 9 February 2025
5 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE 15 February 2025
6 16 February 2025
Map of circuit locations

Entry list

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LMP2

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All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Luxembourg DKR Engineering[2] Oreca 07 3 Germany Laurents Hörr[3] 1–2
Greece Georgios Kolovos[3] 1–2
Netherlands Job van Uitert[3] 1–2
Germany Proton Competition[2] Oreca 07 11 Switzerland Mathias Beche[4] 1–2
Germany Jonas Ried[4] 1–2
France Paul Lanchere[4] TBC
22 France Tom Dillmann[4] 1–2
Vladislav Lomko[4][N 1] 1–2
Italy Giorgio Roda[4] 1–2
Portugal Algarve Pro Racing[2] Oreca 07 20 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell[5] 1–2
Greece Kriton Lendoudis[5] 1–2
United Kingdom Alex Quinn[5] 1–2
25 Denmark Malthe Jakobsen[6] 1–2
Denmark Michael Jensen[6] 1–2
Italy Valerio Rinicella[6] 1–2
United Kingdom Nielsen Racing[2] Oreca 07 24 Netherlands Nicky Catsburg[7] 1–2
United Kingdom Matt Bell[7] 1–2
United States Naveen Rao[7] 1–2
France RD Limited[8][9] Oreca 07 30 Australia James Allen[10] 1–2
United States Fred Poordad[8] 1–2
France Tristan Vautier[8] 1–2
Italy AF Corse[2] Oreca 07 50 United States Patrick Byrne[4] 1–2
United States Jeremy Clarke[4] 1–2
France Olivier Pla[4] 1–2
83 France François Perrodo[4] 1–2
Italy Alessio Rovera[4] 1–2
France Matthieu Vaxivière[4] 1–2
Lithuania Pure Rxcing[11] Oreca 07 91 Switzerland Louis Delétraz[4] 1–2
United Kingdom Harry King[4] 1–2
Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin[4][N 2] 1–2

LMP3

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All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.

Entrant/Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Switzerland Graff Racing[14][4] Ligier JS P320 7 Saint Kitts and Nevis Alexander Bukhantsov[15][N 1] 1–2
Singapore Danial Frost[15] 1–2
United Kingdom James Winslow[15] 1–2
United Kingdom RLR MSport[2] Ligier JS P320 15 United Kingdom Nick Adcock[4] 1–2
Mexico Ian Aguilera[4] 1–2
Canada James Dayson[4] 1–2
Czech Republic Bretton Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 26 Denmark Theodor Jensen[4] 1–2
Czech Republic Dan Skočdopole[4] 1–2
TBA TBC
Poland Inter Europol Competition[12][13] Ligier JS P320 34 Canada Daniel Ali[16] 1–2
United Kingdom Tim Creswick[16] 1–2
Belgium Douwe Dedecker[16] 1–2
43 United Kingdom Steve Brooks[16] 1–2
Denmark Mikkel Kristensen[16] 1–2
Switzerland Kévin Rabin[16] 1–2
France Ultimate[2][17] Ligier JS P320 35 France Stéphane Lémeret[17] 1–2
United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli[4] 1–2
Hungary Bence Válint[4] 1–2
Denmark High Class Racing[2] Ligier JS P320 49 Denmark Anders Fjordbach[4] 1–2
United States Seth Lucas[4] 1–2
United States Mark Patterson[4] 1–2
  • Filipino team Eurasia Motorsport was set to return to LMP3 competition after a six-year absence, but did not make the final entry list.[18][2]

GT

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Entrant/Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
China Climax Racing[19] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 2 Estonia Ralf Aron[20] 1–2
Finland Elias Seppänen[20] 1–2
China Zhou Bihuang[20] 1–2
14 Austria Lucas Auer[20] 1–2
China Ling Kang[20] 1–2
China Lü Wei[20] 1–2
United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing[21] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 8 United States Todd Coleman[22] TBC
United States Aaron Telitz[22] TBC
TBA TBC
88 Italy Giacomo Altoè[22] TBC
Italy Nicola Marinangeli[22] TBC
Italy Marco Pulcini[22] TBC
Germany GetSpeed Performance[23] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 9 United States Anthony Bartone[23] 1–2
Luxembourg Steve Jans[23] 1–2
Germany Fabian Schiller[23] 1–2
Germany Manthey[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 10 Hong Kong Antares Au[24] 1–2
Austria Klaus Bachler[24] 1–2
Germany Joel Sturm[24] 1–2
Germany Manthey EMA[2] 92 United States Ryan Hardwick[24] 1–2
Austria Richard Lietz[24] 1–2
Italy Riccardo Pera[4] 1–2
Germany Car Collection Motorsport[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 12 United Kingdom James Kell[25] 1–2
Canada Bashar Mardini[25] 1–2
Germany Nico Menzel[25] 1–2
21 Switzerland Alex Fontana[25] 1–2
United States 'Hash'[25] 1–2
Switzerland Yannick Mettler[25] 1–2
United States Winward Racing[26][4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 16 Germany Maro Engel[4] 1–2
Viktor Shaytar[4][N 1] 1–2
Sergey Stolyarov[4][N 1] 1–2
81 Andorra Jules Gounon[4] 1–2
Italy Gabriele Piana[4] 1–2
Rinat Salikhov[4][N 1] 1–2
United Kingdom Blackthorn[2] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 19 United Kingdom Jason Ambrose[4] 1–2
Switzerland Claude Bovet[4] 1–2
United Kingdom David McDonald[4] 1–2
Hong Kong Absolute Racing[27] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 23 Thailand Carl Bennett[27] 1–2
United States Gregory Bennett[27] 1–2
New Zealand Chris van der Drift[27] 1–2
United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport[2] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert[28] 1–2
Germany Benjamin Goethe[28] 1–2
Spain Fran Rueda[28] 1–2
77 United Kingdom Tom Gamble[29] 1–2
United Kingdom Tom Ikin[29] 1–2
United Kingdom Morgan Tillbrook[29] 1–2
Italy AF Corse[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 28 United States Manny Franco[4] 1–2
Italy Davide Rigon[4] 1–2
Italy Massimiliano Wiser[4] 1–2
51 Italy Riccardo Agostini[4] 1–2
Monaco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli[4] 1–2
Brazil Custodio Toledo[4] 1–2
82 Denmark Conrad Laursen[30] 1–2
France Charles-Henri Samani[30] 1–2
Argentina Nicolás Varrone[30] 1–2
New Zealand Prime Speed Sport[31] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 42 Australia Nick Foster[4] 1–2
New Zealand Jono Lester[4] 1–2
New Zealand René Heremana Malmezac[4] 1–2
Japan Car Guy Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 57 France Esteban Masson[32] 1–2
Brazil Daniel Serra[32] 1–2
Japan Yudai Uchida[32] 1–2
Japan Takeshi Kimura[32] TBC
Switzerland Kessel Racing[2] 74 United States Dustin Blattner[32] 1–2
Germany Dennis Marschall[32] 1–2
United Kingdom Ben Tuck[32] 1–2
Germany Proton Competition[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 60 Italy Matteo Cressoni[4] 1–2
Belgium Alessio Picariello[4] 1–2
Italy Claudio Schiavoni[4] 1–2
Italy Iron Dames[33] 85 Belgium Sarah Bovy[4] 1–2
Denmark Michelle Gatting[33] 1–2
France Célia Martin[4] 1–2
San Marino Tsunami RT[19][4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 79 Italy Fabio Babini[20] 1–2
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt[20] 1–2
Italy Johannes Zelger[20] 1–2
China Origine Motorsport[34][35] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 87 China Yuan Bo[34] 1–2
Germany Laurin Heinrich[34] 1–2
China Leo Ye Hongli[34] 1–2
New Zealand Earl Bamber Motorsport[2] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 89 New Zealand Brendon Leitch[4] 1–2
Denmark Marco Sørensen[4] 1–2
Indonesia Anderson Tanoto[4] 1–2
Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport[2] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 96 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat[4] 1–2
United States Anthony McIntosh[4] 1–2
Canada Parker Thompson[4] 1–2

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Lomko, Shaytar, Stolyarov and Salikhov are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov, also a Russian, competes under a Kittitian licence for the same reason.
  2. ^ Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a Kittitian licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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