2013 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2013 Asian Le Mans Series was the second season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Asian Le Mans Series endurance auto racing championship. The series was initially launched in 2009 at the 1000 km of Okayama, but did not resume the following year. The project was reinitialized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) in 2012, with the Chinese S2M Group serving as the series promoter and TS Motorsport serving as organizer. It is the fourth 24 Hours of Le Mans-based series created by the ACO, following the American Le Mans Series, European Le Mans Series, and FIA World Endurance Championship. The four event season began in Inje, South Korea on 4 August and ended in Selangor, Malaysia on 8 December 2013.

2013 Asian Le Mans Series
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2013 Asian Le Mans launch event at Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club on 5 March 2013.

Regulations

The Asian Le Mans Series follows much of the format utilized by the American and European Le Mans Series. Four categories of cars are eligible for the series: Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC), GT Challenge (GTC), and GT Challenge Amateur (GTC Am). The GTC category is open to FIA GT3 category cars, cars from one-make series, and unique to the Asian series, JAF-GT, a road-derived variant car taking part in the GT300 category of the Japanese Super GT series. All four categories require at least one amateur driver and one professional driver in each car, although teams are allowed a maximum of three drivers per car. In order to boost Asian participation in the series, all cars must also have at least one driver of Asian nationality.[1] An LMGTE category, identical to that used at Le Mans, was considered but later dropped for the 2013 season. For the 3 Hours of Fuji, an SGT class is added into the race, which is an optional point-scoring round of the GT300 class of the 2013 Super GT season. Entrants must keep their original driver lineup in order to be eligible for the race.[2]

The team champions in the LMP2 will each automatic invitations in their category to the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, while the top two GTC class teams will earn invitations in the LMGTE Amateur category at Le Mans.[1]

Calendar

An initial six race 2013 calendar was revealed during the 2012 6 Hours of Shanghai, although several circuits had previously announced contracts with the series. The first half of the season was exclusively in China, with the Zhuhai International Circuit, Shanghai International Circuit, and Ordos International Circuit playing host. Following an agreement between the teams and organisers to delay and compress the 2013 season, the Shanghai and Ordos rounds were cancelled,[3] and the season now begins in South Korea at the new Inje Speedium which was completed early in 2013.[4] Fuji Speedway in Japan hosts the second round a month before the 6 Hours of Fuji World Endurance Championship event. Zhuhai, the sole remaining Chinese round, is moved back to October for the third race of the year. The Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia will serve as the finale for the season, replacing the initially scheduled Sentul International Circuit of Indonesia.[5]

All events on the calendar will have practice sessions held on Friday, qualifying on Saturday, and the three-hour race on Sunday.[5] Unlike the American and European Le Mans Series, the Asian Le Mans Series will not share any race weekends with the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 3 Hours of Inje Inje Speedium, Inje, South Korea 4 August
2 3 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 22 September
3 3 Hours of Zhuhai Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 13 October
4 3 Hours of Sepang Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 8 December

Teams and Drivers

LMP2

All entries use Michelin tyres.

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
KCMG[6] Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 18 James Winslow 1–2, 4
Akash Nandy 1
Gary Thompson 1
Richard Bradley 2
Hiroshi Koizumi 2
Tsugio Matsuda 4
Oreca 03 Jordan Oon 3
Gary Thompson 3
James Winslow 3
OAK Racing[6] Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 24 David Cheng All
Jeffrey Lee 1–2
Ho-Pin Tung 1, 3–4
Congfu Cheng 2
Shaun Thong 3
Craft Racing Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 27 Richard Bradley 4
Pu Jun Jin 4
Dan Polley 4

LMGTE

All entries use Michelin tyres.

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
AAI-Rstrada Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 35 Han-Chen Chen 4
Ryohei Sakaguchi 4
Marco Seefried 4
Team Taisan Ken Endless[6] Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 70 Naoki Yokomizo 1, 3–4
Kamui Kobayashi 1
Akira Iida 2–4
Shogo Mitsuyama 2–4
Shinji Nakano 2

GTC

All entries use Michelin tyres.

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Craft Racing[6] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 007 Frank Yu 1–2
Stefan Mücke 1, 4
Keita Sawa[7] 1, 4
Richard Lyons 2
Ford GT GT3 Ford 5.0 L V8 Darryl O'Young 3
Keita Sawa 3
Frank Yu 3
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 009 Tomonobu Fujii 4
Darryl O'Young 4
Frank Yu 4
Pacific Direction Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 9 Akira Mizutani 2
Yuya Sakamoto 2
You Yokomaku 2
Team Taisan Ken Endless[6] Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 26 Kyosuke Mineo 1
Yukinori Taniguchi 1
Akihiro Asai 2
Naoya Gamou 2
Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 33 Weng Sun Mok 4
Toni Vilander 4
BBT Racing[8] Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini 5.2L V10 37 Anthony Liu All
Davide Rizzo All
Max Wiser 1–3
Fabio Babini 4
AF Corse[6] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 77 Andrea Bertolini All
Michele Rugolo All
Steve Wyatt All
AAI-Rstrada[8] McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8L V8 91 Jun-San Chen 1–3
Akira Iida 1
Tatsuya Tanigawa 2–3
Marco Seefried 2
Takeshi Tsuchiya 3
92 Han-Chen Chen 1–3
Akihiro Asai 1
Somchai Saksirivatekul 1
Yasushi Kikuchi 2–3
Marco Seefried 3
BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 91 Jun-San Chen 4
Tatsuya Tanigawa 4
Takeshi Tsuchiya 4

GTC Am

All entries use Michelin tyres.

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Gama Racing Lamborghini Gallardo Lamborghini 5.2L V10 36 Michael Huang 4
Han Lin 4
Hanss Lin 4
Team Primemantle Aylezo Lamborghini Gallardo Lamborghini 5.2L V10 69 Zen Low 4
Dilantha Malagamuwa 4
Giorgio Sanna 4
Mike Racing Lamborghini Gallardo Lamborghini 5.2L V10 96 Michael Chua Khian Keng 4
Rick Cheang Wan Chin 4
Joseph Chua Thian Song 4

SGT
Team Make Car No. Drivers Tyre Rounds
Team Taisan Ken Endless Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R 0 Kyosuke Mineo Y 2
Naoki Yokomizo 2
Cars Tokai Dream28 McLaren McLaren MP4-12C GT3 2 Hiroki Katoh Y 2
Kazuho Takahashi 2
Team Mach Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 5 Tetsuji Tamanaka Y 2
Naoya Yamano 2
Gainer Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 11 Katsuyuki Hiranaka D 2
Björn Wirdheim 2
Team Mugen Honda Honda CR-Z 16 Hideki Mutoh B 2
Yuhki Nakayama 2
apr Nissan Nissan GT-R GT3 30 Yuki Iwasaki Y 2
Kenji Kobayashi 2
Igor Sushko 2
OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 52 Hironori Takeuchi Y 2
Takeshi Tsuchiya 2
Motoyoshi Yoshida 2
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda Honda CR-Z 55 Takashi Kobayashi B 2
Tomoki Nojiri 2
Shinichi Takagi 2
R&D Sport Subaru Subaru BRZ 61 Kota Sasaki M 2
Tetsuya Yamano 2
Leon Racing Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 62 Haruki Kurosawa Y 2
Tsubasa Kurosawa 2

Season results
Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMGTE Winning Team GTC Winning Team GTC Am Winning Team SGT Winning Team Results
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMGTE Winning Drivers GTC Winning Drivers GTC Am Winning Drivers SGT Winning Drivers
1 Inje No. 18 KCMG No. 70 Team Taisan Ken Endless No. 77 AF Corse No entries Did not participate Report
Akash Nandy
Gary Thompson
James Winslow		 Kamui Kobayashi
Naoki Yokomizo		 Andrea Bertolini
Michele Rugolo
Steve Wyatt
2 Fuji No. 18 KCMG No. 70 Team Taisan Ken Endless No. 007 Craft Racing No. 16 Team Mugen Report
Richard Bradley
Hiroshi Koizumi
James Winslow		 Akira Iida
Shogo Mitsuyama
Shinji Nakano		 Richard Lyons
Frank Yu		 Hideki Mutoh
Yuhki Nakayama
3 Zhuhai No. 24 OAK Racing No. 70 Team Taisan Ken Endless No. 77 AF Corse Did not participate Report
David Cheng
Shaun Thong
Ho-Pin Tung		 Akira Iida
Shogo Mitsuyama
Naoki Yokomizo		 Andrea Bertolini
Michele Rugolo
Steve Wyatt
4 Sepang No. 24 OAK Racing No. 70 Team Taisan Ken Endless No. 33 Clearwater Racing No. 69 Team
Primemantle Aylezo		 Report
David Cheng
Ho-Pin Tung		 Akira Iida
Shogo Mitsuyama
Naoki Yokomizo		 Weng Sun Mok
Toni Vilander		 Zen Low
Dilantha Malagamuwa
Giorgio Sanna

Championship Standings
Scoring system
Points System
Position Pole Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1


Teams Championships

The winners of the LMP2 championship and the top two finishers in the GTC championship earn automatic entry to the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans.

LMP2 Standings
Pos Team Chassis Engine INJ FUJ ZHU SEP Total
1 OAK Racing Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 19 19 26 25 89
2 KCMG Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 25 25 19 87
Oreca 03 18
3 Craft Racing Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 15 15

GTE Standings
Pos Team Chassis Engine INJ FUJ ZHU SEP Total
1 Team Taisan Ken Endless Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 26 26 26 26 104
2 Team AAI Rstrada Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 18

GTC Standings
Pos Team Chassis Engine INJ FUJ ZHU SEP Total
1 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 25 18 26 18 87
2 #007 Craft Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 1 26 15 57
Ford GT GT3 Ford 5.0 L V8 15
3 #91 Team AAI Rstrada McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8L V8 12 10 18 48
BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 8
4 BBT Racing Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini 5.2L V10 15 0 12 12 39
5 Team Taisan Ken Endless Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 18 12 30
6 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 26 26
7 Pacific Direction Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 15
8 #92 Team AAI Rstrada McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8L V8 0 0 10 10
9 #009 Craft Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 10 10

Drivers Championships

LMP2 Standings
Pos Driver Team INJ FUJ ZHU SEP Total
1 David Cheng OAK Racing 19 19 26 25 89
2 James Winslow KCMG 25 25 18 19 87
3 Ho-Pin Tung OAK Racing 19 26 25 70
4 Gary Thompson KCMG 25 18 43
5 Richard Bradley KCMG 25 40
Craft Racing 15
6 Jeffrey Lee OAK Racing 19 19 38
7 Shaun Thong OAK Racing 26 26
8 Akash Nandy KCMG 25 25
Hiroshi Koizumi KCMG 25 25
9 Cong Fu Cheng OAK Racing 19 19
Tsugio Matsuda KCMG 19 19
10 Jordan Oon KCMG 18 18
11 Jun Jin Pu Craft Racing 15 15
Dan Polley Craft Racing 15 15

GTE Standings
Pos Driver Team INJ FUJ ZHU SEP Total
1 Naoki Yokomizo Team Taisan Ken Endless 26 26 26 78
Akira Iida Team Taisan Ken Endless 26 26 26 78
Shogo Mitsuyama Team Taisan Ken Endless 26 26 26 78
2 Kamui Kobayashi Team Taisan Ken Endless 26 26
Shinji Nakano Team Taisan Ken Endless 26 26
3 Morris Chen Team AAI Rstrada 18 18
Ryohei Sakaguchi Team AAI Rstrada 18 18
Marco Seefried Team AAI Rstrada 18 18

GTC Standings
Pos Driver Team INJ FUJ ZHU SEP Total
1 Andrea Bertolini AF Corse 25 18 26 18 87
Michele Rugolo AF Corse 25 18 26 18 87
Steve Wyatt AF Corse 25 18 26 18 87
2 Frank Yu Craft Racing 1 26 15 10 52
3 Jun San Chen Team AAI Rstrada 12 10 18 8 48
4 Anthony Liu BBT Racing 15 0 12 12 39
Davide Rizzo BBT Racing 15 0 12 12 39
5 Tatsuya Tanigawa Team AAI Rstrada 10 18 8 36
6 Keita Sawa Craft Racing 1 15 15 31
7 Massimilliano Wiser BBT Racing 15 0 12 27
8 Richard Lyons Craft Racing 26 26
Takeshi Tsuchiya Team AAI Rstrada 18 8 26
Weng Sun Mok Clearwater Racing 26 26
Toni Vilander Clearwater Racing 26 26
9 Darryl O'Young Craft Racing 15 10 25
10 Marco Seefried Team AAI Rstrada 10 10 20
11 Kyosuke Mineo Team Taisan Ken Endless 18 18
Yukinori Taniguchi Team Taisan Ken Endless 18 18
12 Stefan Mücke Craft Racing 1 15 16
13 Akira Mizutani Pacific Direction Racing 15 15
Yuya Sakamoto Pacific Direction Racing 15 15
You Yokomaku Pacific Direction Racing 15 15
14 Akihiro Asai Team AAI Rstrada 0 12
Team Taisan Ken Endless 12
Naoya Gamou Team Taisan Ken Endless 12 12
Akira Iida Team AAI Rstrada 12 12
Fabio Babini BBT Racing 12 12
15 Morris Chen Team AAI Rstrada 0 0 10 10
Yasushi Kikuchi Team AAI Rstrada 0 10 10
Tomonobu Fujii Craft Racing 10 10
Somchai Saksirivatekul Team AAI Rstrada 0 0
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