TF Sport and John Hartshorne will once again be on double duty in ACO racing in 2022. They paired for both the Asian Le Mans Series, before heading into the European Le Mans Series in 2021, and they will replicate that programme in 2022. There will be a change amongst the driving talent next to Hartshorne. Jonny Adam and Henrique Chaves will be sharing the Aston Martin Vantage #95. They will be using a GT3 spec car in the Asian LMS, while the GTE spec will be used for ELMS.…
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Asian LMS with free entry and schedule adjustment
Asian Le Mans Series has made a small adjustment to the 2022 schedule. The original schedule had the opening rounds at Dubai Autodrome to be run on Friday and Saturday, but the government in the UAE has decided that Saturday and Sunday will be weekends from now on, so that moves the races to 12 and 13 February. There is a great offer for the fans, which will be allowed in, with free entry. You do however have to register via this link, plus you have to show up with proof…
Read MoreNielsen ready with their five Asian LMS drivers
Nielsen Racing has announced their five drivers, that they are bringing to the Asian Le Mans Series 2022. The team is traditionally seen as an LMP3 team, where they have claimed plenty of wins in both the Asian LMS and the European Le Mans Series. Two of the most successful drivers for the team are Colin Noble and Tony Wells. They will continue racing together in a Ligier JS P320 #8, and will try to claim another title, after winning the Asian Le Mans Series 2019/20, and the Michelin Le…
Read MoreFerrari and ORECA in a new collaboration
Ferrari has signed a new deal with ORECA, regarding the manufacturing of their upcoming GT3 car. The Italian car manufacturer has utilized the 488 model for quite a few years now, with Michelotto as the workshop assembling the cars. That will move to the French ORECA factory, based very close to Circuit Paul Ricard. The car will be designed in Maranello, but assembled in France, where they will handle spare parts and after-sales customer service. There is no news regarding all the single-make racing, that Ferrari runs with various Challenge…
Read MoreNew ambitious project in ACO racing
There is a new ambitious project in ACO racing coming up. Bullitt Racing, located in the Spanish city of Marbella, has a 5-year plan, where they will enter the Asian Le Mans Series, and Michelin Le Mans Cup and more throughout the upcoming years. The team has become an official part team with Aston Martin racing, and will be running the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 model in all the championships. The team with the big plans has raced in various GT4 series throughout the past years, so it’s a big…
Read MoreUAE schedule for Asian LMS
Asian Le Mans Series 2022 will be another intense season. Just like the 2020/21 season, it’s all going to happen within one and a half weeks in February. All races will be four hours, and will be a mix of afternoon and evening races. The teams will have the chance of testing prior to the season start on 11 February at Dubai Autodrome. Another race will run one day later, on the very same track, before all the teams go to Abu Dhabi. Saturday 19 February will be the first…
Read MoreIMSA, ACO and FIA with future agreement
Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), and International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) have agreed on the new LMH, LMDh and LMP2 rules for the future years in sportscar racing. The three parties have been working towards this collaboration for a long time, with the announcement happening at Daytona 2020, where the new LMDh regulations were announced too. It was already announced back then, that the LMDh models would be welcome in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, while the…
Read MoreAsian Le Mans Series gets new boss
Asian Le Mans Series will have a new boss. Cyrille Taesch Wahlen has been responsible for the series since 2015, and has lifted it from a series with less than 10 entrants divided into four categories to an absolute peak in 2021, with 36 entries in three categories. Taesch Wahlen has been involved in ACO for even more seasons, but he has chosen to leave the organization for now. His replacement will be Frederic Lequien, who is the CEO of the European Le Mans Series and FIA World Endurance Championship…
Read MoreHubAuto Racing moves to GTE Pro
HubAuto Racing has chosen to move into the GTE Pro category for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Taiwanese team is traditionally an Am team in the Asian Le Mans Series, and had their debut at Circuit de la Sarthe in 2020 in the GTE Am category. There are currently 7 cars entered in GTE Pro, while there are (were) 24 in GTE Am. So the chances of a GTE Pro podium are statistically better. After the switch for HubAuto Racing, the balance is 8/23. The team hasn’t…
Read MoreReserve list for LM24 2021 revealed
Automobile Club de l’Ouest has revealed the reserve list for the 2021 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. There are a total of four teams on that list. The first one is AF Corse with an extra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo for the GTE Am category. The car is already fully crewed by Christophe Ulrich, Simon Mann and Sergei Sirotkin, with car number 62. The second reserve is an extra Algarve Pro Racing car for the LMP2 category. Mark Patterson and Naveen Rao are the named drivers for…
Read MoreLMP2 slowed even further
The LMP2 category in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, and Asian Le Mans Series will have their on-track performance slowed even further than initially planned. Automobile Club de l’Ouest has announced, that they have to slow the LMP2 category a bit more since the performance gap to the new Hyperar category otherwise would be too small. It’s been planned for a long time, that LMP2 would have a slight power reduction, but that now turned into 400kW power output compared to the 450kW last year. That…
Read MoreLe Mans 2021 entry list revealed
Automobile Club de l’Ouest has revealed the entry list for the 89th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which will run on 21-22 August 2021. The list is once again 62 cars, with exactly half the field being LMP cars, and the other half being GTE cars. The Hypercar category has no surprises. There are the five cars, which have entered the FIA World Endurance Championship, with two cars from Toyota Gazoo Racing, two from Glickenhaus Racing, and a single from Alpine Elf Matmut. The LMP2 category is…
Read MoreLe Mans moves to August, schedule change in ELMS and LMC
Automobile Club de l’Ouest has chosen to push the 2021 edition of the 24 hours car race back to August. That is due to the COVID-19 situation, which still creates issues around the world. The race has been moved to 21-22 August, since the ACO hopes to be able to let in spectators by then. There is however no news regarding the number of fans – if it’s the full capacity of 250.000+ or if it will be a reduced edition, like 2020 was thought to be with certain zones…
Read MoreTrophies handed out in Abu Dhabi
The season finale in the Asian Le Mans Series 2021 was run at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, with 35 cars entered. G-Drive Racing #26 with Ferdinand Habsburg, Yifei Ye, and Rene Binder started the race from Pole Position, ahead of the G-Drive Racing #25 with Franco Colapinto, John Falb and Rui Pinto de Andrade. Phoenix Racing #5 with Kelvin van der Linde, Matthias Kaiser and Simon Trummer was starting from third position. Yesterdays winners JOTA #28 with Tom Blomqvist and Sean Gelael was starting P6. RLR MSport #15…
Read MoreFour hours of surprises in Abu Dhabi
The third round of Asian Le Mans Series 2021 was run at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. G-Drive Racing #25 with Franco Colapinto, John Falb and Rui Pinto de Andrade started the race from Pole Position, ahead of Phoenix Racing #5 with Kelvin van der Linde, Matthias Kaiser and Simon Trummer, while G-Drive Racing #26 with Ferdinand Habsburg, Yifei Ye, and Rene Binder had grabbed P3. Eurointernational #11 had pulled out of the race meeting due to technical issues. United Autosports #23 with Wayne Boyd, Manuel Maldonado and…
Read MoreTwo qualifyings in Abu Dhabi
Asian Le Mans Series went to Abu Dhabi, where the second half of the 2021 season would be run. There will be two qualifyings, which was a little different from last week’s quali, where the fastest and second-fastest time were used to decide the starting grid. The two qualifyings will be run right after each other, so the GT cars were on the track for fifteen minutes, followed by a five-minute break before they drove for another fifteen minutes. Inception Racing McLaren #7 was quick to set a fast laptime,…
Read MoreAnother good Dubai race
The Asian Le Mans Series delivered another good race, when the teams were running for the second four hour race the weekend at the Dubai Autodrome. G-Drive Racing had secured first row for today’s race too, with #25 raced by Franco Colapinto, Rui Pinto de Andrade and John Falb on Pole, ahead of #26 with Yifei Ye, Ferdinand Habsburg and Rene Binder. JOTA #28 with Sean Gelael and Stoffel Vandoorne was starting third, next to Phoenix Racing #5 with Nicki Thiim, Simon Trummer and Matthias Kaiser on P4. The starting…
Read More4 hours of racing decided at the end – updated
The opening round of the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series was run today at the Dubai Autodrome. G-Drive Racing #25 with Franco Colapinto, Rui Pinto de Andrade and John Falb started the Saturday race from Pole Position amongst the LMP2 cars, ahead of their teammates in #26 with Yifei Ye, Ferdinand Habsburg and Rene Binder, while Nicki Thiim had qualified Phoenix Racing #5, which he shares with Simon Trummer and Matthias Kaiser, in the third spot. United Autosports #23 with Wayne Boyd, Manuel Maldonado and Rory Penttinen was on Pole…
Read MoreDouble qualifying in Dubai
The Asian Le Mans Series 2021 season finally got going, with the Qualifying ahead of the two races this weekend at the Dubai Autodrome. The Qualifying was different than normal, since this Friday’s session should decide the grid for both the Saturday and the Sunday race. The fastest lap was for Saturday, and the second fastest lap for Sunday. There was a bit of fog in the air, but definately not as much as yesterday, where most of the driving was cancelled, so the drivers only were able to have…
Read MoreUA ready with final drivers
United Autosports have got their final two drivers ready for the Asian Le Mans Series. This will be two very well known faces in LMP3 cars. Finnish driver Rory Penttinen has experience from the Michelin Le Mans Cup, where he raced a Ligier JS P320 for the Graff team. That car is exactly the same as the one at United Autosports. He was on the podium three times during the season, and started from Pole Position for one of the races. He is the Bronze rated driver in car #23.…
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