2022 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2022 Asian Le Mans Series was the tenth 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 2022 and ended at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on 20 February 2022.[1]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2022 season was announced on the official website 23 July 2021.[1]

This Asian Le Mans Series season was 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 2022.[2]

This season continued to comprise four four-hour length races. The races were run on the two circuits and combined night, day and twilight racing.

Rnd Race Circuit Location Date
1 4 Hours of Dubai Dubai Autodrome Dubailand, Dubai, UAE 12 February 2022
2 13 February 2022
3 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE 19 February 2022
4 20 February 2022

Entry list

LMP2

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
Nielsen Racing[3] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 4 Matt Bell[4] All
Ben Hanley[4] All
Rodrigo Sales[4] All
United Autosports[5][lower-alpha 1]. Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 23 Josh Pierson[5] 3–4
Paul di Resta[5] 3–4
Graff[8] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Am 39 David Droux[9] All
Sébastien Page[9] All
Eric Trouillet[9] All
ARC Bratislava[10] Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Am 44 John Corbett[11] All
Miro Konôpka[10] All
Neale Muston[11] All
High Class Racing[12] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Am 49 Dennis Andersen[12] All
Anders Fjordbach[12] All
Kevin Weeda[12] All
Icon Class
P2 LMP2
Am LMP2 Am

LMP3

Entrant/Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
DKR Engineering[8] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 2 Sebastián Álvarez Acre[11] All
Mathieu de Barbuat[11] All
Laurents Hörr[11] All
CD Sport[13] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 3 Nick Adcock[13] All
Edouard Cauhaupé[13] All
Michael Jensen[13] All
27 Christophe Cresp[11] All
Antoine Doquin[11] All
Steven Palette[11] All
Nielsen Racing[3] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 8 Colin Noble[4] All
Anthony Wells[4] All
Inter Europol Competition[14] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 13 Guilherme Oliveira[15] All
Nico Pino[15] All
Alexander Bukhantsov[15] 1–2
James Dayson[15] 3–4
Konrad Motorsport[8] Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 21 Jordan Grogor[11] All
Shaun Thong[11] All
Gabriele Rindone[11] 1–2
Franz Konrad[11] 3–4
Wochenspiegel Team Monschau[16] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 22 Torsten Kratz[17] All
Hendrik Still[17] All
Leonard Weiss[17] All
G-Drive Racing by Graff[8][9] Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 26 Vyaceslav Gutak[11] All
Xavier Lloveras[11] All
Fabrice Rossello[11] All
Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport[8] Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 72 Nikita Alexandrov[11] All
Jesse Salmenautio[11] All
Tomi Veijalainen[11] All

GT

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds
Bilstein Haupt Racing Team[18] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 GT 6 Hubert Haupt[18] All
Arjun Maini[18] All
Rory Penttinen[18] All
Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport[8] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 7 Ben Barnicoat[11] All
Brendan Iribe[19] All
Ollie Millroy[19] All
GT 42 Nick Moss[19] All
Joe Osborne[19] All
Andrew Watson[20] All
Dinamic Motorsport[21] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GT 12 Ben Barker[21] All
Giorgio Roda[21] All
Philipp Sager[21] All
AF Corse/APM Monaco[22] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 17 Vincent Abril[22] All
Conrad Grunewald[22] All
Louis Prette[22] All
AF Corse[8] GT 51 Victor Gomez[11] All
Alessandro Pier Guidi[11] All
Francesco Piovanetti[11] All
SPS automotive performance[8] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Am 20 Mikaël Grenier[11] All
Ian Loggie[11] All
Valentin Pierburg[11] All
Herberth Motorsport[8] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GT 33 Antares Au[23] All
Klaus Bachler[23] All
Ye Yifei[23] All
GT 91 Ralf Bohn[11] All
Alfred Renauer[11] All
Robert Renauer[11] All
Am 99 Finn Gehrsitz All
Jürgen Häring[11] All
Marco Seefried[11] All
Walkenhorst Motorsport[8] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 GT 34 Nicky Catsburg[11] All
Chandler Hull[11] All
Jon Miller[11] All
Am 35 Jörg Breuer[11] All
Mario Van Bohlen[11] All
Henry Walkenhorst[11] All
S’Aalocin by Kox Racing[8][24] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GT 48 Peter Kox[24] All
Stéphane Kox[24] All
Nico Pronk[24] All
Rinaldi Racing[16] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 55 Rino Mastronardi[17] All
David Perel[17] All
Davide Rigon[17] All
Kessel Racing[8] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 Am 57 Axcil Jefferies[11] All
Roman Ziemian[11] All
Francesco Zollo[11] All
GT 74 Michael Broniszewski[11] 3–4
David Fumanelli[11] 3–4
Mikkel Jensen[11] 3–4
Garage 59[25] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 59 Nicolai Kjaergaard[26] All
Manuel Maldonado[26] All
James Vowles[26] All
GT 88 Frank Bird[26] All
Marvin Kirchhöfer[26] All
Alexander West[26] All
YC Panda Racing[8] Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 Am 66 Douglas Khoo[11] All
Edgar Lau 1–2
Bashar Mardini[11] 1–2
Jean-Francois Brunot 3–4
Oman Racing Team with TF Sport[8][27] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 69 Ahmad Al Harthy[28] All
Charlie Eastwood[28] All
Sam De Haan[28] All
TF Sport[8][27] GT 95 Jonathan Adam[29] All
Henrique Chaves[29] All
John Hartshorne[29] All
D'station Racing[8] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 77 Tomonobu Fujii[11] All
Tom Gamble[11] All
Satoshi Hoshino[11] All
Attempto Racing[30] Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 GT 96 Alex Aka[30] All
Finlay Hutchison[30] All
Florian Scholze[11] All
Icon Class
GT GT3
Am GT3 Am

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMP2 Am Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team GT Winning Team GT Am Winning Team Ref.
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMP2 Am Winning Drivers LMP3 Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers GT Am Winning Drivers
1 Dubai #4 Nielsen Racing #39 Graff #3 CD Sport #7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport #57 Kessel Racing [31]
Matt Bell
Ben Hanley
Rodrigo Sales
David Droux
Sébastien Page
Eric Trouillet
Nick Adcock
Edouard Cauhaupé
Michael Jensen
Ben Barnicoat
Brendan Iribe
Ollie Millroy
Axcil Jefferies
Roman Ziemian
Francesco Zollo
2 #4 Nielsen Racing #49 High Class Racing #8 Nielsen Racing #55 Rinaldi Racing #57 Kessel Racing [32]
Matt Bell
Ben Hanley
Rodrigo Sales
Dennis Andersen
Anders Fjordbach
Kevin Weeda
Colin Noble
Anthony Wells
Rino Mastronardi
David Perel
Davide Rigon
Axcil Jefferies
Roman Ziemian
Francesco Zollo
3 Abu Dhabi #23 United Autosports #39 Graff #2 DKR Engineering #91 Herberth Motorsport #57 Kessel Racing [33]
Josh Pierson
Paul Di Resta
David Droux
Sébastien Page
Eric Trouillet
Sebastián Álvarez Acre
Mathieu de Barbuat
Laurents Hörr
Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
Axcil Jefferies
Roman Ziemian
Francesco Zollo
4 #23 United Autosports #39 Graff #26 G-Drive Racing by Graff #91 Herberth Motorsport #57 Kessel Racing [34]
[35]
Josh Pierson
Paul Di Resta
David Droux
Sébastien Page
Eric Trouillet
Vyaceslav Gutak
Xavier Lloveras
Fabrice Rossello
Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
Axcil Jefferies
Roman Ziemian
Francesco Zollo

Teams Championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Other Pole
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1

LMP2 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car DUB
ABU
Points
1 #4 Nielsen Racing Oreca 07 1 1 2 2 104
2 #39 Graff Oreca 07 2 3 3 3 69
3 #49 High Class Racing Oreca 07 3 2 4 5 60
4 #44 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P217 4 4 5 4 51
Teams ineligible for points
#23 United Autosports Oreca 07 1 1
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole


LMP2 Am Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car DUB
ABU
Points
1 #39 Graff Oreca 07 1 2 1 1 93
2 #49 High Class Racing Oreca 07 2 1 2 3 76
3 #44 ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P217 3 3 3 2 63
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

LMP3 Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car DUB
ABU
Points
1 #27 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 2 2 3 2 69
2 #3 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 1 3 5 3 65
3 #22 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Duqueine M30 - D08 4 4 2 4 54
4 #8 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 7 1 4 6 51
5 #26 G-Drive Racing by Graff Ligier JS P320 3 6 Ret 1 48
6 #2 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 7 1 7 41
7 #13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P320 5 5 7 5 36
8 #72 Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport Duqueine M30 - D08 6 8 8 Ret 16
9 #21 Konrad Motorsport Ginetta G61-LT-P3 8 Ret 6 Ret 12
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole

GT Teams Championship

Pos. Team Car DUB
ABU
Points
1 #7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 1 2 2 6 70
2 #91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 5 6 1 1 68
3 #55 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 2 1 7 7 55
4 #17 AF Corse/APM Monaco Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 3 3 3 Ret 45
5 #42 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 4 4 4 9 38
6 #69 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 8 5 5 4 36
7 #88 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 7 8 14 3 27.5
8 #33 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 10 Ret 17 2 21.5
9 #6 Bilstein Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 9 9 9 5 16
10 #34 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 6 7 11 12 15
11 #95 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 11 11 6 11 12.5
12 #77 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 17 10 8 Ret 5.5
13 #12 Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 14 13 12 8 5.5
14 #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 DNS DNS 10 10 2
15 #20 SPS automotive performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 12 12 16 16 2
16 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 13 18 18 13 2
17 #59 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 19 14 13 19 2
18 #96 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 15 15 19 14 2
19 #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 16 16 15 15 2
20 #99 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 18 17 20 17 2
21 #35 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 20 19 22 20 2
22 #48 S’Aalocin by Kox Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Ret 20 21 18 1.5
23 #66 YC Panda Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 21 Ret 23 21 1.5
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate

Bold – Pole


GT Am Teams Championship



Driver's championships

Points are awarded according to the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Other Pole
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5 1


LMP2 Drivers Championship



LMP2 Am Drivers Championship



LMP3 Drivers Championship



GT Drivers Championship



GT Am Drivers Championship



Notes

  1. United Autosports were deemed ineligible for points after opting to perform an in-season private test at the Yas Marina Circuit prior to the 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi.[6] The championship standings therefore do not reflect their presence in the championship.[7]

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