2021 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2021 Asian Le Mans Series was the ninth 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 13 February 2021 and ended at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on 20 February 2021.^[1][2]

The calendar for the 2021 season was announced on 13 January 2021.^[1][2]

This Asian Le Mans Series season was 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 2021.^[3]

The season continued to comprise four four-hour length races. The races ran 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	13 February 2021
2				14 February 2021
3	4 Hours of Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina Circuit	Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE	19 February 2021
4				20 February 2021

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds Phoenix Racing[4] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 5 Matthias Kaiser[5] All Simon Trummer[5] All Nicki Thiim[5] 1–2 Kelvin van der Linde[6] 3–4 EuroInternational – Ojets[7] Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Am 11 John Corbett[8] 1–2 Neale Muston[8] 1–2 Era Motorsport[9] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Am 18 Andreas Laskaratos[8] All Dwight Merriman[9] All Kyle Tilley[9] All G-Drive Racing[10] Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 25 Rui Andrade[11] All Franco Colapinto[11] All John Falb[11] All P2 26 René Binder[12] All Ferdinand Habsburg[12] All Yifei Ye[12] All Jota[9][13] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 28 Sean Gelael[14] All Stoffel Vandoorne[14] 1–2 Tom Blomqvist[14] 3–4 Racing Team India[15] Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 64 Narain Karthikeyan[15] All Arjun Maini[15] All Naveen Rao[15] All

Icon Class P2 LMP2 Am LMP2 Am

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
United Autosports[16]	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	2	Robert Wheldon[17]	All
				Ian Loggie[17]	All
				Andy Meyrick[17]	All
			3	Andrew Bentley[18]	All
				Jim McGuire[16]	All
				Duncan Tappy[18]	All
			23	Wayne Boyd[19]	All
				Manuel Maldonado[20]	All
				Rory Penttinen[19]	All
Phoenix-IronForce Racing[13]	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	4	Jan-Erik Slooten[8]	All
				Leo Weiss[8]	All
Nielsen Racing[13]	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	8	Matthew Bell[21]	All
				Rodrigo Sales[21]	All
			9	Colin Noble[21]	All
				Anthony Wells[21]	All
RLR MSport[13]	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	15	Maxwell Hanratty[8]	All
				Malthe Jakobsen[8]	All
				Bashar Mardini[8]	All
CD Sport[18]	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	33	Nick Adcock[18]	All
				Adam Eteki[18]	All
				Michael Jensen[18]	All
ARC Bratislava[13]	Ginetta G61-LT-P3	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	44	Tom Cloet[8]	All
				Miroslav Konôpka[8]	All
				Charlie Robertson[8]	All
DKR Engineering[13]	Duqueine M30 – D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	63	Jean Glorieux[8]	All
				Laurents Hörr[8]	All

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds HubAuto Racing[22] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 GT 1 Marcos Gomes[22] All Raffaele Marciello[22] All Liam Talbot[22] All Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport[23] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 7 Ben Barnicoat[24] All Brendan Iribe[23] All Ollie Millroy[23] All Kessel Racing[25] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 Am 27 Tim Kohmann[26] All Giorgio Roda[8] All Francesco Zollo[8] All Car Guy Racing[25] GT 57 Mikkel Jensen[27] All Takeshi Kimura[27] All Côme Ledogar[27] All Walkenhorst Motorsport[13] BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 GT 34 Nicky Catsburg[28] All Chandler Hull[28] All Jon Miller[28] All Am 35 Jörg Breuer[28] All Sami-Matti Trogen[26] All Henry Walkenhorst[28] All GPX Racing[29] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GT 40 Julien Andlauer[8] All Alain Ferté[8] All Axcil Jefferies[8] All AF Corse[13] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 51 Alessandro Pier Guidi[27] All Oswaldo Negri Jr.[30] All Francesco Piovanetti[30] All GT 54 Francesco Castellacci[27] All Giancarlo Fisichella[27] All Thomas Flohr[8] All Rinaldi Racing[31] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 55 Rino Mastronardi[32] All David Perel[32] All Davide Rigon[32] All Am 66 Christian Hook[32] All Patrick Kujala[32] All Manuel Lauck[32] All Formula Racing[30] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 GT 60 Johnny Laursen[30] All Nicklas Nielsen[30] All Alessio Rovera[26] All D'station Racing[33] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 77 Tomonobu Fujii[33] All Tom Gamble[33] All Satoshi Hoshino[33] All Garage 59[34] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 88 Valentin Hasse-Clot[35] All Maxime Martin[35] All Alexander West[35] All GT 89 Mike Benham[35] All Marvin Kirchhöfer[35] All Yuki Nemoto[35] All Precote Herberth Motorsport[13] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GT 93 Antares Au[8] All Klaus Bachler[8] All Steffen Görig[8] All GT 99 Ralf Bohn[8] All Alfred Renauer[8] All Robert Renauer[8] All TF Sport[36] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 GT 95 Charlie Eastwood[36] All Ollie Hancock[36] All John Hartshorne[36] All Oman Racing Team with TF Sport[37] GT 97 Jonathan Adam[37] All Ahmad Al Harthy[37] All Tom Canning[37] All

Icon Class GT GT3 Am GT3 Am

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	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 18 Era Motorsport	No. 23 United Autosports	No. 99 Precote Herberth Motorsport	No. 66 Rinaldi Racing	Report
		René Binder Ferdinand von Habsburg Yifei Ye	Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen	Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Christan Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck
2		No. 26 G-Drive Racing	No. 18 Era Motorsport	No. 23 United Autosports	No. 40 GPX Racing	No. 66 Rinaldi Racing
		René Binder Ferdinand von Habsburg Yifei Ye	Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen	Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies	Christan Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck
3	Abu Dhabi	No. 28 Jota	No. 18 Era Motorsport	No. 9 Nielsen Racing	No. 40 GPX Racing	No. 66 Rinaldi Racing	Report
		Tom Blomqvist Sean Gelael	Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	Colin Noble Anthony Wells	Julien Andlauer Alain Ferté Axcil Jefferies	Christan Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck
4		No. 28 Jota	No. 18 Era Motorsport	No. 23 United Autosports	No. 57 Car Guy Racing	No. 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport
		Tom Blomqvist Sean Gelael	Andreas Laskaratos Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	Wayne Boyd Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen	Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar	Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst

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

Pos. Team Car DUB ABU Points 1 #26 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 1 1 2 4 81 2 #28 Jota Oreca 07 2 5 1 1 78 3 #25 G-Drive Racing Aurus 01 4 2 3 2 66 4 #5 Phoenix Racing Oreca 07 3 3 4 3 57 5 #64 Racing Team India Oreca 07 5 4 5 5 42

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Team Car DUB ABU Points 1 #18 Era Motorsport Oreca 07 1 1 1 1 104 2 #11 EuroInternational – Ojets Ligier JS P217 2 Ret DNS DNS 18

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Team Car DUB ABU Points 1 #23 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 1 1 Ret 1 77 2 #3 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 3 5 3 2 58 3 #9 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 2 Ret 1 6 51 4 #2 United Autosports Ligier JS P320 4 2 Ret 3 45 5 #8 Nielsen Racing Ligier JS P320 Ret 3 2 7 39 6 #63 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 - D08 Ret 4 5 5 32 7 #15 RLR MSport Ligier JS P320 6 7 4 Ret 27 8 #33 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 7 6 Ret 4 26 9 #44 ARC Bratislava Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Ret 8 6 9 14 - #4 Phoenix-IronForce Racing Ligier JS P320 5 Ret Ret 8 14

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Team Car DUB ABU Points 1 #99 Precote Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 1 5 2 5 64 2 #40 GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 4 1 1 14 62.5 3 #55 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 8 2 4 3 49 4 #7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 2 6 10 2 45 5 #88 Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 5 3 6 9 35 6 #57 Car Guy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 9 8 13 1 31.5 7 #1 HubAuto Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ret 4 5 8 28 8 #97 Oman Racing Team with TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 7 7 Ret 4 24 9 #60 Formula Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 6 16 3 Ret 23.5 10 #34 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 3 Ret 14 11 16 11 #77 D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 13 13 7 7 13 12 #95 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 10 11 16 6 10 13 #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 14 14 8 Ret 5 14 #93 Precote Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 15 9 12 13 4.5 15 #89 Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 17 10 9 10 4.5 16 #35 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 16 18 18 12 2 17 #27 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 18 17 17 15 2 18 #54 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 11 12 11 Ret 1.5 19 #66 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 12 15 15 Ret 1.5

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Team Car DUB ABU Points 1 #66 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 1 1 1 Ret 77 2 #35 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 2 3 3 1 73 3 #27 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 3 2 2 2 71

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

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

Pos. Drivers DUB ABU Points 1 René Binder 1 1 2 4 81 Ferdinand von Habsburg 1 1 2 4 Yifei Ye 1 1 2 4 2 Sean Gelael 2 5 1 1 78 3 Rui Andrade 4 2 3 2 66 Franco Colapinto 4 2 3 2 John Falb 4 2 3 2 4 Matthias Kaiser 3 3 4 3 57 Simon Trummer 3 3 4 3 5 Tom Blomqvist 1 1 50 6 Narain Karthikeyan 5 4 5 5 42 Arjun Maini 5 4 5 5 Naveen Rao 5 4 5 5 7 Nicki Thiim 3 3 30 8 Stoffel Vandoorne 2 5 28 9 Kelvin van der Linde 4 3 27

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Drivers DUB ABU Points 1 Andreas Laskaratos 1 1 1 1 104 Dwight Merriman 1 1 1 1 Kyle Tilley 1 1 1 1 2 John Corbett 2 Ret DNS DNS 18 Neale Muston 2 Ret DNS DNS

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Drivers DUB ABU Points 1 Wayne Boyd 1 1 Ret 1 78 Manuel Maldonado 1 1 Ret 1 Rory Penttinen 1 1 Ret 1 2 Andrew Bentley 3 5 3 2 58 Jim McGuire 3 5 3 2 Duncan Tappy 3 5 3 2 3 Colin Noble 2 Ret 1 6 51 Anthony Wells 2 Ret 1 6 4 Robert Wheldon 4 2 Ret 3 45 Ian Loggie 4 2 Ret 3 Andy Meyrick 4 2 Ret 3 5 Matthew Bell Ret 3 2 7 39 Rodrigo Sales Ret 3 2 7 6 Jean Glorieux Ret 4 5 5 32 Laurents Hörr Ret 4 5 5 7 Maxwell Hanratty 6 7 4 Ret 27 Malthe Jakobsen 6 7 4 Ret Bashar Mardini 6 7 4 Ret 8 Nick Adcock 7 6 Ret 4 26 Adam Eteki 7 6 Ret 4 Michael Jensen 7 6 Ret 4 9 Jan-Erik Slooten 5 Ret Ret 8 14 Leo Weiss 5 Ret Ret 8 10 Tom Cloet Ret 8 6 9 14 Miroslav Konôpka Ret 8 6 9 Charlie Robertson Ret 8 6 9

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Drivers DUB ABU Points 1 Ralf Bohn 1 5 2 5 64 Alfred Renauer 1 5 2 5 Robert Renauer 1 5 2 5 2 Julien Andlauer 4 1 1 14 62.5 Alain Ferté 4 1 1 14 Axcil Jefferies 4 1 1 14 3 Rino Mastronardi 8 2 4 3 49 David Perel 8 2 4 3 Davide Rigon 8 2 4 3 4 Ben Barnicoat 2 6 10 2 45 Brendan Iribe 2 6 10 2 Ollie Millroy 2 6 10 2 5 Valentin Hasse-Clot 5 3 6 9 35 Maxime Martin 5 3 6 9 Alexander West 5 3 6 9 6 Mikkel Jensen 9 8 13 1 31.5 Takeshi Kimura 9 8 13 1 Côme Ledogar 9 8 13 1 7 Marcos Gomes Ret 4 5 8 28 Raffaele Marciello Ret 4 5 8 Liam Talbot Ret 4 5 8 8 Jonathan Adam 7 7 Ret 4 24 Ahmad Al Harthy 7 7 Ret 4 Tom Canning 7 7 Ret 4 9 Johnny Laursen 6 16 3 Ret 23.5 Nicklas Nielsen 6 16 3 Ret Alessio Rovera 6 16 3 Ret 10 Nicky Catsburg 3 Ret 14 11 16 Chandler Hull 3 Ret 14 11 Jon Miller 3 Ret 14 11 11 Tomonobu Fujii 13 13 7 7 13 Tom Gamble 13 13 7 7 Satoshi Hoshino 13 13 7 7 12 Charlie Eastwood 10 11 16 6 10 Ollie Hancock 10 11 16 6 John Hartshorne 10 11 16 6 13 Alessandro Pier Guidi 14 14 8 Ret 5 Oswaldo Negri Jr. 14 14 8 Ret Francesco Piovanetti 14 14 8 Ret 14 Mike Benham 17 10 9 10 4.5 Marvin Kirchhöfer 17 10 9 10 Yuki Nemoto 17 10 9 10 15 Antares Au 15 9 12 13 4.5 Klaus Bachler 15 9 12 13 Steffen Görig 15 9 12 13 16 Francesco Castellacci 11 12 11 Ret 1.5 Giancarlo Fisichella 11 12 11 Ret Thomas Flohr 11 12 11 Ret

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Drivers DUB ABU Points 1 Christian Hook Patrick Kujala Manuel Lauck 1 1 1 Ret 77 2 Jörg Breuer Sami-Matti Trogen Henry Walkenhorst 2 3 3 1 73 3 Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo 3 2 2 2 71

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

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