// archives

Asian Le Mans Series

This category contains 19 posts

ACO: “GT2 has a wonderful future beckoning”

Last week SRO announced the cancellation of the 2010 FIA GT2 European Championship due to a lack of commitment from teams and manufacturers. Today the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) has issued a press release stating quite the opposite for the various Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans. The ACO goes even further, saying that the GT2 class is “a category of the future for endurance racing”.[…]

The ACO launches the 2010 Le Mans Intercontinental Cup

During its press conference at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours in June, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest confirmed its intention to link the various Le Mans Series, so in 2010, it will launch a cup reserved for entrants in the top endurance category, LM P1.[…]

Asian LMS: Positive first weekend, more to come?

The Automobile Club de l’Ouest returned to Japan ten years after the Le Mans Fuji 1000km and two years after the end of the ACO-sanctioned Japan Le Mans Challenge for a new attempt to start an Asian championship. Despite a cancellation of the Chinese round the Asian Le Mans Series kicked off at the Okayama International Circuit, the former TI Circuit Aida.[…]

The Asian Le Mans Series 2009 Champions!

After some puzzling and checking the Asian Le Mans Series regulations the final standings of the 2009 Asian Le Mans Series were confirmed at 3.30 pm Okayama time. Sora Racing, OAK Racing, JLOC and Hankook-Team Farnbacher can put these titles on their record list and will also be invited for the Le Mans 24 Hours (but more on that later)[…]

Asian LM Series - Aston wins, Pescarolo champion

Sora Racing clinched the first ever Asian Le Mans Series title at the Okayama International Circuit this weekend. Having won the first race on Saturday the team took second place on Sunday. The results from the two races combined were enough to secure the championship. In the second race the Aston Martin Racing team took the win, taking some revenge on yesterday’s result.[…]

Asian Le Mans Series - Sora Racing wins race 1

Christophe Tinseau and Shinji Nakano are the first winners of the Asian Le Mans Series. The French-Japanese pair crossed the finish line in first place after the Aston Martin Racing #007 had to make two unplanned pit stops in order to repair damaged louvers.[…]

Asian Le Mans Series - Okayama Qualifying Report

A week of hard work to repair the Drayson Racing Lola after its Laguna Seca crash was rewarded by Jonny Cocker this afternoon in the Asian Le Mans Series qualifying. The Briton took the first ever Asian Le Mans Series pole position for the two races on Saturday and Sunday![…]

Asian LMS - Okayama Free Practice 1

At 09.00 this morning the first ever free practice session of the Asian Le Mans Series took place on the Okayama International Circuit. Under a clear blue sky and with the sun warming up the track all 23 cars went out for their first laps of the weekend. A step into a new world for many drivers.[…]

Follow the Asian Le Mans Series on Eurosport

European sportscar fans can watch highlights of the Asian Le Mans Series races at Okayama next weekend on Eurosport. The European sports satellite and cable network will show both races on Saturday and Sunday in what will be a motorsport weekend on Eurosport![…]

Asian Le Mans Series: The seats are filling up!

Just under two weeks from the start of the inaugural Asian Le Mans Series weekend at the Okayama International Circuit most of the available seats have been taken up and twenty-three cars and over fifty drivers are set to take part in the Japanese races.[…]

Also visit

Gallery
View the latest pictures in our photo gallery.
Entrylists
Check out our up-to-date spotters guides.
Calendar
All 2010 races organised in a single overview.