The 2019 4 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance sportscar racing event held on November 24, 2019, at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It served as the first round of the 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series season. [1]
The 2019 4 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance sportscar racing event held on November 24, 2019, at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It served as the first round of the 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series season. [1]
| Date | Time (local: CST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 22 November | 13:50 | Free Practice 1 |
| Saturday, 23 November | 11:30 | Free Practice 2 |
| 16:00 | Qualifying | |
| Sunday, 24 November | 9:45 | Race |
| Source: [2] | ||
| Free Practice 1 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 | 45 |  Thunderhead Carlin Racing | 1:53.232 | |
| LMP2 Am | 59 | RLR MSport | 1:57.244 | |
| LMP3 | 9 |  Graff Racing | 2:01.537 | |
| GT | 90 |  FIST-Team AAI | 2:04.045 | |
| GT Am | — | |||
| Free Practice 2 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
| LMP2 | 26 |  G-Drive Racing with Algarve | 1:54.003 | |
| LMP2 Am | 59 | RLR MSport | 1:57.553 | |
| LMP3 | 3 | Nielsen Racing | 2:02.142 | |
| GT | 27 | HubAuto Corsa | 2:04.028 | |
| GT Am | 16 |  Astro Veloce Motorsport | 2:14.217 | |
| Source: [3] [4] | ||||
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | 36 |  Eurasia Motorsport | Ligier JS P217 | 1:53.191 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 45 | Thunderhead Carlin Racing | Dallara P217 | 1:53.242 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing with Algarve | Aurus 01 | 1:53.410 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 34 |  Inter Europol Endurance | Ligier JS P217 | 1:53.457 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 96 |  K2 Uchino Racing | Oreca 07 | 1:53.580 |
| 6 | LMP2 | 1 | Eurasia Motorsport | Ligier JS P217 | 1:54.556 |
| 7 | LMP2 Am | 4 |  ARC Bratislava | Ligier JS P2 | 1:56.893 |
| 8 | LMP2 Am | 59 | RLR MSport | Oreca 05 | 1:57.841 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 33 | Inter Europol Endurance | Ligier JS P217 | 1:58.608 |
| 10 | LMP3 | 3 | Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 2:00.112 |
| 11 | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 2:00.515 |
| 12 | LMP3 | 2 | Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 2:01.179 |
| 13 | LMP3 | 9 | Graff Racing | Norma M30 | 2:01.215 |
| 14 | LMP3 | 12 |  ACE1 Villorba Corse | Ligier JS P3 | 2:01.719 |
| 15 | GT | 27 | HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:03.760 |
| 16 | GT | 51 |  Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:04.041 |
| 17 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:04.042 |
| 18 | LMP3 | 65 |  Viper Niza Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 2:04.080 |
| 19 | GT | 7 | Car Guy Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:04.106 |
| 20 | GT | 90 | FIST-Team AAI | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:04.750 |
| 21 | GT | 75 |  T2 Motorsports | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:05.005 |
| 22 | GT | 88 | Team JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:05.050 |
| 23 | GT | 17 | Astro Veloce Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:05.194 |
| 24 | GT Am | 16 | Astro Veloce Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:10.793 |
| DNS | LMP2 Am | 25 |  Rick Ware Racing | Ligier JS P2 | — |
| DNS | LMP2 Am | 52 | Rick Ware Racing | Ligier JS P2 | — |
| Source: [5] | |||||
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 77 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing with Algarve | James French  Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov | Aurus 01 | 111 | 4:02:04.411 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 2 | LMP2 | 36 | Eurasia Motorsport |  Nick Foster Roberto Merhi Aidan Read | Ligier JS P217 | 111 | +41.729 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 3 [lower-alpha 1] | LMP2 | 45 | Thunderhead Carlin Racing | Ben Barnicoat Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell | Dallara P217 | 108 | +3 Laps |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 4 | LMP2 | 34 | Inter Europol Endurance | Mathias Beche Jakub Śmiechowski James Winslow | Ligier JS P217 | 108 | +3 Laps |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 5 | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition |  Martin Hippe Nigel Moore | Ligier JS P3 | 107 | +4 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 6 | LMP2 Am | 59 | RLR MSport |  John Farano  Andrew Higgins Arjun Maini | Oreca 05 | 106 | +5 Laps |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 7 | LMP3 | 2 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble Tony Wells | Norma M30 | 106 | +5 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 8 | LMP2 | 33 | Inter Europol Endurance | John Corbett Nathan Kumar Mitchell Neilson | Ligier JS P217 | 105 | +6 Laps |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 9 | LMP3 | 9 | Graff Racing | David Droux Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page | Norma M30 | 105 | +6 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 10 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing AMR | Tomonobu Fujii Ross Gunn Satoshi Hoshino | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 105 | +6 Laps |
| Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 11 | LMP3 | 12 | ACE1 Villorba Corse | Alessandro Bressan Gabriele Lancieri Yuki Harata | Ligier JS P3 | 104 | +7 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 12 | GT | 88 | Team JLOC |  André Couto Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 104 | +7 Laps |
| Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 13 | GT | 17 | Astro Veloce Motorsport | Jens Klingmann Aven Qi Max Wiser | BMW M6 GT3 | 104 | +7 Laps |
| BMW 4.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 14 | LMP2 Am | 52 | Rick Ware Racing | Mark Kvamme Cody Ware | Ligier JS P2 | 104 | +7 Laps |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 15 | GT | 51 | Spirit of Race |  Oswaldo Negri Jr. Alessandro Pier Guidi  Francesco Piovanetti | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 104 | +7 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 16 | GT | 7 | Car Guy Racing | Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura Antonio Fuoco | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 104 | +7 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 17 | GT | 27 | HubAuto Corsa | Morris Chen Marcos Gomes Davide Rigon | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 104 | +7 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 18 | GT | 75 | T2 Motorsports | Christian Colombo Rio Haryanto David Tjiptobiantoro | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 104 | +7 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 19 | LMP3 | 65 | Viper Niza Racing | Dominc Ang Douglas Khoo | Ligier JS P3 | 103 | +8 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 20 | LMP3 | 3 | Nielsen Racing | Charles Crews Garett Grist Rob Hodes | Norma M30 | 103 | +8 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| Not Classified | |||||||
| DNF | LMP2 | 96 | K2 Uchino Racing | Haruki Kurosawa Shaun Thong | Oreca 07 | 107 | |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMP2 Am | 4 | ARC Bratislava | Miro Konopka Andreas Laskaratos Kang Ling | Ligier JS P2 | 77 | |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMP2 | 1 | Eurasia Motorsport | Daniel Gaunt Nobuya Yamanaka Masataka Yanagida | Ligier JS P217 | 27 | |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | GT | 90 | FIST-Team AAI | Jun-San Chen Joel Eriksson Ye Hongli | BMW M6 GT3 | 17 | |
| BMW 4.4 L V8 | |||||||
| Source: [7] | |||||||
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