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 |
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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 |
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Entrant/Team | Car | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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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 | ||||
Bold indicates overall winner.
Round | Circuit | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP2 Am Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | GT Winning Team | GT Am Winning Team | Ref. |
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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 | [38] |
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 | [39] | |
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 | [40] |
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 | [41] | |
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 |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
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Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Other | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
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