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]
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 |
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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 |
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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 | #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 |
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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