Yas Marina, 14 February, 2021
The first weekend of the Asian Le Mans Series season ended well for Rinaldi Racing, with a second-place for Rigon-Perel-Mastronardi and a second win in two races for Hook-Lauck-Kujala in the Am class. Despite an unfavourable Balance of Performance, the Ferraris improved on their showing in the first 4 Hours on Saturday.
Podium. In a race marked by two Full Course Yellows, the Ferraris put in a solid performance, especially the 488 GT3 Evo 2020 of Rinaldi Racing and Kessel Racing by Car Guy, which even led for a few laps. As in race one, the first stint saw Giancarlo Fisichella and David Perel make great comebacks. Indeed, the South African put teammate Rino Mastronardi in an ideal position to drive his stint in the top three. The Michelin Le Mans Cup champion then handed over to Davide Rigon who took the Ferrari to second place, one lap down on the race-winning Porsche of GPX Racing. Eighth-place for Kimura-Ledogar-Jensen didn’t do justice to their excellent performance, as Ledogar’s laps in the lead testify. Fisichella-Flohr-Castellacci secured twelfth with the Roman driver in third during his initial stint after another great start. The other Ferraris completed the 4 Hours from 14th to 17th.
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Double Christian Hook, Manuel Lauck and Patrick Kujala left Dubai with two first places in two races where they didn’t give their rivals much of a look-in. They also attacked the higher class crews, especially Kujala, who is exceptionally comfortable on this track. The Kessel Racing crew had a better day, with Zollo-Roda-Kohmann second across the line.
Dates The Asian Le Mans Series will go to Yas Marina next weekend for the two races that will decide the titles and, with them, an automatic invitation to the next 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Race 1
Pos | Class | Pos | R# | Make | VIN | Drivers | laps | 1 | LMP2 | 1 | 26 | Aurus 01 - Gibson | | Yifei Ye Ferdinand Habsburg Rene Binder | -- 127 laps | 2 | LMP2 | 2 | 28 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne | -- 126 laps | 3 | LMP2 | 3 | 5 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Nicki Thiim | 126 laps | 4 | LMP2 | 4 | 25 | Aurus 01 - Gibson | | John Falb Franco Colapinto Rui Pinto de Andrade | -- 125 laps | 5 | LMP2 | 5 | 64 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Arjun Maini Narain Karthikeyan Naveen Rao | -- 124 laps | 6 | LMP2 AM | 6 | 18 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Andreas Laskaratos | -- 123 laps | 7 | LMP2 AM | 7 | 11 | Ligier JS P 217 - Gibson | | Neale Muston John Corbett | -- 120 laps | 8 | LMP3 | 1 | 23 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen Wayne Boyd | -- 119 laps | 9 | LMP3 | 2 | 9 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Tony Wells Colin Noble | -- 118 laps | 10 | LMP3 | 3 | 3 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | James Mcguire Duncan Tappy Andrew Bentley | 118 laps | 11 | LMP3 | 4 | 2 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | John Loggie Robert Wheldon Andrew Meyrick | 118 laps | 12 | LMP3 | 5 | 4 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss | -- 117 laps | 13 | GT | 1 | 99 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer | 117 laps | 14 | LMP3 | 6 | 15 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini | 117 laps | 15 | GT | 2 | 7 | Mclaren 720S GT3 | | Brend an Iribe Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat | -- 116 laps | 16 | GT | 3 | 34 | BMW M6 GT3 | | Chandler Hull Jonathan Miller Nicky Catsburg | 116 laps | 17 | GT | 4 | 40 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Julien Andlauer Axcil Jefferies Alain Ferté | 116 laps | 18 | GT | 5 | 88 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Alexander West Maxime Martin Valetin Hasse-Clot | 116 laps | 19 | GT | 6 | 60 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Johnny Laursen Allessio Rovera Nicklas Nielsen | 116 laps | 20 | GT | 7 | 97 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Ahmad Al Harthy Thomas Canning Jonny Adam | 116 laps | 21 | GT | 8 | 55 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon | 116 laps | 22 | GT | 9 | 57 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Takeshi Kimura Come Ledogar Mikkel Jensen | 116 laps | 23 | GT | 10 | 95 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | John Hartshorne Oliver Hancock Charlie Eastwood | -- 115 laps | 24 | GT | 11 | 54 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella | 115 laps | 25 | GT AM | 12 | 66 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Christian Hook Manuel Lauck Patrick Kujala | 115 laps | 26 | GT | 13 | 77 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble | 115 laps | 27 | GT | 14 | 51 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Francesco Piovanetti Oswaldo Negri Alessandro Pier Guidi | 115 laps | 28 | GT | 15 | 93 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Steffen Görig Antares Au Klaus Bachler | 115 laps | 29 | GT AM | 16 | 35 | BMW M6 GT3 | | Henry Walkenhorst Jörg Breuer Sami Matti Trogen | -- 114 laps | 30 | GT | 17 | 89 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Michael Benham Marvin Kirchhofer Yuki Nemoto | 114 laps | 31 | GT AM | 18 | 27 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo Tim Kohmann | 114 laps | 32 | LMP3 | 7 | 33 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Adam Eteki | -- 109 laps | DNF | GT | | 1 | Mercedes A MG GT3 | | Raffaele Marciello Marcos Gomes Liam Talbot | -- 102 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 44 | Ginetta G61-LT-P315-EVO – Nissan | | Miro Konopka Tom Cloet Charlie Robertson | -- 95 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 8 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Rodrigo Sales Matt Bell | -- 43 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 63 | Duqueine M30 -D08 - Nissan | | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | -- 39 laps |
Race 2
Pos | Class | Pos | R# | Make | VIN | Drivers | laps | 1 | LMP2 | 1 | 26 | Aurus 01 - Gibson | | Yifei Ye Ferdinand Habsburg Rene Binder | -- 125 laps | 2 | LMP2 | 2 | 25 | Aurus 01 - Gibson | | John Falb Franco Colapinto Rui Pinto de Andrade | 45.459 | 3 | LMP2 | 3 | 5 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Matthias Kaiser Simon Trummer Nicki Thiim | 59.745 | 4 | LMP2 | 4 | 64 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Arjun Maini Narain Karthikeyan Naveen Rao | -- 124 laps | 5 | LMP2 AM | 5 | 18 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Andreas Laskaratos | -- 120 laps | 6 | LMP2 | 6 | 28 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne | -- 118 laps | 7 | LMP3 | 1 | 23 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Manuel Maldonado Rory Penttinen Wayne Boyd | -- 117 laps | 8 | LMP3 | 2 | 2 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | John Loggie Robert Wheldon Andrew Meyrick | 1:16.744 | 9 | LMP3 | 3 | 8 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Rodrigo Sales Matt Bell | 1:17.769 | 10 | LMP3 | 4 | 63 | Duqueine M30 -D08 - Nissan | | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | 1:20.403 | 11 | LMP3 | 5 | 3 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | James Mcguire Duncan Tappy Andrew Bentley | -- 116 laps | 12 | LMP3 | 6 | 33 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Nick Adcock Michael Jensen Adam Eteki | 47.462 | 13 | LMP3 | 7 | 15 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Maxwell Hanratty Malthe Jakobsen Bashar Mardini | -- 115 laps | 14 | GT | 1 | 40 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Julien Andlauer Axcil Jefferies Alain Ferté | 24.206 | 15 | GT | 2 | 55 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Rino Mastronardi David Perel Davide Rigon | -- 114 laps | 16 | GT | 3 | 88 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Alexander West Maxime Martin Valetin Hasse-Clot | 30.421 | 17 | GT | 4 | 1 | Mercedes A MG GT3 | | Raffaele Marciello Marcos Gomes Liam Talbot | 50.334 | 18 | GT | 5 | 99 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer | 51.677 | 19 | GT | 6 | 7 | Mclaren 720S GT3 | | Brend an Iribe Ollie Millroy Ben Barnicoat | 51.748 | 20 | GT | 7 | 97 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Ahmad Al Harthy-Thomas Canning-Jonny Adam | 57.156 | 21 | GT | 8 | 57 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Takeshi Kimura Come Ledogar Mikkel Jensen | 1:15.552 | 22 | GT | 9 | 93 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Steffen Görig Antares Au Klaus Bachler | 1:20.880 | 23 | GT | 10 | 89 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Michael Benham Marvin Kirchhofer Yuki Nemoto | 1:45.747 | 24 | GT | 11 | 95 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | John Hartshorne Oliver Hancock Charlie Eastwood | -- 113 laps | 25 | GT | 12 | 54 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella | 47.726 | 26 | GT | 13 | 77 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Tom Gamble | 51.529 | 27 | GT | 14 | 51 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Francesco Piovanetti Oswaldo Negri Alessandro Pier Guidi | -- 112 laps | 28 | GT AM | 15 | 66 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Christian Hook Manuel Lauck Patrick Kujala | 4.005 | 29 | GT | 16 | 60 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Johnny Laursen Allessio Rovera Nicklas Nielsen | 15.276 | 30 | GT AM | 17 | 27 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo Tim Kohmann | 36.048 | 31 | GT AM | 18 | 35 | BMW M6 GT3 | | Henry Walkenhorst Jörg Breuer Sami Matti Trogen | 54.610 | 32 | LMP3 | 8 | 44 | Ginetta G61-LT-P315-EVO - Nissan | | Miro Konopka Tom Cloet Charlie Robertson | -- 111 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 9 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Tony Wells Colin Noble | -- 96 laps | DNF | LMP2 AM | | 11 | Ligier JS P 217 - Gibson | | Neale Muston John Corbett | -- 19 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 4 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Jan-Erik Slooten Leo Weiss | -- 13 laps | DNF | GT | - | 34 | BMW M6 GT3 | | Chandler Hull Jonathan Miller Nicky Catsburg | - 5 laps |
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