Asian Le Mans Series released full 2025/26 season entry list

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The full entry list for the 2025/26 season of Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS) has been released. A record-breaking 48 cars are confirmed to take part in the six-race calendar, the largest ever for the series.

The season opener will be held next month in Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. The grid will then head towards the Middle East for the next two rounds, specifically in Dubai and Yas Marina.

Each track will be hosting two four hour races across a three month period, starting from December to its conclusion in February.

The updated entry list consisted of 16 LMP2s, 10 LMP3s and 22 GT cars, with 142 drivers hailed from 35 countries. This year saw six more cars joining the Asian regional championship compared to previous one.

Particularly, the LMP2 class saw an increase of five entries, while it was the exact opposite case for the GT counterpart.

The number of LMP3s has also feature additional 4 cars. This year will also mark the debut of new generation LMP3 cars.

By winning the series for their respective class, the LMP2 and GT champions will receive the highly coveted automatic invitations to the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans.

LMP2

Reigning LMP2 champion Algarvo Pro Racing will be hoping to extend their title streak to six this year, featuring two ORECA 07-Gibsons with a third car under CrowdStrike Racing by APR.

United Autosports is set to make a comeback in ALMS, entering two LMP2s. Gregoire Saucy, Mikkel Jensen and Giorgio Roda will share the No.5, while the No.6 car will feature former Formula One driver Paul di Resta, Phil Fayer and Ben Hanley.

Veteran Mathias Beche and rookie Griffin Peebles is set to aboard 2023 series champion DKR Engineering's No.3 car with Alexander Matthschull. Peebles had competed in the two Middle Eastern rounds for Bretton Racing in LMP3 last year.

Proton Competition features European Le Mans Series race winner Lorenzo Fluxa in the No.88 car, as well as father-son duo Horst Felbermayr Jr and Horst Felix Felbermayr.

24 Hours of Le Mans winner Antonio Fuoco and LMP2 champion Charles Milesi will be racing with Roberto Lacorte in Cetilar Racing's sole entry.

Ponos Racing is set to be the first Asian outfit in the LMP2 class since 2019/2020 season. The No.45 ORECA entry will consist of an all-Japanese line-up: Marino Sato, Kei Cozzolino and Tsujiko.

Formula E driver Nick Cassidy will take part in the No.43 Inter Europol Competition alongside Nolan Siegel and Georgios Kolovos.

As for the sister No.22 car, there is one vacant spot left next to Felipe Fernandez Laser and Jonas Reid.

LMP3

Defending champion Bretton Racing has signed Lenny Reid, who is the son of Proton owner Christian Reid. He is set to take on the No.26 Ligier with Lucas Fluxa, Lorenzo's younger brother.

The previous season's runner-up Nick Adcock will continue his stint in RLR MSport, piloting the No.29 Ligier with Lucas Fecury and Luciano Murano.

Reigning Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 champion R-ace GP is on the list with a single Toyota, with Hugo Schwarze partnering race winners Pierre-Alexandre Provost and Fabien Michal.

Prominent Indian actor Ajith Kumar will make his debut in ALMS, partnering Former Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan in Team Virage's No.1 Ligier.

Ultimate's two-time race winner Matteo Quintarelli and Louis Stern will reunite to drive the No.23 Ligier for French team 23Events Racing. Series debutant Isaac Barashi completes the driver line-up.

GB3 champion and Formula 3 star Callum Voisin will also make his debut in the series with Danish team High Class Racing, alongside fellow Briton Tim Whale and Philip Lindberg in the No.94 Ligier.

GT

22 GT cars across seven different manufacturers will be entering the ALMS grid.

Augusto Farfus will be joining UNX Racing by Team WRT with Mathieu Detry and Fabian Deffieux in the No.28 BMW.

The driver line-up of the No.69 BMW will consist of Dan Harper, Anthony McIntosh and Parker Thompson.

2024 IMSA champion Laurin Heinrich will be racing for Chinese team Origine Motorsport with Bo Yuan and Hongli Ye, while factory Ferrari drivers Alessandro Pier Guidi and Davide Rigon will drive for its privateer entry AF Corse's No.54 and No.51 cars respectively.

Bronze-ranked Darren Leung will join longtime duo Simon Mann and Alessio Rovera in the No.21 Ferrari.

Manthey is also confirmed to return to continue its title defence, with the No.10 Porsche to be occupied by Drivers' champions Klaus Bachler and Antares Au, as well as Loek Hartog.

Reigning World Endurance Championship (WEC) LMGT3 champions Riccardo Pera and Richard Lietz will race with newcomer and former Ferrari driver Francois Heriau in the No.92 Manthey Porsche.

The opening round in Sepang will also see local representation via their Royal Highnesses Prince Jefri Ibrahim and Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim, making their way back to the ALMS grid.

Prince Jefri will feature alongside Alexander Sims and Yasser Shahin in the No.66 entry, while Prince Abu Bakar is set to race with Ben Green and Jordan Love in the No.99 car.

No.77 Proton Competition Porsche will include Seven x Seven Racing owner 'Bankcy' as well as Kiyoto Fujinami and Harry King, both previously raced for the team in SUPER GT this season.

The No.59 McLaren and No.89 Aston Martin are the only cars that do not have complete lineups as of this stage.

The aforementioned Mclaren features only Gold-rated driver Wayne Boyd. Initially signed to drive alongside GT race winners Jamie Day and Marco Sorensen, Indonesian philanthropist Anderson Tanto has left the Aston Martin crew.