Less than Ten days before the first race of the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series, the provisional entry list has been released. The grid will be made up of 17 prototypes (7 LMP2 and 10 LMP3), and 19 GT3 entries which should deliver intense battles throughout the grid.

GPX Racing at the Dubai 24 Hours, GPX Racing will make up one of the two Porsche Teams taking part in this years Asian Le Mans series

Not only will there be a record-breaking grid, but the driver line up will also be world class.

With no LMP1 the premier class, LMP2 and LMP3 will see drivers with experience in racing at an elite level including Formula 1 and the World Endurance Champions. The Class will also see some very exciting young drivers make the step up to the Class from GT3.

The 19 car GT field will be a battle between six of the biggest manufactures in GT racing. This battle will be fierce with an impressive line-up of factory drivers taking part in the battle for Championship glory and the much sort after invitation to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Out of the 19 cars in total making up the GT filed only three of them will be Porsche’s, Julien Andlauer, Axcil Jefferies and Alain Ferté will pilot the one car entry for GPX Racing while Precote Herbeth Motorsport will field two. Steffen Goerig, Antares Au and Klaus Bachler will pilot the number 93 car with Ralf Bohn, Alfred Renauer and Robert Renauer piloting the number 99 sister car.

The 2021 Asian Le Mans Series grid will be a truly global one with teams from at least 15 different countries and drivers with 26 different nationalities entered. The 2021 Asian Le Mans Series will be held, for the first time, in its entirety in the UAE. In a very compact schedule, all four races will be held in just over a week. The season will start with two races held at the Dubai Autodrome on the 13th and 14th of February, with the final two races to be held in Abu Dhabi at the Yas Marina Circuit on the 19th and 20th of February.

The Class structure of the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series will feature a mix of both prototype and GT cars that is synonymous with Le Mans racing. There will be three classes: LMP2, LMP3, and GT. There will also be dedicated LMP2 Am and GT Am classifications.

For the 2021 season there will be a change to the cars eligible in both LMP2 Am and LMP3 categories. Only the latest generation LMP2 cars will be eligible to race in both the outright and Am Trophy class. The new season will see the arrival of the latest generation LMP3 machines. Four manufacturers were selected by the ACO take the class forward: Ligier, Duqueine Engineering, and Ginetta will be represented on the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series grid.

Once again, the Asian Le Mans Series will be live streamed across all its platforms including on its website, YouTube channel and Facebook page. Full details of the broadcast will be released shortly.