The Asian Le Mans Series has announced its official calendar for season 2019/20 with the inaugural Australian round at The Bend in South Australia and a night race in Malaysia
Just as it did this season, the 2019/20 Asian Le Mans Series will feature four races each of four hours in length, and it will again start in China at the Shanghai International Circuit on the final weekend of November. The opening race will continue to be run in conjunction with the China Touring Car Championship (CTCC).
As was recently announced 2020 will see the Series’ first visit to Australia. The second round of the Championship will be held on the 12th of January 2020 at The Bend, Australia’s newest permanent circuit approximately 100km East of Adelaide. The Asian Le Mans Series will be the first series to use the full 7.77km configuration of the circuit.
In a change to their traditional season ending date, the third round of the Championship will be held at the Sepang International Circuit. The race will be held on Saturday the 15th February in 2020.
In another first for the series, the 4 Hours of Sepang will finish at night with the second half of the race being run after sunset.
The final round of the 2019/20 Asian Le Mans Series will be held at the Buriram International Circuit on the 23rd of February 2020. Moving away from the traditional mid January date, the Thai circuit will instead host the final round of the Championship.
The 2019/20 Asian Le Mans Series calendar has been designed to ensure it avoids clashes with other Asian series and major events in the region, whilst also allowing for transport times for those teams from around the world wishing join the Series.
2019/20 Asian Le Mans Series Calendar details:
Round 1: 22 – 24 November 2019
Shanghai International Circuit, China
Round 2: 10 – 12 January 2020
The Bend, South Australia
Round 3: 14 – 15 February 2020
Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
Round 4: 21 – 23 February 2020
Buriram Chang International Circuit, Thailand
Source Asian Le Mans Series Media Release
