2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series

The 2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series was the fifth 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 begun at the Zhuhai International Circuit on 30 October 2016 and ended at Sepang International Circuit in Selangor on 22 January 2017.^[1]

The 2016–2017 calendar was revealed on 27 January 2016.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	4 Hours of Zhuhai	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China	30 October 2016
2	4 Hours of Fuji	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan	4 December 2016
3	4 Hours of Buriram	Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand	8 January 2017
4	4 Hours of Sepang	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia	22 January 2017

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds Race Performance Oreca 03R Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 8 Giorgio Maggi[2] All Struan Moore[2] All Fabian Schiller[3] 2–4 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 P2 24 Tacksung Kim[2] All Matt McMurry[4] 1 Andrea Roda[4] 1 Mark Patterson[3] 2–4 Jonathan Hirschi[3] 2 Michael Munemann[5] 3–4 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 25 Andrea Pizzitola[4] All Michael Munemann[2] 1–2 Nicky Catsburg[4] 1 Andrea Roda[3] 2–4 Matt McMurry[5] 3 Aidan Read[6] 4 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 P2 35 Gustavo Menezes[4] All Ho-Pin Tung[2] All Thomas Laurent[3] 2–4

Icon Class P2 LMP2

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds Jackie Chan DC Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 1 David Cheng[2] All James Winslow[4] All Pu Jun Jin[4] 1 Hiroki Yoshida[3] 2–4 ARC Bratislava[7] Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 4 Darren Burke[2] All Miroslav Konôpka[2] 1–3 Mike Simpson[2] 1–3 Konstantīns Calko[6] 4 P3 7 Neale Muston[4] All Konstantīns Calko[4] 1–3 Miroslav Konôpka[6] 4 Mike Simpson[6] 4 Tockwith Motorsports Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 26 Phil Hanson[4] All Nigel Moore[4] All PS Racing ADESS-03 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 48 Angelo Negro[2] 1–2 Louis Prette[2] 1–2 Philippe Prette[2] 1–2 PRT Racing[8] Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 67 Ate de Jong[8] All Charlie Robertson[4] All Martin Rump[4] 1–2 Aylezo Ecotint Racing[9] Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 69 Zen Low[9] All Weiron Tan[4] All Giacomo Barri[4] 1 Riki Christodoulou[3] 2–4 G-Print by Triple 1 Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 85 Hanss Lin[2] All Julio Acosta[4] 1 Shaun Thong[3] 2–4 Ryuichirou Ohtsuka[5] 3 FIST-Team AAI ADESS-03 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 93 Huang Chi[6] 4 Ryohei Sakaguchi[6] 4 Tatsuya Tanigawa[6] 4 Wineurasia Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 P3 99 William Lok[4] All Richard Bradley[4] 1 Philippe Descombes[4] 1 Scott Andrews[3] 2–4 Aidan Read[3] 2–3 Devon Modell[6] 4

Icon Class P3 LMP3

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds PS Racing Ligier JS53 Honda 2.0 L I4 CN 68 Kenji Abe[4] 1 Akihiro Asai[4] 1 Qin Tianqi[4] 1 Tira Sosothikul[5] 3 Medhapan Sundaradeja[5] 3

Icon Class CN CN

Entrant/Team Car Engine Class No. Drivers Rounds Absolute Racing[N 1] Team Bentley Absolute[N 1] Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 GT 2 Cheng Congfu[4] 1 Steven Lin[4] 1 Alessio Picariello[4] 1 Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley 4.0 L V8 twin-turbo GT 88 Adderly Fong[4] 1 Jeffrey Lee[4] 1 Vincent Wong[4] 1 DH Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8 GT 3 Olivier Beretta[2] All Rino Mastronardi[2] All Alex Riberas[2] All GT 5 Michele Rugolo[2] All Frédéric Vervisch[4] 1 Neric Wei[4] 1 Stéphane Lémeret[3] 2–4 Matthieu Vaxivière[3] 2–4 VS Racing[10] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 GT 6 Kei Cozzolino[11] 1–3 Corey Lewis[11] 1–3 Adrian Zaugg[11] 1 Yuhi Sekiguchi[3] 2–3 FFF Racing by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 GT 10 Matthew Bell[4] 1–3 Hiroshi Hamaguchi[4] 1–3 Andrea Caldarelli[4] 1–2 Vitantonio Liuzzi[5] 3 Team Audi Korea Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 GT 31 You Kyong-Ouk[3] 2–4 Marchy Lee[3] 2–4 Alex Yoong[3] 2–4 Team BBT Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8 GT 37 Anthony Liu[2] All Alessandro Pier Guidi[2] All Davide Rizzo[2] All Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8 GT 38 Rui Águas[2] All Marco Cioci[2] All Nasrat Muzayyin[2] All KCMG Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 GT 51 Go Max[4] All Tetsuya Tanaka[2] All Toru Tanaka[2] All Clearwater Racing[12] Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8 GT 61 Matt Griffin[4] All Keita Sawa[4] All Weng Sun Mok[12] All TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi 5.2 L V10 GT 66 Christopher Haase[4] 1 Peng Liu[4] 1 Max Wiser[4] 1 Team NZ Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 77 John Curran[5] 3–4 Graeme Dowsett[5] 3–4 Paul Kanjanapas[5] 3 Will Bamber[6] 4 OD Racing Best Leader Team[13] McLaren 650S GT3 McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 GT 86 Fairuz Fauzy[13] All Jono Lester[4] All Tang Chi Lun[4] 1 Philippe Descombes[3] 2 Liam Talbot[5] 3–4 FIST-Team AAI[13][14][N 2] BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 GT 90 Tom Blomqvist[4] All Akira Iida[2] All Lam Yu[2] 1–2, 4 Jesse Krohn[5] 3 GT 91 Jun-San Chen[2] All Ollie Millroy[2] All Xavier Maassen[15] 1 Philipp Eng[3] 2–4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes 4.0 L M178 twin-turbo V8 GT 92 Li Bin[4] 1–2 Tatsuya Tanigawa[4] 1–2 Huang Chi[4] 1 Wen He Zhang[3] 2 TKS Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTC 96 Takuma Aoki[3] 2, 4 Shinyo Sano[3] 2, 4 Shigeto Nagashima[3] 2 Takuya Shirasaka[6] 4

Icon Class GT GT3 GTC GT Cup

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMP3 Winning Team	CN Winning Team	GT Winning Team	GT Cup Winning Team	Results
		LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMP3 Winning Drivers	CN Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	GT Cup Winning Drivers
1	Zhuhai	No. 35 Jackie Chan DC Racing	No. 1 Jackie Chan DC Racing	No finishers	No. 38 Spirit of Race	No entries	Report
		Gustavo Menezes Ho-Pin Tung	David Cheng Pu Jun Jin James Winslow		Rui Águas Marco Cioci Nasrat Muzayyin
2	Fuji	No. 8 Race Performance	No. 26 Tockwith Motorsports	No entries	No. 5 DH Racing	No. 96 TKS	Report
		Giorgio Maggi Struan Moore Fabian Schiller	Philip Hanson Nigel Moore		Stéphane Lémeret Michele Rugolo Matthieu Vaxivière	Takuma Aoki Shigeto Nagashima Shinyo Sano
3	Buriram	No. 35 Jackie Chan DC Racing	No. 4 ARC Bratislava	No finishers	No. 3 DH Racing	No. 77 Team NZ	Report
		Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Ho-Pin Tung	Darren Burke Miroslav Konôpka Mike Simpson		Olivier Beretta Rino Mastronardi Alex Riberas	John Curran Graeme Dowsett Paul Kanjanapas
4	Sepang	No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing	No. 26 Tockwith Motorsports	No entries	No. 31 Team Audi Korea	No. 96 TKS	Report
		Andrea Pizzitola Aidan Read Andrea Roda	Philip Hanson Nigel Moore		You Kyong-Ouk Marchy Lee Alex Yoong	Takuma Aoki Shinyo Sano Takuya Shirasaka

Championship Race points

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Pos. Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 3 3 2 1 76 2 #35 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 03R 1 2 1 Ret 69 3 #24 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JS P2 2 4 3 3 60 4 #8 Race Performance Oreca 03R Ret 1 4 2 55

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #26 Tockwith Motorsports Ligier JS P3 2 1 7 1 77 2 #4 ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno LMP3 4 2 1 6 63 3 #1 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ligier JS P3 1 3 6 3 63 4 #85 G-Print by Triple 1 Racing Ligier JS P3 3 Ret 3 2 48 5 #7 ARC Bratislava Ginetta-Juno LMP3 5 4 2 7 46 6 #99 Wineurasia Ligier JS P3 6 Ret 5 5 29 7 #69 Aylezo Ecotint Racing Ginetta-Juno LMP3 DNC 6 8 4 24 8 #67 PRT Racing Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Ret 5 4 Ret 22 9 #48 PS Racing ADESS-03 7 Ret 6 10 #93 FIST-Team AAI ADESS-03 Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #68 PS Racing Ligier JS53 Ret Ret 2

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #5 DH Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 4 1 3 5 62 2 #3 DH Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ret 5 1 2 54 3 #37 Team BBT Ferrari 488 GT3 DNS 2 2 3 53 4 #61 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 2 7 6 4 44 5 #31 Team Audi Korea Audi R8 LMS 6 9 1 35 6 #38 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 1 Ret 8 8 34 7 #91 FIST-Team AAI McLaren 650S GT3 BMW M6 GT3 Ret 3 5 7 31 8 #6 VS Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 3 4 Ret 27 9 #90 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 Ret DNS 4 6 20 10 #51 KCMG Audi R8 LMS 6 9 10 9 13 11 #2 Absolute Racing Audi R8 LMS 5 10 12 #10 FFF Racing by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Ret 11 7 6.5 13 #88 Team Bentley Absolute Bentley Continental GT3 7 6 14 #86 OD Racing Best Leader Team McLaren 650S GT3 DNC 8 Ret 10 5 15 #92 FIST-Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 Ret 10 1 16 #66 TianShi Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Ultra Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Team Car ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 #96 TKS Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 1 1 52 2 #77 Team NZ Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 1 2 44

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

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Pos. Driver Team ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 Andrea Roda Algarve Pro Racing 2 3 2 1 78 2 Andrea Pizzitola Algarve Pro Racing 3 3 2 1 76 3 Ho-Pin Tung Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 2 1 Ret 69 3 Gustavo Menezes Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 2 1 Ret 69 4 Michael Munemann Algarve Pro Racing 3 3 3 3 62 5 Tacksung Kim Algarve Pro Racing 2 4 3 3 62 6 Giorgio Maggi Race Performance Ret 1 4 2 55 6 Fabian Schiller Race Performance 1 4 2 55 6 Struan Moore Race Performance 1 4 2 55 7 Thomas Laurent Jackie Chan DC Racing 2 1 Ret 44 8 Mark Patterson Algarve Pro Racing 4 3 3 42 9 Matt McMurry Algarve Pro Racing 2 2 36 10 Aidan Read Algarve Pro Racing 1 25 11 Nicky Catsburg Algarve Pro Racing 3 16 12 Jonathan Hirschi Algarve Pro Racing 4 12

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Driver Team ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 Nigel Moore Tockwith Motorsports 2 1 7 1 77 1 Philip Hanson Tockwith Motorsports 2 1 7 1 77 2 Darren Burke ARC Bratislava 4 2 1 6 63 2 James Winslow Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 3 6 3 63 2 David Cheng Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 3 6 3 63 3 Miroslav Konôpka ARC Bratislava 4 2 1 7 61 3 Mike Simpson ARC Bratislava 4 2 1 7 61 4 Konstantīns Calko ARC Bratislava 5 4 2 6 48 4 Hanss Lin G-Print by Triple 1 Racing 3 7 3 2 48 5 Neale Muston ARC Bratislava 5 4 2 7 46 6 Hiroki Yoshida Jackie Chan DC Racing 3 6 3 38 7 Shaun Thong G-Print by Triple 1 Racing Ret 3 2 33 8 William Lok Wineurasia 6 Ret 5 5 29 9 Pu Jun Jin Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 25 10 Zen Low Aylezo Ecotint Racing DNC 6 8 4 24 10 Weiron Tan Aylezo Ecotint Racing DNC 6 8 4 24 10 Riki Christodoulou Aylezo Ecotint Racing DNC 6 8 4 24 11 Ate de Jong PRT Racing Ret 5 4 Ret 22 11 Charlie Robertson PRT Racing Ret 5 4 Ret 22 12 Scott Andrews Wineurasia Ret 5 5 20 13 Julio Acosta G-Print by Triple 1 Racing 3 15 13 Ryuichirou Ohtsuka G-Print by Triple 1 Racing 3 15 14 Martin Rump PRT Racing Ret 5 10 14 Aidan Read Wineurasia Ret 5 10 14 Devon Modell Wineurasia 5 10 15 Richard Bradley Wineurasia 6 9 15 Philippe Descombes Wineurasia 6 9 16 Philippe Prette PS Racing 7 Ret 6 16 Angelo Negro PS Racing 7 Ret 6 16 Louis Prette PS Racing 7 Ret 6 17 Giacomo Barri Aylezo Ecotint Racing DNC 0 17 Huang Chi FIST-Team AAI Ret 0 17 Ryohei Sakaguchi FIST-Team AAI Ret 0 17 Tatsuya Tanigawa FIST-Team AAI Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Driver Team ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 Kenji Abe PS Racing Ret 1 1 Akihiro Asai PS Racing Ret 1 1 Qin Tianqi PS Racing Ret 1 1 Tira Sosothikul PS Racing Ret 1 1 Medhapan Sundaradeja PS Racing Ret 1

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Driver Team ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 Michele Rugolo DH Racing 4 1 3 5 62 2 Rino Mastronardi DH Racing Ret 5 1 2 54 2 Alex Riberas DH Racing Ret 5 1 2 54 2 Olivier Beretta DH Racing Ret 5 1 2 54 3 Anthony Liu Team BBT DNS 2 2 3 53 3 Alessandro Pier Guidi Team BBT DNS 2 2 3 53 3 Davide Rizzo Team BBT DNS 2 2 3 53 4 Stéphane Lémeret DH Racing 1 3 5 50 4 Matthieu Vaxivière DH Racing 1 3 5 50 5 Matt Griffin Clearwater Racing 2 7 6 4 44 5 Keita Sawa Clearwater Racing 2 7 6 4 44 5 Weng Sun Mok Clearwater Racing 2 7 6 4 44 6 Alex Yoong Team Audi Korea 6 9 1 35 6 You Kyong-Ouk Team Audi Korea 6 9 1 35 6 Marchy Lee Team Audi Korea 6 9 1 35 7 Rui Águas Spirit of Race 1 Ret 8 8 34 7 Marco Cioci Spirit of Race 1 Ret 8 8 34 7 Nasrat Muzayyin Spirit of Race 1 Ret 8 8 34 8 Jun-San Chen FIST-Team AAI Ret 3 5 7 31 8 Ollie Millroy FIST-Team AAI Ret 3 5 7 31 8 Philipp Eng FIST-Team AAI 3 5 7 31 9 Kei Cozzolino VS Racing 3 4 Ret 27 9 Corey Lewis VS Racing 3 4 Ret 27 10 Tom Blomqvist FIST-Team AAI Ret DNS 4 6 20 10 Akira Iida FIST-Team AAI Ret DNS 4 6 20 11 Adrian Zaugg VS Racing 3 15 12 Go Max KCMG 6 9 10 9 13 12 Tetsuya Tanaka KCMG 6 9 10 9 13 12 Toru Tanaka KCMG 6 9 10 9 13 13 Yuhi Sekiguchi VS Racing 4 Ret 12 13 Chaoyin Wei DH Racing 4 12 13 Frédéric Vervisch DH Racing 4 12 13 Jesse Krohn FIST-Team AAI 4 12 14 Cheng Congfu Absolute Racing 5 10 14 Steven Lin Absolute Racing 5 10 14 Alessio Picariello Absolute Racing 5 10 15 Lam Yu FIST-Team AAI Ret 3 7 8 16 Matthew Bell FFF Racing by ACM Ret 11 7 6.5 16 Hiroshi Hamaguchi FFF Racing by ACM Ret 11 7 6.5 17 Adderly Fong Team Bentley Absolute 7 6 17 Jeffrey Lee Team Bentley Absolute 7 6 17 Vincent Wong Team Bentley Absolute 7 6 17 Vitantonio Liuzzi FFF Racing by ACM 7 6 18 Fairuz Fauzy OD Racing Best Leader Team DNC 8 Ret 10 5 18 Jono Lester OD Racing Best Leader Team DNC 8 Ret 10 5 19 Philippe Descombes OD Racing Best Leader Team 8 4 20 Wen He Zhang FIST-Team AAI 10 1 20 Li Bin FIST-Team AAI Ret 10 1 20 Tatsuya Tanigawa FIST-Team AAI Ret 10 1 20 Liam Talbot OD Racing Best Leader Team Ret 10 1 21 Andrea Caldarelli FFF Racing by ACM Ret 11 0.5 22 Christopher Haase TianShi Racing Team Ret 0 22 Peng Liu TianShi Racing Team Ret 0 22 Max Wiser TianShi Racing Team Ret 0 22 Tang Chi Lun OD Racing Best Leader Team DNC 0 22 Xavier Maassen FIST-Team AAI Ret 0 22 Huang Chi FIST-Team AAI Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

Pos. Driver Team ZHU FUJ BUR SEP Total 1 Shinyo Sano TKS 1 1 52 1 Takuma Aoki TKS 1 1 52 2 Graeme Dowsett Team NZ 1 2 44 2 John Curran Team NZ 1 2 44 3 Takuya Shirasaka TKS 1 26 3 Shigeto Nagashima TKS 1 26 3 Paul Kanjanapas Team NZ 1 26 4 Will Bamber Team NZ 2 18

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole

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