Four entries confirmed for Sepang as the Asian Le Mans Series begins
The Asian Le Mans Series will start its 2024–25 campaign at Sepang International Circuit, with four cars set to take the grid for the opening double-header in Malaysia. The field is small but well-formed, blending title-winning experience with teams chasing a clean reset after challenging runs last time out.
The championship has kept the familiar two-race Sepang format. Saturday’s opening contest will run to three hours. Sunday’s second race is a shorter two-hour sprint. With a modest entry list, traffic will be lighter than usual, but strategy will still matter. The Malaysian heat always plays a part at Sepang, even in late November.
Reigning champions make a comeback
The headline story is the return of Anders Fjordbach, Kevin Weeda and Dennis Andersen, who share the No. 49 High Class Racing Oreca 07. They arrive as defending champions. Stability is on their side, with the same crew staying together. High Class won three races last season and looks well placed to control the pace again.
DKR Engineering aim to rebound
DKR Engineering, a fixture of the series in recent years, bring back No. 4 for Sebastien Alvarez, Sebastien Baud and James Gornall. The team endured a difficult 2023–24 run after an early win in Dubai. This season’s target is simple: stop the mistakes and build momentum from round one.
Rinaldi Racing fields young talent
Rinaldi Racing return with the No. 66 Oreca 07 for Nicolas Varrone, Marius Zug and Rokas Baciuška. Varrone and Zug are proven young drivers, while Baciuška switches from rally-raid machinery to endurance racing. His pace has never been in doubt. The unknown is how quickly he adapts to the rhythm of multi-class racing.
An all-Indian trio for Viper Niza
Malaysia-based Viper Niza Racing complete the four-car entry with an all-Indian line-up: Parth Ghorpade, Rahul Raj Mayer and Arjun Maini. Ghorpade and Mayer have strong regional experience. Maini brings years of international mileage from single-seaters, DTM and prototype racing. Sepang is their best chance to start strongly before the field expands when the series heads to Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
What to expect this weekend
The reduced entry throws the spotlight firmly on execution. No one can hide in traffic. Every pit stop, tyre call and out-lap will matter. High Class Racing begin as favourites, but the rest are capable of winning a straight fight. Sepang also shapes how teams approach the Middle East rounds, where the grid will grow, and the competition will tighten.
RSR will follow the weekend across both races, with analysis to come on how each squad settles into the new season.
