Fuoco - Milesi win 4 hours of Sepang with Cetillar
The first round of the 2025-2026 Asian Le Mans Series saw Charles Milesi and Antonio Fuoco winning the 4 Hours of Sepang with #47 Cetilar Racing. The battle in each category was tense with all three classes finishing with just a couple of seconds between first and second.
📷 © ALMS at Sepang International Circuit. Asian Le Mans Series Race 1 St
#47 Cetilar Racing win
With two of the fastest hypercar drivers (Milesi and Fuoco) driving the #47 Cetilar Racing Oreca, it was clear that those two would be on the forefront of the first 4 hours of Sepang. Indeed, Charles Milesi in the #47 Cetilar Racing had worked its way up the field and the car went into the lead in the hands of Antonio Fuoco. However a five second penalty for a FCY infringement meant the Italian had to pull away from the rest of the field, led by Malthe Jakobsen in the #4 Oreca.
Fuoco managed to pull out a big enough lead to pit for a final splash of fuel, serve the five second penalty and get back out in front crossing checkered flag first.
📷 © ALMS at Sepang International Circuit. #47 CETILAR RACING / Oreca 07 - Gibson / Roberto Lacorte / Charles Milesi / Antonio Fuoco - Sepang International Circuit
Algarve Pro Racing second and third
Tom Dillmann driving the #25 Algarve Pro Racing managed to get past Jakobsen in the pitstops ending second ahead of Jakobson taking the final podium position in #4 Crowdstrike Racing by APR.
📷 © ALMS at Sepang International Circuit. #25 ALGARVE PRO RACING / Oreca 07 - Gibson / Michael Jensen / Enzo Trulli / Tom Dillmann (left); #4 CROWDSTRIKE RACING BY APR / Oreca 07 - Gibson / George Kurtz / Malthe Jakobsen / Louis Delétraz (right).
Inter Europol Competition Ligier wins LMP3
The LMP3 class win went to Inter Europol Competition Ligier after leading CLX Motorsport was delayed by a damaged legality panel.
📷 © ALMS at Sepang 2025. #13 INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION / Ligier JS P325 - Toyota / Alex Bukhantsov / Jimmy Chou / Henry Olarte
#9 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 tops LMGT3
The GT category saw the #37 QMMF by Getspeed Mercedes-AMG set the pace with Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi pulling out a sizeable lead after a good battle with the #87 Origine Motorsport Porsche of Bo Yuan.
However, a couple of penalties for the #37 Mercedes-AMG dropped them out of contention, with the lead being picked up by their teammates in the #9 Mercedes-AMG.
Fabien Schiller was looking good to take the chequered flag in the final 30-minutes of the race, while the battle for second was led by the #87 Origine Porsche. However, they all had to take a late stop for a splash of fuel and the #9 Mercedes-AMG emerged behind the #10 Manthey Porsche and ahead of the #56 Ecurie Ecosse Blackthorn Aston Martin.
📷 © ALMS at Sepang 2025. #9 GETSPEED / Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO / Shigekazu Wakisaka / Anthony Bartone / Fabian Schiller
Schiller quickly regained the lead but was under pressure from Loek Hartog in the no10 Porsche, with the Dutch driver pushing his German rival in every corner. They were nose to tail into the final corner with the Porsche getting alongside the Mercedes-AMG. The two cars collided but both kept going, with Hartog getting the best run out of the corner to take the chequered flag by just 1 second, with Jonny Adam taking the final podium position in the Ecurie Ecosse Blackthorn Aston Martin, just 1.7 seconds behind the winning car.
However, after the race the #10 Porsche was penalised for the move on the final corner and the positions were reversed with the #9 Getspeed Mercedes-AMG being declared the winners and the #10 Manthey Porsche in second. Source: ALMS
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