Jack Doohan joins AF Corse as 46 cars enter the Asian Le Mans Series opener at Paul Ricard
Two Ferrari 499Ps bring Hypercar to the series, 16 LMP2 cars chase a Le Mans invitation and 28 GT3 cars from eight makes race on 14 and 15 November
Jack Doohan will race an AF Corse LMP2 car in the Asian Le Mans Series this winter, the series confirmed on 2 November as it published a 46-car entry for the season opener at Paul Ricard. The former Alpine Formula 1 driver shares the #55 Oreca 07-Gibson with 2025 Le Mans winner Phil Hanson and Canadian Alex Dimirdjian.
Start times (local, UK and US Eastern) and how to watch: 4 Hours of Le Castellet schedule
The 4 Hours of Le Castellet on 14 and 15 November opens a season that stays in Europe this winter, with two four-hour races at Paul Ricard, Jerez and Portimão. The provisional entry list, dated 31 October, has two Hypercars, 16 LMP2 cars and 28 GT3 cars. All 46 cars and drivers are in our Asian Le Mans Series entry list and calendar.
Doohan swaps Nielsen Racing for AF Corse
Doohan spent 2026 in the European Le Mans Series with Nielsen Racing. He finished 14th in the LMP2 standings with 21 points in the #24 Oreca, and was part of the British team’s crew at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
For the winter he moves to the busiest team on the grid. AF Corse is the only outfit with cars in all three classes at Paul Ricard: Doohan’s #55, a second Oreca (#83) for Jeremy Clarke, Julien Andlauer and Nicolas Varrone, the #90 Ferrari 499P in Hypercar and two Ferrari 296 GT3 EVOs.
Doohan is one of four platinum-rated drivers in LMP2, the top tier of the FIA driver categorisation. The others are Mikkel Jensen at United Autosports, Charles Milesi at Proton Competition and Nick Yelloly at Inter Europol Competition.
Two Ferrari 499Ps bring Hypercar to the series
This season is the first with a Hypercar class in the Asian Le Mans Series, and both entries are Ferrari 499Ps. Cetilar Racing, LMP2 runner-up last season, steps up with the #47 for father and son Roberto and Nicola Lacorte and Ferrari factory driver Antonio Fuoco. AF Corse’s #90 is for Argentine Luis Pérez Companc with Yifei Ye and Nicklas Nielsen.
That puts three Le Mans winners in two cars: Fuoco, Ye and Nielsen.
Crowdstrike chases a third LMP2 title
The LMP2 champions earn an automatic invitation to the 2027 24 Hours of Le Mans, which makes the 16-car class the busiest fight of the winter. Crowdstrike Racing by APR, the reigning champions, keep George Kurtz and Louis Delétraz together and add Laurin Heinrich in the #4.
Algarve Pro Racing’s #25 has the newly crowned ELMS LMP2 Pro/Am champions Michael Jensen, Enzo Trulli and Malthe Jakobsen. According to the series, Jakobsen is chasing a fourth Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 title in a row. ELMS champions United Autosports run two cars, Inter Europol and Proton two each.
28 GT3 cars from eight makes
Mercedes-AMG is the biggest make in GT3 with seven cars, ahead of six Porsches, four Ferraris and four Aston Martins. McLaren, Lamborghini and Ford have two cars each, and Team WRT runs the only BMW, an M4 GT3 EVO for Anthony McIntosh, Parker Thompson and Max Hesse.
Manthey splits its Porsche aces over two cars: Richard Lietz in the #91 and Klaus Bachler in the #92. Last season’s GT drivers’ champions, Dustin Blattner and Dennis Marschall, switch from Ferrari to a Garage 59 McLaren and share the #58 with Tom Fleming. The new Lamborghini Temerario GT3 makes its series debut with Leipert Motorsport and Dfyne Racing, and Heart of Racing brings two Aston Martins, one of them for Mattia Drudi.
GT World Challenge fans will recognise Chris Lulham in the 2Seas Motorsports Mercedes #46, alongside Darren Leung and Guy Albag.
Our read: the winter will be decided in LMP2
Two Ferraris in Hypercar make for a fine sight on the Mistral straight, but a two-car class is a duel, not a championship. The real prize at Paul Ricard sits one class down. LMP2 has the Le Mans invitation, 16 identical Orecas and four platinum drivers, and on paper Doohan’s car, with Hanson beside him, is one of the strongest line-ups in it.
It will not be easy. Crowdstrike knows how to win this title, and Jakobsen has not lost it in three years. Doohan’s first weekend with AF Corse will tell us quickly whether he is a contender or a fast driver still learning the team.
Practice on Friday, race one on Saturday at 13:15 local
Free practice starts on Friday 13 November at 10:10 local time, with qualifying in the late afternoon. Both four-hour races start at 13:15 local (12:15 UK, 07:15 ET), on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November. The new Asian Le Mans Cup holds its first races on the same weekend. The full timetable and where to watch are on our Paul Ricard schedule page, and the three circuits of the season are in our track guide.
Sources: “46 Cars for Season Opener in France” and provisional entry list for the 4H of Le Castellet (as at 31 October 2026), Asian Le Mans Series, 2 November 2026; Jack Doohan driver page, European Le Mans Series; 2026 LMP2 class preview, 24h-lemans.com.
Can Jack Doohan win on his AF Corse debut at Paul Ricard, or does Crowdstrike start the winter where it left off? Tell us in the comments.
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