Four Aston Martin Vantage GT3 powered crews confirmed within this years enforced look Asian Le Mans Series from Europe

Good news for the new season came early today as the Asian Le Mans Series confirmed their provisional entry list ahead of their heavy reconfigured 2026-27 plans with an impressive capacity forty-seven car strong, multi-classed entry.

Due to the ongoing geo-political situation within the Middle East at the moment, the Asian Le Mans Series made a swift decision to relocate its traditional cross winter season from their more traditional homes of Dubai and Abu Dhabi to circuits within southern Europe in order to provide some kind of surety to their partners that their commitment to the new season will be met with some racing at the end of the day.

 

As a result, this year’s season will see their six four-hour races moved to the Circuit Paul Ricard in southern France in mid-November before moving onto both Circuito De Jerez in mid-January before rounding off the season at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve just a month later.

The news confirmed today states the maximum grid size that all three circuits can routinely accommodate as well as some expectation with the names behind the team entries.

 

As far as Aston Martin Racing powered teams were concerned, the two Vantage GT3 entries of the 2025-26 season has this time morphed into four such cars as the Heart of Racing has two GT3 places confirmed alongside one apiece for the (renamed) Car Blanche by RSL (Racing Spirit of Leman) team and the returning Ecurie Ecosse by Blackthorn AMR team.

This news went onto confirm that Ian James and Gray Newell would be associated with each of the Heart of Racings #26 and #27 car entries as well as Arnold Robin, Jonny Edgar and Valentin Hasse-Clot being confirmed already within the #68 Car Blanche entry. Last season, the Blackthorn car was crewed last year by Giacomo Petrobelli, Jonny Adam and Kobe Pauwels but this time Adam’s name is not there within the #70 entry list for this year but the other two are.

 

The total grid will be made up of two new for 26-27 Hypercar entries alongside sixteen LPM2 cars with the rest of the field being made up from the GT3 class.

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