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Giorgio Roda claims seventh consecutive Asian Le Mans Series pole

Asian Le Mans Series
13 Dec. 2025 • 4:46

Giorgio Roda secured pole position for the first 4 Hours of Sepang races adding another pole to the six he secured during from the 2024/25 season.  The Italian lapped the Sepang circuit in the no5 United Autosports Oreca in a best time of 1m55.614, finishing 0.588 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.  

 

Jens Reno Moller will start race 1 on the front row after posting a best lap of 1m56.202, but the Dane’s second fastest lap of 1m56.262 was good enough to claim pole position in the no49 High Class Racing Oreca-Gibson at the end of the 15-minute qualifying session.  

 

The no43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca will head the second row for this afternoon’s race after Georgios Kolovos set a 1m56.382 lap, with the Greek drivers second best time good enough to move the car up to the front row for Sunday’s race ahead of the no5 United Autosports Oreca.  

 

The no20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca of John Falb was 4th fastest ahead of the no22 Proton Competition and the no3 DKR Engineering who will start in 5th and 6th respectively for this afternoon’s race.

 

2025 European Le Mans Series Champion Paul Lanchere posted the two best lap times of the qualifying session to claim pole for race 1 this afternoon and pole for race 2 on Sunday.

 

The session was halted before a single lap time was posted when the no13 Inter Europol Competition Ligier of Alex Bukhantsov slid off the track and into the gravel at T11, bringing out the red flag.  The session resumed after the car was recovered to a safe location, with 12 minutes left on the clock.

 

Lanchere set the early pace with a benchmark 2m12.900, the French driver lower the time several times with his best lap of 2m12.401 set in the final minute of the session.

 

The two Team Virage Ligiers finished second and third after switching to wets halfway through the session. The no8 Ligier of Romain Vozniak will start this afternoon’s race on the front row with the French driver posting a 2m12.670, 0.6 seconds ahead of his teammate Julien Gerbi in the no1 Team Virage Ligier.

 

The no71 23Events Racing Events will start in 4th, with the no85 R-ace GP Duqueine in 5th. 

 

Malaysian team will start both 4 Hours of Sepang races from the front of the GT grid after Australian Yasser Shahin posted the two best times of the 15-minute session in the no66 Corvette.

 

Overnight rain had left a wet track, giving the teams a dilemma of what tyres to use in the session, with wets being the correct choice.  The no66 Corvette started on slicks and swapped to wets halfway through the session, which then saw the car leap from last place into provisional pole with just three seconds left on the clock.  Shahin then set the second fastest time of the session at the chequered flag to take pole for Sunday’s race.

 

The no37 QMMF by Getspeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO will start on the front row after Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi set the early pace in the 15-minute session.  The Qatari’s best lap of 2m19.467 was 0.231s behind the pole time.

 

Row 2 will be filled by the no77 Proton Competition Porsche and the no28 UNX Racing by Team WRT BMW M4 after Fabian Duffieux moved into 4th place in the final minute ahead of his Team WRT teammate Anthony McIntosh, who will start this afternoon’s race in 5th. 

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