2025 ELMS Champions Louis Delétraz and Paul Lanchère added the Asian Le Mans Series Champions crown to their respective trophy cabinets after a great six race campaign in Malaysia and the UAE.
Four-time ELMS champion Louis Delétraz added the Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 title to his collection when he and teammates George Kurtz and Malthe Jakobsen secured the 2025 ALMS drivers title, and the team title for Crowdstrike Racing by APR, at the end of second 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi.
The trio took two third places in the season opener in Sepang and then went onto to win both races in Dubai and the first race in Abu Dhabi to go into the final race 25-points ahead of their nearest rivals Cetilar Racing and needing just one point from the final round to secure the title. An 8thplace in a red flag interrupted race was enough to secure the 2025 ALMS LMP2 title, the third in a row for Algarve Pro Racing.
The addition of the ALMS LMP2 crown means the Swiss driver has won almost every ACO LMP2 title.In addition to the three ELMS LMP2 and on ELMS LMP2 Pro/Am titles, he also won the last FIA WEC LMP2 title in 2023 alongside Robert Kubica and Rui Andrade and in 2025 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 Pro/Am crown with PJ Hyett and Dane Cameron with AO by TF.
The only ACO LMP2 title Louis Delétraz hasn’t won is the overall LMP2 win at Le Mans. He, and his teammates Yifei Ye and Robert Kubica, was cruelly denied in 2021 when the Team WRT run Oreca stopped on the very last lap while leading. In 2022 and 2023 Delétraz narrowly missed out on the overall LMP2 win, standing on the second step of the Le Mans podium in both races.
Louis Delétraz: “To win the ALMS title is awesome. I try not to think about it, but over the last four years, we had so much success. To get into the ALMS in such a strong lineup, strong car and fight it out with 16 other cars. I think everyone, George, Malthe and the whole team, did a fantastic job.”
Reigning LMP3 Champion Paul Lanchère also added the ALMS LMP3 title to his resume, winning with ELMS team champions CLX Motorsport and teammates Kévin Rabin and Alexander Jacoby.
Paul Lanchère and his teammates secured four podiums, two wins and two thirds, on their way to the title, with Lanchère taking pole position for all six races. The CLX Motorsport crew just needed to finish in the top 8 in the final race to secure the title but a collision with another car while leading the race saw the no17 Ligier-Toyota hit the barriers at Turn 5 and the car was forced to retire. However, the only rival for the title, the no29 Forestier Racing by VPS, had to win the race but could only manage 8th place.
Paul Lanchère: “It's been a great year for me, winning the ELMS LMP3 title and now the title here. I don't know what my programme is for 2026 yet but I'm very proud about this season with two new, younger drivers. I also took six pole positions and I am very, very happy.”
