United Autosports dominate podium to win Asian Le Mans Series crown

Wakefield-based United Autosports celebrated winning the Asian Le Mans Series LMP3 Championship after the #23 crew of Wayne Boyd, Manuel Maldonado and Rory Penttinen won the final race in Abu Dhabi.
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The team also registered a 1-2-3 podium lockout, with the #3 AERO Ligier JS P320 of Jim McGuire, Duncan Tappy and Andrew Bentley finishing second and the #2 crew of Ian Loggie, Andy Meyrick and Rob Wheldon finishing third.

The #23 crew of Boyd, Maldonado and Penttinen won the race from second on the grid, marking their third visit to the top step of the podium in the championship, after a disappointing DNF in the penultimate race.

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United Autosports also finished second in the LMP3 championship, after Jim McGuire, Duncan Tappy and Andrew Bentley in the #3 AERO Ligier JS P320 finished third in the penultimate round and second in the final race.

And completing the podium was the #2 crew of Loggie, Meyrick and Wheldon, who recovered from a DNF in the penultimate round to claim third in the final outing. The trio also finished fourth in the championship standings at the end of the four race series.

It is another success story for United Autosports following their record breaking year in 2020 when they won the FIA World Endurance Championship, the Le Mans 24 Hours and the European Le Mans Series in both LMP2 and LMP3. Over the course of the four race series, held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Autosports scored three wins, three pole positions and eight podiums.

The next race for the team is the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, between March 18 and 20.

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