2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia

The 2019 GT World Challenge Asia (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia) was the third season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia. The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 6 April at Sepang and ended on 28 September at Shanghai. It was the first season of the unification of GT3 sprint series across the globe under the World Challenge name.[1]

Calendar edit

At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar. Ningbo was replaced by Korea.[2] The dates for the races at Shanghai were confirmed on 11 December.[3]

Round Circuit Date
1   Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia 6–7 April
2   Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 11–12 May
3   Suzuka International Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 22–23 June
4   Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 6–7 July
5   Korea International Circuit, Yeongam, South Korea 3–4 August
6   Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading, China 27–28 September

Entry list edit

GT3 edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  Zun Motorsport Crew Mercedes-AMG GT3 4   Josh Burdon S 6
  Adderly Fong
7   Ka Chun Ma Am 6
  Yi Ming Lin
  Phantom Pro Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 5   Chris On Chia Am 6
  Wei Lu
  ARN Racing[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R[4] 8   Yuta Kamimura[4] PA 1–4, 6
  Hiroaki Nagai[4]
  Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing[5][N 1]

  B-Quik Racing[6][N 1]

  Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing[6][N 1]

  Absolute Racing[7][N 1]

  Panther / AAS Motorsport[8][N 1]
Audi R8 LMS Evo[5] 12   Martin Rump[9] S All
  Weiron Tan[9]
13   Congfu Cheng[5] PA All
  Jingzu Sun[5]
26   Daniel Bilski[6][N 2] Am 1–2
  Henk Kiks[6][N 3]
59   Bhurit Bhirombhakdi[6] PA 1–3
  Kantasak Kusiri[6]
Porsche 911 GT3 R[7] 911   Philip Hamprecht[10] S All
  Tanart Sathienthirakul[10]
912   Dennis Olsen[10] PA 1
  Bo Yuan[7]
  Bo Yuan[7] S 2–6
  Jono Lester[11] 2
  Leo Ye[12] 3–6
918   Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak[8] PA All
  Alexandre Imperatori[8][N 4] 1–2, 4–6
  Marco Holzer[13] 3
  Modena Motorsports[14][N 5]
OpenRoad Racing[14][N 5]
Porsche 911 GT3 R[14] 16   John Shen[14] PA 1–2
  Mathias Beche[14] 1
  Benny Simonsen[14] 2
21   Michael Soeryadjaya[15] Am 1
  Francis Tjia[14]
PA 2
  Philippe Descombes[16]
  Anstone Racing[17] Mercedes-AMG GT3[17] 17   Wei Xu[17] PA 1–4, 6
  Naoki Yokomizo[17]
  HubAuto Corsa[18] Ferrari 488 GT3[18] 27   Yuya Sakamoto[18] S All
  David Russell[18] 1
  Andre Heimgartner[11] 2–3
  Marco Seefried 4
  Marcos Gomes 5–6
28   Morris Chen[15] Am 1
  Andrew Haryanto[15]
  AMAC Motorsport[19] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[19] 51   Andrew Macpherson[19] Am All
  William Ben Porter[19]
  Craft-Bamboo Racing[20] Mercedes-AMG GT3[20] 55   Daniel Au[21] PA All
  Melvin Moh[21]
88   Jeffrey Lee[22] PA All
  Alessio Picariello[22] 1–4, 6
  Maximilian Götz 5
99   Christina Nielsen[23] S All
  Darryl O'Young[23]
  LM Corsa[13] Porsche 911 GT3 R[13] 60   Kei Nakanishi[13] Am 3–4
  Shigekazu Wakisaka[13]
  ABSSA Motorsport[24] McLaren 720S GT3[24] 61   Piti Bhirombhakdi[24] PA All
  Keita Sawa[24]
  Team iRace.Win Mercedes-AMG GT3 66   Nan Lin Am 6
  Heng Min
  T2 Motorsports[25] Ferrari 488 GT3[25] 75   Rio Haryanto[25] PA All
  David Tjiptobiantoro[25] 1–2, 4–6
  Gregory Teo[25] 3
  X Works Audi R8 LMS 83   Philip Tang PA 4
  Shaun Thong
  Solite Indigo Racing[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3[15] 97   Roelof Bruins[15] S All
  Gabriele Piana[15] 1
  Manuel Metzger[11] 2, 4–6
  Patric Niederhauser[13] 3
  Arrows Racing[26] Honda NSX GT3[26] 98   Lic Ka Liu[26] Am 1
  Philip Ma[26]
  Vattana Motorsport[11] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[11] 128   Akihiro Asai[11] Am 2–5
  Chonsawat Asavahame[11]
  Kizashi Koshido Saccess Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 390   Tamotsu Kondo Am 4
  Motoharu Sato
  Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[27] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[27] 666   Alex Au[27] PA All
  Frederik Schandorff[27]
  CarGuy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 777   Takeshi Kimura Am 4
  Yusuke Yamasaki
  Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia[28] Mercedes-AMG GT3[28] 888   Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim[28] PA All
  Jazeman Jaafar[28] 1–2, 4
  Shane van Gisbergen[28] 3, 5–6
  JRM[29] Porsche 911 GT3 R[29] 910   Chris van der Drift[29] PA All
  Chao Li[29] 1-4, 6
  Anthony Liu 5
  Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT[30] Audi R8 LMS Evo[30] 999   Weian Chen[30] S All
  André Couto[30] 1–3
  Rahel Frey 4–6
Icon Class
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

GT4 edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  GTO Racing with TTR[31] Mercedes-AMG GT4[31] 11   Tony Fong[31] Am All
  Brian Lee[31]
  Birth Racing Project Mercedes-AMG GT4 19   Kouichi Okumura Am 4
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Craft-Bamboo Racing[20] Mercedes-AMG GT4[20] 77   Jean-Marc Merlin[15] Am 1–4, 6
  Frank Yu[15] 1–3, 5
  David Pun 4
  Richard Wee 5
  Douglas Khoo 6
  Racing Spirit Thailand[11] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[11] 80   Munkong Sathienthirakul[11] Am 2
  Preeda Tantemsapya[11]
  BMW Team Studie[32] BMW M4 GT4[32] 81   Takayuki Kinoshita[32] Am All
  Jukuchou Sunako[32] 1–5
82   Masahiko Ida Am 4
  Shinsuke Umeda
  Jukuchou Sunako 6
  Absolute Racing[33] Audi R8 LMS GT4[33] 89   Anderson Tanoto[33] Am 3
  Mark Williamson[33]
  Team iRace.Win[34] Mercedes-AMG GT4[34] 111   Ringo Chong[34] Am All
  Setiawan Santoso[34]
199   Alan Yeo[34] Am 1–3
  Ran Zhang[34] 1
  Angelo Negro[11] 2
  Keo Chang[13] 3–6
  Joe Chi 4–6

Race results edit

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position Silver Winners Pro-Am Winners Am Winners GT4 Winners
1 R1   Sepang   No. 912 Absolute Racing   No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing   No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 51 AMAC Motorsport   No. 81 BMW Team Studie
  Dennis Olsen
  Bo Yuan
  Roelof Bruins
  Gabriele Piana
  Jeffrey Lee
  Alessio Picariello
  Andrew Macpherson
  William Ben Porter
  Takayuki Kinoshita
  Jukuchou Sunako
R2   No. 912 Absolute Racing   No. 911 Absolute Racing   No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport   No. 26 B-Quik Racing   No. 81 BMW Team Studie
  Dennis Olsen
  Bo Yuan
  Philip Hamprecht
  Tanart Sathienthirakul
  Alexandre Imperatori
  Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
  Daniel Bilski
  Henk Kiks
  Takayuki Kinoshita
  Jukuchou Sunako
2 R1   Buriram   No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing   No. 666 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing   No. 128 Vattana Motorsport   No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
  Christina Nielsen
  Darryl O'Young
  Roelof Bruins
  Manuel Metzger
  Alex Au
  Frederik Schandorff
  Akihiro Asai
  Chonsawat Asavahame
  Jean-Marc Merlin
  Frank Yu
R2   No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 27 HubAuto Corsa   No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport   No. 26 B-Quik Racing   No. 81 BMW Team Studie
  Jeffrey Lee
  Alessio Picariello
  Andre Heimgartner
  Yuya Sakamoto
  Alexandre Imperatori
  Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
  Daniel Bilski
  Henk Kiks
  Takayuki Kinoshita
  Jukuchou Sunako
3 R1   Suzuka   No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing   No. 911 Absolute Racing   No. 8 ARN Racing   No. 60 LM Corsa   No. 111 Team iRace.Win
  Martin Rump
  Weiron Tan
  Philip Hamprecht
  Tanart Sathienthirakul
  Yuta Kamimura
  Hiroaki Nagai
  Kei Nakanishi
  Shingekazu Wakisaka
  Ringo Chong
  Setiawan Santoso
R2   No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 911 Absolute Racing   No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 128 Vattana Motorsport   No. 81 BMW Team Studie
  Jeffrey Lee
  Alessio Picariello
  Philip Hamprecht
  Tanart Sathienthirakul
  Jeffrey Lee
  Alessio Picariello
  Akihiro Asai
  Chonsawat Asavahame
  Takayuki Kinoshita
  Jukuchou Sunako
4 R1   Fuji   No. 911 Absolute Racing   No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing   No. 8 ARN Racing   No. 51 AMAC Motorsport   No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
  Philip Hamprecht
  Tanart Sathienthirakul
  Roelof Bruins
  Manuel Metzger
  Yuta Kamimura
  Hiroaki Nagai
  Andrew Macpherson
  William Ben Porter
  Jean-Marc Merlin
  David Pun
R2   No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing   No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport   No. 128 Vattana Motorsport   No. 81 BMW Team Studie
  Jeffrey Lee
  Alessio Picariello
  Martin Rump
  Weiron Tan
  Alexandre Imperatori
  Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
  Akihiro Asai
  Chonsawat Asavahame
  Takayuki Kinoshita
  Jukuchou Sunako
5 R1   Korea   No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing   No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing   No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia   No. 51 AMAC Motorsport   No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
  Roelof Bruins
  Manuel Metzger
  Roelof Bruins
  Manuel Metzger
  Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
  Shane van Gisbergen
  Andrew Macpherson
  William Ben Porter
  Frank Yu
  Richard Wee
R2   No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia   No. 912 Absolute Racing   No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport   No. 51 AMAC Motorsport   No. 81 BMW Team Studie
  Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
  Shane van Gisbergen
  Leo Ye
  Bo Yuan
  Alexandre Imperatori
  Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
  Andrew Macpherson
  William Ben Porter
  Takayuki Kinoshita
  Jukuchou Sunako
6 R1   Shanghai   No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing   No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing   No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport   No. 5 Phantom Pro Racing   No. 111 Team iRace.Win
  Martin Rump
  Weiron Tan
  Martin Rump
  Weiron Tan
  Alexandre Imperatori
  Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
  Chris On Chia
  Wei Lu
  Ringo Chong
  Setiawan Santoso
R2   No. 910 JRM[N 6]   No. 912 Absolute Racing   No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 5 Phantom Pro Racing   No. 82 BMW Team Studie
  Chris van der Drift
  Chao Li
  Leo Ye
  Bo Yuan
  Jeffrey Lee
  Alessio Picariello
  Chris On Chia
  Wei Lu
  Jukuchou Sunako

Championship standings edit

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championships edit

Overall edit

Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points
GT3
1   Roelof Bruins   Solite Indigo Racing 2 5 1 5 9 7 1 8 1 4 4 5 159
2   Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak   Panther / AAS Motorsport 9 2 18 1 6 2 Ret 2 8 1 5 3 141
3   Philip Hamprecht
  Tanart Sathienthirakul
  Absolute Racing 8 1 2 10 1 3 4 7 3 8 3 25 140
4   Yuya Sakamoto   HubAuto Corsa 3 6 4 2 4 4 3 26 2 6 2 Ret 136
5   Manuel Metzger   Solite Indigo Racing 1 5 1 8 1 4 4 5 123
6   Alexandre Imperatori   Panther / AAS Motorsport 9 2 18 1 Ret 2 8 1 5 3 115
7   Martin Rump
  Weiron Tan
  Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing 16 4 3 Ret 11 5 2 1 6 9 1 13 115
8   Bo Yuan   Absolute Racing 6 10 5 DSQ 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1 100
9   Leo Ye   Absolute Racing 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1 81
10   Weian Chen   Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 5 4 4 7 5 7 77
11   Jeffrey Lee   Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 Ret 12 14 2 68
11   Alessio Picariello   Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 14 2 68
12   Alex Au
  Frederik Schandorff
  Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 13 7 6 4 5 25 9 6 9 Ret 15 4 60
13   Rahel Frey   Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 5 4 4 7 5 7 56
14   Andre Heimgartner   HubAuto Corsa 4 2 4 4 54
15   Chris van der Drift   JRM 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 2 10 6 49
16   Christina Nielsen
  Darryl O'Young
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 7 3 12 14 7 10 13 3 12 11 13 9 45
17   Marcos Gomes   HubAuto Corsa 2 6 2 Ret 44
18   Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim   Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 4 13 11 18 13 18 11 5 7 5 12 16 38
19   Chao Li   JRM 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 6 30
20   Gabriele Piana   Solite Indigo Racing 2 5 28
21   Marco Holzer   Panther / AAS Motorsport 6 2 26
22   Yuta Kamimura
  Hiroaki Nagai
  ARN Racing 28 12 14 19 3 12 6 9 Ret DNS 25
23   David Russell   HubAuto Corsa 3 6 23
24   Jazeman Jaafar   Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 4 13 11 18 11 5 22
25   André Couto   Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 21
26   Piti Bhirombhakdi
  Keita Sawa
  ABSSA Motorsport Ret 15 20 8 10 13 7 10 11 10 7 10 20
27   Anthony Liu   JRM 10 2 19
28   Shane van Gisbergen   Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 13 18 7 5 12 16 16
29   Marco Seefried   HubAuto Corsa 3 26 15
30   Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
  Kantasak Kusiri
  Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing 10 8 10 6 22 17 14
31   Rio Haryanto   T2 Motorsports 17 18 7 16 18 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 11
31   David Tjiptobiantoro   T2 Motorsports 17 18 7 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 11
32   Jono Lester   Absolute Racing 5 DSQ 10
33   Dennis Olsen   Absolute Racing 6 10 9
34   Francis Tjia   OpenRoad Racing 15 17 9 7 8
35   Philippe Descombes   OpenRoad Racing 9 7 8
35   Patric Niederhauser   Solite Indigo Racing 9 7 8
36   Congfu Cheng
  Jingzu Sun
  Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing 14 19 23 25 12 11 12 18 13 14 8 14 4
37   Daniel Bilski
  Henk Kiks
  B-Quik Racing Ret 16 21 9 2
  John Shen   Modena Motorsports 11 11 16 12 0
  Akihiro Asai
  Chonsawat Asavahame
  Vattana Motorsport 17 11 19 15 27 11 15 16 0
  Mathias Beche   Modena Motorsports 11 11 0
  Wei Xu
  Naoki Yokomizo
  Anstone Racing 21 14 15 Ret 14 14 Ret 20 19 11 0
  Andrew Macpherson
  William Ben Porter
  AMAC Motorsport 12 24 19 13 21 19 14 15 14 15 18 15 0
  Benny Simonsen   Modena Motorsports 16 12 0
  Kei Nakanishi
  Shigekazu Wakisaka
  LM Corsa 17 Ret 20 12 0
  Maximilian Götz   Craft-Bamboo Racing Ret 12 0
  Philip Tang
  Shaun Thong
  X Works 19 14 0
  Michael Soeryadjaya   OpenRoad Racing 15 17 0
  Takeshi Kimura
  Yusuke Yamasaki
  CarGuy Racing 15 17 0
  Daniel Au
  Melvin Moh
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 20 22 22 17 20 21 17 Ret 16 17 21 18 0
  Gregory Teo   T2 Motorsports 18 16 0
  Tamotsu Kondo
  Motoharu Sato
  Kizashi Koshido Saccess Racing 18 19 0
  Lic Ka Liu
  Philip Ma
  Arrows Racing 19 23 0
  Morris Chen
  Andrew Haryanto
  HubAuto Corsa 22 21 0
Entries ineligible to score points
  Josh Burdon
  Adderly Fong
  Zun Motorsport Crew 9 Ret
  Chris On Chia
  Wei Lu
  Phantom Pro Racing 17 12
  Nan Lin
  Heng Min
  Team iRace.Win 20 17
  Ka Chun Ma
  Yi Ming Lin
  Zun Motorsport Crew 22 19
GT4
1   Jukuchou Sunako   BMW Team Studie 23 25 25 20 28 20 22 21 20 18 24 20 249
2   Takayuki Kinoshita   BMW Team Studie 23 25 25 20 28 20 22 21 20 18 25 23 233
3   Ringo Chong
  Setiawan Santoso
  Team iRace.Win 25 27 27 23 23 Ret 23 23 18 22 23 21 180
4   Jean-Marc Merlin   Craft-Bamboo Racing 26 26 24 22 26 23 21 25 27 Ret 142
5   Tony Fong
  Brian Lee
  GTO Racing with TTR 24 28 26 21 24 Ret Ret 24 21 20 28 24 136
6   Frank Yu   Craft-Bamboo Racing 26 26 24 22 26 23 17 21 134
7   Keo Chang   Team iRace.Win 27 24 24 22 19 19 26 22 112
8   Joe Chi   Team iRace.Win 24 22 19 19 26 22 90
9   Alan Yeo   Team iRace.Win 27 29 28 26 27 24 60
10   Richard Wee   Craft-Bamboo Racing 17 21 37
11   David Pun   Craft-Bamboo Racing 21 25 35
12   Anderson Tanoto
  Mark Williamson
  Absolute Racing 25 22 33
13   Ran Zhang   Team iRace.Win 27 29 20
14   Angelo Negro   Team iRace.Win 28 26 18
15   Munkong Sathienthirakul
  Preeda Tantemsapya
  Racing Spirit Thailand 30 24 18
16   Kouichi Okumura
  Daisuke Yamawaki
  Birth Racing Project 25 Ret 10
17   Douglas Khoo   Craft-Bamboo Racing 27 Ret 10
18   Masahiko Ida
  Shinsuke Umeda
  BMW Team Studie 26 Ret 8
Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Silver Cup edit

Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points
1   Roelof Bruins   Solite Indigo Racing 2 5 1 5 9 7 1 8 1 4 4 5 203
2   Philip Hamprecht
  Tanart Sathienthirakul
  Absolute Racing 8 1 2 10 1 3 4 7 3 8 3 25 189
3   Yuya Sakamoto   HubAuto Corsa 3 6 4 2 4 4 3 26 2 6 2 Ret 170
4   Martin Rump
  Weiron Tan
  Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing 16 4 3 Ret 11 5 2 1 6 9 1 13 155
5   Manuel Metzger   Solite Indigo Racing 1 5 1 8 1 4 4 5 148
6   Bo Yuan   Absolute Racing 5 DSQ 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1 124
7   Weian Chen   Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 5 4 4 7 5 7 124
8   Christina Nielsen
  Darryl O'Young
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 7 3 12 14 7 10 13 3 12 11 13 9 123
9   Leo Ye   Absolute Racing 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1 114
10   Rahel Frey   Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 5 4 4 7 5 7 74
11   Andre Heimgartner   HubAuto Corsa 4 2 4 4 70
12   Marcos Gomes   HubAuto Corsa 2 6 2 Ret 51
13   André Couto   Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 50
14   Gabriele Piana   Solite Indigo Racing 2 5 37
15   David Russell   HubAuto Corsa 3 6 28
16   Marco Seefried   HubAuto Corsa 3 26 21
17   Patric Niederhauser   Solite Indigo Racing 9 7 18
18   Jono Lester   Absolute Racing 5 DSQ 10
Entries ineligible to score points
  Josh Burdon
  Adderly Fong
  Zun Motorsport Crew 9 Ret
Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points

Pro-Am Cup edit

Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points
1   Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak   Panther / AAS Motorsport 9 2 18 1 6 2 Ret 2 8 1 5 3 204
2   Alexandre Imperatori   Panther / AAS Motorsport 9 2 18 1 Ret 2 8 1 5 3 171
3   Alex Au
  Frederik Schandorff
  Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 13 7 6 4 5 25 9 6 9 Ret 15 4 149
4   Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim   Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 4 13 11 18 13 18 11 5 7 5 12 16 120
5   Jeffrey Lee   Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 Ret 12 14 2 119
6   Chris van der Drift   JRM 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 2 10 6 115
7   Alessio Picariello   Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 14 2 109
8   Piti Bhirombhakdi
  Keita Sawa
  ABSSA Motorsport Ret 15 20 8 10 13 7 10 11 10 7 10 107
9   Chao Li   JRM 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 6 85
10   Yuta Kamimura
  Hiroaki Nagai
  ARN Racing 28 12 14 19 3 12 6 9 Ret DNS 82
11   Congfu Cheng
  Jingzu Sun
  Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing 14 19 23 25 12 11 12 18 13 14 8 14 69
12   Rio Haryanto   T2 Motorsports 17 18 7 16 18 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 62
13   Shane van Gisbergen   Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 13 18 7 5 12 16 61
14   Jazeman Jaafar   Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 4 13 11 18 11 5 59
15   David Tjiptobiantoro   T2 Motorsports 17 18 7 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 57
16   Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
  Kantasak Kusiri
  Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing 10 8 10 6 22 17 50
17   Marco Holzer   Panther / AAS Motorsport 6 2 33
18   Anthony Liu   JRM Racing 10 2 30
19   Wei Xu
  Naoki Yokomizo
  Anstone Racing 21 14 15 Ret 14 14 Ret 20 19 11 26
20   Philippe Descombes
  Francis Tjia
  OpenRoad Racing 9 7 24
21   John Shen   Modena Motorsports 11 11 16 12 23
22   Dennis Olsen
  Bo Yuan
  Absolute Racing 6 10 22
23   Daniel Au
  Melvin Moh
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 20 22 22 17 20 21 17 Ret 16 17 21 18 18
24   Mathias Beche   Modena Motorsports 11 11 14
25   Maximilian Götz   Craft-Bamboo Racing Ret 12 10
26   Philip Tang
  Shaun Thong
  X Works 19 14 10
27   Benny Simonsen   Modena Motorsports 16 12 9
28   Gregory Teo   T2 Motorsports 18 16 5
Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points

Am Cup edit

Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points
1   Andrew Macpherson
  William Ben Porter
  AMAC Motorsport 12 24 19 13 21 19 14 15 14 15 18 15 191
2   Akihiro Asai
  Chonsawat Asavahame
  Vattana Motorsport 17 11 19 15 27 11 15 16 139
3   Daniel Bilski
  Henk Kiks
  B-Quik Racing Ret 16 21 9 65
4   Kei Nakanishi
  Shingekazu Wakisaka
  LM Corsa 17 Ret 20 12 55
5   Michael Soeryadjaya
  Francis Tjia
  OpenRoad Racing 15 17 36
6   Takeshi Kimura
  Yusuke Yamasaki
  CarGuy Racing 15 17 30
7   Lic Ka Liu
  Philip Ma
  Arrows Racing 19 23 27
7   Morris Chen
  Andrew Haryanto
  HubAuto Corsa 22 21 27
8   Tamotsu Kondo
  Motoharu Sato
  Kizashi Koshido Saccess Racing 18 19 25
Entries ineligible to score points
  Chris On Chia
  Wei Lu
  Phantom Pro Racing 17 12
  Nan Lin
  Heng Min
  Team iRace.Win 20 17
  Ka Chun Ma
  Yi Ming Lin
  Zun Motorsport Crew 22 19
Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points

Teams' championship edit

Only the two best results of a team per race counted towards the Teams' championship.

Pos. Team Manufacturer No. SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points
GT3
1
 
 
Absolute Racing
Panther / AAS Motorsport
Porsche 911 8 1 2 10 1 3 4 7 3 8 3 25 353
912 6 10 5 DSQ 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1
918 9 2 18 1 6 2 Ret 2 8 1 5 3
2   Solite Indigo Racing Mercedes-AMG 97 2 5 1 5 9 7 1 8 1 4 4 5 163
3   HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 27 3 6 4 2 4 4 3 26 2 6 2 Ret 136
28 22 21
4   Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing Audi 12 16 4 3 Ret 11 5 2 1 6 9 1 13 123
13 14 19 23 25 12 11 12 18 13 14 8 14
5   Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG 55 20 22 22 17 20 21 17 Ret 16 17 21 18 97
88 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 Ret 12 14 2
99 7 3 12 14 7 10 13 3 12 11 13 9
6   Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT Audi 999 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 5 4 4 7 5 7 81
7   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini 666 13 7 6 4 5 25 9 6 9 Ret 15 4 62
8   JRM Porsche 910 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 2 10 6 52
9   Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Mercedes-AMG 888 4 13 11 18 13 18 11 5 7 5 12 16 39
10   ARN Racing Porsche 8 28 12 14 19 3 12 6 9 Ret DNS 25
11   ABSSA Motorsport McLaren 61 Ret 15 20 8 10 13 7 10 11 10 7 10 23
12   Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing Audi 59 10 8 10 6 22 17 15
13   T2 Motorsports Ferrari 75 17 18 7 16 18 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 11
14   OpenRoad Racing Porsche 21 15 17 9 7 8
15   B-Quik Racing Audi 26 Ret 16 21 9 2
16   Modena Motorsports Porsche 16 11 11 16 12 2
  Vattana Motorsport Lamborghini 128 17 11 19 15 27 11 15 16 0
  Anstone Racing Mercedes-AMG 17 21 14 15 Ret 14 14 Ret 20 19 11 0
  AMAC Motorsport Lamborghini 51 12 24 19 13 21 19 14 15 14 15 18 15 0
  LM Corsa Porsche 60 17 Ret 20 12 0
  X Works Audi 83 19 14 0
  CarGuy Racing Ferrari 777 15 17 0
  Kizashi Koshido Saccess Racing Lamborghini 390 18 19 0
  Arrows Racing Honda 98 19 23 0
Entries ineligible to score points
  Zun Motorsport Crew Mercedes-AMG 4 9 Ret
7 22 19
  Phantom Pro Racing Mercedes-AMG 5 17 12
  Team iRace.Win Mercedes-AMG 66 20 17
GT4
1   Team iRace.Win Mercedes-AMG 111 25 27 27 23 23 Ret 23 23 18 22 23 21 330
199 27 29 28 26 27 24 24 22 19 19 26 22
2   BMW Team Studie BMW 81 23 25 25 20 28 20 22 21 20 18 25 23 284
82 26 Ret 24 20
3   Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG 77 26 26 24 22 26 23 21 25 17 21 27 Ret 179
4   GTO Racing with TTR Mercedes-AMG 11 24 28 26 21 24 Ret Ret 24 21 20 28 24 136
5   Absolute Racing Audi 89 25 22 33
6   Racing Spirit Thailand Porsche 80 30 24 18
7   Birth Racing Project Mercedes-AMG 19 25 Ret 10
Pos. Team Manufacturer No. SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
KOR
 
SHA
 
Points

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Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Car No. 12 and 13 entered as Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing under Chinese licence, car No. 26 entered as B-Quik Racing under Thai licence, car No. 59 entered as Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing under Thai licence, cars No. 911 and 912 entered as Absolute Racing under Chinese licence and car No. 918 entered as Panther / AAS Motorsport under Thai licence.
  2. ^ Daniel Bilski entered under Hong Kong licence at Round 1 and under Australian licence from Round 2 on.
  3. ^ Henk Kiks entered under Thai licence at Round 1 and under Dutch licence from Round 2 on.
  4. ^ Alexandre Imperatori entered under Hong Kong licence at Round 1 and under Swiss licence from Round 2 on.
  5. ^ a b Car No. 16 entered as Modena Motorsports and car No. 21 entered as OpenRoad Racing.
  6. ^ The No. 8 ARN Racing Porsche took pole position, but crashed out of Race 1 and was unable to make the start of Race 2, elevating the No. 910 JRM Porsche to pole position.

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