2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia

The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia was the inaugural season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's Blancpain GT Series Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia. The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars.

Calendar

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On 19 October 2016, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2017 calendar and championship details.[1] The series started at Sepang on 8 April and ended at Zhejiang on 15 October, as the event at Zhejiang was moved forward one week, after the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]

Event Circuit Date
1   Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia 8–9 April
2   Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 20–21 May
3   Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 24–25 June
4   Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 19–20 August
5   Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading, China 23–24 September
6   Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing, China 14–15 October

Entry list

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  FFF Racing Team by ACM[3] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[3] 1   Alberto Di Folco[4] S All
  Aidan Read[4]
2   Ho-Pin Tung[4] PA 1
  Junhan Zhu[4]
  Yue Lin[5] AA 2–6
  Junhan Zhu[5] 2–5
  Ting Zheng[6] 6
  Porsche Team EBI[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R[7] 3   Yuya Sakamoto[7] S 4
  Naoya Yamano[7]
  Audi Hong Kong[8][N 1]
Audi R8 LMS Cup[8][N 1]
Phoenix Racing Asia[6][N 1]
Audi R8 LMS[8] 5   Marchy Lee[9] S All
  Shaun Thong[9]
6   Alex Au[9] PA All
  Alex Yoong[9]
16   Keong Wee Lim[6] PA 6
  Melvin Moh[6]
  J-Fly by Absolute Racing[5][N 2]
Milestone Racing[4][N 2]
Bentley Team Absolute[10][N 2]
Audi R8 LMS[4] 7   Jeffrey Lee[5] PA 2–6
  Alessio Picariello[5]
13   Franky Cheng[4] PA All
  Jingzu Sun[4]
Bentley Continental GT3[10] 20   Adderly Fong[10] PA 5
  Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak[10]
30   Andrew Kim[10] PA 5
  Weiron Tan[10]
  Team WRT[4] Audi R8 LMS[4] 7   Jeffrey Lee[4] PA 1
  Will Stevens[4]
  est cola Thailand[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R[5] 8   Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak[5] PA 2
  Maxime Jousse[5]
  Singha Motorsport Team Thailand[11] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3[11] 9   Voravud Bhirombhakdi[11] PA 2
  Carlo van Dam[11]
  Clearwater Racing[12] McLaren 650S GT3[12] 12   Rob Bell[12] PA 1
  Richard Wee[12]
  KCMG[13][N 3]
KCMG by Champion Racing[13][N 3]
Audi R8 LMS[13] 18   Martin Rump[13] PA All
  Rick Yoon[13]
19   Takuya Shirasaka[13] AA 1–5
  Naoto Takeda[13]
  X-One Motorsports[14] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[14] 27   Andrew Haryanto[15] AA 1, 3–6
  Vincent Wong[15] 1
  Samson Chan[16] 3
  ARN Racing[17] Ferrari 488 GT3[17] 28   Hiroaki Nagai[17] PA 3–4
  Kota Sasaki[17]
  HubAuto Racing[18] Porsche 911 GT3 R[18] 33   Brian Lee[19] PA 5
  Hideto Yasuoka[19]
277   Tim Bridgman[18] S 5
  Leo Ye[18]
  BBT[20][N 4]
Spirit of Race[20][N 4]
Ferrari 488 GT3[20] 37   Anthony Liu[20] PA 1–2
  Davide Rizzo[20]
Audi R8 LMS[21]   Anthony Liu[21] 4
  Davide Rizzo[21]
Ferrari 488 GT3[20] 38   Rui Águas[20] PA 1–4
  Nasrat Muzayyin[20] 1
  Rino Mastronardi[5] 2, 4
  Francisco Guedes[16] 3
39   Xin Jiang[20] PA All
  Massimiliano Wiser[20]
  D'station Racing[22] Porsche 911 GT3 R[22] 47   Seiji Ara[22] PA 3–4
  Satoshi Hoshino[22]
  Singha Plan-B Motorsport Team[11] Audi R8 LMS[11] 59   Bhurit Bhirombhakdi[11] PA 2–3
  Kantasak Kusiri[11]
  Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[23] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[23] 66   Sandy Stuvik[4] S All
  Martin Kodrić[4] 1–2, 4
  Nicolas Costa[16] 3
  Yuki Nemoto[19] 5
  Christopher Dreyspring[24] 6
  CMRT Eurasia[25] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3[25] 69   James Cai[25] AA 1–2, 4–6
  Kenneth Lim[25]
  T2 Motorsports[20] Ferrari 488 GT3[20] 75   Gregory Teo[20] AA 1, 3–5
  David Tjiptobiantoro[20]
  OD Racing Team[26] Audi R8 LMS[26] 86   Mitchell Gilbert[26] S All
  Aditya Patel[4]
  Spirit Z Racing[26] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)[26] 87   Sun Zheng[26] S All
  David Cheng[4]
  Craft-Bamboo Racing[27] Porsche 911 GT3 R[27] 88   Joël Camathias[4] S 1
  Jules Gounon[4]
  Naiyanobh Bhirombhakdi[28] PA 2
  Chris van der Drift[28]
  Devon Modell[29] S 3–6
  Nick Foster[29] 3–5
  Andre Heimgartner[24] 6
99   Darryl O'Young[30] S All
  Peter Li[30] 1, 3–4, 6
  Devon Modell[31] 2
  Marvin Dienst[19] 5
  FIST - Team AAI[32] BMW M6 GT3[32] 90   Yu Lin[4] AA 1
  Jun San Chen[4]
PA 4
  Shinichi Takagi[21]
91   Jesse Krohn[4] S 1, 4
  Ollie Millroy[4] 1
  Sean Walkinshaw[21] 4
  Yu Lin[19] PA 5
  Nico Menzel[19]
  Arrows Racing[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R[4] 98   Fairuz Fauzy[4] PA 1
  Philip Ma[4]
AA 3–4
  Jacky Yeung[16]
  Earl Bamber[19] PA 5
  Will Hardeman[19]
  SACCESS Racing[21] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[21] 390   Makio Saitou[21] PA 4
  Yuki Urata[21]
  CarGuy Racing[33] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[33] 777   Takeshi Kimura[33] PA 3
  Kei Cozzolino[33]
S 4
  Naoki Yokomizo[34]
  GruppeM Racing Team[35] Mercedes-AMG GT3[35] 888   Tim Sugden[35] S All
  Jules Szymkowiak[36]
999   Hunter Abbott[36] PA All
  Raffaele Marciello[36] 1
  Maximilian Buhk[36] 2, 4–6
  Maximilian Götz[16] 3
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am
S Silver
AA Am-Am
Inv Invitational
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  EKS Motorsports[25] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[25] 10   Eric Lo[4] AA All
  Byron Tong[4]
117   Nazim Azman[4] Inv 1
  Swen Herberger[4]
  TTR Team SARD[37] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[37] 11   Tony Fong[37] AA All
  Terence Tse[37]
  Clearwater Racing[38] McLaren 570S GT4[38] 12   Weng Sun Mok[38] AA 4
  Richard Wee[38]
  Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team[39] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[39] 17   Keo Chang[39] AA All
  Jeremy Wang[39] 1–2, 4, 6
  George Chou[16] 3
  Jeff Lu[19] 5
  Craft-Bamboo Racing[27] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[27] 77   Jean-Marc Merlin[27] AA All
  Frank Yu[27]
  HubAuto Racing[40] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[40] 89   Ringo Chong[4] AA All
  Alan Yeo[4] 1
  Douglas Khoo[5] 2
  Masahiko Ida[16] 3
  Kan Zang[21] 4, 6
  James Wong[19] 5

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am Winners Silver Winners Am-Am Winners GT4 Winners
1 R1   Sepang   No. 86 OD Racing Team   No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team   No. 86 OD Racing Team   No. 19 KCMG   No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
  Mitchell Gilbert
  Aditya Patel
  Hunter Abbott
  Raffaele Marciello
  Mitchell Gilbert
  Aditya Patel
  Takuya Shirasaka
  Naoto Takeda
  Jean-Marc Merlin
  Frank Yu
R2   No. 6 Audi R8 LMS Cup   No. 37 BBT   No. 86 OD Racing Team   No. 75 T2 Motorsports   No. 10 EKS Motorsports
  Alex Au
  Alex Yoong
  Anthony Liu
  Davide Rizzo
  Mitchell Gilbert
  Aditya Patel
  Gregory Teo
  David Tjiptobiantoro
  Eric Lo
  Byron Tong
2 R1   Buriram   No. 37 BBT   No. 38 Spirit of Race   No. 5 Audi Hong Kong   No. 19 KCMG   No. 17 Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team
  Anthony Liu
  Davide Rizzo
  Rui Águas
  Rino Mastronardi
  Marchy Lee
  Shaun Thong
  Takuya Shirasaka
  Naoto Takeda
  Keo Chang
  Jeremy Wang
R2   No. 7 J-Fly by Absolute Racing   No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team   No. 5 Audi Hong Kong   No. 69 CMRT Eurasia   No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
  Jeffrey Lee
  Alessio Picariello
  Hunter Abbott
  Maximilian Buhk
  Marchy Lee
  Shaun Thong
  James Cai
  Kenneth Lim
  Jean-Marc Merlin
  Frank Yu
3 R1   Suzuka   No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 38 Spirit of Race   No. 5 Audi Hong Kong   No. 27 X-One Motorsports   No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
  Peter Li
  Darryl O'Young
  Rui Águas
  Francisco Guedes
  Marchy Lee
  Shaun Thong
  Samson Chan
  Andrew Haryanto
  Jean-Marc Merlin
  Frank Yu
R2   No. 7 J-Fly by Absolute Racing   No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team   No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing   No. 27 X-One Motorsports   No. 17 Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team
  Jeffrey Lee
  Alessio Picariello
  Hunter Abbott
  Maximilian Götz
  Nicolas Costa
  Sandy Stuvik
  Samson Chan
  Andrew Haryanto
  Keo Chang
  George Chou
4 R1   Fuji   No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team   No. 777 CarGuy Racing   No. 27 X-One Motorsports   No. 12 Clearwater Racing
  Nick Foster
  Devon Modell
  Hunter Abbott
  Maximilian Buhk
  Kei Cozzolino
  Naoki Yokomizo
  Andrew Haryanto   Weng Sun Mok
  Richard Wee
R2   No. 39 Spirit of Race   No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team   No. 5 Audi Hong Kong   No. 27 X-One Motorsports   No. 12 Clearwater Racing
  Xin Jiang
  Massimiliano Wiser
  Hunter Abbott
  Maximilian Buhk
  Marchy Lee
  Shaun Thong
  Andrew Haryanto   Weng Sun Mok
  Richard Wee
5 R1   Shanghai   No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing   No. 6 Audi R8 LMS Cup   No. 5 Audi Hong Kong   No. 27 X-One Motorsports   No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
  Yuki Nemoto
  Sandy Stuvik
  Alex Au
  Alex Yoong
  Marchy Lee
  Shaun Thong
  Andrew Haryanto   Jean-Marc Merlin
  Frank Yu
R2   No. 7 J-Fly by Absolute Racing   No. 6 Audi R8 LMS Cup   No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing   No. 2 FFF Racing Team by ACM   No. 17 Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team
  Jeffrey Lee
  Alessio Picariello
  Alex Au
  Alex Yoong
  Marvin Dienst
  Darryl O'Young
  Yue Lin
  Junhan Zhu
  Keo Chang
  Jeff Lu
6 R1   Zhejiang   No. 66 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing   No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team   No. 86 OD Racing Team   No. 69 CMRT Eurasia   No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
  Christopher Dreyspring
  Sandy Stuvik
  Hunter Abbott
  Maximilian Buhk
  Mitchell Gilbert
  Aditya Patel
  James Cai
  Kenneth Lim
  Jean-Marc Merlin
  Frank Yu
R2   No. 86 OD Racing Team   No. 18 KCMG by Champion Racing   No. 86 OD Racing Team   No. 69 CMRT Eurasia   No. 89 HubAuto Racing
  Mitchell Gilbert
  Aditya Patel
  Martin Rump
  Rick Yoon
  Mitchell Gilbert
  Aditya Patel
  James Cai
  Kenneth Lim
  Ringo Chong
  Kan Zang

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were 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

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Overall

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Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
Points
GT3
1   Hunter Abbott   GruppeM Racing Team 2 4 6 1 7 1 3 1 24 Ret 3 4 161
2   Mitchell Gilbert
  Aditya Patel
  OD Racing Team 1 2 Ret 3 3 Ret 11 8 2 3 1 1 160
3   Marchy Lee
  Shaun Thong
  Audi Hong Kong 5 3 2 2 1 14 17 3 1 5 4 6 158
4   Maximilian Buhk   GruppeM Racing Team 6 1 3 1 24 Ret 3 4 100
5   Tim Sugden
  Jules Szymkowiak
  GruppeM Racing Team 4 5 DNS 8 14 6 5 6 7 6 5 9 82
6   Sandy Stuvik   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 8 16 Ret DNS 8 2 4 24 4 8 10 5 67
7   Devon Modell   Craft-Bamboo Racing 11 9 2 8 2 11 Ret 9 9 2 66
8   Darryl O'Young   Craft-Bamboo Racing 17 11 11 9 4 4 10 12 6 1 12 DNS 62
8   Alberto Di Folco
  Aidan Read
  FFF Racing Team by ACM 16 6 12 6 12 5 9 14 11 7 2 7 62
9   Alex Au
  Alex Yoong
  Audi R8 LMS Cup 10 9 3 Ret 10 9 Ret 9 3 2 11 8 60
10   Rui Águas   Spirit of Race 12 18 1 Ret 5 7 Ret 2 59
11   Jeffrey Lee   Team WRT 11 8 50
  J-Fly by Absolute Racing 4 5 13 3 12 Ret 25 11 7 10
12   Alessio Picariello   J-Fly by Absolute Racing 4 5 13 3 12 Ret 25 11 7 10 46
13   Nick Foster   Craft-Bamboo Racing 2 8 2 11 Ret 9 44
14   Rino Mastronardi   Spirit of Race 1 Ret Ret 2 43
14   Xin Jiang
  Massimiliano Wiser
  Spirit of Race 6 10 8 4 9 Ret Ret 5 8 17 Ret DNS 43
15   Marvin Dienst   Craft-Bamboo Racing 6 1 35
16   Anthony Liu
  Davide Rizzo
  BBT 13 1 Ret Ret 6 13 33
17   Maximilian Götz   GruppeM Racing Team 7 1 31
18   Raffaele Marciello   GruppeM Racing Team 2 4 30
19   Martin Rump
  Rick Yoon
  KCMG DNS 13 29
  KCMG by Champion Racing 5 Ret 16 Ret Ret 16 DNS DNS 8 3
20   Kei Cozzolino   CarGuy Racing 15 12 1 15 25
20   Naoki Yokomizo   CarGuy Racing 1 15 25
20   Peter Li   Craft-Bamboo Racing 17 11 4 4 10 12 12 DNS 25
21   Nicolas Costa   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 8 2 22
22   Andre Heimgartner   Craft-Bamboo Racing 9 2 20
22   Hiroaki Nagai
  Kota Sasaki
  ARN Racing 6 Ret 21 4 20
23   Yuki Nemoto   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 4 8 18
24   Martin Kodrić   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 8 16 Ret DNS 4 24 16
24   Francisco Guedes   Spirit of Race 5 7 16
25   Jesse Krohn   FIST - Team AAI 3 26 14 Ret 15
25   Ollie Millroy   FIST - Team AAI 3 26 15
25   Franky Cheng
  Jingzu Sun
  Milestone Racing 9 12 DNS 12 Ret 16 16 17 10 13 6 12 15
26   Joël Camathias
  Jules Gounon
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 7 7 12
26   Voravud Bhirombhakdi
  Carlo van Dam
  Singha Motorsport Team Thailand 7 7 12
27   Christopher Dreyspring   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 10 5 11
28   Seiji Ara
  Satoshi Hoshino
  D'station Racing 27 18 8 7 10
29   Yuya Sakamoto
  Naoya Yamano
  Porsche Team EBI 7 10 7
30   Will Stevens   Team WRT 11 8 4
31   Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak   est cola Thailand 9 10 3
  Bentley Team Absolute 51 121
31   Maxime Jousse   est cola Thailand 9 10 3
32   Andrew Haryanto   X-One Motorsports DNS DNS 17 10 15 18 12 20 15 15 2
33   Naiyanobh Bhirombhakdi
  Chris van der Drift
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 10 13 1
33   Samson Chan   X-One Motorsports 17 10 1
  Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
  Kantasak Kusiri
  Singha Plan-B Motorsport Team 13 11 11 11 0
  James Cai
  Kenneth Lim
  CMRT Eurasia 20 19 16 14 29 21 14 21 14 11 0
  Takeshi Kimura   CarGuy Racing 15 12 0
  Nasrat Muzayyin   Spirit of Race 12 18 0
  Gregory Teo
  David Tjiptobiantoro
  T2 Motorsports 19 14 18 13 19 22 17 Ret 0
  Jun San Chen   FIST - Team AAI Ret DNS 13 19 0
  Shinichi Takagi   FIST - Team AAI 13 19 0
  Yue Lin   FFF Racing Team by ACM 15 18 20 15 20 23 15 16 16 14 0
  Takuya Shirasaka
  Naoto Takeda
  KCMG 18 15 14 Ret 19 19 30 Ret 16 19 0
  Ting Zheng   FFF Racing Team by ACM 16 14 0
  Philip Ma   Arrows Racing 14 17 21 17 22 25 0
  Fairuz Fauzy   Arrows Racing 14 17 0
  Sean Walkinshaw   FIST - Team AAI 14 Ret 0
  Junhan Zhu   FFF Racing Team by ACM 15 27 15 18 20 15 20 23 15 16 0
  Ho-Pin Tung   FFF Racing Team by ACM 15 27 0
  Jacky Yeung   Arrows Racing 21 17 22 25 0
  Makio Saitou
  Yuki Urata
  SACCESS Racing 18 20 0
  Rob Bell
  Richard Wee
  Clearwater Racing Ret DNS
  Yu Lin   FIST - Team AAI Ret DNS 181 181
  Vincent Wong   X-One Motorsports DNS DNS
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Earl Bamber
  Will Hardeman
  Arrows Racing 19 4
  Adderly Fong   Bentley Team Absolute 5 12
  Tim Bridgman
  Leo Ye
  HubAuto Racing 9 10
  Keong Wee Lim
  Melvin Moh
  Phoenix Racing Asia 13 13
  Brian Lee
  Hideto Yasuoka
  HubAuto Racing 13 14
  Andrew Kim
  Weiron Tan
  Bentley Team Absolute Ret 15
  Nico Menzel   FIST - Team AAI 18 18
GT4
1   Jean-Marc Merlin
  Frank Yu
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 22 22 EX 15 22 24 24 28 20 25 17 17 216
2   Eric Lo
  Byron Tong
  EKS Motorsports 23 21 18 16 25 21 26 29 21 26 21 18 186
3   Keo Chang   Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team 25 25 17 17 23 20 27 30 26 22 19 20 185
4   Ringo Chong   HubAuto Racing 24 23 Ret 19 24 23 25 27 22 24 18 16 175
5   Tony Fong
  Terence Tse
  TTR Team SARD 26 24 Ret DNS 26 22 28 Ret 23 23 20 19 109
6   Jeremy Wang   Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team 25 25 17 17 27 30 19 20 107
7   Kan Zang   HubAuto Racing 25 27 18 16 76
8   Weng Sun Mok
  Richard Wee
  Clearwater Racing 23 26 50
9   George Chou   Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team 23 20 43
10   Jeff Lu   Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team 26 22 35
11   Alan Yeo   HubAuto Racing 24 23 30
11   James Wong   HubAuto Racing 22 24 30
12   Masahiko Ida   HubAuto Racing 24 23 27
13   Douglas Khoo   HubAuto Racing 24 23 Ret 19 12
GT4 Invitational
  Nazim Azman
  Swen Herberger
  EKS Motorsports 21 20
Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
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

Notes
  • 1 – Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak and Yu Lin were guest drivers in Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score points.

Pro-Am

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Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
Points
1   Hunter Abbott   GruppeM Racing Team 2 4 6 1 7 1 3 1 24 Ret 3 4 223
2   Alex Au
  Alex Yoong
  Audi R8 LMS Cup 10 9 3 Ret 10 9 Ret 9 3 2 11 8 147
3   Jeffrey Lee   Team WRT 11 8 146
  J-Fly by Absolute Racing 4 5 13 3 12 Ret 25 11 7 10
4   Maximilian Buhk   GruppeM Racing Team 6 1 3 1 24 Ret 3 4 140
5   Alessio Picariello   J-Fly by Absolute Racing 4 5 13 3 12 Ret 25 11 7 10 121
6   Xin Jiang
  Massimiliano Wiser
  Spirit of Race 6 10 8 4 9 Ret Ret 5 8 17 Ret DNS 106
7   Franky Cheng
  Jingzu Sun
  Milestone Racing 9 12 DNS 12 Ret 16 16 17 10 13 6 12 103
8   Rui Águas   Spirit of Race 12 18 1 Ret 5 7 Ret 2 93
9   Martin Rump
  Rick Yoon
  KCMG DNS 13 61
  KCMG by Champion Racing 5 Ret 16 Ret Ret 16 DNS DNS 8 3
10   Anthony Liu
  Davide Rizzo
  BBT 13 1 Ret Ret 6 13 55
11   Rino Mastronardi   Spirit of Race 1 Ret Ret 2 43
11   Raffaele Marciello   GruppeM Racing Team 2 4 43
12   Francisco Guedes   Spirit of Race 5 7 40
12   Maximilian Götz   GruppeM Racing Team 7 1 40
13   Hiroaki Nagai
  Kota Sasaki
  ARN Racing 6 Ret 21 4 37
14   Seiji Ara
  Satoshi Hoshino
  D'station Racing 27 18 8 7 30
15   Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
  Kantasak Kusiri
  Singha Plan-B Motorsport Team 13 11 11 11 27
16   Will Stevens   Team WRT 11 8 25
17   Voravud Bhirombhakdi
  Carlo van Dam
  Singha Motorsport Team Thailand 7 7 20
18   Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak   est cola Thailand 9 10 14
  Bentley Team Absolute 51 121
18   Maxime Jousse   est cola Thailand 9 10 14
19   Kei Cozzolino
  Takeshi Kimura
  CarGuy Racing 15 12 12
20   Jun San Chen
  Shinichi Takagi
  FIST - Team AAI 13 19 11
21   Nasrat Muzayyin   Spirit of Race 12 18 10
22   Fairuz Fauzy
  Philip Ma
  Arrows Racing 14 17 8
23   Makio Saitou
  Yuki Urata
  SACCESS Racing 18 20 6
23   Naiyanobh Bhirombhakdi
  Chris van der Drift
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 10 13 6
24   Junhan Zhu
  Ho-Pin Tung
  FFF Racing Team by ACM 15 27 3
  Rob Bell
  Richard Wee
  Clearwater Racing Ret DNS
Guest drivers ineligible to score Pro-Am class points
  Adderly Fong   Bentley Team Absolute 5 12
  Earl Bamber
  Will Hardeman
  Arrows Racing 19 4
  Brian Lee
  Hideto Yasuoka
  HubAuto Racing 13 14
  Andrew Kim
  Weiron Tan
  Bentley Team Absolute Ret 15
  Keong Wee Lim
  Melvin Moh
  Phoenix Racing Asia 13 13
  Yu Lin
  Nico Menzel
  FIST - Team AAI 18 18
Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
Points
Notes
  • 1 – Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak was a guest driver in Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score Pro-Am class points.

Silver

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Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
Points
1   Marchy Lee
  Shaun Thong
  Audi Hong Kong 5 3 2 2 1 14 17 3 1 5 4 6 206
2   Mitchell Gilbert
  Aditya Patel
  OD Racing Team 1 2 Ret 3 3 Ret 11 8 2 3 1 1 188
3   Tim Sugden
  Jules Szymkowiak
  GruppeM Racing Team 4 5 DNS 8 14 6 5 6 7 6 5 9 132
4   Alberto Di Folco
  Aidan Read
  FFF Racing Team by ACM 16 6 12 6 12 5 9 14 11 7 2 7 131
5   Darryl O'Young   Craft-Bamboo Racing 17 11 11 9 4 4 10 12 6 1 12 DNS 127
6   Devon Modell   Craft-Bamboo Racing 11 9 2 8 2 11 Ret 9 9 2 118
7   Sandy Stuvik   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 8 16 Ret DNS 8 2 4 24 4 8 10 5 112
8   Nick Foster   Craft-Bamboo Racing 2 8 2 11 Ret 9 62
8   Peter Li   Craft-Bamboo Racing 17 11 4 4 10 12 12 DNS 62
9   Marvin Dienst   Craft-Bamboo Racing 6 1 37
10   Nicolas Costa   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 8 2 35
11   Martin Kodrić   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 8 16 Ret DNS 4 24 31
12   Kei Cozzolino
  Naoki Yokomizo
  CarGuy Racing 1 15 29
13   Andre Heimgartner   Craft-Bamboo Racing 9 2 28
14   Jesse Krohn   FIST - Team AAI 3 26 14 Ret 24
15   Yuki Nemoto   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 4 8 23
15   Christopher Dreyspring   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 10 5 23
16   Ollie Millroy   FIST - Team AAI 3 26 22
16   Yuya Sakamoto
  Naoya Yamano
  Porsche Team EBI 7 10 22
17   Joël Camathias
  Jules Gounon
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 7 7 20
18   Sean Walkinshaw   FIST - Team AAI 14 Ret 2
Guest drivers ineligible to score Silver class points
  Tim Bridgman
  Leo Ye
  HubAuto Racing 9 10
Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
Points

Am-Am

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Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
Points
1   James Cai
  Kenneth Lim
  CMRT Eurasia 20 19 16 14 29 21 14 21 14 11 178
2   Andrew Haryanto   X-One Motorsports DNS DNS 17 10 15 18 12 20 15 15 173
3   Yue Lin   FFF Racing Team by ACM 15 18 20 15 20 23 15 16 16 14 163
4   Takuya Shirasaka
  Naoto Takeda
  KCMG 18 15 14 Ret 19 19 30 Ret 16 19 131
5   Junhan Zhu   FFF Racing Team by ACM 15 18 20 15 20 23 15 16 130
6   Gregory Teo
  David Tjiptobiantoro
  T2 Motorsports 19 14 18 13 19 22 17 Ret 122
7   Samson Chan   X-One Motorsports 17 10 50
8   Philip Ma
  Jacky Yeung
  Arrows Racing 21 17 22 25 44
9   Ting Zheng   FFF Racing Team by ACM 16 14 33
  Jun San Chen
  Yu Lin
  FIST - Team AAI Ret DNS
  Vincent Wong   X-One Motorsports DNS DNS
Pos. Driver Team SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
Points

Teams' championship

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Pos. Team Manufacturer No. SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
Points
GT3
1   GruppeM Racing Team Mercedes-Benz 888 4 5 DNS 8 14 6 5 6 7 6 5 9 243
999 2 4 6 1 7 1 3 1 24 Ret 3 4
2   OD Racing Team Audi 86 1 2 Ret 3 3 Ret 11 8 2 3 1 1 160
3   Audi Hong Kong Audi 5 5 3 2 2 1 14 17 3 1 5 4 6 158
4   Craft-Bamboo Racing Porsche 88 7 7 10 13 2 8 2 11 Ret 9 9 2 139
99 17 11 11 9 4 4 10 12 6 1 12 DNS
5   Spirit of Race Ferrari 38 12 18 1 Ret 5 7 Ret 2 102
39 6 10 8 4 9 Ret Ret 5 8 17 Ret DNS
6   Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini 66 8 16 Ret DNS 8 2 4 24 4 8 10 5 67
7   FFF Racing Team by ACM Lamborghini 1 16 6 12 6 12 5 9 14 11 7 2 7 62
2 15 27 15 18 20 15 20 23 15 16 16 14
8   Audi R8 LMS Cup Audi 6 10 9 3 Ret 10 9 Ret 9 3 2 11 8 60
9   J-Fly by Absolute Racing Audi 7 4 5 13 3 12 Ret 25 11 7 10 46
10   BBT Ferrari 37 13 1 Ret Ret 33
Audi 6 13
11   KCMG by Champion Racing Audi 18 5 Ret 16 Ret Ret 16 DNS DNS 8 3 29
12   CarGuy Racing Lamborghini 777 15 12 1 15 25
13   ARN Racing Ferrari 28 6 Ret 21 4 20
14   FIST - Team AAI BMW 90 Ret DNS 13 19 15
91 3 26 14 Ret 181 181
14   Milestone Racing Audi 13 9 12 DNS 12 Ret 16 16 17 10 13 6 12 15
15   Singha Motorsport Team Thailand Ferrari 9 7 7 12
16   D'station Racing Porsche 47 27 18 8 7 10
17   Porsche Team EBI Porsche 3 7 10 7
18   Team WRT Audi 7 11 8 4
19   est cola Thailand Porsche 8 9 10 3
20   X-One Motorsports Lamborghini 27 DNS DNS 17 10 15 18 12 20 15 15 1
  Singha Plan-B Motorsport Team Audi 59 13 11 11 11 0
  CMRT Eurasia Aston Martin 69 20 19 16 14 29 21 14 21 14 11 0
  KCMG Audi 18 DNS 13 0
19 18 15 14 Ret 19 19 30 Ret 16 19
  T2 Motorsports Ferrari 75 19 14 18 13 19 22 17 Ret 0
  Arrows Racing Porsche 98 14 17 21 17 22 25 191 41 0
  SACCESS Racing Lamborghini 390 18 20 0
  Clearwater Racing McLaren 12 Ret DNS
Guest teams ineligible to score points
  Bentley Team Absolute Bentley 20 5 12
30 Ret 15
  HubAuto Racing Porsche 33 13 14
277 9 10
  Phoenix Racing Asia Audi 16 13 13
GT4
1   Craft-Bamboo Racing Porsche 77 22 22 EX 15 22 24 24 28 20 25 17 17 216
2   EKS Motorsports Porsche 10 23 21 18 16 25 21 26 29 21 26 21 18 186
3   Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team Porsche 17 25 25 17 17 23 20 27 30 26 22 19 20 185
4   HubAuto Racing Porsche 89 24 23 Ret 19 24 23 25 27 22 24 18 16 175
5   TTR Team SARD Porsche 11 26 24 Ret DNS 26 22 28 Ret 23 23 20 19 109
6   Clearwater Racing McLaren 12 23 26 50
Pos. Team Manufacturer No. SEP
 
CHA
 
SUZ
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
ZHE
 
Points
Notes
  • 1 – Arrows Racing and FIST - Team AAI were guest teams in Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score points.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Car No. 5 entered as Audi Hong Kong, car No. 6 entered as Audi R8 LMS Cup and car No. 16 entered as Phoenix Racing Asia.
  2. ^ a b c Car No. 7 entered as J-Fly by Absolute Racing, car No. 13 entered as Milestone Racing and cars No. 20 and 30 entered as Bentley Team Absolute.
  3. ^ a b Car No. 18 entered as KCMG at Round 1, but from Round 2 on as KCMG by Champion Racing. Car No. 19 entered as KCMG.
  4. ^ a b Car 37 entered as BBT and cars No. 38 and 39 entered as Spirit of Race.

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