2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia explained

The 2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia was the second season of the Blancpain GT Series Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 14 April at Sepang and ended on 14 October at Ningbo.

Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. Initially, no changes were made to the schedule compared to 2017.^[1] On 27 September 2017, it was announced the races in Buriram were moved one week earlier to avoid a clash with the 3 Hours of Silverstone.^[2] On 29 January 2018, it was announced Ningbo would replace Zhejiang as the final round of the season.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia	14–15 April
2	Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand	12–13 May
3	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan	30 June–1 July
4	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan	21–22 July
5	Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading, China	22–23 September
6	Ningbo International Speedpark, Ningbo, China	13–14 October

Entry list

GT3

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Absolute Racing^[4] Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing^[5] Audi R8 LMS 3 Franky Cheng^[6] S All Martin Rump 7 Adderly Fong PA All Andrew Kim 37 Anthony Liu PA All Josh Burdon 1–4 Alessio Picariello^[7] 5–6 59 Bhurit Bhirombhakdi Am 5 Jingzu Sun Phoenix Racing Asia^[8] Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia^[9] Audi R8 LMS 5 Keong Wee Lim^[10] PA 1 Alex Yoong Alex Yoong^[11] S 2–4 Marchy Lee 2 Shaun Thong^[12] 3–4 Bentley Continental GT3 Alex Yoong^[13] 5–6 Marchy Lee 5 André Couto^[14] 6 6 Jordan Pepper S 5–6 Shaun Thong ARN Racing^[15] Ferrari 488 GT3 8 Hiroaki Nagai PA 1–2, 4–6 Daisuke Itō 1–2, 5–6 Kota Sasaki^[16] 4 Hiroaki Nagai Am 3 Shinji Takei KCMG^[17] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 18 Yukinori Taniguchi^[18] PA All Tsugio Matsuda 1–2 Alexandre Imperatori 3–6 23 Edoardo Liberati S All Florian Strauss Audi R8 LMS^[19] 45 Takuya Shirasaka Am 1–5 Naoto Takeda FFF Racing Team by ACM^[20] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 19 Martin Kodrić^[21] S All Dennis Lind 63 Hiroshi Hamaguchi PA All Marco Mapelli^[22] HubAuto Corsa^[23] Ferrari 488 GT3 27 Nick Foster S All Leo Ye 1–3 Jono Lester 4–6 28 Morris Chen PA All Tim Slade 1–3, 5–6 Davide Rigon 4 Porsche Team EBI Porsche 911 GT3 R 33 Naoya Yamano S 3–4 Tetsuya Yamano D'station Racing^[24] Porsche 911 GT3 R 47 Seiji Ara PA 3–4 Satoshi Hoshino AMAC Motorsport^[25] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 51 Andrew Macpherson Am All William Ben Porter Anstone Racing^[26] Mercedes-AMG GT3 66 Weian Chen S 5 Massimiliano Wiser 71 Wei Xu PA 5 Naoki Yokomizo CMRT Eurasia Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 69 Adrian Henry D'Silva Am 1 Rick Yoon OD Racing Team WRT^[27] Audi R8 LMS 86 Mitchell Gilbert S All Aditya Patel Indigo Racing^[28] Mercedes-AMG GT3 97 Roelof Bruins PA 1–5 Juwon Seo Roelof Bruins S 6 Manuel Metzger Arrows Racing^[29] Honda NSX GT3 98 Philip Ma Am 1, 4 Jacky Yeung 1 Shinji Takei 4 CarGuy Racing^[30] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 117 Wei Xu PA 4 Naoki Yokomizo Lamborghini Huracán GT3 777 Kei Cozzolino PA 3–4 Takeshi Kimura APJ Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 177 Kouichi Okumura PA 4 Daisuke Yamawaki Kizashi x Saccess Racing Saccess Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 390 Naoki Yokomizo PA 3 Tamotsu Kondo Am 4 Ken Seto JRM Porsche 911 GT3 R 808 Chris van der Drift PA 5 Chao Li GruppeM Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 888 Raffaele Marciello PA 1, 3–6 Brice Bosi 1 Alexander Mattschull 2–6 Maximilian Buhk 2 999 Patric Niederhauser S All Nico Bastian 1, 4–6 Markus Pommer 2–3 Craft-Bamboo Racing^[31] Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Shae Davies^[32] S All Sandy Stuvik 991 Aidan Read^[33] S All Darryl O'Young^[34]

Icon Class S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

GT4

Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds
M-Motorsport^[35]	KTM X-Bow GT4	10	Justin McMillan	Am	5–6
			Dean Koutsoumidis	5
TTR Team SARD	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	11	Tony Fong	Am	All
			Brian Lee
Clearwater Racing^[36]	McLaren 570S GT4	12	Richard Wee	Am	1–4
			Weng Sun Mok	1
			Daniel Au	2–4
Morseng Racing Team	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	14	Tosaphol Phamyai	Am	2
			Chayapon Yotha
Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team^[37]	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	17	Keo Chang	Am	All
			Masahiko Ida	1, 6
			Jeff Lu	2
			George Chou	3–4
			Jeremy Wang	5
JWD Unixx Racing Team	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	22	Charvanin Bunditkitsada	Am	2
			Pitsanu Sirimongkolkasem
Team iRace.Win^[38]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	72	Ringo Chong	Am	All
			Gilles Vannelet	1–4
			Alex Au	5–6
Craft-Bamboo Racing	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	77	Jean-Marc Merlin	Am	1–2
			Frank Yu
	Mercedes-AMG GT4		Jean-Marc Merlin	3
			Frank Yu
		88	Diana Rosario	Am	5–6
			James Tang	5
			Naomi Zhang^[39]	6
Racing Spirit Thailand	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	80	Sontaya Kunplome	Am	2
			Preeda Tantemsapya
BMW Team Studie^[40]	BMW M4 GT4	81	Takayuki Kinoshita^[41]	Am	All
			Jukuchou Sunako
		82	Max Chen	Am	All
			Ken Urata
GruppeM Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT4	666	Reinhold Renger	Am	All
			Russell Ward	1
			Ryuichirou Ohtsuka	3, 6
			Doyun Hwang^[42]	4
			Rick Yoon	5

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Silver Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	GT4 Winners
1	R1	Sepang	No. 19 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 888 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 45 KCMG	No. 666 GruppeM Racing Team
			Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind	Nico Bastian Patric Niederhauser	Brice Bosi Raffaele Marciello	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	Reinhold Renger Russell Ward
	R2		No. 37 Absolute Racing	No. 3 Absolute Racing	No. 888 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 45 KCMG	No. 72 Team iRace.Win
			Josh Burdon Anthony Liu	Franky Cheng Martin Rump	Brice Bosi Raffaele Marciello	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	Ringo Chong Gilles Vannelet
2	R1	Buriram	No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 63 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 45 KCMG	No. 666 GruppeM Racing Team
			Patric Niederhauser Markus Pommer	Patric Niederhauser Markus Pommer	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Marco Mapelli	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	Reinhold Renger
	R2		No. 888 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 19 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 888 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 45 KCMG	No. 666 GruppeM Racing Team
			Maximilian Buhk Alexander Mattschull	Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind	Maximilian Buhk Alexander Mattschull	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	Reinhold Renger
3	R1	Suzuka	No. 3 Absolute Racing	No. 3 Absolute Racing	No. 18 KCMG	No. 45 KCMG	No. 81 BMW Team Studie
			Franky Cheng Martin Rump	Franky Cheng Martin Rump	Alexandre Imperatori Yukinori Taniguchi	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako
	R2		No. 27 HubAuto Corsa	No. 19 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 63 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 8 ARN Racing	No. 666 GruppeM Racing Team
			Nick Foster Leo Ye	Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Marco Mapelli	Hiroaki Nagai Shinji Takei	Ryuichirou Ohtsuka Reinhold Renger
4	R1	Fuji	No. 23 KCMG	No. 27 HubAuto Corsa	No. 18 KCMG	No. 45 KCMG	No. 81 BMW Team Studie
			Edoardo Liberati Florian Strauss	Nick Foster Jono Lester	Alexandre Imperatori Yukinori Taniguchi	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako
	R2		No. 18 KCMG	No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 888 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 45 KCMG	No. 81 BMW Team Studie
			Alexandre Imperatori Yukinori Taniguchi	Nico Bastian Patric Niederhauser	Raffaele Marciello Alexander Mattschull	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako
5	R1	Shanghai	No. 19 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 27 HubAuto Corsa	No. 37 Absolute Racing	No. 45 KCMG	No. 666 GruppeM Racing Team
			Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind	Nick Foster Jono Lester	Anthony Liu Alessio Picariello	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	Reinhold Renger Rick Yoon
	R2		No. 19 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 19 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 63 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 59 Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing	No. 81 BMW Team Studie
			Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind	Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Marco Mapelli	Bhurit Bhirombhakdi Jingzu Sun	Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako
6	R1	Ningbo	No. 999 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 27 HubAuto Corsa	No. 7 Absolute Racing	No. 51 AMAC Motorsport	No. 666 GruppeM Racing Team
			Nico Bastian Patric Niederhauser	Nick Foster Jono Lester	Adderly Fong Andrew Kim	Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter	Ryuichirou Ohtsuka Reinhold Renger
	R2		No. 888 GruppeM Racing Team	No. 19 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 37 Absolute Racing	No. 51 AMAC Motorsport	No. 81 BMW Team Studie
			Raffaele Marciello Alexander Mattschull	Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind	Anthony Liu Alessio Picariello	Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter	Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako

Championship standings

Scoring systemChampionship 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

Overall

Driver Team SEP CHA SUZ FUJ SHA NIN Points GT3 1 Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind FFF Racing Team by ACM 2 6 5 2 3 1 5 19 7 1 5 1 170 2 Nick Foster HubAuto Corsa 4 5 2 6 4 15 2 7 1 7 1 10 142 3 Patric Niederhauser GruppeM Racing Team 1 Ret 1 11 5 3 4 1 10 5 Ret Ret 123 4 Franky Cheng Martin Rump Absolute Racing 8 4 3 5 1 28 6 12 16 4 2 4 116 5 Hiroshi Hamaguchi Marco Mapelli FFF Racing Team by ACM 7 3 4 10 17 4 Ret 3 4 2 7 12 97 6 Edoardo Liberati Florian Strauss KCMG 5 9 8 3 Ret 2 3 5 6 6 Ret 8 96 7 Raffaele Marciello GruppeM Racing Team 3 1 8 6 17 2 14 3 14 21 85 8 Jono Lester HubAuto Corsa 2 7 1 7 1 10 82 9 Yukinori Taniguchi KCMG 13 7 6 4 6 14 1 4 Ret 9 10 11 75 10 Nico Bastian GruppeM Racing Team 1 Ret 4 1 10 5 Ret Ret 73 11 Alexander Mattschull GruppeM Racing Team 17 1 8 6 17 2 14 3 14 21 70 12 Anthony Liu Absolute Racing 6 2 10 7 29 17 12 13 2 Ret Ret 2 69 13 Leo Ye HubAuto Corsa 4 5 2 6 4 15 60 14 Markus Pommer GruppeM Racing Team 1 11 5 3 50 15 Alexandre Imperatori KCMG 6 14 1 4 Ret 9 10 11 49 16 Shae Davies Sandy Stuvik Craft-Bamboo Racing 10 12 11 8 2 5 Ret 8 9 8 Ret Ret 43 16 Adderly Fong Andrew Kim Absolute Racing Ret 8 9 15 30 Ret 13 14 3 15 4 6 43 17 Brice Bosi GruppeM Racing Team 3 1 40 17 Mitchell Gilbert Aditya Patel OD Racing Team WRT Ret 10 7 13 7 7 10 16 8 Ret 6 7 40 18 Alessio Picariello Absolute Racing 2 Ret Ret 2 36 19 Josh Burdon Absolute Racing 6 2 10 7 29 17 12 13 33 20 Roelof Bruins Indigo Racing Ret 15 12 16 11 20 11 20 12 14 3 3 30 20 Manuel Metzger Indigo Racing 3 3 30 21 Tsugio Matsuda KCMG 13 7 6 4 26 22 Maximilian Buhk GruppeM Racing Team 17 1 25 23 Alex Yoong Phoenix Racing Asia 12 13 15 9 9 8 7 10 19 Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia 21 29 12 9 24 Aidan Read Darryl O'Young Craft-Bamboo Racing 11 14 14 17 28 9 14 17 5 12 9 Ret 14 25 Shaun Thong Phoenix Racing Asia 9 8 7 10 13 Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia Ret^1 11^1 Ret^1 5^1 26 Morris Chen HubAuto Corsa Ret 17 13 14 10 Ret 8 9 11 10 8 13 12 27 Hiroaki Nagai ARN Racing 9 11 19 12 15 11 22 6 13 13 11 Ret 10 28 Kota Sasaki ARN Racing 22 6 8 29 Davide Rigon HubAuto Corsa 8 9 6 29 Tim Slade HubAuto Corsa Ret 17 13 14 10 Ret 11 10 8 13 6 30 André Couto Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia 12 9 4 31 Naoya Yamano Tetsuya Yamano Porsche Team EBI 12 10 9 15 3 32 Daisuke Itō ARN Racing 9 11 19 12 13 13 11 Ret 2 32 Marchy Lee Phoenix Racing Asia 15 9 2 Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia 21 29 Juwon Seo Indigo Racing Ret 15 12 16 11 20 11 20 12 14 0 Seiji Ara Satoshi Hoshino D'station Racing 13 13 16 11 0 Shinji Takei ARN Racing 15 11 0 Arrows Racing 27 22 Keong Wee Lim Phoenix Racing Asia 12 13 0 Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura CarGuy Racing 16 12 30 18 0 Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter AMAC Motorsport 15 19 18 Ret 18 19 19 23 20 21 13 14 0 Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda KCMG 14 16 16 18 14 16 18 21 19 17 0 Naoki Yokomizo Kizashi x Saccess Racing 19 18 0 CarGuy Racing 15 32 Anstone Racing 17^2 18^2 Wei Xu CarGuy Racing 15 32 0 Anstone Racing 17^2 18^2 Philip Ma Arrows Racing 16 20 27 22 0 Jacky Yeung Arrows Racing 16 20 0 Tamotsu Kondo Kizashi x Saccess Racing 19 18 0 Saccess Racing 21 24 Adrian Henry D'Silva Rick Yoon CMRT Eurasia Ret 18 0 Kouichi Okumura Daisuke Yamawaki APJ Motorsports 20 25 0 Ken Seto Saccess Racing 21 24 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Jordan Pepper Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia Ret 11 Ret 5 Chris van der Drift Chao Li JRM 15 20 Bhurit Bhirombhakdi Jingzu Sun Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing DNS 16 Weian Chen Massimiliano Wiser Anstone Racing 18 19 GT4 1 Reinhold Renger GruppeM Racing Team 17 23 20 19 21 21 29 33 22 Ret 15 16 215 2 Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako BMW Team Studie 20 22 29 Ret 20 24 23 26 23 22 21 15 196 3 Ringo Chong Team iRace.Win 19 21 26 20 23 22 24 30 24 28 16 17 180 4 Max Chen Ken Urata BMW Team Studie 22 25 23 21 22 26 28 28 26 23 19 18 148 5 Gilles Vannelet Team iRace.Win 19 21 26 20 23 22 24 30 122 6 Keo Chang Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team 24 26 24 23 24 25 26 29 27 26 20 19 118 7 Tony Fong Brian Lee TTR Team SARD 23 27 25 Ret 25 27 25 27 25 24 Ret DNS 94 8 Ryuichirou Ohtsuka GruppeM Racing Team 21 21 15 16 86 9 Jean-Marc Merlin Frank Yu Craft-Bamboo Racing 18 24 21 22 27 23 79 10 Alex Au Team iRace.Win 24 28 16 17 58 11 George Chou Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team 24 25 26 29 44 12 Russell Ward GruppeM Racing Team 17 23 40 13 Masahiko Ida Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team 24 26 20 19 34 14 Richard Wee Clearwater Racing 21 28 WD WD 26 Ret Ret 31 28 15 Rick Yoon GruppeM Racing Team 22 Ret 25 16 Jeremy Wang Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team 27 26 20 16 Jeff Lu Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team 24 23 20 17 Charvanin Bunditkitsada Pitsanu Sirimongkolkasem JWD Unixx Racing Team 22 26 19 18 Weng Sun Mok Clearwater Racing 21 28 14 18 Doyun Hwang GruppeM Racing Team 29 33 14 18 Daniel Au Clearwater Racing WD WD 26 Ret Ret 31 14 19 Sontaya Kunplome Preeda Tantemsapya Racing Spirit Thailand 27 24 12 20 Tosaphol Phamyai Chayapon Yotha Morseng Racing Team 28 25 8 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Justin McMillan M-Motorsport 28 25 17 Ret Diana Rosario Craft-Bamboo Racing 29 27 18 20 Naomi Zhang Craft-Bamboo Racing 18 20 Dean Koutsoumidis M-Motorsport 28 25 James Tang Craft-Bamboo Racing 29 27 valign=middle valign=middle Driver valign=middle Team SEP CHA SUZ FUJ SHA NIN valign=middle Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• ¹ – Shaun Thong was a guest driver at Shanghai and Ningbo and therefore ineligible to score points.
• ² – Wei Xu and Naoki Yokomizo were guest drivers at Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score points.

Silver Cup

	Driver	Team	SEP		CHA		SUZ		FUJ		SHA		NIN		Points
1	Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind	FFF Racing Team by ACM	2	6	5	2	3	1	5	19	7	1	5	1	197
2	Nick Foster	HubAuto Corsa	4	5	2	6	4	15	2	7	1	7	1	10	183
3	Franky Cheng Martin Rump	Absolute Racing	8	4	3	5	1	28	6	12	16	4	2	4	164
4	Patric Niederhauser	GruppeM Racing Team	1	Ret	1	11	5	3	4	1	10	5	Ret	Ret	142
5	Edoardo Liberati Florian Strauss	KCMG	5	9	8	3	Ret	2	3	5	6	6	Ret	8	141
6	Jono Lester	HubAuto Corsa							2	7	1	7	1	10	106
7	Shae Davies Sandy Stuvik	Craft-Bamboo Racing	10	12	11	8	2	5	Ret	8	9	8	Ret	Ret	90
8	Nico Bastian	GruppeM Racing Team	1	Ret					4	1	10	5	Ret	Ret	86
9	Mitchell Gilbert Aditya Patel	OD Racing Team WRT	Ret	10	7	13	7	7	10	16	8	Ret	6	7	82
10	Leo Ye	HubAuto Corsa	4	5	2	6	4	15							77
11	Aidan Read Darryl O'Young	Craft-Bamboo Racing	11	14	14	17	28	9	14	17	5	12	9	Ret	62
12	Alex Yoong	Phoenix Racing Asia			15	9	9	8	7	10					62
	Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia									21	29	12	9
13	Markus Pommer	GruppeM Racing Team			1	11	5	3							56
14	Roelof Bruins Manuel Metzger	Indigo Racing											3	3	33
15	Shaun Thong	Phoenix Racing Asia					9	8	7	10					32
	Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia									Ret^1	11^1	Ret^1	5^1
16	Naoya Yamano Tetsuya Yamano	Porsche Team EBI					12	10	9	15					20
17	Marchy Lee	Phoenix Racing Asia			15	9									16
	Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia									21	29
18	André Couto	Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia											12	9	14
Guest drivers ineligible to score Silver class points
	Jordan Pepper	Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia									Ret	11	Ret	5
	Weian Chen Massimiliano Wiser	Anstone Racing									18	19
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	valign=middle	Team	SEP		CHA		SUZ		FUJ		SHA		NIN		valign=middle	Points

Notes:

• ¹ – Shaun Thong was a guest driver at Shanghai and Ningbo and therefore ineligible to score points.

Pro-Am Cup

	Driver	Team	SEP		CHA		SUZ		FUJ		SHA		NIN		Points
1	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Marco Mapelli	FFF Racing Team by ACM	7	3	4	10	17	4	Ret	3	4	2	7	12	186
2	Yukinori Taniguchi	KCMG	13	7	6	4	6	14	1	4	Ret	9	10	11	173
3	Raffaele Marciello	GruppeM Racing Team	3	1			8	6	17	2	14	3	14	21	155
4	Anthony Liu	Absolute Racing	6	2	10	7	29	17	12	13	2	Ret	Ret	2	141
5	Alexander Mattschull	GruppeM Racing Team			17	1	8	6	17	2	14	3	14	21	136
6	Alexandre Imperatori	KCMG					6	14	1	4	Ret	9	10	11	117
7	Adderly Fong Andrew Kim	Absolute Racing	Ret	8	9	15	30	Ret	13	14	3	15	4	6	113
8	Morris Chen	HubAuto Corsa	Ret	17	13	14	10	Ret	8	9	11	10	8	13	110
9	Josh Burdon	Absolute Racing	6	2	10	7	29	17	12	13					91
10	Tim Slade	HubAuto Corsa	Ret	17	13	14	10	Ret			11	10	8	13	82
11	Hiroaki Nagai	ARN Racing	9	11	19	12			22	6	13	13	11	Ret	75
12	Roelof Bruins Juwon Seo	Indigo Racing	Ret	15	12	16	11	20	11	20	12	14			68
13	Daisuke Itō	ARN Racing	9	11	19	12					13	13	11	Ret	62
14	Tsugio Matsuda	KCMG	13	7	6	4									56
15	Alessio Picariello	Absolute Racing									2	Ret	Ret	2	50
15	Brice Bosi	GruppeM Racing Team	3	1											50
16	Seiji Ara Satoshi Hoshino	D'station Racing					13	13	16	11					36
17	Maximilian Buhk	GruppeM Racing Team			17	1									31
18	Davide Rigon	HubAuto Corsa							8	9					28
19	Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura	CarGuy Racing					16	12	30	18					25
20	Naoki Yokomizo	Kizashi x Saccess Racing					19	18							18
	CarGuy Racing							15	32
	Anstone Racing									17^1	18^1
21	Keong Wee Lim Alex Yoong	Phoenix Racing Asia	12	13											16
22	Kota Sasaki	ARN Racing							22	6					13
23	Tamotsu Kondo	Kizashi x Saccess Racing					19	18							10
24	Wei Xu	CarGuy Racing							15	32					8
	Anstone Racing									17^1	18^1
25	Kouichi Okumura Daisuke Yamawaki	APJ Motorsports							20	25					2
Guest drivers ineligible to score Pro-Am class points
	Chris van der Drift Chao Li	JRM									15	20
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	valign=middle	Team	SEP		CHA		SUZ		FUJ		SHA		NIN		valign=middle	Points

Notes:

• ¹ – Wei Xu and Naoki Yokomizo were guest drivers at Shanghai and therefore ineligible to score points.

Am Cup

	Driver	Team	SEP		CHA		SUZ		FUJ		SHA		NIN		Points
1	Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda	KCMG	14	16	16	18	14	16	18	21	19	17			205.5
2	Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter	AMAC Motorsport	15	19	18	Ret	18	19	19	23	20	21	13	14	157
3	Shinji Takei	ARN Racing					15	11							73
	Arrows Racing							27	22
4	Philip Ma	Arrows Racing	16	20					27	22					57
5	Hiroaki Nagai	ARN Racing					15	11							43
6	Jacky Yeung	Arrows Racing	16	20											27
6	Tamotsu Kondo Ken Seto	Saccess Racing							21	24					27
7	Adrian Henry D'Silva Rick Yoon	CMRT Eurasia	Ret	18											18
Guest drivers ineligible to score Am class points
	Bhurit Bhirombhakdi Jingzu Sun	Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing									DNS	16
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	valign=middle	Team	SEP		CHA		SUZ		FUJ		SHA		NIN		valign=middle	Points

Notes:

• The awarded points in the Am class in both races at Buriram, Race 1 at Shanghai and both races at Ningbo were divided by two, because there were less than three starters.

Teams' championship

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

	Team	Manufacturer		SEP		CHA		SUZ		FUJ		SHA		NIN		Points
GT3
1	FFF Racing Team by ACM	Lamborghini	19	2	6	5	2	3	1	5	19	7	1	5	1	268
	63	7	3	4	10	17	4	Ret	3	4	2	7	12
2	GruppeM Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG	888	3	1	17	1	8	6	17	2	14	3	14	21	233
	999	1	Ret	1	11	5	3	4	1	10	5	Ret	Ret
3	Absolute Racing Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing	Audi	3	8	4	3	5	1	28	6	12	16	4	2	4	213
	7	Ret	8	9	15	30	Ret	13	14	3	15	4	6
	37	6	2	10	7	29	17	12	13	2	Ret	Ret	2
	59									DNS	16
4	KCMG	Audi Nissan	18	13	7	6	4	6	14	1	4	Ret	9	10	11	176
	23	5	9	8	3	Ret	2	3	5	6	6	Ret	8
	45	14	16	16	18	14	16	18	21	19	17
5	HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari	27	4	5	2	6	4	15	2	7	1	7	1	10	156
	28	Ret	17	13	14	10	Ret	8	9	11	10	8	13
6	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Porsche	911	10	12	11	8	2	5	Ret	8	9	8	Ret	Ret	58
	991	11	14	14	17	28	9	14	17	5	12	9	Ret
7	OD Racing Team WRT	Audi	86	Ret	10	7	13	7	7	10	16	8	Ret	6	7	43
8	Indigo Racing	Mercedes-AMG	97	Ret	15	12	16	11	20	11	20	12	14	3	3	30
9	(Bentley Team) Phoenix Racing Asia	Audi Bentley	5	12	13	15	9	9	8	7	10	21	29	12	9	21
	6									Ret	11	Ret	5
10	ARN Racing	Ferrari	8	9	11	19	12	15	11	22	6	13	13	11	Ret	11
11	Porsche Team EBI	Porsche	33					12	10	9	15					3
	D'station Racing	Porsche	47					13	13	16	11					0
	CarGuy Racing	Ferrari Lamborghini	117							15	32					0
	777					16	12	30	18
	AMAC Motorsport	Lamborghini	51	15	19	18	Ret	18	19	19	23	20	21	13	14	0
	Arrows Racing	Honda	98	16	20					27	22					0
	(Kizashi x) Saccess Racing	Lamborghini	390					19	18	21	24					0
	CMRT Eurasia	Aston Martin	69	Ret	18											0
	APJ Motorsports	Lamborghini	177							20	25					0
Guest teams ineligible to score points
	JRM	Porsche	808									15	20
	Anstone Racing	Mercedes-AMG	66									18	19
	71									17	18
GT4
1	BMW Team Studie	BMW	81	20	22	29	Ret	20	24	23	26	23	22	21	15	344
	82	22	25	23	21	22	26	28	28	26	23	19	18
2	GruppeM Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG	666	17	23	20	19	21	21	29	33	22	Ret	15	16	215
3	Team iRace.Win	Mercedes-AMG	72	19	21	26	20	23	22	24	30	24	28	16	17	180
4	Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team	Porsche	17	24	26	24	23	24	25	26	29	27	26	20	19	118
5	TTR Team SARD	Porsche	11	23	27	25	Ret	25	27	25	27	25	24	Ret	DNS	94
6	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Mercedes-AMG Porsche	77	18	24	21	22	27	23							79
	88									29	27	18	20
7	Clearwater Racing	McLaren	12	21	28	WD	WD	26	Ret	Ret	31					28
8	JWD Unixx Racing Team	Porsche	22			22	26									19
9	Racing Spirit Thailand	Porsche	80			27	24									12
10	Morseng Racing Team	Porsche	14			28	25									8
Guest teams ineligible to score points
	M-Motorsport	KTM	10									28	25	17	Ret
valign=middle		valign=middle	Team	valign=middle	Manufacturer	valign=middle		SEP		CHA		SUZ		FUJ		SHA		NIN		valign=middle	Points

See also

• 2018 Blancpain GT Series
• 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
• 2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup

Notes and References

1. News: Blancpain GT Series Asia confirms similar six-round, 12-race calendar for 2018. 28 July 2017. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 January 2018.
2. News: Blancpain GT Series Asia finalises 2018 calendar. 27 September 2017. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 January 2018.
3. News: Blancpain GT Series Asia Moves Finale to Ningbo. Kilshaw. Jake. 29 January 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 30 January 2018.
4. News: Absolute Racing returns with two Audi R8 LMS GT3s. 9 February 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 11 February 2018.
5. News: 32 cars confirmed for Shanghai’s penultimate Blancpain GT Series Asia outing. 18 September 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 20 September 2018.
6. News: Absolute adds third Audi GT3; announces full-season drivers. 10 April 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 10 April 2018.
7. Web site: 21 September 2018. Blancpain GT Series Asia Rounds 9 & 10 Shanghai Official Starting Driver Entry list. live. 14 August 2021. gt-world-challenge-asia.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210814110850/https://www.gt-world-challenge-asia.com/images/results/12/Blancpain%20GT%20Series%20Asia_Offical%20Starting%20Driver%20Entry%20List_Shanghai.pdf . 2021-08-14 .
8. News: Phoenix Confirms Blancpain GT Series Asia Return. Simmons. Neil. 23 February 2018. dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 23 February 2018.
9. News: Bentley Team Phoenix Racing Asia to enter new Continental GT3s in Chinese rounds. 11 July 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 11 July 2018.
10. News: Blancpain GT Series Asia 2018 Rounds 1 & 2 - Sepang, Malaysia Provisional Entry List. 11 April 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 11 April 2018.
11. News: Blancpain GT Series Asia 2018 Rounds 3 & 4 - Buriram, Thailand Provisional Entry List. 7 May 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 10 May 2018.
12. News: Blancpain GT Series Asia 2018 Rounds 5 & 6 - Suzuka Provisional Entry List. 26 June 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 June 2018.
13. News: Phoenix Racing Asia unveils new Bentleys at Shanghai. 20 September 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 21 September 2018.
14. News: Kodric and Lind lead seven-way title scrap to Ningbo season finale. 9 October 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 13 October 2018.
15. News: ARN Racing makes full-time Blancpain GT Series Asia switch. 13 February 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 13 February 2018.
16. News: 2018’s biggest grid ushers in second half of the season at Fuji. 17 July 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 21 July 2018.
17. News: KCMG confirms Nissan switch for Blancpain GT Series Asia GT3 assault. 12 February 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 12 February 2018.
18. News: Matsuda and Strauss confirmed amongst KCMG’s Nissan driver line-up. 6 April 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 April 2018.
19. News: KCMG add Am Cup Audi to existing Nissan GT3 line-up. 14 March 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 14 March 2018.
20. News: FFF Racing Team by ACM Confirms Blancpain Asia Entry. Kilbey. Stephen. 22 January 2018. dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 22 January 2018.
21. News: FFF Racing Team confirms Lind, Kodric, Mapelli and Hamaguchi. 8 March 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 March 2018.
22. News: Bortolotti, Caldarelli, Engelhart to Defend Blancpain GT Titles. Dagys. John. 27 February 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 27 February 2018.
23. News: Supercars star Slade set for Blancpain GT Series Asia assault with HubAuto Corsa and Ferrari. 11 April 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 11 April 2018.
24. News: D’Station, Team EBI & Saccess Racing All Confirm Fuji & Suzuka Entries. Kilbey. Stephen. 22 May 2018. dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 22 May 2018.
25. News: Australian squad AMAC Motorsport confirm Blancpain GT Series Asia entry. 8 December 2017. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 January 2018.
26. News: Anstone Racing joins Blancpain GT Series Asia's Chinese rounds. 17 September 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 21 September 2018.
27. News: WRT Enters Blancpain GT Series Asia in OD Racing Partnership. Kilshaw. Jake. 16 February 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 16 February 2018.
28. News: Indigo Racing Becomes First Korean Blancpain GT Series Asia Team. 20 March 2018. dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 20 March 2018.
29. News: Honda NSX GT3 set for Blancpain GT Series Asia debut with Arrows Racing. 9 April 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 9 April 2018.
30. News: Fuji winners CarGuy Racing confirm Blancpain GT Series Asia outings in Japan. 31 May 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 31 May 2018.
31. News: Craft-Bamboo Racing commits three Porsches to Blancpain GT Series Asia in 2018. 7 December 2017. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 January 2018.
32. News: Craft-Bamboo targeting GT3 title after confirming Stuvik and Davies. 7 March 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 7 March 2018.
33. News: Read makes Craft-Bamboo and Porsche switch for 2018. 12 February 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 12 February 2018.
34. News: O'Young completes Craft-Bamboo line-up as Patel confirms OD Racing return. 29 March 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 March 2018.
35. News: Weekly Racing Roundup (6.11.18). Kilshaw. Jake. 11 June 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 11 June 2018.
36. News: Clearwater Announces Return To Blancpain Asia With McLaren GT4. Kilbey. Stephen. 15 February 2018. Dailysportscar. 15 February 2018.
37. News: Taiwan Top Speed & TTR Team SARD Commit To GT4 Class With Porsche. Simmons. Neil. 27 January 2017. Dailysportscar. 27 January 2017.
38. News: iRace.Win announce GT4 debut with Mercedes-AMG. 4 April 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 4 April 2018.
39. News: Rosario and Zhang to become first all-female crew in Blancpain GT Series Asia history. 4 October 2018. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 13 October 2018.
40. News: BMW Team Studie Confirms Blancpain GT Series Asia Entry. Kilbey. Stephen. 17 January 2018. Dailysportscar. 17 January 2018.
41. News: 体制発表会2018. ja. 12 March 2018. BMW Team Studie. 4 April 2018.
42. News: 2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia Fuji Speedway Entry List. blancpain-gt-series-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 22 July 2018.