GT World Challenge Asia explained

Category:Grand tourer sportscars
Country/Region:International
Inaugural:2017
Champion Driver: Anthony Liu Xu
Champion Team: R&B Racing
Current Season: GT World Challenge Asia

The Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS (formerly Blancpain GT Series Asia and Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia) is a GT series motor racing competition promoted by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation and organized by Team Asia One GT Management.[1]

Circuits

NumberCircuitsRoundsYears
1 Sepang International Circuit62017–2019, 2022–present
Suzuka International Racing Course62017–2019, 2022–present
Fuji Speedway62017–2019, 2022–present
4 Chang International Circuit52017–2019, 2023–present
5 Shanghai International Circuit42017–2019, 2024
6 Okayama International Circuit32022–present
7 Sportsland Sugo22022, 2024
8 Zhejiang International Circuit12017
Ningbo International Circuit12018
Korea International Circuit12019
Mobility Resort Motegi12023

Champions

Drivers

YearGT3 OverallGT3 SilverGT3 Pro-AmGT3 Am-Am (2017)
GT3 Am (2018–)
GT4 Overall
2017 Hunter Abbott Marchy Lee
Shaun Thong
Hunter Abbott James Cai
Kenneth Lim
Jean-Marc Merlin
Frank Yu
2018 Martin Kodrić
Dennis Lind
Martin Kodrić
Dennis Lind
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Marco Mapelli
Takuya Shirasaka
Naoto Takeda
Reinhold Renger
2019 Roelof Bruins Roelof Bruins Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Andrew Macpherson
William Ben Porter
Sunako Jukuchou
2022 Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Naoki Yokomizo Nick Foster
Prince Jeffri Ibrahim
Andrew Macpherson
William Ben Porter
Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
2023 Anthony Liu Xu Kang Ling
Cao Qi
Anthony Liu Xu Bian Ye
Hu Yuqi
Masaki Kano
Manabu Orido

Teams

YearGT3GT4
2017 GruppeM Racing Team Craft-Bamboo Racing
2018 FFF Racing Team by ACM BMW Team Studie
2019 Absolute Racing Team iRace.Win
2022 Triple Eight JMR GTO Racing Team
2023 R&B Racing YZ Racing with Studie

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GT World Challenge Asia . 2023-09-27 . SRO Motorsports Group.