2023 GT World Challenge Asia

The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS will be the fifth 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 will be contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars with hopes of GT2-spec entries. The season will begin on 13 May at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand and is scheduled to end on 24 September at Sepang in Malaysia.[1]

Calendar
Round Circuit Date
1 Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 13–14 May
2 Japan Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka 17–18 June
3 Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie 15–16 July
4 Japan Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi, Tochigi 22–23 July
5 Japan Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama 19–20 August
6 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Sepang District, Selangor 23–24 September
Sources:[1]
  Also part of the Japan Cup Series

Entry list
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
GT3
Japan Car Guy Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L twin-turbocharged V6 1 Japan Kei Cozzolino[2] PA TBA
Japan Takeshi Kimura[2]
China Climax Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 2 China Zhou Bihuang[3] PA 1
Denmark Dennis Lind[3]
3 China Ye Bian[3] Am 1
China Hu Yuqi[3]
China R&B Racing[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 4 Canada Wei Lu[4] PA 1
Norway Dennis Olsen[4]
France Patrick Pilet[4] TBA
87 China Leo Ye Hongli[4] S 1
China Bo Yuan[4]
Japan BMW M Team Studie[5] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 5 Japan Seiji Ara[5] PA TBA
Japan Tomohide Yamaguchi[5]
Japan Comet Racing[6] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 7 Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko[6] Am TBA
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki[6]
Malaysia EBM Giga Racing[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 8 New Zealand Reid Harker[4] PA 1
Indonesia Setiawan Santoso[4]
Japan Bingo Racing[4] Corvette C7 GT3-R Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 Japan Akira Iida[4] Am TBA
Japan Shinji Takei[4]
China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute[7][N 1]

Thailand B-Quik Racing[8][N 1]

Thailand Absolute - AAS Motorsport[9][N 1]

China Absolute Racing[10][N 1]		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 11 Indonesia Andrew Haryanto[11] PA 1
China James Yu[11]
13 China Congfu Cheng[7] PA 1
China Jingzu Sun[7]
26 Netherlands Henk Kiks[8] PA 1
Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris[8]
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 911 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak[9] PA 1
Belgium Alessio Picariello[9]
992 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori[10] PA 1
China Bao Jinlong[10]
Taiwan HubAuto Racing with GTO Racing[12] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 14 Taiwan Brian Lee[12] PA 1
Japan Hideto Yasuoka[12]
Taiwan HubAuto Racing[12] 72 Taiwan Morris Chen[12] PA 1
Portugal Álvaro Parente[12]
Taiwan FIST - Team AAI[13] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 15 Taiwan Kevin Chen[13] PA 1
Germany Jens Klingmann[13]
91 Taiwan Jun San Chen[13] PA 1
Finland Jesse Krohn[13]
Japan ABSSA Motorsport[5] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 16 Japan Kiwamu Katayama[4] PA TBA
Japan Keita Sawa[5]
Japan Porsche Centre Okazaki[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 18 Japan Yuta Kamimura[5] PA 1
Japan Hiroaki Nagai[5]
China The Spirit of FFF Racing by B-Max[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 19 Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi[6] Am TBA
Japan Mineki Okura[6]
Hong Kong KCMG[14] Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 22 Hong Kong Paul Ip[14] PA TBA
Italy Edoardo Liberati[14]
Japan NK Racing[15] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 25 Japan Tsubasa Kondo[15] PA 1
Japan Kiyoshi Uchiyama[15]
China Phantom Pro Racing[16] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 29 China Kang Ling[16] S 1
China Cao Qi[16]
333 Hong Kong Chris On Chia[16] PA 1
Denmark Mikkel Mac[16]
Japan Team GMB[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 33 Japan Hiroaki Hatano[4] PA TBA
Japan Shinya Hosokawa[4]
Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing[17] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 37 China Anthony Xu Liu[18] PA 1
Germany Fabian Schiller[18]
Hong Kong J-Fly by Craft-Bamboo[17] 77 Germany Maximilian Götz[17] PA 1
Taiwan Jeffrey Lee[17]
Japan D'station Racing[19] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Japan Tomonobu Fujii[19] PA TBA
Japan Satoshi Hoshino[19]
Australia AMAC Motorsport[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R (2017) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 51 Australia Andrew Macpherson[6] Am 1
Australia Ben Porter[6]
Japan LM Corsa[5] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L twin-turbocharged V6 60 Japan Kei Nakanishi[5] PA TBA
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka[5]
Australia Triple Eight JMR[20] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 88 Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim[20] PA 1
Germany Luca Stolz[20]
888 Australia Broc Feeney[20] PA 1
Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim[20]
Japan K-Tunes Racing[6] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 96 Japan Morio Nitta[6] Am TBA
Japan Kazunori Suenaga[6]
Thailand YK Motorsports BBR by Sunoco[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 114 Thailand Pasarit Promsombat[4] Am 1
Thailand Dechathorn Phuakkarawut[4]
Japan RunUp Sports[21] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 360 Japan Masaaki Nishikawa[21] Am TBA
Japan Atsushi Tanaka[21]
Japan 5ZIGEN[22] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 500 Japan 'Hirobon'[22] PA TBA
Japan Shintaro Kawabata[22]
Japan Maezawa Racing[23] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 555 Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi[23] TBA
Japan Naoki Yokomizo[23]
GT4
Japan CREF Motor Sport[4] McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 17 Japan Masataka Inoue[4] SA TBA
Japan Yuko Suzuki[4]
Indonesia Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 39 Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo[4] SA 1
Japan Seita Nonaka[4]
Japan YZ Racing with Studie[4] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 50 Japan Masaki Kano[4] SA TBA
Japan Manabu Orido[4]
Japan TGR Team Akiland Racing[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 71 Japan Masayoshi Oyama[4] SA TBA
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi[4]
Japan TGR Team K-Tunes Racing[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 97 Japan Hiromitsu Fujii[4] Am TBA
Japan Masanori Nogami[4]
Japan Checkshop Caymania Racing[4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 718 Japan Sho Kobayashi[4] Am TBA
Japan Naohiko Otsuka[4]
Icon Class
Drivers
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
SA Silver-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race results
Round Circuit Pole Position Overall Winners Silver Winners Pro/Am Winners Am Winners GT4 Silver-Am Winner GT4 Am Winner
1 R1 Thailand Buriram Australia No. 88 Triple Eight JMR Australia No. 88 Triple Eight JMR China No. 87 R&B Racing Thailand No. 911 Absolute - AAS Motorsport China No. 3 Climax Racing Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia No entries
Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Germany Luca Stolz		 Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Germany Luca Stolz		 China Leo Ye Hongli
China Bo Yuan		 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Belgium Alessio Picariello		 China Ye Bian
China Hu Yuqi		 Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo
Japan Seita Nonaka
R2 Thailand No. 911 Absolute - AAS Motorsport Hong Kong No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing China No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing Hong Kong No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing Thailand No. 114 YK Motorsports BBR by SUNOCO Indonesia No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Belgium Alessio Picariello		 China Anthony Xu Liu
Germany Fabian Schiller		 China Qi Cao
China Kang Ling		 China Anthony Xu Liu
Germany Fabian Schiller		 Thailand Pasarit Promsombat
Thailand Dechathorn Phuakkarawut		 Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo
Japan Seita Nonaka
2 R1 Japan Fuji Speedway
R2
3 R1 Japan Suzuka
R2
4 R1 Japan Motegi
R2
5 R1 Japan Okayama
R2
6 R1 Malaysia Sepang
R2

Championship standings
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

Overall
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC
GT3
China Zhou Bihuang
Denmark Dennis Lind		 China Climax Racing 0 - -
China Ye Bian
China Hu Yuqi		 China Climax Racing 0 - 0
Canada Wei Lu
Norway Dennis Olsen		 China R&B Racing 0 - -
China Leo Ye Hongli
China Bo Yuan		 China R&B Racing 0 - 0
New Zealand Reid Harker
Indonesia Setiawan Santoso		 Malaysia EBM Giga Racing 0 - -
Indonesia Andrew Haryanto
China James Yu		 China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute 0 - -
China Congfu Cheng
China Jingzu Sun		 China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute 0 - 0
Netherlands Henk Kiks
Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris		 Thailand B-Quik Racing 0 - -
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Belgium Alessio Picariello		 Thailand Absolute - AAS Motorsport P 0 - -
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
China Bao Jinlong		 China Absolute Racing 0 - -
Taiwan Brian Lee
Japan Hideto Yasuoka		 Taiwan HubAuto Racing with GTO Racing 0 - -
Taiwan Morris Chen
Portugal Álvaro Parente		 Taiwan HubAuto Racing 0 - -
Taiwan Kevin Chen
Germany Jens Klingmann		 Taiwan FIST - Team AAI 0 - -
Taiwan Jun San Chen
Finland Jesse Krohn		 Taiwan FIST - Team AAI 0 - -
Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan Hiroaki Nagai		 Japan Porsche Centre Okazaki 0 - -
Japan Tsubasa Kondo
Japan Kiyoshi Uchiyama		 Japan NK Racing 0 - -
China Kang Ling
China Cao Qi		 China Phantom Pro Racing 0 - 0
Hong Kong Chris On Chia
Denmark Mikkel Mac		 China Phantom Pro Racing 0 - -
China Anthony Xu Liu
Germany Fabian Schiller		 Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 0 - -
Germany Maximilian Götz
Taiwan Jeffrey Lee		 Hong Kong J-Fly by Craft-Bamboo 0 - -
Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia Ben Porter		 Australia AMAC Motorsport 0 - -
Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Germany Luca Stolz		 Australia Triple Eight JMR P 0 - -
Australia Broc Feeney
Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim		 Australia Triple Eight JMR 0 - -
Thailand Pasarit Promsombat
Thailand Dechathorn Phuakkarawut		 Thailand YK Motorsports BBR by Sunoco 0 - -
GT4
Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo
Japan Seita Nonaka		 Indonesia Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia P P 0 - -
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid Not Participate
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Silver Cup
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC
GT3
China Leo Ye Hongli
China Bo Yuan		 China R&B Racing P 0 - 0
China Kang Ling
China Cao Qi		 China Phantom Pro Racing P 0 - 0
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC

Pro-Am Cup
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC
GT3
China Zhou Bihuang
Denmark Dennis Lind		 China Climax Racing 0 - -
Canada Wei Lu
Norway Dennis Olsen		 China R&B Racing 0 - -
New Zealand Reid Harker
Indonesia Setiawan Santoso		 Malaysia EBM Giga Racing 0 - -
Indonesia Andrew Haryanto
China James Yu		 China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute 0 - -
China Congfu Cheng
China Jingzu Sun		 China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute 0 - 0
Netherlands Henk Kiks
Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris		 Thailand B-Quik Racing 0 - -
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Belgium Alessio Picariello		 Thailand Absolute - AAS Motorsport P 0 - -
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
China Bao Jinlong		 China Absolute Racing 0 - -
Taiwan Brian Lee
Japan Hideto Yasuoka		 Taiwan HubAuto Racing with GTO Racing 0 - -
Taiwan Morris Chen
Portugal Álvaro Parente		 Taiwan HubAuto Racing 0 - -
Taiwan Kevin Chen
Germany Jens Klingmann		 Taiwan FIST - Team AAI 0 - -
Taiwan Jun San Chen
Finland Jesse Krohn		 Taiwan FIST - Team AAI 0 - -
Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan Hiroaki Nagai		 Japan Porsche Centre Okazaki 0 - -
Japan Tsubasa Kondo
Japan Kiyoshi Uchiyama		 Japan NK Racing 0 - -
Hong Kong Chris On Chia
Denmark Mikkel Mac		 China Phantom Pro Racing 0 - -
China Anthony Xu Liu
Germany Fabian Schiller		 Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 0 - -
Germany Maximilian Götz
Taiwan Jeffrey Lee		 Hong Kong J-Fly by Craft-Bamboo 0 - -
Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Germany Luca Stolz		 Australia Triple Eight JMR P 0 - -
Australia Broc Feeney
Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim		 Australia Triple Eight JMR 0 - -
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC

Silver-Am Cup
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC
GT4
Indonesia Haridarma Manoppo
Japan Seita Nonaka		 Indonesia Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia P P 0 - -
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC

Am Cup
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC
GT3
China Ye Bian
China Hu Yuqi		 China Climax Racing 0 - 0
Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia Ben Porter		 Australia AMAC Motorsport P 0 - -
Thailand Pasarit Promsombat
Thailand Dechathorn Phuakkarawut		 Thailand YK Motorsports BBR by Sunoco P 0 - -
Pos. Driver Team BUR
Thailand		 SUZ
Japan		 FUJ
Japan		 MOT
Japan		 OKA
Japan		 SEP
Malaysia		 Points JC CC

See also

Notes
  1. Car No. 11 and 13 entered as Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute, car No. 26 entered as B-Quik Racing, car No. 911 entered as Absolute - AAS Motorsport and car 992 entered as Absolute Racing

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