2023 GT World Challenge Asia
The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS was the fifth season of the GT World Challenge 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 13 May at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand and ended on 24 September at Sepang in Malaysia.[1]
Calendar
[edit]Round | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand | 13–14 May |
2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka | 17–18 June |
3 | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie | 15–16 July |
4 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi, Tochigi | 22–23 July |
5 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama | 19–20 August |
6 | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang District, Selangor | 23–24 September |
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Entry list
[edit]Race results
[edit]Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Silver Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Am Winners | GT4 Silver-Am Winner | GT4 Am Winner | ||
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1 | R1 | Buriram | No. 88 Triple Eight JMR | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 88 Triple Eight JMR | No. 3 Climax Racing | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No Entries | |
Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Luca Stolz |
Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo |
Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Luca Stolz |
Bian Ye Hu Yuqi |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | |||||
R2 | No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 114 YK Motorsports BBR by SUNOCO | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | ||||
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Alessio Picariello |
Cao Qi Ling Kang |
Anthony Liu Xu Fabian Schiller |
Dechathorn Phuakkarawut Pasarit Promsombat |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | |||||
2 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 9 Bingo Racing | No. 3 Climax Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |
Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo |
Cao Qi Ling Kang |
Akira Iida Shinji Takei |
Bian Ye Hu Yuqi |
Masaki Kano Manabu Orido |
Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
R2 | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 88 Triple Eight JMR | No. 7 Comet Racing | No. 71 Akiland Racing | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |||
Daniel Juncadella Anthony Xu Liu |
Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo |
Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Luca Stolz |
Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki |
Masayoshi Oyama Ryohei Sakaguchi |
Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
3 | R1 | Suzuka | No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing | No. 3 Climax Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |
Keita Sawa Masataka Inoue |
Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo |
Klaus Bachler Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak |
Bian Ye Hu Yuqi |
Masaki Kano Manabu Orido |
Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
R2 | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 51 AMAC Motorsport | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |||
Daniel Juncadella Anthony Liu Xu |
Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo |
Daniel Juncadella Anthony Liu Xu |
Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter |
Masaki Kano Manabu Orido |
Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
4 | R1 | Motegi | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 11 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute | No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |
Cao Qi Ling Kang |
Cao Qi Ling Kang |
Andrew Haryanto James Yu Kuai |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura |
Masaki Kano Manabu Orido |
Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
R2 | No. 992 Absolute Racing | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 4 R&B Racing | No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |||
Matteo Cairoli Bao Jinlong |
Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo |
Lu Wei Dennis Olsen |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura |
Masaki Kano Manabu Orido |
Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
5 | R1 | Okayama | No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 29 Climax Racing | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Alessio Picariello |
Cao Qi Ling Kang |
Daniel Juncadella Anthony Liu Xu |
Bian Hao Hu Yuqi |
Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
R2 | No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 555 Maezawa Racing | No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 48 D'Station Racing | |||
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Alessio Picariello |
Cao Qi Ling Kang |
Piti Bhirombhakdi Naoki Yokomizo |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura |
Masaki Kano Manabu Orido |
Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino | ||||
6 | R1 | Sepang | No. 11 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 11 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute | No. 30 Modena Motorsport | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No Entries | |
Andrew Haryanto James Yu Kuai |
Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo |
Andrew Haryanto James Yu Kuai |
Antares Au | Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | |||||
R2 | No. 72 HubAuto Racing | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 4 R&B Racing | No. 30 Modena Motorsport | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | ||||
Morris Chen Álvaro Parente |
Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo |
Lu Wei Patrick Pilet |
Antares Au | Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka |
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 |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championships
[edit]Overall
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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
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Pro-Am Cup
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Silver-Am Cup
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Am Cup
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China Cup
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Teams' Championship
[edit]Pos. | Team | BUR |
FUJ |
SUZ |
MOT |
OKA |
SEP |
Points | |||||||||
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GT3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | R&B Racing | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 207 | |||
5 | 19 | Ret | 4 | 13 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | DNS | 6 | 2 | ||||||
2 | AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing Absolute Racing |
2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 189 | |||
6 | Ret | Ret | 23 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 27 | 5 | Ret | 7 | ||||||
3 | Craft-Bamboo Racing | 10 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 171 | |||
16 | 2 | 21 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 15 | ||||||
4 | Triple Eight JMR | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 144 | |||
11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
5 | Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 108 | |||
15 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 20 | Ret | 12 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 14 | ||||||
6 | Porsche Centre Okazaki | 7 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 71 | |||
7 | Climax Racing | 4 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 9 | Ret | 16 | 48 | |||
18 | Ret | 16 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 22 | Ret | 27 | ||||||
8 | Phantom Pro Racing | 20 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 45 | |||
22 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 25 | 26 | Ret | 17 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 22 | ||||||
9 | Maezawa Racing | 10 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 11 | Ret | 1 | 44 | |||||||
10 | Team 5ZIGEN | 27 | Ret | 2 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 33 | |||||||||
11 | Bingo Racing | 1 | Ret | 25 | |||||||||||||
12 |
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17 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 23 | |||
21 | 10 | 22 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 17 | Ret | 21 | ||||||
13 | EBM Giga Racing | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | Ret | 27 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 18 | |||||
14 |
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9 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 16 | |||||||||||
25 | 13 | Ret | DNS | ||||||||||||||
15 | Car Guy Racing | 12 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
16 | D'station Racing | 17 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 16 | |||||
17 | PLUS with BMW Team Studie | Ret | 5 | 12 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 23 | 8 | 15 | |||||||
18 | KCMG | 26 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
19 | YK Motorsports BBR by Sunoco | 23 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
20 | NK Racing | 13 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 4 | |||
21 | The Spirit of FFF Racing | DNS | Ret | Ret | 33 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 1 | |||||||
— | Comet Racing | 24 | 11 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
— | Team Uematsu | 31 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||
— | B-Quik Racing | 14 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | LM Corsa | Ret | 19 | 24 | 20 | Ret | 15 | 21 | 28 | 0 | |||||||
— | ABSSA Motorsport | Ret | 17 | 23 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
— | AMAC Motorsport | 19 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 25 | Ret | 25 | 18 | 24 | 0 | |||
— | CREF Motor Sport | Ret | DNS | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 0 | |||||||||
— | Team GMB | 19 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
— | RunUp Sports | 28 | 20 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
— | K-tunes Racing | 25 | 31 | Ret | DNS | 22 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
GT4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | YZ Racing with Studie | 29 | DSQ | 30 | 30 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 162 | |||||||
2 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | 24 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 29 | 143 | |||||||||
3 | Checkshop Caymania Racing | 32 | 26 | 32 | 32 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 136 | |||||||
4 | Akiland Racing | 30 | 27 | 31 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 87 | |||||||||
5 | K-tunes Racing | 33 | 28 | 27 | |||||||||||||
Guest drivers ineligible to score points | |||||||||||||||||
GT3 | |||||||||||||||||
— | B-Quik Racing | 9 | 12 | — | |||||||||||||
20 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
— | Modena Motorsport | 17 | 20 | — | |||||||||||||
— | EBM Giga Racing | Ret | 19 | — | |||||||||||||
— | Melbourne Performance Centre | 22 | 28 | — | |||||||||||||
— | Harmony Racing | 23 | 26 | — | |||||||||||||
GT4 | |||||||||||||||||
— | D'station Racing | 5 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||
— | CREF Motor Sport | 3 | Ret | — | |||||||||||||
— | Comet Racing | 7 | 6 | — | |||||||||||||
Pos. | Team | BUR |
FUJ |
SUZ |
MOT |
OKA |
SEP |
Points |
See also
[edit]- 2023 British GT Championship
- 2023 GT World Challenge Europe
- 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
- 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
- 2023 GT World Challenge America
- 2023 GT World Challenge Australia
- 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Notes
[edit]- ^ Bian Ye used the name Bian Hao for the last two rounds.
- ^ Wei was a Chinese driver who competed under a Canadian licence in rounds 1 and a Chinese licence from round 2 onwards.
- ^ a b Car No. 9 entered as Bingo Racing, and car No. 60 entered as LM Corsa.
- ^ a b c d Car No. 11 and 13 entered as Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute, car No. 26 and 62 entered as B-Quik Racing, car No. 911 entered as Absolute - AAS Motorsport and car 992 entered as Absolute Racing
- ^ For the first round the team entered as B-Quik Racing, and for the round sixth entered as B-Quik Absolute Racing
- ^ a b Car No. 15 entered as FIST - Team AAI. Car No. 90 entered as GH - Team AAI. Car No. 91 entered as FIST - Team AAI at rounds 1, and as GH - Team AAI at round 6.[16][7]
- ^ Xie An used the name Chris On Chia with Hong Kong license for the first, and fourth round.
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