GT World Challenge Asia
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| Category | Grand tourer sportscars |
|---|---|
| Country | International |
| Inaugural season | 2017 |
| Drivers' champion |  Yuan Bo Leo Ye Hongli |
| Teams' champion | Origine Motorsport |
| Official website | www |
 Current season | |
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]
From its inception in 2017 to 2023, GT World Challenge Asia was a multi-class championship featuring GT3 and GT4 cars. In 2024, the series adopted the same GT3-only format as the other GT World Challenge series on other continents.
The Japan Cup series debuted in 2022 as a parallel championship within GT World Challenge Asia, with races held exclusively in Japan. It was split into a separate championship in 2024.
Circuits
[edit]- Bold denotes an active circuit used in the 2024 season.
| Number | Circuits | Rounds | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sepang International Circuit
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6 | 2017–2019, 2022–present |
 Suzuka International Racing Course
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6 | 2017–2019, 2022–present | |
| Fuji Speedway
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6 | 2017–2019, 2022–present | |
| 4 |  Chang International Circuit
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5 | 2017–2019, 2023–present |
| 5 | Shanghai International Circuit
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4 | 2017–2019, 2024 |
| 6 | Okayama International Circuit
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3 | 2022–present |
| 7 | Sportsland Sugo
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2 | 2022, 2024 |
| 8 | Zhejiang International Circuit
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1 | 2017 |
| Ningbo International Circuit
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1 | 2018 | |
 Korea International Circuit
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1 | 2019 | |
| Mobility Resort Motegi
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1 | 2023 |
Champions
[edit]Drivers
[edit]| Year | GT3 Overall | GT3 Silver | GT3 Pro-Am | GT3 Silver-Am | GT3 Am-Am (2017) GT3 Am (2018–) |
GT4 Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 |  Hunter Abbott
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 Marchy Lee Shaun Thong
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Hunter Abbott
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— | James Cai Kenneth Lim
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 Jean-Marc Merlin Frank Yu
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| 2018 |  Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind
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Martin Kodrić Dennis Lind
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Hiroshi Hamaguchi Marco Mapelli
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Takuya Shirasaka Naoto Takeda
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 Reinhold Renger
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| 2019 | Roelof Bruins
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Roelof Bruins
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Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
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 Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter
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Sunako Jukuchou
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| 2022 | Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura
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Naoki Yokomizo
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Nick Foster Prince Jeffri Ibrahim
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Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter
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 Brian Lee Hideto Yasuoka
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| 2023 | Anthony Liu Xu
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Kang Ling Cao Qi
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Anthony Liu Xu
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Bian Ye Hu Yuqi
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Masaki Kano Manabu Orido
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| 2024 | Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo
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Franky Cheng Congfu Adderly Fong
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 Alessio Picariello Anthony Liu Xu
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Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo
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 David Tjiptobiantoro
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— |
Teams
[edit]| Year | GT3 | GT4 |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | GruppeM Racing Team
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Craft-Bamboo Racing
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| 2018 | FFF Racing Team by ACM
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BMW Team Studie
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| 2019 | Absolute Racing
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Team iRace.Win
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| 2022 | Triple Eight JMR
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GTO Racing Team
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| 2023 | R&B Racing
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YZ Racing with Studie
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| 2024 | Origine Motorsport
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— |
See also
[edit]- British GT Championship
- GT Asia Series, a similar series from 2010-2016
- GT World Challenge Europe
- GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
- GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
- GT World Challenge America
- GT World Challenge Australia
References
[edit]- ^ "GT World Challenge Asia". SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
External links
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