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]

GT World Challenge Asia
CategoryGrand tourer sportscars
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2017
Drivers' championChina Yuan Bo
China Leo Ye Hongli
Teams' championChina Origine Motorsport
Official websitewww.gt-world-challenge-asia.com
Current season

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

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  • Bold denotes an active circuit used in the 2024 season.
Number Circuits Rounds Years
1   Sepang International Circuit 6 2017–2019, 2022–present
  Suzuka International Racing Course 6 2017–2019, 2022–present
  Fuji Speedway 6 2017–2019, 2022–present
4   Chang International Circuit 5 2017–2019, 2023–present
5   Shanghai International Circuit 4 2017–2019, 2024
6   Okayama International Circuit 3 2022–present
7   Sportsland Sugo 2 2022, 2024
8   Zhejiang International Circuit 1 2017
  Ningbo International Circuit 1 2018
  Korea International Circuit 1 2019
  Mobility Resort Motegi 1 2023

Champions

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Drivers

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Year GT3 Overall GT3 Silver GT3 Pro-Am GT3 Silver-Am GT3 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
2024   Leo Ye Hongli
  Yuan Bo
  Franky Cheng Congfu
  Adderly Fong
  Alessio Picariello
  Anthony Liu Xu
  Leo Ye Hongli
  Yuan Bo
  David Tjiptobiantoro

Teams

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Year GT3 GT4
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
2024   Origine Motorsport

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "GT World Challenge Asia". SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
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