GT Asia Series
CategoryGrand tourer
CountryAsia
Inaugural season2010
Folded2017
Tyre suppliersMichelin
Official websiteOfficial website
Current season

The GT Asia Series was a sports car racing series based in Asia. The championship combines FIA GT3 specification cars as the elite class of the series with Ferrari Challenge, Porsche Cup and older GT3 machinery competing in the GTM class.

The series had its first season in 2010 with a dozen GT3 cars and has since expanded with grid sizes of 26 or more cars and a 13-round calendar visiting tracks in China, Malaysia, Japan and Thailand.[1]

The Series is organized by the Asian Festival of Speed (AFOS) and sanctioned by the FIA.[2]

In October 2016, the GT Asia Series announced a partnership with the Asian Le Mans Series. It includes a new Michelin Asia GT Challenge, which is a combined classification for GT3 teams, where the winner will get an invitation to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In April 2017, the GT Asia Series was announced to merge with the China GT Championship.

Champions

Season Driver Champion Team/Entrant Champion Car
2010 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa Sri Lanka Dilango Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3
2011 GT3: Singapore Weng Sun Mok
GTM: Hong Kong Yung Luk Siu
GT4: Hong Kong Nigei Farmer
CS: Japan Naoki Furuya		 GT3: Singapore Team Clearwater Racing
GTM: LKM Racing
GT4: ?
CS: ?		 GT3: Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
GTM: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560
GT4: ?
CS: ?
2012 GT3: Singapore Weng Sun Mok
GTM: Japan Hisamori Hayashi		 GT3: Singapore Team Clearwater Racing
GTM: ?		 GT3: Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
GTM: ?
2013 GT3: China Li Zhi Cong
GTM: ?		 GT3: China Asia Racing Team
GTM: ?		 GT3: Porsche 911 GT3-R
GTM: ?
2014 GT3: Singapore Weng Sun Mok
GTM: Hong Kong Jacky Yeung		 GT3: Singapore Clearwater Racing
GTM: Tiger Racing Team		 GT3: Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
GTM: Audi R8 LMS
2015 GT3: Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
GTM: Hong Kong Jerry Wang		 GT3: Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing
GTM: Hong Kong Absolute Racing		 GT3: Aston Martin Vantage GT3
GTM: Audi R8 LMS Cup
2016 GT3: Italy Edoardo Liberati Italy Andrea Amici
GTM: Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa
GTC: Thailand Kantasak Kusiri
Pro-Cup: Italy Edoardo Liberati Italy Andrea Amici
Pro-Am Cup: Hong Kong Shaun Thong
Am-Cup: Singapore Weng Sun Mok		 GT3: Hong Kong Bentley Team Absolute
GTM: Sri Lanka Dilango Racing
GTC: Thailand Singha Plan-B Motorsport		 GT3: Bentley Continental GT3
GTM: Lamboghini Gallardo FL2
GTC: Ferrari 458 Challenge

References

  1. ↑ "GT Asia 2014 Calendar". AFOS. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "About AFOS". Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
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