2016 GT Asia Series

2016 GT Asia Series
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The 2016 GT Asia Series is the seventh season of the GT Asia Series championship. It began on 14 May at the Korea International Circuit and will end on 23 October at the newly built Zhejiang International Circuit after 12 championship races.^[1]

Entry list

2016 Entry List Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 3 Weng Sun Mok[2] GT3 1, 3–4 Richard Wee[2] 1, 4 Gianmaria Bruni[3] 3 Phoenix Racing Asia Audi R8 LMS 5 Shaun Thong[2] GT3 All Marchy Lee[2] 6 Alex Yoong[2] GT3 All Alex Au[2] Bentley Team Absolute[N 1] Absolute Racing[N 1] Bentley Continental GT3 7 Adderly Fong[2] GT3 All Andrew Kim[2] 8 Jonathan Venter[2] GT3 All Keita Sawa[2] 1, 3–6 Fabian Hamprecht[4] 2 9 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak[2] GT3 All Andrew Palmer[2] 1 Duncan Tappy[4] 2, 4–6 Christer Jöns[3] 3 Audi R8 LMS 13 Cheng Congfu[2] GT3 1, 5 Sun Jingzu[2] A Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 11 Aekrat Discharoen[4] GTC 2 Singha Motorsport[N 2] Singha Plan-B Motorsport[N 2] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 12 Carlo van Dam[2] GT3 1–5 Piti Bhirombhakdi[2] Ferrari 458 Challenge 59 Kantasak Kusiri[2] GTC 1–2, 4 Bhurit Bhirombhakdi[2] 89 Tin Sritrai[4] GTC 2 Voravud Bhirombhakdi[4] FFF Racing Team by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 15 Jeroen Mul[5] GT3 5–6 Richard Antinucci[5] 5 Marco Mapelli[6] 6 55 Edoardo Liberati[2] GT3 All Andrea Amici[2] Team Rosso Scuderia Ferrari 458 Challenge 17 Akihiro Asai[7] GTC 4 Ken Seto[7] Dilango Racing Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 24 Dilantha Malagamuwa[2] GTM 1 Armaan Ebrahim[2] BBT Ferrari 488 GT3 37 Davide Rizzo[2] GT3 All Anthony Liu[2] Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI[N 3] Team FIST with AAI[N 3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 66 Nico Bastian[5] GT3 5 Matthew Solomon[5] 68 Maro Engel[5] GT3 5 Zhang Wenhe[5] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 90 Lin Yu[5] GTM 5 Jun-San Chen[5] Team Naoryu Age Age Racing Ferrari 458 Challenge 73 Toshihito Funai[7] GTC 4 Masayuki Ueda[7] True Visions Motorsport Thailand Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 78 Suttiluck Buncharoen[2] GTC 1 Craft-Bamboo Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Richard Lyons[2] GT3 All Frank Yu[2] 91 Darryl O'Young[2] GT3 All Naiyanobh Bhirombhakdi[2] Matt Stone Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 95 George Miedecke[3] GT3 3–4 Nathan Morcom[3] 3 Ashley Walsh[7] 4 GruppeM Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 96 Li Chao[5] GT3 5–6 Zhang Dasheng[5] 98 Tim Sugden[2] GT3 1–5 Philip Ma[2] 1, 4 George Richardson[4] 2 Jono Lester[3] 3, 5

Icon Class GT3 GT3 Class GTC GT Cup Class GTM GT Masters Class

1. Cars #7, #8 and #9 entered as Bentley Team Absolute and car #13 entered as Absolute Racing.
2. Car #12 entered as Singha Motorsport and cars #59 and #89 entered as Singha Plan-B Motorsport.
3. Cars #66 and #68 entered as Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI and car #90 entered as Team FIST with AAI.

Race calendar and results

The full calendar for the 2016 season was released on 12 January 2016. The series will consist of 12 championship rounds held in pairs on six circuits across Korea, Thailand, Japan and China. The 3-hour race at Sepang International Circuit will be discontinued after teams voted against it. Also, the non-championship round at the Circuito da Guia in Macau does not feature in the calendar, now the main event of the FIA GT World Cup.^[1] The championship would have concluded at the new Zhejiang International Circuit, but delays in the final stages of construction had seen Motorsport Asia Limited make alternate plans. On September 9, it was decided to return to Shanghai for the last two rounds, both run on Thursday 20 October.^[8]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	GT3 Winner	GTC Winner	GTM Winner
1	Korea International Circuit	14 May	No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport	No. 24 Dilango Racing
			Adderly Fong Andrew Kim	Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa	Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi	Dilantha Malagamuwa Armaan Ebrahim
2		15 May	No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia	No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport	no finishers
			Shaun Thong Marchy Lee	Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa	Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
3	Chang International Circuit	11 June	No. 12 Singha Motorsport	No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia	No. 11 A Motorsport	no competitors
			Carlo van Dam Piti Bhirombhakdi	Shaun Thong Marchy Lee	Aekrat Discharoen
4		12 June	No. 37 BBT	No. 37 BBT	No. 89 Singha Plan-B Motorsport
			Davide Rizzo Anthony Liu	Davide Rizzo Anthony Liu	Tin Sritrai Voravud Bhirombhakdi
5	Okayama International Circuit	2 July	No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute	no competitors
			Adderly Fong Andrew Kim	Adderly Fong Andrew Kim
6		3 July	No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia
			Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa	Shaun Thong Marchy Lee
7	Fuji Speedway	16 July	No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 12 Singha Motorsport	No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport
			Richard Lyons Frank Yu	Carlo van Dam Piti Bhirombhakdi	Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
8		17 July	No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport
			Edoardo Liberati Andrea Amici	Edoardo Liberati Andrea Amici	Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
9	Shanghai International Circuit	20 August	No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia	No. 37 BBT	no competitors	No. 90 Team FIST with AAI
			Alex Yoong Alex Au	Davide Rizzo Anthony Liu		Lin Yu Jun-San Chen
10		21 August	No. 15 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute		No. 90 Team FIST with AAI
			Richard Antinucci Jeroen Mul	Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa		Lin Yu Jun-San Chen
11	Shanghai International Circuit	20 October	No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia	No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia	no competitors	no competitors
			Alex Yoong Alex Au	Alex Yoong Alex Au
12			No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 15 FFF Racing Team by ACM
			Edoardo Liberati Andrea Amici	Marco Mapelli Jeroen Mul

References

1. "GT Asia Series reveals 2016 calendar". GT Asia Series. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
2. "Korea International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
3. "Okayama International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
4. "Chang International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
5. "Shanghai International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
6. "Dramatic qualifying sessions set up stunning title decider". GT Asia Series. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
7. "Fuji International Speedway Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
8. "GT Asia Series to return to Shanghai for final event of the season". endurance-info.com. Endurance-Info. September 9, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.

External links

• Official website