GT Asia Series

GT Asia Series
Category Grand tourer
Country Asia
Inaugural season 2010
Tyre suppliers Michelin
Official website Official website
Current season

The GT Asia Series is 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]

Champions

Season Driver Champion Team/Entrant Champion since 2012 Car
2010 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa Sri Lanka Dilango Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3
2011 Singapore Weng Sun Mok Singapore Team Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
2012 Singapore Weng Sun Mok Singapore Team Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
2013 China Li Zhi Cong China Asia Racing Team Porsche GT3-R
2014 Singapore Weng Sun Mok Singapore Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3

2015 Calendar

Rnd. Race Circuit Date Supporting
1 1 South Korea Yeongam Circuit, South Korea 15-17 May Asian Festival of Speed
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2 3 Japan Okayama International Circuit, Japan 26-28 June 2015 GT Asia Series
4
3 5 Japan Fuji International Circuit, Japan 17-19 July 2015 GT Asia Series
6
4 7 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia 4-6 September 2015 GT Asia Series - 3-Hour
7
5 8 China Shanghai International Circuit, China 25-27 September 2015 GT Asia Series
9
6 10 Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram 23-25 October 2015 GT Asia Series
11
7 12 Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 20-22 November 2015 Macau GT Cup - non-Champ

References

  1. "GT Asia 2014 Calender". AFOS. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. "About AFOS". Retrieved 15 October 2014.

External links

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