GT Asia Series
| Category | Grand tourer |
|---|---|
| Country | Asia |
| Inaugural season | 2010 |
| Folded | 2017 |
| Tyre suppliers | Michelin |
| Official website | Official 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; see GT World Challenge Asia.
Champions
| Season | Driver Champion | Team/Entrant Champion | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  Dilantha Malagamuwa
|
Dilango Racing
|
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 |
| 2011 | GT3:  Weng Sun MokGTM:  Yung Luk SiuGT4: Nigei FarmerCS:  Naoki Furuya
|
GT3: Team Clearwater Racing GTM: LKM Racing GT4: ? CS: ? |
GT3: Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTM: Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT4: ? CS: ? |
| 2012 | GT3: Weng Sun Mok GTM: Hisamori Hayashi
|
GT3: Team Clearwater Racing GTM: ? |
GT3: Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTM: ? |
| 2013 | GT3:  Li Zhi CongGTM: ? |
GT3: Asia Racing Team GTM: ? |
GT3: Porsche 911 GT3-R GTM: ? |
| 2014 | GT3: Weng Sun Mok GTM: Jacky Yeung
|
GT3: Clearwater Racing GTM: Tiger Racing Team |
GT3: Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTM: Audi R8 LMS |
| 2015 | GT3: Darryl O'Young GTM: Jerry Wang
|
GT3: Craft-Bamboo Racing GTM: Absolute Racing
|
GT3: Aston Martin Vantage GT3 GTM: Audi R8 LMS Cup |
| 2016 | GT3:  Edoardo Liberati Andrea AmiciGTM: Dilantha MalagamuwaGTC:  Kantasak KusiriPro-Cup: Edoardo Liberati Andrea AmiciPro-Am Cup: Shaun ThongAm-Cup: Weng Sun Mok
|
GT3: Bentley Team Absolute GTM: Dilango RacingGTC: Singha Plan-B Motorsport
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GT3: Bentley Continental GT3 GTM: Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 GTC: Ferrari 458 Challenge |
References
- ^ "GT Asia 2014 Calendar". AFOS. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "About AFOS". Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.