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The 2015 GT Asia Series was the sixth season of the GT Asia Series championship. It began on 16 May at the Korea International Circuit and ended on 2 November at the Guia Circuit after 11 championship races and a non-championship event.
The series will change tyre supplier from Yokohama to Michelin. [1]
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The full calendar for the 2015 season was released on 28 February 2015. The Sepang International Circuit round will be a 3-hour endurance race and held at Saturday. [9]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | GT3 Winner | GTM Winner |
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| 1 |  Korea International Circuit | 16 May |  No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing |  No. 37 BBT Racing | No. 23 Absolute Racing |
 Richard Lyons Frank Yu | Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo | Jerry Wang | |||
| 2 | 17 May | No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 23 Absolute Racing | |
Darryl O'Young  Jonathan Venter | Darryl O'Young Jonathan Venter | Jerry Wang | |||
| 3 |  Okayama International Circuit | 27 June | No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM |  No. 34 Dilango Racing |
 Jeffrey Lee Andy Soucek | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Vitantonio Liuzzi | Takuma Aoki Ken Urata | |||
| 4 | 28 June | No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 20 Gulf Racing JP | |
| Adderly Fong Keita Sawa | Adderly Fong Keita Sawa | Tetsuya Makino Kimihiro Yashiro | |||
| 5 | Fuji Speedway | 18 July |  No. 1 Clearwater Racing |  No. 11 Singha Motorsport | No. 34 Dilango Racing |
Weng Sun Mok Toni Vilander | Piti Bhirombhakdi Carlo van Dam | Takuma Aoki Ken Urata | |||
| 6 | 19 July | No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 70 Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team | |
| Darryl O'Young Jonathan Venter | Adderly Fong Keita Sawa | Ryō Fukuda Craig Liu | |||
| 7 |  Sepang International Circuit | 5 September | No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 37 BBT Racing | No. 23 Absolute Racing |
| Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd | Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo | Jerry Wang Warren Luff | |||
| 8 | Shanghai International Circuit | 26 September | No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 20 Gulf Racing JP |
| Richard Lyons Frank Yu | Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd |  Dylan Derdaele Hisashi Kunie | |||
| 9 | 27 September | No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 69 Golden CMT RT | |
| Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd | Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd | James Cai Kenneth Lim | |||
| 10 | Chang International Circuit | 24 October | No. 77 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 77 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 59 Singha Motorsport |
Duncan Tappy  Benny Simonsen | Duncan Tappy Benny Simonsen |  Benjamin Rouget Bhurit Bhirom Bhakdi | |||
| 11 | 25 October | No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 89 Singha Motorsport | |
| Adderly Fong Keita Sawa | Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd | Kantasak Kusiri Voravud Bhirom Bhakdi | |||
| NC |  Guia Circuit | 22 November |  No. 1 Mercedes AMG Driving Academy | No. 1 Mercedes AMG Driving Academy | no entries allowed |
| Maro Engel | Maro Engel |
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
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| Points | 18 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Sepang 3 Hour | 36 | 32 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
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