The 2019 Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific is the 9th season of Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific. The season consisted of 7 rounds, starting at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on March 15 and ending at the Mugello Circuit on October 27. [1]
| Rnd. | Circuit | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit | March 15–17 |
| 2 |  Sepang International Circuit | April 19–21 |
| 3 |  Shanghai International Circuit | May 24–27 |
| 4 |  Twin Ring Motegi | July 5–7 |
| 5 | Fuji Speedway | August 30 – September 1 |
| 6 |  Marina Bay Street Circuit | September 20–22 |
| 7 |  Mugello Circuit | October 24–27 |
All teams and drivers used the Ferrari 488 Challenge fitted with Pirelli tyres.
| Team | Driver | Class | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
 Baron Motorsport | Ernst Kirchmayr | Pro-Am | 5–6 |
 Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Philippe Prette | Pro-Am | All |
 Ferrari of Cincinnati | James Weiland | Pro-Am | 1–2 |
 Graypaul Birmingham | Alex Moss | Pro-Am | 7 |
 Kessel Racing | Liu-Jin Xiao | Pro-Am | 7 |
| Kunming Zhongzhuyuan DiLi Automotive | Leng-Hong Chong | Pro-Am | 3 |
| M Auto Hiroshima | "Go Max" | Pro-Am | All |
| Rosso Scuderia | Nobuhiro Imada | Pro-Am | 2, 4–7 |
| Yudai Uchida | Pro-Am | 5 | |
| Zagame Motorsport |  Hector Lester | Pro-Am | 1 |
| Team | Driver | Class | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
 Al-Tayer Dubai |  Abdulrahman Addas | Am | 4, 6–7 |
| Auto Speciale | Takehiro Takahashi | Am | 5 |
| Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Michael Choi | Pro-Am | All |
| Alex Fong | Am | 3 | |
| Yui-Sum Fung | Am | 3 | |
| Kenneth Lau | Am | 2–4, 6–7 | |
| Kwan-Lum Pun | Pro-Am | 1–2, 5–6 | |
| Vincent Wong | Pro-Am | 1, 3–4, 6–7 | |
| Ray Wu | Am | All | |
 Cavallino Motors Bangkok | Kanthicha Chimsiri | Am | 1–2, 4–7 |
 Continental Cars Auckland | David Dicker | Pro-Am | All |
| Cornes Osaka | Atsushi Iritani | Am | 1–2, 5, 7 |
| "Baby Kei" | Am | 1, 3–4, 6 | |
| Kazuyuki Yamaguchi | Pro-Am | All | |
| Cornes Shiba | Hidekiho Hagiwara | Pro-Am | 4 |
| Hiroyuki Kishimoto | Pro-Am | 5 | |
| Cornes Tokyo | Makoto Fujiwara | Pro-Am | All |
| CTF Beijing | Bo-Yao Liang | Am | 3 |
| Yan-Sheng Liang | Am | 1–6 | |
| Xiao Min | Am | All | |
| Yan-Bin Xing | Pro-Am | All | |
| Jing Zhang | Am | 3 | |
| Denker Guangzhou | Evan Mak | Am | 3 |
| Eric Zhang | Pro-Am | 3 | |
 Ferrari Jakarta | Ahmad Sahroni | Am | 1–4, 6 |
| Achmad Taufik | Am | 2–4 | |
 Forza Motors Korea | Andrew Moon | Am | All |
| Jay Park | Pro-Am | All | |
| M Auto Hiroshima | Ryuichi Kunihiro | Am | 5 |
 Modena Motori Taiwan | Kent Chen | Am | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Tsao-San Chuang | Am | 2–3 |
| Round | Race | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Trofeo Pirelli Winners | Coppa Shell Winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Kazuyuki YamaguchiCS Am: Kent Chen | TP Pro-Am: Hector Lester CS Pro-Am: David PunCS Am: Kent Chen | Pro-Am: "Go Max" M Auto Hiroshima | Pro-Am: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi Cornes Osaka Am: Kent ChenModena Motori Taiwan |
| 2 | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Yan-Bin XingCS Am: Atsushi Iritani | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Kazuyuki YamaguchiCS Am: Andrew Moon | Pro-Am: Philippe Prette Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Pro-Am: Yan-Bin Xing CTF Beijing Am: Andrew MoonForza Motors Korea | ||
| 2 | 1 | Sepang International Circuit | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Yan-Bin XingCS Am: Andrew Moon | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Yan-Bin XingCS Am: Kenneth Lau | Pro-Am: Philippe Prette Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Pro-Am: Yan-Bin Xing CTF Beijing Am: Andrew MoonForza Motors Korea |
| 2 | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: Andrew Moon | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: Kenneth Lau | Pro-Am: Philippe Prette Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Pro-Am: Makoto Fujiwara Cornes Tokyo Am: Andrew MoonForza Motors Korea | ||
| 3 | 1 | Shanghai International Circuit | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Eric ZhangCS Am: Andrew Moon | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Eric ZhangCS Am: Andrew Moon | Pro-Am: Philippe Prette Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Pro-Am: Eric Zhang Denker Guangzhou Am: Andrew MoonForza Motors Korea |
| 2 | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Eric ZhangCS Am: Andrew Moon | TP Pro-Am: "Go Max" CS Pro-Am: Eric ZhangCS Am: "Baby Kei" | Pro-Am: Philippe Prette Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Pro-Am: Eric Zhang Denker Guangzhou Am: Andrew MoonForza Motors Korea | ||
| 4 | 1 | Twin Ring Motegi | TP Pro-Am: Nobuhiro Imada CS Pro-Am: Michael Choi CS Am: Kent Chen | TP Pro-Am: Nobuhiro Imada CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: Kenneth Lau | Pro-Am: Nobuhiro Imada Rosso Scuderia | Pro-Am: Makoto Fujiwara Cornes Tokyo Am: Kenneth Lau Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong |
| 2 | TP Pro-Am: "Go Max" CS Pro-Am: Jay ParkCS Am: Kent Chen | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: Kenneth Lau | Pro-Am: Philippe Prette Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Pro-Am: Michael Choi Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong Am: Kenneth Lau Blackbird Concessionaires Hong Kong | ||
| 5 | 1 | Fuji Speedway | TP Pro-Am: Yudai Uchida CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: Andrew Moon | TP Pro-Am: "Go Max" CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: Andrew Moon | Pro-Am: "Go Max" M Auto Hiroshima | Pro-Am: Makoto Fujiwara Cornes Tokyo Am: Andrew MoonForza Motors Korea |
| 2 | TP Pro-Am: Yudai Uchida CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: Andrew Moon | TP Pro-Am: Yudai Uchida CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: "Baby Kei" | Pro-Am: Yudai Uchida Rosso Scuderia | Pro-Am: Makoto Fujiwara Cornes Tokyo Am: Andrew MoonForza Motors Korea | ||
| 6 | 1 | Marina Bay Street Circuit | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: David PunCS Am: Andrew Moon | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Kazuyuki YamaguchiCS Am: "Baby Kei" | Pro-Am: Philippe Prette Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Pro-Am: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi Cornes Osaka Am: Andrew MoonForza Motors Korea |
| 2 | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: David PunCS Am: Andrew Moon | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Vincent WongCS Am: Kenneth Lau | Pro-Am: Philippe Prette Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Pro-Am: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi Cornes Osaka Am: Ray WuBlackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | ||
| 7 | 1 | Mugello Circuit | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Yan-Bin XingCS Am: Ray Wu | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: Andrew Moon | Pro-Am: "Go Max" M Auto Hiroshima | Pro-Am: Makoto Fujiwara Cornes Tokyo Am: Kent ChenModena Motori Taiwan |
| 2 | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Makoto FujiwaraCS Am: Ray Wu | TP Pro-Am: Philippe Prette CS Pro-Am: Jay ParkCS Am: Ray Wu | Pro-Am: Philippe Prette Blackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong | Pro-Am: Makoto Fujiwara Cornes Tokyo Am: Ray WuBlackbird Concessionaries Hong Kong |
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
| Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th or lower | Pole | FLap | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos. | Driver | MEL | SEP | SHA | MOT | FUJ | SGP | MUG | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| Pro-Am Class [2] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philippe Prette | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 267 |
| 2 | "Go Max" | 1 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 211 |
| 3 | Nobuhiro Imada | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 119 | ||||
| 4 | James Weiland | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 55 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Ernst Kirchmayr | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Yudai Uchida | 2 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Leng-Hong Chong | 3 | 2 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Hector Lester | 2 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Liu-Jin Xiao | 4 | 4 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Alex Moss | 5 | 5 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | MEL | SEP | SHA | MOT | FUJ | SGP | MUG | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| Pro-Am Class [3] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Makoto Fujiwara | Ret | 5 | DNS | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 196 |
| 2 | Kazuyuki Yamaguchi | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 189 |
| 3 | Yan-Bin Xing | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 3 | DSQ | 163 |
| 4 | Michael Choi | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 156 |
| 5 | Jay Park | 5 | DNS | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 151 |
| 6 | David Dicker | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 84 |
| 7 | Kwan-Lum Pun | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 79 | ||||||
| 8 | Eric Zhang | 1 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Vincent Wong | Ret | 7 | 8 | DNS | 8 | DNS | 7 | 6 | 7 | DNS | 29 | ||||
| 10 | Hiroyuki Kishimoto | Ret | 3 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Hidekiho Hagiwara | 6 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Am Class [4] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Andrew Moon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 209 |
| 2 | Kent Chen | 1 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 154 | ||
| 3 | Xiao Min | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 127 |
| 4 | Ray Wu | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 118 |
| 5 | Kenneth Lau | 4 | 2 | DNS | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 117 | ||||
| 6 | "Baby Kei" | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 82 | ||||||
| 7 | Atsushi Iritani | Ret | Ret | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 77 | ||||||
| 8 | Ahmad Sahroni | 5 | 4 | DNS | 5 | 7 | DNS | 6 | DNS | 7 | 4 | 51 | ||||
| 9 | Kanthicha Chimsiri | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 43 | ||
| 10 | Yan-Sheng Liang | 7 | 7 | 8 | DNS | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 40 | ||
| 11 | Abdulrahman Addas | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 32 | ||||||||
| 12 | Evan Mak | 2 | 2 | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Ryuichi Kunihiro | 5 | 3 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| = | Achmad Taufik | 6 | DNS | DNS | 4 | DNS | 9 | 21 | ||||||||
| 15 | Takehiro Takahashi | 3 | 6 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Bo-Yao Liang | 6 | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Yui-Sum Fung | 8 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Tsao-San Chuang | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||
| = | Alex Fong | 9 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Jing Zhang | 12 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||
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