The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS was the fourth season of the GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 20 May at Sepang in Malaysia and was scheduled to end on 23 October at the new Mandalika Circuit in Indonesia, however the round was cancelled due to homologation issues, therefore the championship finished at the Okayama International Circuit in Japan. It was the second season of the unification of GT3 sprint series across the globe under the World Challenge name and the first since Blancpain ended its title sponsorship of the series.
Round | Race name | Circuit | Date |
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1 | AWS Malaysian GT Series | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang District, Selangor | 20–22 May |
2 | MOTUL Japan Cup Series of Suzuka | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie | 15–17 July |
3 | Pirelli Japan Cup Series of Fuji | Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka | 22–24 July |
4 | Fanatec Japan Cup Series of SUGO | Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi | 19–21 August |
5 | Honda Japan Cup Series of Okayama | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama | 23–25 September |
Cancelled Rounds | |||
- | Pirelli Indonesian GT Series | Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara | 21–23 October |
Sources: [1] |
Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).
Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Silver Winners | Pro/Am Winners | Am Winners | GT4 Silver-Am Winner | GT4 Am Winner | ||
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1 | R1 | Sepang | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | No. 99 Triple Eight JMR | No. 51 AMAC Motorsport | No Entries | No Entries | |
Shogo Mitsuyama Naoki Yokomizo | Shogo Mitsuyama Naoki Yokomizo | Prince Jefri Ibrahim Nick Foster | Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter | ||||||
R2 | No. 11 EBM Giga Racing | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | No. 11 EBM Giga Racing | No. 51 AMAC Motorsport | |||||
Earl Bamber Adrian D’Silva | Shogo Mitsuyama Naoki Yokomizo | Earl Bamber Adrian D’Silva | Andrew Macpherson Ben Porter | ||||||
2 | R1 | Suzuka | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | No. 18 AAS Motorsport | No. 777 Car Guy Racing | No. 51 AMAC Motorsport | No. 55 Team Scala | No. 71 Akiland Racing | |
Kiyoto Fujinami Naoki Yokomizo | Kantadhee Kusiri Tanart Sathienthirakul | Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura | Andrew Macpherson Ben Porter | Tatsuya Tanigawa Jun Tashiro | Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda | ||||
R2 | No. 777 Car Guy Racing | No. 18 AAS Motorsport | No. 99 Triple Eight JMR | No. 7 Comet Racing | No. 33 Team GMB | No. 71 Akiland Racing | |||
Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura | Kantadhee Kusiri Tanart Sathienthirakul | Prince Jefri Ibrahim Nick Foster | Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki | Hiroaki Hatano Shinya Hosokawa | Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda | ||||
3 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | No. 777 Car Guy Racing | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | No. 777 Car Guy Racing | No. 2 Team Uematsu | No. 12 Koshido Racing | No. 71 Akiland Racing | |
Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura | Kiyoto Fujinami Naoki Yokomizo | Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura | Yudai Uchida Tadao Uematsu | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Motoharu Sato | Masayoshi Oyama Makio Saito | ||||
R2 | No. 777 Car Guy Racing | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | No. 99 Triple Eight JMR | No. 19 Reap Fueling Ambitions | No. 55 Team Scala | No. 71 Akiland Racing | |||
Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura | Kiyoto Fujinami Naoki Yokomizo | Prince Jefri Ibrahim Nick Foster | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura | Tatsuya Tanigawa Jun Tashiro | Masayoshi Oyama Makio Saito | ||||
4 | R1 | SUGO | No. 18 AAS Motorsport | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | No. 777 Car Guy Racing | No. 2 Team Uematsu | No. 14 GTO Racing Team | No. 71 Akiland Racing | |
Kantadhee Kusiri Tanart Sathienthirakul | Kiyoto Fujinami Naoki Yokomizo | Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura | Yudai Uchida Tadao Uematsu | Brian Lee Hideto Yasuoka | Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda | ||||
R2 | No. 777 Car Guy Racing | No. 18 AAS Motorsport | No. 47 D'station Racing | No. 19 Reap Fueling Ambitions | No. 14 GTO Racing Team | No. 71 Akiland Racing | |||
Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura | Kantadhee Kusiri Tanart Sathienthirakul | Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura | Brian Lee Hideto Yasuoka | Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda | ||||
5 | R1 | Okayama | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | No. 27 Yogibo Racing | No. 777 Car Guy Racing | No. 2 Team Uematsu | No. 14 GTO Racing Team | No. 71 Akiland Racing | |
Kiyoto Fujinami Naoki Yokomizo | Kiyoto Fujinami Naoki Yokomizo | Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura | Yudai Uchida Tadao Uematsu | Brian Lee Hideto Yasuoka | Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda | ||||
R2 | No. 47 D'station Racing | No. 18 AAS Motorsport | No. 47 D'station Racing | No. 19 Reap Fueling Ambitions | No. 14 GTO Racing Team | No. 71 Akiland Racing | |||
Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino | Kantadhee Kusiri Tanart Sathienthirakul | Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura | Brian Lee Hideto Yasuoka | Masayoshi Oyama Masayuki Ueda | ||||
Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers are required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Notes:
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points | |||||
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GT3 | |||||||||||||
1 | Naoki Yokomizo | Yogibo Racing | 4 | 4 | Ret | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 204 |
2 | Tanart Sathienthirakul Kantadhee Kusiri | AAS Motorsport | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 172 | ||
3 | Kiyoto Fujinami | Yogibo Racing | Ret | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 154 | ||
4 | Shogo Mitsuyama | Yogibo Racing | 4 | 4 | 50 | ||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points |
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points | JC | |||||
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GT3 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Prince Jefri Ibrahim Nick Foster | Triple Eight JMR | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 158 | – |
2 | Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura | Car Guy Racing | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 153 | 163 | ||
3 | Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino | D'station Racing | 8 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 104 | 127 | ||
4 | Seiji Ara Tomohide Yamaguchi | PLUS with BMW Team Studie | 6 | 3 | Ret | 15 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 83 | 104 | ||
5 | Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Jazeman Jaafar | Triple Eight JMR | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 4 | 82 | – |
6 | Yuta Kamimura Hiroaki Nagai | Porsche Centre Okazaki | 2 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 74 | 91 | ||||
7 | Reid Harker Setiawan Santoso | EBM Giga Racing | 3 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 8 | 73 | – |
8 | Hiroshi Koizumi Keita Sawa | ABSSA Motorsport | 12 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 61 | 98 | ||
9 | David Pun | Elf Bar Racing Team X Works Audi Sport Asia Team X Works | Ret | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 58 | – | ||
10 | Kei Nakanishi Shigekazu Wakisaka | LM Corsa | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 52 | 89 | ||
11 | Earl Bamber Adrian D’Silva | EBM Giga Racing | 2 | 1 | 43 | – | ||||||||
12 | Shaun Thong | Elf Bar Racing Team X Works Audi Sport Asia Team X Works | Ret | 8 | WD | WD | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 42 | – | ||
13 | Sandy Stuvik | Audi Sport Asia Team X Works | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 36 | - | ||||||
14 | Yasser Shahin Sandy Stuvik | Audi Sport Asia Team X Works | 7 | 6 | 20 | – | ||||||||
– | Marchy Lee | Audi Sport Asia Team X Works | WD | WD | 0 | – | ||||||||
Entries ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||
– | Masanori Nogami Morio Nitta | K-tunes Racing | 18 | 15 | – | – | ||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points | JC |
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points | JC | |||||
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GT4 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Brian Lee Hideto Yasuoka | GTO Racing Team | 17 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 160 | - | ||
2 | Hirokai Hatano Shinya Hosokawa | Team GMB | 19 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 133 | 163 | ||
3 | Tatsuya Tanigawa Jun Tashiro | Team Scala | 16 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 80 | 83 | ||||||
4 | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Motoharu Sato | TGR Team Koshido Racing | 18 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 76 | 79 | ||||||
5 | Masataka Inoue Yuko Suzuki | CREF Motor Sport | 22 | Ret | 16 | 21 | 43 | 55 | ||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points | JC |
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points | JC | |||||
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GT3 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Andrew Macpherson Ben Porter | AMAC Motorsport | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 20† | 174 | – |
2 | Yudai Uchida Tadao Uematsu | Team Uematsu | 13 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 141 | 144 | ||
3 | Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki | Comet Racing | 14 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 130 | 139 | ||
4 | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura | Reap Fueling Ambitions | 11 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 129 | 136 | ||
– | Motohiro Ogura Akihiro Tsuzuki | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | 13 | 14 | 0 [1] | 0 [1] | ||||||||
Entries ineligible to score points | ||||||||||||||
– | "Bankcy" Shinji Takei | Bingo Racing | 17 | 10 | – | – | ||||||||
GTC | ||||||||||||||
1 | "Bankcy" Shinji Takei | Bingo Racing | 14 | 16 | 50 | 50 | ||||||||
GT4 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Masayoshi Oyama | TGR Team Akiland Racing | 20 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 200 | 200 | ||
2 | Masayuki Ueda | TGR Team Akiland Racing | 20 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 150 | 150 | ||||
3 | Kazuhiro Sakai Masaaki Fujii | Comet Racing | 23 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 18 | Ret | 21 | 22 | 126 | 126 | ||
4 | Makio Saito | TGR Team Akiland Racing | 20 | 21 | 50 | 50 | ||||||||
INV – TC | ||||||||||||||
– | Kazuki Ishii Takashi Kochiya | DG Motorsport | 21 | 22 | – | – | ||||||||
– | Sunako Jukuchou Takayuki Kinoshita | Team Studie | 21 | Ret | – | – | ||||||||
– | Takuma Aoki Yuji Takahashi | BMW Legal Top Racing | Ret | 24 | – | – | ||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points | JC |
Notes:
Only the two best results of a team per race counted towards the Teams' championship.
Pos. | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points | |||||
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1 | Triple Eight JMR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 185 |
6 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 6 | 13 | |||
2 | Car Guy Racing | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 126 | ||
3 | EBM Giga Racing AAS Motorsport | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 121 |
3 | 3 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 8 | |||
4 | Yogibo Racing | 4 | 4 | Ret | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 112 |
5 | D'station Racing | 8 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 83 | ||
6 | PLUS with BMW Team Studie | 6 | 3 | Ret | 15 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 71 | ||
7 | Porsche Centre Okazaki | 2 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 67 | ||||
8 | Elf Bar Racing Team X Works Audi Sport Asia Team X Works | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 45 | ||
Ret | 8 | |||||||||||
9 | ABSSA Motorsport | 12 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 34 | ||
10 | Comet Racing | 14 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 30 | ||
11 | Reap Fueling Ambitions | 11 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 30 | ||
12 | AMAC Motorsport | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 20† | 25 |
13 | LM Corsa | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 17 | ||
14 | Team Uematsu | 13 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | ||
– | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | 13 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
Pos. | Team | SEP | SUZ | FUJ | SUG | OKA | Points |
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