The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS will be the fifth season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia. The races will be contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars with hopes of GT2-spec entries. The season will begin on 13 May at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand and is scheduled to end on 24 September at Sepang in Malaysia. [1]
Round | Circuit | Date | |
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1 | Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand | 13–14 May | |
2 | Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka | 17–18 June | |
3 | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie | 15–16 July | |
4 | Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi, Tochigi | 22–23 July | |
5 | Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama | 19–20 August | |
6 | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang District, Selangor | 23–24 September | |
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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 | Buriram | No. 88 Triple Eight JMR | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 88 Triple Eight JMR | No. 3 Climax Racing | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No Entries | |
Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Luca Stolz | Leo Ye Hongli Bo Yuan | Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Luca Stolz | Bian Ye Hu Yuqi | Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | |||||
R2 | No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 114 YK Motorsports BBR by SUNOCO | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | ||||
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Alessio Picariello | Cao Qi Ling Kang | Anthony Liu Xu Fabian Schiller | Pasarit Promsombat Dechathorn Phuakkarawut | Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | |||||
2 | R1 | Fuji Speedway | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 9 Bingo Racing | No. 3 Climax Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |
Leo Ye Hongli Bo Yuan | Cao Qi Ling Kang | Akira Iida Shinji Takei | Bian Ye Hu Yuqi | Masaki Kano Manabu Orido | Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
R2 | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 88 Triple Eight JMR | No. 7 Comet Racing | No. 71 TGR Team Akiland Racing | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |||
Daniel Juncadella Anthony Xu Liu | Leo Ye Hongli Bo Yuan | Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Luca Stolz | Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki | Masayoshi Oyama Ryohei Sakaguchi | Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
3 | R1 | Suzuka | No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing | No. 3 Climax Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |
Keita Sawa Masataka Inoue | Leo Ye Hongli Bo Yuan | Klaus Bachler Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak | Bian Ye Hu Yuqi | Masaki Kano Manabu Orido | Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
R2 | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 51 AMAC Motorsport | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |||
Daniel Juncadella Anthony Liu Xu | Leo Ye Hongli Bo Yuan | Daniel Juncadella Anthony Liu Xu | Andrew Macpherson Ben Porter | Masaki Kano Manabu Orido | Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
4 | R1 | Motegi | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 11 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute | No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |
Cao Qi Ling Kang | Cao Qi Ling Kang | Andrew Haryanto James Yu | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura | Masaki Kano Manabu Orido | Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
R2 | No. 992 Absolute Racing | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 4 R&B Racing | CHNJPNNo. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |||
Matteo Cairoli Bao Jinlong | Leo Ye Hongli Bo Yuan | Lu Wei Dennis Olsen | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura | Masaki Kano Manabu Orido | Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
5 | R1 | Okayama | No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 29 Climax Racing | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing | |
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Alessio Picariello | Cao Qi Ling Kang | Daniel Juncadella Anthony Xu Liu | Bian Ye Hu Yuqi | Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka | ||||
R2 | No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing | No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 555 Maezawa Racing | No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing | No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie | No. 48 D'Station Racing | |||
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Alessio Picariello | Cao Qi Ling Kang | Piti Bhirombhakdi Naoki Yokomizo | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Mineki Okura | Masaki Kano Manabu Orido | Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino | ||||
6 | R1 | Sepang | No. 11 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 11 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute | No. 30 Modena Motorsport | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | No Entries | |
Andrew Haryanto James Yu | Leo Ye Hongli Bo Yuan | Andrew Haryanto James Yu | Antares Au | Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | |||||
R2 | No. 72 HubAuto Racing | No. 87 R&B Racing | No. 4 R&B Racing | No. 30 Modena Motorsport | No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia | ||||
Morris Chen Álvaro Parente | Leo Ye Hongli Bo Yuan | Lu Wei Patrick Pilet | Antares Au | Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka | |||||
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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