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The 2019 GT World Challenge Asia (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia) was the third 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 were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 6 April at Sepang and ended on 28 September at Shanghai. It was the first season of the unification of GT3 sprint series across the globe under the World Challenge name.[1]

Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar. Ningbo was replaced by Korea.[2] The dates for the races at Shanghai were confirmed on 11 December.[3]

Round Circuit Date
1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia 6–7 April
2 Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 11–12 May
3 Japan Suzuka International Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 22–23 June
4 Japan Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 6–7 July
5 South Korea Korea International Circuit, Yeongam, South Korea 3–4 August
6 China Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading, China 27–28 September

Entry list

GT3

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
China Zun Motorsport Crew Mercedes-AMG GT3 4 Australia Josh Burdon S 6
Hong Kong Adderly Fong
7 China Ka Chun Ma Am 6
China Yi Ming Lin
China Phantom Pro Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 5 China Chris On Chia Am 6
China Wei Lu
Japan ARN Racing[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R[4] 8 Japan Yuta Kamimura[4] PA 1–4, 6
Japan Hiroaki Nagai[4]
China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing[5][N 1]

Thailand B-Quik Racing[6][N 1]

Thailand Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing[6][N 1]

China Absolute Racing[7][N 1]

Thailand Panther / AAS Motorsport[8][N 1] 		Audi R8 LMS Evo[5] 12 Estonia Martin Rump[9] S All
Malaysia Weiron Tan[9]
13 China Congfu Cheng[5] PA All
China Jingzu Sun[5]
26 Australia Daniel Bilski[6][N 2] Am 1–2
Netherlands Henk Kiks[6][N 3]
59 Thailand Bhurit Bhirombhakdi[6] PA 1–3
Thailand Kantasak Kusiri[6]
Porsche 911 GT3 R[7] 911 Germany Philip Hamprecht[10] S All
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul[10]
912 Norway Dennis Olsen[10] PA 1
China Bo Yuan[7]
China Bo Yuan[7] S 2–6
New Zealand Jono Lester[11] 2
China Leo Ye[12] 3–6
918 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak[8] PA All
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori[8][N 4] 1–2, 4–6
Germany Marco Holzer[13] 3
Hong Kong Modena Motorsports[14][N 5]
OpenRoad Racing[14][N 5]
Porsche 911 GT3 R[14] 16 Hong Kong John Shen[14] PA 1–2
Switzerland Mathias Beche[14] 1
Denmark Benny Simonsen[14] 2
21 Indonesia Michael Soeryadjaya[15] Am 1
Netherlands Francis Tjia[14]
PA 2
Hong Kong Philippe Descombes[16]
China Anstone Racing[17] Mercedes-AMG GT3[17] 17 China Wei Xu[17] PA 1–4, 6
Japan Naoki Yokomizo[17]
Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa[18] Ferrari 488 GT3[18] 27 Japan Yuya Sakamoto[18] S All
Australia David Russell[18] 1
New Zealand Andre Heimgartner[11] 2–3
Germany Marco Seefried 4
Brazil Marcos Gomes 5–6
28 Chinese Taipei Morris Chen[15] Am 1
Australia Andrew Haryanto[15]
Australia AMAC Motorsport[19] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[19] 51 Australia Andrew Macpherson[19] Am All
Australia William Ben Porter[19]
Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing[20] Mercedes-AMG GT3[20] 55 Singapore Daniel Au[21] PA All
Malaysia Melvin Moh[21]
88 Chinese Taipei Jeffrey Lee[22] PA All
Belgium Alessio Picariello[22] 1–4, 6
Germany Maximilian Götz 5
99 Denmark Christina Nielsen[23] S All
Hong Kong Darryl O'Young[23]
Japan LM Corsa[13] Porsche 911 GT3 R[13] 60 Japan Kei Nakanishi[13] Am 3–4
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka[13]
Japan ABSSA Motorsport[24] McLaren 720S GT3[24] 61 Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi[24] PA All
Japan Keita Sawa[24]
Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win Mercedes-AMG GT3 66 China Nan Lin Am 6
China Heng Min
Singapore T2 Motorsports[25] Ferrari 488 GT3[25] 75 Indonesia Rio Haryanto[25] PA All
Indonesia David Tjiptobiantoro[25] 1–2, 4–6
Singapore Gregory Teo[25] 3
Hong Kong X Works Audi R8 LMS 83 Hong Kong Philip Tang PA 4
Hong Kong Shaun Thong
South Korea Solite Indigo Racing[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3[15] 97 South Korea Roelof Bruins[15] S All
Italy Gabriele Piana[15] 1
Germany Manuel Metzger[11] 2, 4–6
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser[13] 3
Malaysia Arrows Racing[26] Honda NSX GT3[26] 98 Macau Lic Ka Liu[26] Am 1
Hong Kong Philip Ma[26]
Thailand Vattana Motorsport[11] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[11] 128 Japan Akihiro Asai[11] Am 2–5
Thailand Chonsawat Asavahame[11]
Japan Kizashi Koshido Saccess Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 390 Japan Tamotsu Kondo Am 4
Japan Motoharu Sato
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[27] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[27] 666 Hong Kong Alex Au[27] PA All
Denmark Frederik Schandorff[27]
Japan CarGuy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 777 Japan Takeshi Kimura Am 4
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki
Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia[28] Mercedes-AMG GT3[28] 888 Malaysia Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim[28] PA All
Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar[28] 1–2, 4
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen[28] 3, 5–6
China JRM[29] Porsche 911 GT3 R[29] 910 New Zealand Chris van der Drift[29] PA All
China Chao Li[29] 1-4, 6
China Anthony Liu 5
China Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT[30] Audi R8 LMS Evo[30] 999 China Weian Chen[30] S All
Macau André Couto[30] 1–3
Switzerland Rahel Frey 4–6
Icon Class
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

GT4

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Japan GTO Racing with TTR[31] Mercedes-AMG GT4[31] 11 Hong Kong Tony Fong[31] Am All
Chinese Taipei Brian Lee[31]
Japan Birth Racing Project Mercedes-AMG GT4 19 Japan Kouichi Okumura Am 4
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki
Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing[20] Mercedes-AMG GT4[20] 77 France Jean-Marc Merlin[15] Am 1–4, 6
Hong Kong Frank Yu[15] 1–3, 5
Hong Kong David Pun 4
Singapore Richard Wee 5
Malaysia Douglas Khoo 6
Thailand Racing Spirit Thailand[11] Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR[11] 80 Thailand Munkong Sathienthirakul[11] Am 2
Thailand Preeda Tantemsapya[11]
Japan BMW Team Studie[32] BMW M4 GT4[32] 81 Japan Takayuki Kinoshita[32] Am All
Japan Jukuchou Sunako[32] 1–5
82 Japan Masahiko Ida Am 4
Japan Shinsuke Umeda
Japan Jukuchou Sunako 6
China Absolute Racing[33] Audi R8 LMS GT4[33] 89 Indonesia Anderson Tanoto[33] Am 3
Australia Mark Williamson[33]
Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win[34] Mercedes-AMG GT4[34] 111 Singapore Ringo Chong[34] Am All
Indonesia Setiawan Santoso[34]
199 Australia Alan Yeo[34] Am 1–3
China Ran Zhang[34] 1
Italy Angelo Negro[11] 2
Chinese Taipei Keo Chang[13] 3–6
Chinese Taipei Joe Chi 4–6

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position Silver Winners Pro-Am Winners Am Winners GT4 Winners
1 R1 Malaysia Sepang China No. 912 Absolute Racing South Korea No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing Hong Kong No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing Australia No. 51 AMAC Motorsport Japan No. 81 BMW Team Studie
Norway Dennis Olsen
China Bo Yuan 		South Korea Roelof Bruins
Italy Gabriele Piana 		Chinese Taipei Jeffrey Lee
Belgium Alessio Picariello 		Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia William Ben Porter 		Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Japan Jukuchou Sunako
R2 China No. 912 Absolute Racing China No. 911 Absolute Racing Thailand No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport Thailand No. 26 B-Quik Racing Japan No. 81 BMW Team Studie
Norway Dennis Olsen
China Bo Yuan 		Germany Philip Hamprecht
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 		Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 		Australia Daniel Bilski
Netherlands Henk Kiks 		Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Japan Jukuchou Sunako
2 R1 Thailand Buriram Hong Kong No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing South Korea No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing Italy No. 666 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Thailand No. 128 Vattana Motorsport Hong Kong No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
Denmark Christina Nielsen
Hong Kong Darryl O'Young 		South Korea Roelof Bruins
Germany Manuel Metzger 		Hong Kong Alex Au
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		Japan Akihiro Asai
Thailand Chonsawat Asavahame 		France Jean-Marc Merlin
Hong Kong Frank Yu
R2 Hong Kong No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing Chinese Taipei No. 27 HubAuto Corsa Thailand No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport Thailand No. 26 B-Quik Racing Japan No. 81 BMW Team Studie
Taiwan Jeffrey Lee
Belgium Alessio Picariello 		New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Japan Yuya Sakamoto 		Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 		Australia Daniel Bilski
Netherlands Henk Kiks 		Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Japan Jukuchou Sunako
3 R1 Japan Suzuka China No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing China No. 911 Absolute Racing Japan No. 8 ARN Racing Japan No. 60 LM Corsa Chinese Taipei No. 111 Team iRace.Win
Estonia Martin Rump
Malaysia Weiron Tan 		Germany Philip Hamprecht
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 		Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan Hiroaki Nagai 		Japan Kei Nakanishi
Japan Shingekazu Wakisaka 		Singapore Ringo Chong
Indonesia Setiawan Santoso
R2 Hong Kong No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing China No. 911 Absolute Racing Hong Kong No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing Thailand No. 128 Vattana Motorsport Japan No. 81 BMW Team Studie
Chinese Taipei Jeffrey Lee
Belgium Alessio Picariello 		Germany Philip Hamprecht
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 		Chinese Taipei Jeffrey Lee
Belgium Alessio Picariello 		Japan Akihiro Asai
Thailand Chonsawat Asavahame 		Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Japan Jukuchou Sunako
4 R1 Japan Fuji China No. 911 Absolute Racing South Korea No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing Japan No. 8 ARN Racing Australia No. 51 AMAC Motorsport Hong Kong No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
Germany Philip Hamprecht
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 		South Korea Roelof Bruins
Germany Manuel Metzger 		Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan Hiroaki Nagai 		Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia William Ben Porter 		France Jean-Marc Merlin
Hong Kong David Pun
R2 China No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing China No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing Thailand No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport Thailand No. 128 Vattana Motorsport Japan No. 81 BMW Team Studie
Chinese Taipei Jeffrey Lee
Belgium Alessio Picariello 		Estonia Martin Rump
Malaysia Weiron Tan 		Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 		Japan Akihiro Asai
Thailand Chonsawat Asavahame 		Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Japan Jukuchou Sunako
5 R1 South Korea Korea South Korea No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing South Korea No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing Australia No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Australia No. 51 AMAC Motorsport Hong Kong No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing
South Korea Roelof Bruins
Germany Manuel Metzger 		South Korea Roelof Bruins
Germany Manuel Metzger 		Malaysia Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 		Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia William Ben Porter 		Hong Kong Frank Yu
Singapore Richard Wee
R2 Australia No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia China No. 912 Absolute Racing Thailand No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport Australia No. 51 AMAC Motorsport Japan No. 81 BMW Team Studie
Malaysia Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 		China Leo Ye
China Bo Yuan 		Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 		Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia William Ben Porter 		Japan Takayuki Kinoshita
Japan Jukuchou Sunako
6 R1 China Shanghai China No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing China No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing Thailand No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport China No. 5 Phantom Pro Racing Chinese Taipei No. 111 Team iRace.Win
Estonia Martin Rump
Malaysia Weiron Tan 		Estonia Martin Rump
Malaysia Weiron Tan 		Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 		China Chris On Chia
China Wei Lu 		Singapore Ringo Chong
Indonesia Setiawan Santoso
R2 China No. 910 JRM[N 6] China No. 912 Absolute Racing Hong Kong No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing China No. 5 Phantom Pro Racing Japan No. 82 BMW Team Studie
New Zealand Chris van der Drift
China Chao Li 		China Leo Ye
China Bo Yuan 		Chinese Taipei Jeffrey Lee
Belgium Alessio Picariello 		China Chris On Chia
China Wei Lu 		Japan Jukuchou Sunako

Championship standings

Scoring system

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 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championships

Overall

Pos. Driver Team SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points
GT3
1 South Korea Roelof Bruins South Korea Solite Indigo Racing 2 5 1 5 9 7 1 8 1 4 4 5 159
2 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Thailand Panther / AAS Motorsport 9 2 18 1 6 2 Ret 2 8 1 5 3 141
3 Germany Philip Hamprecht
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 		China Absolute Racing 8 1 2 10 1 3 4 7 3 8 3 25 140
4 Japan Yuya Sakamoto Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 3 6 4 2 4 4 3 26 2 6 2 Ret 136
5 Germany Manuel Metzger South Korea Solite Indigo Racing 1 5 1 8 1 4 4 5 123
6 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Thailand Panther / AAS Motorsport 9 2 18 1 Ret 2 8 1 5 3 115
7 Estonia Martin Rump
Malaysia Weiron Tan 		China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing 16 4 3 Ret 11 5 2 1 6 9 1 13 115
8 China Bo Yuan China Absolute Racing 6 10 5 DSQ 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1 100
9 China Leo Ye China Absolute Racing 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1 81
10 China Weian Chen China Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 5 4 4 7 5 7 77
11 Chinese Taipei Jeffrey Lee Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 Ret 12 14 2 68
11 Belgium Alessio Picariello Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 14 2 68
12 Hong Kong Alex Au
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 13 7 6 4 5 25 9 6 9 Ret 15 4 60
13 Switzerland Rahel Frey China Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 5 4 4 7 5 7 56
14 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 4 2 4 4 54
15 New Zealand Chris van der Drift China JRM 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 2 10 6 49
16 Denmark Christina Nielsen
Hong Kong Darryl O'Young 		Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 7 3 12 14 7 10 13 3 12 11 13 9 45
17 Brazil Marcos Gomes Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 2 6 2 Ret 44
18 Malaysia Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 4 13 11 18 13 18 11 5 7 5 12 16 38
19 China Chao Li China JRM 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 6 30
20 Italy Gabriele Piana South Korea Solite Indigo Racing 2 5 28
21 Germany Marco Holzer Thailand Panther / AAS Motorsport 6 2 26
22 Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan Hiroaki Nagai 		Japan ARN Racing 28 12 14 19 3 12 6 9 Ret DNS 25
23 Australia David Russell Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 3 6 23
24 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 4 13 11 18 11 5 22
25 Macau André Couto China Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 21
26 Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi
Japan Keita Sawa 		Japan ABSSA Motorsport Ret 15 20 8 10 13 7 10 11 10 7 10 20
27 China Anthony Liu China JRM 10 2 19
28 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 13 18 7 5 12 16 16
29 Germany Marco Seefried Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 3 26 15
30 Thailand Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
Thailand Kantasak Kusiri 		Thailand Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing 10 8 10 6 22 17 14
31 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Singapore T2 Motorsports 17 18 7 16 18 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 11
31 Indonesia David Tjiptobiantoro Singapore T2 Motorsports 17 18 7 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 11
32 New Zealand Jono Lester China Absolute Racing 5 DSQ 10
33 Norway Dennis Olsen China Absolute Racing 6 10 9
34 Hong Kong Francis Tjia Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing 15 17 9 7 8
35 Hong Kong Philippe Descombes Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing 9 7 8
35 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser South Korea Solite Indigo Racing 9 7 8
36 China Congfu Cheng
China Jingzu Sun 		China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing 14 19 23 25 12 11 12 18 13 14 8 14 4
37 Australia Daniel Bilski
Netherlands Henk Kiks 		Thailand B-Quik Racing Ret 16 21 9 2
Hong Kong John Shen Hong Kong Modena Motorsports 11 11 16 12 0
Japan Akihiro Asai
Thailand Chonsawat Asavahame 		Thailand Vattana Motorsport 17 11 19 15 27 11 15 16 0
Switzerland Mathias Beche Hong Kong Modena Motorsports 11 11 0
China Wei Xu
Japan Naoki Yokomizo 		China Anstone Racing 21 14 15 Ret 14 14 Ret 20 19 11 0
Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia William Ben Porter 		Australia AMAC Motorsport 12 24 19 13 21 19 14 15 14 15 18 15 0
Denmark Benny Simonsen Hong Kong Modena Motorsports 16 12 0
Japan Kei Nakanishi
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka 		Japan LM Corsa 17 Ret 20 12 0
Germany Maximilian Götz Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Ret 12 0
Hong Kong Philip Tang
Hong Kong Shaun Thong 		Hong Kong X Works 19 14 0
Indonesia Michael Soeryadjaya Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing 15 17 0
Japan Takeshi Kimura
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki 		Japan CarGuy Racing 15 17 0
Singapore Daniel Au
Malaysia Melvin Moh 		Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 20 22 22 17 20 21 17 Ret 16 17 21 18 0
Singapore Gregory Teo Singapore T2 Motorsports 18 16 0
Japan Tamotsu Kondo
Japan Motoharu Sato 		Japan Kizashi Koshido Saccess Racing 18 19 0
Macau Lic Ka Liu
Hong Kong Philip Ma 		Malaysia Arrows Racing 19 23 0
Chinese Taipei Morris Chen
Australia Andrew Haryanto 		Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 22 21 0
Entries ineligible to score points
Australia Josh Burdon
Hong Kong Adderly Fong 		China Zun Motorsport Crew 9 Ret
China Chris On Chia
China Wei Lu 		China Phantom Pro Racing 17 12
China Nan Lin
China Heng Min 		Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win 20 17
China Ka Chun Ma
China Yi Ming Lin 		China Zun Motorsport Crew 22 19
GT4
1 Japan Jukuchou Sunako Japan BMW Team Studie 23 25 25 20 28 20 22 21 20 18 24 20 249
2 Japan Takayuki Kinoshita Japan BMW Team Studie 23 25 25 20 28 20 22 21 20 18 25 23 233
3 Singapore Ringo Chong
Indonesia Setiawan Santoso 		Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win 25 27 27 23 23 Ret 23 23 18 22 23 21 180
4 France Jean-Marc Merlin Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 26 26 24 22 26 23 21 25 27 Ret 142
5 Hong Kong Tony Fong
Chinese Taipei Brian Lee 		Japan GTO Racing with TTR 24 28 26 21 24 Ret Ret 24 21 20 28 24 136
6 Hong Kong Frank Yu Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 26 26 24 22 26 23 17 21 134
7 Chinese Taipei Keo Chang Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win 27 24 24 22 19 19 26 22 112
8 Chinese Taipei Joe Chi Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win 24 22 19 19 26 22 90
9 Australia Alan Yeo Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win 27 29 28 26 27 24 60
10 Singapore Richard Wee Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 17 21 37
11 Hong Kong David Pun Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 21 25 35
12 Indonesia Anderson Tanoto
Australia Mark Williamson 		China Absolute Racing 25 22 33
13 China Ran Zhang Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win 27 29 20
14 Italy Angelo Negro Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win 28 26 18
15 Thailand Munkong Sathienthirakul
Thailand Preeda Tantemsapya 		Thailand Racing Spirit Thailand 30 24 18
16 Japan Kouichi Okumura
Japan Daisuke Yamawaki 		Japan Birth Racing Project 25 Ret 10
17 Malaysia Douglas Khoo Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 27 Ret 10
18 Japan Masahiko Ida
Japan Shinsuke Umeda 		Japan BMW Team Studie 26 Ret 8
Pos. Driver Team SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Silver Cup

Pos. Driver Team SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points
1 South Korea Roelof Bruins South Korea Solite Indigo Racing 2 5 1 5 9 7 1 8 1 4 4 5 203
2 Germany Philip Hamprecht
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 		China Absolute Racing 8 1 2 10 1 3 4 7 3 8 3 25 189
3 Japan Yuya Sakamoto Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 3 6 4 2 4 4 3 26 2 6 2 Ret 170
4 Estonia Martin Rump
Malaysia Weiron Tan 		China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing 16 4 3 Ret 11 5 2 1 6 9 1 13 155
5 Germany Manuel Metzger South Korea Solite Indigo Racing 1 5 1 8 1 4 4 5 148
6 China Bo Yuan China Absolute Racing 5 DSQ 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1 124
7 China Weian Chen China Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 5 4 4 7 5 7 124
8 Denmark Christina Nielsen
Hong Kong Darryl O'Young 		Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 7 3 12 14 7 10 13 3 12 11 13 9 123
9 China Leo Ye China Absolute Racing 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1 114
10 Switzerland Rahel Frey China Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 5 4 4 7 5 7 74
11 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 4 2 4 4 70
12 Brazil Marcos Gomes Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 2 6 2 Ret 51
13 Macau André Couto China Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 50
14 Italy Gabriele Piana South Korea Solite Indigo Racing 2 5 37
15 Australia David Russell Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 3 6 28
16 Germany Marco Seefried Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 3 26 21
17 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser South Korea Solite Indigo Racing 9 7 18
18 New Zealand Jono Lester China Absolute Racing 5 DSQ 10
Entries ineligible to score points
Australia Josh Burdon
Hong Kong Adderly Fong 		China Zun Motorsport Crew 9 Ret
Pos. Driver Team SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points

Pro-Am Cup

Pos. Driver Team SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points
1 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Thailand Panther / AAS Motorsport 9 2 18 1 6 2 Ret 2 8 1 5 3 204
2 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Thailand Panther / AAS Motorsport 9 2 18 1 Ret 2 8 1 5 3 171
3 Hong Kong Alex Au
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 13 7 6 4 5 25 9 6 9 Ret 15 4 149
4 Malaysia Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 4 13 11 18 13 18 11 5 7 5 12 16 120
5 Chinese Taipei Jeffrey Lee Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 Ret 12 14 2 119
6 New Zealand Chris van der Drift China JRM 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 2 10 6 115
7 Belgium Alessio Picariello Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 14 2 109
8 Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi
Japan Keita Sawa 		Japan ABSSA Motorsport Ret 15 20 8 10 13 7 10 11 10 7 10 107
9 China Chao Li China JRM 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 6 85
10 Japan Yuta Kamimura
Japan Hiroaki Nagai 		Japan ARN Racing 28 12 14 19 3 12 6 9 Ret DNS 82
11 China Congfu Cheng
China Jingzu Sun 		China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing 14 19 23 25 12 11 12 18 13 14 8 14 69
12 Indonesia Rio Haryanto Singapore T2 Motorsports 17 18 7 16 18 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 62
13 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 13 18 7 5 12 16 61
14 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 4 13 11 18 11 5 59
15 Indonesia David Tjiptobiantoro Singapore T2 Motorsports 17 18 7 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 57
16 Thailand Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
Thailand Kantasak Kusiri 		Thailand Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing 10 8 10 6 22 17 50
17 Germany Marco Holzer Thailand Panther / AAS Motorsport 6 2 33
18 China Anthony Liu China JRM Racing 10 2 30
19 China Wei Xu
Japan Naoki Yokomizo 		China Anstone Racing 21 14 15 Ret 14 14 Ret 20 19 11 26
20 Hong Kong Philippe Descombes
Hong Kong Francis Tjia 		Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing 9 7 24
21 Hong Kong John Shen Hong Kong Modena Motorsports 11 11 16 12 23
22 Norway Dennis Olsen
China Bo Yuan 		China Absolute Racing 6 10 22
23 Singapore Daniel Au
Malaysia Melvin Moh 		Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing 20 22 22 17 20 21 17 Ret 16 17 21 18 18
24 Switzerland Mathias Beche Hong Kong Modena Motorsports 11 11 14
25 Germany Maximilian Götz Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Ret 12 10
26 Hong Kong Philip Tang
Hong Kong Shaun Thong 		Hong Kong X Works 19 14 10
27 Denmark Benny Simonsen Hong Kong Modena Motorsports 16 12 9
28 Singapore Gregory Teo Singapore T2 Motorsports 18 16 5
Pos. Driver Team SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points

Am Cup

Pos. Driver Team SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points
1 Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia William Ben Porter 		Australia AMAC Motorsport 12 24 19 13 21 19 14 15 14 15 18 15 191
2 Japan Akihiro Asai
Thailand Chonsawat Asavahame 		Thailand Vattana Motorsport 17 11 19 15 27 11 15 16 139
3 Australia Daniel Bilski
Netherlands Henk Kiks 		Thailand B-Quik Racing Ret 16 21 9 65
4 Japan Kei Nakanishi
Japan Shingekazu Wakisaka 		Japan LM Corsa 17 Ret 20 12 55
5 Indonesia Michael Soeryadjaya
Hong Kong Francis Tjia 		Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing 15 17 36
6 Japan Takeshi Kimura
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki 		Japan CarGuy Racing 15 17 30
7 Macau Lic Ka Liu
Hong Kong Philip Ma 		Malaysia Arrows Racing 19 23 27
7 Chinese Taipei Morris Chen
Australia Andrew Haryanto 		Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa 22 21 27
8 Japan Tamotsu Kondo
Japan Motoharu Sato 		Japan Kizashi Koshido Saccess Racing 18 19 25
Entries ineligible to score points
China Chris On Chia
China Wei Lu 		China Phantom Pro Racing 17 12
China Nan Lin
China Heng Min 		Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win 20 17
China Ka Chun Ma
China Yi Ming Lin 		China Zun Motorsport Crew 22 19
Pos. Driver Team SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points

Teams' championship

Only the two best results of a team per race counted towards the Teams' championship.

Pos. Team Manufacturer No. SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points
GT3
1
China
Thailand 		Absolute Racing
Panther / AAS Motorsport
Porsche 911 8 1 2 10 1 3 4 7 3 8 3 25 353
912 6 10 5 DSQ 2 6 8 13 5 3 11 1
918 9 2 18 1 6 2 Ret 2 8 1 5 3
2 South Korea Solite Indigo Racing Mercedes-AMG 97 2 5 1 5 9 7 1 8 1 4 4 5 163
3 Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 27 3 6 4 2 4 4 3 26 2 6 2 Ret 136
28 22 21
4 China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing Audi 12 16 4 3 Ret 11 5 2 1 6 9 1 13 123
13 14 19 23 25 12 11 12 18 13 14 8 14
5 Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG 55 20 22 22 17 20 21 17 Ret 16 17 21 18 97
88 1 20 13 15 16 1 16 16 Ret 12 14 2
99 7 3 12 14 7 10 13 3 12 11 13 9
6 China Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT Audi 999 18 Ret 29 3 8 9 5 4 4 7 5 7 81
7 Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini 666 13 7 6 4 5 25 9 6 9 Ret 15 4 62
8 China JRM Porsche 910 5 9 8 27 15 8 Ret Ret 10 2 10 6 52
9 Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Mercedes-AMG 888 4 13 11 18 13 18 11 5 7 5 12 16 39
10 Japan ARN Racing Porsche 8 28 12 14 19 3 12 6 9 Ret DNS 25
11 Japan ABSSA Motorsport McLaren 61 Ret 15 20 8 10 13 7 10 11 10 7 10 23
12 Thailand Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing Audi 59 10 8 10 6 22 17 15
13 Singapore T2 Motorsports Ferrari 75 17 18 7 16 18 16 10 Ret Ret 13 16 8 11
14 Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing Porsche 21 15 17 9 7 8
15 Thailand B-Quik Racing Audi 26 Ret 16 21 9 2
16 Hong Kong Modena Motorsports Porsche 16 11 11 16 12 2
Thailand Vattana Motorsport Lamborghini 128 17 11 19 15 27 11 15 16 0
China Anstone Racing Mercedes-AMG 17 21 14 15 Ret 14 14 Ret 20 19 11 0
Australia AMAC Motorsport Lamborghini 51 12 24 19 13 21 19 14 15 14 15 18 15 0
Japan LM Corsa Porsche 60 17 Ret 20 12 0
Hong Kong X Works Audi 83 19 14 0
Japan CarGuy Racing Ferrari 777 15 17 0
Japan Kizashi Koshido Saccess Racing Lamborghini 390 18 19 0
Malaysia Arrows Racing Honda 98 19 23 0
Entries ineligible to score points
China Zun Motorsport Crew Mercedes-AMG 4 9 Ret
7 22 19
China Phantom Pro Racing Mercedes-AMG 5 17 12
Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win Mercedes-AMG 66 20 17
GT4
1 Chinese Taipei Team iRace.Win Mercedes-AMG 111 25 27 27 23 23 Ret 23 23 18 22 23 21 330
199 27 29 28 26 27 24 24 22 19 19 26 22
2 Japan BMW Team Studie BMW 81 23 25 25 20 28 20 22 21 20 18 25 23 284
82 26 Ret 24 20
3 Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG 77 26 26 24 22 26 23 21 25 17 21 27 Ret 179
4 Japan GTO Racing with TTR Mercedes-AMG 11 24 28 26 21 24 Ret Ret 24 21 20 28 24 136
5 China Absolute Racing Audi 89 25 22 33
6 Thailand Racing Spirit Thailand Porsche 80 30 24 18
7 Japan Birth Racing Project Mercedes-AMG 19 25 Ret 10
Pos. Team Manufacturer No. SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		FUJ
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		SHA
China 		Points

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Car No. 12 and 13 entered as Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing under Chinese licence, car No. 26 entered as B-Quik Racing under Thai licence, car No. 59 entered as Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing under Thai licence, cars No. 911 and 912 entered as Absolute Racing under Chinese licence and car No. 918 entered as Panther / AAS Motorsport under Thai licence.
  2. ^ Daniel Bilski entered under Hong Kong licence at Round 1 and under Australian licence from Round 2 on.
  3. ^ Henk Kiks entered under Thai licence at Round 1 and under Dutch licence from Round 2 on.
  4. ^ Alexandre Imperatori entered under Hong Kong licence at Round 1 and under Swiss licence from Round 2 on.
  5. ^ a b Car No. 16 entered as Modena Motorsports and car No. 21 entered as OpenRoad Racing.
  6. ^ The No. 8 ARN Racing Porsche took pole position, but crashed out of Race 1 and was unable to make the start of Race 2, elevating the No. 910 JRM Porsche to pole position.

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External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Blancpain_GT_World_Challenge_Asia