2016 GT Asia Series

The 2016 GT Asia Series was the seventh season of the GT Asia Series championship. It began on 14 May at the Korea International Circuit and ended at Shanghai International Circuit on 19-20 October, 2016 after 12 championship rounds.[1]

2016 GT Asia Series
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Entry list
2016 Entry List
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 3 Weng Sun Mok[2] GT3 1, 3–4
Richard Wee[2] 1, 4
Gianmaria Bruni[3] 3
Phoenix Racing Asia Audi R8 LMS 5 Shaun Thong[2] GT3 All
Marchy Lee[2]
6 Alex Yoong[2] GT3 All
Alex Au[2]
Bentley Team Absolute[N 1]
Absolute Racing[N 1]
 Bentley Continental GT3 7 Adderly Fong[2] GT3 All
Andrew Kim[2]
8 Jonathan Venter[2] GT3 All
Keita Sawa[2] 1, 3–6
Fabian Hamprecht[4] 2
9 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak[2] GT3 All
Andrew Palmer[2] 1
Duncan Tappy[4] 2, 4–6
Christer Jöns[3] 3
Audi R8 LMS 13 Cheng Congfu[2] GT3 1, 5
Sun Jingzu[2]
A Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 11 Aekrat Discharoen[4] GTC 2
Singha Motorsport[N 2]
Singha Plan-B Motorsport[N 2]
 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 12 Carlo van Dam[2] GT3 1–5
Piti Bhirombhakdi[2]
Ferrari 458 Challenge 59 Kantasak Kusiri[2] GTC 1–2, 4
Bhurit Bhirombhakdi[2]
89 Tin Sritrai[4] GTC 2
Voravud Bhirombhakdi[4]
FFF Racing Team by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 15 Jeroen Mul[5] GT3 5–6
Richard Antinucci[5] 5
Marco Mapelli[6] 6
55 Edoardo Liberati[2] GT3 All
Andrea Amici[2]
Team Rosso Scuderia Ferrari 458 Challenge 17 Akihiro Asai[7] GTC 4
Ken Seto[7]
Dilango Racing Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 24 Dilantha Malagamuwa[2] GTM 1
Armaan Ebrahim[2]
BBT Ferrari 488 GT3 37 Davide Rizzo[2] GT3 All
Anthony Liu[2]
Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI[N 3]
Team FIST with AAI[N 3]
 Mercedes-AMG GT3 66 Nico Bastian[5] GT3 5
Matthew Solomon[5]
68 Maro Engel[5] GT3 5
Zhang Wenhe[5]
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 90 Lin Yu[5] GTM 5
Jun-San Chen[5]
Team Naoryu Age Age Racing Ferrari 458 Challenge 73 Toshihito Funai[7] GTC 4
Masayuki Ueda[7]
True Visions Motorsport Thailand Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 78 Suttiluck Buncharoen[2] GTC 1
Craft-Bamboo Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Richard Lyons[2] GT3 All
Frank Yu[2]
91 Darryl O'Young[2] GT3 All
Naiyanobh Bhirombhakdi[2]
Matt Stone Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 95 George Miedecke[3] GT3 3–4
Nathan Morcom[3] 3
Ashley Walsh[7] 4
GruppeM Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 96 Li Chao[5] GT3 5–6
Zhang Dasheng[5]
98 Tim Sugden[2] GT3 1–5
Philip Ma[2] 1, 4
George Richardson[4] 2
Jono Lester[3] 3, 5
Icon Class
GT3 GT3 Class
GTC GT Cup Class
GTM GT Masters Class
  1. Cars #7, #8 and #9 entered as Bentley Team Absolute and car #13 entered as Absolute Racing.
  2. Car #12 entered as Singha Motorsport and cars #59 and #89 entered as Singha Plan-B Motorsport.
  3. Cars #66 and #68 entered as Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI and car #90 entered as Team FIST with AAI.

Race calendar and results

The full calendar for the 2016 season was released on 12 January 2016. The series will consist of 12 championship rounds held in pairs on six circuits across Korea, Thailand, Japan and China. The 3-hour race at Sepang International Circuit will be discontinued after teams voted against it. Also, the non-championship round at the Circuito da Guia in Macau does not feature in the calendar, now the main event of the FIA GT World Cup.[1] The championship would have concluded at the new Zhejiang International Circuit, but delays in the final stages of construction had seen Motorsport Asia Limited make alternate plans. On September 9, it was decided to return to Shanghai for the last two rounds, both run on Thursday 20 October.[8]

Round Circuit Date Pole position GT3 Winner GTC Winner GTM Winner
1 Korea International Circuit 14 May No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport No. 24 Dilango Racing
Adderly Fong
Andrew Kim		 Jonathan Venter
Keita Sawa		 Kantasak Kusiri
Bhurit Bhirombhakdi		 Dilantha Malagamuwa
Armaan Ebrahim
2 15 May No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport no finishers
Shaun Thong
Marchy Lee		 Jonathan Venter
Keita Sawa		 Kantasak Kusiri
Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
3 Chang International Circuit 11 June No. 12 Singha Motorsport No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia No. 11 A Motorsport no competitors
Carlo van Dam
Piti Bhirombhakdi		 Shaun Thong
Marchy Lee		 Aekrat Discharoen
4 12 June No. 37 BBT No. 37 BBT No. 89 Singha Plan-B Motorsport
Davide Rizzo
Anthony Liu		 Davide Rizzo
Anthony Liu		 Tin Sritrai
Voravud Bhirombhakdi
5 Okayama International Circuit 2 July No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute no competitors
Adderly Fong
Andrew Kim		 Adderly Fong
Andrew Kim
6 3 July No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia
Jonathan Venter
Keita Sawa		 Shaun Thong
Marchy Lee
7 Fuji Speedway 16 July No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 12 Singha Motorsport No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport
Richard Lyons
Frank Yu		 Carlo van Dam
Piti Bhirombhakdi		 Kantasak Kusiri
Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
8 17 July No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport
Edoardo Liberati
Andrea Amici		 Edoardo Liberati
Andrea Amici		 Kantasak Kusiri
Bhurit Bhirombhakdi
9 Shanghai International Circuit 20 August No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia No. 37 BBT no competitors No. 90 Team FIST with AAI
Alex Yoong
Alex Au		 Davide Rizzo
Anthony Liu		 Lin Yu
Jun-San Chen
10 21 August No. 15 FFF Racing Team by ACM No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute No. 90 Team FIST with AAI
Richard Antinucci
Jeroen Mul		 Jonathan Venter
Keita Sawa		 Lin Yu
Jun-San Chen
11 Shanghai International Circuit 20 October No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia no competitors no competitors
Alex Yoong
Alex Au		 Alex Yoong
Alex Au
12 No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM No. 15 FFF Racing Team by ACM
Edoardo Liberati
Andrea Amici		 Marco Mapelli
Jeroen Mul

References
  1. "GT Asia Series reveals 2016 calendar". GT Asia Series. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  2. "Korea International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. "Okayama International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. "Chang International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  5. "Shanghai International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  6. "Dramatic qualifying sessions set up stunning title decider". GT Asia Series. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. "Fuji International Speedway Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  8. "GT Asia Series to return to Shanghai for final event of the season". endurance-info.com. Endurance-Info. September 9, 2016. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
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