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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]

Entry list

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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. ^ a b Cars #7, #8 and #9 entered as Bentley Team Absolute and car #13 entered as Absolute Racing.
  2. ^ a b Car #12 entered as Singha Motorsport and cars #59 and #89 entered as Singha Plan-B Motorsport.
  3. ^ a b 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "GT Asia Series reveals 2016 calendar". GT Asia Series. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Korea International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Okayama International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Chang International Circuit Entry List" (PDF). GT Asia Series. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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. ^ a b c d e "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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