2023 GT World Challenge Asia

The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS was the fifth 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 13 May at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand and ended on 24 September at Sepang in Malaysia.^[1]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date
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
Sources:[1]

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds GT3 Car Guy Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 2 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 4 Ferrari 3.0 L twin-turbocharged V6 2 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 4 1 Kei Cozzolino[2] PA 2, 4–5 Takeshi Kimura[2] Climax Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 2 Dennis Lind[3] PA All Zhou Bihuang[3] 3 Bian Ye[3][a] Am All Hu Yuqi[3] R&B Racing[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 4 Lu Wei[4][b] PA All Dennis Olsen[4] 1–2, 4 Patrick Pilet[4] 3, 5–6 87 Leo Ye Hongli[4] S All Yuan Bo[4] PLUS with BMW Team Studie[5] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 5 Seiji Ara[5] PA 2–5 Tomohide Yamaguchi[5] Comet Racing[6] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 7 Yorikatsu Tsujiko[6] Am 2–5 Yusuke Yamasaki[6] EBM Giga Racing[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 8 Setiawan Santoso[4] PA 1–3, 6 Reid Harker[4] 1–3 Earl Bamber 5 Adrian Henry D'Silva Tanart Sathienthirakul[7] 6 61 Reid Harker[7] PA 6 Adrian Henry D'Silva[7] Bingo Racing[4][c] LM Corsa[5][c] Corvette C7 GT3-R Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 9 Akira Iida[4] PA 2 Shinji Takei[4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L twin-turbocharged V6 60 Kei Nakanishi[5] PA 2–5 Shigekazu Wakisaka[5] Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute[8][d] B-Quik Absolute Racing[9][d][e] AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing[10][d] Absolute Racing[11][d] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 11 Andrew Haryanto[12] PA All James Yu Kuai[12] 13 Franky Cheng Congfu[8] PA All Sun Jingzu[8] 26 Eshan Pieris[9] PA 1 Henk Kiks[9][13] 1 Am 6 Adisak Tangphuncharoen[13] 6 62 Akash Nandy[13] S 6 Eshan Pieris[13] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 911 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak[10] PA All Alessio Picariello[10] 1–2, 4–5 Klaus Bachler 3, 6 992 Bao Jinlong[11] PA All Alexandre Imperatori[11] 1–3 Matteo Cairoli[14] 4–5 Edoardo Mortara[7] 6 HubAuto Racing with GTO Racing[15] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 14 Brian Lee[15] PA All Hideto Yasuoka[15] HubAuto Racing[15] 72 Morris Chen[15] PA All Álvaro Parente[15] FIST - Team AAI[16][f] GH - Team AAI[7][f] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 15 Kevin Chen[16] PA 1 Jens Klingmann[16] 90 Junsan Chen[16] PA 6 Jesse Krohn[16] 91 Junsan Chen[16] PA 1 Jesse Krohn[16] Kevin Chen[7] PA 6 Jens Klingmann[7] ABSSA Motorsport[5] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 16 Keita Sawa[5] PA 2–3 Kiwamu Katayama[4] 2 Masataka Inoue 3 CREF Motor Sport[4] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 17 Masataka Inoue[4] PA 2, 4 Yuko Suzuki[4] Katsuaki Kubota 3 Atsushi Miyake Porsche Centre Okazaki[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 18 Yuta Kamimura[5] PA All Hiroaki Nagai[5] The Spirit of FFF Racing[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 19 Mineki Okura[6] Am 2–5 Hiroshi Hamaguchi[6] 2, 4–5 Takuya Shirasaka 3 KCMG[17] Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 22 Paul Ip[17] PA 2–5 Edoardo Liberati[17] NK Racing[18] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 25 Tsubasa Kondo[18] PA All Kiyoshi Uchiyama[18] Phantom Pro Racing[19] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 29 Cao Qi[19] S All Ling Kang[19] 333 Mikkel Mac[19] PA All Xie An[19][g] Modena Motorsports[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 30 Antares Au[7] Am 6 Team GMB[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 33 Hiroaki Hatano[4] PA 2–4 Shinya Hosokawa[4] Craft-Bamboo Racing[20] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 37 Anthony Liu Xu[21] PA All Fabian Schiller[21] 1, 4 Daniel Juncadella 2–3, 5–6 77 Maximilian Götz[20] PA 1–3 Jeffrey Lee[20] 85 Maximilian Götz[14] PA 4–6 Jeffrey Lee[14] D'station Racing[22] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Tomonobu Fujii[22] PA 2–6 Satoshi Hoshino[22] AMAC Motorsport[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R (2017) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 51 Andrew Macpherson[6] Am All William Ben Porter[6] Team Uematsu McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 55 Tadao Uematsu Am 2, 4 Triple Eight JMR[23] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 88 Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim[23] PA All Luca Stolz[23] 1–4 Mikael Grenier 5–6 888 Prince Jefri Ibrahim[23] PA All Broc Feeney[23] 1, 3–4, 6 Richie Stanaway[24] 2, 5 K-tunes Racing[6] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 96 Morio Nitta[6] PA 2–3, 5 Kazunori Suenaga[6] Harmony Racing[7] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 99 Wu Ruihua[7] Am 6 Xing Yanbin[7] YK Motorsports BBR by Sunoco[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 114 Dechathorn Phuakkarawut[4] Am 1 Pasarit Promsombat[4] Melbourne Performance Centre[7] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 222 Ash Samadi[7] Am 6 RunUp Sports[25] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 360 Masaaki Nishikawa[25] Am 2–5 Atsushi Tanaka[25] Team 5ZIGEN[26] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 500 "Hirobon"[26] PA 2–3, 5 Shintaro Kawabata[26] Maezawa Racing[27] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 555 Piti Bhirombhakdi[27] PA 2–5 Naoki Yokomizo[27] GT4 CREF Motor Sport[28] McLaren Artura GT4 McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6 27 Masataka Inoue[28] SA 5 Yuko Suzuki[28] Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 39 Haridarma Manoppo[4] SA 1, 5–6 Seita Nonaka[4] D'station Racing[29] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 48 Kenji Hama[29] Am 5 Tatsuya Hoshino[29] YZ Racing with Studie[4] BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 50 Masaki Kano[4] SA 2–5 Manabu Orido[4] Akiland Racing[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 71 Masayoshi Oyama[4] SA 2–3, 5 Ryohei Sakaguchi[4] Comet Racing[28] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 83 Kazuki Oki[28] SA 5 Risa Oogushi[28] K-tunes Racing[4] Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 97 Hiromitsu Fujii[4] Am 2–3 Masanori Nogami[4] Checkshop Caymania Racing[4] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 718 Sho Kobayashi[4] Am 2–5 Naohiko Otsuka[4]

Icon Class Drivers S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup SA Silver-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race results

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
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 Yuan Bo	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	Dechathorn Phuakkarawut Pasarit Promsombat		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 Yuan Bo	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 Akiland Racing	No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing
			Daniel Juncadella Anthony Xu Liu	Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo	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 Yuan Bo	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 Yuan Bo	Daniel Juncadella Anthony Liu Xu	Andrew Macpherson William 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 Kuai	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	No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing		No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie	No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing
			Matteo Cairoli Bao Jinlong	Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo	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 Liu Xu	Bian Hao 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 Kuai	Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo	Andrew Haryanto James Yu Kuai	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 Yuan Bo	Lu Wei Patrick Pilet	Antares Au		Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka

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 BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points GT3 1 Anthony Liu Xu No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing 10 1 5 Ret 19 1 3 5 1 4 2 10 142 2 Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim No. 88 Triple Eight JMR 1 12 14 1 20 2 4 3 4 29 3 3 137 3 Lu Wei No. 4 R&B Racing 5 19 3 3 13 3 Ret 1 10 3 4 1 133 4 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing 2 3 2 23 1 9 Ret 6 2 2 Ret 6 130 5 Luca Stolz No. 88 Triple Eight JMR 1 12 14 1 20 2 4 3 95 6 Alessio Picariello No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing 2 3 2 23 Ret 6 2 2 95 7 Daniel Juncadella No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing 5 Ret 19 1 1 4 2 10 91 8 Andrew Haryanto James Yu Kuai No. 11 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute 8 17 9 6 4 8 1 Ret 5 19 1 13 90 9 Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo No. 87 R&B Racing 3 14 Ret 4 7 5 10 8 Ret DNS 6 2 74 10 Yuta Kamimura Hiroaki Nagai No. 18 Porsche Centre Okazaki 7 21 15 16 3 11 2 4 8 13 7 5 71 11 Patrick Pilet No. 4 R&B Racing 13 3 10 3 4 1 68 12 Dennis Olsen No. 4 R&B Racing 5 19 3 3 Ret 1 65 13 Bao Jinlong No. 992 Absolute Racing 6 Ret Ret 10 15 7 Ret 2 27 5 5 7 59 14 Fabian Schiller No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing 10 1 3 5 51 15 Dennis Lind Zhou Bihuang No. 2 Climax Racing 4 Ret 4 25 5 4 19 23 Ret 9 Ret 16 48 16 Piti Bhirombhakdi Naoki Yokomizo No. 555 Maezawa Racing 10 15 6 12 5 11 Ret 1 44 17 Mikael Grenier No. 88 Triple Eight JMR 4 29 3 3 42 18 Klaus Bachler No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing 1 9 Ret 6 35 19 "Hirobon" Shintaro Kawabata No. 500 Team 5ZIGEN 27 Ret 2 31 3 11 33 20 Mikkel Mac Xie An No. 333 Phantom Pro Racing 20 6 6 Ret 10 17 Ret 19 13 30 8 4 33 21 Maximilian Götz Jeffrey Lee No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 85 Craft-Bamboo Racing 16 2 21 32 14 14 8 7 26 10 14 15 29 22 Matteo Cairoli No. 992 Absolute Racing Ret 2 27 5 28 23 Akira Iida Shinji Takei No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 Ret 25 24 Setiawan Santoso No. 8 EBM Giga Racing 12 11 11 2 Ret 27 21 18 18 24 Reid Harker No. 8 EBM Giga Racing 12 11 11 2 Ret 27 18 25 Franky Cheng Congfu Sun Jingzu No. 13 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute 15 9 13 8 9 20 6 12 9 26 16 14 18 26 Edoardo Mortara No. 992 Absolute Racing 5 7 16 27 Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura No. 1 Car Guy Racing 12 9 7 24 6 16 16 28 Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 17 7 Ret 6 13 9 15 14 13 17 16 29 Seiji Ara Tomohide Yamaguchi No. 5 PLUS with BMW Team Studie Ret 5 12 10 Ret Ret 23 8 15 30 Alexandre Imperatori No. 992 Absolute Racing 6 Ret Ret 10 15 7 15 31 Morris Chen Álvaro Parente No. 72 HubAuto Racing 21 8 20 Ret 11 13 12 Ret 12 7 Ret 8 14 32 Junsan Chen Jesse Krohn No. 90 GH-Team AAI No. 91 FIST - Team AAI 25 4 Ret DNS 12 33 Cao Qi Ling Kang No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing 22 5 18 29 25 26 9 17 14 18 19 22 12 34 Paul Ip Edoardo Liberati No. 22 KCMG 26 22 8 15 21 21 19 6 12 35 Brian Lee Hideto Yasuoka No. 14 HubAuto Racing with GTO Racing 17 10 22 14 17 16 14 14 7 17 10 21 9 36 Prince Jefri Ibrahim No. 888 Triple Eight JMR 11 15 7 13 22 18 11 13 18 12 11 11 7 37 Richie Stanaway No. 888 Triple Eight JMR 7 13 18 12 6 38 Dechathorn Phuakkarawut Pasarit Promsombat No. 114 YK Motorsports BBR by Sunoco 23 7 6 39 Tsubasa Kondo Kiyoshi Uchiyama No. 25 NK Racing 13 16 8 30 21 19 23 20 11 20 12 23 4 40 Kevin Chen Jens Klingmann No. 15 FIST - Team AAI No. 91 GH-Team AAI 9 13 15 9 4 41 Broc Feeney No. 888 Triple Eight JMR 11 15 22 18 11 11 11 11 1 42 Mineki Okura No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing DNS Ret Ret 33 15 10 20 21 1 42 Hiroshi Hamaguchi No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing DNS Ret 15 10 20 21 1 — Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki No. 7 Comet Racing 24 11 28 25 18 18 24 24 0 — Tadao Uematsu No. 55 Team Uematsu 31 12 16 16 0 — Henk Kiks Eshan Pieris No. 26 B-Quik Racing 14 Ret 0 — Earl Bamber Adrian Henry D'Silva No. 8 EBM Giga Racing 16 15 0 — Kei Nakanishi Shigekazu Wakisaka No. 60 LM Corsa Ret 19 24 20 Ret 15 21 28 0 — Bian Ye Hu Yuqi No. 3 Climax Racing 18 18 16 21 16 28 17 Ret 17 22 Ret 27 0 — Keita Sawa No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport Ret 17 23 Ret 0 — Kiwamu Katayama No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport Ret 17 0 — Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter No. 51 AMAC Motorsport 19 22 23 18 26 23 22 25 Ret 25 18 24 0 — Katsuaki Kubota Atsushi Miyake No. 17 CREF Motor Sport 18 21 0 — Tanart Sathienthirakul No. 8 EBM Giga Racing 21 18 0 — Hiroaki Hatano Shinya Hosokawa No. 33 Team GMB 19 24 27 24 20 22 0 — Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 RunUp Sports 28 20 29 29 25 26 25 27 0 — Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga No. 96 K-tunes Racing 25 31 Ret DNS 22 23 0 — Masataka Inoue No. 17 CREF Motor Sport No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport Ret DNS 23 Ret 24 27 0 — Yuko Suzuki No. 17 CREF Motor Sport Ret DNS 24 27 0 — Takuya Shirasaka No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing Ret 33 0 GT4 1 Masaki Kano Manabu Orido No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie 29 DSQ 30 30 26 28 6 1 162 2 Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 24 20 1 2 24 29 143 3 Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing 32 26 32 32 27 29 4 5 136 4 Masayoshi Oyama Ryohei Sakaguchi No. 71 Akiland Racing 30 27 31 Ret 2 4 87 5 Hiromitsu Fujii Masanori Nogami No. 97 K-tunes Racing 33 28 27 Guest drivers ineligible to score points GT3 — Akash Nandy Eshan Pieris No. 62 B-Quik Racing 9 12 — — Antares Au No. 30 Modena Motorsport 17 20 — — Adrian Henry D'Silva Reid Harker No. 61 EBM Giga Racing Ret 19 — — Henk Kiks Adisak Tangphuncharoen No. 26 B-Quik Racing 20 25 — — Ash Samadi No. 222 Melbourne Performance Centre 22 28 — — Wu Ruihua Xin Yanbi No. 99 Harmony Racing 23 26 — GT4 — Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 48 D'station Racing 5 3 — — Masataka Inoue Yuko Suzuki No. 27 CREF Motor Sport 3 Ret — — Kazuki Oki Risa Oogushi No. 83 Comet Racing 7 6 — Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP 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

Notes:

• † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Silver Cup

Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points GT3 1 Cao Qi Ling Kang No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 248 2 Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo No. 87 R&B Racing 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 2 1 Ret DNS 1 1 211 3 Keita Sawa Masataka Inoue No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport 2 Ret 18 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Akash Nandy Eshan Pieris No. 62 B-Quik Racing 2 2 — Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points

Pro-Am Cup

Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points GT3 1 Anthony Liu Xu No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing 9 1 5 Ret 17 1 3 5 1 4 2 9 144 2 Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim No. 88 Triple Eight JMR 1 10 14 1 18 2 4 3 4 23 3 2 141 3 Lu Wei No. 4 R&B Racing 4 15 3 3 12 3 Ret 1 10 3 4 1 135 4 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak No. 911 AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing 2 3 2 17 1 8 Ret 6 2 2 Ret 5 134 5 Luca Stolz No. 88 Triple Eight JMR 1 10 14 1 18 2 4 3 96 6 Andrew Haryanto James Yu Kuai 11 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute 7 14 9 5 4 7 1 Ret 5 18 1 11 96 7 Alessio Picariello No. 911 AAAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing 2 3 2 17 Ret 6 2 2 95 8 Daniel Juncadella No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing 5 Ret 17 1 1 4 2 9 92 9 Yuta Kamimura Hiroaki Nagai No. 18 Porsche Centre Okazaki 6 16 15 13 3 10 2 4 8 13 6 4 78 10 Patrick Pilet No. 4 R&B Racing 12 3 10 3 4 1 68 11 Dennis Olsen No. 4 R&B Racing 4 15 3 3 Ret 1 67 12 Bao Jinlong No. 992 Absolute Racing 5 Ret Ret 9 14 6 Ret 2 23 5 5 6 — 13 Fabian Schiller No. 37 Craft-Bamboo Racing 9 1 3 5 52 14 Dennis Lind Zhou Bihuang No. 2 Climax Racing 3 Ret 4 19 5 4 13 18 Ret 9 Ret 14 51 15 Piti Bhirombhakdi Naoki Yokomizo No. 555 Maezawa Racing 10 12 6 11 5 9 Ret 1 46 16 Mikael Grenier No. 88 Triple Eight JMR 4 23 3 2 45 17 Mikkel Mac Xie An No. 333 Phantom Pro Racing 17 5 6 Ret 9 16 Ret 14 13 24 7 3 41 18 Klaus Bachler No. 911 Absolute - AAS Motorsport 1 8 Ret 5 39 19 "Hirobon" Shintaro Kawabata No. 500 Team 5ZIGEN 23 Ret 2 24 3 11 33 20 Maximilian Götz Jeffrey Lee No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 85 Craft-Bamboo Racing 15 2 19 22 13 13 8 7 22 10 12 13 29 21 Matteo Cairoli No. 992 Absolute Racing Ret 2 23 5 28 22 Franky Cheng Congfu Sun Jingzu No. 13 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute 14 7 13 7 8 19 6 10 9 21 14 12 27 23 Akira Iida Shinji Takei No. 9 Bingo Racing 1 Ret 25 24 Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino No. 47 D'station Racing 16 6 Ret 5 11 8 15 14 11 15 22 25 Morris Chen Álvaro Parente No. 72 HubAuto Racing 18 6 18 Ret 10 12 10 Ret 12 7 Ret 7 22 26 Setiawan Santoso No. 8 EBM Giga Racing 11 9 11 2 Ret 23 15 16 20 26 Reid Harker No. 8 EBM Giga Racing 11 9 11 2 Ret 23 20 27 Alexandre Imperatori No. 992 Absolute Racing 5 Ret Ret 9 14 6 20 28 Seiji Ara Tomohide Yamaguchi No. 5 PLUS with BMW Team Studie Ret 4 11 9 Ret Ret 21 8 18 29 Edoardo Mortara No. 992 Absolute Racing 5 6 18 30 Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura No. 1 Car Guy Racing 12 8 7 19 6 16 18 31 Paul Ip Edoardo Liberati No. 22 KCMG 22 16 7 14 15 16 18 6 14 32 Brian Lee Hideto Yasuoka No. 14 HubAuto Racing with GTO Racing 16 8 20 11 15 15 12 12 7 17 8 18 14 33 Prince Jefri Ibrahim No. 888 Triple Eight JMR 10 12 7 10 20 17 9 11 17 12 9 10 13 34 Jun Sanchen Jesse Krohn No. 90 FIST - Team AAI No. 91 FIST - Team AAI 18 4 Ret DNS 12 35 Kevin Chen Jens Klingmann No. 15 FIST - Team AAI 8 11 13 8 4 36 Richie Stanaway No. 888 Triple Eight JMR 7 10 17 12 7 37 Broc Feeney No. 888 Triple Eight JMR 10 12 20 17 9 11 9 10 6 38 Tsubasa Kondo Kiyoshi Uchiyama No. 25 NK Racing 12 13 8 20 19 18 16 15 11 19 10 19 5 — Kei Nakanishi Shigekazu Wakisaka No. 60 LM Corsa Ret 15 22 21 Ret 13 19 22 0 — Henk Kiks Eshan Pieris No. 26 B-Quik Racing 13 Ret 0 — Hiroaki Hatano Shinya Hosokawa No. 33 Team GMB 17 18 23 22 14 17 0 — Keita Sawa No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport Ret 14 21 Ret 0 — Kiwamu Katayama No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport Ret 14 0 — Earl Bamber Adrian Henry D'Silva No. 8 EBM Giga Racing 16 15 — — Tanart Sathienthirakul No. 8 EBM Giga Racing 15 16 0 — Katsuaki Kubota Atsushi Miyake No. 17 CREF Motor Sport 16 20 0 — Masataka Inoue No. 17 CREF Motor Sport No. 16 ABSSA Motorsport Ret DNS 21 Ret 17 20 0 — Yuko Suzuki No. 17 CREF Motor Sport Ret DNS 17 20 0 — Morio Nitta Kazunori Suenaga No. 96 K-tunes Racing 21 21 Ret DNS 20 20 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Adrian Henry D'Silva Reid Harker No. 61 EBM Giga Racing Ret 17 — Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points

Silver-Am Cup

Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points GT4 1 Masaki Kano Manabu Orido No. 50 YZ Racing with Studie 1 DSQ 1 1 1 1 4 1 165 2 Haridarma Manoppo Seita Nonaka No. 39 Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia 1 1 1 2 1 1 133 3 Masayoshi Oyama Ryohei Sakaguchi No. 71 Akiland Racing 2 1 2 Ret 2 3 94 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Masataka Inoue Yuko Suzuki No. 27 CREF Motor Sport 3 Ret — — Kazuki Oki Risa Oogushi No. 83 Comet Racing 5 4 — Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points

Am Cup

Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points GT3 1 Bian Ye Hu Yuqi No. 3 Climax Racing 1 2 1 5 1 3 3 Ret 1 2 6 5 194 2 Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter No. 51 AMAC Motorsport 2 3 2 3 2 1 5 4 Ret 4 2 2 179 3 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki No. 7 Comet Racing 3 1 3 2 4 3 3 3 130 4 Mineki Okura No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing DNS Ret Ret 5 1 1 2 1 103 5 Hiroshi Hamaguchi No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing DNS Ret 1 1 2 1 93 6 Masaaki Nishikawa Atsushi Tanaka No. 360 RunUp Sports 4 4 4 4 6 5 4 5 88 7 Tadao Uematsu No. 55 Team Uematsu 5 2 2 2 64 8 Dechathorn Phuakkarawut Pasarit Promsombat No. 114 YK Motorsports BBR by Sunoco 3 1 40 9 Takuya Shirasaka No. 19 The Spirit of FFF Racing Ret 5 10 GT4 1 Sho Kobayashi Naohiko Otsuka No. 718 Checkshop Caymania Racing 6 6 5 6 7 6 1 2 200 2 Hiromitsu Fujii Masanori Nogami No. 97 K-tunes Racing 7 7 36 Guest drivers ineligible to score points GT3 — Antares Au No. 30 Modena Motorsport 1 1 — — Henk Kiks Adisak Tangphuncharoen No. 26 B-Quik Racing 3 3 — — Wu Ruihua Xin Yanbi No. 99 Harmony Racing 5 4 — — Ash Samadi No. 222 Melbourne Performance Centre 4 6 — GT4 — Kenji Hama Tatsuya Hoshino No. 48 D'station Racing 2 1 — Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points

China Cup

Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points GT3 1 Franky Cheng Congfu Sun Jingzu No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 234 2 Leo Ye Hongli Yuan Bo No. 87 R&B Racing 1 3 Ret 1 1 1 3 1 Ret DNS 1 1 205 3 Cao Qi Ling Kang No. 29 Phantom Pro Racing 4 1 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 197 4 Bian Ye Hu Yuqi No. 87 R&B Racing 3 4 2 3 3 4 4 Ret 3 2 4 4 156 Pos. Driver Team BUR FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SEP Points

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	BUR		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		OKA		SEP		Points
GT3
1	R&B Racing	3	14	3	3	7	3	10	1	10	3	4	1	207
		5	19	Ret	4	13	5	Ret	8	Ret	DNS	6	2
2	AAS Motorsport by Absolute Racing Absolute Racing	2	3	2	10	1	7	Ret	2	2	2	5	6	189
		6	Ret	Ret	23	15	9	Ret	6	27	5	Ret	7
3	Craft-Bamboo Racing	10	1	5	32	14	1	3	5	1	4	2	10	171
		16	2	21	Ret	19	14	8	7	26	10	14	15
4	Triple Eight JMR	1	12	7	1	20	2	4	3	4	12	3	3	144
		11	15	14	13	22	18	11	13	18	29	11	11
5	Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute	8	9	9	6	4	8	1	6	5	9	1	13	108
		15	17	13	8	9	20	Ret	12	19	26	16	14
6	Porsche Centre Okazaki	7	21	15	16	3	11	2	4	8	13	7	5	71
7	Climax Racing	4	18	4	21	5	4	19	23	17	9	Ret	16	48
		18	Ret	16	25	16	28	17	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	27
8	Phantom Pro Racing	20	5	6	Ret	10	17	9	19	13	30	8	4	45
		22	6	18	29	25	26	Ret	17	14	18	19	22
9	Maezawa Racing			10	15	6	12	5	11	Ret	1			44
10	Team 5ZIGEN			27	Ret	2	31			3	11			33
11	Bingo Racing			1	Ret									25
12	HubAuto Racing HubAuto Racing with GTO Racing	17	8	20	14	11	13	12	14	7	7	10	8	23
		21	10	22	Ret	17	16	14	Ret	12	17	Ret	21
13	EBM Giga Racing	12	11	11	2	Ret	27			16	15	21	18	18
14	GH-Team AAI FIST - Team AAI	9	4									15	9	16
		25	13									Ret	DNS
15	Car Guy Racing			12	9			7	24	6	16			16
16	D'station Racing			17	7	Ret	6	13	9	15	14	13	17	16
17	PLUS with BMW Team Studie			Ret	5	12	10	Ret	Ret	23	8			15
18	KCMG			26	22	8	15	21	21	19	6			12
19	YK Motorsports BBR by Sunoco	23	7											6
20	NK Racing	13	16	8	30	21	19	23	20	11	20	12	23	4
21	The Spirit of FFF Racing			DNS	Ret	Ret	33	15	10	20	21			1
—	Comet Racing			24	11	28	25	18	18	24	24			0
—	Team Uematsu			31	12			16	16					0
—	B-Quik Racing	14	Ret											0
—	LM Corsa			Ret	19	24	20	Ret	15	21	28			0
—	ABSSA Motorsport			Ret	17	23	Ret							0
—	AMAC Motorsport	19	22	23	18	26	23	22	25	Ret	25	18	24	0
—	CREF Motor Sport			Ret	DNS	18	21	24	27					0
—	Team GMB			19	24	27	24	20	22					0
—	RunUp Sports			28	20	29	29	25	26	25	27			0
—	K-tunes Racing			25	31	Ret	DNS			22	23			0
GT4
1	YZ Racing with Studie			29	DSQ	30	30	26	28	6	1			162
2	Toyota Gazoo Racing Indonesia	24	20							1	2	24	29	143
3	Checkshop Caymania Racing			32	26	32	32	27	29	4	5			136
4	Akiland Racing			30	27	31	Ret			2	4			87
5	K-tunes Racing			33	28									27
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
GT3
—	B-Quik Racing											9	12	—
												20	25
—	Modena Motorsport											17	20	—
—	EBM Giga Racing											Ret	19	—
—	Melbourne Performance Centre											22	28	—
—	Harmony Racing											23	26	—
GT4
—	D'station Racing									5	3			—
—	CREF Motor Sport									3	Ret			—
—	Comet Racing									7	6			—
Pos.	Team	BUR		FUJ		SUZ		MOT		OKA		SEP		Points

See also

• 2023 British GT Championship
• 2023 GT World Challenge Europe
• 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
• 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
• 2023 GT World Challenge America
• 2023 GT World Challenge Australia
• 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge

Notes

1. Bian Ye used the name Bian Hao for the last two rounds.
2. Wei was a Chinese driver who competed under a Canadian licence in rounds 1 and a Chinese licence from round 2 onwards.
3. Car No. 9 entered as Bingo Racing, and car No. 60 entered as LM Corsa.
4. Car No. 11 and 13 entered as Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute, car No. 26 and 62 entered as B-Quik Racing, car No. 911 entered as Absolute - AAS Motorsport and car 992 entered as Absolute Racing
5. For the first round the team entered as B-Quik Racing, and for the round sixth entered as B-Quik Absolute Racing
6. Car No. 15 entered as FIST - Team AAI. Car No. 90 entered as GH - Team AAI. Car No. 91 entered as FIST - Team AAI at rounds 1, and as GH - Team AAI at round 6.^[16][7]
7. Xie An used the name Chris On Chia with Hong Kong license for the first, and fourth round.

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External links

• Official website