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2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
The 2019 GT World Challenge Asia (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia) was the third 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 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.
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. The dates for the races at Shanghai were confirmed on 11 December.
| Round | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia | 6–7 April | |
| Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand | 11–12 May | |
| Suzuka International Circuit, Suzuka, Japan | 22–23 June | |
| Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan | 6–7 July | |
| Korea International Circuit, Yeongam, South Korea | 3–4 August | |
| Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading, China | 27–28 September |
| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTO Racing with TTR | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 11 | Tony Fong | Am | All |
| Brian Lee | |||||
| Birth Racing Project | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 19 | Kouichi Okumura | Am | 4 |
| Daisuke Yamawaki | |||||
| Craft-Bamboo Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 77 | Jean-Marc Merlin | Am | 1–4, 6 |
| Frank Yu | 1–3, 5 | ||||
| David Pun | 4 | ||||
| Richard Wee | 5 | ||||
| Douglas Khoo | 6 | ||||
| Racing Spirit Thailand | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR | 80 | Munkong Sathienthirakul | Am | 2 |
| Preeda Tantemsapya | |||||
| BMW Team Studie | BMW M4 GT4 | 81 | Takayuki Kinoshita | Am | All |
| Jukuchou Sunako | 1–5 | ||||
| 82 | Masahiko Ida | Am | 4 | ||
| Shinsuke Umeda | |||||
| Jukuchou Sunako | 6 | ||||
| Absolute Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT4 | 89 | Anderson Tanoto | Am | 3 |
| Mark Williamson | |||||
| Team iRace.Win | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 111 | Ringo Chong | Am | All |
| Setiawan Santoso | |||||
| 199 | Alan Yeo | Am | 1–3 | ||
| Ran Zhang | 1 | ||||
| Angelo Negro | 2 | ||||
| Keo Chang | 3–6 | ||||
| Joe Chi | 4–6 |
Bold indicates overall winner.
| Round | Circuit | Pole position | Silver Winners | Pro-Am Winners | Am Winners | GT4 Winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepang | No. 912 Absolute Racing | No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing | No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 51 AMAC Motorsport | No. 81 BMW Team Studie | |
| Dennis Olsen Bo Yuan | Roelof Bruins Gabriele Piana | Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello | Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter | Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako | ||
| No. 912 Absolute Racing | No. 911 Absolute Racing | No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport | No. 26 B-Quik Racing | No. 81 BMW Team Studie | ||
| Dennis Olsen Bo Yuan | Philip Hamprecht Tanart Sathienthirakul | Alexandre Imperatori Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak | Daniel Bilski Henk Kiks | Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako | ||
| Buriram | No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing | No. 666 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | No. 128 Vattana Motorsport | No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing | |
| Christina Nielsen Darryl O'Young | Roelof Bruins Manuel Metzger | Alex Au Frederik Schandorff | Akihiro Asai Chonsawat Asavahame | Jean-Marc Merlin Frank Yu | ||
| No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 27 HubAuto Corsa | No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport | No. 26 B-Quik Racing | No. 81 BMW Team Studie | ||
| Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello | Andre Heimgartner Yuya Sakamoto | Alexandre Imperatori Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak | Daniel Bilski Henk Kiks | Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako | ||
| Suzuka | No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing | No. 911 Absolute Racing | No. 8 ARN Racing | No. 60 LM Corsa | No. 111 Team iRace.Win | |
| Martin Rump Weiron Tan | Philip Hamprecht Tanart Sathienthirakul | Yuta Kamimura Hiroaki Nagai | Kei Nakanishi Shigekazu Wakisaka | Ringo Chong Setiawan Santoso | ||
| No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 911 Absolute Racing | No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 128 Vattana Motorsport | No. 81 BMW Team Studie | ||
| Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello | Philip Hamprecht Tanart Sathienthirakul | Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello | Akihiro Asai Chonsawat Asavahame | Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako | ||
| Fuji | No. 911 Absolute Racing | No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing | No. 8 ARN Racing | No. 51 AMAC Motorsport | No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing | |
| Philip Hamprecht Tanart Sathienthirakul | Roelof Bruins Manuel Metzger | Yuta Kamimura Hiroaki Nagai | Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter | Jean-Marc Merlin David Pun | ||
| No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing | No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport | No. 128 Vattana Motorsport | No. 81 BMW Team Studie | ||
| Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello | Martin Rump Weiron Tan | Alexandre Imperatori Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak | Akihiro Asai Chonsawat Asavahame | Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako | ||
| Korea | No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing | No. 97 Solite Indigo Racing | No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia | No. 51 AMAC Motorsport | No. 77 Craft-Bamboo Racing | |
| Roelof Bruins Manuel Metzger | Roelof Bruins Manuel Metzger | Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Shane van Gisbergen | Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter | Frank Yu Richard Wee | ||
| No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia | No. 912 Absolute Racing | No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport | No. 51 AMAC Motorsport | No. 81 BMW Team Studie | ||
| Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Shane van Gisbergen | Leo Ye Bo Yuan | Alexandre Imperatori Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak | Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter | Takayuki Kinoshita Jukuchou Sunako | ||
| Shanghai | No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing | No. 12 Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing | No. 918 Panther / AAS Motorsport | No. 5 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 111 Team iRace.Win | |
| Martin Rump Weiron Tan | Martin Rump Weiron Tan | Alexandre Imperatori Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak | Chris On Chia Lu Wei | Ringo Chong Setiawan Santoso | ||
| No. 910 JRM | No. 912 Absolute Racing | No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 5 Phantom Pro Racing | No. 82 BMW Team Studie | ||
| Chris van der Drift Chao Li | Leo Ye Bo Yuan | Jeffrey Lee Alessio Picariello | Chris On Chia Lu Wei | Jukuchou Sunako |
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Only the two best results of a team per race counted towards the Teams' championship.
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