2023 GT World Challenge Asia

The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS will be the fifth 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 will be contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars with hopes of GT2-spec entries. The season will begin on 13 May at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand and is scheduled to end 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]
  Also part of the Japan Cup Series

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
GT3 Cars
Car Guy Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L twin-turbocharged V6 1 Kei Cozzolino[2] TBA
Takeshi Kimura[2]
KCMG[3] Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 18 Paul Ip[3] TBA
Edoardo Liberati[3]
RunUp Sports[4] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 36 Masaaki Nishikawa[4] Am TBA
Atsushi Tanaka[4]
D'station Racing[5] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 TBA Tomonobu Fujii[5] TBA
Satoshi Hoshino[5]
FIST - Team AAI[6] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 TBA Betty Chen[6] PA TBA
Jesse Krohn[6]
TBA Kevin Chen[6] PA TBA
Jens Klingmann[6]
NK Racing[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 TBA Tsubasa Kondo[7] TBA
Kiyoshi Uchiyama[7]
Icon Class
Drivers
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
SA Silver-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race results

Round Circuit Pole Position Overall Winners Silver Winners Pro/Am Winners Am Winners Report GT4 Silver-Am Winner GT4 Am Winner
1 R1 Buriram
R2
2 R1 Fuji Speedway
R2
3 R1 Suzuka
R2
4 R1 Motegi
R2
5 R1 Okayama
R2
6 R1 Sepang
R2

See also

References

  1. "Provisional 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS calendar revealed". Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS. 2022-09-16. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  2. Goodwin, Graham (25 November 2022). "Car Guy's 2023 Plans Confirmed". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. "KCMG announces long-awaited return with Ip, Liberati and Honda". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. Goodwin, Graham (15 February 2023). "Godzilla Returns For Japan Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. "D'station returns for renewed Fanatec Japan Cup assault". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  6. "FIST – Team AAI confirms two-car full-season GT3 entry". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  7. "NK Racing confirms full-season entry with Uchiyama, Kondo and all-new Porsche GT3". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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