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.

Calendar 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 1 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia 6–7 April 2 Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 11–12 May 3 Suzuka International Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 22–23 June 4 Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 6–7 July 5 Korea International Circuit, Yeongam, South Korea 3–4 August 6 Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading, China 27–28 September

Entry list

GT3 Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Zun Motorsport Crew Mercedes-AMG GT3 4 Josh Burdon S 6 Adderly Fong 7 Ka Chun Ma Am 6 Yi Ming Lin Phantom Pro Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 5 Chris On Chia Am 6 Lu Wei ARN Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 8 Yuta Kamimura PA 1–4, 6 Hiroaki Nagai Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing B-Quik Racing Singha Plan-B by Absolute Racing Absolute Racing Panther / AAS Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo 12 Martin Rump S All Weiron Tan 13 Congfu Cheng PA All Jingzu Sun 26 Daniel Bilski Am 1–2 Henk Kiks 59 Bhurit Bhirombhakdi PA 1–3 Kantasak Kusiri Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Philip Hamprecht S All Tanart Sathienthirakul 912 Dennis Olsen PA 1 Bo Yuan Bo Yuan S 2–6 Jono Lester 2 Leo Ye 3–6 918 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak PA All Alexandre Imperatori 1–2, 4–6 Marco Holzer 3 Modena Motorsports OpenRoad Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 16 John Shen PA 1–2 Mathias Beche 1 Benny Simonsen 2 21 Michael Soeryadjaya Am 1 Francis Tjia PA 2 Philippe Descombes Anstone Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 17 Wei Xu PA 1–4, 6 Naoki Yokomizo HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 27 Yuya Sakamoto S All David Russell 1 Andre Heimgartner 2–3 Marco Seefried 4 Marcos Gomes 5–6 28 Morris Chen Am 1 Andrew Haryanto AMAC Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 51 Andrew Macpherson Am All William Ben Porter Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 55 Daniel Au PA All Melvin Moh 88 Jeffrey Lee PA All Alessio Picariello 1–4, 6 Maximilian Götz 5 99 Christina Nielsen S All Darryl O'Young LM Corsa Porsche 911 GT3 R 60 Kei Nakanishi Am 3–4 Shigekazu Wakisaka ABSSA Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 61 Piti Bhirombhakdi PA All Keita Sawa Team iRace.Win Mercedes-AMG GT3 66 Nan Lin Am 6 Heng Min T2 Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 75 Rio Haryanto PA All David Tjiptobiantoro 1–2, 4–6 Gregory Teo 3 X Works Audi R8 LMS 83 Philip Tang PA 4 Shaun Thong Solite Indigo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 97 Roelof Bruins S All Gabriele Piana 1 Manuel Metzger 2, 4–6 Patric Niederhauser 3 Arrows Racing Honda NSX GT3 98 Lic Ka Liu Am 1 Philip Ma Vattana Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 128 Akihiro Asai Am 2–5 Chonsawat Asavahame Kizashi Koshido Saccess Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 390 Tamotsu Kondo Am 4 Motoharu Sato Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 666 Alex Au PA All Frederik Schandorff CarGuy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 777 Takeshi Kimura Am 4 Yusuke Yamasaki Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Mercedes-AMG GT3 888 Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim PA All Jazeman Jaafar 1–2, 4 Shane van Gisbergen 3, 5–6 JRM Porsche 911 GT3 R 910 Chris van der Drift PA All Chao Li 1-4, 6 Anthony Liu 5 Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT Audi R8 LMS Evo 999 Weian Chen S All André Couto 1–3 Rahel Frey 4–6 Icon Class S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

GT4 Team Car 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

Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit Pole position Silver Winners Pro-Am Winners Am Winners GT4 Winners 1 1 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 R2 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 2 R1 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 R2 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 3 R1 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 R2 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 4 R1 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 R2 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 5 R1 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 R2 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 6 R1 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 R2 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

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

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