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 Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand 13–14 May
2 Japan Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka 17–18 June
3 Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie 15–16 July
4 Japan Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi, Tochigi 22–23 July
5 Japan Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama 19–20 August
6 Malaysia 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
Japan Car Guy Racing[2] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L twin-turbocharged V6 1 Japan Kei Cozzolino[2] TBA
Japan Takeshi Kimura[2]
Japan BMW M Team Studie[3] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 5 Japan Seiji Ara[3] PA TBA
Japan Tomohide Yamaguchi[3]
Japan Comet Racing[4] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 7 Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko[4] Am TBA
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki[4]
China Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute[5][N 1]

China Absolute Racing[6][N 1]		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 13 China Congfu Cheng[5] PA TBA
China Jingzu Sun[5]
TBA TBA TBA
TBA
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 911 TBA TBA
TBA
992 China Bao Jinlong[6] PA TBA
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori[6]
Japan ABSSA Motorsport[3] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 16 Japan Keita Sawa[3] PA TBA
TBA
Hong Kong KCMG[7] Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 18 Hong Kong Paul Ip[7] TBA
Italy Edoardo Liberati[7]
China The Spirit of FFF Racing by B-Max[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 19 Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi[4] Am TBA
Japan Mineki Okura[4]
Japan Porsche Centre Okazaki[3] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 30 Japan Yuta Kamimura[3] PA TBA
Japan Hiroaki Nagai[3]
Japan RunUp Sports[8] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan 3.8 L twin-turbocharged V6 36 Japan Masaaki Nishikawa[8] Am TBA
Japan Atsushi Tanaka[8]
Australia AMAC Motorsport[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (2017) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 51 Australia Andrew Macpherson[4] Am TBA
Australia Ben Porter[4]
Japan LM Corsa[3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L twin-turbocharged V6 60 Japan Kei Nakanishi[3] PA TBA
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka[3]
Japan K-Tunes Racing[4] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR 5.0 L V8 96 Japan Morio Nitta[4] Am TBA
Japan Kazunori Suenaga[4]
Singapore Triple Eight JMR[9] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 888 Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim[9] PA TBA
Australia Broc Feeney[9]
TBA Malaysia Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim[9] PA TBA
Germany Luca Stolz[9]
Japan D'station Racing[10] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 TBA Japan Tomonobu Fujii[10] TBA
Japan Satoshi Hoshino[10]
Taiwan FIST - Team AAI[11] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 TBA Taiwan Betty Chen[11] PA TBA
Finland Jesse Krohn[11]
TBA Taiwan Kevin Chen[11] PA TBA
Germany Jens Klingmann[11]
Malaysia NK Racing[12] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 TBA Japan Tsubasa Kondo[12] TBA
Japan Kiyoshi Uchiyama[12]
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 Thailand Buriram
R2
2 R1 Japan Fuji Speedway
R2
3 R1 Japan Suzuka
R2
4 R1 Japan Motegi
R2
5 R1 Japan Okayama
R2
6 R1 Malaysia Sepang
R2

See also

Notes
  1. Car No. 13 and TBA entered as Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute, cars No. 911 and 992 entered as Absolute Racing

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. "Fanatec Japan Cup regulars confirmed for 2023". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. "K-Tunes, Comet, Spirit of FFF and AMAC join strong Am Cup class". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. "Sun and Cheng return with Absolute Racing and Audi Sport Asia". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. "Absolute Racing reveals Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS comeback". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  7. "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.
  8. Goodwin, Graham (15 February 2023). "Godzilla Returns For Japan Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  9. "Feeney and Stolz join Johor Princes at reigning champions Triple Eight JMR". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  10. "D'station returns for renewed Fanatec Japan Cup assault". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  11. "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.
  12. "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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