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Old 7 Jan 2019, 10:09 (Ref:3874421)   #1
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Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia 2019
Looks like there going to be another solid season in GT Asia, hopefully they can make a few improvements on the show too.

Calendar is fairly similar to last year with the loss of the two lesser known Chinese circuits, and the addition of Yeongam in South Korea, the former formula one circuit. The old GT Asia Series used to run there and it made for good racing.

Sepang International Circuit - April 6-7
Buriram Chang International Circuit - May 11-12
Suzuka International Circuit - June 22-23
Fuji Speedway - July 6-7
Korea International Circuit - August 3-4
Shanghai International Circuit - September 27-28

Decent entry building slowly, a whopping 4 cars from Absolute spread across two Audis and two Porsches with factory drivers expected from both MFG's.

Craft Bamboo making the big switch from Porsche to AMG, which leaves a question mark over the GruppeM entry.

Phoenix Asia bringing those new gen Bentleys, so we are looking at a slightly more mixed line up in 2019.



Entry List so far:

GT3

Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Franky Cheng Congfu / Sun Jingzu
Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - TBA / TBA
Absolute Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Yuan Bo / Porsche Factory Driver
Absolute Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - TBA / TBA
AMAC Motorsport - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - William Porter / Andrew Macpherson
ARN Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Yuta Kamimura / Hiroaki Nagai
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA (possible)
Phoenix Racing Asia - Bentley Continental GT3 - TBA / TBA
Phoenix Racing Asia - Bentley Continental GT3 - TBA / TBA
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - TBA / TBA

GT4

BMW Team Studie - BMW M4 GT4 - Sunako Jukuchou / Takayuki Kinoshita
BMW Team Studie - BMW M4 GT4 - TBA / TBA
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT4 - TBA / TBA
GTO Racing with TTR - Mercedes AMG GT4 - Tony Fong / Brian Lee
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The loss of Ningbo International Circuit is really sad. That's one of the most unique modern circuits I've ever seen.
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The loss of Ningbo International Circuit is really sad. That's one of the most unique modern circuits I've ever seen.


Agreed, it hosted some exciting action in 2018

Zeijhang was very average in comparison
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Old 24 Jan 2019, 10:05 (Ref:3878155)   #4
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So looks like we will see a Mclaren 720s GT3 in Blancpain Asia, with Keita Sawa driving, team TBC, although Clearwater have run Mclarens in the past...

Announcement due Saturday.
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Old 28 Jan 2019, 12:53 (Ref:3880151)   #5
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Phoenix Racing ends the activities in asia.
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Thats a shame, and puts those two Bentleys in doubt. I wonder if Marchy Lee and co can muster support from elsewhere to run the cars this season.

I imagined Bentley would have been keen to see the new gen cars running somewhere in Asia this year.
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HubAuto Corsa - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Yuya Sakamoto / David Russell

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Old 15 Feb 2019, 11:14 (Ref:3884363)   #9
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Could be a smaller grid this year with KCMG and FFF likely not returning
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HubAuto Corsa - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Yuya Sakamoto / David Russell

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Great to see Dave Russell back in a GT car for a full season. He’s too good in a GT car to sit on the sidelines except for the Supercar enduros.
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A second Mclaren to a Japanese team, this time for Blancpain Asia

ABSSA Motorsport- Mclaren 720s GT3 - Keita Sawa / Tadao Uematsu
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Triple Eight Race Engineering join with a pretty stellar lineup.

Otherwise still looking like a slightly thin grid for 2019. Still time, and still some undeclared.

Wondering if the collapsed Bentley programme will be picked up by someone else

GT3 - 15-16 Cars

Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Franky Cheng Congfu / Sun Jingzu
Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - TBA / TBA
Absolute Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Yuan Bo / Porsche Factory Driver
Absolute Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - TBA / TBA
ABSSA Motorsport- Mclaren 720s GT3 - Keita Sawa / Tadao Uematsu
AMAC Motorsport - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - William Porter / Andrew Macpherson
Arrows Racing - Honda NSX GT3 Evo - Philip Ma / Alex Liu
ARN Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Yuta Kamimura / Hiroaki Nagai
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Alessio Picariello / Jeffrey Lee
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA (possible)
HubAuto Corsa - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Yuya Sakamoto / David Russell
JR-M - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Li Chao / Chris van der Drift
Triple Eight Race Engineering - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Jefri Ibrahim / (Shane Van Gisbergen / Jazeman Jaafar)
T2 Motorsports - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Rio Haryanto / [Gergory Teo / David Tjiptobiantoro]
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Alex Au / Frederik Schandorff


GT4 - 4 Cars

BMW Team Studie - BMW M4 GT4 - Sunako Jukuchou / Takayuki Kinoshita
BMW Team Studie - BMW M4 GT4 - TBA / TBA
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT4 - TBA / TBA
GTO Racing with TTR - Mercedes AMG GT4 - Tony Fong / Brian Lee


GruppeM??
Team iRace Win??
Taiwan Topspeed??
M Motorsport??
OD Racing??
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Third Porsche 911 GT3 R for Absolute Racing: http://www.speed-live.it/72564/gtwor...to-2019-entry/
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Things starting to shape up with Craft Bamboo line ups confirmed, and a few more GT3s announced.

So it sounds like KCMG and GruppeM are pretty much confirmed loses for the series, which only really leaves OD Racing unannounced for the season.

With that in mind, 20 GT3's is a good number. Add in the 6 GT4 backmarkers for a bit of occasional traffic to contend with then I think theres a decent entry here

I still dont get quite why GT4 struggles so much in Asia

GT3 - 20-21 Cars

Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Franky Cheng Congfu / Sun Jingzu
Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - TBA / TBA
Absolute Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Yuan Bo / Porsche Factory Driver
Absolute Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - TBA / TBA
ABSSA Motorsport- Mclaren 720s GT3 - Keita Sawa / Tadao Uematsu
AMAC Motorsport - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - William Porter / Andrew Macpherson
Anstone Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Xu Wei / Naoki Yokomizo
Arrows Racing - Honda NSX GT3 Evo - Philip Ma / Alex Liu
ARN Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Yuta Kamimura / Hiroaki Nagai
Audi Sport Team TSRT - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - David Chen / Andre Couto
B-Quik Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Daniel Bilski / Henk Kiks (opening two rounds only)
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Alessio Picariello / Jeffrey Lee
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Christina Nielsen / Darrel O’Young
HubAuto Corsa - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Yuya Sakamoto / David Russell
JR-M - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Li Chao / Chris van der Drift
Modena Motorsports - Porsche 911 GT3 R - John Shen / Mathias Beche
Modena Motorsports - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Francis Tjia / TBA
Panther / AAS Motorsport - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak / Alexandre Imperatori
Triple Eight Race Engineering - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Jefri Ibrahim / (Shane Van Gisbergen / Jazeman Jaafar)
T2 Motorsports - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Rio Haryanto / [Gergory Teo / David Tjiptobiantoro]
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo - Alex Au / Frederik Schandorff


GT4 - 6 Cars

BMW Team Studie - BMW M4 GT4 - Sunako Jukuchou / Takayuki Kinoshita
BMW Team Studie - BMW M4 GT4 - TBA / TBA
Craft-Bamboo Racing - Mercedes AMG GT4 - TBA / TBA
GTO Racing with TTR - Mercedes AMG GT4 - Tony Fong / Brian Lee
Team iRace Win - Mercedes AMG GT4 - Ringo Chong / Setiawan Santoso
Team iRace Win - Mercedes AMG GT4 - Naomi Zhang / Alan Yeo
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Singha Plan B by Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Bhurit Bhirombhakdi / Kantasak Kusiri

Modena Motorsports - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Francis Tjia / Benny Simonsen
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Absolute Racing confirm the last of their driver lineups for this weekend.

6 cars in total 3 Audis, 3 Porsches. Singha only confirmed for this weekend currently

Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Franky Cheng Congfu / Sun Jingzu

Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Weiron Tan / Martin Rump

Absolute Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Yuan Bo / Dennis Olsen

Absolute Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Philip Hamprecht / Tanart Sathienthirakul

Panther / AAS Motorsport - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak / Alexandre Imperatori

Singha Plan B by Absolute Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo - Bhurit Bhirombhakdi / Kantasak Kusiri
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Entry List is live- 30 car grid.

Essentially the same as what had been announced in terms of entries previously, although Hub Auto Corse add a second car, Craft Bamboo bring a 3rd GT3, Open Road Racing and Indigo Racing bring a single previously unannounced Porsche and Mercedes GT3 respectively.

Only change in GT4 is one less car from Team Studie.

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Seems Porsche took over the show on Sunday after a Mercedes dominance on Saturday.
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