The 2016 GT Asia Series was the seventh season of the GT Asia Series championship. It began on 14 May at the Korea International Circuit and ended at Shanghai International Circuit on 19-20 October, 2016 after 12 championship rounds.

Entry list

2016 Entry List Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Clearwater Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 3 Weng Sun Mok GT3 1, 3–4 Richard Wee 1, 4 Gianmaria Bruni 3 Phoenix Racing Asia Audi R8 LMS 5 Shaun Thong GT3 All Marchy Lee 6 Alex Yoong GT3 All Alex Au Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing Bentley Continental GT3 7 Adderly Fong GT3 All Andrew Kim 8 Jonathan Venter GT3 All Keita Sawa 1, 3–6 Fabian Hamprecht 2 9 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak GT3 All Andrew Palmer 1 Duncan Tappy 2, 4–6 Christer Jöns 3 Audi R8 LMS 13 Cheng Congfu GT3 1, 5 Sun Jingzu A Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 11 Aekrat Discharoen GTC 2 Singha Motorsport Singha Plan-B Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 12 Carlo van Dam GT3 1–5 Piti Bhirombhakdi Ferrari 458 Challenge 59 Kantasak Kusiri GTC 1–2, 4 Bhurit Bhirombhakdi 89 Tin Sritrai GTC 2 Voravud Bhirombhakdi FFF Racing Team by ACM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 15 Jeroen Mul GT3 5–6 Richard Antinucci 5 Marco Mapelli 6 55 Edoardo Liberati GT3 All Andrea Amici Team Rosso Scuderia Ferrari 458 Challenge 17 Akihiro Asai GTC 4 Ken Seto Dilango Racing Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 24 Dilantha Malagamuwa GTM 1 Armaan Ebrahim BBT Ferrari 488 GT3 37 Davide Rizzo GT3 All Anthony Liu Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI Team FIST with AAI Mercedes-AMG GT3 66 Nico Bastian GT3 5 Matthew Solomon 68 Maro Engel GT3 5 Zhang Wenhe Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 90 Lin Yu GTM 5 Jun-San Chen Team Naoryu Age Age Racing Ferrari 458 Challenge 73 Toshihito Funai GTC 4 Masayuki Ueda True Visions Motorsport Thailand Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 78 Suttiluck Buncharoen GTC 1 Craft-Bamboo Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 88 Richard Lyons GT3 All Frank Yu 91 Darryl O'Young GT3 All Naiyanobh Bhirombhakdi Matt Stone Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 95 George Miedecke GT3 3–4 Nathan Morcom 3 Ashley Walsh 4 GruppeM Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 96 Li Chao GT3 5–6 Zhang Dasheng 98 Tim Sugden GT3 1–5 Philip Ma 1, 4 George Richardson 2 Jono Lester 3, 5 Icon Class GT3 GT3 Class GTC GT Cup Class GTM GT Masters Class

Race calendar and results

The full calendar for the 2016 season was released on 12 January 2016. The series will consist of 12 championship rounds held in pairs on six circuits across Korea, Thailand, Japan and China. The 3-hour race at Sepang International Circuit will be discontinued after teams voted against it. Also, the non-championship round at the Circuito da Guia in Macau does not feature in the calendar, now the main event of the FIA GT World Cup. The championship would have concluded at the new Zhejiang International Circuit, but delays in the final stages of construction had seen Motorsport Asia Limited make alternate plans. On September 9, it was decided to return to Shanghai for the last two rounds, both run on Thursday 20 October. Round Circuit Date Pole position GT3 Winner GTC Winner GTM Winner 1 Korea International Circuit 14 May No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport No. 24 Dilango Racing Adderly Fong Andrew Kim Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi Dilantha Malagamuwa Armaan Ebrahim 2 15 May No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport no finishers Shaun Thong Marchy Lee Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi 3 Chang International Circuit 11 June No. 12 Singha Motorsport No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia No. 11 A Motorsport no competitors Carlo van Dam Piti Bhirombhakdi Shaun Thong Marchy Lee Aekrat Discharoen 4 12 June No. 37 BBT No. 37 BBT No. 89 Singha Plan-B Motorsport Davide Rizzo Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo Anthony Liu Tin Sritrai Voravud Bhirombhakdi 5 Okayama International Circuit 2 July No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute no competitors Adderly Fong Andrew Kim Adderly Fong Andrew Kim 6 3 July No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa Shaun Thong Marchy Lee 7 Fuji Speedway 16 July No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing No. 12 Singha Motorsport No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport Richard Lyons Frank Yu Carlo van Dam Piti Bhirombhakdi Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi 8 17 July No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport Edoardo Liberati Andrea Amici Edoardo Liberati Andrea Amici Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi 9 Shanghai International Circuit 20 August No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia No. 37 BBT no competitors No. 90 Team FIST with AAI Alex Yoong Alex Au Davide Rizzo Anthony Liu Lin Yu Jun-San Chen 10 21 August No. 15 FFF Racing Team by ACM No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute No. 90 Team FIST with AAI Richard Antinucci Jeroen Mul Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa Lin Yu Jun-San Chen 11 Shanghai International Circuit 20 October No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia no competitors no competitors Alex Yoong Alex Au Alex Yoong Alex Au 12 No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM No. 15 FFF Racing Team by ACM Edoardo Liberati Andrea Amici Marco Mapelli Jeroen Mul

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