# 2016 GT Asia Series

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 | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
| Clearwater Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 3 | Weng Sun Mok | GT3 | 1, 3–4 |
| Clearwater Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 3 | Richard Wee | GT3 | 1, 4 |
| Clearwater Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 3 | Gianmaria Bruni | GT3 | 3 |
| Phoenix Racing Asia | Audi R8 LMS | 5 | Shaun Thong | GT3 | All |
| Phoenix Racing Asia | Audi R8 LMS | 5 | Marchy Lee | GT3 | All |
| Phoenix Racing Asia | Audi R8 LMS | 6 | Alex Yoong | GT3 | All |
| Phoenix Racing Asia | Audi R8 LMS | 6 | Alex Au | GT3 | All |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 7 | Adderly Fong | GT3 | All |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 7 | Andrew Kim | GT3 | All |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 8 | Jonathan Venter | GT3 | All |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 8 | Keita Sawa | GT3 | 1, 3–6 |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 8 | Fabian Hamprecht | GT3 | 2 |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 9 | Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak | GT3 | All |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 9 | Andrew Palmer | GT3 | 1 |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 9 | Duncan Tappy | GT3 | 2, 4–6 |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Bentley Continental GT3 | 9 | Christer Jöns | GT3 | 3 |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Audi R8 LMS | 13 | Cheng Congfu | GT3 | 1, 5 |
| Bentley Team Absolute Absolute Racing | Audi R8 LMS | 13 | Sun Jingzu | GT3 | 1, 5 |
| 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 |
| Singha Motorsport Singha Plan-B Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 12 | Piti Bhirombhakdi | GT3 | 1–5 |
| Singha Motorsport Singha Plan-B Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 59 | Kantasak Kusiri | GTC | 1–2, 4 |
| Singha Motorsport Singha Plan-B Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 59 | Bhurit Bhirombhakdi | GTC | 1–2, 4 |
| Singha Motorsport Singha Plan-B Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 89 | Tin Sritrai | GTC | 2 |
| Singha Motorsport Singha Plan-B Motorsport | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 89 | Voravud Bhirombhakdi | GTC | 2 |
| FFF Racing Team by ACM | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 15 | Jeroen Mul | GT3 | 5–6 |
| FFF Racing Team by ACM | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 15 | Richard Antinucci | GT3 | 5 |
| FFF Racing Team by ACM | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 15 | Marco Mapelli | GT3 | 6 |
| FFF Racing Team by ACM | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 55 | Edoardo Liberati | GT3 | All |
| FFF Racing Team by ACM | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 55 | Andrea Amici | GT3 | All |
| Team Rosso Scuderia | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 17 | Akihiro Asai | GTC | 4 |
| Team Rosso Scuderia | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 17 | Ken Seto | GTC | 4 |
| Dilango Racing | Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 | 24 | Dilantha Malagamuwa | GTM | 1 |
| Dilango Racing | Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 | 24 | Armaan Ebrahim | GTM | 1 |
| BBT | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 37 | Davide Rizzo | GT3 | All |
| BBT | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 37 | Anthony Liu | GT3 | All |
| Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI Team FIST with AAI | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 66 | Nico Bastian | GT3 | 5 |
| Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI Team FIST with AAI | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 66 | Matthew Solomon | GT3 | 5 |
| Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI Team FIST with AAI | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 68 | Maro Engel | GT3 | 5 |
| Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI Team FIST with AAI | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 68 | Zhang Wenhe | GT3 | 5 |
| Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI Team FIST with AAI | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 90 | Lin Yu | GTM | 5 |
| Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI Team FIST with AAI | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 90 | Jun-San Chen | GTM | 5 |
| Team Naoryu Age Age Racing | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 73 | Toshihito Funai | GTC | 4 |
| Team Naoryu Age Age Racing | Ferrari 458 Challenge | 73 | Masayuki Ueda | GTC | 4 |
| 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 |
| Craft-Bamboo Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 88 | Frank Yu | GT3 | All |
| Craft-Bamboo Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 91 | Darryl O'Young | GT3 | All |
| Craft-Bamboo Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 91 | Naiyanobh Bhirombhakdi | GT3 | All |
| Matt Stone Racing | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 95 | George Miedecke | GT3 | 3–4 |
| Matt Stone Racing | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 95 | Nathan Morcom | GT3 | 3 |
| Matt Stone Racing | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 95 | Ashley Walsh | GT3 | 4 |
| GruppeM Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 96 | Li Chao | GT3 | 5–6 |
| GruppeM Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 96 | Zhang Dasheng | GT3 | 5–6 |
| GruppeM Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 98 | Tim Sugden | GT3 | 1–5 |
| GruppeM Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 98 | Philip Ma | GT3 | 1, 4 |
| GruppeM Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 98 | George Richardson | GT3 | 2 |
| GruppeM Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 98 | Jono Lester | GT3 | 3, 5 |
| Icon | Class |
| GT3 | GT3 Class |
| GTC | GT Cup Class |
| GTM | GT Masters Class |
* 1 2 Cars #7, #8 and #9 entered as Bentley Team Absolute and car #13 entered as Absolute Racing.
* 1 2 Car #12 entered as Singha Motorsport and cars #59 and #89 entered as Singha Plan-B Motorsport.
* 1 2 Cars #66 and #68 entered as Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI and car #90 entered as Team FIST with AAI.

## 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 |
| 1 | Korea International Circuit | 14 May | Adderly Fong Andrew Kim | Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa | Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi | Dilantha Malagamuwa Armaan Ebrahim |
| 2 | Korea International Circuit | 15 May | No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia | No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport | no finishers |
| 2 | Korea International Circuit | 15 May | Shaun Thong Marchy Lee | Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa | Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi | no finishers |
| 3 | Chang International Circuit | 11 June | No. 12 Singha Motorsport | No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia | No. 11 A Motorsport | no competitors |
| 3 | Chang International Circuit | 11 June | Carlo van Dam Piti Bhirombhakdi | Shaun Thong Marchy Lee | Aekrat Discharoen | no competitors |
| 4 | Chang International Circuit | 12 June | No. 37 BBT | No. 37 BBT | No. 89 Singha Plan-B Motorsport | no competitors |
| 4 | Chang International Circuit | 12 June | Davide Rizzo Anthony Liu | Davide Rizzo Anthony Liu | Tin Sritrai Voravud Bhirombhakdi | no competitors |
| 5 | Okayama International Circuit | 2 July | No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute | no competitors | no competitors |
| 5 | Okayama International Circuit | 2 July | Adderly Fong Andrew Kim | Adderly Fong Andrew Kim | no competitors | no competitors |
| 6 | Okayama International Circuit | 3 July | No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute | No. 5 Phoenix Racing Asia | no competitors | no competitors |
| 6 | Okayama International Circuit | 3 July | Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa | Shaun Thong Marchy Lee | no competitors | no competitors |
| 7 | Fuji Speedway | 16 July | No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing | No. 12 Singha Motorsport | No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport | no competitors |
| 7 | Fuji Speedway | 16 July | Richard Lyons Frank Yu | Carlo van Dam Piti Bhirombhakdi | Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi | no competitors |
| 8 | Fuji Speedway | 17 July | No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM | No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM | No. 59 Singha Plan-B Motorsport | no competitors |
| 8 | Fuji Speedway | 17 July | Edoardo Liberati Andrea Amici | Edoardo Liberati Andrea Amici | Kantasak Kusiri Bhurit Bhirombhakdi | no competitors |
| 9 | Shanghai International Circuit | 20 August | No. 6 Phoenix Racing Asia | No. 37 BBT | no competitors | No. 90 Team FIST with AAI |
| 9 | Shanghai International Circuit | 20 August | Alex Yoong Alex Au | Davide Rizzo Anthony Liu | no competitors | Lin Yu Jun-San Chen |
| 10 | Shanghai International Circuit | 21 August | No. 15 FFF Racing Team by ACM | No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute | no competitors | No. 90 Team FIST with AAI |
| 10 | Shanghai International Circuit | 21 August | Richard Antinucci Jeroen Mul | Jonathan Venter Keita Sawa | no competitors | 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 |
| 11 | Shanghai International Circuit | 20 October | Alex Yoong Alex Au | Alex Yoong Alex Au | no competitors | no competitors |
| 12 | Shanghai International Circuit | 20 October | No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM | No. 15 FFF Racing Team by ACM | no competitors | no competitors |
| 12 | Shanghai International Circuit | 20 October | Edoardo Liberati Andrea Amici | Marco Mapelli Jeroen Mul | no competitors | no competitors |