2022 GT World Challenge Asia

The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS is the fourth 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 are contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season was begun on 20 May at Sepang in Malaysia and was scheduled to end on 23 October at the new Mandalika Circuit in Indonesia, however the round was cancelled due to homologation issues, therefore the championship finished at the Okayama International Circuit in Japan. It is the second season of the unification of GT3 sprint series across the globe under the World Challenge name and the first since Blancpain ended its title sponsorship of the series.

Calendar

Round Race name Circuit Date
1 AWS Malaysian GT Series Sepang International Circuit, Sepang District, Selangor 20–22 May
2 MOTUL Japan Cup Series of Suzuka Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie 15–17 July
3 Pirelli Japan Cup Series of Fuji Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka 22–24 July
4 Fanatec Japan Cup Series of SUGO Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi 19–21 August
5 Honda Japan Cup Series of Okayama Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama 23–25 September
Cancelled Rounds
- Pirelli Indonesian GT Series Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara 21–23 October
Sources:
  Also part of the Japan Cup Series
  • The Pirelli Indonesian GT Series originally scheduled 21–23 October, but was cancelled due to track homologation issues.

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
GT3
Team Uematsu McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 2 Yudai Uchida Am 2–5
Tadao Uematsu
PLUS with BMW Team Studie BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 5 Seiji Ara PA 2–5
Tomohide Yamaguchi
Comet Racing Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 Honda 3.5 L Turbo V6 7 Yorikatsu Tsujiko Am 2–5
Yusuke Yamasaki
EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 8 Reid Harker PA All
Setiawan Santoso
11 Earl Bamber PA 1
Adrian D’Silva
AAS Motorsport 18 Kantadhee Kusiri S 2–5
Tanart Sathienthirakul
ABSSA Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8 16 Hiroshi Koizumi PA 2–5
Keita Sawa
Orange 1 FFF Racing Team by B-Max Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 19 Hiroshi Hamaguchi Am 2–5
Mineki Okura
Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 21 Motohiro Ogura Am 4
Akihiro Tsuzuki
The Bend Motorsport Park Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 22 Yasser Shahin PA 1
Sandy Stuvik
Audi Sport Asia Team X Works David Pun PA 2
Sandy Stuvik
Marchy Lee
David Pun PA 3
Shaun Thong
Elf Bar Racing Team X Works 91 David Pun PA 1–2, 4
Shaun Thong
Yogibo Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 27 Naoki Yokomizo S All
Shogo Mitsuyama 1
Kiyoto Fujinami 2–5
Porsche Centre Okazaki Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 Yuta Kamimura PA 2–3, 5
Hiroaki Nagai
Bingo Racing Corvette C7 GT3-R Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 44 "Bankcy" Am 5
Shinji Takei
D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 47 Tomonobu Fujii PA 2–5
Satoshi Hoshino
AMAC Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (2017) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 51 Andrew Macpherson Am All
Ben Porter
LM Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 60 Kei Nakanishi PA 2–5
Shigekazu Wakisaka
K-tunes Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.4 L V8 96 Masanori Nogami PA 5
Morio Nitta
Triple Eight JMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 99 Nick Foster PA All
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
888 Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim PA All
Jazeman Jaafar
Car Guy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 777 Kei Cozzolino PA 2–5
Takeshi Kimura
GTC
Bingo Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 666 "Bankcy" Am 3
Shinji Takei
GT4
Comet Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 4 Kazuhiro Sakai Am 2–5
Masaaki Fujii
TGR Team Koshido Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 12 Katsuyuki Hiranaka SA 2–3
Motoharu Sato
GTO Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 14 Brian Lee SA 2–5
Hideto Yasuoka
CREF Motor Sport McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 17 Masataka Inoue SA 2, 5
Yuko Suzuki
Team GMB Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 33 Hiroaki Hatano SA 2–5
Shinya Hosokawa
Team Scala Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 55 Tatsuya Tanigawa SA 2–3
Jun Tashiro
TGR Team Akiland Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 71 Masayoshi Oyama Am 2–5
Masayuki Ueda 2, 4–5
Makio Saito 3
Invitational – TC
Team Studie BMW M2 ClubSport Racing BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Sunako Jukuchou Am 2
Takayuki Kinoshita
DG Motorsport BMW M2 ClubSport Racing BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 56 Kazuki Ishii Am 3
Takashi Kochiya
BMW Legal Top Racing BMW M2 ClubSport Racing BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 101 Takuma Aoki Am 3
Yuji Takahashi
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 Sepang No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 99 Triple Eight JMR No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 99 Triple Eight JMR No. 51 AMAC Motorsport No Entries No Entries
Shogo Mitsuyama
Naoki Yokomizo
Nick Foster
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Shogo Mitsuyama
Naoki Yokomizo
Nick Foster
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Andrew Macpherson
Ben Porter
R2 No. 11 EBM Giga Racing No. 11 EBM Giga Racing No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 11 EBM Giga Racing No. 51 AMAC Motorsport
Earl Bamber
Adrian D’Silva
Earl Bamber
Adrian D’Silva
Shogo Mitsuyama
Naoki Yokomizo
Earl Bamber
Adrian D’Silva
Andrew Macpherson
Ben Porter
2 R1 Suzuka No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 18 AAS Motorsport No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 51 AMAC Motorsport No. 55 Team Scala No. 71 TGR Team Akiland Racing
Kiyoto Fujinami
Naoki Yokomizo
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Kantadhee Kusiri
Tanart Sathienthirakul
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Andrew Macpherson
Ben Porter
Tatsuya Tanigawa
Jun Tashiro
Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
R2 No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 7 Comet Racing No. 18 AAS Motorsport No. 99 Triple Eight JMR No. 7 Comet Racing No. 33 Team GMB No. 71 TGR Team Akiland Racing
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Yusuke Yamasaki
Kantadhee Kusiri
Tanart Sathienthirakul
Nick Foster
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Yusuke Yamasaki
Hiroaki Hatano
Shinya Hosokawa
Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
3 R1 Fuji Speedway No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 2 Team Uematsu No. 12 TGR Team Koshido Racing No. 71 TGR Team Akiland Racing
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Kiyoto Fujinami
Naoki Yokomizo
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Yudai Uchida
Tadao Uematsu
Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Motoharu Sato
Masayoshi Oyama
Makio Saito
R2 No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 99 Triple Eight JMR No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 99 Triple Eight JMR No. 19 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team by B-Max No. 55 Team Scala No. 71 TGR Team Akiland Racing
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Nick Foster
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Kiyoto Fujinami
Naoki Yokomizo
Nick Foster
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Mineki Okura
Tatsuya Tanigawa
Jun Tashiro
Masayoshi Oyama
Makio Saito
4 R1 Sportsland SUGO No. 18 AAS Motorsport No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 2 Team Uematsu No. 14 GTO Racing Team No. 71 TGR Team Akiland Racing
Kantadhee Kusiri
Tanart Sathienthirakul
Kiyoto Fujinami
Naoki Yokomizo
Kiyoto Fujinami
Naoki Yokomizo
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Yudai Uchida
Tadao Uematsu
Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
R2 No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 47 D'station Racing No. 18 AAS Motorsport No. 47 D'station Racing No. 19 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team by B-Max No. 14 GTO Racing Team No. 71 TGR Team Akiland Racing
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Tomonobu Fujii
Satoshi Hoshino
Kantadhee Kusiri
Tanart Sathienthirakul
Tomonobu Fujii
Satoshi Hoshino
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Mineki Okura
Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
5 R1 Okayama No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 27 Yogibo Racing No. 777 Car Guy Racing No. 2 Team Uematsu No. 14 GTO Racing Team No. 71 TGR Team Akiland Racing
Kiyoto Fujinami
Naoki Yokomizo
Kiyoto Fujinami
Naoki Yokomizo
Kiyoto Fujinami
Naoki Yokomizo
Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Yudai Uchida
Tadao Uematsu
Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
R2 No. 47 D'station Racing No. 47 D'station Racing No. 18 AAS Motorsport No. 47 D'station Racing No. 19 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team by B-Max No. 14 GTO Racing Team No. 71 TGR Team Akiland Racing
Tomonobu Fujii
Satoshi Hoshino
Tomonobu Fujii
Satoshi Hoshino
Kantadhee Kusiri
Tanart Sathienthirakul
Tomonobu Fujii
Satoshi Hoshino
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Mineki Okura
Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda

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

Overall

Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points JC
GT3
1 Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Car Guy Racing 1 5 1 3 2 3 2 12 126 151
2 Nick Foster
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Triple Eight JMR 1 5 3 2 4 1 9 10 3 13 123 -
3 Naoki Yokomizo Yogibo Racing 4 4 Ret 13 2 4 1 15 1 6 112 -
4 Kiyoto Fujinami Yogibo Racing Ret 13 2 4 1 15 1 6 88 -
5 Tomonobu Fujii
Satoshi Hoshino
D'station Racing 8 18 6 9 3 1 8 1 83 121
6 Seiji Ara
Tomohide Yamaguchi
PLUS with BMW Team Studie 6 3 Ret 15 4 2 14 2 71 87
7 Tanart Sathienthirakul
Kantadhee Kusiri
AAS Motorsport 4 8 3 5 7 5 10 5 68 -
8 Yuta Kamimura
Hiroaki Nagai
Porsche Centre Okazaki 2 Ret 5 2 7 3 67 91
9 Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Jazeman Jaafar
Triple Eight JMR 6 2 9 12 9 Ret Ret 4 6 4 62 -
10 Reid Harker
Setiawan Santoso
EBM Giga Racing 3 3 15 Ret 10 12 Ret 6 5 8 53 -
11 Earl Bamber
Adrian D’Silva
EBM Giga Racing 2 1 43 -
12 Hiroshi Koizumi
Keita Sawa
ABSSA Motorsport 12 7 15 6 6 13 4 14 34 75
13 David Pun Elf Bar Racing Team X Works
Audi Sport Asia Team X Works
Ret 8 7 10 7 8 5 19 31 -
14 Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Yusuke Yamasaki
Comet Racing 14 1 13 13 14 8 12 11 30 67
15 Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Mineki Okura
Orange 1 FFF Racing Team by B-Max 11 4 Ret 7 11 7 Ret 7 30 65
16 Andrew Macpherson
Ben Porter
AMAC Motorsport 5 7 10 6 12 14 12 12 13 20† 25 -
17 Shogo Mitsuyama Yogibo Racing 4 4 24 -
18 Shaun Thong Elf Bar Racing Team X Works Ret 8 WD WD 7 8 5 19 24 -
19 Sandy Stuvik The Bend Motorsport Park
Audi Sport Asia Team X Works
7 6 7 10 21 -
20 Kei Nakanishi
Shigekazu Wakisaka
LM Corsa 5 9 11 11 10 9 9 18 17 67
21 Yasser Shahin The Bend Motorsport Park 7 6 14 -
22 Yudai Uchida
Tadao Uematsu
Team Uematsu 13 Ret 8 10 8 11 11 9 11 58
- Motohiro Ogura
Akihiro Tsuzuki
Audi Team Hitotsuyama 13 14 0 0
- Marchy Lee Audi Sport Asia Team X Works WD WD 0 -
Entries ineligible to score points
- "Bankcy"
Shinji Takei
Bingo Racing 17 10 - -
- Masanori Nogami
Morio Nitta
K-tunes Racing 18 15 - -
GTC
1 "Bankcy"
Shinji Takei
Bingo Racing 14 16 50 50
GT4
1 Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
GTO Racing Team 17 15 18 20 15 17 15 16 153 -
2 Hirokai Hatano
Shinya Hosokawa
Team GMB 19 11 19 19 16 18 19 17 130 156
3 Masayoshi Oyama TGR Team Akiland Racing 20 16 20 21 17 16 20 19 109 127
4 Masayuki Ueda TGR Team Akiland Racing 20 16 17 16 20 19 89 103
5 Tatsuya Tanigawa
Jun Tashiro
Team Scala 16 19 17 17 76 78
6 Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Motoharu Sato
TGR Team Koshido Racing 18 14 16 18 76 79
7 Kazuhiro Sakai
Masaaki Fujii
Comet Racing 23 17 22 23 18 Ret 21 22 64 79
8 Masataka Inoue
Yuko Suzuki
CREF Motor Sport 22 Ret 16 21 38 50
9 Makio Saito TGR Team Akiland Racing 20 21 20 24
INV – TC
- Kazuki Ishii
Takashi Kochiya
DG Motorsport 21 22 - -
- Sunako Jukuchou
Takayuki Kinoshita
Team Studie 21 Ret - -
- Takuma Aoki
Yuji Takahashi
BMW Legal Top Racing Ret 24 - -
Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points JC
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Silver Cup

Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points
GT3
1 Naoki Yokomizo Yogibo Racing 4 4 Ret 13 2 4 1 15 1 6 204
2 Tanart Sathienthirakul
Kantadhee Kusiri
AAS Motorsport 4 8 3 5 7 5 10 5 172
3 Kiyoto Fujinami Yogibo Racing Ret 13 2 4 1 15 1 6 154
4 Shogo Mitsuyama Yogibo Racing 4 4 50
- Marchy Lee Audi Sport Asia Team X Works WD WD 0
Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points

Pro-Am Cup

Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points JC
GT3
1 Nick Foster
Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Triple Eight JMR 1 5 3 2 4 1 9 10 3 13 158 -
2 Kei Cozzolino
Takeshi Kimura
Car Guy Racing 1 5 1 3 2 3 2 12 153 163
3 Tomonobu Fujii
Satoshi Hoshino
D'station Racing 8 18 6 9 3 1 8 1 104 127
4 Seiji Ara
Tomohide Yamaguchi
PLUS with BMW Team Studie 6 3 Ret 15 4 2 14 2 83 104
5 Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim
Jazeman Jaafar
Triple Eight JMR 6 2 9 12 9 Ret Ret 4 6 4 82 -
6 Yuta Kamimura
Hiroaki Nagai
Porsche Centre Okazaki 2 Ret 5 2 7 3 74 91
7 Reid Harker
Setiawan Santoso
EBM Giga Racing 3 3 13 Ret 10 12 Ret 6 5 8 73 -
8 Hiroshi Koizumi
Keita Sawa
ABSSA Motorsport 12 7 15 6 6 13 4 14 61 98
9 David Pun Elf Bar Racing Team X Works
Audi Sport Asia Team X Works
Ret 8 7 10 7 8 5 19 58 -
10 Kei Nakanishi
Shigekazu Wakisaka
LM Corsa 5 9 11 11 10 9 9 18 52 89
11 Earl Bamber
Adrian D’Silva
EBM Giga Racing 2 1 43 -
12 Shaun Thong Elf Bar Racing Team X Works Ret 8 WD WD 7 8 5 19 42 -
13 Sandy Stuvik The Bend Motorsport Park
Audi Sport Asia Team X Works
7 6 7 10 36 -
14 Yasser Shahin
Sandy Stuvik
The Bend Motorsport Park 7 6 20 -
Entries ineligible to score points
- Masanori Nogami
Morio Nitta
K-tunes Racing 18 15 - -
Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points JC

Silver-Am Cup

Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points JC
GT4
1 Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
GTO Racing Team 17 15 18 20 15 17 15 16 160 -
2 Hirokai Hatano
Shinya Hosokawa
Team GMB 19 11 19 19 16 18 19 17 133 163
3 Tatsuya Tanigawa
Jun Tashiro
Team Scala 16 19 17 17 80 83
4 Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Motoharu Sato
TGR Team Koshido Racing 18 14 16 18 76 79
5 Masataka Inoue
Yuko Suzuki
CREF Motor Sport 22 Ret 16 21 43 55
Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points JC

Am Cup

Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points JC
GT3
1 Andrew Macpherson
Ben Porter
AMAC Motorsport 5 7 10 6 12 14 12 12 13 20† 174 -
2 Yudai Uchida
Tadao Uematsu
Team Uematsu 13 Ret 8 10 8 11 11 9 141 144
3 Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Yusuke Yamasaki
Comet Racing 14 1 13 13 14 8 12 11 130 139
4 Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Mineki Okura
Orange 1 FFF Racing Team by B-Max 11 4 Ret 7 11 7 Ret 7 129 136
- Motohiro Ogura
Akihiro Tsuzuki
Audi Team Hitotsuyama 13 14 0 0
Entries ineligible to score points
- "Bankcy"
Shinji Takei
Bingo Racing 17 10 - -
GTC
1 "Bankcy"
Shinji Takei
Bingo Racing 14 16 50 50
GT4
1 Masayoshi Oyama TGR Team Akiland Racing 20 16 20 21 17 16 20 19 200 200
2 Masayuki Ueda TGR Team Akiland Racing 20 16 17 16 20 19 150 150
3 Kazuhiro Sakai
Masaaki Fujii
Comet Racing 23 17 22 23 18 Ret 21 22 126 126
4 Makio Saito TGR Team Akiland Racing 20 21 50 50
INV – TC
- Kazuki Ishii
Takashi Kochiya
DG Motorsport 21 22 - -
- Sunako Jukuchou
Takayuki Kinoshita
Team Studie 21 Ret - -
- Takuma Aoki
Yuji Takahashi
BMW Legal Top Racing Ret 24 - -
Pos. Driver Team SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points JC

Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Only the two best results of a team per race counted towards the Teams' championship.

Pos. Team Manufacturer No. SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points
GT3
1 EBM Giga Racing Porsche 8 3 3 74
11 2 1 15 Ret 10 12
2 Triple Eight JMR Mercedes-AMG 99 1 5 3 2 4 1 135
888 6 2 9 12 9 Ret
3 Yogibo Racing Ferrari 27 4 4 Ret 13 2 4 54
4 The Bend Motorsport Park
Elf Bar Racing Team X Works
Audi 22 7 6 7 10 18
91 Ret 8
5 AMAC Motorsport Porsche 51 5 7 16
Pos. Team Manufacturer No. SEP
SUZ
FUJ
SUG
OKA
Points

See also