2015 GT Asia Series

The 2015 GT Asia Series was the sixth season of the GT Asia Series championship. It began on 16 May at the Korea International Circuit and ended on 2 November at the Guia Circuit after 11 championship races and a non-championship event.

The series will change tyre supplier from Yokohama to Michelin.^[1]

Entry list[edit]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Clearwater Racing^[2]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	1	Weng Sun Mok	GT3	1–9
			James Calado		1–2, 7
			Gianmaria Bruni		3–4
			Toni Vilander		5–6
			Alessandro Pier Guidi		8–9
		12	Richard Wee	GT3	1–9
			Craig Baird		1–2
			Matt Griffin		3–6, 8–9
			Hiroki Katoh		7
FFF Racing Team by ACM^[3]	Nissan GT-R GT3	5	André Couto	GT3	5–6
	Nissan GT-R GT3		Fu Songyang	GT3	5–6
	McLaren 650S GT3		Andrea Caldarelli^[3]	GT3	1–4, 7
			Fu Songyang^[3]		1–4, 8–9
			Ronald Wu		7
			Vitantonio Liuzzi		8–9
		9	Max Wiser^[3]	GT3	1–4
		9	Jiang Xin^[3]	GT3	1–4
		15	Nathan Antunes	GT3	5–9
		15	Rod Salmon	GT3	5–9
		55	Hiroshi Hamaguchi^[3]	GT3	1–9
			Vitantonio Liuzzi^[3]		1–7
			Álvaro Parente		8–9
Bentley Team Absolute^[4]	Bentley Continental GT3	7	Jeffrey Lee^[4]	GT3	1–9
			Jean-Karl Vernay^[4]		1–2
			Andy Soucek		3–6
			Andy Meyrick		7–9
		8	Adderly Fong^[4]	GT3	1–9
		8	Keita Sawa^[4]	GT3	1–9
		77	Duncan Tappy^[4]	GT3	1–9
			Jacky Yeung^[4]		1–7
			Andrew Kim		8–9
Spirit of Race	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	9	Max Wiser	GT3	5–6
Spirit of Race	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	9	Jiang Xin	GT3	5–6
NB Team	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	9	Max Wiser	GT3	8–9
NB Team	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	9	Jiang Xin	GT3	8–9
Singha Motorsport^[5]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	11	Piti Bhirombhakdi	GT3	1–9
			Naoki Yokomizo		1–2
			Carlo van Dam		3–9
Gulf Racing JP^[5]	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	20	Hisashi Kunie	GTM	1–2, 5–9
			Keiichi Mori		1–2
			Tetsuya Makino		3–4
			Kimihiro Yashiro		3–6
			Dylan Derdaele		7–9
	Porsche 997 GT3-R	22	Shouta Hanaoka	GT3	1–2
			Kimihiro Yashiro		1–2, 8–9
			Dylan Derdaele		3–4
			Hisashi Kunie		3–4
			Keiichi Mori		5–7
			Yutaka Yamamoto		5–6
			Tetsuya Makino		7
			Takashi Hagino		8–9
Absolute Racing^[5]	Audi R8 LMS Cup	23	Jerry Wang	GTM	1–9
	Audi R8 LMS Cup	23	Warren Luff	GTM	7
	Audi R8 LMS ultra	98	Philip Ma	GT3	5–6, 8–9
	Audi R8 LMS ultra	98	Ho-Pin Tung	GT3	5–6, 8–9
Dilango Racing^[5]	Lamborghini Gallardo FL2	24	Dilantha Malagamuwa	GT3	3–6
	Lamborghini Gallardo FL2	24	Kota Sasaki	GT3	3–6
	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3	34	Takuma Aoki	GTM	3–7
	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3	34	Ken Urata	GTM	3–7
Nexus Infinity	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	27	Dominic Ang	GT3	7
Nexus Infinity	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	27	Adrian D'Silva	GT3	7
Bingo Racing	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	32	Akira Iida	GT3	5–6
Bingo Racing	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	32	Taiyo Iida	GT3	5–6
BBT^[5]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	37	Anthony Liu	GT3	1–4, 7–9
BBT^[5]	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	37	Davide Rizzo	GT3	1–4, 7–9
GDL Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	67	Keong Liam Lim	GTM	7
	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	67	Nigel Farmer	GTM	7
	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	87	Keong Wee Lim	GTM	7
	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	87	Melvin Moh	GTM	7
LKM Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-R	68	Yuk Lung Siu	GT3	7–9
LKM Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-R	68	Mak Hing Tak	GT3	7–9
Golden CMT RT	Ferrari 458 Challenge	69	James Cai	GTM	8–9
Golden CMT RT	Ferrari 458 Challenge	69	Kenneth Lim	GTM	8–9
Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team	Ferrari 458 Challenge	69	James Cai	GTM	5–6
		69	Kenneth Lim	GTM	5–6
		70	Ryō Fukuda	GTM	5–6
		70	Craig Liu	GTM	5–6
		78	George Chou	GTM	5–7
			Jeff Lu		5–6
			Robert Lee		7
		95	K.S. Wang	GTM	5–7
			Shogo Mitsuyama		5–6
			Craig Liu		7
Team NZ	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	71	Graeme Dowsett	GTM	7
Team NZ	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	71	John Curran	GTM	7
OD Racing^[6]	Lamborghini Gallardo FL2	86	Fairuz Fauzy^[6]	GT3	1–9
OD Racing^[6]	Lamborghini Gallardo FL2	86	Zen Low^[6]	GT3	1–9
Craft-Bamboo Racing^[7]^[8]	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	88	Richard Lyons	GT3	1–9
		88	Frank Yu	GT3	1–9
		99	Darryl O'Young	GT3	1–9
			Jonathan Venter		1–6
			Daniel Lloyd		7–9

Icon	Class
GT3	GT3
GTM	GTM

Race calendar and results[edit]

The full calendar for the 2015 season was released on 28 February 2015. The Sepang International Circuit round will be a 3-hour endurance race and held at Saturday.^[9]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	GT3 Winner	GTM Winner
1	Korea International Circuit	16 May	No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 37 BBT Racing	No. 23 Absolute Racing
1		16 May	Richard Lyons Frank Yu	Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo	Jerry Wang
2		17 May	No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 23 Absolute Racing
2		17 May	Darryl O'Young Jonathan Venter	Darryl O'Young Jonathan Venter	Jerry Wang
3	Okayama International Circuit	27 June	No. 7 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 55 FFF Racing Team by ACM	No. 34 Dilango Racing
3		27 June	Jeffrey Lee Andy Soucek	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Vitantonio Liuzzi	Takuma Aoki Ken Urata
4		28 June	No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 20 Gulf Racing JP
4		28 June	Adderly Fong Keita Sawa	Adderly Fong Keita Sawa	Tetsuya Makino Kimihiro Yashiro
5	Fuji Speedway	18 July	No. 1 Clearwater Racing	No. 11 Singha Motorsport	No. 34 Dilango Racing
5		18 July	Weng Sun Mok Toni Vilander	Piti Bhirombhakdi Carlo van Dam	Takuma Aoki Ken Urata
6		19 July	No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 70 Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team
6		19 July	Darryl O'Young Jonathan Venter	Adderly Fong Keita Sawa	Ryō Fukuda Craig Liu
7	Sepang International Circuit	5 September	No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 37 BBT Racing	No. 23 Absolute Racing
7	Sepang International Circuit	5 September	Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd	Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo	Jerry Wang Warren Luff
8	Shanghai International Circuit	26 September	No. 88 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 20 Gulf Racing JP
8		26 September	Richard Lyons Frank Yu	Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd	Dylan Derdaele Hisashi Kunie
9		27 September	No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 69 Golden CMT RT
9		27 September	Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd	Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd	James Cai Kenneth Lim
10	Chang International Circuit	24 October	No. 77 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 77 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 59 Singha Motorsport
10		24 October	Duncan Tappy Benny Simonsen	Duncan Tappy Benny Simonsen	Benjamin Rouget Bhurit Bhirom Bhakdi
11		25 October	No. 8 Bentley Team Absolute	No. 99 Craft-Bamboo Racing	No. 89 Singha Motorsport
11		25 October	Adderly Fong Keita Sawa	Darryl O'Young Daniel Lloyd	Kantasak Kusiri Voravud Bhirom Bhakdi
NC	Guia Circuit	22 November	No. 1 Mercedes AMG Driving Academy	No. 1 Mercedes AMG Driving Academy	no entries allowed
NC	Guia Circuit	22 November	Maro Engel	Maro Engel	no entries allowed

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
Points	18	16	14	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	2	1
Sepang 3 Hour	36	32	28	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	4	2

Drivers' championship (overall)[edit]

Rank	Driver	KOR		OKA		FUJ		SEP	SHA		CHA		Points
1	Darryl O'Young	Ret	1	4	3	9	2	3	1	1	4	1	155
2	Adderly Fong Keita Sawa	8	3	7	1	13	1	2	3	3	3	3	151
4	Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo	1	2	3	5			1	11	2	7	2	134
6	Piti Bhirombhakdi	Ret	4	2	6	1	Ret	5	2	5	5	Ret	104
7	Duncan Tappy	6	12	8	8	5	8	6	6	6	1	4	96
8	Carlo van Dam			2	6	1	Ret	5	2	5	5	Ret	94
9	Daniel Lloyd							3	1	1	4	1	92
10	Hiroshi Hamaguchi	DSQ	6	1	11	4	Ret	Ret	4	8	2	5	79
11	Weng Sun Mok	2	Ret	DNS	DNS	2	5	4	5	Ret	12	11	76
12	Richard Lyons Frank Yu	3	9	12	2	11	17	10	10	7	6	8	72
12	Richard Wee	Ret	5	6	4	3	4	Ret	9	10	9	9	70
15	Jeffrey Lee	5	7	5	Ret	14	7	9	8	9	10	7	64
16	Jonathan Venter	Ret	1	4	3	9	2						63
17	Max Wiser Jiang Xin	4	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	3		7	4	8	6	59
19	Matt Griffin			6	4	3	4		9	10	12	11	57
20	Jacky Yeung	6	12	8	8	5	8	6					52
21	Fairuz Fauzy Zen Low	Ret	8	9	7	7	9	8	Ret	11	DNS	DNS	44
23	Alvaro Parente								4	5	2	5	41
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	DSQ	6	1	11	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS			38
25	James Calado	2	Ret					4					36
26	Benny Simonsen						5				1	4	28
27	Toni Vilander					2	5						25
27	Fu Songyang	7	10	13	9	10	10						25
29	Andy Meyrick							9	8	9			21
30	Dilantha Malagamuwa Kota Sasaki			11	Ret	6	6						19
32	Andrea Caldarelli	7	10	13	9			Ret			Ret	Ret	17
33	Andy Soucek			5	Ret	14	7						16
33	Jean-Karl Vernay	5	7										16
33	Andrew Kim								6	6			16
36	Dominic Ang Adrian D'Silva							7					14
38	Hisashi Kunie	10	14	10	Ret	20	16	14	12	Ret	12	11	12
39	Alexandre Imperatori										10	7	11
40	Naoki Yokomizo	Ret	4										10
40	Hiroki Katoh							Ret			9	9	10
42	Craig Baird	Ret	5										9
42	Jerry Wang	9	13	16	Ret	19	Ret	11					9
42	Alessandro Pier Guidi								5				9
45	André Couto					10	10						8
45	Dylan Derdaele			10	Ret			14	12	Ret	12	11	8
47	Nathan Antunes Rod Salmon					8	12	16	Ret	DNS			7
49	Keiichi Mori	10	14			16	18	17					4
49	Warren Luff							11					4
51	Kimihiro Yashiro	Ret	11	15	12	20	16		DNS	DNS			3
51	Philip Ma Ho-Pin Tung					12	11		13	13			3
54	Shouta Hanaoka	Ret	11										2
54	Keong Wee Lim Melvin Moh							12					2
57	James Cai Kenneth Lim					15	15		14	12	15	Ret	1
57	Tetsuya Makino			15	12			17					1
	Takuma Aoki Ken Urata			14	13	17	20	Ret					0
	Craig Liu					18	13	18					0
	Ryo Fukuda					18	13						0
	Nigel Farmer Keong Liam Lim							13					0
	Akira Iida Taiyo Iida					21	14						0
	George Chou					Ret	Ret	15					0
	Robert Lee							15					0
	Yutaka Yamamoto					16	18						0
	K.S. Wang					DNS	19	18					0
	Shogo Mitsuyama					DNS	19						0
	Jeff Lu					Ret	Ret						0
	Yuk Lung Siu Mak Hing Tak							Ret					0
	John Curran Graeme Dowsett							Ret					0
	Ronald Wu							Ret					0
	Gianmaria Bruni			DNS	DNS								0
	Benjamin Rouget Bhurit Bhirom Bhakdi										13	Ret	0
	Kantasak Kusiri Voravud Bhirom Bhakdi										Ret	13	0
Rank	Driver	KOR		OKA		FUJ		SEP	SHA		CHA		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References[edit]

^ "Michelin joins GT Asia as official tyre supplier in 2015". Asian Festival Of Speed. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
^ "Clearwater Racing reveal their #1 GT Asia Series challenger for 2015". GT Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "FFF Racing Team by ACM breaks cover". GT Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Bentley Team Absolute announces 3-car team for GT Asia Series". GT Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 16 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Most competitive field on record for 2015 GT Asia Series opener". GT Asia Series. motorsport.com. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fairuz Fauzy set to make GT Asia debut with OD Racing". Racerlink. Michael Kim. 7 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ "Craft-Bamboo Racing announce Frank Yu and Richard Lyons for the #88 Aston Martin Vantage". GT Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ "Darryl O'Young and Jonathan Venter Complete Craft-Bamboo Racing's GT Asia Series Line-up". Craft-Bamboo Racing. Craft-Bamboo Racing. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ "GT Asia Series prepares for 12-race program in 2015". GT Asia Series. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Michelin joins GT Asia as official tyre supplier in 2015". Asian Festival Of Speed. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[Clearwater-2] "Clearwater Racing reveal their #1 GT Asia Series challenger for 2015". GT Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

[FFF-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "FFF Racing Team by ACM breaks cover". GT Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[Absolute-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Bentley Team Absolute announces 3-car team for GT Asia Series". GT Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 16 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[KoreaRounds-5] "Most competitive field on record for 2015 GT Asia Series opener". GT Asia Series. motorsport.com. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[OD_Racing-6] "Fairuz Fauzy set to make GT Asia debut with OD Racing". Racerlink. Michael Kim. 7 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

[Craft-7] "Craft-Bamboo Racing announce Frank Yu and Richard Lyons for the #88 Aston Martin Vantage". GT Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

[Craft2-8] "Darryl O'Young and Jonathan Venter Complete Craft-Bamboo Racing's GT Asia Series Line-up". Craft-Bamboo Racing. Craft-Bamboo Racing. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[9] "GT Asia Series prepares for 12-race program in 2015". GT Asia Series. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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