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

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 Fu Songyang 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 Jiang Xin[3] 15 Nathan Antunes GT3 5–9 Rod Salmon 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 Keita Sawa[4] 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 Jiang Xin NB Team Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 9 Max Wiser GT3 8–9 Jiang Xin 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 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 Warren Luff 7 Audi R8 LMS ultra 98 Philip Ma GT3 5–6, 8–9 Ho-Pin Tung Dilango Racing[5] Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 24 Dilantha Malagamuwa GT3 3–6 Kota Sasaki Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 34 Takuma Aoki GTM 3–7 Ken Urata Nexus Infinity Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 27 Dominic Ang GT3 7 Adrian D'Silva Bingo Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 32 Akira Iida GT3 5–6 Taiyo Iida BBT[5] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 37 Anthony Liu GT3 1–4, 7–9 Davide Rizzo GDL Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S 67 Keong Liam Lim GTM 7 Nigel Farmer Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 87 Keong Wee Lim GTM 7 Melvin Moh LKM Racing Porsche 997 GT3-R 68 Yuk Lung Siu GT3 7–9 Mak Hing Tak Golden CMT RT Ferrari 458 Challenge 69 James Cai GTM 8–9 Kenneth Lim Taiwan Top Speed Racing Team Ferrari 458 Challenge 69 James Cai GTM 5–6 Kenneth Lim 70 Ryō Fukuda GTM 5–6 Craig Liu 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 John Curran OD Racing[6] Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 86 Fairuz Fauzy[6] GT3 1–9 Zen Low[6] Craft-Bamboo Racing[7][8] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 88 Richard Lyons GT3 1–9 Frank Yu 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

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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			Maro Engel	Maro Engel

Championship standings

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)

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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

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.
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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "Most competitive field on record for 2015 GT Asia Series opener". GT Asia Series. motorsport.com. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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.
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.
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.

External links

• Official website