2026 GT World Challenge Asia

The 2026 GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS will be the seventh season of the GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia, co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. The races will contested with GT3-spec cars. The season will begin on April at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and is scheduled to end on October in the new Beijing Street Circuit in China.[1]

Calendar

Round Circuit Date
1 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang District, Selangor 4–5 April
2 Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara 2–3 May
3 Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading, Shanghai 5–6 June
4 Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka 11–12 July
5 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama 29–30 August
6 Beijing Street Circuit, Beijing, China 3–4 October
Sources:[1][2]

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Plus Racing with Schubert Motorsport[3] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 5 Seiji Ara[4] Am TBC
Tomohide Yamaguchi[4]
Climax Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 8 Setiawan Santoso[5] Am TBC
Mike Zhou[5]
TBA Lichao Li[5] SA TBC
Elias Seppänen[5]
33R Harmony Racing[6] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 13 "JZ"[6] SA TBC
Adderly Fong[6]
Harmony Racing[6] 95 Brendon Leitch[6] PA TBC
Jiajun Song[6]
Winhere Harmony Racing[6] 96 Deng Yi[6] S TBC
Kaishun Liu[6]
Porsche Centre Okazaki Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 18 Kazuto Kotaka[7] PA TBC
Hiroaki Nagai[7]
25 Tsubasa Kondo[7] SA TBC
Kiyoshi Uchiyama[7]
AMAC Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 51 Andrew Macpherson[8] Am TBC
Ben Porter[8]
Garage 75 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 75 Christian Colombo[8] Am TBC
David Tjiptobiantoro[8]
Team KRC[9] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 89 Tony Ruan[10] PA TBC
Neil Verhagen
TBC Brian Lee[10] SA TBC
Maxime Oosten[10]
Team 5ZIGEN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 500 Takayuki Aoki[11] S TBC
Atsushi Miyake[11]
Kimiya Sato[11] TBC
Icon Class
Drivers
PA Pro-Am Cup
S Silver Cup
SA Silver-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am winners Silver winners Silver-Am winners Am winners
1 R1 Sepang
R2
2 R1 Lombok
R2
3 R1 Shanghai
R2
4 R1 Fuji
R2
5 R1 Okayama
R2
6 R1 Beijing
R2

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Euwema, Davey (27 June 2025). "Beijing Street Race Retained for 2026 GTWC Asia Season". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. ^ Klein, Jamie (20 August 2025). "Okayama Keeps Slot as Full 2026 Calendar Revealed". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. ^ Klein, Jamie (8 January 2026). "Team Studie Reveals Schubert Tie-Up, Suzuka 1000km Plans". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b "Yamaguchi and Ara return with Plus Racing". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d "Climax reveals two-car GT World Asia entry". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 2 March 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Harmony reveals three-car GT World Asia entry". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 22 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  7. ^ a b c d "Nagai, Kotaka, Uchiyama and Kondo return with Porsche Center Okazaki". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 23 December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d "Am rivals Garage 75 and AMAC both return with Evo entries". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  9. ^ "KRC adds second BMW to 2026 programme". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  10. ^ a b c Klein, Jamie (25 February 2026). "KRC Plotting Two-Car Assault With BMW Factory Driver". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  11. ^ a b c "Nissan and NMC announces motorsports programs for 2026". Nismo. 4 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
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