The 2016 GT Asia Series was the seventh season of the

GT Asia Series The GT Asia Series was a sports car racing series based in Asia. The championship combines Group GT3, FIA GT3 specification cars as the elite class of the series with Ferrari Challenge, Porsche Cup and older GT3 machinery competing in the GTM cl ...

championship. It began on 14 May at the

Korea International Circuit The Korea International Circuit (코리아 인터내셔널 서킷) is a motorsport circuit located in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, south of Seoul and near the port city of Mokpo. It was the venue for the Korean Grand Prix fro ...

and ended at Shanghai International Circuit on 19-20 October, 2016 after 12 championship rounds.

Entry list

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 Sepang International Circuit () (known as Petronas Sepang International Circuit for commercial reasons) is a motorsport race track in Sepang District, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located approximately south of Kuala Lumpur, close to Ku ...

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 Macau Grand Prix (; ) is an annual motorsport road racing event for automobiles and motorcycles held on the Guia Circuit in Macau. The event includes the Formula Regional and Motorcycle Grand Prix title races, with other races for tour ...

. The championship would have concluded at the new

Zhejiang International Circuit The Zhejiang Circuit is a motorsport circuit in Shaoxing, China. It was designed bApex Circuit Design Ltdref> and opened in 2016. Events ; Current * June: China Touring Car Championship, TCR China Touring Car Championship ; Former * Asia ...

, 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 Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

for the last two rounds, both run on Thursday 20 October.

References

External links

* {{GT Asia Series seasons GT Asia Series seasons