The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS was the fourth 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 were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began 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 was 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
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Race name
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Circuit
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Date
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1
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AWS Malaysian GT Series
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Sepang International Circuit, Sepang District, Selangor
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20–22 May
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2
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MOTUL Japan Cup Series of Suzuka
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Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie
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15–17 July
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3
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Pirelli Japan Cup Series of Fuji
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Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka
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22–24 July
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4
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Fanatec Japan Cup Series of SUGO
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Sportsland SUGO, Murata, Miyagi
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19–21 August
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5
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Honda Japan Cup Series of Okayama
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Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka, Okayama
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23–25 September
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Cancelled Rounds
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-
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Pirelli Indonesian GT Series
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Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara
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21–23 October
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Sources:[1]
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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
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Icon
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Class
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Drivers
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S
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Silver Cup
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PA
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Pro-Am Cup
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SA
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Silver-Am Cup
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Am
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Am Cup
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Race results
Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).
GT3
GT4
Round
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Circuit
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Pole Position
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GT4 Silver-Am Winner
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GT4 Am Winner
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1
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1
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Sepang
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No Entries
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R2
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2
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1
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Suzuka
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No. 55 Team Scala
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No. 55 Team Scala
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No. 71 Akiland Racing
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Tatsuya Tanigawa
Jun Tashiro
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Tatsuya Tanigawa
Jun Tashiro
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Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
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R2
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No. 33 Team GMB
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No. 33 Team GMB
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No. 71 Akiland Racing
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Hiroaki Hatano
Shinya Hosokawa
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Hiroaki Hatano
Shinya Hosokawa
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Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
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3
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1
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Fuji
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No. 55 Team Scala
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No. 12 Koshido Racing
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No. 71 Akiland Racing
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Tatsuya Tanigawa
Jun Tashiro
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Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Motoharu Sato
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Masayoshi Oyama
Makio Saito
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R2
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No. 12 Koshido Racing
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No. 55 Team Scala
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No. 71 Akiland Racing
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Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Motoharu Sato
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Tatsuya Tanigawa
Jun Tashiro
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Masayoshi Oyama
Makio Saito
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4
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1
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SUGO
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No. 71 Akiland Racing
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No. 14 GTO Racing Team
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No. 71 Akiland Racing
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Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
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Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
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Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
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R2
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No. 14 GTO Racing Team
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No. 14 GTO Racing Team
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No. 71 Akiland Racing
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Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
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Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
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Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
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5
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1
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Okayama
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No. 14 GTO Racing Team
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No. 14 GTO Racing Team
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No. 71 Akiland Racing
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Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
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Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
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Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
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R2
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No. 33 Team GMB
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No. 14 GTO Racing Team
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No. 71 Akiland Racing
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Hiroaki Hatano
Shinya Hosokawa
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Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
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Masayoshi Oyama
Masayuki Ueda
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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
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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Points
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25
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18
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15
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12
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10
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8
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6
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4
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2
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1
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Drivers' championships
Overall
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Colour |
Result
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Gold |
Winner
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Silver |
Second place
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Bronze |
Third place
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Green |
Points classification
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Blue |
Non-points classification
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Non-classified finish (NC)
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Purple |
Retired, not classified (Ret)
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Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ)
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Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
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Black |
Disqualified (DSQ)
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White |
Did not start (DNS)
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Withdrew (WD)
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Race cancelled (C)
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Blank
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Did not practice (DNP)
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Did not arrive (DNA)
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Excluded (EX)
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Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
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Notes:
- † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Silver Cup
Pro-Am Cup
Silver-Am Cup
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Driver
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Team
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SEP
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SUZ
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FUJ
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SUG
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OKA
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Points
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GT4
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1
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Brian Lee
Hideto Yasuoka
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GTO Racing Team
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|
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17
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15
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18
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20
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15
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17
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15
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16
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160
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-
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2
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Hirokai Hatano
Shinya Hosokawa
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Team GMB
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|
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19
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11
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19
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19
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16
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18
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19
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17
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133
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163
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3
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Tatsuya Tanigawa
Jun Tashiro
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Team Scala
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|
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16
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19
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17
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17
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|
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80
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83
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4
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Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Motoharu Sato
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TGR Team Koshido Racing
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|
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18
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14
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16
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18
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|
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76
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79
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5
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Masataka Inoue
Yuko Suzuki
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CREF Motor Sport
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|
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22
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Ret
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|
|
|
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16
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21
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43
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55
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Driver
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Team
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SEP
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SUZ
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FUJ
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SUG
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OKA
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Points
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Am Cup
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Driver
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Team
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SEP
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SUZ
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FUJ
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SUG
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OKA
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Points
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GT3
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1
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Andrew Macpherson
Ben Porter
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AMAC Motorsport
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5
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7
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10
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6
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12
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14
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12
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12
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13
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20†
|
174
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–
|
2
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Yudai Uchida
Tadao Uematsu
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Team Uematsu
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|
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13
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Ret
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8
|
10
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8
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11
|
11
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9
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141
|
144
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3
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Yorikatsu Tsujiko
Yusuke Yamasaki
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Comet Racing
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|
|
14
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1
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13
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13
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14
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8
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12
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11
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130
|
139
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4
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Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Mineki Okura
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Reap Fueling Ambitions
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|
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11
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4
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Ret
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7
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11
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7
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Ret
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7
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129
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136
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–
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Motohiro Ogura
Akihiro Tsuzuki
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Audi Team Hitotsuyama
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|
|
|
|
|
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13
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14
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|
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0[1]
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0[1]
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Entries ineligible to score points
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–
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"Bankcy"
Shinji Takei
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Bingo Racing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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17
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10
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–
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–
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GTC
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1
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"Bankcy"
Shinji Takei
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Bingo Racing
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|
|
|
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14
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16
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|
|
|
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50
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50
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GT4
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1
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Masayoshi Oyama
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TGR Team Akiland Racing
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|
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20
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16
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20
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21
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17
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16
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20
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19
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200
|
200
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2
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Masayuki Ueda
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TGR Team Akiland Racing
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|
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20
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16
|
|
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17
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16
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20
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19
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150
|
150
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3
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Kazuhiro Sakai
Masaaki Fujii
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Comet Racing
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|
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23
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17
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22
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23
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18
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Ret
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21
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22
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126
|
126
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4
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Makio Saito
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TGR Team Akiland Racing
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|
|
|
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20
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21
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|
|
|
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50
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50
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INV – TC
|
–
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Kazuki Ishii
Takashi Kochiya
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DG Motorsport
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|
|
|
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21
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22
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|
|
|
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–
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–
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–
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Sunako Jukuchou
Takayuki Kinoshita
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Team Studie
|
|
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21
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Ret
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|
|
|
|
|
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–
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–
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–
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Takuma Aoki
Yuji Takahashi
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BMW Legal Top Racing
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|
|
|
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Ret
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24
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|
|
|
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–
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–
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Driver
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Team
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SEP
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SUZ
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FUJ
|
SUG
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OKA
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Points
|
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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.
See also
Notes
- 1 Despite entering into the Am Cup and Japan Cup, Motohiro Ogura and Akihiro Tsuzuki did not receive Am Cup or Japan Cup points as they did finish in the overall GT3 points.
- ^ a b c Car No. 19 entered as B-Max Engineering for the second round, Reap Fueling Ambitions for the rest of the season, and car No. 27 entered as Yogibo Racing
References
External links
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International | |
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Asia | |
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Europe | |
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Americas | |
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Oceania | |
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Europe GT4 | |
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Americas GT4 | |
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Asia GT4 | GT4 International Cup (2018) | |
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SRO GT Cup (2025) | |
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Oceania GT4 | |
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Europe TC | TC France Series (2021–present) | |
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Americas TC | |
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