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2026 GT World Challenge Asia

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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

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

Entry list

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Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Japan Plus Racing with Schubert Motorsport[3] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 5 Japan Seiji Ara[4] Am TBC
Japan Tomohide Yamaguchi[4]
China 33R Harmony Racing[5] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 13 China "JZ"[5] SA TBC
Hong Kong Adderly Fong[5]
China Harmony Racing[5] 95 New Zealand Brendon Leitch[5] PA TBC
China Song Jiajun[5]
China Winhere Harmony Racing[5] 96 China Deng Yi[5] S TBC
Hong Kong Liu Kaishun[5]
Japan Porsche Centre Okazaki[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 18 Japan Hiroaki Nagai[6] PA TBC
Japan Kazuto Kotaka[6]
25 Japan Kiyoshi Uchiyama[6] SA TBC
Japan Tsubasa Kondo[6]
Australia AMAC Motorsport[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 51 Australia Andrew Macpherson[7] Am TBC
Australia William Ben Porter[7]
Indonesia Garage 75[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 75 Italy Christian Colombo[7] Am TBC
Indonesia David Tjiptobiantoro[7]
China Team KRC[8] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 89 China Ruan Cunfan[9] PA TBC
TBA
TBC Chinese Taipei Brian Lee[9] SA TBC
Netherlands Maxime Oosten[9]
Japan Team 5ZIGEN[10] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 500 Japan Takayuki Aoki[10] S TBC
Japan Atsushi Miyake[10]
Japan Kimiya Sato[10] TBC
Icon Class
Drivers
PA Pro-Am Cup
S Silver Cup
SA Silver-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

See also

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References

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  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 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.
  6. ^ a b c d e "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.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "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.
  8. ^ "KRC adds second BMW to 2026 programme". gt-world-challenge-asia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b c d "Nissan and NMC announces motorsports programs for 2026". Nismo. 4 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
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