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D’STATION RACING RETURNS FOR RENEWED JAPAN CUP ASSAULT
D’station Racing is returning to Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS next season when Satoshi Hoshino and Tomonobu Fujii reprise their race-winning partnership. The team’s Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 will once again contest the pan-continental series’ four Fanatec Japan Cup-counting events at Fuji, Suzuka, Motegi and Okayama. Hoshino and Fujii hit form … Continue reading
SRO REVEALS REVISED GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA CALENDAR
The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS calendar is now complete following confirmation of Sepang’s season finale date, while Suzuka has moved back two weeks to avoid clashing with the rescheduled CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. The latter now takes place on July 15/16, one week before another Mobilityland-owned circuit – Motegi … Continue reading
GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA HEADS EAST TO FUJI FOR SECOND EVENT IN AS MANY WEEKENDS
The second Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS event in as many weekends takes place at Fuji International Speedway on July 22-24 when an impressive list of local teams and drivers once again goes head-to-head with continental rivals. Rounds five and six of the regular season, as well as 2022’s second Fanatec Japan … Continue reading
SUZUKA AND FUJI PRIMED FOR INAUGURAL JAPAN CUP EVENTS
The first of back-to-back Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS events takes place this weekend at Suzuka International Circuit where 17 of the 25 entries will also contest the all-new Fanatec Japan Cup. Races three and four of the regular pan-continental campaign are then followed seven days later by two more 60-minute contests … Continue reading
EBM GIGA RACING’S D’SILVA AND BAMBER EASE TO GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA RACE 2 VICTORY AT SEPANG
Adrian D’Silva and Earl Bamber overcome their 10-second Success Penalty to triumph in the second Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS race at Sepang earlier today. EBM Giga Racing’s Porsches were denied a one-two by Triple Eight JMR’s Prince Abu Ibrahim and Jazeman Jaafar whose Mercedes-AMG pulled clear of Setiawan Santoso and Reid … Continue reading
TEAM UEMATSU’S McLAREN 720 GT3 JOINS JAPAN CUP ENTRY
Team Uematsu make their Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS debut this season after becoming the latest outfit to submit a Japan Cup entry. The four-round championship within a championship takes place at Suzuka, Fuji, Sugo and Okayama, which also collectively comprise two thirds of Asia’s pan-continental calendar. The regular season begins at … Continue reading
NAGAI AND KAMIMURA RETURN FOR JAPAN CUP ASSAULT WITH PORSCHE
Hiroaki Nagai, Yuta Kamimura and Porsche Center Okazaki are the latest Japanese GT3 combination to confirm a Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS entry for the coming campaign. The Nine Racing-run outfit, which was previously known as ARN Racing, contested a full season in 2019 with the same Porsche 911 GT3 R that … Continue reading
D’STATION, ABSSA AND CARGUY FIRST TO CONFIRM GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA JAPAN CUP ENTRIES
D’Station Racing, ABSSA and CarGuy Racing will contest Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS’s new Japan Cup this season. Specific championship points are awarded to Japanese teams and drivers competing at Suzuka, Fuji, Sugo and Okayama, which collectively comprise two thirds of SRO Motorsports Group’s Asian calendar. Sepang stages the wider continental series’ … Continue reading
JAPAN CUP JOINS GT WORLD CHALLENGE ASIA IN 2022
2022’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS campaign will incorporate the Japan Cup, a new ‘championship within a championship’ for Japanese teams and drivers. Points counting towards the Japan Cup classification will be awarded at four of next season’s six events. Suzuka and Fuji’s existing July dates remain unchanged and will be joined … Continue reading
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