Three Ferraris in Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia


 

Sepang, 5 April 2019

The Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia season kicks off at Sepang in Malaysia for the first of six races of the continent’s biggest GT championship. This series promises to be very interesting with over thirty cars registered.

Reds in the race
Three Ferrari 488 GT3s will line up in Malaysia, two for HubAuto Corsa, recent winner of the California 8 Hours, and one for T2 Motorsports. Yuya Sakamoto and David Russell (Silver) will crew car no. 27 of the Taiwanese team, while Morris Chen and Andrew Haryanto (Am/Am) take the wheel of no. 28. The Singaporean team’s entry will be driven by former Formula 1 driver Rio Haryanto and one of the team’s two founders, David Tjiptobiantoro (Pro/Am).

 

05-07 April, Sepang, Malaysia

 

Race #

Class

Model

Chassis #

Team

Colour

Drivers

Position

Position

 

O/A

Cl.

O/A

Cl.

 

 

 

27

Silver

488 GT3

 

HubAuto Corsa   

 

Y. Sakamoto /
D. Russell     

3rd

2nd

6th

5th

75

ProAm

488 GT3

 

T2 Motorsports    

 

D. Tjiptobiantoro /

R. Haryanto

17th

10th

18th

11th

28

Am

488 GT3

 

HubAuto Corsa   

 

M. Chen /
A. Haryanto         

22nd

4th

21st

3rd

Calendar
The Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia is part of the SRO’s global platform that also includes similar series in Europe and America, for a total of 18 races worldwide. In the Asian series, the calendar comprises five rounds in addition to the opening one in Sepang.

The drivers will compete at the
Chang International Circuit – in Thailand – on 11 and 12 May, and at
Suzuka, in Japan on 22 and 23 June. The Land of the Rising Sun will also host the fourth stage, on
6 and 7 July, at Fuji Speedway ahead of the round at the
Korea International Circuit on 3 and 4 August.
The grand finale will be held on
27 and 29 September in Shanghai.