The 2016 GT Asia Series was the seventh season of the
GT Asia Series championship. It began on 14 May at the
Korea International Circuit and ended at Shanghai International Circuit on 19-20 October, 2016 after 12 championship rounds.[1]
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abCars #7, #8 and #9 entered as Bentley Team Absolute and car #13 entered as Absolute Racing.
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abCar #12 entered as Singha Motorsport and cars #59 and #89 entered as Singha Plan-B Motorsport.
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abCars #66 and #68 entered as Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI and car #90 entered as Team FIST with AAI.
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 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.[1] The championship would have concluded at the new
Zhejiang International Circuit, 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 for the last two rounds, both run on Thursday 20 October.[8]