The 2019 GT World Challenge Asia (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia) was the third season of SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management's GT World Challenge Asia, an

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series for

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cars in

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. The races were contested with GT3-spec and GT4-spec cars. The season began on 6 April at Sepang and ended on 28 September at

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. It was the first season of the unification of GT3 sprint series across the globe under the World Challenge name.

Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the

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announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar.

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was replaced by

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. The dates for the races at

were confirmed on 11 December.

Entry list

GT3

GT4

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

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.

Drivers' championships

Overall

Silver Cup

Pro-Am Cup

Am Cup

Teams' championship

Only the two best results of a team per race counted towards the Teams' championship.

Notes

References

External links

* {{FIA GT Championship Seasons GT World Challenge Asia