2025 GT China Cup Team Guide
News & Announcements China January 10
Event Overview
- Event Name: 2025 GT China Cup
- Certification Agency: China Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Federation
- Event Upgrade: Upgraded from GTSC
- Event Scale: Planned to complete four sub-stations, each event weekend includes two rounds of 1-hour races
- Event Location:
- Shanghai International Circuit: April 25-27, May 16-18
- Tianjin V1 International Circuit: June 20-22
- Zhuhai International Circuit or Shanghai International Circuit: September 19-21 (season finale)
Event Organization and Support
- Official Tire Supplier: Pirelli
- Organizer: Shanghai Qingsu Event Planning Co., Ltd. (has organized and participated in many professional international events in Asia)
Standard Schedule of Event Week
- Friday
- Official VIP Room Opening
- Practice Session 1 (up to 60 minutes)
- Free practice (up to 60 minutes)
- Saturday
- Official VIP Lounge open
- Qualifying Session 1 (15 minutes)
- Race 1 (55 minutes + 1 lap)
- Paddock Party
- Sunday
- Official VIP Lounge open
- Qualifying Session 2 (15 minutes)
- Race 2 (55 minutes + 1 lap)
Eligible cars and driver requirements
- Eligible cars:
- Cars that comply with GT3 technical regulations
- Cars that comply with GT4 technical regulations
- Cars that comply with GTC technical regulations
- Driver license: Up to International B level accepted
- Driver groups:
- PRO group
- PRO-AM group (AM + PRO)
- AM group (AM + AM)
- Number of drivers allowed per car: 1 driver or 2 drivers
Overview of the sporting regulations
- Qualifying and grid:
- Drivers participating in the first qualifying session must be the starting drivers of the first round
- Drivers participating in the second qualifying session must be the starting drivers of the second round
- For a two-driver team, each driver can only participate in one qualifying session
- For a team with only one driver, the driver must participate in both qualifying sessions
- Race duration: 55 minutes plus 1 lap
- Starting procedure: All races will be started on the move
- Refueling: Refueling is prohibited during all sessions
- Minimum pit stop time: 55 seconds + pit lane time + driver combination balance time (pit lane time is calculated based on the 60 km/h speed limit)
- BOP: Consistent with mainstream international events
- Series standings:
- All-race driver standings
- PRO-AM driver standings
- AM driver standings
- Team standings
- Mandatory pit stop window: 23rd to 33rd minute of the race
- Tire changes during the race: Tire changes are not permitted during the race, except to replace damaged tires
Driver pit stop balance
Class | SOLO driver | Additional balance time |
---|---|---|
Bronze (AM) | - | 0 seconds |
Bronze (AM+) | - | 5 seconds |
Silver | - | 10 seconds |
Gold | - | 15 seconds |
Platinum | - | 15 seconds |
PRO | - | 5 seconds |
*Subject to change after the preliminary race list is available and announced separately before the start of the season
Tire rules
- Practice sessions:
- Each car may register two sets of new dry tires for practice sessions
- Teams may re-register two sets of tires from previously registered tires for practice sessions only
- At the first race of the season, or for new cars added during the season, teams may choose to:
- Register an additional set of new dry tires and an additional set of previously purchased Pirelli dry tires for practice sessions
- Or register two additional sets of new dry tires for practice sessions
- Qualifying and Race: Teams can register up to three sets of new dry tires for qualifying and races
- Wet tires: Rain tires purchased during the season do not need to be registered
*The new dry tires mentioned above must be purchased from the organizer and collected from Pirelli at the race site
Registration Fee
- Full Season Participant Registration Fee: RMB 175,000/car
- Includes entry fee, free practice, qualifying and race, garage (two cars per garage), 4 official VIP room tickets
- Does not include data collector fees
- Single Station Participant Registration Fee:
- Shanghai Station Single Station Registration Fee: RMB 54,000/car
- Tianjin Station/Zhuhai Station Single Station Registration Fee: RMB 42,000/car
- Full-season early bird discount: Participants who register for the full season and submit the registration form and pay the registration fee in full before February 28, 2025 will receive a free set of official tires for the corresponding registered vehicle at the first stop of the season
Data collector
- Developed and provided: Developed and provided by Stable and "Motorcycle Boy", and can be rented by the team
- Rental price:
- The rental price for single-station participants is RMB 2,800/station
- The full-season registration fee paid by season participants includes the rental price of the data collector, and no additional rental fee is required
- Deposit: A deposit of RMB 15,000 is required for both single-station and season participation, which will be refunded after the end of the sub-station/season
- Data collector package includes:
- Data acquisition device with SD card
- High-definition on-board camera
- 4G data telemetry module for online data detection
- Boost pressure sensor (turbocharged racing car)
- Interface type: Standard DTM 6-pin interface in accordance with FIA regulations
Official VIP Room
- Service objects: Catering services are provided for drivers, teams, team guests, media, event officials and sponsors
- Service content: Drinks, simple breakfast, formal lunch and afternoon coffee break will be provided on Saturday and Sunday of each race
Official race gasoline
- No specific information is clearly mentioned in the document
Contact information
- Contact person: Alex Zhang
- Email: ALEX@TOPSPEEDCHINA.COM
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