The provisional entry list is released, and the top lineup gathers for the China GT Shanghai opening race

From April 25 to 27, the 2025 China GT China Supercar Championship, hosted by the China Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Federation and organized, operated and promoted by TOP SPEED Shanghai Qingsu Event Planning Co., Ltd., will set sail at the Shanghai International Circuit! In this race, many car giants and car masters will gather on the F1 Chinese Grand Prix track to jointly write a new chapter of the event and present the highest level of Chinese GT sports.

2025 China GT Shanghai Opening Game Tentative Entry List

In the new season, the top teams famous in China and abroad and the new forces in the GT industry that have attracted much attention will board the China GT stage together. In the tentative list of participants just announced, nearly 30 cars and nearly 50 top players will participate in the Shanghai opening race.

The star-studded lineup is led by the powerful flagship group GT3. As many as 19 teams drive GT3 cars from high-performance brands such as Audi, Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Mercedes-AMG to compete for the highest honor of the overall championship.

Image source: Origine Motorsport

Origine Motorsport, the two-time GT World Challenge Asia Cup champion and two-time Shanghai 8-Hour Endurance Race champion, sent a two-car lineup to compete at home in Shanghai. Among them, Lv Wei, the runner-up of the Le Mans 24 Hours Endurance Race and the first-year champion of GTSSC, will partner with CTCC China Automobile Circuit Professional League "Triple Crown" Xie Xinzhe to drive the No. 55 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO to participate in the competition. The team's other car, the No. 77 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II, will be driven by the 2024 GTSC annual champion Gu Meng and the powerful driver Min Heng who is active in many GT events.

Harmony Racing, which won the Sepang 12 Hours Endurance Race this year, has deployed a large lineup of 5 cars in the GT3 category, and the operating models cover the three major camps of Audi, Ferrari and Lamborghini. Among them, Harmony Racing team director and GT star Chen Weian will partner with GTSSC champion Liu Hangcheng to drive the No. 37 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II. The No. 328 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO of the Harmony Racing team will be driven by the new generation team Li Hanyu/Ou Ziyang who have appeared in the pre-season test.

The team's three teams are named "33R HAR". The No. 66 33R Harmony Racing team consists of experienced Zhang Yaqi and Lu Zhiwei, who also drive the GT3 racing car of the four-ring brand. The Ferrari 296 GT3 of the Gaga 33R HAR team will be driven by Zhen Mingwei and Wang Yang, and the Hehehe Racing by 33R HAR team will be driven by Zhou Tianji and Wang Zhongwei in another Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II.

UNO Racing Team will participate in the competition with a two-car lineup. The first team announced is the 2022 GTSSC champion RIO and Chen Yechong. FIST Team AAI returned to the top GT race in China after 6 years, sending two BMW M4 GT3s to participate. Champions Lin Yu and Chen Yinyu will be assisted by Swedish professional driver Erik Johansson and new BMW factory driver Ugo De Wilde respectively.

New GT3 team 610Racing will form a three-car lineup with Audi and Porsche racing cars. Audi Sport Asia official drivers Yu Kuai and Liao Qishun, driving the No. 33 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II, will become the only PRO combination on the field. The No. 610 Porsche 911 GT3 R and the No. 915 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II will be driven by Xu Zefeng/Cui Yue and Pan Deng/Yang Xiaowei respectively. Climax Racing will bring another Prancing Horse car to the field. Chen Fangping, driving the No. 710 Ferrari 296 GT3, will fight side by side with the promising Finnish racing star Elias Seppanen. LEVEL Motorsport will have Jiang Jiawei and Yang Shuo driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3.

GT newcomer Incipient Racing sent Xiao Min and Xing Yanbin/Wu Ruihua to drive the No. 51 and No. 86 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II respectively. Youpeng Racing team will be driven by main drivers Shen Jian and Cao Qikuan in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO. The above three teams also formed the lineup of the GT3 MASTERS team.

The GTS category for GT4 cars will see a four-way battle between Harmony Racing, Incipient Racing, Maxmore W&S Motorsport and RSR GT Racing. Wang Yongjie and Wu Shiyao will represent the Harmony Racing team in the BMW M4 GT4, while Incipient Racing will have Chen Sitong and Yu Tong drive the Audi R8 LMS GT4 to compete in this category. Maxmore W&S Motorsport team Moritz Berrenberg/Finn Zulauf, who won the group championship podium in 2024 GTSC, and RSR GT Racing team rookie Tian Weiyuan/Han Liqun will both drive the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport.

The GTC category has become a direct dialogue between Silver Bridge ACM by Blackjack and 610Racing team. Zhang Hongyu and Li Sicheng of Yinqiao ACM by Blackjack will drive the Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO of the "Bull" camp to strive for honor, while the 610Racing team will be led by the outstanding Bian Ye and Bao Tian, driving the No. 6 and No. 62 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to sprint to victory.

The first race of the 2025 China GT Shanghai season is about to kick off, and all participating teams have also entered the stadium to prepare for the battle. The event will carry out multiple rounds of pre-race test runs from Wednesday to Thursday this week, and the first official practice session of the sub-station will be held on Friday. Qualifying and the first round of the final will be staged on Saturday, and the second round of the final will start on Sunday. Stay tuned!