2025 China GT Shanghai Final Entry List and Live Link

From May 15 to 18, the 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., returned to the Shanghai International Circuit to start the second race of the 2025 season. The national GT giants continued to gather in the race to jointly set off a new round of extreme speed. The official tire supplier of the event, Pirelli, also made a shining debut with the new generation of GT race tires, Pirelli P ZERO™ DHG, injecting surging power into this speed feast.

Update on the list of participants

Compared with the previously announced preliminary list of participants, the current tentative list of participants contains many changes. Among them, FIST Team AAI will welcome Huang Ruohan to join the team. The GT World Challenge Asia Cup champion will replace Lin Yu, one of the overall champions of the two rounds of the China GT Shanghai opening race, and fight side by side with Erik Johansson. The 610Racing team has adjusted the driver of the No. 33 car. Yang Baijie will partner with Lu Wenlong to drive the competition.

The Harmony Racing team also saw changes in the participating drivers in the multiple car groups: Winhere Harmony Racing's No. 37 car group will be challenged by two PRO drivers Deng Yi and Luo Kailuo; Liu Hangcheng will switch to the No. 50 car group of 33R Harmony Racing and form a partner with Hu Haoheng; two drivers active in touring car racing, Jiang Nan and Yang Haojie, will form 33R Harmony Racing The No. 66 car will compete in the China GT flagship category for the first time; the No. 666 car of Hehehe Racing by 33R HAR will be driven by Zhou Tianji and Zhen Mingwei.

The rest of the major changes are in the GTS category. Huo Weiming of TEAM TRC will start the first race of the China GT season as a single driver. Moritz Berrenberg (Maxmore W&S Motorsport), the two-round champion of the last round, will also compete alone in this race. Wu Zhenlong of Incipient Racing will form a new partnership with Che Shaoyi.

Pirelli's new tires debut in China

In this race, the appearance of Pirelli's new tires attracted attention. With the full support of the official tire supplier of the event, China GT became the first championship in China to use Pirelli P ZERO™ DHG competition tires. Relying on the success of the previous generation of products, Pirelli has incorporated a number of performance upgrades and concept innovations into the new tires.

Since the first test run, many racing cars have been equipped with new tires to complete the initial track experience. Familiarity with and mastering the characteristics of new tires, and then optimizing the speed performance of the car and improving the driving rhythm of the driver will be the key issues for all participating teams in the early stage of preparation. It is worth mentioning that according to the weather forecast, this weekend's race may be spent in a state of changing weather. Each team also needs to formulate different plans and make comprehensive preparations.

Practice day, hot preparation

Thursday to Friday, China GT completed a total of three track sessions in two practice days. In the first test on Thursday, the No. 37 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II driven by Deng Yi/Luo Cailuo of the Winhere Harmony Racing team led the field with the fastest lap time of 2:00.847, and the UNO Racing Team Chen Yechong/RIO team and the Climax Racing Team Chen Fangping/Elias Seppanen team won the second and third place.

The second test on Friday morning was conducted on alternating dry and wet roads. The No. 710 Ferrari 296 GT3 driven by Chen Fangping/Elias Seppanen of the Climax Racing team ranked first in the results list, followed by Deng Yi/Luo Cailuo and Huang Ruohan/Erik Johansson of the FIST Team AAI team.

In the free practice session on Friday afternoon, the track surface returned to a dry state. Deng Yi/Luo Kailuo once again took the top spot on the results list and pushed the fastest lap time of the day to 2:00.348. Origine Motorsport team Lv Wei/Xie Xinzhe's best lap time also broke into the 2:01 mark, winning the second place in the whole field. The Chen Fangping/Elias Seppanen team maintained a steady performance and ranked among the top three in three consecutive practice sessions.

The fastest lap time during the two-day practice session of the GTC category was set by Silver Bridge ACM by Blackjack team Pang Changyuan/Li Sicheng set a time of 2:04.925 in the free practice session. Incipient Racing team Chen Sitong/Yu Tong took the fastest time in the GTS group in all three test runs, and their fastest lap time was also set in the free practice session, with a time of 2:12.572.

The second China GT race in Shanghai will start with qualifying and the first round of the finals on Saturday, and the second round of the finals will be staged on Sunday. Please stay tuned to our live broadcast of the event and don’t miss it.