Liu Xu (; born 21 October 1984), better known as Anthony Liu, is a Chinese racing driver who competes in GT World Challenge Asia for Phantom Global Racing. He has been GT World Challenge Asia champion with Craft-Bamboo Racing and Phantom Global Racing, and Asian Le Mans Series runner-up in LMP2 with BBT.

Career Liu began his racing career in 2011, making one-off appearances in Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific and for Team Betterlife in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. In 2012, Liu returned to the latter series with BBT, but his main campaign lied in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia, in which he clinched the Pro-Am title alongside Davide Rizzo. In 2013, Liu remained with BBT to make the switch to the GTC class of the Asian Le Mans Series, sharing a Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 with Rizzo, and taking a lone podium at Inje to end the year fourth in points. On 6 April, Liu set a speed record for production convertible cars in a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse at Volkswagen's proving grounds in Ehra-Lessien, reaching a top speed of .

Switching to Ferrari machinery for 2014, Liu and Rizzo moved to Spirit of Race to race in the GT Asia Series. Racing in the GT3 class, the pair won twice in Korea and once at Shanghai to secure runner-up honours in points. Returning to BBT Racing for 2015 but retaining the Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, Liu and Rizzo won in Korea and Sepang, and racked up four other podiums to end the year third in GT3. Continuing in GT Asia for a third season with the new Ferrari 488 GT3, the duo scored wins at Buriram and Shanghai to secure another third-place points finish. At the end of the year, Liu continued with BBT to race in the 2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series alongside Rizzo and Ferrari factory driver Alessandro Pier Guidi, who guided them to three podiums and third in the GT standings.

For the rest of 2017, Liu moved to Blancpain GT Series Asia, grabbing a lone overall win at Sepang with BBT, before making his Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup debut at Le Castellet. In the winter, Liu and Rizzo raced with AF Corse–run BBT in the LMP2 class of the 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series alongside Pipo Derani, securing a clean sweep of podiums and runner-up honours behind Jackie Chan DC Racing. Switching to Absolute Racing and the Audi R8 LMS for his full-time debut in Blancpain GT Series Asia, Liu took Pro-Am wins at Shanghai and Ningbo with Alessio Picariello to end the season fourth in class. In 2019, Liu made one-off appearances in the Asian Le Mans Series for Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT, and GT World Challenge Asia for Porsche-fielding JRM.

After a year on the sidelines, Liu joined FAW Audi Sport Asia Racing Team to compete in China GT in 2021, securing the GT3 title with Cheng Congfu. Two years later, in 2023, Liu returned to drive a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo in GT World Challenge Asia for Craft-Bamboo Racing. He won on return at Buriram with Fabian Schiller, and took further victories at Suzuka and Okayama with Daniel Juncadella to secure the overall and GT3 Pro-Am titles. At the end of the season, Liu dabbled between Craft-Bamboo and AlManar Racing by GetSpeed in the 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series, qualifying on pole three times and taking a best result of second at Dubai for the latter team.

Swapping brands again in 2024, Liu reunited with Absolute Racing to share a Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) with Alessio Picariello in GT World Challenge Asia. Liu won at Fuji and Shanghai to successfully defend his Pro-Am title, as he settled for second in the overall standings. Moving to Phantom Global Racing with Dorian Boccolacci in 2025, Liu scored a lone Pro-Am win at Okayama and three other podiums to take fourth in points. In 2026, Liu continued in GTWC Asia with Phantom Global Racing, with Boccolacci joining him for the majority of the season.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Team Betterlife 2 0 0 0 0 9 23rd Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific – Trofeo Pirelli 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia BBT 2 0 0 0 0 20 18th Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia – Pro-Am 1st 2013 Asian Le Mans Series – GTC BBT Racing 4 0 0 0 1 39 4th2014 GT Asia Series – GT3 Spirit of Race 13 3 0 0 8 1592nd Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific – Trofeo Pirelli 2 2 2 2 2 2015 GT Asia Series – GT3 BBT Racing 9 2 0 0 6 1343rd Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia – Pro-Am 5 2 0 0 2 2016 GT Asia Series – GT3 BBT Racing 12 2 0 0 5 1193rd Audi R8 LMS Cup China 4 0 0 0 0 20 13th 2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series – GT Team BBT 3 0 0 0 3 533rd2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia – GT3 BBT6 1 0 0 1 33 16th Blancpain GT Series Asia – GT3 Pro-Am 1 0 0 2 55 10th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro-Am 0 0 0 0 0 NC Audi R8 LMS Cup China 4 0 0 0 0 10 14th 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series – LMP2 BBT 4 0 0 0 4 702nd2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia – GT3 Absolute Racing12 0 0 0 3 69 12th Blancpain GT Series Asia – GT3 Pro-Am 2 0 0 5 141 4th 2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series – GT Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT 1 0 0 0 0 12 12th2019 Audi R8 LMS Cup – GT3 2 2 2 2 2 52 7th Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia – GT3 JRM2 0 0 0 1 19 27th Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia – GT3 Pro-Am 0 0 0 1 30 18th 2021 China GT Championship – GT3 FAW Audi Sport Asia Racing Team 1st2023 GT World Challenge Asia – GT3 Craft-Bamboo Racing12 3 0 0 5 1421st GT World Challenge Asia – GT3 Pro-Am 3 0 0 5 1441st2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series – GT Craft-Bamboo Racing 2 0 1 0 0319th AlManar Racing by GetSpeed 3 0 2 0 12024 GT World Challenge Asia Absolute Racing12 2 0 0 4 1312nd GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am 2 0 0 6 1731st2025 GT World Challenge Asia Phantom Global Racing12 0 0 0 4 99 4th GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am 1 0 0 4 128 4th2026 GT World Challenge Asia Phantom Global Racing6 1 1 0 3 72*3rd* GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am 1 1 0 4 93*3rd* China GT Championship – GT3 Harmony Racing * * China GT Championship – GT3 Pro-Am * *Sources: Season still in progress.

† As Liu was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) + Year Team Class Car Engine12345Pos.Points 2013 BBT Racing GTC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 INJ FUJ ZHU SEP 4th 39 2016–17 Team BBT GT Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 ZHU FUJ BUR SEP 3rd 53 2017–18 BBT LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SHA FUJ BUR SEP 2nd 70 2018–19 Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT GT Audi R8 LMS Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 SHA FUJ CHA SEP 12th 12 2023–24 Craft-Bamboo RacingGT Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 SEP1 SEP29th31 AlManar Racing by GetSpeed DUB ABU1 ABU2

Complete GT World Challenge Asia results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points2017BBT Ferrari 488 GT3GT3 Pro-AmSEP1SEP2BUR1BUR2SUZ1SUZ210th55 Audi R8 LMSFUJ1FUJ2SHA1SHA2ZHE1ZHE2 2018 Absolute Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Pro-AmSEP1SEP2BUR1BUR2SUZ1SUZ2FUJ1FUJ2SHA1SHA2ZHE1ZHE2 4th 141 2019 JRM Porsche 911 GT3 R GT3 Pro-Am SEP1 SEP2 CHA1 CHA2 SUZ1 SUZ2 FUJ1 FUJ2 KOR1 KOR2 SHA1 SHA2 18th 30 2023 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT3 Pro-Am BUR1 BUR2 FUJ1 FUJ2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 OKA1 OKA2 SEP1 SEP2 1st 144 2024 Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro-AmSEP1SEP2BUR1BUR2FUJ1FUJ2SUZ1SUZ2OKA1OKA2SHA1SHA2 1st 173 2025 Phantom Global Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro-Am SEP1 SEP2 MAN1 MAN2 BUR1 BUR2 FUJ1 FUJ2 OKA1 OKA2 BEI1 BEI2 4th 128 2026 Phantom Global Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Pro-AmSEP1SEP2MAN1MAN2FUJ1FUJ2OKA1OKA2BEI1BEI2SHA1SHA2 3rd* 93*

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points 2017 BBT Ferrari 488 GT3 Pro-Am MNZ SIL LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H CAT NC 0

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