2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

The 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (known for commercial reasons as the 2005 Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia) was the third season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on March 18 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished at the Guia Circuit on November 20.

Briton Jonathan Cocker became the youngest champion of the category to date after reining in season-long championship leader, Nattavude Charoensukawattana to win the title by a single point. Hong Kong driver Alain Li took the Class B championship honours.[1][2]

Calendar

The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2005 championship.[3]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 18–20 March Malaysian Grand Prix
2 14–15 May Formula BMW Asia
Asian Touring Car Series
3 Thailand Bira Circuit, Pattaya, Thailand 10–12 June Formula BMW Asia
Asian Touring Car Series
4 China Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing, China 14–16 July Formula BMW Asia
Asian Touring Car Series
5 South Korea Taebaek Racing Park, Taebaek, South Korea 5–7 August Formula BMW Asia
Asian Touring Car Series
6 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 14–16 October Chinese Grand Prix
Formula BMW Asia
7 Macau Guia Circuit, Macau 17–20 November Macau Grand Prix
World Touring Car Championship
Asian Touring Car Series

Teams and drivers

All entrants utilised Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
A-Ha Racing 1 Hong Kong Matthew Marsh[4] All
Porsche Asia Pacific 3 Hong Kong Marchy Lee 7
21 Thailand Jak Chamikorn B 1
63 Thailand Manit Vravut 1
Japan Hideki Hirota B 7
83 France Jerome Haslin 1
A1 Racing Team 6 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa[5] All
William E. Connor II 8 Hong Kong William E. Connor II B All
William Heinecke Racing 11 Hong Kong Alain Li B 1–2, 4–7
Thailand William Heinecke B 3
Porsche Motorsport Sweden 17 Sweden Nicklas Karlsson 1
SCC Racing Team 18 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak All
36 Thailand Nattavude Charoensukawattana All
GR Asia 19 Germany Sven Herberger 1
United Kingdom Richard Meins B 7
20 United Kingdom Danny Watts 1–2
New Zealand Rob Wilson 7
21 South Korea Gene Lee 2
42 Hong Kong Nicholas Thomas B 7
Team Thailand 28 Thailand Sontaya Kunplome B All
GruppeM Racing 38 United Kingdom Jonathan Cocker All
Jaseri Racing Team 55 Malaysia Rizal Ramli 1–4
Team Jebsen 88 Hong Kong Darryl O'Young All
Eurokars Racing 89 United Kingdom Nigel Albon[5] All
Bloomberg 98 Hong Kong Philip Ma B 1–2, 4, 6–7
Hong Kong Patrick Ma B 3, 5
Icon Class
B B Class
Guest Starter

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified drivers in every race, using the following system:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall

Pos. Driver SEP1
Malaysia		 SEP2
Malaysia		 BIR
Thailand		 BEI
China		 TAE
South Korea		 SHA
China		 MAC
Macau		 Points
1 United Kingdom Jonathan Cocker 4 1 3 6 7 2 2 1 2 1 5 177
2 Thailand Nattavude Charoensukawattana 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 Ret 2 176
3 Hong Kong Darryl O'Young 2 10 4 3 5 1 1 3 4 3 1 172
4 Hong Kong Matthew Marsh 1 4 5 4 6 5 3 4 3 2 3 162
5 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 5 2 2 7 4 6 6 4 105
6 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa Ret 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 5 8 93
7 Hong Kong Alain Li 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6 13 81
8 United Kingdom Nigel Albon Ret Ret 6 5 2 Ret 5 5 5 DNS Ret 76
9 Hong Kong William E. Connor II Ret 8 11 9 11 9 10 8 8 8 11 72
10 Malaysia Rizal Ramli Ret 5 7 2 3 3 Ret 71
11 Thailand Sontaya Kunplome 8 9 12 12 12 11 11 9 9 9 14 65
12 Hong Kong Philip Ma 7 Ret 10 10 9 7 12 46
13 Hong Kong Patrick Ma 11 9 12
14 Thailand William Heinecke 10 10 12
Guest drivers ineligible for points
- Hong Kong Marchy Lee 4 0
- United Kingdom Danny Watts 6 0
- Japan Hideki Hirota 6 0
- United Kingdom Richard Meins 7 0
- South Korea Gene Lee 8 0
- New Zealand Rob Wilson 9 0
- Hong Kong Nicholas Thomas 10 0
Pos. Driver SEP1
Malaysia		 SEP2
Malaysia		 BIR
Thailand		 BEI
China		 TAE
South Korea		 SHA
China		 MAC
Macau		 Points
Source:[6]

Class B

Pos. Driver SEP1
Malaysia		 SEP2
Malaysia		 BIR
Thailand		 BEI
China		 TAE
South Korea		 SHA
China		 MAC
Macau		 Points
1 Hong Kong Alain Li 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6 13 81
2 Hong Kong William E. Connor II Ret 8 11 9 11 9 10 8 8 8 11 72
3 Thailand Sontaya Kunplome 8 9 12 12 12 11 11 9 9 9 14 65
4 Hong Kong Philip Ma 7 Ret 10 10 9 7 12 46
5 Hong Kong Patrick Ma 11 9 12
6 Thailand William Heinecke 10 10 12
Guest drivers ineligible for points
- Japan Hideki Hirota 6 0
- United Kingdom Richard Meins 7 0
- Hong Kong Nicholas Thomas 10 0
Pos. Driver SEP1
Malaysia		 SEP2
Malaysia		 BIR
Thailand		 BEI
China		 TAE
South Korea		 SHA
China		 MAC
Macau		 Points
Source:[6]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Cocker up there where he belongs". South China Morning Post. 2005-11-21. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  2. ↑ "Cocker Takes The Title By A Point". Daily Sportscar. 2005-11-20. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  3. ↑ "2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia". RacingCalendar.net. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  4. ↑ "A-Ha Racing out to defend their title in F1 support race". The Star. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  5. 1 2 "Porsche series revs up". South China Morning Post. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  6. 1 2 "2005". carreracupasia.com. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
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