2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

The 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the tenth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on April 13 at the Shanghai International Circuit and finished at the same circuit on November 11.

Swiss driver Alexandre Imperatori largely dominated the championship and took the title with a round to spare. The B-Class championship was won by Hong Kong driver Wayne Shen.[1]

Calendar

The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2012 championship.[2]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 13–15 April Chinese Grand Prix
2 China Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 2–3 June China Touring Car Championship
Audi R8 LMS Cup
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup China
3 China Ordos International Circuit, Ordos City, China 7–8 July China Touring Car Championship
Formula Pilota China
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup China
4 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 31 August–2 September Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race
Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup China
5 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore 21–23 September Singapore Grand Prix
GP2 Series
Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific
6 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 10–11 November Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
Audi R8 LMS Cup
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup China

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Hong Kong LKM Racing Team 1 Japan Keita Sawa All
China Team Carrera Cup Asia 3 Denmark Allan Simonsen 1, 3
United Kingdom Matthew Marsh 2
Australia David Brabham[3] 6
Malaysia Sime Darby Auto Performance 3 Malaysia Azman Yahya B 4
Singapore SC Global Racing 3 New Zealand Craig Baird 5
New Zealand McElrea Racing 5 Singapore Yuey Tan B All
China BBT 6 China Zheng Ting B 1–4, 6
Italy Massimiliano Wiser 5
37 China Anthony Liu B 1
Italy Davide Rizzo 2–6
China Team Yongda Dongfan 8 France Benjamin Rouget All
China Team BetterLife 9 China Wang Jianwei 1–4, 6
Macau Asia Racing Team 9 France Philippe Descombes 5
81 China Huang Chu Han B All
95 Chinese Taipei Kevin Chen 4
96 China Li Chao B All
Singapore Team Kangshun 11 Singapore Ringo Chong 1–3, 5–6
Hong Kong Modena Motorsport 16 Hong Kong Wayne Shen B All
28 Hong Kong John Shen B All
Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing
Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing by ART Motorsport
18 Hong Kong Marcel Tjia B 1–3, 5–6
21 Hong Kong Francis Tjia B All
25 Canada Christian Chia B All
Hong Kong Team Jebsen 20 Macau Rodolfo Ávila All
Singapore Hewlett Motorsport 23 Australia Paul Tresidder B All
Malaysia Nexus Racing 27 Malaysia Adrian Henry D'Silva B All
China PS Racing 31 France Patrice Bonzom B 1
United States Peter Olson[4] B 2
Finland Pekka Saarinen 3
Hong Kong Eric Lo B 4
Hong Kong Shim Ching B 5
Hong Kong Thong Wei Fung B 6
55 China Ren Wei B 1
China Sean He B 2
Australia Marc Cini B 4–5
Italy Angelo Negro B 6
87 China Sun Zheng 3
China Team C&D 66 China Rose Tan B All
Hong Kong OMAK 68 Hong Kong Mak Hing Tak B 1–2, 4–6
Hong Kong Adderly Fong 3
China Team Basetex 78 China Zhang Dasheng All
Hong Kong Dr. Ma Chi Min 83 Hong Kong Ma Chi Min B All
China Team Eagle - Jiejun & Junbaojie 86 Austria Martin Ragginger All
Singapore Seminole Racing Team 88 Norway Egidio Perfetti B All
Singapore Team StarChase 98 China Ho-Pin Tung All
99 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori All
Icon Class
B B Class
Guest Starter

Results

Round Circuit Pole Position Overall Winner B-Class Pole Position B-Class Winner
1 R1 China Shanghai 1 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori China Anthony Liu China Anthony Liu
R2 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Norway Egidio Perfetti
2 R1 China Zhuhai Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori China Huang Chu Han Norway Egidio Perfetti
R2 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Norway Egidio Perfetti
3 R1 China Ordos Austria Martin Ragginger Austria Martin Ragginger China Huang Chu Han Singapore Yuey Tan
R2 Denmark Allan Simonsen Hong Kong Wayne Shen
4 R1 Malaysia Sepang Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Hong Kong Francis Tjia Hong Kong Wayne Shen
R2 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori China Huang Chu Han
5 Singapore Singapore Austria Martin Ragginger New Zealand Craig Baird Hong Kong Francis Tjia Norway Egidio Perfetti
6 R1 China Shanghai 2 Macau Rodolfo Ávila Austria Martin Ragginger China Li Chao Norway Egidio Perfetti
R2 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori China Huang Chu Han

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 Pole
Points 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Overall

Pos. Driver SHA1
China
ZHU
China
ORD
China
SEP
Malaysia
SIN
Singapore
SHA2
China
Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11
1 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori 1 1 1 1 2 11 1 1 3 4 1 199
2 Japan Keita Sawa 3 2 6 2 3 10 5 3 6 5 2 155
3 Macau Rodolfo Ávila 4 Ret 2 3 11 14 4 2 4 2 5 137
4 Austria Martin Ragginger 2 15 Ret 4 1 9 2 9 2 1 12 133
5 China Ho-Pin Tung 7 3 Ret 9 4 5 3 5 5 3 6 130
6 France Benjamin Rouget 5 5 3 6 Ret 7 7 4 7 6 Ret 103
7 Italy Davide Rizzo 7 5 6 2 Ret 7 8 8 Ret 77
8 China Zhang Dasheng 13 8 Ret 13 9 4 Ret 8 12 7 3 77
9 China Wang Jianwei 11 7 4 Ret 8 3 6 Ret 9 Ret 71
10 Norway Egidio Perfetti 8 4 5 7 13 Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 61
11 Singapore Ringo Chong 9 9 8 8 10 6 16 15 9 60
12 Hong Kong Wayne Shen 10 11 9 10 15 12 8 10 15 14 11 56
13 Hong Kong Francis Tjia 12 Ret Ret 12 13 15 9 11 13 11 8 45
14 China Huang Chu Han 10 Ret 11 14 19 10 6 20 12 7 43
15 Singapore Yuey Tan 14 Ret Ret 12 16 13 Ret 14 13 10 25
16 Finland Pekka Saarinen 5 8 21
17 China Zheng Ting 13 10 Ret 18 12 12 13 21
18 China Anthony Liu 6 6 20
19 Malaysia Adrian Henry D'Silva 14 23 11 Ret 21 16 10
20 Hong Kong Adderly Fong 7 Ret 9
21 Canada Christian Chia 12 Ret 24 15 17 17 9
22 Hong Kong John Shen Ret 11 15 17 15 Ret Ret 7
23 China Li Chao Ret 14 20 14 14 Ret Ret 6
24 Australia Paul Tresidder 15 13 22 Ret Ret 23 18 5
25 Hong Kong Mak Hing Tak 12 Ret Ret 24 20 4
26 Australia Marc Cini 13 22 3
27 France Patrice Bonzom 14 2
28 Hong Kong Ma Chi Min Ret 26 18 Ret 1
29 China Sean He 15 1
- China Rose Tan Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 0
- Hong Kong Marcel Tjia DNS Ret 25 19 19 0
- United States Peter Olson Ret 0
- Hong Kong Eric Lo Ret DNS 0
- China Ren Wei DNS Ret 0
- China Sun Zheng DNS 0
- Chinese Taipei Kevin Chen 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
- Denmark Allan Simonsen 1 0
- New Zealand Craig Baird 1 0
- Australia David Brabham 4 0
- Italy Massimiliano Wiser 9 0
- France Philippe Descombes 10 0
- Italy Angelo Negro 14 0
- Hong Kong Thong Wei Fung 15 0
- Hong Kong Shim Ching Ret 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 Points
SHA1
China
ZHU
China
ORD
China
SEP
Malaysia
SIN
Singapore
SHA2
China

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "2012". carreracupasia.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2026-07-28.
  2. ↑ "2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia". RacingCalendar.net. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
  3. ↑ "Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – Rounds 10&11, November 9-11, 2012, David Brabham Confirmed for Spectacular Season Finale". Drive Safe & Fast. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
  4. ↑ "Dream Shot! - Pete Olson to Pilot Porsche GT3 in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Races". Olson Motorsports, LLC. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2026-07-28.