2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

The 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the thirteenth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on April 10 at the Shanghai International Circuit and finished at the same circuit on November 1.

Chris van der Drift won the championship having won half of the races in the schedule, with an 18-point deficit over fellow countryman, Craig Baird. Singaporean driver Yuey Tan secured the B-Class championship by one point over Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak.[1]

Calendar

The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2015 championship.[2]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 10–12 April Chinese Grand Prix
TCR International Series
2 South Korea Korea International Circuit, Yeongam County, South Korea 15–17 May Audi R8 LMS Cup
GT Asia Series
3 Japan Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 5–7 June Japanese Formula 3 Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
4 Thailand Buriram International Circuit, Buriram Province, Thailand 31 July–2 August Thailand Super Series
5 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 4–6 September Audi R8 LMS Cup
GT Asia Series
TCR Asia Series
6 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore 18–20 September Singapore Grand Prix
TCR International Series
TCR Asia Series
7 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 30 October–1 November FIA World Endurance Championship
Audi R8 LMS Cup

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Hong Kong Prince Racing 2 Hong Kong Samson Chan B 1, 3
Hong Kong Kenneth Lau B 2
Malaysia Arrows Racing 2 Chinese Taipei Evan Chen B 4
Hong Kong Kelvin Kwan B 5–7
17 Hong Kong Fung Yui Sum B All
98 Chinese Taipei Max Chen B 4
Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing 3 Hong Kong Michael S. B All
21 Hong Kong Francis Tjia B All
60 Hong Kong Marcel Tjia B 4–6
69 Canada Christian Chia B 1, 3
Hong Kong Gary Cheung B 2
Hong Kong Team Jebsen 5 Singapore Yuey Tan[3] B All
21 Macau Rodolfo Ávila All
China Team Yonda Dongfang 8 Singapore Ro Charlz Skyangel All
China Team BetterLife 9 China Li Chao All
South Korea Team Porsche Korea 11 South Korea Récardo Bruins Choi 2
Singapore Team Kangshun 11 Indonesia Anderson P. Martono B 1
Singapore Ringo Chong B 3, 5–7
Finland Mikko Petteri Nässi B 4
Singapore Clearwater Racing 12 New Zealand Craig Baird[4] All
Hong Kong Modena Motorsports 16 Hong Kong Wayne Shen B All
28 Hong Kong John Shen B All
Thailand Chang Racing Team 18 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak B All
Hong Kong LKM Racing Team 22 Hong Kong Siu Tit Lung B 1
Hong Kong Siu Yuk Lung B 2–7
Australia Paul Tresidder Racing 23 Australia Paul Tresidder B All
Chinese Taipei BC Racing 51 Chinese Taipei Johnson Huang B All
China Zheng Tong Auto 55 China Bao Jin Long All
Hong Kong Absolute Racing 58 China Ho-Pin Tung All
65 China Zhu Junhan B All
Hong Kong Kamlung Racing Team 68 New Zealand Chris van der Drift[5] All
Malaysia Alif Hamdan Motorsports 72 Malaysia Alif Hamdan All
Thailand True Vision Motorsports Thailand 78 Thailand Suttiluck Buncharoen B All
Thailand Racing Spirit Thailand 80 Thailand Sontaya Kunplome B All
Germany Team Porsche Holding 86 Austria Martin Ragginger 1, 3–7
China Zhang Zhendong 2
Hong Kong Spark Motorsport 88 France Hugues Ripert B 1, 3, 7
Norway Egidio Perfetti B 2
Hong Kong Daniel Andrew Bilski B 4
United States Silicon Tech Racing LLP 98 Australia Max Twigg B 1–2
United States Henri Richard B 3, 5–6
Singapore PICC Team StarCase 99 Germany Nico Menzel[6] All
Icon Class
B B Class
Guest Starter

Results

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team B-Class Winner
1 R1 China Shanghai 1 Macau Rodolfo Ávila New Zealand Craig Baird Singapore Clearwater Racing Australia Max Twigg
R2 Germany Nico Menzel China Ho-Pin Tung Hong Kong Team Jebsen Hong Kong Wayne Shen
2 R1 South Korea Korea New Zealand Chris van der Drift South Korea Récardo Bruins Choi New Zealand Chris van der Drift Hong Kong Kamlung Racing Team Norway Egidio Perfetti
R2 New Zealand Craig Baird New Zealand Chris van der Drift Hong Kong Kamlung Racing Team Norway Egidio Perfetti
3 R1 Japan Fuji Austria Martin Ragginger Malaysia Alif Hamdan New Zealand Chris van der Drift Hong Kong Kamlung Racing Team Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
R2 China Ho-Pin Tung New Zealand Chris van der Drift Hong Kong Kamlung Racing Team Hong Kong Francis Tjia
4 R1 Thailand Buriram New Zealand Chris van der Drift New Zealand Chris van der Drift New Zealand Chris van der Drift Hong Kong Kamlung Racing Team Chinese Taipei Evan Chen
R2 Germany Nico Menzel New Zealand Chris van der Drift Hong Kong Kamlung Racing Team Chinese Taipei Evan Chen
5 R1 Malaysia Sepang Austria Martin Ragginger Austria Martin Ragginger Germany Nico Menzel Singapore PICC Team StarChase Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
R2 New Zealand Chris van der Drift New Zealand Chris van der Drift Hong Kong Kamlung Racing Team Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
6 R1 Singapore Singapore New Zealand Craig Baird New Zealand Craig Baird Singapore Clearwater Racing Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
R2 China Ho-Pin Tung Hong Kong Absolute Racing Hong Kong Francis Tjia
7 R1 China Shanghai 2 Austria Martin Ragginger Austria Martin Ragginger Austria Martin Ragginger Germany Team Porsche Holding Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
R2 Germany Nico Menzel Germany Nico Menzel Singapore PICC Team StarChase Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak

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		 KOR
South Korea		 FUJ
Japan		 BUR
Thailand		 SEP
Malaysia		 SIN
Singapore		 SHA2
China		 Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14
1 New Zealand Chris van der Drift 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 5 3 2 4 234
2 New Zealand Craig Baird 1 4 2 2 3 7 3 4 3 4 1 2 6 5 216
3 Germany Nico Menzel 7 13 5 4 6 5 2 2 1 3 3 6 4 1 192
4 China Ho-Pin Tung 5 1 Ret Ret 7 3 5 3 6 Ret 2 1 5 3 161
5 Austria Martin Ragginger 3 3 2 2 4 DNS 2 2 1 2 159
6 Macau Rodolfo Ávila 4 2 12 Ret 4 4 Ret Ret 5 7 4 4 3 7 140
7 Malaysia Alif Hamdan Ret 8 4 8 5 6 Ret DNS 11 6 Ret 5 7 6 101
8 Singapore Ro Charlz Skyangel 6 5 6 7 8 8 18 5 Ret 9 10 Ret 8 15 96
9 Thailand Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 15 Ret 9 Ret 9 Ret 7 7 9 8 7 10 9 8 80
10 Hong Kong Francis Tjia 13 Ret 11 10 10 9 8 8 Ret 15 8 7 11 17 67
11 Hong Kong Wayne Shen 10 7 13 14 13 16 11 13 10 12 9 12 10 9 67
12 Singapore Yuey Tan 9 11 15 12 12 10 10 10 12 11 Ret 8 12 11 67
13 China Bao Jing Long 11 6 14 9 11 11 Ret 9 8 10 Ret 14 DNS 10 65
14 China Li Chao 14 15 21 13 22 Ret 9 11 13 14 11 11 14 13 40
15 South Korea Récardo Bruins Choi 3 3 32
16 China Zhang Zhendong 7 5 21
17 Chinese Taipei Johnson Huang 16 9 18 15 18 15 12 12 Ret DNS 12 17 20 18 21
18 Chinese Taipei Evan Chen 6 6 20
19 Hong Kong Michael S. 18 12 16 Ret 14 Ret 22 15 21 Ret 11 13 16 12 20
20 Australia Max Twigg 8 Ret 10 11 19
21 Singapore Ringo Chong 16 13 15 13 Ret 9 13 Ret 19
22 Norway Egidio Perfetti 8 6 7 5 18
23 Thailand Suttiluck Buncharoen 22 Ret 20 16 21 Ret 13 14 17 16 16 16 17 14 8
24 Hong Kong Samson Chan 19 10 15 18 7
25 Canada Christian Chia 17 Ret 17 12 15 16 5
26 Hong Kong John Shen 20 Ret 19 18 19 Ret 19 Ret 14 19 14 18 19 19 5
27 Indonesia Anderson P. Martono 12 17 4
28 Australia Paul Tresidder 16 17 20 23 17 Ret Ret 18 18 13 19 18 20 3
29 Hong Kong Marcel Tjia 14 Ret 20 21 15 20 3
30 France Hugues Ripert 23 14 25 20 23 21 2
31 United States Henri Richard 20 14 Ret DNS DNS DNS 2
32 China Zhu Junhan 21 Ret Ret 17 26 DNS 16 17 16 17 18 15 21 Ret 2
33 Chinese Taipei Max Chen 15 16 1
- Thailand Sontaya Kunplome Ret 18 25 24 27 21 20 19 23 22 17 21 24 22 0
- Hong Kong Siu Yuk Lung 23 21 28 22 17 18 22 20 19 23 22 23 0
- Hong Kong Fung Yui Sum Ret Ret 24 19 24 19 21 Ret Ret Ret 20 22 25 Ret 0
- Hong Kong Kenneth Lau 22 23 0
- Hong Kong Gary Cheung 26 22 0
- Finland Mikko Petteri Nässi Ret Ret 0
- Hong Kong Kelvin Kwan 19 23 21 24 26 24 0
- Hong Kong Siu Tit Lung Ret Ret 0
- Hong Kong Daniel Andrew Bilski Ret Ret 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Points
SHA1
China		 KOR
South Korea		 FUJ
Japan		 BUR
Thailand		 SEP
Malaysia		 SIN
Singapore		 SHA2
China
Source:[7]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Van der Drift claims Asia Carrera Cup title". Talk Motorsport NZ. 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  2. ↑ "2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia". RacingCalendar.net. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  3. ↑ "Team Jebsen Signs Yuey Tan for 2015 Carrera Cup Asia Season". Team Jebsen. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  4. ↑ "Clearwater Racing reveal star-studded lineup for GT Asia title defence". Motorsport.com. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  5. ↑ "Van der Drift to race in Porsche". Driven Car Guide. 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  6. ↑ "PICC Team StarChase Announces Exciting Young Protégé Nico Menzel". Drive Safe & Fast. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  7. ↑ "2015". carreracupasia.com. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
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