2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

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Overall Champion: Nico Menzel
B-Class Champion: Yuan Bo

The 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the fourteenth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on April 17 at the Shanghai International Circuit and finished at the same circuit on November 6.

Despite not scoring any overall wins throughout the season, Nico Menzel became the youngest champion in the series' history at 19 years old. Yuan Bo won the B-Class championship by 10 points over nearest competitor, Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak.

Calendar

The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2016 championship. The schedule includes two rounds (Fuji and Sydney) which ran concurrently with the Japanese and Australian Carrera Cup Championships. Drivers who compete in the invitational races in these rounds automatically amass ten championship points.

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China	15–17 April	Chinese Grand Prix TCR International Series
2	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan	3–5 June	One Make Series Festival Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
3	Buriram International Circuit, Buriram Province, Thailand	8–10 July	Thailand Super Series TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship
4	Sydney Motorsport Park, New South Wales, Australia	26–28 August	International V8 Supercars Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Australian GT Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series
5	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore	16–18 September	Singapore Grand Prix TCR International Series Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific
6	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia	30 September–2 October	Malaysian Grand Prix GP2 Series GP3 Series TCR International Series
7	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China	4–6 November	FIA World Endurance Championship Audi R8 LMS Cup

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Arrows Racing 2 Samson Chan B 1 Kenneth Lau B 2–3, 5–6 17 Fung Yui Sum B All Kamlung Racing 2 Mak Hing Tak B 4 68 Maxime Jousse All Chong Yau Runme Wong 2 Chong Yau Runme Wong B 7 OpenRoad Racing 3 Michael Soeryadjaya B 1–2, 4–7 Shaun Varney 3 21 Francis Tjia B 1–2, 4–5, 7 Scott Hargrove 3 Team Jebsen 5 Yuey Tan B All 77 Cui Yue All Absolute Racing 6 Yuan Bo B All 88 Mitchell Gilbert All Team Formax 7 Wang Xi B 1, 4–5 Yeo Tee Eong B 2–3, 7 Racing Spirit Thailand 8 Sontaya Kunplome B 1–5, 7 Preeda Tantemsapya B 6 Team BetterLife 9 Li Chao B All Porsche China Junior Team 10 Andrew Tang All RC Racing 11 Jeffery Chiang B 1, 3 Tiger Wu B 2, 4, 7 Ringo Chong B 6 Modena Motorsports 16 Wayne Shen B All 28 John Shen B All Chang Racing Team 18 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak B All Fun88 Team Sunfonda 19 Zhang Dasheng All LKM Racing Team 22 Siu Yuk Lung 1–2, 4–6 Will Bamber 3 Paul Tresidder Racing 23 Paul Tresidder B 1–2, 4–7 Zhengtong Auto 55 Bao Jin Long All True Visions Motorsports Thailand 78 Suttiluck Buncharoen B All Team Porsche Holding 86 Zhang Zhendong 1–2 Martin Ragginger 3–5, 7 Chris van der Drift 6 PICC Team StarChase 99 Nico Menzel All Team Carrera Cup Asia 911 Earl Bamber 7

Icon Class B B Class Guest Starter

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	B-Class Winner
1	R1	Shanghai 1	Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse	Kamlung Racing	Yuan Bo
	R2			Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse	Kamlung Racing	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
2	R1	Fuji	Maxime Jousse	Andrew Tang	Andrew Tang	Porsche China Junior Team	Yuan Bo
	R2			Maxime Jousse	Maxime Jousse	Kamlung Racing	Yuan Bo
3	R1	Buriram	Maxime Jousse	Andrew Tang	Andrew Tang	Porsche China Junior Team	Yuan Bo
	R2			Andrew Tang	Scott Hargrove	OpenRoad Racing	Yuan Bo
4	R1	Sydney	Maxime Jousse	Mitchell Gilbert	Mitchell Gilbert	Absolute Racing	Yuan Bo
	R2			Maxime Jousse	Mitchell Gilbert	Absolute Racing	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
5		Singapore	Martin Ragginger	Maxime Jousse	Martin Ragginger	Team Porsche Holding	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
6		Sepang	Chris van der Drift	Maxime Jousse	Chris van der Drift	Team Porsche Holding	Yuey Tan
7	R1	Shanghai 2	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	Team Carrera Cup Asia	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
	R2		Nico Menzel	Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Team Porsche Holding	Yuan Bo

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

Overall

Pos.	Driver	SHA1		FUJ		BUR		SYD		SIN	SEP	SHA2		Points
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12
1	Nico Menzel	2	2	2	3	5	4	Ret	4	2	2	3	3	203
2	Maxime Jousse	1	1	3	1		3	2	Ret	3		2	2	195
3	Mitchell Gilbert	8	5	5	4	4	5	1	1	4	DSQ	4	6	173
4	Andrew Tang	15	4	1	2	1	9	4	3	5	9	7	7	172
5	Zhang Dasheng	7	3	4	5	6	3	7	10	6	3	5	9	161
6	Cui Yue		7	6	12	8	9	6	6	11	4	8	4	122
7	Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak	4	8	8	10	9	11	10	2	7	8	9	Ret	118
8	Yuan Bo	3	9	7	8	7	8	5	Ret	9	11	20	5	114
9	Martin Ragginger					Ret	2	3	5	1		6	1	110
10	Bao Jin Long	6	11	9	7	10		9	11	Ret	6	10	Ret	88
11	Yuey Tan	14		10	14		14	8	7	8	5	Ret	8	79
12	Wayne Shen	9	14	12	15	12	12	15	9	12	7	11	10	76
13	Francis Tjia		12	11	9			11	8	10		15	Ret	57
14	Suttiluck Buncharoen	10		14		14	Ret	14	12	13	12	13	14	50
15	Li Chao	Ret	10	13	13	11	13	17	15	15		16	12	47
16	John Shen	11	13			13	15	13	14	Ret	14	14	13	46
17	Michael Soeryadjaya	13	Ret		11			12	13			12	11	45
18	Zhang Zhendong	5	6	15	6									43
19	Scott Hargrove					2	1							38
20	Paul Tresidder	12	15					16	17	14	13	17	16	32
21	Siu Yuk Lung				Ret			20	18		15			22
22	Fung Yui Sum							19	20			18	Ret	20
23	Sontaya Kunplome							21	19			19	17	20
24	Tiger Wu				Ret			18	16					20
25	Will Bamber					6	7							19
26	Kenneth Lau					15				Ret	16			12
27	Wang Xi							22	21	Ret		23	19	10
28	Yeo Tee Eong					Ret								10
29	Mak Hing Tak							DNS	DNS					10
30	Ringo Chong										10			7
-	Jeffery Chiang					Ret	DNS					Ret	DNS	0
-	Samson Chan													0
-	Shaun Varney					Ret	Ret							0
-	Daniel Andrew Bilski					Ret	Ret							0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
-	Chris van der Drift										1			0
-	Earl Bamber											1	DNS	0
-	Chong Yau Runme Wong											22	15	0
-	Siu Tit Lung											21	18	0
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Points
		SHA1		FUJ		BUR		SYD		SIN	SEP	SHA2

See also

• 2016 Porsche Supercup
• 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
• 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
• 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
• 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia

External links

• Official website