2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

The 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the fifteenth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on April 7 at the Shanghai International Circuit and finished at the same circuit on November 5.

Chris van der Drift won his second Porsche Carrera Cup Asia title on his full-time return to the category. Evan Chen won the Pro-Am championship while Team Porsche Holding won the newly-established Dealer Trophy.[1][2]

Calendar

The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2017 championship.[3]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 7–9 April Chinese Grand Prix
2 Japan Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 2–4 June One Make Series Festival
Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
3 Thailand Bangsaen Street Circuit, Bang Saen, Thailand 30 June–2 July Thailand Super Series
TCR Asia Series
4 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 21–23 July Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
5 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore 15–17 September Singapore Grand Prix
Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific
6 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 29 September–1 October Malaysian Grand Prix
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
7 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 3–5 November FIA World Endurance Championship

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Malaysia Arrows Racing 2 Macau Liu Lic Ka PA 1–2
Hong Kong Yu Kam Cheong PA 3
Hong Kong Kelvin Kwan PA 7
4 Hong Kong Kenneth Lau PA 1–4, 6
17 Hong Kong Fung Yui Sum PA All
Hong Kong OpenRoad Racing 3 Indonesia Michael Soeryadjaya PA 2, 4
21 Hong Kong Francis Tjia PA 1–5, 7
69 Canada Christian Chia PA 1, 3–5, 7
New Zealand Team NZ 3 New Zealand Graeme Dowsett PA 6
Hong Kong Team Jebsen 5 Singapore Yuey Tan PA All
77 China Cui Yue P All
Malaysia Team Formax 7 New Zealand Chris van der Drift P All
Thailand Racing Spirit Thailand 5 Thailand Sontaya Kunplome PA 2–3, 5, 7
Thailand Preeda Tantemsapya PA 1, 4
China Team BetterLife 9 China Li Chao PA All
China Porsche China Junior Team 10 Singapore Andrew Tang[4] P All
19 China Zhang Dasheng P All
Chinese Taipei RC Racing 11 Australia Stephen Grove PA 1–2
South Korea Rick Yoon PA 5
China FAW T2 Motorsport 12 New Zealand Will Bamber[5] P All
Hong Kong Absolute Racing 15 Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul P All
Hong Kong Modena Motorsports 16 Hong Kong Wayne Shen PA All
28 Hong Kong John Shen PA All
33 Hong Kong Antares Au PA 1
Hong Kong LKM Racing 22 Hong Kong Siu Yuk Lung PA 1–2, 4–6
Malaysia Timothy Yeo PA 3
Hong Kong Siu Tit Lung PA 7
Australia Paul Tresidder Racing 23 Australia Paul Tresidder PA All
Malaysia Force Asia Racing 29 Malaysia Akash Nandy P All
China Zheng Tong Auto 55 China Bao Jin Long P All
Hong Kong Kamlung Racing 68 Chinese Taipei Evan Chen PA All
Thailand True Visions Motorsports Thailand 78 Thailand Suttiluck Buncharoen PA All
Germany Team Porsche Holding 86 Austria Martin Ragginger P All
China Team C&D Auto 88 China Yuan Bo P All
Singapore Team StarChase 99 Germany Philip Hamprecht P All
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Guest Starter

Results

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team B-Class Winner
1 R1 China Shanghai 1 Singapore Andrew Tang Singapore Andrew Tang Austria Martin Ragginger Germany Team Porsche Holding China Li Chao
R2 Singapore Andrew Tang Malaysia Akash Nandy New Zealand Will Bamber China FAW T2 Motorsport Chinese Taipei Evan Chen
2 R1 Japan Fuji Austria Martin Ragginger Austria Martin Ragginger Austria Martin Ragginger Germany Team Porsche Holding Chinese Taipei Evan Chen
R2 Germany Philip Hamprecht Austria Martin Ragginger New Zealand Chris van der Drift Malaysia Team Formax Chinese Taipei Evan Chen
3 R1 Thailand Bangsaen New Zealand Will Bamber New Zealand Chris van der Drift New Zealand Will Bamber China FAW T2 Motorsport Singapore Yuey Tan
R2 New Zealand Will Bamber New Zealand Will Bamber China FAW T2 Motorsport Hong Kong Francis Tjia
4 R1 Malaysia Sepang 1 New Zealand Chris van der Drift Germany Philip Hamprecht New Zealand Chris van der Drift Malaysia Team Formax Singapore Yuey Tan
R2 New Zealand Chris van der Drift New Zealand Will Bamber New Zealand Will Bamber China FAW T2 Motorsport Hong Kong Francis Tjia
5 R1 Singapore Singapore Austria Martin Ragginger Austria Martin Ragginger Germany Philip Hamprecht Singapore Team StarChase Chinese Taipei Evan Chen
R2 Austria Martin Ragginger Austria Martin Ragginger Germany Team Porsche Holding Chinese Taipei Evan Chen
6 Malaysia Sepang 2 Austria Martin Ragginger Germany Philip Hamprecht Austria Martin Ragginger Germany Team Porsche Holding Chinese Taipei Evan Chen
7 R1 China Shanghai 2 New Zealand Chris van der Drift New Zealand Chris van der Drift New Zealand Chris van der Drift Malaysia Team Formax Singapore Yuey Tan
R2 New Zealand Chris van der Drift Germany Philip Hamprecht Germany Philip Hamprecht Singapore Team StarChase Chinese Taipei Evan Chen

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
China		 FUJ
Japan		 BNG
Thailand		 SEP1
Malaysia		 SIN
Singapore		 SEP2
Malaysia		 SHA2
China		 Points
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13
1 New Zealand Chris van der Drift 4 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 8 2 3 1 6 235
2 Austria Martin Ragginger 1 2 1 2 4 4 6 2 6 1 1 7 5 228
3 New Zealand Will Bamber 3 1 4 4 1 1 Ret 1 9 3 2 2 4 220
4 Singapore Andrew Tang 1 5 2 Ret 6 9 3 4 3 7 6 3 2 186
5 Germany Philip Hamprecht 9 4 6 Ret 3 3 2 DSQ 1 5 4 5 1 182
6 China Zhang Dasheng 5 8 7 3 8 8 4 5 2 4 8 4 3 177
7 Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul 8 6 5 5 5 5 Ret 22 4 6 7 9 7 135
8 Malaysia Akash Nandy 22 9 6 7 7 5 6 5 9 5 10 Ret 115
9 China Yuan Bo 6 7 8 Ret 10 Ret 8 10 8 10 6 10 97
10 China Cui Yue 7 9 Ret 11 Ret 6 Ret 7 6 12 9 8 Ret 89
11 Singapore Yuey Tan 12 15 11 8 9 13 7 Ret 12 11 13 11 9 81
12 Chinese Taipei Evan Chen 11 10 7 10 12 DSQ 16 11 10 11 12 8 78
13 China Bao Jin Long 10 10 14 15 13 Ret 8 9 Ret DNS 12 15 22 58
14 Hong Kong Francis Tjia Ret Ret 9 11 11 11 10 13 15 14 12 58
15 Hong Kong Wayne Shen 15 12 Ret 12 9 11 14 13 11 51
16 China Li Chao 11 17 12 Ret 12 10 12 14 14 15 Ret 15 49
17 Thailand Suttiluck Buncharoen 13 23 14 14 14 15 Ret 15 16 13 34
18 Indonesia Michael Soeryadjaya 15 10 12 18 31
19 Hong Kong John Shen 14 Ret 15 15 20 20 13 22 17 27
20 Australia Paul Tresidder 16 Ret 13 14 18 16 25
21 Hong Kong Fung Yui Sum 19 19 21 19 20 20
22 Hong Kong Siu Yuk Lung 20 17 19 20
23 Canada Christian Chia 14 14 13 17 14 19
24 Australia Stephen Grove 13 16
25 Thailand Preeda Tantemsapya 13 16 15 14
26 Thailand Sontaya Kunplome DNS Ret 20 18 10
27 Macau Liu Lic Ka 18 Ret 10
28 Hong Kong Kenneth Lau 18 17 10
- Hong Kong Antares Au 21 0
- Hong Kong Yu Kam Cheong Ret 0
- Malaysia Timothy Yeo Ret Ret 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
- Hong Kong Kelvin Kwan 23 19 0
- Hong Kong Siu Tit Lung 21 21 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 Points
SHA1
China		 FUJ
Japan		 BNG
Thailand		 SEP1
Malaysia		 SIN
Singapore		 SEP2
Malaysia		 SHA2
China

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Chris van der Drift crowned 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Champion". Talk Motorsport. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Div: Chris van der Drift kampioen in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia". Autosport NL (in Dutch). 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  3. ↑ "2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia". RacingCalendar.net. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  4. ↑ "Andrew Tang: "I want to win Porsche Carrera Cup Asia title this year"". Channel News Asia. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  5. ↑ "Will Bamber secures full-time Carrera Cup Asia seat". Speedcafe. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
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