2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

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The 2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the sixteenth running of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia series. It began on April 13 at the Shanghai International Circuit and finished on November 16 at the same circuit.

Chris van der Drift successfully defended his championship, winning the title by 24 points over nearest competitor, Philip Hamprecht.

Calendar

The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2018 championship.

Round		Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China	April 15	Formula One World Championship
2	R2	Fuji International Speedway, Oyama, Japan	June 16–17	One Make Series Festival
	R3
3	R4	Bangsaen Street Circuit, Bang Saen Beach, Thailand	July 14–15	Bangsaen Grand Prix TCR Asia Series TCR Thailand Touring Car Championship
	R5
4	R6	Sydney Motorsport Park, New South Wales, Australia	August 3–4	Supercars Championship Australian GT Championship
	R7
5	R8	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore	September 16	Formula One World Championship
6	R9	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia	September 29–30	Malaysia Championship Series Asian Formula Renault Series
	R10
7	R11	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China	November 17–18	FIA World Endurance Championship
	R12

Teams and drivers

Entrant	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
Kamlung Racing	1	Chris van der Drift	P	All
	68	Jordan Pepper	P	1–5
		Mak Hing Tak	PA	6–12
Prince Racing	2	Liu Lic Ka	PA	1–3, 8
		Kenneth Lau	PA	4–7, 9–12
OpenRoad Racing	3	Michael S.	PA	1, 4–5, 8
	18	Marcel Tjia	PA	9–12
	21	Francis Tjia	PA	All
	69	Christian Chia	PA	2, 6–7
Novu Racing Team	5	Yuey Tan	P	1, 8
Absolute Racing	7	Li Jiaqi	P	2–5, 8, 11–12
	66	Maxime Jousse	P	1–7
	918	Sandra van der Sloot	PA	11–12
Racing Spirit Thailand	8	Sontaya Kunplome	PA	2–3, 6–8, 11–12
		Preeda Tantemsabya	PA	9–10
Porsche Beijing Centre	9	Li Chao	PA	All
Earl Bamber Motorsport	10	Samson Chan	PA	1–3
		Graeme Dowsett	PA	6–8
		Reid Harker	P	9–10
	11	Jeffrey Chiang	PA	All
	12	Will Bamber	P	All
	27	Adrian Henry D'Silva	PA	11–12
est cola PTT	15	Tanart Sathienthirakul	P	All
Modena Motorsports	16	Wayne Shen	PA	1–10
		Benny Simonsen	P	11–12
	28	John Shen	PA	All
	33	Antares Au	PA	All
Arrows Racing	17	Fung Yui Sum	PA	All
LKM Racing	22	Yuta Kamimura	PA	8
		Siu Yuk Lung	PA	1–7, 9–12
Paul Tresidder Racing	23	Paul Tresidder	PA	All
Zheng Tong Auto	55	Bao Jinlong	PA	All
Porsche China Junior Team	59	Daniel Lu Wenlong	P	All
Presido Jakarta Ban Racing	62	Ahmad F. Alam	P	All
Team Jebsen	77	Cui Yue	P	All
True Visions Motorsports Thailand	78	Suttiluck Buncharoen	PA	All
Team Porsche Holding	86	Martin Ragginger	P	All
Porsche Shanghai Waigaoqiao	88	Bo Yuan	P	All
KiddyWorld Racing	98	Eric Kwong	PA	All
Team StarChase	99	Philip Hamprecht	P	All

Calendar

The series contested of 12-rounds, which started at the Shanghai International Circuit on the 15th of April and concluded at the same circuit on the 18th of November.

Rnd	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Pro-Am Winner
R1	Shanghai	Philip Hamprecht	Chris van der Drift	Philip Hamprecht	Team StarChase	Wayne Shen
R2	Fuji	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Kamlung Racing	Li Chao
R3		Chris van der Drift	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Team StarChase	Bao Jinlong
R4	Bangsaen	Chris van der Drift	Martin Ragginger	Chris van der Drift	Kamlung Racing	Francis Tjia
R5		Philip Hamprecht	Jordan Pepper	Philip Hamprecht	Team StarChase	Bao Jinlong
R6	Sydney	Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Team Porsche Holding	Bao Jinlong
R7		Martin Ragginger	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Team StarChase	Li Chao
R8	Singapore	Philip Hamprecht	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Kamlung Racing	Yuey Tan
R9	Sepang	Will Bamber	Will Bamber	Will Bamber	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Francis Tjia
R10		Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Team Porsche Holding	Francis Tjia
R11	Shanghai	Chris van der Drift	Will Bamber	Chris van der Drift	Kamlung Racing	Sandra van der Sloot
R12		Chris van der Drift	Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Team Porsche Holding	Sandra van der Sloot

Championship standings

Overall

Pos.	Driver	SHA1	FUJ		BAN		SYD		SIN	SEP		SHA2		Pts.
1	Chris van der Drift	3	1	2	1	2	2	5	1	5	3	1	5	230
2	Philip Hamprecht	1	3	1	Ret	1	3	1	5	4	4	5	2	206
3	Martin Ragginger	5	2	Ret	2	21	1	3	2	3	1	4	1	197
4	Will Bamber	6	5	3	Ret	3	Ret	4	3	1	2	2	Ret	163
5	Cui Yue	7	4	5	5	20	6	6	8	7	7	3	7	139
6	Tanart Sathienthirakul	8	Ret	Ret	20	5	4	7	4	2	5	10	3	131
7	Daniel Lu Wenlong	9	Ret	4	15	10	8	12	6	8	6	6	Ret	98
8	Maxime Jousse	2	Ret	DSQ	3	4	7	2						95
9	Francis Tjia	14	8	8	6	8	10	Ret	20	10	11	11	6	94
10	Bo Yuan	10	Ret	6	Ret	6	5	8	23	6	8	7	Ret	93
11	Bao Jinlong	13	Ret	7	7	7	9	11	10	12	12	12	12	89
12	Li Chao	16	6	12	10	23	21	9	11	13	15	13	9	71
13	Wayne Shen	11	10	9	8	9	11	10	Ret	14	13			71
14	Ahmad L. Alam	Ret	Ret	11	14	Ret	12	15	13	11	10	15	11	57
15	Suttiluck Buncharoen	12	7	10	17	13	19	16	26	17	20	16	8	53
16	Antares Au	15	15	13	11	14	16	Ret	14	15	Ret	18	10	43
17	Jordan Pepper	4	20	DSQ	4	Ret								39
18	Eric Kwong	21	9	17	13	16	18	Ret	15	18	14	14	Ret	38
19	John Shen	19	14	Ret	Ret	12	14	14	12	16	16	17	Ret	37
20	Christian Chia		12	16			13	13						30
21	Paul Tresidder	Ret	Ret	14	12	15	15	17	17	21	19	21	Ret	28
22	Jeffrey Chiang	22	19	19	19	17	17	19	21	19	22	19	13	24
23	Siu Yuk Lung	23	17	20	Ret	DNS	22	21		22	Ret	25	18	21
24	Fung Yui Sum	25	21	21	18	18	26	23	25	26	24	28	20	20
25	Sontaya Kunplome		18	18			23	18	19			27	Ret	20
26	Liu Lic Ka	4	11	22					18					15
27	Samson Chan	17	13	15										14
28	Kenneth Lau				21	19	24	22		20	18	24	16	13
29	Mak Hing Tak						25	24	16	25	23	22	17	12
30	Michael S.	18			9	11			22					12
31	Li Jiaqi		16	Ret	16	22			24			26	14	10
32	Graeme Dowsett						20	20	Ret					10
33	Yuta Kamimura								7					9
34	Yuey Tan	Ret							9					7
35	Preeda Tantemsabya									24	21			0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
-	Sandra van der Sloot											8	4	0
-	Benny Simonsen											9	21	0
-	Adrian Henry D'Silva											20	19	0
-	Marcel Tjia											23	15	0
Pos.	Driver	SHA1	FUJ		BAN		SYD		SIN	SEP		SHA2		Pts.

Pro-Am

Pos.	Driver	SHA1	FUJ		BAN		SYD		SIN	SEP		SHA2		Pts.
1	Bao Jinlong	13	Ret	7	7	7	9	11	10	12	12			189
2	Francis Tjia	14	8	8	6	8	10	Ret	20	10	11			174
3	Wayne Shen	11	10	9	8	9	11	10	Ret	14	13			167
4	Li Chao	16	6	12	10	23	21	9	11	13	15			143
5	Suttiluck Buncharoen	12	7	10	17	13	19	16	26	17	20			118
6	John Shen	19	14	Ret	Ret	12	14	14	12	16	16			104
7	Antares Au	15	15	13	11	14	16	Ret	14	15	Ret			100
8	Eric Kwong	21	9	17	13	16	18	Ret	15	18	14			99
9	Paul Tresidder	Ret	Ret	14	12	15	15	17	17	21	19			86
10	Jeffrey Chiang	22	19	19	19	17	17	19	21	19	22			66
11	Christian Chia		12	16			13	13						64
12	Sontaya Kunplome		18	18			23	18	19					44
13	Fung Yui Sum	25	21	21	18	18	26	23	25	26	24			43
14	Siu Yuk Lung	23	17	20	Ret	DNS	22	21		22	Ret			42
15	Michael S.	18			9	11			22					39
16	Samson Chan	17	13	15										35
17	Liu Lic Ka	20	11	22					18					34
17	Kenneth Lau				21	19	24	22		20	18			34
19	Mak Hing Tak						25	24	16	25	23			28
20	Li Jiaqi		16	Ret	16	22			24					27
21	Yuey Tan	Ret							9					22
22	Graeme Dowsett						20	20	Ret					21
23	Preeda Tantemsabya									24	21			11
Guest drivers ineligible for points
-	Sandra van der Sloot											8	4	0
-	Adrian Henry D'Silva											20	19	0
-	Marcel Tjia											23	15	0
Pos.	Driver	SHA1	FUJ		BAN		SYD		SIN	SEP		SHA2		Pts.

Dealer Trophy

Pos.	Driver	SHA1	FUJ		BAN		SYD		SIN	SEP		SHA2		Pts.
1	Team StarChase	1	2	1	Ret	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	204
2	Team Porsche Holding	3	1	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	192
3	Team Jebsen	4	3	2	3	Ret	4	3	3	4	3	1	3	176
4	Zheng Tong Auto	6	Ret	4	4	3	5	6	4	5	5	5	5	138
5	Porsche Beijing Central & Goldenport	7	4	5	5	Ret	6	5	5	6	6	6	4	125
6	Porsche Shanghai Waigaoqiao Pudong	5	Ret	3	DNS	2	3	4	7	3	4	4	Ret	120
7	Kamlung Racing	2	5	Ret	2	Ret	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	113
Pos.	Driver	SHA1	FUJ		BAN		SYD		SIN	SEP		SHA2		Pts.

External links

• Official website