2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Explained

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.

Teams and Drivers

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

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.^[2]

Rnd	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Pro-Am Winner
R1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China	April 15	Philip Hamprecht	Chris van der Drift	Philip Hamprecht	Team StarChase	Wayne Shen
R2	Fuji International Speedway, Oyama, Japan	June 16	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Kamlung Racing	Li Chao
R3		June 17	Chris van der Drift	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Team StarChase	Bao Jinlong
R4	Bangsaen Street Circuit, Bang Saen, Thailand	July 14	Chris van der Drift	Martin Ragginger	Chris van der Drift	Kamlung Racing	Francis Tjia
R5		July 15	Philip Hamprecht	Jordan Pepper	Philip Hamprecht	Team StarChase	Bao Jinlong
R6	Sydney Motorsport Park, New South Wales, Australia	August 3	Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Team Porsche Holding	Bao Jinlong
R7		August 4	Martin Ragginger	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Team StarChase	Li Chao
R8	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore	September 16	Philip Hamprecht	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Kamlung Racing	Yuey Tan
R9	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia	September 29	Will Bamber	Will Bamber	Will Bamber	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Francis Tjia
R10		September 30	Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Martin Ragginger	Team Porsche Holding	Francis Tjia
R11	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China	November 17
R12		November 18

Championship standings

Overall

Pos.	Driver	SHA	FUJ		BAN		SYD		MAR	SEP		SHA		Pts.
1	Chris van der Drift	3	1	2	1	2	2	5	1	5	3			195
2	Philip Hamprecht	1	3	1	Ret	1	3	1	5	4	4			176
3	Martin Ragginger	5	2	Ret	2	21	1	3	2	3	1			162
4	Will Bamber	6	5	3	Ret	3	Ret	4	3	1	2			144
5	Cui Yue	7	4	5	5	20	6	6	8	7	7			113
6	Tanart Sathienthirakul	8	Ret	Ret	20	5	4	7	4	2	5			107
7	Maxime Jousse	2	Ret	DSQ	3	4	7	2						95
8	Daniel Lu Wenlong	9	Ret	4	15	10	8	12	6	8	6			88
9	Yuan Bo	10	Ret	6	Ret	6	5	8	23	6	8			84
10	Bao Jinlong	13	Ret	7	7	7	9	11	10	12	12			78
11	Francis Tjia	14	8	8	6	8	10	Ret	20	10	11			75
12	Wayne Shen	11	10	9	8	9	11	10	Ret	14	13			71
13	Li Chao	16	6	12	10	23	21	9	11	13	15			58
14	Ahmad L. Alam	Ret	Ret	11	14	Ret	12	15	13	11	10			48
15	Suttiluck Buncharoen	12	7	10	17	13	19	16	26	17	20			42
16	Jordan Pepper	4	20	DSQ	4	Ret								39
17	Antares Au	15	15	13	11	14	16	Ret	14	15	Ret			36
17	John Shen	19	14	Ret	Ret	12	14	14	12	16	16			36
19	Eric Kwong	21	9	17	13	16	18	Ret	15	18	14			34
20	Christian Chia		12	16			13	13						30
21	Paul Tresidder	Ret	Ret	14	12	15	15	17	17	21	19			28
22	Fung Yui Sum	25	21	21	18	18	26	23	25	26	24			20
22	Jeffrey Chiang	22	19	19	19	17	17	19	21	19	22			20
22	Siu Yuk Lung	23	17	20	Ret	DNS	22	21		22	Ret			20
22	Sontaya Kunplome		18	18			23	18	19					20
26	Liu Lic Ka	4	11	22					18					15
27	Samson Chan	17	13	15										14
28	Michael S.	18			9	11			22					12
29	Kenneth Lau				21	19	24	22		20	18			10
29	Mak Hing Tak						25	24	16	25	23			10
29	Li Jiaqi		16	Ret	16	22			24					10
29	Graeme Dowsett						20	20	Ret					10
33	Yuta Kamimura								7					9
34	Yuey Tan	Ret							9					7
35	Preeda Tantemsabya									24	21			0

Pro-Am

Pos.	Driver	SHA	FUJ		BAN		SYD		MAR	SEP		SHA		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

Dealer Trophy

Notes and References

1. Web site: 28 DRIVERS SET TO TAKE ON PORSCHE CARRERA CUP ASIA BATTLE. 24 March 2018 . 10 October 2018.
2. Web site: Porsche Carrera Cup Asia - 2018 Calendar. 10 October 2018.