2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

The 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the twentieth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on 28 April at Sepang International Circuit and concluded on 22 October at the Shanghai International Circuit.[1][2]

The overall championship was won by Porsche Supercup veteran Florian Latorre, with three-time series champion Chris van der Drift finishing as runner-up ahead of Luo Kailuo, who claimed five race victories over the course of the season. Chinese driver Bao Jinlong claimed his fourth championship in the Pro-Am class, with Yang Ruoyu becoming Am class champion.[3]

Calendar[edit]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 28–30 April Stand-alone event
2 South Korea Korea International Circuit, Yeongam 2–4 June Asia Motorsports Carnival
3 Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 30 June–2 July Suzuka Clubman Race
4 Thailand Buriram International Circuit, Buriram 4–6 August Stand-alone event
5 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 25–27 August Thailand Super Series
6 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 15–17 September Formula One World Championship
7 China Shanghai International Circuit, Jiading District 20–22 October Porsche Sprint Challenge China

Entry list[edit]

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
China Porsche Beijing Central & Goldenport 2 China Zhou Bihuang PA All
China R&B Racing 5 China Wu Jiaxin Am All
25 China Zhu Zhiyao Am All
China Team Shanghai Yongda 8 New Zealand Chris van der Drift P All
China Team Betterlife 9 China Li Chao PA All
China Meidong Racing 11 France Florian Latorre P All
Hong Kong Modena Motorsports 16 Canada John Shen Am 1–2, 4–7
China Zhang Yaqi 3
Malaysia Sime Darby Racing Team 17 Malaysia Nazim Azman P 1–3, 5–7
New Zealand Reid Harker 4
China Trans-China Automotive Racing 21 Netherlands Francis Tjia PA 1–2, 4–7
Hong Kong Samson Chan Am 3
China BD Group 22 China Yang Ruoyu Am All
Hong Kong Kiddy World Racing 23 Hong Kong Eric Kwong Am All
Hong Kong Team Jebsen 55 China Gao Yujia P All
Malaysia EBM Giga Racing 61 Malaysia Adrian D'Silva Am 1, 3–4
New Zealand Reid Harker P 2
Malaysia Aaron Foong Am 5–6
United States Kerong Li 7
China Shanghai Pudong & Waigaoqiao 69 Racing 69 Chinese Taipei Jacky Wu Am All
China TORO Racing 77 China Eric Zang PA 1–4, 6–7
China Li Sushang Am 5
99 China Luo Kailuo P All
China Team C&D 83 China Hong Shijie PA 1–2, 4–7
Austria Porsche Holding 86 Austria Martin Ragginger P All
Canada OpenRoad Racing 88 Canada Christian Chia Am 1–6
Canada Scott Hargrove P 7
China Z.SPEED Motorsport 188 China Li Xuanyu Am All
China Zheng Tong Auto 718 China Bao Jinlong PA All
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Results[edit]

Round Circuit Pole Overall Winner Pro-Am Winner Am Winner
1 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit France Florian Latorre China Luo Kailuo China Li Chao China Wu Jiaxin
R2 China Luo Kailuo China Bao Jinlong China Yang Ruoyu
2 R1 South Korea Korea International Circuit France Florian Latorre France Florian Latorre China Bao Jinlong China Li Xuanyu
R2 China Luo Kailuo China Eric Zang China Yang Ruoyu
3 R1 Japan Suzuka International Racing Course France Florian Latorre France Florian Latorre China Bao Jinlong China Li Sushang
R2 France Florian Latorre China Bao Jinlong China Li Sushang
4 R1 Thailand Buriram International Circuit France Florian Latorre New Zealand Chris van der Drift China Zhou Bihuang China Li Xuanyu
R2 China Luo Kailuo China Bao Jinlong China Yang Ruoyu
5 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit France Florian Latorre New Zealand Chris van der Drift China Bao Jinlong China Yang Ruoyu
R2 New Zealand Chris van der Drift China Zhou Bihuang China Yang Ruoyu
6 R1 Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit France Florian Latorre France Florian Latorre China Bao Jinlong China Yang Ruoyu
R2 France Florian Latorre China Bao Jinlong Hong Kong Eric Kwong
7 R1 China Shanghai International Circuit New Zealand Chris van der Drift New Zealand Chris van der Drift China Bao Jinlong China Yang Ruoyu
R2 China Luo Kailuo China Bao Jinlong China Li Xuanyu

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring system[edit]

Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified drivers in every race, using the following system:[4]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 25 20 17 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall[edit]

Pos. Driver SEP
Malaysia
KOR
South Korea
SUZ
Japan
BUR
Thailand
SEP
Malaysia
MRN
Singapore
SIC
China
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 France Florian Latorre 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 6 2 1 1 2 3 300
2 New Zealand Chris van der Drift 2 3 3 5 3 4 1 3 1 1 4 3 1 2 271
3 China Luo Kailuo 1 1 2 1 13 2 3 1 4 3 2 2 6 1 266
4 Austria Martin Ragginger 3 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 213
5 China Bao Jinlong Ret 7 6 7 6 6 7 5 5 8 6 6 5 6 131
6 Malaysia Nazim Azman 5 5 8 Ret 4 5 3 5 5 5 9 5 130
7 China Zhou Bihuang 8 8 18 8 10 11 6 7 8 7 Ret 8 7 12 92
8 China Gao Yujia 6 6 7 Ret 11 7 8 Ret 7 6 9 Ret 11 10 88
9 China Eric Zang 9 9 9 6 9 9 17 10 7 7 8 14 79
10 China Yang Ruoyu 11 10 Ret 10 12 10 Ret 9 9 10 8 14 10 17 63
11 Netherlands Francis Tjia Ret 11 10 13 9 11 12 11 10 12 13 13 52
12 New Zealand Reid Harker 4 3 5 6 51
13 China Hong Shijie Ret 12 Ret 9 Ret 8 19† 9 11 9 12 7 51
14 China Li Chao 7 Ret 13 12 8 16 11 18 10 12 18 13 18 11 48
15 China Wu Jiaxin 10 20 12 Ret 7 13 13 12 Ret 16 14 15 14 16 35
16 China Li Xuanyu 17 14 11 14 17 Ret 10 16 11 20 16 11 15 9 30
17 China Zhang Yaqi 2 8 28
18 Hong Kong Eric Kwong 14 13 Ret 11 Ret 12 12 19 16 14 12 10 16 18 28
19 Canada Scott Hargrove 4 8 22
20 Canada John Shen 12 17 17 18 16 15 13 15 13 Ret 19 20 13
21 Canada Christian Chia 15 16 16 15 14 17 14 14 14 18 15 17 12
22 Malaysia Adrian D'Silva 13 15 15 14 Ret 13 10
23 Chinese Taipei Jacky Wu Ret 19 14 17 16 15 18 20 18 19 17 18 20 15 5
24 China Li Sushang Ret 13 3
25 China Zhu Zhiyao 16 18 15 16 Ret 19 15 17 15 21 Ret 16 17 19 3
26 Malaysia Aaron Foong 17 17 Ret 19 0
27 Hong Kong Samson Chan 18 18 0
28 United States Kerong Li 21 21 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
SEP
Malaysia
KOR
South Korea
SUZ
Japan
BUR
Thailand
SEP
Malaysia
MRN
Singapore
SIC
China

Pro-Am[edit]

Pos. Driver SEP
Malaysia
KOR
South Korea
SUZ
Japan
BUR
Thailand
SEP
Malaysia
MRN
Singapore
SIC
China
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 China Bao Jinlong Ret 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 325
2 China Zhou Bihuang 2 2 5 3 4 3 1 2 2 1 Ret 3 2 4 245
3 China Eric Zang 3 3 2 1 3 2 5 4 2 2 3 6 211
4 China Li Chao 1 Ret 4 5 2 4 4 6 3 5 5 6 6 3 187
5 Netherlands Francis Tjia Ret 4 3 6 3 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 151
6 China Hong Shijie Ret 5 Ret 4 Ret 3 5 3 4 4 4 2 122
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
SEP
Malaysia
KOR
South Korea
SUZ
Japan
BUR
Thailand
SEP
Malaysia
MRN
Singapore
SIC
China

Am[edit]

Pos. Driver SEP
Malaysia
KOR
South Korea
SUZ
Japan
BUR
Thailand
SEP
Malaysia
MRN
Singapore
SIC
China
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 China Yang Ruoyu 2 1 Ret 1 3 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 273
2 China Li Xuanyu 8 3 1 3 7 Ret 1 6 2 9 6 2 3 1 205
3 China Wu Jiaxin 1 9 2 Ret 2 4 3 2 9 5 4 4 2 3 203
4 Hong Kong Eric Kwong 5 2 Ret 2 Ret 3 2 8 6 3 2 1 4 5 195
5 Canada Christian Chia 6 5 5 4 4 7 4 4 4 7 5 6 148
6 Canada John Shen 3 6 6 7 6 5 3 4 3 9 6 7 146
7 Chinese Taipei Jacky Wu Ret 8 4 6 6 6 7 9 8 8 7 7 7 2 138
8 China Zhu Zhiyao 7 7 3 5 Ret 9 5 7 5 10 Ret 5 5 6 126
9 Malaysia Adrian D'Silva 4 4 5 5 Ret 3 69
10 China Zhang Yaqi 1 1 50
11 Malaysia Aaron Foong 7 6 Ret 8 25
12 China Li Sushang Ret 2 20
13 Hong Kong Samson Chan 8 8 16
14 United States Kerong Li 8 8 16
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
SEP
Malaysia
KOR
South Korea
SUZ
Japan
BUR
Thailand
SEP
Malaysia
MRN
Singapore
SIC
China

Dealer Trophy[edit]

Pos Team Pts
1 China Meidong Racing 286
2 China Team Shanghai Yongda 273
3 China TORO Racing 271
4 Austria Porsche Holding 217
5 Malaysia Sime Darby Racing Team 158
6 China Zheng Tong Auto 140
7 China Porsche Beijing Central & Goldenport 108
8 Hong Kong Team Jebsen 100
9 China Team Betterlife 87
10 China BD Group 83
11 China Shanghai Pudong & Waigaoqiao 69 Racing 69
12 China Team C&D 60

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2023 International Series Calendar" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. ^ "激情来袭 亚洲保时捷卡雷拉杯将于雪邦打响赛季揭幕战" [Passion comes with the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia's season opener in Sepang]. Porsche Newsroom. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Shanghai Finale brings the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia's 20th anniversary season to a thrilling close". Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Porsche Cup 2023" (PDF). Porsche Motorsport. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

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