2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Explained

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

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

Entry list

Team Driver Class Rounds Porsche Beijing Central & Goldenport 2 Zhou Bihuang PA All R&B Racing 5 Wu Jiaxin Am All 25 Zhu Zhiyao Am All Team Shanghai Yongda 8 Chris van der Drift P All Team Betterlife 9 Li Chao PA All Meidong Racing 11 Florian Latorre P All Modena Motorsports 16 John Shen Am 1–2, 4–7 Zhang Yaqi 3 Sime Darby Racing Team 17 Nazim Azman P 1–3, 5–7 Reid Harker 4 Trans-China Automotive Racing 21 Francis Tjia PA 1–2, 4–7 Samson Chan Am 3 BD Group 22 Yang Ruoyu Am All Kiddy World Racing 23 Eric Kwong Am All Team Jebsen 55 Gao Yujia P All EBM Giga Racing 61 Adrian D'Silva Am 1, 3–4 Reid Harker P 2 Aaron Foong Am 5–6 Kerong Li 7 Shanghai Pudong & Waigaoqiao 69 Racing 69 Jacky Wu Am All TORO Racing 77 PA 1–4, 6–7 Li Sushang Am 5 99 Luo Kailuo P All Team C&D 83 Hong Shijie PA 1–2, 4–7 Porsche Holding 86 Martin Ragginger P All OpenRoad Racing 88 Christian Chia Am 1–6 Scott Hargrove P 7 Z.SPEED Motorsport 188 Li Xuanyu Am All Zheng Tong Auto 718 Bao Jinlong PA All

Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Results

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

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

	Driver	SEP1		KOR		SUZ		BUR		SEP2		MRN		SIC		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Florian Latorre	4	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	6	2	1	1	2	3	300
2	Chris van der Drift	2	3	3	5	3	4	1	3	1	1	4	3	1	2	271
3	Luo Kailuo	1	1	2	1	13	2	3	1	4	3	2	2	6	1	266
4	Martin Ragginger	3	4	5	4	5	3	4	4	2	4	3	4	3	4	213
5	Bao Jinlong	Ret	7	6	7	6	6	7	5	5	8	6	6	5	6	131
6	Nazim Azman	5	5	8	Ret	4	5			3	5	5	5	9	5	130
7	Zhou Bihuang	8	8	18	8	10	11	6	7	8	7	Ret	8	7	12	92
8	Gao Yujia	6	6	7	Ret	11	7	8	Ret	7	6	9	Ret	11	10	88
9	Eric Zang	9	9	9	6	9	9	17	10			7	7	8	14	79
10	Yang Ruoyu	11	10	Ret	10	12	10	Ret	9	9	10	8	14	10	17	63
11	Francis Tjia	Ret	11	10	13			9	11	12	11	10	12	13	13	52
12	Reid Harker			4	3			5	6							51
13	Hong Shijie	Ret	12	Ret	9			Ret	8	19†	9	11	9	12	7	51
14	Li Chao	7	Ret	13	12	8	16	11	18	10	12	18	13	18	11	48
15	Wu Jiaxin	10	20	12	Ret	7	13	13	12	Ret	16	14	15	14	16	35
16	Li Xuanyu	17	14	11	14	17	Ret	10	16	11	20	16	11	15	9	30
17	Zhang Yaqi					2	8									28
18	Eric Kwong	14	13	Ret	11	Ret	12	12	19	16	14	12	10	16	18	28
19	Scott Hargrove													4	8	22
20	John Shen	12	17	17	18			16	15	13	15	13	Ret	19	20	13
21	Christian Chia	15	16	16	15	14	17	14	14	14	18	15	17			12
22	Adrian D'Silva	13	15			15	14	Ret	13							10
23	Jacky Wu	Ret	19	14	17	16	15	18	20	18	19	17	18	20	15	5
24	Li Sushang									Ret	13					3
25	Zhu Zhiyao	16	18	15	16	Ret	19	15	17	15	21	Ret	16	17	19	3
26	Aaron Foong									17	17	Ret	19			0
27	Samson Chan					18	18									0
28	Kerong Li													21	21	0
	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
		SEP1		KOR		SUZ		BUR		SEP2		MRN		SIC

Pro-Am

	Driver	SEP		KOR		SUZ		BUR		SEP		MRN		SIC		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Bao Jinlong	Ret	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	325
2	Zhou Bihuang	2	2	5	3	4	3	1	2	2	1	Ret	3	2	4	245
3	Eric Zang	3	3	2	1	3	2	5	4			2	2	3	6	211
4	Li Chao	1	Ret	4	5	2	4	4	6	3	5	5	6	6	3	187
5	Francis Tjia	Ret	4	3	6			3	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	151
6	Hong Shijie	Ret	5	Ret	4			Ret	3	5	3	4	4	4	2	122
	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
		SEP		KOR		SUZ		BUR		SEP		MRN		SIC

Am

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

Dealer Trophy

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

See also

• 2023 Porsche Supercup

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 17 March 2023 . 2023 International Series Calendar . 28 February 2024 . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
2. Web site: 12 March 2023 . 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 . 28 February 2024 . Porsche Newsroom.
3. Web site: 23 October 2023 . Shanghai Finale brings the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia's 20th anniversary season to a thrilling close . 28 February 2024 . Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.
4. Web site: 6 January 2023 . Porsche Cup 2023 . 28 February 2024 . Porsche Motorsport.