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 PrixTCR Asia SeriesTCR Thailand Touring Car Championship R5 4 R6 Sydney Motorsport Park, New South Wales, Australia August 3–4 Supercars ChampionshipAustralian 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 SeriesAsian 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.

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