The 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the sixth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on March 21 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished at the Bahrain International Circuit on November 8.

A consistent campaign from Darryl O'Young saw the Team Jebsen driver become the first multi-time champion in the history of the championship. The Class B championship was won by Tunku Hammam of Malaysia.

Calendar The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2008 championship. Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 21–23 March Malaysian Grand PrixGP2 Asia SeriesFormula BMW Pacific 2 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 19–20 April Asian Formula Renault Challenge 3 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 21–22 June Stand-alone event 4 Sentul International Circuit, Sentul City, Indonesia 18–20 July Formula V6 Asia ChampionshipAsian Touring Car SeriesFormula BMW Pacific 5 Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore 26–28 September Singapore Grand PrixFormula BMW Pacific 6 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 17–19 October Chinese Grand PrixGP2 Asia SeriesFormula BMW Pacific 7 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain 6–8 November V8 Supercar Championship Series

Teams and drivers

Team Driver Class Rounds Team Vertu 5 Yuey Tan B 6–7 Speed Sri Lanka 6 Dilantha Malagamuwa 1–2, 4–7 SC Global Racing 7 Matthew Marsh All Team Betterlife 8 Marchy Lee All Team Kungshun 9 Ringo Chong All Sunseeker Asia 11 Alain Li All PTRS 15 Jeffrey Lee 3–7 Stichting Chu Racing Team 16 Danny Chu All Team Opes Prime 18 Christian Jones All Pelorus Property Group / Assetz 23 Paul Tresidder B All Team PCS Racing 28 Greg Teo B 2, 4–5, 7 Gerald Teo B 1, 3, 6 32 Ian Tan Mao B 3 David Lai B 1–2, 5–6 Henry Tse B 4 33 Weng Mok Sun 1–4, 6–7 Echo Ridges Wines 38 Greg Ward B 1–3 Arrows Racing Team 51 Tunku Hammam B All Team Jebsen 55 Darryl O'Young All ThunderAsia Racing 69 Melvin Choo B All GruppeM Racing 88 Tim Sugden All Philip Ma Racing 98 Philip Ma B 1, 3–6 Samson Chan 2 Michael Kim B 7 Team StarChase 99 Christian Menzel AllIconClass B B ClassGuest Starter

Results Round Circuit Pole Position Overall Winner B-Class Pole Position B-Class Winner 1 R1 Sepang Tim Sugden Christian Menzel Melvin Choo Tunku Hammam R2 Darryl O'Young Tunku Hammam 2 R1 Shanghai 1 Christian Menzel Tim Sugden Melvin Choo Melvin Choo R2 Christian Menzel Melvin Choo 3 R1 Zhuhai Christian Jones Christian Jones Melvin Choo Melvin Choo R2 Christian Jones Melvin Choo 4 R1 Sentul Tim Sugden Darryl O'Young Philip Ma Philip Ma R2 Tim Sugden Tunku Hammam 5 Singapore Tim Sugden Darryl O'Young Tunku Hammam Melvin Choo 6 Shanghai 2 Tim Sugden Christian Menzel Melvin Choo Tunku Hammam 7 R1 Bahrain Christian Menzel Darryl O'Young Melvin Choo Melvin Choo R2 Christian Menzel Tunku Hammam

Championship standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified drivers in every race, using the following system:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th PolePoints 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Overall Driver SEP SHA1 ZHU SEN SIN SHA2 BHR Points 1 Darryl O'Young 3 1 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 16 1 2 196 2 Christian Menzel 1 2 2 1 5 Ret 3 5 2 1 2 1 194 3 Tim Sugden 5 DNS 1 2 2 2 2 1 5 4 3 3 186 4 Christian Jones 4 3 4 4 1 1 5 3 3 2 4 13 178 5 Marchy Lee 2 4 5 5 4 Ret 4 4 Ret 3 5 4 140 6 Matthew Marsh 6 5 6 6 6 4 6 6 Ret 6 7 5 117 7 Dilantha Malagamuwa 7 6 7 8 7 Ret 4 5 6 6 91 8 Alain Li 8 7 8 7 Ret 13 8 9 6 Ret 10 8 76 9 Weng Mok Sun 13 9 12 13 7 5 13 12 8 8 7 70 10 Ringo Chong 16 10 Ret 9 Ret 7 10 7 8 7 9 9 68 11 Tunku Hammam 9 8 Ret 15 9 11 12 10 9 9 12 11 61 12 Melvin Choo 12 12 11 10 8 6 14 11 7 Ret 11 Ret 58 13 Danny Chu 15 14 10 11 15 9 9 8 Ret 12 15 10 49 14 Philip Ma 11 11 10 8 11 13 11 11 42 15 Paul Tresidder 10 15 13 Ret 11 10 16 15 10 10 14 13 41 16 Jeffery Lee 13 14 15 14 12 Ret 16 17 13 17 Samson Chan 9 12 11 18 Greg Ward 14 13 Ret 14 14 16 9 19 Ian Tan Mao 11 11 8 20 David Lai 17 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 7 21 Yuey Tan 13 17 15 5 22 Greg Teo 15 16 16 16 Ret 18 16 2 23 Gerald Teo 18 16 Ret 15 15 2 24 Henry Tse Ret 16 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points - Michael Kim 13 12 0 Driver SEP SHA1 ZHU SEN SIN SHA2 BHR Points Source:

Class B Driver SEP SHA1 ZHU SEN SIN SHA2 BHR Points 1 Tunku Hammam 1 1 Ret 3 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 203 2 Melvin Choo 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 Ret 1 Ret 189 3 Paul Tresidder 2 5 2 Ret 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 174 4 Philip Ma 3 2 3 2 1 3 4 3 135 5 Greg Teo 4 4 5 5 Ret 5 4 78 6 Greg Ward 5 4 Ret 2 6 7 54 7 David Lai 6 Ret 3 Ret 5 5 50 8 Yuey Tan 4 4 3 44 9 Gerald Teo 7 6 Ret 6 6 39 10 Ian Tan Mao 4 4 24 11 Henry Tse Ret 6 10 Guest drivers ineligible for points - Michael Kim 13 12 0 Driver SEP SHA1 ZHU SEN SIN SHA2 BHR Points Source:

See also 2008 Porsche Supercup 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

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References

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