The 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the thirteenth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on April 10 at the Shanghai International Circuit and finished at the same circuit on November 1.
Chris van der Drift won the championship having won half of the races in the schedule, with an 18-point deficit over fellow countryman, Craig Baird. Singaporean driver Yuey Tan secured the B-Class championship by one point over Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak.
Calendar The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2015 championship. Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 10–12 April Chinese Grand PrixTCR International Series 2 Korea International Circuit, Yeongam County, South Korea 15–17 May Audi R8 LMS CupGT Asia Series 3 Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 5–7 June Japanese Formula 3 ChampionshipPorsche Carrera Cup Japan 4 Buriram International Circuit, Buriram Province, Thailand 31 July–2 August Thailand Super Series 5 Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 4–6 September Audi R8 LMS CupGT Asia SeriesTCR Asia Series 6 Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore 18–20 September Singapore Grand PrixTCR International SeriesTCR Asia Series 7 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 30 October–1 November FIA World Endurance ChampionshipAudi R8 LMS Cup
Teams and drivers Team Driver Class Rounds Prince Racing 2 Samson Chan B 1, 3 Kenneth Lau B 2 Arrows Racing 2 Evan Chen B 4 Kelvin Kwan B 5–7 17 Fung Yui Sum B All 98 Max Chen B 4 OpenRoad Racing 3 Michael S. B All 21 Francis Tjia B All 60 Marcel Tjia B 4–6 69 Christian Chia B 1, 3 Gary Cheung B 2 Team Jebsen 5 Yuey Tan B All 21 Rodolfo Ávila All Team Yonda Dongfang 8 Ro Charlz Skyangel All Team BetterLife 9 Li Chao All Team Porsche Korea 11 Récardo Bruins Choi 2 Team Kangshun 11 Anderson P. Martono B 1 Ringo Chong B 3, 5–7 Mikko Petteri Nässi B 4 Clearwater Racing 12 Craig Baird All Modena Motorsports 16 Wayne Shen B All 28 John Shen B All Chang Racing Team 18 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak B All LKM Racing Team 22 Siu Tit Lung B 1 Siu Yuk Lung B 2–7 Paul Tresidder Racing 23 Paul Tresidder B All BC Racing 51 Johnson Huang B All Zheng Tong Auto 55 Bao Jin Long All Absolute Racing 58 Ho-Pin Tung All 65 Zhu Junhan B All Kamlung Racing Team 68 Chris van der Drift All Alif Hamdan Motorsports 72 Alif Hamdan All True Vision Motorsports Thailand 78 Suttiluck Buncharoen B All Racing Spirit Thailand 80 Sontaya Kunplome B All Team Porsche Holding 86 Martin Ragginger 1, 3–7 Zhang Zhendong 2 Spark Motorsport 88 Hugues Ripert B 1, 3, 7 Egidio Perfetti B 2 Daniel Andrew Bilski B 4 Silicon Tech Racing LLP 98 Max Twigg B 1–2 Henri Richard B 3, 5–6 PICC Team StarCase 99 Nico Menzel AllIconClass B B ClassGuest Starter
Results Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team B-Class Winner 1 R1 Shanghai 1 Rodolfo Ávila Craig Baird Clearwater Racing Max Twigg R2 Nico Menzel Ho-Pin Tung Team Jebsen Wayne Shen 2 R1 Korea Chris van der Drift Récardo Bruins Choi Chris van der Drift Kamlung Racing Team Egidio Perfetti R2 Craig Baird Chris van der Drift Kamlung Racing Team Egidio Perfetti 3 R1 Fuji Martin Ragginger Alif Hamdan Chris van der Drift Kamlung Racing Team Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak R2 Ho-Pin Tung Chris van der Drift Kamlung Racing Team Francis Tjia 4 R1 Buriram Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift Kamlung Racing Team Evan Chen R2 Nico Menzel Chris van der Drift Kamlung Racing Team Evan Chen 5 R1 Sepang Martin Ragginger Martin Ragginger Nico Menzel PICC Team StarChase Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak R2 Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift Kamlung Racing Team Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 6 R1 Singapore Craig Baird Craig Baird Clearwater Racing Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak R2 Ho-Pin Tung Absolute Racing Francis Tjia 7 R1 Shanghai 2 Martin Ragginger Martin Ragginger Martin Ragginger Team Porsche Holding Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak R2 Nico Menzel Nico Menzel PICC Team StarChase Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
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 SHA1 KOR FUJ BUR SEP SIN SHA2 Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 1 Chris van der Drift 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 5 3 2 4 234 2 Craig Baird 1 4 2 2 3 7 3 4 3 4 1 2 6 5 216 3 Nico Menzel 7 13 5 4 6 5 2 2 1 3 3 6 4 1 192 4 Ho-Pin Tung 5 1 Ret Ret 7 3 5 3 6 Ret 2 1 5 3 161 5 Martin Ragginger 3 3 2 2 4 DNS 2 2 1 2 159 6 Rodolfo Ávila 4 2 12 Ret 4 4 Ret Ret 5 7 4 4 3 7 140 7 Alif Hamdan Ret 8 4 8 5 6 Ret DNS 11 6 Ret 5 7 6 101 8 Ro Charlz Skyangel 6 5 6 7 8 8 18 5 Ret 9 10 Ret 8 15 96 9 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 15 Ret 9 Ret 9 Ret 7 7 9 8 7 10 9 8 80 10 Francis Tjia 13 Ret 11 10 10 9 8 8 Ret 15 8 7 11 17 67 11 Wayne Shen 10 7 13 14 13 16 11 13 10 12 9 12 10 9 67 12 Yuey Tan 9 11 15 12 12 10 10 10 12 11 Ret 8 12 11 67 13 Bao Jing Long 11 6 14 9 11 11 Ret 9 8 10 Ret 14 DNS 10 65 14 Li Chao 14 15 21 13 22 Ret 9 11 13 14 11 11 14 13 40 15 Récardo Bruins Choi 3 3 32 16 Zhang Zhendong 7 5 21 17 Johnson Huang 16 9 18 15 18 15 12 12 Ret DNS 12 17 20 18 21 18 Evan Chen 6 6 20 19 Michael S. 18 12 16 Ret 14 Ret 22 15 21 Ret 11 13 16 12 20 20 Max Twigg 8 Ret 10 11 19 21 Ringo Chong 16 13 15 13 Ret 9 13 Ret 19 22 Egidio Perfetti 8 6 7 5 18 23 Suttiluck Buncharoen 22 Ret 20 16 21 Ret 13 14 17 16 16 16 17 14 8 24 Samson Chan 19 10 15 18 7 25 Christian Chia 17 Ret 17 12 15 16 5 26 John Shen 20 Ret 19 18 19 Ret 19 Ret 14 19 14 18 19 19 5 27 Anderson P. Martono 12 17 4 28 Paul Tresidder 16 17 20 23 17 Ret Ret 18 18 13 19 18 20 3 29 Marcel Tjia 14 Ret 20 21 15 20 3 30 Hugues Ripert 23 14 25 20 23 21 2 31 Henri Richard 20 14 Ret DNS DNS DNS 2 32 Zhu Junhan 21 Ret Ret 17 26 DNS 16 17 16 17 18 15 21 Ret 2 33 Max Chen 15 16 1 - Sontaya Kunplome Ret 18 25 24 27 21 20 19 23 22 17 21 24 22 0 - Siu Yuk Lung 23 21 28 22 17 18 22 20 19 23 22 23 0 - Fung Yui Sum Ret Ret 24 19 24 19 21 Ret Ret Ret 20 22 25 Ret 0 - Kenneth Lau 22 23 0 - Gary Cheung 26 22 0 - Mikko Petteri Nässi Ret Ret 0 - Kelvin Kwan 19 23 21 24 26 24 0 - Siu Tit Lung Ret Ret 0 - Daniel Andrew Bilski Ret Ret 0 Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Points SHA1 KOR FUJ BUR SEP SIN SHA2 Source:
See also 2015 Porsche Supercup 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
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