# 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.
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.

## 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 | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
| Porsche Beijing Central & Goldenport | 2 | Zhou Bihuang | PA | All |
| R&B Racing | 5 | Wu Jiaxin | Am | All |
| R&B Racing | 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 |
| Modena Motorsports | 16 | Zhang Yaqi | Am | 3 |
| Sime Darby Racing Team | 17 | Nazim Azman | P | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Sime Darby Racing Team | 17 | Reid Harker | P | 4 |
| Trans-China Automotive Racing | 21 | Francis Tjia | PA | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Trans-China Automotive Racing | 21 | 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 |
| EBM Giga Racing | 61 | Reid Harker | P | 2 |
| EBM Giga Racing | 61 | Aaron Foong | Am | 5–6 |
| EBM Giga Racing | 61 | Kerong Li | Am | 7 |
| Shanghai Pudong & Waigaoqiao 69 Racing | 69 | Jacky Wu | Am | All |
| TORO Racing | 77 | Eric Zang | PA | 1–4, 6–7 |
| TORO Racing | 77 | Li Sushang | Am | 5 |
| TORO Racing | 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 |
| OpenRoad Racing | 88 | 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 | Round | Circuit | Pole | Overall Winner | Pro-Am Winner | Am Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | Florian Latorre | Luo Kailuo | Li Chao | Wu Jiaxin |
| 1 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | | Luo Kailuo | Bao Jinlong | Yang Ruoyu |
| 2 | R1 | Korea International Circuit | Florian Latorre | Florian Latorre | Bao Jinlong | Li Xuanyu |
| 2 | R2 | Korea International Circuit | | Luo Kailuo | Eric Zang | Yang Ruoyu |
| 3 | R1 | Suzuka International Racing Course | Florian Latorre | Florian Latorre | Bao Jinlong | Li Sushang |
| 3 | R2 | Suzuka International Racing Course | | Florian Latorre | Bao Jinlong | Li Sushang |
| 4 | R1 | Buriram International Circuit | Florian Latorre | Chris van der Drift | Zhou Bihuang | Li Xuanyu |
| 4 | R2 | Buriram International Circuit | | Luo Kailuo | Bao Jinlong | Yang Ruoyu |
| 5 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | Florian Latorre | Chris van der Drift | Bao Jinlong | Yang Ruoyu |
| 5 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | | Chris van der Drift | Zhou Bihuang | Yang Ruoyu |
| 6 | R1 | Marina Bay Street Circuit | Florian Latorre | Florian Latorre | Bao Jinlong | Yang Ruoyu |
| 6 | R2 | Marina Bay Street Circuit | | Florian Latorre | Bao Jinlong | Eric Kwong |
| 7 | R1 | Shanghai International Circuit | Chris van der Drift | Chris van der Drift | Bao Jinlong | Yang Ruoyu |
| 7 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit | | 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:
| 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

| Pos. | Driver | SEP1 | SEP1 | KOR | KOR | SUZ | SUZ | BUR | BUR | SEP2 | SEP2 | MRN | MRN | SIC | SIC | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Points |
| 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 |
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | SEP1 | SEP1 | KOR | KOR | SUZ | SUZ | BUR | BUR | SEP2 | SEP2 | MRN | MRN | SIC | SIC | | Points |

### Pro-Am

| Pos. | Driver | SEP | SEP | KOR | KOR | SUZ | SUZ | BUR | BUR | SEP | SEP | MRN | MRN | SIC | SIC | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Points |
| 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 |
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | SEP | SEP | KOR | KOR | SUZ | SUZ | BUR | BUR | SEP | SEP | MRN | MRN | SIC | SIC | | Points |

### Am

| Pos. | Driver | SEP | SEP | KOR | KOR | SUZ | SUZ | BUR | BUR | SEP | SEP | MRN | MRN | SIC | SIC | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Points |
| 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 |
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Points |
| Pos. | Driver | SEP | SEP | KOR | KOR | SUZ | SUZ | BUR | BUR | SEP | SEP | MRN | MRN | SIC | SIC | | Points |

### 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 |