The 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the inaugural season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on March 21 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished at the Guia Circuit on November 17. All entrants utilized Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars that were prevalent in other Carrera Cup competitions across the globe.

Hong Kong driver Charles Kwan became the inaugural champion, narrowly beating out Briton Nigel Albon by four points for the title. Thai driver Nattavude Charoensukawattana featured strongly throughout the majority of the season. However, a string of bad results in the final three races of the season ruled him out of contention heading into the finale in Macau. 大馬熊龍澳門站無敵 關兆昌膺「波子王」 Apple Daily. November 17, 2003.

Calendar The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2003 championship. Each round held two races, with the exception of the first round at Sepang and the final round at Macau which held only one. Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 21–23 March Malaysian Grand PrixFormula BMW Asia 2 7–8 June Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 3 Johor Circuit, Johor, Malaysia 28–29 June Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 4 Bira Circuit, Pattaya, Thailand 19–20 July Formula BMW AsiaAsian Formula Three ChampionshipAsian Touring Car Series 5 Taebaek Racing Park, Taebaek, South Korea 23–24 August Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 6 Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing, China 25–26 October Formula BMW AsiaAsian Formula Three ChampionshipAsian Touring Car Series 7 Guia Circuit, Macau 15–17 November Macau Grand Prix

Teams and drivers All entrants utilised Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars. Team Driver Rounds The Pizza Company 3 William Heinecke All 77 Matthew Marsh 1, 7 Anil Thadani 2, 4 Lai Yuk Shing 7 Lai Yuk Shing 1–2, 4, 6–7 Naza Racing Team 8 Nigel Albon All 10 Tunku Hammam 1–3, 6–7 Toby Venter 9 Toby Venter 1–4 Porsche Bangkok / Red Bull 11 Chonsawat Asavahame All 18 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 1–4, 6–7 Fuspeed Racing 13 Nattavude Charoensukawattana All Porsche Asia Pacific 20 A. Omar 1 21 Aaron Kwok 1 Sontaya Kunplome 4 Alex Yoong 7 LKM Racing Team 22 Siu Tit Lung All 33 Siu Yuk Lung All A1 Racing Team 28 Max Chen All 66 Wang Shuo-I 1, 3–5 Simon Lee 7 Team Infineon-Novellus 29 Charles Kwan All Jaseri Racing 55 Tommy Lee All Kevin Wong 88 Kevin Wong 1–2 Kenji Kawagoe 88 Kenji Kawagoe 4 Philip Ma Racing 98 Patrick Ma 1 Philip Ma 2, 6–7 Gieves & Hawkes 99 Alex Yan AllIconClass Guest Starter

Championship standings Driver SEP1 SEP2 JOH BIR TAE BEI MAC Points 1 Charles Kwan 1 Ret 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 208 2 Nigel Albon 2 3 1 2 2 8 5 2 2 1 1 4 204 3 Nattavude Charoensukawattana 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 Ret DNS Ret 158 4 Tommy Lee 9 5 5 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 137 5 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 5 4 4 4 5 14 4 3 3 5 132 6 Chonsawat Asavahame 8 7 11 7 8 3 Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 6 96 7 Siu Yuk Lung 10 12 8 11 9 7 7 9 7 7 8 14 86 8 Toby Venter 18 2 10 5 4 4 3 82 9 Tunku Hammam 6 8 6 10 7 6 6 12 71 10 William Heinecke 17 14 15 Ret 10 10 9 8 8 8 10 13 60 11 Alex Yan 11 9 14 9 12 Ret 10 10 9 Ret DNS 8 55 12 Max Chen 16 13 13 8 13 6 Ret 6 6 Ret Ret 15 54 13 Tit Siu Lung Ret Ret DNS 12 Ret 11 8 7 5 9 9 52 14 Philip Ma 10 9 5 5 11 44 15 Lai Yuk Shing 13 11 12 9 DNS 10 11 10 40 16 Kevin Wong 7 6 7 29 17 Wang Shuo-I 19 13 11 12 11 11 Ret 23 18 Anil Thadani 15 16 13 12 8 Guest drivers ineligible for points Alex Yoong 1 0 Matthew Marsh 4 3 0 Aaron Kwok 12 0 Patrick Ma 14 0 A. Omar 15 0 Driver SEP1 SEP2 JOH BIR TAE BEI MAC Points Source:

See also 2003 Porsche Supercup 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

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