The 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (known for commercial reasons as the 2005 Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia) was the third season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on March 18 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished at the Guia Circuit on November 20.

Briton Jonathan Cocker became the youngest champion of the category to date after reining in season-long championship leader, Nattavude Charoensukawattana to win the title by a single point. Hong Kong driver Alain Li took the Class B championship honours.

Calendar The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2005 championship. Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 18–20 March Malaysian Grand Prix 2 14–15 May Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 3 Bira Circuit, Pattaya, Thailand 10–12 June Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 4 Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing, China 14–16 July Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 5 Taebaek Racing Park, Taebaek, South Korea 5–7 August Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 6 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 14–16 October Chinese Grand PrixFormula BMW Asia 7 Guia Circuit, Macau 17–20 November Macau Grand PrixWorld Touring Car ChampionshipAsian Touring Car Series

Teams and drivers All entrants utilised Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars. Team Driver Class Rounds A-Ha Racing 1 Matthew Marsh All Porsche Asia Pacific 3 Marchy Lee 7 21 Jak Chamikorn B 1 63 Manit Vravut 1 Hideki Hirota B 7 83 Jerome Haslin 1 A1 Racing Team 6 Dilantha Malagamuwa All William E. Connor II 8 William E. Connor II B All William Heinecke Racing 11 Alain Li B 1–2, 4–7 William Heinecke B 3 Porsche Motorsport Sweden 17 Nicklas Karlsson 1 SCC Racing Team 18 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak All 36 Nattavude Charoensukawattana All GR Asia 19 Sven Herberger 1 Richard Meins B 7 20 Danny Watts 1–2 Rob Wilson 7 21 Gene Lee 2 42 Nicholas Thomas B 7 Team Thailand 28 Sontaya Kunplome B All GruppeM Racing 38 Jonathan Cocker All Jaseri Racing Team 55 Rizal Ramli 1–4 Team Jebsen 88 Darryl O'Young All Eurokars Racing 89 Nigel Albon All Bloomberg 98 Philip Ma B 1–2, 4, 6–7 Patrick Ma B 3, 5IconClass B B ClassGuest Starter

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 15thPoints 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall Driver SEP1 SEP2 BIR BEI TAE SHA MAC Points 1 Jonathan Cocker 4 1 3 6 7 2 2 1 2 1 5 177 2 Nattavude Charoensukawattana 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 Ret 2 176 3 Darryl O'Young 2 10 4 3 5 1 1 3 4 3 1 172 4 Matthew Marsh 1 4 5 4 6 5 3 4 3 2 3 162 5 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 5 2 2 7 4 6 6 4 105 6 Dilantha Malagamuwa Ret 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 5 8 93 7 Alain Li 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6 13 81 8 Nigel Albon Ret Ret 6 5 2 Ret 5 5 5 DNS Ret 76 9 William E. Connor II Ret 8 11 9 11 9 10 8 8 8 11 72 10 Rizal Ramli Ret 5 7 2 3 3 Ret 71 11 Sontaya Kunplome 8 9 12 12 12 11 11 9 9 9 14 65 12 Philip Ma 7 Ret 10 10 9 7 12 46 13 Patrick Ma 11 9 12 14 William Heinecke 10 10 12 Guest drivers ineligible for points - Marchy Lee 4 0 - Danny Watts 6 0 - Hideki Hirota 6 0 - Richard Meins 7 0 - Gene Lee 8 0 - Rob Wilson 9 0 - Nicholas Thomas 10 0 Driver SEP1 SEP2 BIR BEI TAE SHA MAC Points Source:

Class B Driver SEP1 SEP2 BIR BEI TAE SHA MAC Points 1 Alain Li 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6 13 81 2 William E. Connor II Ret 8 11 9 11 9 10 8 8 8 11 72 3 Sontaya Kunplome 8 9 12 12 12 11 11 9 9 9 14 65 4 Philip Ma 7 Ret 10 10 9 7 12 46 5 Patrick Ma 11 9 12 6 William Heinecke 10 10 12 Guest drivers ineligible for points - Hideki Hirota 6 0 - Richard Meins 7 0 - Nicholas Thomas 10 0 Driver SEP1 SEP2 BIR BEI TAE SHA MAC Points Source:

See also 2005 Porsche Supercup 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

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