2006 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

The 2006 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the fourth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on March 17 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished at the Guia Circuit on November 19. This year saw the introduction of the new 997 GT3 Cup car which replaced the outgoing Type 996 that had been run since the series' inception in 2003.

The season was dominated by Darryl O'Young who secured the championship with a round to spare. The Class B title was won by Australian Geoff Morgan.

Calendar The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2006 championship. Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 17–19 March Malaysian Grand PrixFormula BMW Asia 2 14–16 April Stand-alone event 3 Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing, China 10–11 June Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 4 Sentul International Circuit, Sentul City, Indonesia 22–23 July Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 5 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 29 September–1 October Chinese Grand PrixFormula BMW Asia 6 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 21–22 October Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car SeriesFormula V6 Asia by Renault Series 7 Guia Circuit, Macau 18–19 November Macau Grand PrixWorld Touring Car Championship

Teams and drivers Team Driver Class Rounds Tomo Racing 2 Kazuyuki Nishizawa All 3 Shinichi Yamaji All Team Vertu 5 Nigel Albon All Team Hayashi 6 Dilantha Malagamuwa All Rusty French Racing 7 Rusty French B All William E. Connor II 8 William E. Connor II B All Gates GR Asia 9 Danny Watts 1, 7 33 Matthew Marsh All Sunseeker Asia 11 Alain Li 1–2, 4–5, 7 Turn1 Motorsport Asia 14 Ricardo H. Proost B All Boro Racing 15 Toshiya Ichiraku B 1, 6 Toshihide Hashimura B 2 Fumihiko Watanabe B 3 Kimihiro Yashiro B 4, 7 Akira Hirakawa 5 SCC Racing Team 18 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak All 36 Nattavude Charoensukawattana 1–4, 6–7 A1 Racing Team 28 Max Chen B 1–4, 6–7 EKS Motorsport 41 Geoff Morgan B 2–7 Peter Boylan 77 Peter Boylan B 1, 3–4, 6–7 Cref Motorsport 80 Keita Sawa All Team Jebsen 88 Darryl O'Young All Philip Ma Racing 98 Philip Ma B 1, 3–7 Patrick Ma B 2IconClass 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 BEI SEN SHA ZHU MAC Points 1 Darryl O'Young 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 4 218 2 Shinichi Yamaji 3 1 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 12 3 188 3 Keita Sawa 4 Ret 2 5 3 3 2 2 5 2 2 2 162 4 Matthew Marsh 6 3 3 2 2 2 7 8 4 Ret 6 Ret 137 5 Nattavude Charoensukawattana 2 5 6 9 9 6 4 3 6 4 7 128 6 Kazuyuki Nishizawa 7 6 7 3 5 7 16 Ret 3 4 3 Ret 111 7 Nigel Albon 5 2 4 6 Ret DNS 6 5 Ret 7 5 6 109 8 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 8 7 13 7 Ret DNS 5 6 6 5 Ret 5 87 9 Dilantha Malagamuwa 9 8 8 8 7 5 10 9 7 Ret 7 Ret 83 10 Geoff Morgan 10 Ret 6 8 9 10 8 8 8 12 66 11 Rusty French 13 11 14 11 15 10 12 11 10 9 Ret 14 47 12 Alain Li Ret 9 9 10 8 7 9 Ret 44 13 Philip Ma 15 14 8 11 13 13 15 10 10 9 43 14 Ricardo H. Proost 16 12 16 15 13 12 11 13 11 9 8 41 15 William E. Connor II 11 13 12 14 12 13 14 14 12 Ret 11 11 40 16 Peter Boylan 14 15 11 14 15 15 13 Ret 10 22 17 Max Chen 10 Ret Ret 12 14 Ret 12 14 Ret Ret 18 18 Fumihiko Watanabe 10 9 11 18 19 Toshiya Ichiraku 12 10 Ret Ret 10 20 Kimihiro Yashiro 12 13 8 21 Toshihide Hashimura 11 13 8 22 Patrick Ma 15 16 1 Guest drivers ineligible for points - Danny Watts 1 0 Driver SEP1 SEP2 BEI SEN SHA ZHU MAC Points Source:

Class B Driver SEP1 SEP2 BEI SEN SHA ZHU MAC Points 1 Geoff Morgan 10 Ret 6 8 9 10 8 8 8 11 66 2 Rusty French 13 11 14 11 15 10 12 11 10 9 Ret 13 47 3 Philip Ma 15 14 8 11 13 13 15 10 10 8 43 4 Ricardo H. Proost 16 12 16 15 13 12 11 13 11 9 7 41 5 William E. Connor II 11 13 12 14 12 13 14 14 12 Ret 11 10 40 6 Peter Boylan 14 15 11 14 15 15 13 Ret 9 22 7 Max Chen 10 Ret Ret 12 14 Ret 12 14 Ret Ret 18 8 Fumihiko Watanabe 10 9 11 18 9 Toshiya Ichiraku 12 10 Ret Ret 10 10 Kimihiro Yashiro 17 12 12 8 11 Toshihide Hashimura 11 13 8 12 Patrick Ma 15 16 1 Driver SEP1 SEP2 BEI SEN SHA ZHU MAC Points Source:

See also 2006 Porsche Supercup

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References

External links Official website