The 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the fourteenth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on April 17 at the Shanghai International Circuit and finished at the same circuit on November 6.

Despite not scoring any overall wins throughout the season, Nico Menzel became the youngest champion in the series' history at 19 years old. Yuan Bo won the B-Class championship by 10 points over nearest competitor, Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak.

Calendar The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2016 championship. The schedule includes two rounds (Fuji and Sydney) which ran concurrently with the Japanese and Australian Carrera Cup Championships. Drivers who compete in the invitational races in these rounds automatically amass ten championship points. Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 15–17 April Chinese Grand PrixTCR International Series 2 Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 3–5 June One Make Series FestivalPorsche Carrera Cup Japan 3 Buriram International Circuit, Buriram Province, Thailand 8–10 July Thailand Super SeriesTCR Thailand Touring Car Championship 4 Sydney Motorsport Park, New South Wales, Australia 26–28 August International V8 Supercars ChampionshipPorsche Carrera Cup AustraliaAustralian GT ChampionshipToyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series 5 Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore 16–18 September Singapore Grand PrixTCR International SeriesFerrari Challenge Asia-Pacific 6 Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 30 September–2 October Malaysian Grand PrixGP2 SeriesGP3 SeriesTCR International Series 7 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 4–6 November FIA World Endurance ChampionshipAudi R8 LMS Cup

Teams and drivers Team Driver Class Rounds Arrows Racing 2 Samson Chan B 1 Kenneth Lau B 2–3, 5–6 17 Fung Yui Sum B All Kamlung Racing 2 Mak Hing Tak B 4 68 Maxime Jousse All Chong Yau Runme Wong 2 Chong Yau Runme Wong B 7 OpenRoad Racing 3 Michael Soeryadjaya B 1–2, 4–7 Shaun Varney 3 21 Francis Tjia B 1–2, 4–5, 7 Scott Hargrove 3 Team Jebsen 5 Yuey Tan B All 77 Cui Yue All Absolute Racing 6 Yuan Bo B All 88 Mitchell Gilbert All Team Formax 7 Wang Xi B 1, 4–5 Yeo Tee Eong B 2–3, 7 Racing Spirit Thailand 8 Sontaya Kunplome B 1–5, 7 Preeda Tantemsapya B 6 Team BetterLife 9 Li Chao B All Porsche China Junior Team 10 Andrew Tang All RC Racing 11 Jeffery Chiang B 1, 3 Tiger Wu B 2, 4, 7 Ringo Chong B 6 Modena Motorsports 16 Wayne Shen B All 28 John Shen B All Chang Racing Team 18 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak B All Fun88 Team Sunfonda 19 Zhang Dasheng All LKM Racing Team 22 Siu Yuk Lung 1–2, 4–6 Will Bamber 3 Paul Tresidder Racing 23 Paul Tresidder B 1–2, 4–7 Zhengtong Auto 55 Bao Jin Long All True Visions Motorsports Thailand 78 Suttiluck Buncharoen B All Team Porsche Holding 86 Zhang Zhendong 1–2 Martin Ragginger 3–5, 7 Chris van der Drift 6 PICC Team StarChase 99 Nico Menzel All Team Carrera Cup Asia 911 Earl Bamber 7IconClass B B ClassGuest Starter

Results Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team B-Class Winner 1 R1 Shanghai 1 Maxime Jousse Maxime Jousse Maxime Jousse Kamlung Racing Yuan Bo R2 Maxime Jousse Maxime Jousse Kamlung Racing Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 2 R1 Fuji Maxime Jousse Andrew Tang Andrew Tang Porsche China Junior Team Yuan Bo R2 Maxime Jousse Maxime Jousse Kamlung Racing Yuan Bo 3 R1 Buriram Maxime Jousse Andrew Tang Andrew Tang Porsche China Junior Team Yuan Bo R2 Andrew Tang Scott Hargrove OpenRoad Racing Yuan Bo 4 R1 Sydney Maxime Jousse Mitchell Gilbert Mitchell Gilbert Absolute Racing Yuan Bo R2 Maxime Jousse Mitchell Gilbert Absolute Racing Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 5 Singapore Martin Ragginger Maxime Jousse Martin Ragginger Team Porsche Holding Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 6 Sepang Chris van der Drift Maxime Jousse Chris van der Drift Team Porsche Holding Yuey Tan 7 R1 Shanghai 2 Earl Bamber Earl Bamber Earl Bamber Team Carrera Cup Asia Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak R2 Nico Menzel Martin Ragginger Martin Ragginger Team Porsche Holding Yuan Bo

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 Pole Points 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

Overall Driver SHA1 FUJ BUR SYD SIN SEP SHA2 Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 1 Nico Menzel 2 2 2 3 5 4 Ret 4 2 2 3 3 203 2 Maxime Jousse 1 1 3 1 3 2 Ret 3 2 2 195 3 Mitchell Gilbert 8 5 5 4 4 5 1 1 4 DSQ 4 6 173 4 Andrew Tang 15 4 1 2 1 9 4 3 5 9 7 7 172 5 Zhang Dasheng 7 3 4 5 6 3 7 10 6 3 5 9 161 6 Cui Yue 7 6 12 8 9 6 6 11 4 8 4 122 7 Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 4 8 8 10 9 11 10 2 7 8 9 Ret 118 8 Yuan Bo 3 9 7 8 7 8 5 Ret 9 11 20 5 114 9 Martin Ragginger Ret 2 3 5 1 6 1 110 10 Bao Jin Long 6 11 9 7 10 9 11 Ret 6 10 Ret 88 11 Yuey Tan 14 10 14 14 8 7 8 5 Ret 8 79 12 Wayne Shen 9 14 12 15 12 12 15 9 12 7 11 10 76 13 Francis Tjia 12 11 9 11 8 10 15 Ret 57 14 Suttiluck Buncharoen 10 14 14 Ret 14 12 13 12 13 14 50 15 Li Chao Ret 10 13 13 11 13 17 15 15 16 12 47 16 John Shen 11 13 13 15 13 14 Ret 14 14 13 46 17 Michael Soeryadjaya 13 Ret 11 12 13 12 11 45 18 Zhang Zhendong 5 6 15 6 43 19 Scott Hargrove 2 1 38 20 Paul Tresidder 12 15 16 17 14 13 17 16 32 21 Siu Yuk Lung Ret 20 18 15 22 22 Fung Yui Sum 19 20 18 Ret 20 23 Sontaya Kunplome 21 19 19 17 20 24 Tiger Wu Ret 18 16 20 25 Will Bamber 6 7 19 26 Kenneth Lau 15 Ret 16 12 27 Wang Xi 22 21 Ret 23 19 10 28 Yeo Tee Eong Ret 10 29 Mak Hing Tak DNS DNS 10 30 Ringo Chong 10 7 - Jeffery Chiang Ret DNS Ret DNS 0 - Samson Chan 0 - Shaun Varney Ret Ret 0 - Daniel Andrew Bilski Ret Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points - Chris van der Drift 1 0 - Earl Bamber 1 DNS 0 - Chong Yau Runme Wong 22 15 0 - Siu Tit Lung 21 18 0 Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Points SHA1 FUJ BUR SYD SIN SEP SHA2

See also 2016 Porsche Supercup 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia

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