The 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the fifteenth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on April 7 at the Shanghai International Circuit and finished at the same circuit on November 5.

Chris van der Drift won his second Porsche Carrera Cup Asia title on his full-time return to the category. Evan Chen won the Pro-Am championship while Team Porsche Holding won the newly-established Dealer Trophy.

Calendar The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2017 championship. Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 7–9 April Chinese Grand Prix 2 Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan 2–4 June One Make Series FestivalPorsche Carrera Cup Japan 3 Bangsaen Street Circuit, Bang Saen, Thailand 30 June–2 July Thailand Super SeriesTCR Asia Series 4 Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 21–23 July Asian Le Mans Sprint CupPorsche Carrera Cup Australia 5 Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore 15–17 September Singapore Grand PrixFerrari Challenge Asia-Pacific 6 Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 29 September–1 October Malaysian Grand PrixFormula 4 South East Asia Championship 7 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 3–5 November FIA World Endurance Championship

Teams and drivers Team Driver Class Rounds Arrows Racing 2 Liu Lic Ka PA 1–2 Yu Kam Cheong PA 3 Kelvin Kwan PA 7 4 Kenneth Lau PA 1–4, 6 17 Fung Yui Sum PA All OpenRoad Racing 3 Michael Soeryadjaya PA 2, 4 21 Francis Tjia PA 1–5, 7 69 Christian Chia PA 1, 3–5, 7 Team NZ 3 Graeme Dowsett PA 6 Team Jebsen 5 Yuey Tan PA All 77 Cui Yue P All Team Formax 7 Chris van der Drift P All Racing Spirit Thailand 5 Sontaya Kunplome PA 2–3, 5, 7 Preeda Tantemsapya PA 1, 4 Team BetterLife 9 Li Chao PA All Porsche China Junior Team 10 Andrew Tang P All 19 Zhang Dasheng P All RC Racing 11 Stephen Grove PA 1–2 Rick Yoon PA 5 FAW T2 Motorsport 12 Will Bamber P All Absolute Racing 15 Tanart Sathienthirakul P All Modena Motorsports 16 Wayne Shen PA All 28 John Shen PA All 33 Antares Au PA 1 LKM Racing 22 Siu Yuk Lung PA 1–2, 4–6 Timothy Yeo PA 3 Siu Tit Lung PA 7 Paul Tresidder Racing 23 Paul Tresidder PA All Force Asia Racing 29 Akash Nandy P All Zheng Tong Auto 55 Bao Jin Long P All Kamlung Racing 68 Evan Chen PA All True Visions Motorsports Thailand 78 Suttiluck Buncharoen PA All Team Porsche Holding 86 Martin Ragginger P All Team C&D Auto 88 Yuan Bo P All Team StarChase 99 Philip Hamprecht P AllIconClass P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Guest Starter

Results Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team B-Class Winner 1 R1 Shanghai 1 Andrew Tang Andrew Tang Martin Ragginger Team Porsche Holding Li Chao R2 Andrew Tang Akash Nandy Will Bamber FAW T2 Motorsport Evan Chen 2 R1 Fuji Martin Ragginger Martin Ragginger Martin Ragginger Team Porsche Holding Evan Chen R2 Philip Hamprecht Martin Ragginger Chris van der Drift Team Formax Evan Chen 3 R1 Bangsaen Will Bamber Chris van der Drift Will Bamber FAW T2 Motorsport Yuey Tan R2 Will Bamber Will Bamber FAW T2 Motorsport Francis Tjia 4 R1 Sepang 1 Chris van der Drift Philip Hamprecht Chris van der Drift Team Formax Yuey Tan R2 Chris van der Drift Will Bamber Will Bamber FAW T2 Motorsport Francis Tjia 5 R1 Singapore Martin Ragginger Martin Ragginger Philip Hamprecht Team StarChase Evan Chen R2 Martin Ragginger Martin Ragginger Team Porsche Holding Evan Chen 6 Sepang 2 Martin Ragginger Philip Hamprecht Martin Ragginger Team Porsche Holding Evan Chen 7 R1 Shanghai 2 Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift Chris van der Drift Team Formax Yuey Tan R2 Chris van der Drift Philip Hamprecht Philip Hamprecht Team StarChase Evan Chen

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 BNG SEP1 SIN SEP2 SHA2 Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 1 Chris van der Drift 4 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 8 2 3 1 6 235 2 Martin Ragginger 1 2 1 2 4 4 6 2 6 1 1 7 5 228 3 Will Bamber 3 1 4 4 1 1 Ret 1 9 3 2 2 4 220 4 Andrew Tang 1 5 2 Ret 6 9 3 4 3 7 6 3 2 186 5 Philip Hamprecht 9 4 6 Ret 3 3 2 DSQ 1 5 4 5 1 182 6 Zhang Dasheng 5 8 7 3 8 8 4 5 2 4 8 4 3 177 7 Tanart Sathienthirakul 8 6 5 5 5 5 Ret 22 4 6 7 9 7 135 8 Akash Nandy 22 9 6 7 7 5 6 5 9 5 10 Ret 115 9 Yuan Bo 6 7 8 Ret 10 Ret 8 10 8 10 6 10 97 10 Cui Yue 7 9 Ret 11 Ret 6 Ret 7 6 12 9 8 Ret 89 11 Yuey Tan 12 15 11 8 9 13 7 Ret 12 11 13 11 9 81 12 Evan Chen 11 10 7 10 12 DSQ 16 11 10 11 12 8 78 13 Bao Jin Long 10 10 14 15 13 Ret 8 9 Ret DNS 12 15 22 58 14 Francis Tjia Ret Ret 9 11 11 11 10 13 15 14 12 58 15 Wayne Shen 15 12 Ret 12 9 11 14 13 11 51 16 Li Chao 11 17 12 Ret 12 10 12 14 14 15 Ret 15 49 17 Suttiluck Buncharoen 13 23 14 14 14 15 Ret 15 16 13 34 18 Michael Soeryadjaya 15 10 12 18 31 19 John Shen 14 Ret 15 15 20 20 13 22 17 27 20 Paul Tresidder 16 Ret 13 14 18 16 25 21 Fung Yui Sum 19 19 21 19 20 20 22 Siu Yuk Lung 20 17 19 20 23 Christian Chia 14 14 13 17 14 19 24 Stephen Grove 13 16 25 Preeda Tantemsapya 13 16 15 14 26 Sontaya Kunplome DNS Ret 20 18 10 27 Liu Lic Ka 18 Ret 10 28 Kenneth Lau 18 17 10 - Antares Au 21 0 - Yu Kam Cheong Ret 0 - Timothy Yeo Ret Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points - Kelvin Kwan 23 19 0 - Siu Tit Lung 21 21 0 Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 Points SHA1 FUJ BNG SEP1 SIN SEP2 SHA2

See also 2017 Porsche Supercup 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2017 Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

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