The 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the eighteenth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on May 7 at the Shanghai International Circuit and finished at the same circuit on October 31.

After the cancellation of the 2020 season owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 saw the championship take place entirely within China with no international stops on the calendar. Entrants were restricted to teams based in China, or the territories of Hong Kong and Macau. This season also saw the introduction of the Am class championship.

In a closely-contested championship, Daniel Lu Wenlong ultimately emerged victorious to become the champion in his third year in the category. Bao Jinlong successfully the Pro-Am championship for the second time in succession, Eric Kwong became the first Am class champion in the categories history and Team Jebsen claimed the Dealer Trophy for the first time.

Calendar The provisional calendar was released on January 9 However, after multiple key events were cancelled as a result of the effects of the global pandemic, the schedule was reorganized and the championship took place exclusively within China. Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 7–9 May TCR Asia SeriesTCR China Touring Car Championship 2 Zhuhai International Circuit, Guangdong, China 21–23 May Stand-alone event C Suzuka Circuit, Mie, Japan 20–21 August Intercontinental GT ChallengeLamborghini Super Trofeo Asia 3 Ningbo International Circuit, Zhejiang, China 3–5 September China Endurance Championship 4 17–19 September C Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore 1–3 October Singapore Grand PrixFerrari Challenge Asia-Pacific 5 Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan, China 22–24 October TCR Asia SeriesTCR China Touring Car Championship 6 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 29–31 October Stand-alone event NC Guia Circuit, Macau 19–21 November Macau Grand PrixTCR Asia Series Cancelled events The Suzuka event scheduled for August was to be run as part of the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge Suzuka 10 Hours support package. However, in March, the event was cancelled owing to travel restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The Singapore round was to be run as part of the Singapore Grand Prix support package. Like with the Suzuka round, the event would be cancelled in June owing to the effects of the pandemic. A non-championship invitational event in Macau was scheduled after the conclusion of the championship in November. However, no such racing took place that weekend.

Teams and drivers All entrants utilized the new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992); replacing the outgoing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991 II). Team Driver Class Rounds Absolute Racing 3 Bian Ye PA All Team Shanghai Yonda 6 Bao Jinlong PA All TORO Racing 7 André Couto P 1–2 Massimiliano Wiser P 3–6 66 Min Heng PA All Porsche Beijing Central & Goldenport 9 Li Chao PA All Meidong Racing 12 Ling Kang P All 68 Zhou Bihuang PA All Team Jebsen 20 Daniel Lu Wenlong P All BD Group 22 Ye Hongli P All KiddyWorld Racing 23 Eric Kwong Am All ZZRT Competizione 55 Wu Jiaxin Am 3–4, 6 Team Shanghai Pudong & Waigaoqiao 69 Jacky Wu Am 1, 3–4 Jeffrey Zee Am 2, 5–6 Team Porsche Holding 86 Cui Yue P All Ivory Bay Capital 88 Yuan Bo P All Triple Ace Racing 91 Henry Kwong Am All Team StarChase 99 Yu Kuai P All Horsepower 666 Lin Yue PA 1–3 Silver Rocket 828 Lia Jia Am All 20XX Racing 911 Nathan Lu Wenhu P AllIconClass P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup Guest Starter

Results Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Pro-Am Winner Am Winner 1 R1 Shanghai 1 Daniel Lu Wenlong Ling Kang Ling Kang Meidong Racing Zhou Bihuang Eric Kwong R2 Yu Kuai Ye Hongli Ye Hongli BD Group Bao Jinlong Henry Kwong 2 R1 Zhuhai Yu Kuai Ye Hongli Cui Yue Team Porsche Holding Bian Ye Eric Kwong R2 Cui Yue Ling Kang Cui Yue Team Porsche Holding Bao Jinlong Eric Kwong 3 R1 Ningbo 1 Ye Hongli Daniel Lu Wenlong Daniel Lu Wenlong Team Jebsen Bao Jinlong Eric Kwong R2 Ye Hongli Ling Kang Ye Hongli BD Group Bao Jinlong Eric Kwong R3 Daniel Lu Wenlong Daniel Lu Wenlong Daniel Lu Wenlong Team Jebsen Bao Jinlong Henry Kwong 4 R1 Ningbo 2 Ling Kang Daniel Lu Wenlong Daniel Lu Wenlong Team Jebsen Bao Jinlong Henry Kwong R2 Yu Kuai Ling Kang Yu Kuai Team StarChase Zhou Bihuang Eric Kwong 5 R1 Zhuzhou Yu Kuai Ling Kang Yu Kuai Team StarChase Bao Jinlong Henry Kwong R2 Yu Kuai Ye Hongli Cui Yue Team Porsche Holding Bao Jinlong Henry Kwong R3 Yu Kuai Yu Kuai Yu Kuai Team StarChase Zhou Bihuang Eric Kwong 6 R1 Shanghai 2 Ye Hongli Ye Hongli Ye Hongli BD Group Min Heng Eric Kwong R2 Ye Hongli Cui Yue Ye Hongli BD Group Bao Jinlong Henry Kwong R3 Ye Hongli Daniel Lu Wenlong Daniel Lu Wenlong Team Jebsen Min Heng Henry Kwong

Championship standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified drivers in every race, using the following system:

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15thPolePoints25201714121098765432111

Overall Driver SHA1 ZHU NIN1 NIN2 ZHO SHA2 Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 1 Daniel Lu Wenlong 4 3 2 6 1 2 1 1 5 2 2 4 2 5 1 284 2 Cui Yue 2 4 1 1 3 3 3 2 4 4 1 5 3 2 2 278 3 Yu Kuai 5 2 3 4 DNS 5 4 3 1 1 5 1 4 3 4 255 4 Ye Hongli 3 1 4 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 3 3 4 2 1 1 DSQ 239 5 Ling Kang 1 5 DSQ 3 2 4 2 7 2 5 3 3 5 4 Ret 214 6 Massimiliano Wiser 4 6 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 3 121 7 Yuan Bo 6 6 5 5 Ret 8 6 6 6 Ret 13 9 12 7 5 117 8 Bao Jinlong Ret 7 7 7 5 7 8 8 9 7 8 11 9 8 7 115 9 Min Heng 8 9 11 15 7 9 11 10 10 10 10 8 8 12 6 95 10 Zhou Bihuang 7 13 Ret 8 9 10 9 9 8 9 9 7 11 13 8 93 11 Bian Ye 10 11 6 9 12 13 10 15 11 11 12 10 10 9 9 81 12 Nathan Lu Wenhu 9 12 Ret DNS 6 12 7 Ret 12 8 6 Ret 7 11 15 70 13 Eric Kwong 11 16 9 10 8 11 14 12 14 15 DNS 12 14 15 12 51 14 Li Chao 14 10 Ret 11 11 16 Ret 16 13 12 Ret Ret 13 10 10 39 15 Henry Kwong 16 14 10 Ret 15 15 13 11 15 13 11 13 15 14 11 37 16 Lin Yue 15 DNS 8 14 10 14 12 22 17 Li Jia 17 17 12 12 14 17 15 13 17 14 15 14 17 18 13 20 18 André Couto 13 8 Ret DNS 12 19 Jeffrey Zee 13 13 16 14 15 18 17 14 11 20 Jacky Wu 12 15 13 DNS 17 Ret 16 5 21 Wu Jiaxin DNS 18 16 14 18 16 16 Ret 4 Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 Points SHA1 ZHU NIN1 NIN2 ZHO SHA2

See also 2021 Porsche Supercup 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

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