Solid performance all around as Boston Athletic Club finishes at the top of Porsche entries in third overall while Craft Bamboo Racing took the Porsche 911 GT3 R to earn fifth
Zheng Tong Auto joined the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia in 201, with Chinese driver Bao Jin Long charging into the series to represent the team in a strong debut season where he ranked sixth overall. The following three seasons have seen consecutive returns from the dealer team who continues to be a strong force in the series year after year.
Evan Chen was a quiet storm that took the series by force this year, rising to every challenge and capitalising on every centimetre of opportunity that came his way – straight through to the decisive moments of the final race when he closed the season out in first place in the Pro-Am Class.
"Death or glory was my motto for the last weekend".
Shanghai. After an exhaustive search for the most promising young talent across Asia, 16-year-old Chinese driver Daniel Lu has been selected as the 2018 Porsche China Junior.
Team Porsche Holding was crowned the 2017 Porsche Dealer Trophy Champion after a blockbuster season with no. 86 Martin Ragginger storming the circuits across Asia. Ragginger fought for own individual championships dreams until the last moments of the final race, and while the gifted driver ultimately finished second overall, just seven points off Chris van der Drift, his unwavering determination and strength throughout the season won his team the coveted new championship title.
Shanghai. After an intense day of top quality Porsche racing, the final checkered flag of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 2017 season has waved, with Team Formax’s Chris van der Drift emerging from a talented pack of drivers as the Overall series champion.
Shanghai. The critical moment for the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia has arrived as it heads home to Shanghai International Circuit for a fight-heavy season finale that will see two drivers walk away from the weekend crowned 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia champions and the first-ever Porsche Dealer Trophy winner named.
Li Chao of Team Betterlife has left nothing on the line this season, with the talented Pro-Am challenger dominating circuits across Asia as the series swept through China, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. The no. 9 driver has already claimed four podium finishes with two rounds still to go, and with his non-stop performance has taken a stronghold on third place in the Pro-Am division, on 161 points to his nearest chasing competitor on 140 as the season nears its decisive final moments next month.
Zhejiang. Porsche entries finished out a demanding 2017 season as they completed two hard-fought rounds in difficult conditions, with Craft Bamboo Racing’s Andre Heimgartner and Devon Modell (No.88) making an incredible white-knuckled run from a P10 start in Round 12 to finish the last race of the season on the podium for GT3 class in second.
Zhejiang. JRM drivers Li Chao and Chris van der Drift (No.911) cruised into a hard-won second place championship victory at the China GT finale over the weekend after clinching two wet second place podium finishes, while JRM Teammates Pan Chao and Andrew Tang took home the first-ever Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy China championship title.