2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

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.^[1]

Calendar

The provisional calendar was released on January 9^[2] 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.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China	7–9 May	TCR Asia Series TCR 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 Challenge Lamborghini 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 Prix Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific
5	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Hunan, China	22–24 October	TCR Asia Series TCR 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 Prix TCR Asia Series

Teams and drivers

All entrants utilized the new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992); replacing the outgoing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991 II).^[2]

Team No. 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 All

Icon Class 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

Overall

Pos.	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
Pos.	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

Notes

References

External links

• Official website