2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

Motorsport racing season Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 2008 Overall Champion: Darryl O'YoungB-Class Champion: Tunku Hammam thumb|200px|right|Darryl O'Young won his second Porsche Carrera Cup Asia championship The 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the sixth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on March 21 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished at the Bahrain International Circuit on November 8. A consistent campaign from Darryl O'Young saw the Team Jebsen driver become the first multi-time champion in the history of the championship. The Class B championship was won by Tunku Hammam of Malaysia.O'Young is Porsche champ again https://www.scmp.com/article/659522/oyoung-porsche-champ-again 2008-11-09 2026-07-17 South China Morning Post en-GBAP: Series 2008 season review https://au.motorsport.com/porsche/news/ap-series-2008-season-review/2842082/ 2008-12-01 2026-07-17 Motorsport.com en-GBhttp://www.porsche.com/pap/motorsportandevents/motorsport/racing/porschecarreracupasia/news/?pool=motorsport&id=fdebfa7d-af6b-4011-a10c-3505cb5256b0&lang=en O’Young, Hammam Crowned 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Champions in Bahrain 2008-11-13 2012-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212225450/http://www.porsche.com/pap/motorsportandevents/motorsport/racing/porschecarreracupasia/news/?pool=motorsport&id=fdebfa7d-af6b-4011-a10c-3505cb5256b0&lang=en dead Calendar The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2008 championship.2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia https://racingcalendar.net/championship/porsche-carrera-cup-asia/2008 2026-07-17 RacingCalendar.net en-GB Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 MYS Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 21–23 March Malaysian Grand PrixGP2 Asia SeriesFormula BMW Pacific 2 CHN Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 19–20 April Asian Formula Renault Challenge 3 CHN Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 21–22 June Stand-alone event 4 INA Sentul International Circuit, Sentul City, Indonesia 18–20 July Formula V6 Asia ChampionshipAsian Touring Car SeriesFormula BMW Pacific 5 SIN Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore 26–28 September Singapore Grand PrixFormula BMW Pacific 6 CHN Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 17–19 October Chinese Grand PrixGP2 Asia SeriesFormula BMW Pacific 7 BHR Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain 6–8 November V8 Supercar Championship Series Teams and drivers thumb|250px|right|Matthew Marsh chases down Ringo Chong in Shanghai. Team No. Car number Driver Class Rounds Team Vertu 5 SIN Yuey Tan B 6–7 Speed Sri Lanka 6 SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa 1–2, 4–7 SC Global Racing 7 HKG Matthew MarshAP: SC Global Sepang preview https://au.motorsport.com/porsche/news/ap-sc-global-sepang-preview/2280872/ 2008-03-21 2026-07-17 Motorsport.com en-GB All Team Betterlife 8 HKG Marchy Lee All Team Kungshun 9 SIN Ringo Chong All Sunseeker Asia 11 HKG Alain Li All PTRS 15 TPE Jeffrey Lee 3–7 Stichting Chu Racing Team 16 NED Danny Chu All Team Opes Prime 18 AUS Christian Jones All Pelorus Property Group / Assetz 23 AUS Paul Tresidder B All Team PCS Racing 28 SIN Greg Teo B 2, 4–5, 7 SIN Gerald Teo B 1, 3, 6 32 SIN Ian Tan Mao B 3 SIN David Lai B 1–2, 5–6 SIN Henry Tse B 4 33 SIN Weng Mok Sun 1–4, 6–7 Echo Ridges Wines 38 AUS Greg Ward B 1–3 Arrows Racing Team 51 MYS Tunku Hammam B All Team Jebsen 55 HKG Darryl O'Young All ThunderAsia Racing 69 SIN Melvin Choo B All GruppeM Racing 88 GBR Tim Sugden All Philip Ma Racing 98 HKG Philip Ma B 1, 3–6 HKG Samson Chan 2 USA Michael Kim B 7 Team StarChase 99 DEU Christian Menzel AllIconClass B B ClassGuest Starter Results Round Circuit Pole Position Overall Winner B-Class Pole Position B-Class Winner 1 R1 MYS Sepang GBR Tim Sugden DEU Christian Menzel SIN Melvin Choo MYS Tunku Hammam R2 HKG Darryl O'Young MYS Tunku Hammam 2 R1 CHN Shanghai 1 DEU Christian Menzel GBR Tim Sugden SIN Melvin Choo SIN Melvin Choo R2 DEU Christian Menzel SIN Melvin Choo 3 R1 CHN Zhuhai AUS Christian Jones AUS Christian Jones SIN Melvin Choo SIN Melvin Choo R2 AUS Christian Jones SIN Melvin Choo 4 R1 INA Sentul GBR Tim Sugden HKG Darryl O'Young HKG Philip Ma HKG Philip Ma R2 GBR Tim Sugden MYS Tunku Hammam 5 SIN Singapore GBR Tim Sugden HKG Darryl O'Young MYS Tunku Hammam SIN Melvin Choo 6 CHN Shanghai 2 GBR Tim Sugden DEU Christian Menzel SIN Melvin Choo MYS Tunku Hammam 7 R1 BHR Bahrain DEU Christian Menzel HKG Darryl O'Young SIN Melvin Choo SIN Melvin Choo R2 DEU Christian Menzel MYS Tunku Hammam 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 PolePoints 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Overall Pos. Position Driver SEPMYS SHA1CHN ZHUCHN SENINA SINSIN SHA2CHN BHRBHR Points 1 HKG Darryl O'Young 3 1 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 16 1 2 196 2 DEU Christian Menzel 1 2 2 1 5 Ret 3 5 2 1 2 1 194 3 GBR Tim Sugden 5 DNS 1 2 2 2 2 1 5 4 3 3 186 4 AUS Christian Jones 4 3 4 4 1 1 5 3 3 2 4 13 178 5 HKG Marchy Lee 2 4 5 5 4 Ret 4 4 Ret 3 5 4 140 6 HKG Matthew Marsh 6 5 6 6 6 4 6 6 Ret 6 7 5 117 7 SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa 7 6 7 8 7 Ret 4 5 6 6 91 8 HKG Alain Li 8 7 8 7 Ret 13 8 9 6 Ret 10 8 76 9 SIN Weng Mok Sun 13 9 12 13 7 5 13 12 8 8 7 70 10 SIN Ringo Chong 16 10 Ret 9 Ret 7 10 7 8 7 9 9 68 11 MYS Tunku Hammam 9 8 Ret 15 9 11 12 10 9 9 12 11 61 12 SIN Melvin Choo 12 12 11 10 8 6 14 11 7 Ret 11 Ret 58 13 NED Danny Chu 15 14 10 11 15 9 9 8 Ret 12 15 10 49 14 HKG Philip Ma 11 11 10 8 11 13 11 11 42 15 AUS Paul Tresidder 10 15 13 Ret 11 10 16 15 10 10 14 13 41 16 TPE Jeffery Lee 13 14 15 14 12 Ret 16 17 13 17 HKG Samson Chan 9 12 11 18 AUS Greg Ward 14 13 Ret 14 14 16 9 19 SIN Ian Tan Mao 11 11 8 20 SIN David Lai 17 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 7 21 SIN Yuey Tan 13 17 15 5 22 SIN Greg Teo 15 16 16 16 Ret 18 16 2 23 SIN Gerald Teo 18 16 Ret 15 15 2 24 SIN Henry Tse Ret 16 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points - USA Michael Kim 13 12 0 Pos. Position Driver SEPMYS SHA1CHN ZHUCHN SENINA SINSIN SHA2CHN BHRBHR Points Source:2008 https://www.carreracupasia.com/en/about?age=2008&sid=3 2026-07-17 carreracupasia.com en-GB Class B Pos. Position Driver SEPMYS SHA1CHN ZHUCHN SENINA SINSIN SHA2CHN BHRBHR Points 1 MYS Tunku Hammam 1 1 Ret 3 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 203 2 SIN Melvin Choo 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 Ret 1 Ret 189 3 AUS Paul Tresidder 2 5 2 Ret 4 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 174 4 HKG Philip Ma 3 2 3 2 1 3 4 3 135 5 SIN Greg Teo 4 4 5 5 Ret 5 4 78 6 AUS Greg Ward 5 4 Ret 2 6 7 54 7 SIN David Lai 6 Ret 3 Ret 5 5 50 8 SIN Yuey Tan 4 4 3 44 9 SIN Gerald Teo 7 6 Ret 6 6 39 10 SIN Ian Tan Mao 4 4 24 11 SIN Henry Tse Ret 6 10 Guest drivers ineligible for points - USA Michael Kim 13 12 0 Pos. Position Driver SEPMYS SHA1CHN ZHUCHN SENINA SINSIN SHA2CHN BHRBHR Points Source: See also 2008 Porsche Supercup 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Notes References External links Official website Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Category:Porsche Carrera Cup Asia seasons