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2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
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Motorsport racing season
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 2005 Overall Champion: Jonathan CockerB-Class Champion: Alain Li
The 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (known for commercial reasons as the 2005 Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia) was the third season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on March 18 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished at the Guia Circuit on November 20.
Briton Jonathan Cocker became the youngest champion of the category to date after reining in season-long championship leader, Nattavude Charoensukawattana to win the title by a single point. Hong Kong driver Alain Li took the Class B championship honours.2005-11-21 Cocker up there where he belongs https://www.scmp.com/article/525841/cocker-there-where-he-belongs 2026-07-16 South China Morning Post en-GB2005-11-20 Cocker Takes The Title By A Point https://www.dailysportscar.com/archive/subscribers/news/other/2005other/other999_103.htm 2026-07-16 Daily Sportscar en-GB
Calendar
The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2005 championship.2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia https://racingcalendar.net/championship/porsche-carrera-cup-asia/2005 2026-07-16 RacingCalendar.net en-GB
Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 MYS Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia 18–20 March Malaysian Grand Prix 2 14–15 May Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 3 THA Bira Circuit, Pattaya, Thailand 10–12 June Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 4 CHN Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing, China 14–16 July Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 5 KOR Taebaek Racing Park, Taebaek, South Korea 5–7 August Formula BMW AsiaAsian Touring Car Series 6 CHN Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 14–16 October Chinese Grand PrixFormula BMW Asia 7 MAC Guia Circuit, Macau 17–20 November Macau Grand PrixWorld Touring Car ChampionshipAsian Touring Car Series
Teams and drivers
All entrants utilised Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars.
Team No. Car number Driver Class Rounds A-Ha Racing 1 HKG Matthew MarshA-Ha Racing out to defend their title in F1 support race https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/other-sport/2005/03/09/aha-racing--out-to--defend--their-title-in--f1-support-race/? 2026-07-16 The Star en-GB All Porsche Asia Pacific 3 HKG Marchy Lee 7 21 THA Jak Chamikorn B 1 63 THA Manit Vravut 1 JPN Hideki Hirota B 7 83 FRA Jerome Haslin 1 A1 Racing Team 6 SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa2005-03-19 Porsche series revs up https://www.scmp.com/article/493490/porsche-series-revs 2026-07-16 South China Morning Post en-GB All William E. Connor II 8 HKG William E. Connor II B All William Heinecke Racing 11 HKG Alain Li B 1–2, 4–7 THA William Heinecke B 3 Porsche Motorsport Sweden 17 SWE Nicklas Karlsson 1 SCC Racing Team 18 THA Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak All 36 THA Nattavude Charoensukawattana All GR Asia 19 DEU Sven Herberger 1 GBR Richard Meins B 7 20 GBR Danny Watts 1–2 NZL Rob Wilson 7 21 KOR Gene Lee 2 42 HKG Nicholas Thomas B 7 Team Thailand 28 THA Sontaya Kunplome B All GruppeM Racing 38 GBR Jonathan Cocker All Jaseri Racing Team 55 MYS Rizal Ramli 1–4 Team Jebsen 88 HKG Darryl O'Young All Eurokars Racing 89 GBR Nigel Albon All Bloomberg 98 HKG Philip Ma B 1–2, 4, 6–7 HKG Patrick Ma B 3, 5IconClass B B ClassGuest Starter
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 15thPoints 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Overall
Pos. Position Driver SEP1MYS SEP2MYS BIRTHA BEICHN TAEKOR SHACHN MACMAC Points 1 GBR Jonathan Cocker 4 1 3 6 7 2 2 1 2 1 5 177 2 THA Nattavude Charoensukawattana 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 Ret 2 176 3 HKG Darryl O'Young 2 10 4 3 5 1 1 3 4 3 1 172 4 HKG Matthew Marsh 1 4 5 4 6 5 3 4 3 2 3 162 5 THA Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak 5 2 2 7 4 6 6 4 105 6 SRI Dilantha Malagamuwa Ret 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 5 8 93 7 HKG Alain Li 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6 13 81 8 GBR Nigel Albon Ret Ret 6 5 2 Ret 5 5 5 DNS Ret 76 9 HKG William E. Connor II Ret 8 11 9 11 9 10 8 8 8 11 72 10 MYS Rizal Ramli Ret 5 7 2 3 3 Ret 71 11 THA Sontaya Kunplome 8 9 12 12 12 11 11 9 9 9 14 65 12 HKG Philip Ma 7 Ret 10 10 9 7 12 46 13 HKG Patrick Ma 11 9 12 14 THA William Heinecke 10 10 12 Guest drivers ineligible for points - HKG Marchy Lee 4 0 - GBR Danny Watts 6 0 - JPN Hideki Hirota 6 0 - GBR Richard Meins 7 0 - KOR Gene Lee 8 0 - NZL Rob Wilson 9 0 - HKG Nicholas Thomas 10 0 Pos. Position Driver SEP1MYS SEP2MYS BIRTHA BEICHN TAEKOR SHACHN MACMAC Points Source:2005 https://www.carreracupasia.com/en/about?age=2005&sid=3 2026-07-16 carreracupasia.com en-GB
Class B
Pos. Position Driver SEP1MYS SEP2MYS BIRTHA BEICHN TAEKOR SHACHN MACMAC Points 1 HKG Alain Li 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6 13 81 2 HKG William E. Connor II Ret 8 11 9 11 9 10 8 8 8 11 72 3 THA Sontaya Kunplome 8 9 12 12 12 11 11 9 9 9 14 65 4 HKG Philip Ma 7 Ret 10 10 9 7 12 46 5 HKG Patrick Ma 11 9 12 6 THA William Heinecke 10 10 12 Guest drivers ineligible for points - JPN Hideki Hirota 6 0 - GBR Richard Meins 7 0 - HKG Nicholas Thomas 10 0 Pos. Position Driver SEP1MYS SEP2MYS BIRTHA BEICHN TAEKOR SHACHN MACMAC Points Source:
See also
2005 Porsche Supercup
2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
Notes
References
External links
Official website
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Category:Porsche Carrera Cup Asia seasons