Jun
Round 6: Chris van der Drift on a 4-win Streak
n the sixth Round of the 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, decided this weekend at Japan’s Fuji International Speedway, it seemed as if there could only be one winner: Chris van der Drift of Team Kamlung Racing, who handily claimed his fourth victory in a row to top the season’s standings.At the race’s start, van der Drift leapt from his pole position and banked right to block out Team Porsche Holding’s Martin Ragginger. PICC Team StarChase’s Nico Menzel was slow off the block, allowing Team Jebsen’s Rodolfo Avila, Craig Baird of Clearwater Racing and Budweiser Team Absolute Racing’s Ho-Pin Tung
Jun
Round 5 Race Report: 3 In a Row for van der Drift
In the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia’s second day at Japan’s Fuji International Speedway, Kamlung Racing Team driver Chris van der Drift clinched his third victory in a row after withstanding an all-out assault from Team Porsche Holding’s Martin Ragginger.In the afternoon’s qualifying, Ragginger was the first man out of the pits, and went on to thunder his way to pole for the Round 5 race, coming in at 1:43.079. Right behind him was van der Drift and Baird in P2 and P3. Class B’s front 3 after qualifying was 100 Plus Racing Team’s Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak, followed by Yuey Tan of Team Jebsen and O
Jun
van der Drift Triumphs Over Relentless Ragginger in Fuji Thriller
Japan. New Zealand’s Chris van der Drift triumphed in one of the most thrilling races in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia’s 12-year history, successfully fending off a relentless challenge from pole-sitter Martin Ragginger to take the chequered flag after 15-laps of Japan’s 4.56km Fuji International Speedway. van der Drift, contesting his first season in a Porsche, gave his new Chinese Porsche dealer team Kamlung Racing their third consecutive winners’ trophy after crossing the line with the slimmest of margins from the Team Porsche Holding driver.
Jun
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Strengthens Regional Ties with Japan Double-Header
Shanghai. The Porsche Carrera Cup Asia will be in action this weekend at Japan’s picturesque and challenging Fuji International Speedway for Rounds 5&6 of the 14-race 2015 season. The 28-strong field of international drivers join their Porsche Carrera Cup Japan counterparts on the race programme, further strengthening the Porsche motorsport ties in the region following a successful debut there in 2014.
Jun
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Strengthens Regional Ties with Japan Double-Header
Shanghai. The Porsche Carrera Cup Asia will be in action this weekend at Japan’s picturesque and challenging Fuji International Speedway for Rounds 5&6 of the 14-race 2015 season. The 28-strong field of international drivers join their Porsche Carrera Cup Japan counterparts on the race programme, further strengthening the Porsche motorsport ties in the region following a successful debut there in 2014.
Jun
Driver Interview: Chris van der Drift
A freshman in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, one observing the season that Kamlung Racing’s Chris van der Drift is currently enjoying would be forgiven for thinking he’s driven in the series for years.
Jun
Rounds 5&6 Preview
This weekend, 28 identical Porsche 911 GT3 Cup will thunder their way around Japan’s Fuji International Speedway in Rounds 5&6 of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. This much we can say is true: as for how the weekend will play out on the track, it’s anyone’s guess.It’s already a tight contest for the championship at this point in the season, with the overall leader Craig Baird of Clearwater Racing ahead of the pack by 11 points. However with fellow New Zealander Chris van der Drift’s performance in Korea during Rounds 3&4 – which saw him top the podium in both races and jump a full fo
May
Extra Incentive for Carrera Cup Asia Drivers in Japan
Ten days from now, the 28-strong field of the 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia will be in Japan for Rounds 5&6 , but it’s not just the podium at Fuji International Speedway they’ll be fighting for.Up for grabs is the once-in-a-lifetime chance to race on the fabled Spa-Francorchamps circuit in July in support of the 24 Hours of Spa, in an event organized by the Porsche Carrera Cups of France and Italy dubbed the Porsche Carrera Cup 24 Hours of Spa 2015. After Rounds 5&6 of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia at Japan’s Fuji International Speedway, the championship leaders in the overall and
May
Perfect Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Weekend for van der Drift and Perfetti
South Korea. New Zealand’s Chris van der Drift gave his new team Kamlung Racing a second winners’ trophy when he took a convincing victory from pole position in Round 4 of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia at the Korea International Circuit. Spark Motorsport’s Egidio Perfetti mirrored van der Drift’s phenomenal success by clinching his second Class B win of the weekend, crossing the line an impressive sixth overall.
May
van der Drift and Perfetti make Gold from Pole
South Korea. Kamlung Racing’s Chris van der Drift and Spark Motorsports’ Egidio Perfetti converted their pole positions into overall and Class B victory respectively in Round 3 of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. van der Drift held fellow countryman Craig Baird of Clearwater Racing at by throughout the 10-lap race at the Korea International Circuit to claim victory in just his second Porsche Carrera Cup Asia race.
May
Too Close to Call: Rounds 3&4 Preview
On the weekend of May 15-17, twenty-eight identical Porsche 911 GT3 Cup racing cars will take to the Korea International Circuit for Rounds 3&4 of the 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. Marking the series’ return to Korea since the 2013 season, this year marks the Carrera Cup Asia’s first race in the nation’s most famous circuit, and the neck-and-neck standings guarantee that the fight for the podium this weekend will more than do it justice.
May
Baird leads the charge into South Korean challenge
Shanghai. After a thrilling season-opening double-header at the Chinese F1 Grand Prix in Shanghai last month, the 28-strong Porsche Carrera Cup Asia field makes its debut this week at the Korea International Circuit, host to that country’s own F1 showcase from 2010 to 2013.