2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – Rounds 5 & 6 Pre-Race Highlights

Before this, we have no idea where is the Ordos International Circuit in Inner Mongolia, China. For now, we learned that this circuit in China is unique with combination of elevations, tricky bends and constantly-changing surface conditions make it the ultimate test for every racing driver.

 

 

For this time around, the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Round 5 & 6 will be happening at Ordos International Circuit from July 6 to 8, 2012.

 

Arriving with a score to settle with the 3.751km track is championship leader Alexandre Imperatori of PICC Team StarChase. The Shanghai-based Swiss had a tumultuous outing in 2011 when the series made its debut there, with an incident and a resulting penalty decimating his points advantage at a crucial time in the season.

 

 

For reigning champion LKM Racing Team’s Keita Sawa and Team Jebsen’s Rodolfo Avila, currently second and fourth on the leaderboard respectively, it was a different story, with the pair taking a win apiece and Avila celebrating a maiden victory with his China Porsche dealer team.

 

The prospect of racing at the Ordos track is particularly daunting for the drivers for whom it will be new, such as Team Yongda Dongfang’s Benjamin Rouget of France who lies third in the championship race, but with the likelihood of track surface conditions changing lap-by-lap, previous experience could count for little.

 

 

Fifth overall in the championship standings, and leading the Class B category by 12 points, is Egidio Perfetti of the Seminole Racing Team.  New to the series this season, Perfetti has made an astonishing debut and it will be fascinating to see if he continues his impressive form in Ordos.

 

Second in Class B is Wayne Shen of Modena Motorsport, who earned a podium finish in Ordos last season, however it was BBT driver Davide Rizzo who proved unbeatable.  Rizzo took Class B pole position followed by two emphatic victories in the category, although this year the talented Italian will be competing for overall honours.

 

Returning to the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for Rounds 5 and 6 is Dane Allan Simonsen.  Simonsen impressed in the opening round of the 2012 season by finishing 3rd at the Shanghai International Circuit in April.

 

Rounds 5 & 6 – Provisional Entry List

No.1/Keita SAWA (JPN)/LKM Racing Team

No. 3/*Allan SIMONSEN (DEN)/A/Team Carrera Cup Asia

No. 5/Yuey TAN (SIN)/B/McElrea Racing

No. 6/ZHENG Ting (CHN)/B/BBT

No. 8/Benjamin ROUGET (FRA)/Team Yongda Dongfang

No. 9/WANG Jian Wei (CHN)/Team Betterlife

No. 11/Ringo CHONG (SIN)/Team Kangshun

No. 16/Wayne SHEN (HKG)/B/Modena Motorsport

No. 18/Marcel TJIA (HKG)/B/OpenRoad-ART Motorsports

No. 20/Rodolfo AVILA (MAC)/Team Jebsen

No. 21/Francis TJIA (HKG)/B/OpenRoad Racing

No. 23/Paul TRESIDDER (AUS)/B/Hewlett Motorsport

No. 25/Christian CHIA (CAN)/B/OpenRoad-ART Motorsports

No. 27/Adrian Henry D’SILVA (MAS)/B/Nexus Racing

No. 28/John SHEN (HKG)/B/Modena Motorsports

No. 31/*Pekka SAARINEN (FIN)/B/PS Racing

No. 37/Davide RIZZO (ITA)/BBT

No. 55*TBC/PS Racing

No. 66/Rose TAN (CHN)/Team C&D

No. 68/Adderly FONG (HKG)/A/OMAK

No. 78/ZHANG Da Sheng (CHN)/Team Basetex

No. 81/HUANG Chu Han (CHN)/B/Hede

No. 83/Dr. MA Chi Min (HKG)/B/Dr. Ma Chi Min

No. 86/Martin RAGGINGER (AUT)/Team Eagle – Jiejun & Junbaojie

No. 88/Egidio PERFETTI (SUI)/B/Seminole Racing Team

No. 96/LI Chao (CHN)/B/Asia Racing Team/Team JR

No. 98/Ho-Pin TUNG (CHN)/Budweiser Team StarChase

No. 99/Alexandre IMPERATORI (HKG)/PICC Team StarChase

 

*Non series registered

 

 

Points After Round 4

Overall

Pos	Comp No	Driver	Entrant	Points
1	99	Alexandre IMPERATORI	PICC Team StarChase	82
2	1	Keita SAWA	LKM Racing Team	62
3	8	Benjamin ROUGET	Team Yongda Dongfang	50
4	20	Rodolfo AVILA	Team Jebsen	48
5	88	Egidio PERFETTI	Seminole Racing Team	43

 

Class B

Pos	Comp No	Driver	Entrant	Points
1	88	Egidio PERFETTI	Seminole Racing Team	78
2	16	Wayne SHEN	Modena Motorsports	66
3	6	ZHENG Ting	BBT	42
4	37	Anthony LIU	BBT	39
5	23	Paul TRESSIDER	Hewlett Motorsport	37