The grand finale of the 10th Porsche Carrera Cup season will have added star power with the announcement that Le Mans 24 Hours winner David Brabham will be amongst the 28-car grid as the championship battle goes down to the wire at the inaugural Shanghai Sportscar Champions Festival. Testament to the high regard in which the region’s leading sportscar series is held, David Brabham, son of three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jack Brabham, is one of the most successful and experienced sports car specialists in the world, and will contest the two, 12-lap races in the Team Carrera Cup Asia Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.
While Brabham makes his Porsche Carrera Cup Asia debut, the chase for the 2012 Overall and Class B Championship titles will reach its highly-anticipated climax. PICC Team StarChase driver Alexandre Imperatori is excruciatingly close to clinching the overall title, with a forty-point advantage over defending champion Keita Sawa of LKM Racing Team. The 25-year-old Shanghai-based Swiss driver will be hoping to wrap up the championship by taking pole position for Round 10, as the single point would earn him an unassailable lead.
In Class B, it will be a three-way battle for honours between points leader, Modena Motorsports’ Wayne Shen of Hong Kong, Seminole Racing Team’s Egidio Perfetti, and OpenRoad Racing’s Francis Tjia. Shen is the only one of the three to have finished all races so far, but Perfetti has the most victories with four wins.
Rounds 10&11 – Provisional Entry List
No.1/Keita SAWA (JPN)/LKM Racing Team
No. 3/*David BRABHAM(GBR)/ Team Carrera Cup Asia
No. 5/Yuey TAN (SIN)/B/Dorr 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 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 by ART Motorsports
No. 27/Adrian Henry D’SILVA (MAS)/B/Nexus Racing
No. 28/John SHEN (HKG)/B/Modena Motorsports
No. 31/*TBC/TBC/PS Racing
No. 37/Davide RIZZO (ITA)/BBT
No. 55/*TBC/TBC/PS Racing
No. 66/Rose TAN (CHN)/Team C&D
No. 68/MAK Hing Tak (HKG)/B/OMAK
No. 78/ZHANG Da Sheng (CHN)/Team Basetex
No. 81/HUANG Chu Han (CHN)/B/Asia Racing Team/Team JR
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. 95/Kevin CHEN (USA)/Kevin Chen
No. 96/LI Chao (CHN)/B/Asia Racing Team
No. 98/Ho-Pin TUNG (CHN)/Budweiser Team StarChase
No. 99/Alexandre IMPERATORI (HKG)/PICC Team StarChase
*Non series registered
Points after Round 9
Overall
Pos
Comp
No
Driver
Entrant
Points
1
99
Alexandre IMPERATORI
PICC Team StarChase
165
2
1
Keita SAWA
LKM Racing Team
125
3
86
Martin RAGGINGER
Team Eagle-Jiejun & Junbaojie
108
4
20
Rodolfo AVILA
Team Jebsen
104
5
98
TUNG Ho-Pin
Budweiser Team StarChase
102
Class B
Pos
Comp
No
Driver
Entrant
Points
1
16
Wayne SHEN
Modena Motorsports
152
2
88
Egidio PERFETTI
Seminole Racing Team
126
3
21
Francis TJIA
OpenRoad Racing
116
4
81
HUANG Chu Han
Asia Racing Team
103
5
6
ZHENG Ting
BBT
78
