German Christian Menzel rounded off a perfect weekend in the opening rounds of the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia at the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today with a second emphatic victory on the 5.5km circuit.The StarChase driver led from lights-to-flag, and didn’t put a wheel wrong through- out the 12 lap race, crossing the line with an impressive margin of more than 7.6 seconds. Second was LKM Racing’s Darryl O’Young, who once again held off a hard-charging Marchy Lee for most of the race. Taking the final podium position was Team PCS Racing’s Craig Baird.
In Class B, it was Baird’s team mate Mok Weng Sun who took the honours for the second time this weekend, with rival Ringo Chong of Team Kangshun in second, and series newcomer Francis Tjia of OpenRoad Racing continuing his spectacular debut with his second podium finish of the weekend.
Round 2 Results
Pos.
Comp No.
Driver
Cls
Entrant
Time
1
99
Christian MENZEL (GER)
A
Team StarChase (CHN)
26:05.607
2
55
Darryl O’YOUNG (HKG)
A
LKM Racing (HKG)
+7.678
3
32
Craig BAIRD (NZL)
A
Team PCS Racing (SIN)
+8.499
4
33
MOK Weng Sun (SIN)
B
Team PCS Racing (SIN)
+30.898
5
11
Ringo CHONG (SIN)
B
Team Kangshun (CHN)
+40.269
6
21
Francis TJIA (HKG)
B
OpenRoad Racing (HKG)
+54.153
7
25
Christian CHIA (CAN)
B
OpenRoad Racing (HKG)
+61.211
8
5
Yuey TAN Yuhian (SIN)
B
Wimobilize McElrea Racing Team (SIN)
+64.244
9
64
Jean Marc MERLIN (FRA)
B
Team J2M Racing (FRA)
+68.198
10
16
Wayne SHEN (HKG)
B
Modena Motorsports (HKG)
+72.408
11
7
Jeffrey LEE (TPE)
B
Team Pauian Archiland (TPE)
+90.806
12
98
Max CHEN* (TPE)
B
Max Chen (HKG)
+91.268
13
12
Morris KU (HKG)
B
Team DAYCRAFT (HKG)
+97.283
14
59
Philip BRIANDET (SIN)
B
Shift2Neutral Racing (SIN)
+102.753
15
28
John SHEN (HKG)
B
Modena Motorsports (HKG)
+103.728
16
2
Kenneth LAU (HKG)
B
Dyna Ten Motorsport (HKG)
+112.550
17
18
Marcel TJIA (HKG)
B
OpenRoad Racing (HKG)
+112.801
18
77
Jacky YEUNG (HKG)
B
Jacky Yeung (HKG)
+119.428
