2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Motorsport racing season
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The 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia was the inaugural season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. The season commenced on March 21 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished at the Guia Circuit on November 17. All entrants utilized Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars that were prevalent in other Carrera Cup competitions across the globe.
Hong Kong driver Charles Kwan became the inaugural champion, narrowly beating out Briton Nigel Albon by four points for the title. Thai driver Nattavude Charoensukawattana featured strongly throughout the majority of the season. However, a string of bad results in the final three races of the season ruled him out of contention heading into the finale in Macau. [1]
Calendar
The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2003 championship. Each round held two races, with the exception of the first round at Sepang and the final round at Macau which held only one.[2]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia |
21–23 March | Malaysian Grand Prix Formula BMW Asia |
| 2 | 7–8 June | Formula BMW Asia Asian Touring Car Series | |
| 3 | Johor Circuit, Johor, Malaysia |
28–29 June | Formula BMW Asia Asian Touring Car Series |
| 4 |  Bira Circuit, Pattaya, Thailand |
19–20 July | Formula BMW Asia Asian Formula Three Championship Asian Touring Car Series |
| 5 |  Taebaek Racing Park, Taebaek, South Korea |
23–24 August | Formula BMW Asia Asian Touring Car Series |
| 6 |  Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing, China |
25–26 October | Formula BMW Asia Asian Formula Three Championship Asian Touring Car Series |
| 7 |  Guia Circuit, Macau |
15–17 November | Macau Grand Prix |
Teams and drivers
All entrants utilised Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars.
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Championship standings
| Pos. | Driver | SEP1 |
SEP2 |
JOH |
BIR |
TAE |
BEI |
MAC |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Charles Kwan |
1 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 208 | |
| 2 |  Nigel Albon |
2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 204 | |
| 3 | Nattavude Charoensukawattana |
3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 158 | |
| 4 | Tommy Lee |
9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 137 | |
| 5 | Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak |
5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 132 | |||
| 6 | Chonsawat Asavahame |
8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 96 | |
| 7 | Siu Yuk Lung |
10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 86 | |
| 8 |  Toby Venter |
18 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 82 | ||||||
| 9 | Tunku Hammam |
6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 71 | |||||
| 10 | William Heinecke |
17 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 60 | |
| 11 | Alex Yan |
11 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 9 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 55 | |
| 12 |  Max Chen |
16 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 54 | |
| 13 | Tit Siu Lung |
Ret | Ret | DNS | 12 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 52 | ||
| 14 | Philip Ma |
10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 44 | ||||||||
| 15 | Lai Yuk Shing |
13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | DNS | 10 | 11 | 10 | 40 | |||||
| 16 | Kevin Wong |
7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Wang Shuo-I |
19 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 23 | ||||||
| 18 |  Anil Thadani |
15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 8 | |||||||||
| Guest drivers ineligible for points | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Yoong |
1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Marsh |
4 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Aaron Kwok |
12 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Patrick Ma |
14 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| A. Omar |
15 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | SEP1 |
SEP2 |
JOH |
BIR |
TAE |
BEI |
MAC |
Points | ||||||
| Source:[4] | |||||||||||||||