2004 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Motorsport racing season
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The 2004 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (known for commercial reasons as the 2004 Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia) was the second 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 21.
After a strong finish to the season, Matthew Marsh won the championship after reining in season-long points leader, Nattavude Charoensukawattana. Taiwanese driver Max Chen became the inaugural champion of the newly-founded Class B championship.
Calendar
The following venues hosted at least one round of the 2004 championship.[1]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia |
19–21 March | Malaysian Grand Prix |
| 2 | 8–9 May | Asian Touring Car Series | |
| 3 |  Bira Circuit, Pattaya, Thailand |
19–20 June | Asian Touring Car Series |
| 4 |  Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing, China |
14–16 August | Formula BMW Asia Asian Formula Three Championship Asian Touring Car Series |
| 5 | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China |
24–25 September | Chinese Grand Prix Formula BMW Asia Asian Formula Renault Challenge |
| 6 |  Taebaek Racing Park, Taebaek, South Korea |
16–17 October | Formula BMW Asia |
| 7 |  Guia Circuit, Macau |
20–21 November | Macau Grand Prix Asian Formula Renault Challenge |
Teams and drivers
All entrants utilised Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars.
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Championship standings
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified drivers in every race, using the following system:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Overall
| Pos. | Driver | SEP1 |
SEP2 |
BIR |
BEI |
SHA |
TAE |
MAC |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Matthew Marsh |
4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 179 | ||
| 2 | Nattavude Charoensukawattana |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 176 | ||
| 3 |  Charles Kwan |
2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 162 | ||
| 4 | Rizal Ramli |
1 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 152 | ||
| 5 | Darryl O'Young |
5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 139 | ||
| 6 | Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak |
6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 138 | ||
| 7 |  Ringo Chen |
8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 7 | 90 | ||
| 8 |  Max Chen |
12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 75 | ||
| 9 |  Dilantha Malagamuwa |
7 | 6 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 63 | ||
| 10 | Philip Ma |
9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 44 | ||||||
| 11 | William Heinecke |
Ret | 11 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | Scott Miau |
13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 40 | |||
| 13 |  Toshihide Hashimura |
11 | 8 | DNS | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 30 | |||||
| 14 | Siu Yuk Lung |
11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 26 | |||||||
| 15 |  Sven Herberger |
5 | 5 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Mark Goddard |
10 | 9 | 8 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Patrick Ma |
10 | 10 | DNS | DNS | 12 | |||||||||
| 18 | Alex Yan |
13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Siu Tit Lung |
12 | Ret | 15 | 12 | Ret | 9 | ||||||||
| 20 | Manit Vravut |
9 | Ret | 7 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Toshio Nakamura |
14 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Brian Saunders |
Ret | Ret | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Kenji Kawagoe |
Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Sebastian Zollhoefer |
Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 25 |  Anil Thadani |
Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | SEP1 |
SEP2 |
BIR |
BEI |
SHA |
TAE |
MAC |
Points | ||||||
| Source:[2] | |||||||||||||||
Class B
| Pos. | Driver | SEP1 |
SEP2 |
BIR |
BEI |
SHA |
TAE |
MAC |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Chen |
3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 71 | ||
| 2 | William Heinecke |
Ret | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 41 | ||||
| 3 | Scott Miau |
5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 40 | |||
| 4 | Philip Ma |
1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 39 | ||||||
| 5 | Toshihide Hashimura |
2 | 1 | DNS | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 30 | |||||
| 6 | Siu Yuk Lung |
5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 25 | |||||||
| 7 | Siu Tit Lung |
6 | Ret | 8 | 4 | Ret | 9 | ||||||||
| 8 | Alex Yan |
4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Patrick Ma |
2 | 2 | DNS | DNS | 6 | |||||||||
| 10 | Toshio Nakamura |
7 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Kenji Kawagoe |
Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Anil Thadani |
Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | SEP1 |
SEP2 |
BIR |
BEI |
SHA |
TAE |
MAC |
Points | ||||||
| Source:[2] | |||||||||||||||