Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific’s teams and drivers enjoyed plenty of success this weekend, with strong showings in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), GT World Challenge Asia and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (PCCA).

In Round 5 of the 2022 ELMS campaign, Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific Selected Driver Yifei Ye put in a scintillating lap to take pole position for the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. A puncture for Ye’s teammate saw the team drop from the lead of the race down to tenth, before the Chinese driver put in a great stint to recover to fifth.

Shanghai-based squad Absolute Racing took advantage of the strong pace they’ve shown all season, claiming their first podium of the year in the LMGTE class. The crew of Indonesian racer Andrew Haryanto, 2020-21 Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific Selected Driver Alessio Picariello and Estonian Martin Rump all put in excellent stints to secure third.

The GT World Challenge Asia season came to an end at Okayama International Circuit, with AMAC Motorsport duo Andrew Macpherson and Ben Porter successfully defending their GT3-Am title thanks to third place finish in class on Saturday.

There was also a trip to the podium for Porsche Center Okazaki pair Yuta Kamimura and Hiroaki Nagai, who claimed their third top-three finish of the season, taking third in the final race of the campaign in the #30 Porsche 911 GT3 R.

EBM Giga Racing secured second in the teams’ championship following Reid Harker and Setiawan Santoso’s positive end to the season, with Tanart Sathienthirakul and Kantadhee Kusiri also taking a double points finish in the EBM Giga Racing-run AAS Motorsport car. The Thai pair secured second in the GT3 Silver class after a strong season that saw them score points in every race they competed in.

Porsche Carrera Cup Asia returned to Zhuzhou International Circuit for Rounds 5 and 6 of the season, with Leo Ye continuing his perfect campaign with two victories, making it six wins out of six for the JUNJIE Racing driver. Ling Kang picked up a pair of second place finishes, and Luo Kailuo was third in both races.

Hong Shijie picked up his first Pro-Am win of the season in Round 5, before Lu Wei consolidated his championship lead with victory in Round 6. Henry Kwong snatched the lead in the Am standings with two victories, leading home his brother Eric in both races. Former championship leader Tang Ruobin picked up two third place finishes and now trails Henry Kwong by eight points.