On April 4th, Porsche Asia Pacific Motorsport held a press conference at Porsche Experience Center in Shanghai, and announced many highlights of the 2023 season. For Porsche Asia Pacific motorsport, 2023 is a year full of surprises and expectations. While celebrating the 75th anniversary of Porsche brand motorsport, the Porsche Carrera Cup in Asia also ushered in the 20th anniversary season.

The activities of two single brands continue to write brilliantly

Alexandre Gibot, Managing Director of Porsche Asia Pacific Motorsports Department

After 20 years of growth and development, the Porsche Carrera Cup in Asia has now become the first cycling race in Asia, standing at the peak of regional racing. In 2023, the Cup will return to a series of international tracks to commemorate the 20th anniversary with the most wonderful calendar. The opening game of the new season will be held at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. As the venue of the first cup match, it is of great commemorative significance to start the 20th anniversary season here. After that, the Cup will visit the Korean, Japanese, Thai and Singaporean tracks, and return to the Shanghai International Circuit after the season to perform the grand finale with the Porsche Sports Cup in China. Alexandre Gibot, managing director of Porsche Asia Pacific Motorsports, said: "This year's Cup lineup is very strong, with 265,438+0 drivers from five countries and regions, including 65,438+03 drivers from dealer teams. Not only that, but also veterans who are deeply loved by fans are reunited after a long separation. I am very much looking forward to seeing them and new drivers learn from each other on the field. "

The ever-growing Porsche Sports Cup in China will also celebrate its fifth season this year. As an important level of Porsche Asia-Pacific Motorsports Pyramid, the Sports Cup was warmly praised by motorsports enthusiasts as soon as it was launched, which built a bridge for them to enter the field of professional motorsports. This year, the Porsche Sports Cup in China not only continued to convey racing passion to Ningbo, Tianjin, Zhuhai and Shanghai, but also ushered in an upgrade of driving experience. The "track experience" will focus on the guided driving of 9 1 1 and Taycan. "Porsche Sprint Challenge China" focuses on the latest GT racing models, including 9 1 1 GT3 Cup (992 models) and 7 18 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, with exclusive podium and trophy, as well as season standings.

Porsche GT track day: the "admission ticket" to the world of motorsport.

After the first successful event in 2022, Porsche GT Trackday will return in the second half of this year. As a new level of the Porsche Asia-Pacific Motorsports Pyramid, Porsche GT Racing Day is located between the Porsche Racing Experience in China and the Porsche Sports Cup, which is a dedicated racing day platform for Porsche GT owners. With pure and sufficient track driving, Porsche GT Track Day can help them further improve their driving skills and enjoy driving Porsche GT production models and racing models. More details of the Porsche GT track day will be announced later, so stay tuned.

Strive to train the next generation of racing stars

Porsche is committed to promoting the development of racing culture in this region, and also continues to pay attention to the training of racing talents. The talent pool of young drivers of Porsche Carrera Cup in Asia is open to contestants aged 0/6 to 26, providing them with all-round support including professional coaches, media training and physical training.

Another talent training project is the official Porsche racing driver in Asia-Pacific launched in 2020, aiming to find talented local young drivers and help them enter the world's top races. Ji Boan, Managing Director of Porsche Asia Pacific Motorsports, added: "In 2020, we launched the official driver program of Porsche Asia Pacific Motorsports as a powerful supplement to the overall talent training strategy. The plan further fulfilled our commitment to support and cultivate local racing talents. "

At last year's Champion Night Awards Ceremony, Porsche Asia Pacific Motorsports announced the official driver Ye Yifei's participation plan for the 2023 season. Joe, Vice President of Porsche China Marketing, said: "As the first official driver of Porsche Asia Pacific Division in China, Ye Yifei will prove the strength of China drivers to the world. This year, he will join hands with Hertz team JOTA to participate in the World Endurance Championship for the whole season. In the opening match of Sebring, which ended not long ago, he and the team successfully won the LMP2 championship and became the first China driver to win the World Endurance Championship. "

Moreover, on the occasion of the 0/00th anniversary of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans/KLOC-,Ye Yifei will also drive a Porsche 963 to compete in the Hypercar category. In addition to the guidance of world-class professionals and former champion drivers, official drivers of Porsche Asia Pacific motorsports will also receive physical training specially designed for endurance races, as well as media and brand training. Through this all-round training system, official drivers can be helped to achieve all-round development and be calm and confident inside and outside the track.

Recent situation of Asia-Pacific customer competition

Porsche Asia Pacific Motor Racing will also usher in a wonderful and compact new season, and bring surprises in a series of famous Asian events. This year, two customer teams will participate in the Intercontinental GT Challenge, and two teams in the region will participate in the 24-hour endurance race in SPA. Porsche 9 1 1GT3R(992 model) will make its debut in GT World Challenge Asia, and the 1 10 team from 165438 will use this new model. During the Super Series in Thailand, Porsche Asia Pacific Motorsports will present the Porsche Sprint Trophy in Thailand for the sixth time. At that time, several teams will compete for GT4 and GT3, and the corresponding racing models are 7 18 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport and Cayman GT4 Clubsport, 91GT3 Cup (992 and before), 91kloc-0/GT3R (992 model).

Porsche became the first automobile brand to join the China Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Federation.

All along, China Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Federation (CAMF) is a beacon of China motorsport and a close partner of Porsche Asia-Pacific motorsport. Being a member of China Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Federation means that Porsche Asia Pacific Motorsports can now provide racing photography training for motorsports enthusiasts together with Porsche Experience Center in Shanghai. This not only shows that Porsche is moving towards the core of motorsport in China, but also proves once again that the Porsche Asia-Pacific Motorsport Pyramid can provide a complete path for fans in this region from entry-level motorsport to top-level events.

Upgrade and regression of virtual events

After being held for the first time in 2020, China Porsche E-sports Challenge China Station will return with the fourth season this year. As an extension of Porsche Motorsports Pyramid, Porsche Motorsports Challenge China aims to provide more opportunities for e-sports and motorsports enthusiasts to get in touch with Porsche brands and motorsports, and help them realize their dreams of motorsports and even real motorsports. China Porsche Racing E-sports Challenge consists of professional group, gentleman group and amateur group, and adopts iRacing, Assetto Corsa and Gran Turismo 7 platforms respectively. The 2023 season will be unveiled in May and will end in 10. More season information will be announced later, so stay tuned.