Team Jebsen Mounts Powerful Challenge for Second Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Championship Title  

The first and most successful Chinese Porsche dealership racing team, Team Jebsen, has mounted a strong campaign to capture a second Porsche Carrera Cup Asia championship title this season.  With the backing of Blue Girl Beer and Zurich, the proven pairing of Team Jebsen and championship-winning Chinese racer Darryl O’Young got their campaign off to a superb start by taking an early victory in Round 2 of the series in Malaysia in March.

Team Jebsen is backed by the Jebsen Group; the largest Porsche retail dealer group in China  who currently operates six Porsche Centres in Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Beijing. 

In 2004, Porsche Centre Hong Kong launched Team Jebsen, entering the Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia with then rookie driver O’Young. Team Jebsen quickly got up to speed, and finished 5th overall in its first year of racing. Success continued in 2005, taking 3rd place overall with 3 wins including the Macau GP.

Team Jebsen continued its climb to the top by clinching the Championship title in 2006, before making Chinese motorsport history last year by becoming the first ever local team to contest the world’s fastest one-make sportscar series, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.

Back in Asia for the 2008 season, Team Jebsen and O’Young are up against the most competitive field the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia has seen since its launch in 2003, but have made their mark early on in the season and predict many more victories ahead.

Says O’Young:  “With three Porsche Carrera Cup seasons and one title under our belt, plus the vast experience we gained in Europe last year, we’re definitely in pole position to take another Asian title.  The opening rounds at the Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix proved we are right on the pace with a win and a podium finish, and we are just two points from the top of the leaderboard after the opening event.”

Next for Team Jebsen is a “home” event in Shanghai, at a circuit O’Young knows well both from racing and the many Porsche events held there on a regular basis.  He continues:  “The Shanghai International Circuit has to be one of the finest in the world, and we’re quietly confident of a good showing there.  There is no doubt that the competition this year is fierce, but we’re a strong team with unparalleled Porsche racing know-how and an excellent track record.”

In addition to the race weekend in Shanghai this month, Team Jebsen and the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia will be visiting Zhuhai in the Pearl River Delta in June, and returning once again to Shanghai in October for the 2008 Formula 1™ Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix in October, with the season grand finale scheduled for the Macau Grand Prix in November.

“Away” races, where Team Jebsen will be flying the flag for China, include two rounds at Indonesia’s Sentul Circuit in July, and Singapore in September where the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia will be an official support race to the 2008 Formula 1™ SingTel Singapore Grand Prix on the all-new Marina Bay street circuit.

The distinctive Blue Girl Beer-liveried Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, one of 18 technically-identical racing Porsches which will line up on the grid for each event, will definitely be the one to watch for as Team Jebsen and Darryl O’Young continue their charge towards the 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Championship title.

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