THE RACE

The Carrera Cup Asia offers extremely exciting racing across the whole Asian region and is truly international with competitors from all over Asia, as well as Europe. It represents a combination of experienced touring and race drivers (class A) in addition to ambitious and talented gentlemen drivers (class B).

For the Porsche SC Global Carrera Cup Asia- Singapore 2010, SC Global Racing will be represented by the multi championship winner Craig Baird. The New Zealander has an impressive racing history, as season champion of the 2008 & 2006 Australian Carrera Cup and series champion of the New Zealand Carrera Cup for 4 consecutive years between 2005 & 2008. Currently second in the championship standings, this year marks Baird’s first full season with the Asian Cup, having competed as guest driver in last year’s Porsche SC Global Carrera Cup, coming second to 2009 championship winner Christian Menzell. The competition in the Singapore event looks set to be electrifying, as Baird looks to settle the score in Singapore and close the gap on championship points.

The 2010 season of the PCCA is host to a record number of drivers this year, with 23 drivers lining up on the gridline in Singapore, proudly bearing the SC Global name on the windscreen.

2010 PCCA RACE CALENDAR

Friday 24th Sept 2010

16.45 - 17.15hrs

Practise Sessions

Saturday 25th Sept 2010

17.30 - 18.00hrs

Qualifying Sessions

Sunday 26th Sept 2010

17.00 - 17.30hrs

Race ( Round 7)

Tune into Channel 5 to catch the LIVE telecast or buy tickets of the race at www.singaporegp.sg

THE CAR

This year’s event is set to be even faster this year with the new stronger, wider and faster edition of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car. The new version of the car is for the first time based on the street legal 2010 GT3 RS version with the weight of the racing model reduced to just 1,200kg. The engine capacity has increased by 0.2 litres over the former model to 3.8 litres producing 30 more horsepower – the six cylinder horizontally-opposed power unit developing 450hp and a maximum engine speed of 8,500rpm

The superb new car which was built on Porsche's production line in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, is contesting in no fewer than seven Porsche one-make series this year: The Porsche Mobil1 Supercup; the Porsche Carrera Cups in Asia, Germany, Japan and Italy; and the GT3 Cup Challenges in the USA and Middle East.

THE DRIVER

2010 TEAM : CRAIG BAIRD

SC Global Racing has enlisted multi- Carrera Cup championship winner Craig Baird to represent SC Global Racing for the Porsche SC Global Carrera Cup Asia – Singapore Event 2010. Awarded an New Zealand Honour of Merit for his services to the sport in the 2010 New Years Honours, Baird has an incredible racing history behind him. He first started turning heads in the early 1990’s when he clinched 3 consecutive NZ Formula Atlantic championship titles followed by four consecutive NZ Touring Car Championship titles. In the late 90’s Baird started raced in the Australian and British Touring Car Championships and the Australian V8 Supercar Championships. In 2006 and 2008, he won the championship title for the Australian Carrera Cup, whilst also clinching the championship title for the NZ Carrera Cups for 4 consecutive years between 2005 and 2008.

With over 20 New Zealand championship titles, two Australian titles to his name, and 3 New Zealand Grand Prix wins under his belt, it seems like Baird is simply unstoppable. In 2008 Baird achieved a world record of 32 wins within different series that he competed in within just one year. In March 2010, he won the NZV8’s and the Porsche GT3cup categories in the 2009/10 New Zealand Summer series and he is currently second place in the 2010 series of the PCCA.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT CRAIG BAIRD
Favourite Circuit: Spa Francorchamps - Belgium
Best Racing Moment: Winning Bathurst 1000 in 1997
Worst Race: Any race that I don’t win!
First Motorsport Memory: Being put in a go-kart aged 4 years old -I was absolutely petrified!
Thoughts on the Singapore Event: What an incredible atmosphere! As a spectator or a racer, it’s absolutely spectacular. It is a really testing circuit with an incredibly long lap. As a 'once a year' street circuit the pressure is intense as there is no time outside of the race weekend to learn the circuit.

2009 TEAM : DANNY WATTS

SC Global Racing enlisted British Racing Champion Danny Watts as a Guest Driver for the Porsche SC Global Carrera Cup Asia – Singapore Event 2009, who successfully led the team to the podium finishing 3rd place in their home event.

Having raced for more than half of his twenty nine years, the previous A1 GP Great Britain driver has a wealth of experience, from his early career in single seaters as a national champion through to the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup and the British GT Championship. In more recent years, Watts has unveiled a passion for the endurance side of the sport with a series of impressive finishes and podium spots at Le Mans 24 Hours, Le Mans Series, Petit Le Mans, and American Le Mans.

2008 TEAM : MATTHEW MARSH

In 2008, SC Global Developments enlisted 2004 PCCA Champion Matthew Marsh for its motorsport debut in the full 2008 season. Matthew is one of Asia’s best known motor sport personalities having raced on just about every Asian track, and taken the top step of the podium at the Macau and various F1 support races in Britain, China and Malaysia. He is the only driver in the world to have competed in the Porsche Supercup and the Carrera Cups in Asia, Great Britain and Japan and has spent the last few years focusing on his passion for endurance racing; scoring class wins at Le Mans, Bathurst and Nürburgring 24-hour races. After a nail-biting season, he finished 6th overall for SC Global Racing in the 2008 PCCA season championship.

Away from the track Marsh is regularly heard during ESPN STAR Sport’s Formula One broadcasts and is a regular contributor to a number of publications across the region.

HISTORY

The Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (PCCA) first blasted off the starting grid in 2003 and has never looked back. Joining the family of hugely successful Porsche “one make” series, which have seen tremendous following in USA, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia & Japan since as early as 1987, the PCCA has quickly become the premier sportscar series in the region, with a massive fan and media following.

In September 2008, the PCCA made its debut in Singapore as a support race at the first FORMULA 1™ SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. To mark this historic event SC Global Developments partnered Porsche as the official real estate partner for the series and title sponsor for the Singapore event, which was renamed the Porsche SC Global Carrera Cup Asia - Singapore Event. The event was the group’s first foray into the high-octane world of motor racing and comes as a result of shared core values in design, innovation, excellence and success recognized in both Porsche and the sport.

Following the success of the inaugural Porsche SC Global Carrera Cup – Singapore 2008, the group have continued the partnership through 2009 and 2010. To strengthen SC Global’s exposure in the series, the group formed SC Global Racing and fielded an entry in the entire 2008 series, whilst in the 2009 and 2010 series, the team are focusing purely on its home race in Singapore.