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2013 Formula Masters China

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The 2013 Formula Masters China season is the third season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the first under the Formula Masters China branding. It was also the first season with one-make Volkswagen 2.0 engines.[1] The championship began on 10 May at Zhuhai and will finish on 10 November at Guia Circuit in Macau after nineteen races held at seven meetings.

2013 Formula Masters China race car by Tatuus.
2013 Formula Masters China's VW engine

Teams and drivers edit

Team No Driver Rounds
  Meritus.GP 3   Andersen Martono 4–5
38   Aidan Wright[2] All, NC
88   Afiq Yazid[3] All
95   Yang Fan[4] NC
  Lin Li Feng 5   Lin Li Feng 1–2
  Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG[5] 7   Ronald Wu[6] 1–4
9   Thomas Lüdi 6, NC
16   Dan Wells[7] 6, NC
29   Akash Nandy[8] All, NC
78   Mahaveer Raghunathan 6
  Star Racing Team[9][10] 8   Yuan Bo All, NC
15   Bao Jin Long All, NC
23   Zou Si Rui All
75   Zou Chen Yu All
  Meco Motorsports[11] 10   Raj Bharath All
  Super License Team[12] 11   Ren Nagabuchi All, NC
12   Yin Hai Tao All, NC
28   William Lok[4] NC
55   Wu Zhou 2–3
  Eurasia Motorsport 17   Pu Jun Jin[13] All, NC
18   Tanart Sathienthirakul 3–6, NC
19   Matthew Solomon[14] All, NC
20   Wing Chung Chang[15] 6, NC
21   Shaun Thong[4] NC
  Andrea Reggiani 4
  Andrea Reggiani 21   Andrea Reggiani 2–3
  Gold Wolf Racing[4] 37   Yudai Jinkawa[4] NC
  Zhang Zhen Dong 98   Zhendong Zhang 1

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Zhuhai International Circuit 11 May   Raj Bharath   Aidan Wright   Afiq Yazid   Meritus.GP
R2   Akash Nandy   Aidan Wright   Meritus.GP
R3 12 May   Afiq Yazid   Matthew Solomon   Aidan Wright   Meritus.GP
2 R1   Shanghai International Circuit 25 May   Afiq Yazid   Aidan Wright   Afiq Yazid   Meritus.GP
R2   Afiq Yazid   Afiq Yazid   Meritus.GP
R3 26 May   Akash Nandy   Afiq Yazid   Raj Bharath   Meco Motorsport
3 R1   Ordos International Circuit 6 July   Akash Nandy   Afiq Yazid   Afiq Yazid   Meritus.GP
R2 7 July   Afiq Yazid   Afiq Yazid   Meritus.GP
R3 Race postponed[16]
4 R1   Inje Speedium 10 August   Aidan Wright   Raj Bharath   Aidan Wright   Meritus.GP
R2   Aidan Wright   Raj Bharath   Akash Nandy   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 11 August   Akash Nandy   Aidan Wright   Aidan Wright   Meritus.GP
R4   Akash Nandy   Aidan Wright   Aidan Wright   Meritus.GP
5 R1   Sepang International Circuit 14 September   Tanart Sathienthirakul   Akash Nandy   Akash Nandy   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2   Akash Nandy   Akash Nandy   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 15 September   Tanart Sathienthirakul   Akash Nandy   Akash Nandy   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
6 R1   Shanghai International Circuit 26 October   Tanart Sathienthirakul   Afiq Yazid   Tanart Sathienthirakul   Eurasia Motorsport
R2   Akash Nandy   Afiq Yazid   Meritus.GP
R3 27 October   Akash Nandy   Aidan Wright   Aidan Wright   Meritus.GP
NC   Guia Circuit[17] 10 November   Akash Nandy   Akash Nandy   Akash Nandy   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG

Standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

  • Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
Race
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   PP 
Race 1&3 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
Race 2 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver ZHU
  		SHI
  		ORD
  		INJ
  		SEP
  		SHI
  		MAC†
  		Pts
1   Aidan Wright Ret 1 1 2 3 4 6 4 1 3 1 1 3 3 4 6 4 1 9 210
2   Afiq Yazid 1 5 Ret 1 1 2 1 1 2 13 4 3 2 2 Ret 2 1 3 208
3   Akash Nandy Ret 2 2 3 Ret 3 2 5 7 1 2 10 1 1 1 9 6 Ret 1 163
4   Ren Nagabuchi 2 3 4 9 5 5 5 2 4 Ret 5 Ret 5 6 2 4 5 6 4 129
5   Matthew Solomon 4 4 8 5 4 6 7 7 7 4 3 5 8 4 3 3 3 4 6 128
6   Raj Bharath 3 6 3 4 2 1 3 6 3 12 Ret 4 Ret 5 5 12 9 9 120
7   Tanart Sathienthirakul 4 3 5 2 6 2 4 Ret Ret 1 2 2 5 115
8   Pu Jun Jin 5 7 Ret 7 6 9 10 9 9 5 7 9 6 11 11 8 8 8 8 45
9   Yuan Bo Ret Ret 5 6 7 8 8 8 Ret Ret 11 7 Ret 8 10 13 11 11 10 29
10   Ronald Wu 6 11 6 Ret 9 7 11 11 8 6 8 8 28
11   Yin Hai Tao Ret 8 DNS 11 8 11 Ret 12 Ret 7 9 6 Ret 9 6 7 10 7 Ret 26
12   Bao Jin Long 7 9 7 10 Ret 10 12 10 11 Ret 10 Ret 7 7 9 16 13 13 11 18
13   Dan Wells 5 7 5 2 7
14   Zou Si Rui Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 12 14 6
15   Andersen Martono Ret 9 Ret 9 10 7 4
16   Zou Chen Yu Ret 13 Ret 12 12 14 Ret 13 Ret 11 12 11 10 12 8 Ret 14 15 2
18   Zhendong Zhang Ret 10 9 1
19   Andrea Reggiani 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 10 13 Ret 1
20   Lin Li Feng DNS 12 10 Ret 11 DNS 1
21   Mahaveer Raghunathan 14 15 12 0
22   Wu Zhou Ret 13 13 Ret DNS 0
23   Thomas Lüdi 15 16 Ret 14 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
  Shaun Thong 3 0
  Wing Chung Chang 11 Ret 10 7 0
  William Lok 12 0
  Yang Fan 13 0
  Yudai Jinkawa Ret 0
Pos Driver ZHU
  		SHI
  		ORD
  		INJ
  		SEP
  		SHI
  		MAC
  		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † — No points are awarded for the non-championship Macau Grand Prix event.

Teams edit

Pos Team Pts
1   Meritus.GP 415
2   Eurasia Motorsport 262
3   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 203
4   Super License Team 155
5   Meco Motorsports 121
6   Star Racing Team 57

References edit

  1. ^ "VW-powered Asian Formula series for 2013". autocarindia.com. Autocar India. 24 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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  6. ^ "KCMG CONFIRMS RONALD WU FOR FORMULA MASTERS". KCMG. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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  9. ^ "Star Racing Team announces the first three Chinese young drivers". FormulaMastersChina.com. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Star Racing Team confirms new drivers for the last three seats". FormulaMastersChina.com. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Meco Motorsports completes multiple Training Programs and launches new batches for Feb–March 2013". Meco Motorsports. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  12. ^ "Drivers". Team Ukyo with Super License. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  13. ^ "Pu Jun Jin joins Eurasia for 2013 Formula Masters Series". Eurasia Motorsport. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Matt Solomon signs with Eurasia for Formula Masters China Series". Eurasia Motorsport. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  15. ^ "Macau Grand Prix Announces Unprecedented Programme for 60th Macau Grand Prix". Macau Grand Prix Official Website. 5 April 2013.
  16. ^ Guillaume Renard (8 July 2013). "Formula Masters China – Doublé d'Afiq Yazid Ikhwan à Ordos" (in French). ChequeredFlags. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  17. ^ James Charman (5 April 2013). "Macau Grand Prix Set To Celebrates Diamond Jubilee in Style". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

External links edit

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