2015 Formula Masters China

The 2015 Formula Masters China season is the fifth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the third under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship began on 18 April at Sepang in Malaysia and will finish on 18 October at Shanghai in China after eighteen races held at six meetings.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Driver Rounds
  Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 1   Jeffrey Ye[2] All
2   Nicholas Rowe[3] All
3   Shang Guan Zheng [2] All
4   Martin Rump[4] All
8   Bo Yuan[5] 4-6
  Absolute Racing 5   Sennan Fielding 3
  Dennis Olsen[5] 4
  Oliver Askew 5–6
6   Sun Zheng 3
  Alessio Picariello[5] 4–6
  Eurasia Motorsport 7   Kim Jeong Tae[6] 1–4, 6
11   Hua Miao[7] 1–2
19   Takeru Muratomi[8] 1
24   Aidan Read[9] All
36   Sam Lok 3
54   Sean Hudspeth[9] 1–5
94   William Lok[5] 4–5
99   Asuka Muratomi[8] 1
  Meritus.GP 8   Bo Yuan[8] 1–2
16   Daniel Woodroof[10] All
27   Jake Parsons[11] All
33   Tommy Wong 3
77   Worawong Komarakul[8] 1
  Dasheng Zheng 9   Dasheng Zheng 2
  Super License Team 17   Shi Jie Hong 2–6
39   Tomoki Takahashi[8] 1–2, 5–6
55   Takashi Hata[8] All
56   Shota Kiyohara 3–4
  Arrows Racing[8] 49   Matthew Swanepoel[8] All

Race calendar and results edit

A provisional race calendar was released on 15 December 2014.[1] An updated race calendar was released on 29 January 2015. On 29 March, it was announced that the round due to be held at Sentul in Indonesia, had been removed from the calendar.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Sepang International Circuit 25 April   Martin Rump   Jake Parsons   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 26 April   Jake Parsons   Jake Parsons   Meritus.GP
R3   Asuka Muratomi   Worawong Komarakul   Jake Parsons   Meritus.GP
2 R1   Shanghai International Circuit 6 June   Jake Parsons   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 7 June   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3   Martin Rump   Jake Parsons   Jake Parsons   Meritus.GP
3 R1   Penbay International Circuit 4 July   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 5 July   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
4 R1   Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit 8 August   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 9 August   Martin Rump   Shota Kiyohara   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
5 R1   Zhuhai International Circuit 19 September   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Martin Rump   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 20 September   Alessio Picariello   Alessio Picariello   Absolute Racing
R3   Alessio Picariello   Martin Rump   Alessio Picariello   Absolute Racing
6 R1   Shanghai International Circuit 17 October   Alessio Picariello   Alessio Picariello   Alessio Picariello   Absolute Racing
R2 18 October   Alessio Picariello   Alessio Picariello   Absolute Racing
R3   Alessio Picariello   Martin Rump   Alessio Picariello   Absolute Racing

Championship standings edit

Drivers' championship edit

  • Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   PP 
Races 1 & 3 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
Race 2 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 1
Pos. Driver SEP
 
SHI
 
PEN
 
KUA
 
ZHU
 
SHI
 
Pts
1   Martin Rump 1 2 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 2 274
2   Jake Parsons 2 1 1 3 Ret 1 2 2 4 Ret 2 3 3 Ret Ret 9 9 3 163
3   Nicholas Rowe 5 8 6 4 2 7 3 3 2 3 6 4 6 5 5 4 3 Ret 135
4   Alessio Picariello 2 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 126
5   Aidan Read 4 3 3 5 4 5 4 Ret 5 13 14 10 4 4 6 5 5 4 115
6   Daniel Woodroof Ret 5 2 2 3 13 7 10 7 5 5 9 5 10 Ret 8 8 6 82
7   Matthew Swanepoel 3 7 5 Ret 13 4 6 4 8 Ret 10 7 12 6 3 Ret 10 Ret 66
8   Yuan Bo 8 DNS 7 8 6 3 Ret Ret 6 7 3 9 6 7 7 57
9   Sean Hudspeth 6 4 4 6 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 9 8 8 8 4 52
10   Oliver Askew 11 Ret 7 3 2 5 34
11   Shota Kiyahara Ret 8 6 4 4 5 31
12   Jeffrey Ye 10 12 13 9 9 Ret 5 7 9 8 11 11 10 Ret 8 7 12 Ret 26
13   Zheng Shang Guan Ret 13 15 Ret 7 10 Ret 6 10 6 8 Ret 9 9 13 10 6 9 22
14   Kim Jeong Tae 7 9 9 10 10 6 10 11 13 9 Ret 12 12 Ret 8 19
15   Tomoki Takahashi 11 10 8 7 5 8 Ret 7 10 11 11 10 18
16   Dennis Olsen Ret 7 2 17
17   Sennan Fielding Ret 5 3 16
18   Asuka Muratomi Ret 6 Ret 4
19   Sun Zheng 8 9 12 3
20   Takashi Hata Ret 14 12 12 12 DNS 9 Ret Ret 10 13 Ret 13 Ret 14 13 13 Ret 3
21   Hua Miao 9 11 11 11 11 11 2
22   Hong Shi Jie 13 14 12 11 12 14 12 12 Ret 14 11 11 Ret Ret 11 0
23   William Lok 11 15 Ret 15 Ret 12 0
24   Worawong Komarakul 12 15 14 0
25   Sam Lok 12 DNS DNS 0
26   Tommy Wong 13 13 DNS 0
  Takeru Muratomi Ret Ret DNS 0
  Zheng Dasheng Ret DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver SEP
 
SHI
 
PEN
 
KUA
 
ZHU
 
SHI
 
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
† – Retired, but classified

Teams' championship edit

Pos. Team Pts
1   Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 348
2   Meritus.GP 236
3   Eurasia Motorsport 143
4   Absolute Racing 109
5   Arrows Racing 66
6   Super License Team 54
  Zheng Dasheng 0

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Calendar". FormulaMastersChina.com. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG confirms Star Racing Academy duo for Formula Masters China Series". KC Motorgroup. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. ^ Banerjee, Aditya (21 April 2015). "Nick Rowe completes KCMG lineup in Formula Masters China". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ^ Banerjee, Aditya (18 April 2015). "Martin Rump to race for KCMG in 2015 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d Allen, Peter (9 August 2015). "Rump wins first Kuala Lumpur race ahead of Picariello". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  6. ^ Banerjee, Aditya (27 February 2015). "Kim Jeong Tae completes Eurasia's four-car lineup". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. ^ Banerjee, Aditya (20 January 2015). "Eurasia retain Hua Miao for 2015 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Banerjee, Aditya (23 April 2015). "Six new drivers in FMCS entry list for Sepang". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  9. ^ a b Banerjee, Aditya (19 December 2014). "Eurasia sign Read and Hudspeth for 2015". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  10. ^ Banerjee, Aditya (2 January 2015). "Meritus sign Daniel Woodroof for 2015 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  11. ^ Banerjee, Aditya (16 February 2015). "Parsons returns to FMCS with Meritus". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

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