2017 Formula Masters China

The 2017 Formula Masters Series season was the seventh and final season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the first under the Formula Masters Series branding.[1] The championship began on 8 April at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and finished on 24 September at the Shanghai International Circuit in China, after eighteen races held at five meetings.[1]

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  Absolute Racing 5   "James" Yu Kuai All
9   Manuel Cabrera All
27   Arvin Esmaeili All
55   "Daniel" Lu Wenlong All
  Super License Team 6   Tomoki Takahashi 2–5
7   Takashi Hata M 1
  Linky Racing 8   Hu Nan M All
14   Zhang Yaqi M All
44   Luo Kailuo All
  Cebu Pacific Air by PRT 11   Taylor Cockerton All
12   Ben Grimes All
13   Antolín González 1–3
17   "Billy" Zheng Jiannian 5
  Eurasia Racing 19   Isyraf Danish 1–2
20   Angie King M 3
  Nazim Azman 4
23   Liu Zexuan M 3
66   Danial Frost All
96   Kurt Hill All
Icon Meaning
M Master class

Race calendar and results

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The definitive race calendar was confirmed on 6 April 2017.[1] As per the regulations, each round will have two to three 25-minute races and one shorter 15-minute race, with a different set of points awarded for each format.[2] Races denoted with a blue background are 15-minute races.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Sepang International Circuit 8 April   Danial Frost   Isyraf Danish   Daniel Lu   Absolute Racing
R2   Isyraf Danish   Taylor Cockerton   Daniel Lu   Absolute Racing
R3 9 April   Taylor Cockerton   Daniel Lu   Taylor Cockerton   Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
R4   Daniel Lu   Daniel Lu   Daniel Lu   Absolute Racing
2 R1   Sepang International Circuit 6 May   James Yu   Kurt Hill   James Yu   Absolute Racing
R2   Kurt Hill   Daniel Lu   Daniel Lu   Absolute Racing
R3 7 May   James Yu   James Yu   James Yu   Absolute Racing
R4   James Yu   James Yu   James Yu   Absolute Racing
3 R1   Zhuhai International Circuit 17 June   Taylor Cockerton   Danial Frost   Daniel Lu   Absolute Racing
R2 18 June   Danial Frost   Danial Frost   Taylor Cockerton   Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
R3   Danial Frost   Arvin Esmaeili   Arvin Esmaeili   Absolute Racing
4 R1   Zhuhai International Circuit 29 July   James Yu   Danial Frost   James Yu   Absolute Racing
R2   Danial Frost   Daniel Lu   Danial Frost   Eurasia Racing
R3 30 July   Daniel Lu   Daniel Lu   Daniel Lu   Absolute Racing
5 R1   Shanghai International Circuit 23 September   Daniel Lu   Taylor Cockerton   Daniel Lu   Absolute Racing
R2   Taylor Cockerton   Taylor Cockerton   Taylor Cockerton   Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
R3 24 September   James Yu   Taylor Cockerton   Taylor Cockerton   Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
R4   Taylor Cockerton   Taylor Cockerton   Taylor Cockerton   Cebu Pacific Air by PRT

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Points for are awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   PP 
25-minute races 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
15-minute races 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 1

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver SEP1
 
SEP2
 
ZIC1
 
ZIC2
 
SIC
 
Pts
1   Taylor Cockerton Ret 3 1 3 2 2 5 2 2 1 4 2 5 2 4 1 1 1 221
2   Daniel Lu 1 1 3 1 8 1 4 3 1 Ret 2 10 2 1 1 4 4 5 218
3   Danial Frost 2 4 2 2 3 5 2 5 Ret 6 DNS 6 1 5 3 3 3 3 166
4   James Yu Ret 5 4 4 1 3 1 1 Ret Ret 7 1 4 6 10† DNS 8 8 139
5   Tomoki Takahashi 10 6 3 DNS 3 2 6 3 DNS 7 2 2 2 2 115
6   Arvin Esmaeili 3 2 Ret 8 6 7 6 9 5 5 1 7 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7 90
7   Kurt Hill 7 8 Ret 6 4 4 10 Ret 6 3 3 8 7 4 9 Ret 6 9 82
8   Ben Grimes 5 6 7 Ret 7 13 9 12 7 7 5 4 3 3 5 Ret 10 11 75
9   Manuel Cabrera 6 10 6 10 5 8 8 6 9 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 8 5 6 66
10   Luo Kailuo 8 12 5 Ret 9 9 11 8 4 Ret DNS 9 DNS 9 Ret 5 7 4 44
11   Antolín González 4 7 11 5 Ret 11 13 10 10 9 8 27
12   Isyraf Danish 9 9 9 7 12 Ret 7 4 23
13   Zhang Yaqi 11 13 8 9 11 10 12 7 8 8 DNS Ret 9 10 Ret DNS 9 10 15
14   Billy Zheng 7 7 11 DSQ 6
15   Nazim Azman Ret 8 8 4
16   Hu Nan 12 14 10 11 Ret 12 Ret 11 Ret 11 10 11 10 11 8 9 12 12 4
17   Liu Zexuan 11 12 9 2
18   Takashi Hata 10 11 DNS DNS 1
19   Angie King Ret 10 11 0
Pos. Driver SEP1
 
SEP2
 
ZIC1
 
ZIC2
 
SIC
 
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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Grand opening of Formula Masters Series 7th season". Formula Masters Series. April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Formula Masters Series - Spòrting & Technical Regulations" (PDF). Formula Masters Series. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
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