2016 Formula Masters China

2016 Formula Masters China
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The 2016 Formula Masters China season is the sixth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the third under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship began on 21 May at Shanghai in China and will finish on 16 October at Penbay in Taiwan after fifteen races held at five meetings.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Cebu Pacific Air by PRT 1 Kim Jeong-tae All 2 Nicholas Rowe 1 3 "Jeffrey" Ye Junhui 1–2 4 Thomas Swift 2–4 Absolute Racing 5 Philip Hamprecht All 6 Zheng Shang Guan All Champ Motorsport 8 Leong Hon Chio 2 9 Xie Ruilin 2 DP Motorsport 8 Leong Hon Chio 4–5 9 Hu Nan M 4, 6 23 Liu Zexuan M 4 68 Jacques Wang M 6 Super License Team 17 Hong Shijie All 55 Takashi Hata M All 88 "James" Yu Kuai All 91 Huang Chi M 6 Eurasia Motorsport 24 Aidan Read All Amateur Cup 9 Hu Nan M 1 12 Liu Wang 2 22 Huang Hengyi 2 37 Carlo Mantori M 1 38 Philippe Prette M 1 39 James Wong 1–2, 4 40 Patrice Bonzom M 1 48 Angelo Negro M 1, 5 99 Maekkasit Weraporasu M 3

Icon Meaning M Master class

Race calendar and results

A provisional race calendar was released on 3 March 2016.^[1] An updated race calendar was released on 1 June 2016, which cancelled the round at Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix.^[2] It was announced on 22 July that the Kuala Lumpur round will be replaced by a round at Sepang for the same weekend.^[3] After that round in Korea International Circuit was also changed by Sepang Circuit.^[4]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	21 May	Nicholas Rowe	Kim Jeong-tae	Kim Jeong-tae	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R2		22 May	Kim Jeong-tae	Nicholas Rowe	Nicholas Rowe	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R3			Nicholas Rowe	Philip Hamprecht	Nicholas Rowe	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
2	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit	18 June	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Aidan Read	Eurasia Motorsport
	R2			Philip Hamprecht	Aidan Read	Philip Hamprecht	Absolute Racing
	R3		19 June	Philip Hamprecht	Zheng Shangguan	Philip Hamprecht	Absolute Racing
3	R1	Chang International Circuit	23 July	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Eurasia Motorsport
	R2		24 July	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Eurasia Motorsport
	R3			Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Absolute Racing
4	R1	Sepang International Circuit	13 August	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Absolute Racing
	R2			Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Absolute Racing
	R3		14 August	Zheng Shangguan	Zheng Shangguan	Zheng Shangguan	Absolute Racing
5	R1	Sepang International Circuit	3 September	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Eurasia Motorsport
	R2		4 September	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Eurasia Motorsport
	R3			Philip Hamprecht	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Eurasia Motorsport
6	R1	Penbay International Circuit	15 October	Philip Hamprecht	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Eurasia Motorsport
	R2		16 October	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Eurasia Motorsport
	R3			Philip Hamprecht	Aidan Read	Aidan Read	Eurasia Motorsport

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points for are 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

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SHI ZHU CHA SEP1 SEP2 PEN Pts 1 Philip Hamprecht 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 6 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 208 2 Aidan Read 4 3 3 1 2 Ret 1 1 3 6 DNS DNS 1 1 1 166 3 Zheng Shangguan 2 10 4 Ret 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 Ret 154 4 Kim Jeong-tae 1 4 5 3 4 9 4 3 4 5 7 3 2 7 Ret 122 5 Yu Kuai 5 6 Ret Ret 8 8 5 4 5 4 3 4 5 6 5 84 6 Hong Shijie 8 9 8 7 7 5 7 5 6 8 6 5 6 5 4 64 7 Leong Hon Chio 4 5 4 3 5 Ret 8 4 3 61 8 Takashi Hata Ret 8 7 6 9 6 6 9 Ret 7 4 6 7 8 6 50 9 Nick Rowe 7 1 1 38 10 Ye Junhui 10 5 6 5 6 3 34 11 Thomas Swift Ret 11 DSQ 8 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 8 12 Angelo Negro 6 12 10 Ret DNS DNS 7 13 Carlo Mantori 9 7 9 6 14 Hu Nan 13 14 DNS 9 8 8 6 15 Xie Ruilin Ret DNS 7 4 16 Huang Hengyi 8 13 10 4 17 James Wong Ret NC NC 10 12 DNS 10 Ret 10 3 18 Maekkasit Weraporasu Ret 7 Ret 2 19 Liu Zexuan 11 9 9 2 20 Liu Wang 9 10 11 2 21 Patrice Bonzom 12 11 11 0 22 Philippe Prette 11 13 12 0 Pos. Driver SHI ZHU CHA SEP1 SEP2 PEN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Retired, but classified

References

1. "Calendar". FormulaMastersChina.com. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
2. Leeuwen, Andrew van (1 June 2016). "V8s cancels Malaysia round". motorsport.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
3. "Battles in store as FMCS makes Thailand debut". Formula Master China. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
4. "FMCS Mid-Season Contest Heats Up in Sepang". Formula Masters China. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016. This weekend is the first of two race weekends to be hosted at the Sepang International Circuit, with the field returning to the Malaysia in early September following a short two-week break.

External links

• Official website