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
Absolute Racing	6	Zheng Shang Guan		All
Champ Motorsport	8	Leong Hon Chio		2
Champ Motorsport	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		22 May	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		18 June	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		24 July	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Absolute Racing
4	R1	Sepang International Circuit	13 August	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Philip Hamprecht	Absolute Racing
	R2		13 August	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		4 September	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		16 October	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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Retired, but classified

References

1 2 "Calendar". FormulaMastersChina.com. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
↑ Leeuwen, Andrew van (1 June 2016). "V8s cancels Malaysia round". motorsport.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
↑ "Battles in store as FMCS makes Thailand debut". Formula Master China. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
↑ "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

Formula Masters China

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