Asian Formula Renault Challenge

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Asian Formula Renault Challenge
Category	Formula Renault 2.0
Country or region	Asia
Inaugural season	2002
Constructors	Tatuus
Engine suppliers	Renault
Drivers' champion	Pekka Saarinen
Teams' champion	M3 Racing Team
Official website	frdsports.com

The Asian Formula Renault Challenge is a Formula Renault 2.0 championship held on Asia. The series debuted in 2002 and also held the China Formula Renault Challenge.

The series is a part of the Formula Racing Development Limited (FRD) organization managed by Kenneth Ma to promote motorsport in Asia.^[1] The FRD also runs the China Formula Campus and Asian GT Challenge.

The cars use Tatuus chassis and the 2.0 L Renault Clio engines like other Formula Renault 2.0 series. This Formula Renault series uses Kumho tyres.

1 Regulation
2 Champions
- 2.1 Drivers
- 2.2 Teams
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Regulation

The championship reward is the International Challenge Category which is the overall winner. Since 2007, Asian drivers also have a parallel classification with the Asian Challenge Category.

Another classification, for Chinese events only, is the China Formula Renault Challenge, which is an entry-level series intended to reduce the championship cost. All series drivers and teams will race at the same time during the races in China but points will be calculated separately.

The cars can be tested outside the race weekend on the Zhuhai International Circuit or Shanghai International Circuit.

The race weekend starts on Thursday and Friday with a 2 hour free practice session but with additional cost for drivers. On Saturday there are two 30 minute practice sessions and 20 minutes of qualifications. A warm-up (15 minutes) occurs on Sunday morning and two 10 lap races are held in the afternoon.

Only drivers/teams that complete 75% of the race are awarded by points. Points are allowed in each race, as follows:

Drivers points attribution
Pos.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Points	30	24	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1
Teams attribution
Pos.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Complete regulations ([1]PDF (577 KiB))

[edit] Champions

[edit] Drivers

Year	Asian Formula Renault Challenge		China Formula Renault Challenge
Year	International Challenge Category	Asian Challenge Category	China Formula Renault Challenge
2007	Pekka Saarinen	Jim Ka To	Pekka Saarinen
2006	Pekka Saarinen		Alex Imperatori
2005	Hanss Lin		?
2004	Hideaki Nakao		?
2003	Rodolfo Ávila		Rodolfo Ávila
2002	Cong Fu Cheng		?

[edit] Teams

Year	Asian Formula Renault Challenge		China Formula Renault Challenge
Year	International Challenge Category	Asian Challenge Category	China Formula Renault Challenge
2007	M3 Racing Team	M3 Racing Team	M3 Racing Team
2006	Asia Racing Team		?
2005	Shangsai FRD Team		?
2004	?		?
2003	?		?
2002	?		?