2013 Formula Masters China season

2013 Formula Masters China season
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2013 Formula Masters China race car by Tatuus.

2013 Formula Masters China's VW engine

The 2013 Formula Masters China season is the third season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the first under the Formula Masters China branding. It was also the first season with one-make Volkswagen 2.0 engines.^[1] The championship began on 10 May at Zhuhai and will finish on 10 November at Guia Circuit in Macau after nineteen races held at seven meetings.

Teams and drivers

All cars are Volkswagen-engined Tatuus FA10 chassis.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Meritus.GP	3	Andersen Martono	4–5
	38	Aidan Wright^[2]	All, NC
	88	Afiq Yazid^[3]	All
	95	Yang Fan^[4]	NC
Lin Li Feng	5	Lin Li Feng	1–2
Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG^[5]	7	Ronald Wu^[6]	1–4
	9	Thomas Luedi	6, NC
	16	Dan Wells^[7]	6, NC
	29	Akash Nandy^[8]	All, NC
	78	Mahaveer Raghunathan	6
Star Racing Team^[9]^[10]	8	Yuan Bo	All, NC
	15	Bao Jin Long	All, NC
	23	Zou Si Rui	All
	75	Zou Chen Yu	All
Meco Motorsports^[11]	10	Raj Bharath	All
Super License Team^[12]	11	Ren Nagabuchi	All, NC
	12	Yin Hai Tao	All, NC
	28	William Lok^[4]	NC
	55	Wu Zhou	2–3
Eurasia Motorsport	17	Pu Jun Jin^[13]	All, NC
	18	Tanart Sathienthirakul	3–6, NC
	19	Matthew Solomon^[14]	All, NC
	20	Andy Chang Wing Chung^[15]	6, NC
	21	Shaun Thong^[4]	NC
		Andrea Reggiani	4
Andrea Reggiani		Andrea Reggiani	2–3
Gold Wolf Racing^[4]	37	Yudai Jinkawa^[4]	NC
Zhang Zhen Dong	98	Zhang Zhen Dong	1

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit	11 May	Raj Bharath	Aidan Wright	Afiq Yazid	Meritus.GP
	R2		11 May	Aidan Wright	Akash Nandy	Aidan Wright	Meritus.GP
	R3		12 May	Afiq Yazid	Matthew Solomon	Aidan Wright	Meritus.GP
2	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	25 May	Afiq Yazid	Aidan Wright	Afiq Yazid	Meritus.GP
	R2		25 May	Aidan Wright	Afiq Yazid	Afiq Yazid	Meritus.GP
	R3		26 May	Akash Nandy	Afiq Yazid	Raj Bharath	Meco Motorsport
3	R1	Ordos International Circuit	6 July	Akash Nandy	Afiq Yazid	Afiq Yazid	Meritus.GP
	R2		7 July	Afiq Yazid	Afiq Yazid	Afiq Yazid	Meritus.GP
	R3		7 July	Race postponed^[16]
4	R1	Inje Speedium	10 August	Aidan Wright	Raj Bharath	Aidan Wright	Meritus.GP
	R2		10 August	Aidan Wright	Raj Bharath	Akash Nandy	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R3		11 August	Akash Nandy	Aidan Wright	Aidan Wright	Meritus.GP
	R4		11 August	Akash Nandy	Aidan Wright	Aidan Wright	Meritus.GP
5	R1	Sepang International Circuit	14 September	Tanart Sathienthirakul	Akash Nandy	Akash Nandy	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R2		14 September	Akash Nandy	Akash Nandy	Akash Nandy	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R3		15 September	Tanart Sathienthirakul	Akash Nandy	Akash Nandy	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
6	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	26 October	Tanart Sathienthirakul	Afiq Yazid	Tanart Sathienthirakul	Eurasia Motorsport
	R2		26 October	Afiq Yazid	Akash Nandy	Afiq Yazid	Meritus.GP
	R3		27 October	Akash Nandy	Aidan Wright	Aidan Wright	Meritus.GP
NC		Guia Circuit^[17]	10 November	Akash Nandy	Akash Nandy	Akash Nandy	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG

Standings

Drivers' championship

Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Race
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP
Race 1&3	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1
Race 2	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	ZHU			SHI			ORD		INJ				SEP			SHI			MAC^†	Pts
1	Aidan Wright	Ret	1	1	2	3	4	6	4	1	3	1	1	3	3	4	6	4	1	9	210
2	Afiq Yazid	1	5	Ret	1	1	2	1	1	2	13	4	3	2	2	Ret	2	1	3		208
3	Akash Nandy	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	3	2	5	7	1	2	10	1	1	1	9	6	Ret	1	163
4	Ren Nagabuchi	2	3	4	9	5	5	5	2	4	Ret	5	Ret	5	6	2	4	5	6	4	129
5	Matthew Solomon	4	4	8	5	4	6	7	7	7	4	3	5	8	4	3	3	3	4	6	128
6	Raj Bharath	3	6	3	4	2	1	3	6	3	12	Ret	4	Ret	5	5	12	9	9		120
7	Tanart Sathienthirakul							4	3	5	2	6	2	4	Ret	Ret	1	2	2	5	115
8	Pu Jun Jin	5	7	Ret	7	6	9	10	9	9	5	7	9	6	11	11	8	8	8	8	45
9	Yuan Bo	Ret	Ret	5	6	7	8	8	8	Ret	Ret	11	7	Ret	8	10	13	11	11	10	29
10	Ronald Wu	6	11	6	Ret	9	7	11	11	8	6	8	8								28
11	Yin Hai Tao	Ret	8	DNS	11	8	11	Ret	12	Ret	7	9	6	Ret	9	6	7	10	7	Ret	26
12	Bao Jin Long	7	9	7	10	Ret	10	12	10	11	Ret	10	Ret	7	7	9	16	13	13	11	18
13	Dan Wells																5	7	5	2	7
14	Zou Si Rui	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	12	9	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12	14		6
15	Andersen Martono									Ret	9	Ret		9	10	7					4
16	Zou Chen Yu	Ret	13	Ret	12	12	14	Ret	13	Ret	11	12	11	10	12	8	Ret	14	15		2
18	Zhang Zhen Dong	Ret	10	9																	1
19	Andrea Reggiani				13	10	Ret	13	Ret	10	10	13	Ret								1
20	Lin Li Feng	DNS	12	10	Ret	11	DNS														1
21	Mahaveer Raghunathan																14	15	12		0
22	Wu Zhou				Ret	13	13	Ret	DNS												0
23	Thomas Luedi																15	16	Ret	14	0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Shaun Thong																			3	0
	Andy Chang Wing Chung																11	Ret	10	7	0
	William Lok																			12	0
	Yang Fan																			13	0
	Yudai Jinkawa																			Ret	0
Pos	Driver	ZHU			SHI			ORD		INJ				SEP			SHI			MAC	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

Notes:

† — No points are awarded for the non-championship Macau Grand Prix event.

Teams

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Meritus.GP	415
2	Eurasia Motorsport	262
3	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG	203
4	Super License Team	155
5	Meco Motorsports	121
6	Star Racing Team	57

References

↑ "VW-powered Asian Formula series for 2013". autocarindia.com (Autocar India). 24 December 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ "Aidan in the fast lane to success;Sri Lankan/Australian driver signs with Meritus GP". Lanka News Web. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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↑ "KCMG CONFIRMS RONALD WU FOR FORMULA MASTERS". KCMG. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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↑ Khorouzhniy, Valentin (23 February 2013). "Akash Nandy will stay in Formula Masters China for 2013". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
↑ "Star Racing Team announces the first three Chinese young drivers". FormulaMastersChina.com. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
↑ "Star Racing Team confirms new drivers for the last three seats". FormulaMastersChina.com. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
↑ "Meco Motorsports completes multiple Training Programs and launches new batches for Feb–March 2013". Meco Motorsports. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "Drivers". Team Ukyo with Super License. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
↑ "Pu Jun Jin joins Eurasia for 2013 Formula Masters Series". Eurasia Motorsport. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ "Matt Solomon signs with Eurasia for Formula Masters China Series". Eurasia Motorsport. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ "Macau Grand Prix Announces Unprecedented Programme for 60th Macau Grand Prix". Macau Grand Prix Official Website. 5 April 2013.
↑ Guillaume Renard (8 July 2013). "Formula Masters China – Doublé d’Afiq Yazid Ikhwan à Ordos" (in French). ChequeredFlags. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
↑ James Charman (5 April 2013). "Macau Grand Prix Set To Celebrates Diamond Jubilee In Style". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

External links

Official website

Formula Masters China

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