2013 Formula Masters China

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

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 Lüdi 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 Wing Chung Chang[15] 6, NC
21 Shaun Thong[4] NC
Andrea Reggiani 4
Andrea Reggiani 21 Andrea Reggiani 2–3
Gold Wolf Racing[4] 37 Yudai Jinkawa[4] NC
Zhang Zhen Dong 98 Zhendong Zhang 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 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 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 Meritus.GP
R3 Race postponed[16]
4 R1 Inje Speedium 10 August Aidan Wright Raj Bharath Aidan Wright Meritus.GP
R2 Aidan Wright Raj Bharath Akash Nandy Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 11 August Akash Nandy Aidan Wright Aidan Wright Meritus.GP
R4 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 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 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
17 Zhendong Zhang Ret 10 9 1
18 Andrea Reggiani 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 10 13 Ret 1
19 Lin Li Feng DNS 12 10 Ret 11 DNS 1
20 Mahaveer Raghunathan 14 15 12 0
21 Wu Zhou Ret 13 13 Ret DNS 0
22 Thomas Lüdi 15 16 Ret 14 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Shaun Thong 3 0
Wing Chung Chang 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 Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

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

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