2015 Asian Formula Renault Series

The 2015 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) was the 16th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season saw the introduction of the current 2013-spec FR2.0 car, which raced alongside the old-spec FR2.0 cars.^[1]

Starting this season, drivers and teams compete in two classes, Class A for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Class B for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars.^[2] The season began on 20 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and ended on 11 October at the Shanghai International Circuit after six double-header events. Three of them were based at Zhuhai, where AFR joined Pan Delta Racing Festival, two of them took place at Shanghai, with the other round being held at Sepang in Malaysia.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Class	Rounds
S&D Motorsports	2	Najiy Ayyad bin Abd Razak	A	All
S&D Motorsports	14	Umar bin Abdul Rahman	A	All
Asia Racing Team	3	Ni Weiliang	A	All
	8	Darma Hutomo	A	All
	11	Pu Jun Jin	A	1–3
	17	James Runacres	B	All
	21	Liu Kai	A	3
BlackArts Racing Team	5	Liang Jia Tong	B	5–6
	9	Thomas Lüdi	A	2–3, 5–6
	16	Dan Wells	A	All
	66	Maxx Ebenal	A	All
	82	Leo Wong	A	4
Champ Motorsport	6	Xie Ruilin	B	3
KCMG	10	Alan Lee	A	6
KCMG	29	Garnet Patterson	A	1–5
KRC Racing	15	Alex Yang	A	5
	47	Andy Zheng	B	1–2, 4–6
	67	Jason Kang	B	5
	90	Wei Lu	B	6
	99	Min Heng	B	3
Heart Forex Buzz Racing	18	Shigetomo Shimono	B	3
Sniper Capital Racing	26	Filipe Clemente de Souza	B	6
Sniper Capital Racing	28	João Carlos Afonso	B	6
PS Racing	36	David Lau	B	4
	52	Thomas Swift	B	All
	61	Guillaume Cunnington	B	6
	64	Neric Wei	B	5
	68	Sébastien Mailleux	B	All
	69	Markus Engel	B	1
guest drivers ineligible to score points
Individual entries	7	Michael Choi	B	1
	22	Terence Tse	B	4
	33	Samson Chan	B	1
	41	Sky Ling	B	3

Icon	Class
A	Class A
B	Class B

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Overall Winner	Class A Winner	Class B Winner
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	21 March	Darma Hutomo	Darma Hutomo	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Andy Zheng
1	R2	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	22 March	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Andy Zheng
2	R3	Sepang International Circuit (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)	25 April	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Andy Zheng
2	R4	Sepang International Circuit (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)	26 April	Darma Hutomo	Pu Jun Jin	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Andy Zheng
3	R5	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	20 June	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Shigetomo Shimono
3	R6	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	21 June	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Shigetomo Shimono
4	R7	Shanghai International Circuit (Shanghai)	11 July	Maxx Ebenal	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Andy Zheng
4	R8	Shanghai International Circuit (Shanghai)	12 July	Maxx Ebenal	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Andy Zheng
5	R9	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	19 September	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Jason Kang
5	R10	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	20 September	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Andy Zheng
6	R11	Shanghai International Circuit (Shanghai)	10 October	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Wei Lu
6	R12	Shanghai International Circuit (Shanghai)	11 October	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Dan Wells	Wei Lu

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Only drivers competing in at least three rounds are eligible for points.

Drivers' Championship
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Points	30	24	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championships

Pos	Driver	ZIC1		SEP		ZIC2		SIC1		ZIC3		SIC2		Pts
Class A
1	Dan Wells	6	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	330
2	Garnet Patterson	3	4	2	2	2	5	3	2	2	2			223
3	Maxx Ebenal	1	1	Ret	Ret	4	2	8	12	3	DSQ	3	2	191
4	Najiy Ayyad bin Abd Razak	4	Ret	5	3	13	6	4	3	5	3	4	3	185
5	Darma Hutomo	2	Ret	3	Ret	12	4	2	14	4	4	2	4	184
6	Ni Weiliang	8	5	10	10	7	Ret	14	6	7	12	7	7	152
7	Umar bin Abdul Rahman	15	10	11	Ret	Ret	15	7	11	13	13	15	13	118
8	Pu Jun Jin	5	Ret	4	4	3	3							89
9	Thomas Lüdi			12	6	Ret	7			6	Ret	6	5	78
guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Leo Wong							5	4					0
	Alex Yang									14	8			0
	Liu Kai					14	9							0
	Alan Lee											14	11	0
Class B
1	Andy Zheng	7	2	6	5			6	5	Ret	5	8	8	270
2	James Runacres	11	8	7	7	9	16	9	13	12	14	11	12	254
3	Sébastien Mailleux	14	9	8	9	6	11	11	7	11	6	12	Ret	243
4	Thomas Swift	10	7	9	8	Ret	12	13	10	10	11	13	9	237
guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Markus Engel	9	3											0
	Wei Lu											5	6	0
	Shigetomo Shimono					5	8							0
	Neric Wei									Ret	7			0
	Jason Kang									8	10			0
	David Lau							10	8					0
	Sky Ling					8	13							0
	Liang Jia Tong									9	9	9	15	0
	Terence Tse							12	9					0
	Min Heng					10	10							0
	Filipe Clemente de Souza											10	10	0
	Xie Ruilin					11	14							0
	Samson Chan	12	DNS											0
	Michael Choi	13	DNS											0
	João Carlos Afonso											16	14	0
	Guillaume Cunnington											DNS	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	ZIC1		SEP		ZIC2		SIC1		ZIC3		SIC2		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

^ "Clio AFR Launch & 2015 race schedule". FRD Motorsports. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
^ "2015 AFR Sporting & Technical Regulations" (PDF). FRD Motorsports. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

External links

The Official Website for AFR Series

[1] "Clio AFR Launch & 2015 race schedule". FRD Motorsports. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

[2] "2015 AFR Sporting & Technical Regulations" (PDF). FRD Motorsports. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

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