2015 Formula Masters China

The 2015 Formula Masters China season is the fifth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the third under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship began on 18 April at Sepang in Malaysia and will finish on 18 October at Shanghai in China after eighteen races held at six meetings.[1]

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 1 China Jeffrey Ye[2] All
2 Australia Nicholas Rowe[3] All
3 China Shang Guan Zheng [2] All
4 Estonia Martin Rump[4] All
8 China Bo Yuan[5] 4-6
Hong Kong Absolute Racing 5 United Kingdom Sennan Fielding 3
Norway Dennis Olsen[5] 4
United States Oliver Askew 5–6
6 China Sun Zheng 3
Belgium Alessio Picariello[5] 4–6
Philippines Eurasia Motorsport 7 South Korea Kim Jeong Tae[6] 1–4, 6
11 China Hua Miao[7] 1–2
19 Philippines Takeru Muratomi[8] 1
24 Australia Aidan Read[9] All
36 Hong Kong Sam Lok 3
54 Singapore Sean Hudspeth[9] 1–5
94 Hong Kong William Lok[5] 4–5
99 Philippines Asuka Muratomi[8] 1
Malaysia Meritus.GP 8 China Bo Yuan[8] 1–2
16 Malaysia Daniel Woodroof[10] All
27 Australia Jake Parsons[11] All
33 Hong Kong Tommy Wong 3
77 Thailand Worawong Komarakul[8] 1
China Dasheng Zheng 9 China Dasheng Zheng 2
Japan Super License Team 17 China Shi Jie Hong 2–6
39 Japan Tomoki Takahashi[8] 1–2, 5–6
55 Japan Takashi Hata[8] All
56 Japan Shota Kiyohara 3–4
Malaysia Arrows Racing[8] 49 South Africa Matthew Swanepoel[8] All

Race calendar and results

A provisional race calendar was released on 15 December 2014.[1] An updated race calendar was released on 29 January 2015. On 29 March, it was announced that the round due to be held at Sentul in Indonesia, had been removed from the calendar.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 25 April Estonia Martin Rump Australia Jake Parsons Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 26 April Australia Jake Parsons Australia Jake Parsons Malaysia Meritus.GP
R3 Philippines Asuka Muratomi Thailand Worawong Komarakul Australia Jake Parsons Malaysia Meritus.GP
2 R1 China Shanghai International Circuit 6 June Australia Jake Parsons Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 7 June Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 Estonia Martin Rump Australia Jake Parsons Australia Jake Parsons Malaysia Meritus.GP
3 R1 Taiwan Penbay International Circuit 4 July Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 5 July Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
4 R1 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit 8 August Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 9 August Estonia Martin Rump Japan Shota Kiyohara Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
5 R1 China Zhuhai International Circuit 19 September Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Estonia Martin Rump Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 20 September Belgium Alessio Picariello Belgium Alessio Picariello Hong Kong Absolute Racing
R3 Belgium Alessio Picariello Estonia Martin Rump Belgium Alessio Picariello Hong Kong Absolute Racing
6 R1 China Shanghai International Circuit 17 October Belgium Alessio Picariello Belgium Alessio Picariello Belgium Alessio Picariello Hong Kong Absolute Racing
R2 18 October Belgium Alessio Picariello Belgium Alessio Picariello Hong Kong Absolute Racing
R3 Belgium Alessio Picariello Estonia Martin Rump Belgium Alessio Picariello Hong Kong Absolute Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship
  • Points for both championships were 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
Pos. Driver SEP
Malaysia		 SHI
China		 PEN
Taiwan		 KUA
Malaysia		 ZHU
China		 SHI
China		 Pts
1 Estonia Martin Rump 1 2 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 2 274
2 Australia Jake Parsons 2 1 1 3 Ret 1 2 2 4 Ret 2 3 3 Ret Ret 9 9 3 163
3 Australia Nicholas Rowe 5 8 6 4 2 7 3 3 2 3 6 4 6 5 5 4 3 Ret 135
4 Belgium Alessio Picariello 2 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 126
5 Australia Aidan Read 4 3 3 5 4 5 4 Ret 5 13 14 10 4 4 6 5 5 4 115
6 Malaysia Daniel Woodroof Ret 5 2 2 3 13 7 10 7 5 5 9 5 10 Ret 8 8 6 82
7 South Africa Matthew Swanepoel 3 7 5 Ret 13 4 6 4 8 Ret 10 7 12 6 3 Ret 10 Ret 66
8 China Yuan Bo 8 DNS 7 8 6 3 Ret Ret 6 7 3 9 6 7 7 57
9 Singapore Sean Hudspeth 6 4 4 6 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 9 8 8 8 4 52
10 United States Oliver Askew 11 Ret 7 3 2 5 34
11 Japan Shota Kiyahara Ret 8 6 4 4 5 31
12 China Jeffrey Ye 10 12 13 9 9 Ret 5 7 9 8 11 11 10 Ret 8 7 12 Ret 26
13 China Zheng Shang Guan Ret 13 15 Ret 7 10 Ret 6 10 6 8 Ret 9 9 13 10 6 9 22
14 South Korea Kim Jeong Tae 7 9 9 10 10 6 10 11 13 9 Ret 12 12 Ret 8 19
15 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 11 10 8 7 5 8 Ret 7 10 11 11 10 18
16 Norway Dennis Olsen Ret 7 2 17
17 United Kingdom Sennan Fielding Ret 5 3 16
18 Philippines Asuka Muratomi Ret 6 Ret 4
19 China Sun Zheng 8 9 12 3
20 Japan Takashi Hata Ret 14 12 12 12 DNS 9 Ret Ret 10 13 Ret 13 Ret 14 13 13 Ret 3
21 China Hua Miao 9 11 11 11 11 11 2
22 China Hong Shi Jie 13 14 12 11 12 14 12 12 Ret 14 11 11 Ret Ret 11 0
23 Hong Kong William Lok 11 15 Ret 15 Ret 12 0
24 Thailand Worawong Komarakul 12 15 14 0
24 Hong Kong Sam Lok 12 DNS DNS 0
26 Hong Kong Tommy Wong 13 13 DNS 0
Philippines Takeru Muratomi Ret Ret DNS 0
China Zheng Dasheng Ret DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver SEP
Malaysia		 SHI
China		 PEN
Taiwan		 KUA
Malaysia		 ZHU
China		 SHI
China		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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

Teams' championship
Pos. Team Pts
1 Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 348
2 Malaysia Meritus.GP 236
3 Philippines Eurasia Motorsport 143
4 Hong Kong Absolute Racing 109
5 Malaysia Arrows Racing 66
6 Japan Super License Team 54
China Zheng Dasheng 0

References
  1. "Calendar". FormulaMastersChina.com. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. "Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG confirms Star Racing Academy duo for Formula Masters China Series". KC Motorgroup. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. Banerjee, Aditya (21 April 2015). "Nick Rowe completes KCMG lineup in Formula Masters China". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. Banerjee, Aditya (18 April 2015). "Martin Rump to race for KCMG in 2015 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. Allen, Peter (9 August 2015). "Rump wins first Kuala Lumpur race ahead of Picariello". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  6. Banerjee, Aditya (27 February 2015). "Kim Jeong Tae completes Eurasia's four-car lineup". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. Banerjee, Aditya (20 January 2015). "Eurasia retain Hua Miao for 2015 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. Banerjee, Aditya (23 April 2015). "Six new drivers in FMCS entry list for Sepang". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  9. Banerjee, Aditya (19 December 2014). "Eurasia sign Read and Hudspeth for 2015". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  10. Banerjee, Aditya (2 January 2015). "Meritus sign Daniel Woodroof for 2015 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  11. Banerjee, Aditya (16 February 2015). "Parsons returns to FMCS with Meritus". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
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