2014 Formula Masters China















2014 Formula Masters China
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The 2014 Formula Masters China season was the fourth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the second under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship commenced on 10 May at Zhuhai in China and finished on 21 October at Shanghai in China after eighteen races held at six meetings.


Driving for Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG, James Munro of New Zealand finished the season as the drivers' champion, finishing 28 points clear of his closest rival, Hong Kong's Matthew Solomon, driving for Eurasia Motorsport. Munro started the season strongly, taking six successive wins at the first Zhuhai meeting and the first Shanghai meeting, as well as the opening race at Inje Speedium. Solomon hit back with a streak of his own, with four wins at Inje and Sepang; Munro finished behind him in three of the races, and ultimately went on to win eight races to Solomon's five at the end of the season. Dan Wells of Great Britain – and team-mate to Munro – finished third in the championship, ten points in arrears of Solomon, taking a total of twelve podiums during the season, but it took him until the final four races to take his two wins for the seasons; these wins came at the second Zhuhai and Shanghai meetings.


The only other driver to take a victory during the season was Meritus.GP driver Jake Parsons, who took three victories en route to fourth place in the championship despite only competing in the second half of the season. He took seven podium finishes in his ten starts in the 2014 season. In the teams' championship, Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG were comfortable winners of the title, due to the results of Munro, Wells and Matthew Swanepoel.




Contents






  • 1 Teams and drivers


  • 2 Race calendar and results


  • 3 Championship standings


    • 3.1 Drivers' championship


    • 3.2 Teams' championship




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Teams and drivers
































































































































































Team

No.
Drive
Rounds

China Zen-Motorsport
6

China Bao Jin Long[1]
1–4, 6
7

Hong Kong Ronald Wu[1]
All
11

China Hua Miao[1]
1–3
29

China Yin Hai Tao[1]
All

Indonesia Humpuss Junior Racing Team
8

Indonesia Darma Mangkuluhur Hutomo[1]
All
36

Indonesia Yasuo Senna Iriawan[1]
All

Japan Super License Team
9

Germany Philip Hamprecht[2]
4, 6
15

Japan Yuya Motojima[1]
1, 6
39

Japan Tomoki Takahashi
5
55

Japan Takashi Hata[2]
4–5
75

China Zou Chen Yu[3]
2

India Meco Motorsports
10

India Akhil Rabindra[1]
1–3

Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
11

China Hua Miao[2]
4–6
12

Australia Aidan Read
6
17

China Pu Jun Jin[4]
All
18

China Yuan Bo[4]
All
19

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon[5]
All
20

Singapore Sean Hudspeth[1]
1–2, 5
24

Hong Kong Dominic Tjia[2]
4

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
16

United Kingdom Dan Wells[6]
All
30

Japan Ryuji Kumita
6
40

New Zealand James Munro[7]
All
49

South Africa Matthew Swanepoel[8]
1–3

Malaysia Meritus.GP
21

South Africa Mandla Mdakane[9]
3–4
68
1–2
27

Australia Jake Parsons[2]
4–6
33

Malaysia Daniel Woodroof[2]
4–5
38

South Africa Aston Hare[1]
1–2
88

Indonesia Andersen Martono[10]
All


Race calendar and results


A provisional race calendar was released on 25 October 2013.[11] An updated race calendar was released on 29 January 2014, which dropped the round at Penbay and rescheduled the Sepang round to August as a support round to GT Asia.[12]











































































































































































Round
Circuit
Date
Pole position
Fastest lap
Winning driver
Winning team
1
R1

China Zhuhai International Circuit
10 May

South Africa Matthew Swanepoel

New Zealand James Munro

New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2


New Zealand James Munro

New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3
11 May
Race postponed[13]
2
R1

China Shanghai International Circuit
24 May

New Zealand James Munro

New Zealand James Munro

New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2


South Africa Aston Hare

New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3
25 May

New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
3
R1

South Korea Inje Speedium
19 July

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

New Zealand James Munro

New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2


New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
R3
20 July

New Zealand James Munro

United Kingdom Dan Wells

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Philippines Eurasia Motorsport

R4
Race postponed
4
R1

Malaysia Sepang International Circuit
16 August

Australia Jake Parsons

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
R2


Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
R3
17 August

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Australia Jake Parsons

Australia Jake Parsons

Malaysia Meritus.GP
5
R1

China Zhuhai International Circuit
19 September

Australia Jake Parsons

China Yin Hai Tao

New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2
20 September


Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Australia Jake Parsons

Malaysia Meritus.GP
R3

China Yuan Bo

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

Philippines Eurasia Motorsport

R4[14]
21 September

New Zealand James Munro[N 1]

China Yuan Bo

United Kingdom Dan Wells

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
6
R1

China Shanghai International Circuit
18 October

New Zealand James Munro

New Zealand James Munro

New Zealand James Munro

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2


Australia Jake Parsons

Australia Jake Parsons

Malaysia Meritus.GP
R3
19 October

Australia Jake Parsons

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon

United Kingdom Dan Wells

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG

Notes




  1. ^ At the May Zhuhai meeting, Matthew Swanepoel qualified on pole position. As Swanepoel was not entered for the rescheduled race, all drivers that originally qualified behind him, moved up the order.




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
0
1

































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Pos.
Driver

ZHU
China

SHI
China

INJ
South Korea

SEP
Malaysia

ZHU
China

SHI
China

Pts
1

New Zealand James Munro

1

1
C

1

1

1

1

2

Ret
C
2
2
4
1
Ret
13

7

1

5
4
215
2

Hong Kong Matthew Solomon
7
3
C
3
3

2

3
1
1
C

1

1

2
Ret

Ret

1
3
14
4

5
187
3

United Kingdom Dan Wells
3
5
C
2
2
4
2
3

8
C
3
Ret
3
Ret
5
3
1
3
3
1
177
4

Australia Jake Parsons











4
3

1

11
1
2
6
2

1

2
116
5

Hong Kong Ronald Wu
6
Ret
C
Ret
14
13
7
4
5
C
10
10
9
2
3
5
11
8
7
7
67
6

Indonesia Andersen Martono
11
Ret
C
16
8
8
9
6
2
C
Ret
Ret
10
4
7
7
4
5
Ret
8
62
7

Indonesia Darma Mangkuluhur Hutomo
4
DNS
C
14
13
7
5
5
3
C
5
4
11
Ret
Ret
Ret
8
7
6
11
62
8

China Yuan Bo
5
4
C
11
12
12
Ret
7
4
C
6
9
13
12
8

8

2
10
13
Ret
53
9

China Yin Hai Tao
Ret
9
C
5
5
14
11
Ret
6
C
Ret
Ret
7

3

2
12
10
6
Ret
14†
52
10

Indonesia Yasuo Senna Iriawan
10
6
C
7
7
9
6
8
7
C
Ret
5
Ret
7
6
14
5
9
Ret
9
46
11

Germany Philip Hamprecht










9
6
5




4
2
6
39
12

Japan Yuya Motojima
2
2
C














Ret
9
3
37
13

South Africa Aston Hare
Ret
7
C
4

4
3














30
14

China Pu Jun Jin
NC
Ret
C
6
10
5
8
13†
NC
C
Ret
Ret
8
9
9
6
12
11
8
12
29
15

Singapore Sean Hudspeth
Ret
DNS
C
8
11
11







5
11
4
9



23
16

Japan Tomoki Takahashi













6
4
9
13



14
17

India Akhil Rabindra
8
8
C
15
16
16
4
Ret
Ret
C










14
18

China Bao Jin Long
9
Ret
C
9
15
17
13†
10
9
C
Ret
8
6




Ret
12
10
14
19

South Africa Matthew Swanepoel

12
Ret
C
10
6
6
Ret
9
Ret
C










12
20

South Africa Mandla Mdakane
Ret
10
C
NC
9
10
10
11
10
C
7
7
14







9
21

China Hua Miao
Ret
Ret
C
13
17
15
12
12
11
C
11
11
15
8
13
10
14
13
11
13
4
22

Malaysia Daniel Woodroof










8
Ret
Ret
Ret
10
11
16



3
23

Japan Takashi Hata










Ret
13
12
10
12
15
15



1
24

Australia Aidan Read

















12
10
Ret
0
25

Hong Kong Dominic Tjia










12
12
16







0


Japan Ryuji Kumita

















Ret
DNS
DNS
0

Guest drivers ineligible for points


China Zou Chen Yu



12
Ret
18














0

Pos.
Driver

ZHU
China

SHI
China

INJ
South Korea

SEP
Malaysia

ZHU
China

SHI
China

Pts




















































Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish

Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap



† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.



Teams' championship












































Pos.
Team

Pts
1

Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
384
2

Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
274
3

Malaysia Meritus.GP
215
4

China Zen–Motorsport
124
5

Indonesia Humpuss Junior Racing Team
108
6

Japan Super License Team
91
7

India Meco Motorsports
14


References





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