2008 Formula V6 Asia Championship

The 2008 Formula V6 Asia season took place in four Asian countries. The season started on May 16–18 in Sepang and ended on November 21–23 in Shanghai.

Drivers and teams

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Team No Driver Rounds
  Black Tara 3   Armaan Ebrahim 1–3
8   Isaiah-Ro Charlez All
  Champ Motorsport 4   Kevin Chen All
27   Mathias Beche 2
  Michael Ho 4–6
  Team E-Rain 5   Recardo Bruins 2–3
  Dilantha Malagamuwa 4
7   Robin Tato All
  Mahara 18   Katsuhiro Konno 1
  Team Tarateam 31   Hafiz Koh All
33   Mark Williamson All
  TPC Team QI-Meritus 38   James Grunwell All
88   Earl Bamber 1–4

Race calendar

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Round Location Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1   Sepang, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit May 16–18   James Grunwell   Earl Bamber   Armaan Ebrahim   Black Tara
2   James Grunwell   Earl Bamber   Earl Bamber   TPC Team QI-Meritus
3   Sepang, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 20–22   James Grunwell   Armaan Ebrahim   James Grunwell   TPC Team QI-Meritus
4   James Grunwell   Armaan Ebrahim   Black Tara
5   Sentul, Indonesia Sentul International Circuit July 18–20   Earl Bamber   Earl Bamber   Earl Bamber   TPC Team QI-Meritus
6   Earl Bamber   Earl Bamber   Earl Bamber   TPC Team QI-Meritus
7   Okayama, Japan Okayama International Circuit October 24–26   Earl Bamber   Earl Bamber   Earl Bamber   TPC Team QI-Meritus
8   Earl Bamber   Earl Bamber   TPC Team QI-Meritus
9   Shanghai, China Shanghai International Circuit November 21–23   Kevin Chen   James Grunwell   James Grunwell   TPC Team QI-Meritus
10   Kevin Chen   James Grunwell   TPC Team QI-Meritus
11   James Grunwell   James Grunwell   TPC Team QI-Meritus
12   Isaiah-Ro Charlez   Isaiah-Ro Charlez   Black Tara

Earl Bamber and Armaan Ebrahim did not participate to the last venue due to their commitment in the Malaysian round in A1 Grand Prix.

Full Series Results

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Points are awarded in both races as following: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 for 9th and 1 bonus points for pole position in the first of the two venue races but only awarded to drivers, not for teams. Only the drivers that achieve races are awarded by points. The team standing is obtained with the best two drivers of each team at each race

Drivers

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Pos[1] Driver MAL1
 
MAL2
 
IND
 
JAP
 
CHN
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1   James Grunwell 3 3 1 3 2 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 6 133
2   Earl Bamber 2 1 7 2 1 1 1 1 105
3   Isaiah-Ro Charlez 7 2 Ret 4 5 7 3 2 Ret 7 3 1 85
4   Mark Williamson 8 5 4 5 8 8 6 4 5 3 2 3 79
5   Hafiz Koh 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 4 4 3 3 2 4 5 77
6   Kevin Chen 4 4 3 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 2 4 Ret 2 73
7   Armaan Ebrahim 1 7 2 1 3 8 59
8   Robin Tato 5 6 5 6 9 Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 42
9   Michael Ho 5 Ret 4 6 DNS DNS 19
10   Recardo Bruins Ret Ret 4 5 14
11   Dilantha Malagamuwa DNS 5 6
12   Katsuhiro Konno Ret Ret 0
13   Mathias Beche Ret Ret 0
Pos[1] Driver MAL1
 
MAL2
 
IND
 
JAP
 
CHN
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Teams

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Pos[1] Team Drivers MAL1
 
MAL2
 
IND
 
JAP
 
CHN
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1   The Pizza Company Team QI-Meritus James Grunwell 3 3 1 3* 2 2 2 Ret 1* 1 1* 6 234
Earl Bamber 2* 1* 7 2 1* 1* 1* 1*
2   Team TARADTM Mark Williamson 8 5 4 5 6 8 6 4 5 3 2 3 156
Hafiz Koh 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 4 4 3 3 2 4 5
3   Black Tara Isaiah-Ro Charlez 7 2 Ret 4 5 7 3 2 Ret 7 3 1* 144
Armaan Ebrahim 1 7 2* 1 3 8
4   Champ Motorsport Kevin Chen 4 4 3 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 2 4* Ret 2 91
Michael Ho 5 Ret 4 6 DNS DNS
Mathias Beche Ret Ret
5   Team E-Rain Robin Tato 5 6 5 6 9 Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 62
Recardo Bruins Ret Ret 4 5
Dilantha Malagamuwa DNS 5
NC   Mahara Katsuhiro Konno Ret Ret 0
Pos[1] Team Drivers MAL1
 
MAL2
 
IND
 
JAP
 
CHN
 
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

References

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  1. ^ a b c d FV6Asia Results Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine afos.com
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