2011 Formula Pilota China

The 2011 Formula Pilota China season is the first season of the newly created Formula Pilota China series, which ran on regulations based on Formula Abarth. The championship began on 3 July at Guangdong and was finished on 27 November at Sepang after twelve races held at six meetings. Also series had non-championship round that held on 3 December at Sepang.[1]

9 teams fielded 26 drivers during the whole tour.[2]

Swiss-French driver, who participated under Czech racing license Mathéo Tuscher became the first Formula Pilota China Champion with 189 points after scoring nine podium finishes from twelve races with eight wins. His nearest competitor, Luis Sá Silva, took two wins during the whole season and managed second overall with 124 points. Third place went to Indonesian driver Dustin Sofyan, who also took Best Asian Driver Trophy.

Teams and drivers edit

2011 Entry List[2][3]
Team No Driver Class Rounds
  Jenzer Welch Asia Racing 2   Robert Visoiu 1–2
  Samin Gómez Briceno 4–6
18   Mathéo Tuscher All
  Eurasia Motorsport 3   Aaron Chang Mun Shien AS 5–6
5   David Zhu AS 1–2
  Jordan Oon 6
73   Natasha Seatter AS 4
  Asia Racing Team 7   Zhang Ran AS 1–4
8   Zhi Cong Li AS All
9   Tin Sritrai AS All
2   Luís Sá Silva All
26   Eric Lichtenstein 2–3, 5
44   Zou Si Rui AS 6
  EuroInternational 11   Lucas Auer 1
  Lorenzo Camplese 2, 5
29   Dustin Sofyan AS All
  Super License 13   Nobuharu Matsushita AS 1–3, 5–6
87   Zheng Sun AS 1–5
  J.D.Motorsport 24   Antonio Spavone 5–6
25   Riccardo Agostini 5
  Audax PS Racing 33   Patrice Bonzom All
36   Yang Xi AS 5
38   Alexandra Asmasoebrata AS All
39   Stefano Montesi 3
48   Angelo Negro 1–2, 3–6
  Atlantic Racing Team 69   Jimmy Antunes 1–2
Icon Class
AS Best Asian Driver Trophy

Race calendar and results edit

The series' provisional schedule was released on 3 March 2011.[4] Latterly, the calendar was almost totally revised. Rounds in Zhuhai was dropped in favor of Shanghai Tianma, also series had non-championship round at Sepang.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Asian Trophy
1 R1   Guangdong International Circuit 2 July   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Jenzer Welch Asia Racing   David Zhu
R2 3 July   Mathéo Tuscher   Lucas Auer   Mathéo Tuscher   Jenzer Welch Asia Racing   Dustin Sofyan
2 R1   Shanghai International Circuit 23 July   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Luís Sá Silva   Asia Racing Team   David Zhu
R2 24 July   Mathéo Tuscher   Dustin Sofyan   Mathéo Tuscher   Jenzer Welch Asia Racing   Dustin Sofyan
3 R1   Shanghai International Circuit 13 August   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Jenzer Welch Asia Racing   Zhi Cong Li
R2 14 August   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Jenzer Welch Asia Racing   Dustin Sofyan
4 R1   Ordos International Circuit 3 September   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Luís Sá Silva   Asia Racing Team   Tin Sritrai
R2 4 September   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Jenzer Welch Asia Racing   Tin Sritrai
5 R1   Shanghai Tianma Circuit 4 November   Lorenzo Camplese   Mathéo Tuscher   Lorenzo Camplese   EuroInternational   Nobuharu Matsushita
R2 5 November   Mathéo Tuscher   Nobuharu Matsushita   Mathéo Tuscher   Jenzer Welch Asia Racing   Dustin Sofyan
6 R1   Sepang International Circuit 26 November   Nobuharu Matsushita   Mathéo Tuscher   Mathéo Tuscher   Jenzer Welch Asia Racing   Nobuharu Matsushita
R2 27 November   Mathéo Tuscher   Nobuharu Matsushita   Nobuharu Matsushita   Super License   Nobuharu Matsushita
NC R1   Sepang International Circuit 2 December   Aaron Chang Mun Shien   Aaron Chang Mun Shien   Aaron Chang Mun Shien   Eurasia Motorsport not awarded
R2 3 December   Aaron Chang Mun Shien   Jordan Oon   Jordan Oon   Eurasia Motorsport

Standings edit

  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP
Race 1 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
Pos Driver GUA
 
SHI
 
SHI
 
ORD
 
SHT
 
SEP
 
SEP
 
Pts
1   Mathéo Tuscher 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 6 1 5 1 1 2 189
2   Luís Sá Silva 3 4 1 4 2 7 1 2 9 Ret 6 5 124
3   Dustin Sofyan 5 3 3 3 4 2 7 4 11 3 4 3 117
4   Nobuharu Matsushita 9 11 6 8 6 3 2 4 2 1 89
5   Tin Sritrai 7 7 4 10 7 4 2 3 6 Ret 10 11 67
6   Zhi Cong Li 6 8 7 9 3 5 3 6 4 11 9 9 67
7   Lorenzo Camplese 13 5 1 2 43
8   David Zhu 4 5 2 6 39
9   Robert Visoiu 2 6 9 2 38
10   Samin Gómez Briceno 5 10 8 6 3 6 36
11   Zheng Sun 8 10 5 12 11 7 12 7 Ret 10 4 4 21
12   Riccardo Agostini 3 5 20
13   Natasha Seatter 4 5 5 6 18
14   Aaron Chang Mun Shien 7 14 7 4 1 2 18
15   Lucas Auer Ret 2 15
16   Antonio Spavone 13 8 5 8 14
17   Eric Lichtenstein 11 11 5 10 10 Ret 10
18   Jimmy Antunes 10 9 8 7 10
19   Stefano Montesi 8 7 7 5 7
20   Alexandra Asmasoebrata 12 12 14 15 11 Ret 8 9 15 9 11 12 7
21   Jordan Oon 8 7 2 1 7
22   Angelo Negro 11 13 10 14 9 8 14 13 13 13 6
23   Patrice Bonzom 13 14 12 13 9 8 10 11 16 12 12 14 6 7 6
24   Zhang Ran 14 15 Ret 16 10 9 Ret 12 3
25   Yang Xi 17 10 1
26   Zou Si Rui 14 15 0
  David Cheng 3 3 0
Pos Driver GUA
 
SHI
 
SHI
 
ORD
 
SHT
 
SEP
 
SEP
 
Pts
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

‡ Round at Sepang was non-championship, no points awarded.
Only eleven best results were count towards the year-end standings.

Best Asian Driver Trophy edit

Pos Driver GUA
 
SHI
 
SHI
 
ORD
 
SHT
 
SEP
 
Pts
1   Dustin Sofyan 5 3 3 3 4 2 7 4 11 3 4 3 188
2   Nobuharu Matsushita 9 11 6 8 6 3 2 4 2 1 134
3   Zhi Cong Li 6 8 7 9 3 5 3 6 4 11 9 9 134
4   Tin Sritrai 7 7 4 10 7 4 2 3 6 Ret 10 11 130
5   Zheng Sun 8 10 5 12 11 7 12 7 Ret 10 72
6   David Zhu 4 5 2 6 70
7   Alexandra Asmasoebrata 12 12 14 15 11 Ret 8 9 15 9 11 12 60
8   Aaron Chang Mun Shien 7 14 7 4 38
9   Zhang Ran 14 15 Ret 16 10 9 Ret 12 29
10   Natasha Seatter 4 5 24
11   Yang Xi 17 10 11
12   Zou Si Rui 14 15 7
Pos Driver GUA
 
SHI
 
SHI
 
ORD
 
SHT
 
SEP
 
Pts

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The calender [sic] at a glance". Formula Pilota China. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Teams & drivers 2011". Formula Pilota China. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Formula Pilota China confirms a strong grid for 2011". Formula Pilota China. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Formula Pilota China Series kick off in 2011". Formula Pilota China. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

External links edit