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

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Team No. Driver name Class Rounds
S&D Motorsports 2   Najiy Ayyad bin Abd Razak A All
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
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
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 ineligbile 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

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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
R2 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
R4 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
R6 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
R8 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
R10 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
R12 11 October   Dan Wells   Dan Wells   Dan Wells   Dan Wells   Wei Lu

Championship standings

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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

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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 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

References

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  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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