2016 Asian Formula Renault Series

The 2016 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) is the 17th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season began on 19 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and ended on 23 October at the Zhejiang International Circuit after six double-header events. For the first time, the series travelled to Korea and Thailand, hosting a round at Yeongam and Buriram respectively; the rest of the rounds were held in China.

Starting from previous 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.^[1]

As part of an enhanced agreement with Renault Sport, the season featured a scholarship program for young Chinese drivers, called Road to Champion. The winner among these drivers over the last three rounds of the championship secured a link to race the following year in Europe with the help of Renault Sport.^[2]

Teams and drivers edit

Team	No.	Driver name	Class	Rounds
S&D Motorsports	2	Najiy Razak	A	All
	14	Umar bin Abdul Rahman	A	3
	31	Song Xujie	B RTC	4–6
	48	Louis Prette	A	5–6
	56	Tam Kuan Ioi	B RTC	4–6
	59	Yu Yuk Hang	B RTC	4, 6
	66	Maxx Ebenal	A	1–2
Asia Racing Team	3	Ni Weiliang	A	All
	10	William Tan	A	All
	11	Hua Miao	B	1–5
	18	Liu Kai	A	1–3
	36	Lin Taian	B RTC	5
	36	Lin Taian	A RTC	6
	66	Maxx Ebenal	A	4–6
	67	Jasper Thong	B	1–5
	67	Jasper Thong	A	6
	71	James Runacres	A	1, 3
	88	Evan Chen	A	4
BlackArts Racing Team	5	Pete Olson	B	5
	5	Pete Olson	A	6
	6	Josh Burdon	A	All
	9	Thomas Lüdi	A	All
	17	Neric Wei	A	1–3
	26	Li Qingyuan	A RTC	4–6
	28	Pavan Ravishankar	A	All
	65	Brad Dias	B	6
	91	David Pun	B	6
KRC Racing	7	Bao Jinlong	A	1
	8	Wang Yang	A	4
	24	Hong Shijie	A	6
	43	Mars Kang	A	5
	77	Ye Hongli	A	3
	99	Pu Shu	A	4
Korea Formula	27	Suh Seung-beom	B	2
Korea Formula	37	Kim Hak-kyum	B	2
Champ Motorsport	38	Victor Yung	B	5
Champ Motorsport	63	Xie Ruilin	B	1, 5
KCMG	47	Liu Junjie	B RTC	4–6
KCMG	85	Ngan Ming Hang	B RTC	4–6
privateers	1	Chen Yi-Hsien	B	1
	16	Wayne Shen	B	1
	21	Dominic Tjia	B	1
	22	Francis Tjia	B	1
	68	Sébastien Mailleux	B	1

Icon	Class
A	Class A
B	Class B
RTC	Road to Champion Division

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Overall Winner	Class A Winner	Class B Winner
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	19 March	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Wayne Shen
1	R2	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	20 March	Josh Burdon	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Wayne Shen
2	R3	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	14 May	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Kim Hak-kyum
2	R4	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	15 May	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Kim Hak-kyum
3	R5	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	11 June	Ye Hongli	Ye Hongli	Ye Hongli	Ye Hongli	Jasper Thong
3	R6	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	12 June	Josh Burdon	Ye Hongli	Ye Hongli	Ye Hongli	Hua Miao
4	R7	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	21 August	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Hua Miao
4	R8	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	21 August	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Jasper Thong
5	R9	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	17 September	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Jasper Thong
5	R10	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	18 September	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Xie Ruilin
6	R11	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	29 October	Maxx Ebenal	Najiy Razak	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Song Xujie
6	R12	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	30 October	Maxx Ebenal	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Josh Burdon	Ngan Ming Hang

Championship standings edit

Points system

Points are awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Drivers in classes A and B are classified separately.

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 edit

Pos	Driver	ZIC1		KOR		CHA		SIC		ZIC2		ZIC3		Pts
Class A
1	Josh Burdon	1	Ret	1	1	2	DNS	1	1	2	2	1	1	282
2	Maxx Ebenal	2	1	3	3			2	5	1	1	3	2	237
3	Najiy Razak	8	2	6	2	Ret	2	4	2	Ret	14	4	3	189
4	Pavan Ravishankar	Ret	9	Ret	5	4	3	5	4	3	Ret	2	5	156
5	William Tan	7	Ret	10	12	7	8	10	12	5	5	9	9	111
6	Liu Kai	10	3	2	4	3	4							109
7	Ni Weiliang	Ret	Ret	8	10	Ret	9	8	8	6	3	Ret	Ret	84
8	Neric Wei	13	4	4	11	5	5							84
9	Thomas Lüdi	5	Ret	11	13	8	7	7	7	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	79
10	Ye Hongli					1	1							60
11	Li Qingyuan							9	Ret	4	6	DNA	7	50
12	Louis Prette									8	13	6	8	46
13	Evan Chen							3	3			10	Ret	45
14	James Runacres	14	11			6	6							44
15	Bao Jinlong	3	8											35
16	Lin Taian											7	4	28
17	Pu Shu							6	6					26
18	Hong Shijie											5	Ret	17
19	Jasper Thong											Ret	6	15
20	Wang Yang							13	9					11
21	Pete Olson											9	Ret	9
22	Umar bin Abdul Rahman					Ret	11							5
23	Mars Kang									DNS	DNS			0
Class B
1	Jasper Thong	11	10	7	8	9	DSQ	12	10	7	8			212
2	Hua Miao	6	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	10	11	11	9	7			180
3	Song Xujie							14	13	12	12			66
4	Xie Ruilin	Ret	12							10	4			65
5	Wayne Shen	4	5											60
6	Kim Hak-kyum			5	6									60
7	Ngan Ming Hang							15	14	13	Ret			47
8	Francis Tjia	9	7											40
9	Suh Seung-beom			9	9									37
10	Dominic Tjia	16	6											35
11	Pete Olson									11	11			30
12	Lin Taian									Ret	9			17
13	Victor Yung									Ret	10			15
14	Sébastien Mailleux	12	Ret											15
15	Yu Yuk Hang							16	Ret					15
16	Chen Yi-Hsien	15	Ret											13
17	Tam Kuan Ioi							Ret	Ret	14	Ret			11
18	Liu Junjie							DNS	DNS	15	Ret			9
Pos	Driver	ZIC1		KOR		CHA		SIC		ZIC2		ZIC3		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Road to Champion Division edit

Pos	Driver	SIC		ZIC1		ZIC2	Pts
1	Song Xujie	14	13	12	12		98
2	Li Qingyuan	9	Ret	4	6		90
3	Ngan Ming Hang	15	14	13	Ret		64
4	Lin Taian			Ret	9		24
5	Tam Kuan Ioi	Ret	Ret	14	Ret		17
6	Yu Yuk Hang	16	Ret				17
7	Liu Junjie	DNS	DNS	15	Ret		15
Pos	Driver	SIC		ZIC1		ZIC2	Pts

References edit

^ "2015 AFR Sporting & Technical Regulations" (PDF). FRD Motorsports. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
^ ""Road to Champion with Renault Sport Formula One Team" Scholarship Programme application available with all AFR Teams!". FRD Motorsports. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

External links edit

The Official Website for AFR Series

[1] "2015 AFR Sporting & Technical Regulations" (PDF). FRD Motorsports. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

[2] ""Road to Champion with Renault Sport Formula One Team" Scholarship Programme application available with all AFR Teams!". FRD Motorsports. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

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