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

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

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

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

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

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

External links

• Formula Asia V6 by Renault official website