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
- All cars are FPT-engined Tatuus FA010 chassis.
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
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]
Standings
- 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 |
| 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
References
- ^ a b "The calender [sic] at a glance". Formula Pilota China. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Teams & drivers 2011". Formula Pilota China. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Formula Pilota China confirms a strong grid for 2011". Formula Pilota China. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "Formula Pilota China Series kick off in 2011". Formula Pilota China. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
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