Teams and drivers
- All cars were FPT-engined Tatuus FA010 chassis.
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The 2012 Formula Pilota China season was the second season of the Formula Pilota China series and the last to run on regulations based upon Formula Abarth. The championship started on 17 June at Shanghai and finished on 8 December at Sepang after eighteen races held at six meetings. [1]
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The series' provisional schedule was released on 3 March 2012. [1] It will consist of six rounds, with three races at each round. The Guangdong and Shanghai Tianma events were dropped, while Zhuhai and the new Penbay International Circuit in Taiwan were included. But later calendar was revised with changing Zhuhai and Penbay to Guandong and second Sepang round.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Asian Trophy | |
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| 1 | R1 |  Shanghai International Circuit | 16 June |  Shota Kiyohara | Shota Kiyohara | Shota Kiyohara | Team UKYO with Super License | Shota Kiyohara |
| R2 | 17 June | Shota Kiyohara | Shota Kiyohara | Shota Kiyohara | Team UKYO with Super License | Shota Kiyohara | ||
| R3 | Shota Kiyohara | Shota Kiyohara | Shota Kiyohara | Team UKYO with Super License | Shota Kiyohara | |||
| 2 | R1 | Ordos International Circuit | 6 July |  Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells |  KCMG |  Parth Ghorpade |
| R2 | 7 July |  Antonio Giovinazzi | Yin Hai Tao | Yin Hai Tao | Team UKYO with Super License | Yin Hai Tao | ||
| R3 | Dan Wells |  Sean Gelael | Dan Wells | KCMG | Sean Gelael | |||
| 3 | R1 | Ordos International Circuit | 17 August | Shota Kiyohara | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi |  Eurasia Motorsport | Sean Gelael |
| R2 | 18 August | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi | Eurasia Motorsport | Sean Gelael | ||
| R3 | Sean Gelael | Sean Gelael | Dan Wells | KCMG | Parth Ghorpade | |||
| 4 | R1 | Guangdong International Circuit | 16 September | Antonio Giovinazzi | Dan Wells | Parth Ghorpade | Eurasia Motorsport | Parth Ghorpade |
| R2 | Dan Wells | Antonio Giovinazzi | Ren Nagabuchi | Team UKYO with Super License | Ren Nagabuchi | |||
| R3 | Parth Ghorpade | Parth Ghorpade | Parth Ghorpade | Eurasia Motorsport | Parth Ghorpade | |||
| 5 | R1 |  Sepang International Circuit | 3 November | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi | Eurasia Motorsport | Raj Bharath |
| R2 | 4 November | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi | Eurasia Motorsport | Sean Gelael | ||
| R3 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi | Eurasia Motorsport | Parth Ghorpade | |||
| 6 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 8 December |  Aidan Wright | Antonio Giovinazzi | Antonio Giovinazzi | Eurasia Motorsport | Raj Bharath |
| R2 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Parth Ghorpade | Parth Ghorpade | Eurasia Motorsport | Parth Ghorpade | |||
| R3 | Aidan Wright | Sean Gelael | Sean Gelael | Eurasia Motorsport | Sean Gelael | |||
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| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | PP |
| Race 1&3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Race 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
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| Pos | Driver | SHI | ORD | ORD | GUA | SEP | SEP | Pts | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | Parth Ghorpade | 2 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 196 |
| 2 | Sean Gelael | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 185 |
| 3 | Ren Nagabuchi | 4 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 171 |
| 4 | Raj Bharath | 8 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 150 |
| 5 | Yin Hai Tao | 11 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 87 |
| 6 | Afiq Ikhwan | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 82 | |||||||||
| 7 | Shota Kiyohara | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Zou Sirui | 10 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 8 | 53 | ||||||
| 9 | Akash Nandy | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 9 | 45 | |||||||||
| 10 | Sun Zheng | 6 | 6 | 6 | DNS | Ret | 8 | 34 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Li Chao | 12 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 7 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 12 |  Sean Hudspeth | 8 | Ret | 7 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Yuta Shiraishi | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Robin Tato | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 15 |  Toby Earle | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Bo Yuan | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | SHI | ORD | ORD | GUA | SEP | SEP | Pts | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Eurasia Motorsport | 470 |
| 2 | Team UKYO with Super License | 254 |
| 3 | KCMG | 221 |
| 4 | Meco Motorsport | 102 |
| 5 | Mahara | 50 |
| 6 | Meritus.GP | 26 |
| 7 |  Asia Racing Team | 25 |
| 8 | PS Racing | 11 |
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