2014 Clio Cup China Series

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The 2014 Clio Cup China Series was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across China. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing drivers and gentlemen drivers in the region, competing in a Clio Renault Sport 200 that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2014 season was the sixth Clio Cup China Series season. The season started on 22 March at Zhuhai International Circuit and concluded on 28 September at Shanghai International Circuit after ten races held at five meetings. In addition, the series went for the first time to the Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. To add more excitement to the races, the series invited several celebrity drivers to take part including Hong Kong TV and movie star Alex Fong (方中信) and model Jacquelin Ch'ng (莊思敏). [1]

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South Africa's Naomi Schiff dominated the series, taking seven overall wins along with a further class win in the final round at Shanghai. Schiff won the championship by 135 points from Kenneth Ma, who did not finish better than third in any of the 10 races. Yang Xu finished a further 33 points behind in third place, having taken four successive second place finishes at the end of the season. The season's other winners were Eric Lo at the opening round in Zhuhai, and Byron Tong, who won at the second Zhuhai meeting. Lin Li Feng also won on a guest appearance at the Shanghai finale, but was ineligible to score drivers' championship points. With very few drivers competing in the whole season in Class B, Huang Yi was the winner of the championship.

Teams and drivers

A = Class A B = Class B

No.DriversClassRounds
2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kenneth Lau A1
3 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Eric LoA1–2
5 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Alan LeeA1, 3
6 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cary YauB1–3
9 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Alex Fong B1–3
10 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Byron TongA3
11 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chin Ka-lok A1, 3, 5
12 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Zi YiB4
13 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kenneth Ma AAll
16 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Song BoB2–5
18 Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff AAll
20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Wei AnA3
22 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yu Kam CheongA1, 3, 5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jun HanB4
23 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang YiBAll
26 Flag of Singapore.svg Gerard YapB2
27 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Paul Poon A2
29 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Samson FungA2
33 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Benson WongB1
36 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Zhen LinB4
50 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang XuAAll
59 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hu Cheng WeiBAll
66 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Xing PingBAll
68 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Li FengA5
77 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou BingB4
89 Flag of Malaysia.svg Jacquelin Ch'ngBAll
99 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tsang Ho KwanB1

Race calendar and results

RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driver
1R1 Zhuhai International Circuit 22 March Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of Hong Kong.svg Eric Lo Flag of Hong Kong.svg Eric Lo
R223 March Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff
2R3 Sepang International Circuit 10 May Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff
R411 May Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff
3R5 Zhuhai International Circuit 14 June Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chen Wei An Flag of Hong Kong.svg Byron Tong Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff
R615 June Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of Hong Kong.svg Byron Tong
4R7 Chengdu Goldenport Circuit 6 September Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff
R87 September Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff
5R9 Shanghai International Circuit 27 September Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Li Feng Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Li Feng
R1028 September Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff Flag of South Africa.svg Naomi Schiff

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References

  1. "Star drivers to kick start Clio Cup China in Zhuhai- News center -Zhuhai Formula Racing Development".