2014 Formula Masters China

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The 2014 Formula Masters China season was the fourth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the second under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship commenced on 10 May at Zhuhai in China and finished on 21 October at Shanghai in China after eighteen races held at six meetings.

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Driving for Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG, James Munro of New Zealand finished the season as the drivers' champion, finishing 28 points clear of his closest rival, Hong Kong's Matthew Solomon, driving for Eurasia Motorsport. Munro started the season strongly, taking six successive wins at the first Zhuhai meeting and the first Shanghai meeting, as well as the opening race at Inje Speedium. Solomon hit back with a streak of his own, with four wins at Inje and Sepang; Munro finished behind him in three of the races, and ultimately went on to win eight races to Solomon's five at the end of the season. Dan Wells of Great Britain – and team-mate to Munro – finished third in the championship, ten points in arrears of Solomon, taking a total of twelve podiums during the season, but it took him until the final four races to take his two wins for the seasons; these wins came at the second Zhuhai and Shanghai meetings.

The only other driver to take a victory during the season was Meritus.GP driver Jake Parsons, who took three victories en route to fourth place in the championship despite only competing in the second half of the season. He took seven podium finishes in his ten starts in the 2014 season. In the teams' championship, Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG were comfortable winners of the title, due to the results of Munro, Wells and Matthew Swanepoel.

Teams and drivers

TeamNo.DriveRounds
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zen-Motorsport6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bao Jin Long [1] 1–4, 6
7 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ronald Wu [1] All
11 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hua Miao [1] 1–3
29 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Hai Tao [1] All
Flag of Indonesia.svg Humpuss Junior Racing Team8 Flag of Indonesia.svg Darma Mangkuluhur Hutomo [1] All
36 Flag of Indonesia.svg Yasuo Senna Iriawan [1] All
Flag of Japan.svg Super License Team9 Flag of Germany.svg Philip Hamprecht [2] 4, 6
15 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima [1] 1, 6
39 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Takahashi5
55 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Hata [2] 4–5
75 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zou Chen Yu [3] 2
Flag of India.svg Meco Motorsports10 Flag of India.svg Akhil Rabindra [1] 1–3
Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport11 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hua Miao [2] 4–6
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aidan Read6
17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pu Jun Jin [4] All
18 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Bo [4] All
19 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon [5] All
20 Flag of Singapore.svg Sean Hudspeth [1] 1–2, 5
24 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Dominic Tjia [2] 4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Wells [6] All
30 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Kumita 6
40 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro [7] All
49 Flag of South Africa.svg Matthew Swanepoel [8] 1–3
Flag of Malaysia.svg Meritus.GP 21 Flag of South Africa.svg Mandla Mdakane [9] 3–4
681–2
27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons [2] 4–6
33 Flag of Malaysia.svg Daniel Woodroof [2] 4–5
38 Flag of South Africa.svg Aston Hare [1] 1–2
88 Flag of Indonesia.svg Andersen Martono [10] All

Race calendar and results

A provisional race calendar was released on 25 October 2013. [11] An updated race calendar was released on 29 January 2014, which dropped the round at Penbay and rescheduled the Sepang round to August as a support round to GT Asia. [12]

RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team
1R1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhuhai International Circuit 10 May Flag of South Africa.svg Matthew Swanepoel Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R311 MayRace postponed [13]
2R1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai International Circuit 24 May Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 Flag of South Africa.svg Aston Hare Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R325 May Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
3R1 Flag of South Korea.svg Inje Speedium 19 July Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport
R320 July Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Wells Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport
R4Race postponed
4R1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Sepang International Circuit 16 August Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport
R2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport
R317 August Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons Flag of Malaysia.svg Meritus.GP
5R1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhuhai International Circuit 19 September Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Hai Tao Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R220 September Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons Flag of Malaysia.svg Meritus.GP
R3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Bo Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport
R4 [14] 21 September Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro [N 1] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Bo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Wells Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
6R1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai International Circuit 18 October Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons Flag of Malaysia.svg Meritus.GP
R319 October Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Wells Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
Notes
  1. At the May Zhuhai meeting, Matthew Swanepoel qualified on pole position. As Swanepoel was not entered for the rescheduled race, all drivers that originally qualified behind him, moved up the order.

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th   PP  
Races 1 & 3201512108643211
Race 21210864321001
Pos.Driver ZHU
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
SHI
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
INJ
Flag of South Korea.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
ZHU
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
SHI
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Pts
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Munro 11C11112RetC2241Ret137154215
2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Solomon 73C332311C112RetRet131445187
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan Wells 35C224238C3Ret3Ret531331177
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Parsons43111126212116
5 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ronald Wu6RetCRet1413745C101092351187767
6 Flag of Indonesia.svg Andersen Martono11RetC1688962CRetRet1047745Ret862
7 Flag of Indonesia.svg Darma Mangkuluhur Hutomo4DNSC14137553C5411RetRetRet8761162
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Bo54C111212Ret74C6913128821013Ret53
9 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Hai TaoRet9C551411Ret6CRetRet73212106Ret14†52
10 Flag of Indonesia.svg Yasuo Senna Iriawan106C779687CRet5Ret761459Ret946
11 Flag of Germany.svg Philip Hamprecht96542639
12 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima22CRet9337
13 Flag of South Africa.svg Aston HareRet7C44330
14 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pu Jun Jin NCRetC6105813†NCCRetRet8996121181229
15 Flag of Singapore.svg Sean HudspethRetDNSC811115114923
16 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Takahashi6491314
17 Flag of India.svg Akhil Rabindra 88C1516164RetRetC14
18 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bao Jin Long9RetC9151713†109CRet86Ret121014
19 Flag of South Africa.svg Matthew Swanepoel12RetC1066Ret9RetC12
20 Flag of South Africa.svg Mandla MdakaneRet10CNC910101110C77149
21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hua MiaoRetRetC131715121211C11111581310141311134
22 Flag of Malaysia.svg Daniel Woodroof8RetRetRet1011163
23 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi HataRet1312101215151
24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aidan Read1210Ret0
25 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Dominic Tjia1212160
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Kumita RetDNSDNS0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zou Chen Yu12Ret180
Pos.Driver ZHU
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
SHI
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
INJ
Flag of South Korea.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
ZHU
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
SHI
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

 – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos.TeamPts
1 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 384
2 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport274
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg Meritus.GP 215
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zen–Motorsport124
5 Flag of Indonesia.svg Humpuss Junior Racing Team108
6 Flag of Japan.svg Super License Team91
7 Flag of India.svg Meco Motorsports14

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