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The 2016 Formula Masters China season is the sixth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the third under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship began on 21 May at Shanghai in China and will finish on 16 October at Penbay in Taiwan after fifteen races held at five meetings. [1]
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A provisional race calendar was released on 3 March 2016. [1] An updated race calendar was released on 1 June 2016, which cancelled the round at Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix. [2] It was announced on 22 July that the Kuala Lumpur round will be replaced by a round at Sepang for the same weekend. [3] After that round in Korea International Circuit was also changed by Sepang Circuit. [4]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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| 1 | R1 |  Shanghai International Circuit | 21 May |  Nick Rowe |  Kim Jeong-tae | Kim Jeong-tae |  Cebu Pacific Air by PRT |
| R2 | 22 May | Nick Rowe | Nick Rowe | Cebu Pacific Air by PRT | |||
| R3 | Nick Rowe |  Philip Hamprecht | Nick Rowe | Cebu Pacific Air by PRT | |||
| 2 | R1 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 18 June | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| R2 | Aidan Read | Philip Hamprecht |  Absolute Racing | ||||
| R3 | 19 June | Philip Hamprecht | Zheng Shangguan | Philip Hamprecht | Absolute Racing | ||
| 3 | R1 |  Chang International Circuit | 23 July | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| R2 | 24 July | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport | |||
| R3 | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Absolute Racing | |||
| 4 | R1 |  Sepang International Circuit | 13 August | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Absolute Racing |
| R2 | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Absolute Racing | ||||
| R3 | 14 August | Zheng Shangguan | Zheng Shangguan | Zheng Shangguan | Absolute Racing | ||
| 5 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 3 September | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| R2 | 4 September | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport | |||
| R3 | Philip Hamprecht | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport | |||
| 6 | R1 |  Penbay International Circuit | 15 October | Philip Hamprecht | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| R2 | 16 October | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport | |||
| R3 | Philip Hamprecht | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport | |||
Points for are awarded as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | PP |
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| Races 1 & 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Race 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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