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.

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

Team No. Drive Rounds
China Zen-Motorsport 6 China Bao Jin Long[1] 1–4, 6
7 Hong Kong Ronald Wu[1] All
11 China Hua Miao[1] 1–3
29 China Yin Hai Tao[1] All
Indonesia Humpuss Junior Racing Team 8 Indonesia Darma Mangkuluhur Hutomo[1] All
36 Indonesia Yasuo Senna Iriawan[1] All
Japan Super License Team 9 Germany Philip Hamprecht[2] 4, 6
15 Japan Yuya Motojima[1] 1, 6
39 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 5
55 Japan Takashi Hata[2] 4–5
75 China Zou Chen Yu[3] 2
India Meco Motorsports 10 India Akhil Rabindra[1] 1–3
Philippines Eurasia Motorsport 11 China Hua Miao[2] 4–6
12 Australia Aidan Read 6
17 China Pu Jun Jin[4] All
18 China Yuan Bo[4] All
19 Hong Kong Matthew Solomon[5] All
20 Singapore Sean Hudspeth[1] 1–2, 5
24 Hong Kong Dominic Tjia[2] 4
Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 16 United Kingdom Dan Wells[6] All
30 Japan Ryuji Kumita 6
40 New Zealand James Munro[7] All
49 South Africa Matthew Swanepoel[8] 1–3
Malaysia Meritus.GP 21 South Africa Mandla Mdakane[9] 3–4
68 1–2
27 Australia Jake Parsons[2] 4–6
33 Malaysia Daniel Woodroof[2] 4–5
38 South Africa Aston Hare[1] 1–2
88 Indonesia 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]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 China Zhuhai International Circuit 10 May South Africa Matthew Swanepoel New Zealand James Munro New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 New Zealand James Munro New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 11 May Race postponed[13]
2 R1 China Shanghai International Circuit 24 May New Zealand James Munro New Zealand James Munro New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 South Africa Aston Hare New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 25 May New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Matthew Solomon New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
3 R1 South Korea Inje Speedium 19 July Hong Kong Matthew Solomon New Zealand James Munro New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
R3 20 July New Zealand James Munro United Kingdom Dan Wells Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
R4 Race postponed
4 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 16 August Australia Jake Parsons Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
R2 Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
R3 17 August Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Australia Jake Parsons Australia Jake Parsons Malaysia Meritus.GP
5 R1 China Zhuhai International Circuit 19 September Australia Jake Parsons China Yin Hai Tao New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 20 September Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Australia Jake Parsons Malaysia Meritus.GP
R3 China Yuan Bo Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Hong Kong Matthew Solomon Philippines Eurasia Motorsport
R4[14] 21 September New Zealand James Munro[N 1] China Yuan Bo United Kingdom Dan Wells Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
6 R1 China Shanghai International Circuit 18 October New Zealand James Munro New Zealand James Munro New Zealand James Munro Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 Australia Jake Parsons Australia Jake Parsons Malaysia Meritus.GP
R3 19 October Australia Jake Parsons Hong Kong Matthew Solomon United Kingdom Dan Wells Hong Kong 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

  • Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   PP 
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 0 1
Pos. Driver ZHU
China		 SHI
China		 INJ
South Korea		 SEP
Malaysia		 ZHU
China		 SHI
China		 Pts
1 New Zealand James Munro 1 1 C 1 1 1 1 2 Ret C 2 2 4 1 Ret 13 7 1 5 4 215
2 Hong Kong Matthew Solomon 7 3 C 3 3 2 3 1 1 C 1 1 2 Ret Ret 1 3 14 4 5 187
3 United Kingdom Dan Wells 3 5 C 2 2 4 2 3 8 C 3 Ret 3 Ret 5 3 1 3 3 1 177
4 Australia Jake Parsons 4 3 1 11 1 2 6 2 1 2 116
5 Hong Kong Ronald Wu 6 Ret C Ret 14 13 7 4 5 C 10 10 9 2 3 5 11 8 7 7 67
6 Indonesia Andersen Martono 11 Ret C 16 8 8 9 6 2 C Ret Ret 10 4 7 7 4 5 Ret 8 62
7 Indonesia Darma Mangkuluhur Hutomo 4 DNS C 14 13 7 5 5 3 C 5 4 11 Ret Ret Ret 8 7 6 11 62
8 China Yuan Bo 5 4 C 11 12 12 Ret 7 4 C 6 9 13 12 8 8 2 10 13 Ret 53
9 China Yin Hai Tao Ret 9 C 5 5 14 11 Ret 6 C Ret Ret 7 3 2 12 10 6 Ret 14† 52
10 Indonesia Yasuo Senna Iriawan 10 6 C 7 7 9 6 8 7 C Ret 5 Ret 7 6 14 5 9 Ret 9 46
11 Germany Philip Hamprecht 9 6 5 4 2 6 39
12 Japan Yuya Motojima 2 2 C Ret 9 3 37
13 South Africa Aston Hare Ret 7 C 4 4 3 30
14 China Pu Jun Jin NC Ret C 6 10 5 8 13† NC C Ret Ret 8 9 9 6 12 11 8 12 29
15 Singapore Sean Hudspeth Ret DNS C 8 11 11 5 11 4 9 23
16 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 6 4 9 13 14
17 India Akhil Rabindra 8 8 C 15 16 16 4 Ret Ret C 14
18 China Bao Jin Long 9 Ret C 9 15 17 13† 10 9 C Ret 8 6 Ret 12 10 14
19 South Africa Matthew Swanepoel 12 Ret C 10 6 6 Ret 9 Ret C 12
20 South Africa Mandla Mdakane Ret 10 C NC 9 10 10 11 10 C 7 7 14 9
21 China Hua Miao Ret Ret C 13 17 15 12 12 11 C 11 11 15 8 13 10 14 13 11 13 4
22 Malaysia Daniel Woodroof 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 11 16 3
23 Japan Takashi Hata Ret 13 12 10 12 15 15 1
24 Australia Aidan Read 12 10 Ret 0
25 Hong Kong Dominic Tjia 12 12 16 0
Japan Ryuji Kumita Ret DNS DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
China Zou Chen Yu 12 Ret 18 0
Pos. Driver ZHU
China		 SHI
China		 INJ
South Korea		 SEP
Malaysia		 ZHU
China		 SHI
China		 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)
Blank Did 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. Team Pts
1 Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 384
2 Philippines Eurasia Motorsport 274
3 Malaysia Meritus.GP 215
4 China Zen–Motorsport 124
5 Indonesia Humpuss Junior Racing Team 108
6 Japan Super License Team 91
7 India Meco Motorsports 14

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Banerjee, Aditya (30 April 2014). "Aston Hare and Ronald Wu lead several new additions to 2014 FMCS grid". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Khorounzhiy, Valentin (15 August 2014). "Jake Parsons and Matt Solomon share FMCS poles at Sepang". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Banerjee, Aditya (23 May 2014). "Munro leads the way at free practice in Shanghai". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 Banerjee, Aditya (11 March 2014). "Eurasia sign Bo Yuan and Kevin Jun Jin Pu for 2014 FMCS campaign". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Goddard, Stephen (13 February 2014). "Solomon returns for sophomore Formula Masters China campaign". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Banerjee, Aditya (28 April 2014). "Dan Wells lands FMCS return with KCMG". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  7. ↑ Banerjee, Aditya (1 April 2014). "James Munro secures KCMG drive for 2014 FMCS campaign". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  8. ↑ Banerjee, Aditya (20 March 2014). "Matthew Swanepoel lands KCMG drive for 2014 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  9. ↑ Banerjee, Aditya (7 April 2014). "Mandla Mdakane secures Meritus drive for 2014 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Banerjee, Aditya (3 April 2014). "Meritus sign Andersen Martono for full 2014 FMCS campaign". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Formula Masters China Series Announces 2014 Season". lmd.lk. LMD. 25 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "Formula Masters China Series Announces 2014 Season". FormulaMastersChina.com. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "@danwellsracing: 11 May". Twitter. Twitter Inc. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "2014 Pan Delta Super Racing Festival (Autumn Race) Official Timetable". Zhuhai International Circuit. ZIC Group. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
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