The 2011 Formula Pilota China season is the first season of the newly created Formula Pilota China series, which ran on regulations based on Formula Abarth. The championship began on 3 July at Guangdong and was finished on 27 November at Sepang after twelve races held at six meetings. Also series had non-championship round that held on 3 December at Sepang.[1]

9 teams fielded 26 drivers during the whole tour.[2]

Swiss-French driver, who participated under Czech racing license Mathéo Tuscher became the first Formula Pilota China Champion with 189 points after scoring nine podium finishes from twelve races with eight wins. His nearest competitor, Luis Sá Silva, took two wins during the whole season and managed second overall with 124 points. Third place went to Indonesian driver Dustin Sofyan, who also took Best Asian Driver Trophy.

Teams and drivers

2011 Entry List[2][3]
Team No Driver Class Rounds
Switzerland Jenzer Welch Asia Racing 2 Romania Robert Visoiu 1–2
Venezuela Samin Gómez Briceno 4–6
18 Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher All
Philippines Eurasia Motorsport 3 Malaysia Aaron Chang Mun Shien AS 5–6
5 China David Zhu AS 1–2
Australia Jordan Oon 6
73 Malaysia Natasha Seatter AS 4
Macau Asia Racing Team 7 China Zhang Ran AS 1–4
8 China Zhi Cong Li AS All
9 Thailand Tin Sritrai AS All
2 Angola Luís Sá Silva All
26 Argentina Eric Lichtenstein 2–3, 5
44 China Zou Si Rui AS 6
Italy EuroInternational 11 Austria Lucas Auer 1
Italy Lorenzo Camplese 2, 5
29 Indonesia Dustin Sofyan AS All
Japan Super License 13 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita AS 1–3, 5–6
87 China Zheng Sun AS 1–5
Italy J.D.Motorsport 24 Italy Antonio Spavone 5–6
25 Italy Riccardo Agostini 5
Hong Kong Audax PS Racing 33 France Patrice Bonzom All
36 China Yang Xi AS 5
38 Indonesia Alexandra Asmasoebrata AS All
39 Italy Stefano Montesi 3
48 Italy Angelo Negro 1–2, 3–6
Canada Atlantic Racing Team 69 Switzerland Jimmy Antunes 1–2
Icon Class
AS Best Asian Driver Trophy

Race calendar and results

The series' provisional schedule was released on 3 March 2011.[4] Latterly, the calendar was almost totally revised. Rounds in Zhuhai was dropped in favor of Shanghai Tianma, also series had non-championship round at Sepang.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Asian Trophy
1 R1 China Guangdong International Circuit 2 July Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Switzerland Jenzer Welch Asia Racing China David Zhu
R2 3 July Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Austria Lucas Auer Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Switzerland Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Indonesia Dustin Sofyan
2 R1 China Shanghai International Circuit 23 July Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Angola Luís Sá Silva Macau Asia Racing Team China David Zhu
R2 24 July Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Indonesia Dustin Sofyan Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Switzerland Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Indonesia Dustin Sofyan
3 R1 China Shanghai International Circuit 13 August Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Switzerland Jenzer Welch Asia Racing China Zhi Cong Li
R2 14 August Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Switzerland Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Indonesia Dustin Sofyan
4 R1 China Ordos International Circuit 3 September Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Angola Luís Sá Silva Macau Asia Racing Team Thailand Tin Sritrai
R2 4 September Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Switzerland Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Thailand Tin Sritrai
5 R1 China Shanghai Tianma Circuit 4 November Italy Lorenzo Camplese Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Italy Lorenzo Camplese Italy EuroInternational Japan Nobuharu Matsushita
R2 5 November Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Japan Nobuharu Matsushita Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Switzerland Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Indonesia Dustin Sofyan
6 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 26 November Japan Nobuharu Matsushita Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Switzerland Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Japan Nobuharu Matsushita
R2 27 November Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher Japan Nobuharu Matsushita Japan Nobuharu Matsushita Japan Super License Japan Nobuharu Matsushita
NC R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 2 December Malaysia Aaron Chang Mun Shien Malaysia Aaron Chang Mun Shien Malaysia Aaron Chang Mun Shien Philippines Eurasia Motorsport not awarded
R2 3 December Malaysia Aaron Chang Mun Shien Australia Jordan Oon Australia Jordan Oon Philippines Eurasia Motorsport

Standings

  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP
Race 1 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
Pos Driver GUA
China
SHI
China
SHI
China
ORD
China
SHT
China
SEP
Malaysia
SEP
Malaysia
Pts
1 Czech Republic Mathéo Tuscher 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 6 1 5 1 1 2 189
2 Angola Luís Sá Silva 3 4 1 4 2 7 1 2 9 Ret 6 5 124
3 Indonesia Dustin Sofyan 5 3 3 3 4 2 7 4 11 3 4 3 117
4 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 9 11 6 8 6 3 2 4 2 1 89
5 Thailand Tin Sritrai 7 7 4 10 7 4 2 3 6 Ret 10 11 67
6 China Zhi Cong Li 6 8 7 9 3 5 3 6 4 11 9 9 67
7 Italy Lorenzo Camplese 13 5 1 2 43
8 China David Zhu 4 5 2 6 39
9 Romania Robert Visoiu 2 6 9 2 38
10 Venezuela Samin Gómez Briceno 5 10 8 6 3 6 36
11 China Zheng Sun 8 10 5 12 11 7 12 7 Ret 10 4 4 21
12 Italy Riccardo Agostini 3 5 20
13 Malaysia Natasha Seatter 4 5 5 6 18
14 Malaysia Aaron Chang Mun Shien 7 14 7 4 1 2 18
15 Austria Lucas Auer Ret 2 15
16 Italy Antonio Spavone 13 8 5 8 14
17 Argentina Eric Lichtenstein 11 11 5 10 10 Ret 10
18 Switzerland Jimmy Antunes 10 9 8 7 10
19 Italy Stefano Montesi 8 7 7 5 7
20 Indonesia Alexandra Asmasoebrata 12 12 14 15 11 Ret 8 9 15 9 11 12 7
21 Australia Jordan Oon 8 7 2 1 7
22 Italy Angelo Negro 11 13 10 14 9 8 14 13 13 13 6
23 France Patrice Bonzom 13 14 12 13 9 8 10 11 16 12 12 14 6 7 6
24 China Zhang Ran 14 15 Ret 16 10 9 Ret 12 3
25 China Yang Xi 17 10 1
26 China Zou Si Rui 14 15 0
United States David Cheng 3 3 0
Pos Driver GUA
China
SHI
China
SHI
China
ORD
China
SHT
China
SEP
Malaysia
SEP
Malaysia
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

‡ Round at Sepang was non-championship, no points awarded.
Only eleven best results were count towards the year-end standings.

Best Asian Driver Trophy

Pos Driver GUA
China
SHI
China
SHI
China
ORD
China
SHT
China
SEP
Malaysia
Pts
1 Indonesia Dustin Sofyan 5 3 3 3 4 2 7 4 11 3 4 3 188
2 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita 9 11 6 8 6 3 2 4 2 1 134
3 China Zhi Cong Li 6 8 7 9 3 5 3 6 4 11 9 9 134
4 Thailand Tin Sritrai 7 7 4 10 7 4 2 3 6 Ret 10 11 130
5 China Zheng Sun 8 10 5 12 11 7 12 7 Ret 10 72
6 China David Zhu 4 5 2 6 70
7 Indonesia Alexandra Asmasoebrata 12 12 14 15 11 Ret 8 9 15 9 11 12 60
8 Malaysia Aaron Chang Mun Shien 7 14 7 4 38
9 China Zhang Ran 14 15 Ret 16 10 9 Ret 12 29
10 Malaysia Natasha Seatter 4 5 24
11 China Yang Xi 17 10 11
12 China Zou Si Rui 14 15 7
Pos Driver GUA
China
SHI
China
SHI
China
ORD
China
SHT
China
SEP
Malaysia
Pts

References

  1. 1 2 "The calender [sic] at a glance". Formula Pilota China. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Teams & drivers 2011". Formula Pilota China. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. "Formula Pilota China confirms a strong grid for 2011". Formula Pilota China. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. "Formula Pilota China Series kick off in 2011". Formula Pilota China. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

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