2011 Formula Pilota China

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]

2011 Formula Pilota China
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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
  • All cars are FPT-engined Tatuus FA10 chassis.
2011 Entry List[2][3]
Team No Driver Class Rounds
Jenzer Welch Asia Racing 2 Robert Visoiu 1–2
Samin Gómez Briceno 4–6
18 Mathéo Tuscher All
Eurasia Motorsport 3 Aaron Chang Mun Shien AS 5–6
5 David Zhu AS 1–2
Jordan Oon 6
73 Natasha Seatter AS 4
Asia Racing Team 7 Zhang Ran AS 1–4
8 Chi Cong Li AS All
9 Tin Sritrai AS All
2 Luís Sá Silva All
26 Eric Lichtenstein 2–3, 5
44 Zou Si Rui AS 6
EuroInternational 11 Lucas Auer 1
Lorenzo Camplese 2, 5
29 Dustin Sofyan AS All
Super License 13 Nobuharu Matsushita AS 1–3, 5–6
87 Zheng Sun AS 1–5
J.D.Motorsport 24 Antonio Spavone 5–6
25 Riccardo Agostini 5
Audax PS Racing 33 Patrice Bonzom All
36 Yang Xi AS 5
38 Alexandra Asmasoebrata AS All
39 Stefano Montesi 3
48 Angelo Negro 1–2, 3–6
Atlantic Racing Team 69 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 Guangdong International Circuit 2 July Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Welch Asia Racing David Zhu
R2 3 July Mathéo Tuscher Lucas Auer Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Dustin Sofyan
2 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 23 July Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Luís Sá Silva Asia Racing Team David Zhu
R2 24 July Mathéo Tuscher Dustin Sofyan Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Dustin Sofyan
3 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 13 August Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Chi Cong Li
R2 14 August Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Dustin Sofyan
4 R1 Ordos International Circuit 3 September Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Luís Sá Silva Asia Racing Team Tin Sritrai
R2 4 September Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Tin Sritrai
5 R1 Shanghai Tianma Circuit 4 November Lorenzo Camplese Mathéo Tuscher Lorenzo Camplese EuroInternational Nobuharu Matsushita
R2 5 November Mathéo Tuscher Nobuharu Matsushita Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Dustin Sofyan
6 R1 Sepang International Circuit 26 November Nobuharu Matsushita Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Welch Asia Racing Nobuharu Matsushita
R2 27 November Mathéo Tuscher Nobuharu Matsushita Nobuharu Matsushita Super License Nobuharu Matsushita
NC R1 Sepang International Circuit 2 December Aaron Chang Mun Shien Aaron Chang Mun Shien Aaron Chang Mun Shien Eurasia Motorsport not awarded
R2 3 December Aaron Chang Mun Shien Jordan Oon Jordan Oon 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
 SHI
 SHI
 ORD
 SHT
 SEP
 SEP‡
 Pts
1 Mathéo Tuscher 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 6 1 5 1 1 2 189
2 Luís Sá Silva 3 4 1 4 2 7 1 2 9 Ret 6 5 124
3 Dustin Sofyan 5 3 3 3 4 2 7 4 11 3 4 3 117
4 Nobuharu Matsushita 9 11 6 8 6 3 2 4 2 1 89
5 Tin Sritrai 7 7 4 10 7 4 2 3 6 Ret 10 11 67
6 Chi Cong Li 6 8 7 9 3 5 3 6 4 11 9 9 67
7 Lorenzo Camplese 13 5 1 2 43
8 David Zhu 4 5 2 6 39
9 Robert Visoiu 2 6 9 2 38
10 Samin Gómez Briceno 5 10 8 6 3 6 36
11 Zheng Sun 8 10 5 12 11 7 12 7 Ret 10 4 4 21
12 Riccardo Agostini 3 5 20
13 Natasha Seatter 4 5 5 6 18
14 Aaron Chang Mun Shien 7 14 7 4 1 2 18
15 Lucas Auer Ret 2 15
16 Antonio Spavone 13 8 5 8 14
17 Eric Lichtenstein 11 11 5 10 10 Ret 10
18 Jimmy Antunes 10 9 8 7 10
19 Stefano Montesi 8 7 7 5 7
20 Alexandra Asmasoebrata 12 12 14 15 11 Ret 8 9 15 9 11 12 7
21 Jordan Oon 8 7 2 1 7
22 Angelo Negro 11 13 10 14 9 8 14 13 13 13 6
23 Patrice Bonzom 13 14 12 13 9 8 10 11 16 12 12 14 6 7 6
24 Zhang Ran 14 15 Ret 16 10 9 Ret 12 3
25 Yang Xi 17 10 1
26 Zou Si Rui 14 15 0
David Cheng 3 3 0
Pos Driver GUA
 SHI
 SHI
 ORD
 SHT
 SEP
 SEP‡
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (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
 SHI
 SHI
 ORD
 SHT
 SEP
 Pts
1 Dustin Sofyan 5 3 3 3 4 2 7 4 11 3 4 3 188
2 Nobuharu Matsushita 9 11 6 8 6 3 2 4 2 1 134
3 Chi Cong Li 6 8 7 9 3 5 3 6 4 11 9 9 134
4 Tin Sritrai 7 7 4 10 7 4 2 3 6 Ret 10 11 130
5 Zheng Sun 8 10 5 12 11 7 12 7 Ret 10 72
6 David Zhu 4 5 2 6 70
7 Alexandra Asmasoebrata 12 12 14 15 11 Ret 8 9 15 9 11 12 60
8 Aaron Chang Mun Shien 7 14 7 4 38
9 Zhang Ran 14 15 Ret 16 10 9 Ret 12 29
10 Natasha Seatter 4 5 24
11 Yang Xi 17 10 11
12 Zou Si Rui 14 15 7
Pos Driver GUA
 SHI
 SHI
 ORD
 SHT
 SEP
 Pts

References
  1. "The calender [sic] at a glance". Formula Pilota China. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  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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