2011 JK Racing Asia Series

The 2011 JK Racing Asia Series was the first season of the rebranded Formula BMW Pacific Series, which ran for seven seasons in Asia. The championship began on 9 April in Sepang and was scheduled to finish on 30 October in India[1] after eighteen races held at six meetings. However, due to unexpected cancellations, the final meeting was held on 4 December in Sepang.[2]

2011 JK Racing Asia Series season
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Nine teams fielded 28 full-time and guest drivers during the tour.

Austrian rookie Lucas Auer, the nephew of Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger became the 2011 JK Racing Asia Series Driver Champion with 292 points after scoring 17 podium finishes from 18 races with 7 wins. His nearest competitor, Afiq Ikhwan, took 10 wins during the whole season, equalling the record previously set by Jazeman Jaafar,[3] but only managed second overall with 285 points.

Lucas Auer was also crowned the JK Racing Asia Series Rookie of the Year 2011 for finishing the season as the rookie with the most points. After collecting 2 points for taking 2 pole positions in India, Auer made his lead in the rookie standings unassailable, thus deciding the rookie title with 6 races to go.[4] His nearest challenger, Irfan Ilyas from Petronas Mofaz Racing Team managed 135 points from the whole season.

Auer's consistent podium finishes also resulted in his team Eurointernational being crowned the JK Racing Asia Series Team Trophy Winners 2011 with 574 points.

Teams and drivers
  • All cars are BMW-engined Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.
Team No Driver Class Rounds
Eurasia Motorsport[5] 3 Pasin Lathouras[6] 1–5
22 Daniel Cammish[7] 6
23 Aaron Chang[8] All
45 Duvashen Padayachee[9] 1–5
73 Natasha Seatter[10] All
Petronas Mofaz Racing[5] 5 Irfan Ilyas[11][12] R All
6 Freddie Ang[11] R All
7 Nabil Jeffri[11] All
8 Hiqmar Danial[11] R All
Meco Racing[13] 9 Rahil Noorani[13] 5
15 Shashank Ravishankar[13] 5
18 Mohit Ahuja[13] 5
42 Sarosh Hataria[13] 5
Atlantic Racing Team[5] 10 Dylan Young[11] 1, 4
12 Calvin Seibl[11] 4, 6
69 Jimmy Antunes[14] 1–2
EuroInternational[5] 2 Wei Ron Tan[7] 6
11 Lucas Auer[11] R All
12 Calvin Seibl[11] 1–2
30 Lorenzo Camplese[13] 5
Meco's Ministry of Speed[13] 24 Vishnu Prasad[13] 5
80 Sandeep Kumar[13] 5
www.Meritus.GP[5] 28 Akhil Khushlani[13] 5
38 Akash Nandy[15] R All
58 Raj Bharath[16] R All
78 Andrey Khrapov[11] 1–2
88 Afiq Ikhwan Yazid[17] All
E-Rain Racing[5] 61 Ju Won Seo[11] 1
Mahara 68 Natalia Freidina[11] 1
Icon Class
R Rookie Driver

Race calendar and results

The series' provisional schedule was released on 11 February 2011.[1] Latterly, the round scheduled for the Korea International Circuit on 6–8 May was moved to Guangdong on 13–14 August.[18] The Guangdong round was later cancelled due to a typhoon,[19] and was scheduled to be replaced with an additional round at the Buddh International Circuit on 25–27 November.[20] However, the final meet was moved to the Sepang International Circuit after the Buddh International Circuit had to be closed for maintenance work.[2]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 R1 Sepang International Circuit 9 April Lucas Auer Lucas Auer Nabil Jeffri Petronas Mofaz Racing Malaysian Grand Prix
R2 10 April Lucas Auer Nabil Jeffri Lucas Auer EuroInternational
2 R1 Sepang International Circuit 28 May Lucas Auer Lucas Auer Lucas Auer EuroInternational Asian Festival of Speed
R2 Lucas Auer Lucas Auer Lucas Auer EuroInternational
R3 29 May Jimmy Antunes Lucas Auer EuroInternational
R4 Lucas Auer Lucas Auer EuroInternational
3 R1 Sentul International Circuit 23 July Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP Asian Festival of Speed
R2 Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP
R3 24 July Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP
R4 Lucas Auer Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP
4 R1 Marina Bay Street Circuit 24 September Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Lucas Auer Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP Singapore Grand Prix
R2 25 September Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Lucas Auer Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP
5 R1 Buddh International Circuit 29 October Lucas Auer Lucas Auer Lucas Auer EuroInternational Indian Grand Prix
R2 30 October Lucas Auer Lucas Auer Lucas Auer EuroInternational
6 R1 Sepang International Circuit[2] 2 December Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP Sepang 1000KM[2]
R2 Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP
R3 3 December Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP
R4 Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Afiq Ikhwan Yazid www.Meritus.GP

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 SEP
 SEP
 SEN
 SIN
 IND
 SEP
 Pts
1 Lucas Auer 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 9 1 1 2 2 2 3 292
2 Afiq Ikhwan Yazid 2 2 3 Ret 3 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 1 1 1 1 285
3 Nabil Jeffri 1 3 8 5 4 3 3 5 4 Ret 3 2 3 5 Ret 3 3 2 186
4 Irfan Ilyas 11 6 2 2 2 2 Ret DNS 9 Ret Ret Ret 4 3 3 5 4 6 135
5 Duvashen Padayachee 5 7 5 4 Ret Ret 5 7 5 4 4 3 5 6 100
6 Freddie Ang 14 8 13 11 7 11 4 6 3 6 6 4 9 11 7 8 6 7 97
7 Akash Nandy 12 9 Ret 3 13 5 11 3 6 3 5 Ret 13 7 5 7 7 Ret 91
8 Hiqmar Danial 6 4 4 Ret 5 Ret 10 4 7 5 7 Ret 11 12 10 12 8 11 77
9 Aaron Chang 4 5 9 10 6 8 6 10 11 7 Ret DNS 7 8 9 Ret 9 8 67
10 Natasha Seatter 7 11 11 12 8 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret 9 5 15 14 8 10 10 9 40
11 Pasin Lathouras 8 16 10 8 9 10 8 9 10 8 10 8 14 13 25
12 Jimmy Antunes 9 17 6 7 11 4 22
13 Raj Bharath 16 12 12 9 12 Ret 9 11 8 Ret Ret 7 12 15 11 11 11 10 22
14 Andrey Khrapov 13 10 7 6 10 9 15
15 Dylan Young 15 13 8 6 9
guest drivers ineligible for points
Lorenzo Camplese 2 4 0
Daniel Cammish 4 6 5 4 0
Wei Ron Tan 6 4 12 5 0
Akhil Khushlani 6 9 0
Calvin Seibl 10 15 DNS Ret Ret 7 11 Ret 12 9 DNS Ret 0
Vishnu Prasad 8 10 0
Ju Won Seo 17 14 0
Rahil Noorani 16 17 0
Sarosh Hataria DSQ 16 0
Shashank Ravishankar 17 20 0
Mohit Ahuja 18 19 0
Natalia Freidina 18 Ret 0
Sandeep Kumar Ret 18 0
Pos Driver SEP
 SEP
 SEN
 SIN
 IND
 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

Teams' Championship
  • Points were awarded on the same basis (excluding pole points) as the drivers' championship, but only to a team's first two cars at the end of the race. If a team was running just one car at a meeting, their points were doubled.
Pos Team SEP
 SEP
 SEN
 SIN
 BUD
 SEP
 Pts
1 Eurointernational 24 40 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 30 6 40 40 30 30 30 24 574
2 www.Meritus.GP 18 19 16 18 16 14 24 32 26 32 28 24 10 21 30 28 28 24 408
3 PETRONAS Mofaz Racing Team 26 22 25 23 25 27 22 18 22 14 18 25 27 22 20 22 22 25 405
4 Eurasia Motorsport 18 14 11 13 14 7 14 10 12 14 13 20 18 12 10 6 10 14 230
5 Atlantic Racing Team 4 5 12 8 6 20 8 12 75
- Meco Racing 0
- Meco's Ministry of Speed 0
- E-Rain Racing 0
- Mahara 0

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