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
	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
	5	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
	11	Lorenzo Camplese		2, 5
	29	Dustin Sofyan	AS	All
Super License	13	Nobuharu Matsushita	AS	1–3, 5–6
Super License	87	Zheng Sun	AS	1–5
J.D.Motorsport	24	Antonio Spavone		5–6
J.D.Motorsport	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
1	R2	Guangdong International Circuit	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
2	R2	Shanghai International Circuit	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
3	R2	Shanghai International Circuit	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
4	R2	Ordos International Circuit	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
5	R2	Shanghai Tianma Circuit	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
6	R2	Sepang International Circuit	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
NC	R2	Sepang International Circuit	3 December	Aaron Chang Mun Shien	Jordan Oon	Jordan Oon	Eurasia Motorsport	not awarded

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did 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

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

External links

Official website

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

[Entry-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.