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 FA010 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 Zhi 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	Zhi 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 Zhi 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 Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did 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		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	Zhi 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.

External links

• Official website