2017 Formula Masters China

The 2017 Formula Masters Series season was the seventh and final season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the first under the Formula Masters Series branding.^[1] The championship began on 8 April at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and finished on 24 September at the Shanghai International Circuit in China, after eighteen races held at five meetings.^[1]

2017 Formula Masters China

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Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Absolute Racing 5 "James" Yu Kuai All 9 Manuel Cabrera All 27 Arvin Esmaeili All 55 "Daniel" Lu Wenlong All Super License Team 6 Tomoki Takahashi 2–5 7 Takashi Hata M 1 Linky Racing 8 Hu Nan M All 14 Zhang Yaqi M All 44 Luo Kailuo All Cebu Pacific Air by PRT 11 Taylor Cockerton All 12 Ben Grimes All 13 Antolín González 1–3 17 "Billy" Zheng Jiannian 5 Eurasia Racing 19 Isyraf Danish 1–2 20 Angie King M 3 Nazim Azman 4 23 Liu Zexuan M 3 66 Danial Frost All 96 Kurt Hill All

Icon Meaning M Master class

Race calendar and results

The definitive race calendar was confirmed on 6 April 2017.^[1] As per the regulations, each round will have two to three 25-minute races and one shorter 15-minute race, with a different set of points awarded for each format.^[2] Races denoted with a blue background are 15-minute races.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit	8 April	Danial Frost	Isyraf Danish	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R2			Isyraf Danish	Taylor Cockerton	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R3		9 April	Taylor Cockerton	Daniel Lu	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R4			Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	6 May	James Yu	Kurt Hill	James Yu	Absolute Racing
	R2			Kurt Hill	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R3		7 May	James Yu	James Yu	James Yu	Absolute Racing
	R4			James Yu	James Yu	James Yu	Absolute Racing
3	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit	17 June	Taylor Cockerton	Danial Frost	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R2		18 June	Danial Frost	Danial Frost	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R3			Danial Frost	Arvin Esmaeili	Arvin Esmaeili	Absolute Racing
4	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit	29 July	James Yu	Danial Frost	James Yu	Absolute Racing
	R2			Danial Frost	Daniel Lu	Danial Frost	Eurasia Racing
	R3		30 July	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
5	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	23 September	Daniel Lu	Taylor Cockerton	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R2			Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R3		24 September	James Yu	Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R4			Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points for are awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP
25-minute races	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1
15-minute races	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	0		1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SEP1 SEP2 ZIC1 ZIC2 SIC Pts 1 Taylor Cockerton Ret 3 1 3 2 2 5 2 2 1 4 2 5 2 4 1 1 1 221 2 Daniel Lu 1 1 3 1 8 1 4 3 1 Ret 2 10 2 1 1 4 4 5 218 3 Danial Frost 2 4 2 2 3 5 2 5 Ret 6 DNS 6 1 5 3 3 3 3 166 4 James Yu Ret 5 4 4 1 3 1 1 Ret Ret 7 1 4 6 10† DNS 8 8 139 5 Tomoki Takahashi 10 6 3 DNS 3 2 6 3 DNS 7 2 2 2 2 115 6 Arvin Esmaeili 3 2 Ret 8 6 7 6 9 5 5 1 7 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7 90 7 Kurt Hill 7 8 Ret 6 4 4 10 Ret 6 3 3 8 7 4 9 Ret 6 9 82 8 Ben Grimes 5 6 7 Ret 7 13 9 12 7 7 5 4 3 3 5 Ret 10 11 75 9 Manuel Cabrera 6 10 6 10 5 8 8 6 9 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 6 8 5 6 66 10 Luo Kailuo 8 12 5 Ret 9 9 11 8 4 Ret DNS 9 DNS 9 Ret 5 7 4 44 11 Antolín González 4 7 11 5 Ret 11 13 10 10 9 8 27 12 Isyraf Danish 9 9 9 7 12 Ret 7 4 23 13 Zhang Yaqi 11 13 8 9 11 10 12 7 8 8 DNS Ret 9 10 Ret DNS 9 10 15 14 Billy Zheng 7 7 11 DSQ 6 15 Nazim Azman Ret 8 8 4 16 Hu Nan 12 14 10 11 Ret 12 Ret 11 Ret 11 10 11 10 11 8 9 12 12 4 17 Liu Zexuan 11 12 9 2 18 Takashi Hata 10 11 DNS DNS 1 19 Angie King Ret 10 11 0 Pos. Driver SEP1 SEP2 ZIC1 ZIC2 SIC 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 † – Retired, but classified

References

1. "Grand opening of Formula Masters Series 7th season". Formula Masters Series. April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
2. "2017 Formula Masters Series - Spòrting & Technical Regulations" (PDF). Formula Masters Series. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

External links

• Official website