2015 Formula Masters China

The 2015 Formula Masters China season is the fifth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the third under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship began on 18 April at Sepang in Malaysia and will finish on 18 October at Shanghai in China after eighteen races held at six meetings.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 1 Jeffrey Ye All
2 Nicholas Rowe All
3 Shang Guan Zheng All
4 Martin Rump All
8 Bo Yuan 4-6
Absolute Racing 5 Sennan Fielding 3
Dennis Olsen 4
Oliver Askew 5–6
6 Sun Zheng 3
Alessio Picariello 4–6
Eurasia Motorsport 7 Kim Jeong Tae 1–4, 6
11 Hua Miao 1–2
19 Takeru Muratomi 1
24 Aidan Read All
36 Sam Lok 3
54 Sean Hudspeth 1–5
94 William Lok 4–5
99 Asuka Muratomi 1
Meritus.GP 8 Bo Yuan 1–2
16 Daniel Woodroof All
27 Jake Parsons All
33 Tommy Wong 3
77 Worawong Komarakul 1
Dasheng Zheng 9 Dasheng Zheng 2
Super License Team 17 Shi Jie Hong 2–6
39 Tomoki Takahashi 1–2, 5–6
55 Takashi Hata All
56 Shota Kiyohara 3–4
Arrows Racing 49 Matthew Swanepoel All

Race calendar and results

A provisional race calendar was released on 15 December 2014. An updated race calendar was released on 29 January 2015. On 29 March, it was announced that the round due to be held at Sentul in Indonesia, had been removed from the calendar.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Sepang International Circuit 25 April Martin Rump Jake Parsons Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 26 April Jake Parsons Jake Parsons Meritus.GP
R3 Asuka Muratomi Worawong Komarakul Jake Parsons Meritus.GP
2 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 6 June Jake Parsons Martin Rump Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 7 June Martin Rump Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 Martin Rump Jake Parsons Jake Parsons Meritus.GP
3 R1 Penbay International Circuit 4 July Martin Rump Martin Rump Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 Martin Rump Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 5 July Martin Rump Martin Rump Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
4 R1 Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit 8 August Martin Rump Martin Rump Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 Martin Rump Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R3 9 August Martin Rump Shota Kiyohara Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
5 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit 19 September Martin Rump Martin Rump Martin Rump Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
R2 20 September Alessio Picariello Alessio Picariello Absolute Racing
R3 Alessio Picariello Martin Rump Alessio Picariello Absolute Racing
6 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 17 October Alessio Picariello Alessio Picariello Alessio Picariello Absolute Racing
R2 18 October Alessio Picariello Alessio Picariello Absolute Racing
R3 Alessio Picariello Martin Rump Alessio Picariello Absolute Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

  • Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   PP 
Races 1 & 3 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
Race 2 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 1
Pos. Driver SEP
SHI
PEN
KUA
ZHU
SHI
Pts
1 Martin Rump 1 2 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 2 274
2 Jake Parsons 2 1 1 3 Ret 1 2 2 4 Ret 2 3 3 Ret Ret 9 9 3 163
3 Nicholas Rowe 5 8 6 4 2 7 3 3 2 3 6 4 6 5 5 4 3 Ret 135
4 Alessio Picariello 2 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 126
5 Aidan Read 4 3 3 5 4 5 4 Ret 5 13 14 10 4 4 6 5 5 4 115
6 Daniel Woodroof Ret 5 2 2 3 13 7 10 7 5 5 9 5 10 Ret 8 8 6 82
7 Matthew Swanepoel 3 7 5 Ret 13 4 6 4 8 Ret 10 7 12 6 3 Ret 10 Ret 66
8 Yuan Bo 8 DNS 7 8 6 3 Ret Ret 6 7 3 9 6 7 7 57
9 Sean Hudspeth 6 4 4 6 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 9 8 8 8 4 52
10 Oliver Askew 11 Ret 7 3 2 5 34
11 Shota Kiyahara Ret 8 6 4 4 5 31
12 Jeffrey Ye 10 12 13 9 9 Ret 5 7 9 8 11 11 10 Ret 8 7 12 Ret 26
13 Zheng Shang Guan Ret 13 15 Ret 7 10 Ret 6 10 6 8 Ret 9 9 13 10 6 9 22
14 Kim Jeong Tae 7 9 9 10 10 6 10 11 13 9 Ret 12 12 Ret 8 19
15 Tomoki Takahashi 11 10 8 7 5 8 Ret 7 10 11 11 10 18
16 Dennis Olsen Ret 7 2 17
17 Sennan Fielding Ret 5 3 16
18 Asuka Muratomi Ret 6 Ret 4
19 Sun Zheng 8 9 12 3
20 Takashi Hata Ret 14 12 12 12 DNS 9 Ret Ret 10 13 Ret 13 Ret 14 13 13 Ret 3
21 Hua Miao 9 11 11 11 11 11 2
22 Hong Shi Jie 13 14 12 11 12 14 12 12 Ret 14 11 11 Ret Ret 11 0
23 William Lok 11 15 Ret 15 Ret 12 0
24 Worawong Komarakul 12 15 14 0
25 Sam Lok 12 DNS DNS 0
26 Tommy Wong 13 13 DNS 0
Takeru Muratomi Ret Ret DNS 0
Zheng Dasheng Ret DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver SEP
SHI
PEN
KUA
ZHU
SHI
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

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Pts
1 Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 348
2 Meritus.GP 236
3 Eurasia Motorsport 143
4 Absolute Racing 109
5 Arrows Racing 66
6 Super License Team 54
Zheng Dasheng 0