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.
9 teams fielded 26 drivers during the whole tour.
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 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. 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. 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 SHA SHA 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 SHA SHA ORD SHT SEP SEP‡ PtsBold – 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 SHA SHA 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 SHA SHA ORD SHT SEP Pts
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