The 2013 Formula Masters China season is the third season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the first under the Formula Masters China branding. It was also the first season with one-make Volkswagen 2.0 engines. The championship began on 10 May at Zhuhai and will finish on 10 November at Guia Circuit in Macau after nineteen races held at seven meetings.
Teams and drivers All cars are Volkswagen-engined Tatuus FA010 chassis.
Team No Driver Rounds Meritus.GP 3 Andersen Martono 4–5 38 Aidan Wright All, NC 88 Afiq Yazid All 95 Yang Fan NC Lin Li Feng 5 Lin Li Feng 1–2 Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 7 Ronald Wu 1–4 9 Thomas Lüdi 6, NC 16 Dan Wells 6, NC 29 Akash Nandy All, NC 78 Mahaveer Raghunathan 6 Star Racing Team 8 Yuan Bo All, NC 15 Bao Jin Long All, NC 23 Zou Si Rui All 75 Zou Chen Yu All Meco Motorsports 10 Raj Bharath All Super License Team 11 Ren Nagabuchi All, NC 12 Yin Hai Tao All, NC 28 William Lok NC 55 Wu Zhou 2–3 Eurasia Motorsport 17 Pu Jun Jin All, NC 18 Tanart Sathienthirakul 3–6, NC 19 Matthew Solomon All, NC 20 Wing Chung Chang 6, NC 21 Shaun Thong NC Andrea Reggiani 4 Andrea Reggiani 21 Andrea Reggiani 2–3 Gold Wolf Racing 37 Yudai Jinkawa NC Zhang Zhen Dong 98 Zhendong Zhang 1
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit 11 May Raj Bharath Aidan Wright Afiq Yazid Meritus.GP R2 Akash Nandy Aidan Wright Meritus.GP R3 12 May Afiq Yazid Matthew Solomon Aidan Wright Meritus.GP 2 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 25 May Afiq Yazid Aidan Wright Afiq Yazid Meritus.GP R2 Afiq Yazid Afiq Yazid Meritus.GP R3 26 May Akash Nandy Afiq Yazid Raj Bharath Meco Motorsport 3 R1 Ordos International Circuit 6 July Akash Nandy Afiq Yazid Afiq Yazid Meritus.GP R2 7 July Afiq Yazid Afiq Yazid Meritus.GP R3 Race postponed 4 R1 Inje Speedium 10 August Aidan Wright Raj Bharath Aidan Wright Meritus.GP R2 Aidan Wright Raj Bharath Akash Nandy Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R3 11 August Akash Nandy Aidan Wright Aidan Wright Meritus.GP Akash Nandy Aidan Wright Aidan Wright Meritus.GP 5 R1 Sepang International Circuit 14 September Tanart Sathienthirakul Akash Nandy Akash Nandy Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R2 Akash Nandy Akash Nandy Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R3 15 September Tanart Sathienthirakul Akash Nandy Akash Nandy Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 6 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 26 October Tanart Sathienthirakul Afiq Yazid Tanart Sathienthirakul Eurasia Motorsport R2 Akash Nandy Afiq Yazid Meritus.GP R3 27 October Akash Nandy Aidan Wright Aidan Wright Meritus.GP Guia Circuit 10 November Akash Nandy Akash Nandy Akash Nandy Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
Standings
Drivers' championship Points for both championships were awarded as follows: Race Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th PP Race 1&3 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 Race 2 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver ZHU SHI ORD INJ SEP SHI MAC† Pts 1 Aidan Wright Ret 1 1 2 3 4 6 4 1 3 1 1 3 3 4 6 4 1 9 210 2 Afiq Yazid 1 5 Ret 1 1 2 1 1 2 13 4 3 2 2 Ret 2 1 3 208 3 Akash Nandy Ret 2 2 3 Ret 3 2 5 7 1 2 10 1 1 1 9 6 Ret 1 163 4 Ren Nagabuchi 2 3 4 9 5 5 5 2 4 Ret 5 Ret 5 6 2 4 5 6 4 129 5 Matthew Solomon 4 4 8 5 4 6 7 7 7 4 3 5 8 4 3 3 3 4 6 128 6 Raj Bharath 3 6 3 4 2 1 3 6 3 12 Ret 4 Ret 5 5 12 9 9 120 7 Tanart Sathienthirakul 4 3 5 2 6 2 4 Ret Ret 1 2 2 5 115 8 Pu Jun Jin 5 7 Ret 7 6 9 10 9 9 5 7 9 6 11 11 8 8 8 8 45 9 Yuan Bo Ret Ret 5 6 7 8 8 8 Ret Ret 11 7 Ret 8 10 13 11 11 10 29 10 Ronald Wu 6 11 6 Ret 9 7 11 11 8 6 8 8 28 11 Yin Hai Tao Ret 8 DNS 11 8 11 Ret 12 Ret 7 9 6 Ret 9 6 7 10 7 Ret 26 12 Bao Jin Long 7 9 7 10 Ret 10 12 10 11 Ret 10 Ret 7 7 9 16 13 13 11 18 13 Dan Wells 5 7 5 2 7 14 Zou Si Rui Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 12 14 6 15 Andersen Martono Ret 9 Ret 9 10 7 4 16 Zou Chen Yu Ret 13 Ret 12 12 14 Ret 13 Ret 11 12 11 10 12 8 Ret 14 15 2 17 Zhendong Zhang Ret 10 9 1 18 Andrea Reggiani 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 10 13 Ret 1 19 Lin Li Feng DNS 12 10 Ret 11 DNS 1 20 Mahaveer Raghunathan 14 15 12 0 21 Wu Zhou Ret 13 13 Ret DNS 0 22 Thomas Lüdi 15 16 Ret 14 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Shaun Thong 3 0 Wing Chung Chang 11 Ret 10 7 0 William Lok 12 0 Yang Fan 13 0 Yudai Jinkawa Ret 0 Pos Driver ZHU SHI ORD INJ SEP SHI MAC PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Notes: † — No points are awarded for the non-championship Macau Grand Prix event.
Teams Pos Team Pts 1 Meritus.GP 415 2 Eurasia Motorsport 262 3 Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 203 4 Super License Team 155 5 Meco Motorsports 121 6 Star Racing Team 57
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