The 2014 Formula Masters China season was the fourth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the second under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship commenced on 10 May at Zhuhai in China and finished on 21 October at Shanghai in China after eighteen races held at six meetings.
Driving for Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG, James Munro of New Zealand finished the season as the drivers' champion, finishing 28 points clear of his closest rival, Hong Kong's Matthew Solomon, driving for Eurasia Motorsport. Munro started the season strongly, taking six successive wins at the first Zhuhai meeting and the first Shanghai meeting, as well as the opening race at Inje Speedium. Solomon hit back with a streak of his own, with four wins at Inje and Sepang; Munro finished behind him in three of the races, and ultimately went on to win eight races to Solomon's five at the end of the season. Dan Wells of Great Britain – and team-mate to Munro – finished third in the championship, ten points in arrears of Solomon, taking a total of twelve podiums during the season, but it took him until the final four races to take his two wins for the seasons; these wins came at the second Zhuhai and Shanghai meetings.
The only other driver to take a victory during the season was Meritus.GP driver Jake Parsons, who took three victories en route to fourth place in the championship despite only competing in the second half of the season. He took seven podium finishes in his ten starts in the 2014 season. In the teams' championship, Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG were comfortable winners of the title, due to the results of Munro, Wells and Matthew Swanepoel.
Teams and drivers Team Driver Rounds Zen-Motorsport 6 Bao Jin Long 1–4, 6 7 Ronald Wu All 11 Hua Miao 1–3 29 Yin Hai Tao All Humpuss Junior Racing Team 8 Darma Mangkuluhur Hutomo All 36 Yasuo Senna Iriawan All Super License Team 9 Philip Hamprecht 4, 6 15 Yuya Motojima 1, 6 39 Tomoki Takahashi 5 55 Takashi Hata 4–5 75 Zou Chen Yu 2 Meco Motorsports 10 Akhil Rabindra 1–3 Eurasia Motorsport 11 Hua Miao 4–6 12 Aidan Read 6 17 Pu Jun Jin All 18 Yuan Bo All 19 Matthew Solomon All 20 Sean Hudspeth 1–2, 5 24 Dominic Tjia 4 Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 16 Dan Wells All 30 Ryuji Kumita 6 40 James Munro All 49 Matthew Swanepoel 1–3 Meritus.GP 21 Mandla Mdakane 3–4 68 1–2 27 Jake Parsons 4–6 33 Daniel Woodroof 4–5 38 Aston Hare 1–2 88 Andersen Martono All
Race calendar and results A provisional race calendar was released on 25 October 2013. An updated race calendar was released on 29 January 2014, which dropped the round at Penbay and rescheduled the Sepang round to August as a support round to GT Asia.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit 10 May Matthew Swanepoel James Munro James Munro Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R2 James Munro James Munro Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R3 11 May Race postponed 2 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 24 May James Munro James Munro James Munro Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R2 Aston Hare James Munro Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R3 25 May James Munro Matthew Solomon James Munro Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 3 R1 Inje Speedium 19 July Matthew Solomon James Munro James Munro Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R2 James Munro Matthew Solomon Eurasia Motorsport R3 20 July James Munro Dan Wells Matthew Solomon Eurasia Motorsport Race postponed 4 R1 Sepang International Circuit 16 August Jake Parsons Matthew Solomon Matthew Solomon Eurasia Motorsport R2 Matthew Solomon Matthew Solomon Eurasia Motorsport R3 17 August Matthew Solomon Jake Parsons Jake Parsons Meritus.GP 5 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit 19 September Jake Parsons Yin Hai Tao James Munro Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R2 20 September Matthew Solomon Jake Parsons Meritus.GP R3 Yuan Bo Matthew Solomon Matthew Solomon Eurasia Motorsport 21 September James MunroAt the May Zhuhai meeting, Matthew Swanepoel qualified on pole position. As Swanepoel was not entered for the rescheduled race, all drivers that originally qualified behind him, moved up the order. Yuan Bo Dan Wells Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 6 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 18 October James Munro James Munro James Munro Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG R2 Jake Parsons Jake Parsons Meritus.GP R3 19 October Jake Parsons Matthew Solomon Dan Wells Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG Notes
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 0 1
Driver ZHU SHI INJ SEP ZHU SHI 1 James Munro 1 1 C 1 1 1 1 2 Ret C 2 2 4 1 Ret 13 7 1 5 4 215 2 Matthew Solomon 7 3 C 3 3 2 3 1 1 C 1 1 2 Ret Ret 1 3 14 4 5 187 3 Dan Wells 3 5 C 2 2 4 2 3 8 C 3 Ret 3 Ret 5 3 1 3 3 1 177 4 Jake Parsons 4 3 1 11 1 2 6 2 1 2 116 5 Ronald Wu 6 Ret C Ret 14 13 7 4 5 C 10 10 9 2 3 5 11 8 7 7 67 6 Andersen Martono 11 Ret C 16 8 8 9 6 2 C Ret Ret 10 4 7 7 4 5 Ret 8 62 7 Darma Mangkuluhur Hutomo 4 DNS C 14 13 7 5 5 3 C 5 4 11 Ret Ret Ret 8 7 6 11 62 8 Yuan Bo 5 4 C 11 12 12 Ret 7 4 C 6 9 13 12 8 8 2 10 13 Ret 53 9 Yin Hai Tao Ret 9 C 5 5 14 11 Ret 6 C Ret Ret 7 3 2 12 10 6 Ret 14† 52 10 Yasuo Senna Iriawan 10 6 C 7 7 9 6 8 7 C Ret 5 Ret 7 6 14 5 9 Ret 9 46 11 Philip Hamprecht 9 6 5 4 2 6 39 12 Yuya Motojima 2 2 C Ret 9 3 37 13 Aston Hare Ret 7 C 4 4 3 30 14 Pu Jun Jin NC Ret C 6 10 5 8 13† NC C Ret Ret 8 9 9 6 12 11 8 12 29 15 Sean Hudspeth Ret DNS C 8 11 11 5 11 4 9 23 16 Tomoki Takahashi 6 4 9 13 14 17 Akhil Rabindra 8 8 C 15 16 16 4 Ret Ret C 14 18 Bao Jin Long 9 Ret C 9 15 17 13† 10 9 C Ret 8 6 Ret 12 10 14 19 Matthew Swanepoel 12 Ret C 10 6 6 Ret 9 Ret C 12 20 Mandla Mdakane Ret 10 C NC 9 10 10 11 10 C 7 7 14 9 21 Hua Miao Ret Ret C 13 17 15 12 12 11 C 11 11 15 8 13 10 14 13 11 13 4 22 Daniel Woodroof 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 11 16 3 23 Takashi Hata Ret 13 12 10 12 15 15 1 24 Aidan Read 12 10 Ret 0 25 Dominic Tjia 12 12 16 0 Ryuji Kumita Ret DNS DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Zou Chen Yu 12 Ret 18 0 Driver ZHU SHI INJ SEP ZHU SHI Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' championship
Team 1 Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG 384 2 Eurasia Motorsport 274 3 Meritus.GP 215 4 Zen–Motorsport 124 5 Humpuss Junior Racing Team 108 6 Super License Team 91 7 Meco Motorsports 14
References
External links