The 2016 Formula Masters China season was the sixth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the third under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship began on 21 May at Shanghai in China and concluded on 16 October at Penbay in Taiwan after fifteen races held at five meetings.

Teams and drivers

Team Driver Class Rounds Cebu Pacific Air by 1 Kim Jeong-tae All 2 Nick Rowe 1 3 "Jeffrey" Ye Junhui 1–2 4 Thomas Swift 2–4 Absolute Racing 5 Philip Hamprecht All 6 Zheng Shangguan All Champ Motorsport 8 Hon Chio Leong 2 9 Xie Ruilin 2 DP Motorsport 8 Hon Chio Leong 4–5 9 Hu Nan M 4, 6 23 Liu Zexuan M 4 68 Jacques Wang M 6 Super License Team 17 Hong Shijie All 55 Takashi Hata M All 88 "James" Yu Kuai All 91 Huang Chi M 6 Eurasia Motorsport 24 Aidan Read All Amateur Cup 9 Hu Nan M 1 12 Liu Wang 2 22 Huang Hengyi 2 37 Carlo Mantori M 1 38 Philippe Prette M 1 39 James Wong 1–2, 4 40 Patrice Bonzom M 1 48 Angelo Negro M 1, 5 99 Maekkasit Weraporasu M 3 Icon Meaning M Master class

Race calendar and results A provisional race calendar was released on 3 March 2016. An updated race calendar was released on 1 June 2016, which cancelled the round at Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix. It was announced on 22 July that the Kuala Lumpur round will be replaced by a round at Sepang for the same weekend. After that round in Korea International Circuit was also changed by Sepang Circuit.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 1 Shanghai International Circuit 21 May Nick Rowe Kim Jeong-tae Kim Jeong-tae Cebu Pacific Air by PRT R2 22 May Nick Rowe Nick Rowe Cebu Pacific Air by PRT R3 Nick Rowe Philip Hamprecht Nick Rowe Cebu Pacific Air by PRT 2 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit 18 June Philip Hamprecht Philip Hamprecht Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport R2 Aidan Read Philip Hamprecht Absolute Racing R3 19 June Philip Hamprecht Zheng Shangguan Philip Hamprecht Absolute Racing 3 R1 Chang International Circuit 23 July Aidan Read Aidan Read Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport R2 24 July Aidan Read Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport R3 Philip Hamprecht Philip Hamprecht Philip Hamprecht Absolute Racing 4 R1 Sepang International Circuit 13 August Philip Hamprecht Philip Hamprecht Philip Hamprecht Absolute Racing R2 Philip Hamprecht Philip Hamprecht Absolute Racing R3 14 August Zheng Shangguan Zheng Shangguan Zheng Shangguan Absolute Racing 5 R1 Sepang International Circuit 3 September Aidan Read Aidan Read Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport R2 4 September Aidan Read Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport R3 Philip Hamprecht Aidan Read Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport 6 R1 Penbay International Circuit 15 October Philip Hamprecht Aidan Read Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport R2 16 October Aidan Read Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport R3 Philip Hamprecht Aidan Read Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points for are 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

Drivers' championship

Driver SHI ZHU CHA SEP1 SEP2 PEN 1 Philip Hamprecht 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 6 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 224 2 Aidan Read 4 3 3 1 2 Ret 1 1 3 6 DNS DNS 1 1 1 1 1 1 186 3 Zheng Shangguan 2 10 4 Ret 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 Ret 2 3 154 4 Kim Jeong-tae 1 4 5 3 4 9 4 3 4 5 7 3 2 7 Ret 3 2 2 134 5 Yu Kuai 5 6 Ret Ret 8 8 5 4 5 4 3 4 5 6 5 94 6 Hong Shijie 8 9 8 7 7 5 7 5 6 8 6 5 6 5 4 3 64 7 Hon Chio Leong 4 5 4 3 5 Ret 8 4 3 61 8 Takashi Hata Ret 8 7 6 9 6 6 9 Ret 7 4 6 7 8 6 50 9 Nick Rowe 7 1 1 38 10 Ye Junhui 10 5 6 5 6 3 34 11 Thomas Swift Ret 11 DSQ 8 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 8 12 Angelo Negro 6 12 10 Ret DNS DNS 7 13 Carlo Mantori 9 7 9 6 14 Hu Nan 13 14 DNS 9 8 8 6 15 Xie Ruilin Ret DNS 7 4 16 Huang Hengyi 8 13 10 4 17 James Wong Ret NC NC 10 12 DNS 10 Ret 10 3 18 Maekkasit Weraporasu Ret 7 Ret 2 19 Liu Zexuan 11 9 9 2 20 Liu Wang 9 10 11 2 21 Patrice Bonzom 12 11 11 0 22 Philippe Prette 11 13 12 0 Driver SHI ZHU CHA SEP1 SEP2 PEN Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap† – Retired, but classified

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