2013 Formula Masters China

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.^[1] 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.

2013 Formula Masters China

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2013 Formula Masters China race car by Tatuus.

2013 Formula Masters China's VW engine

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[2]	All, NC
	88	Afiq Yazid[3]	All
	95	Yang Fan[4]	NC
Lin Li Feng	5	Lin Li Feng	1–2
Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG[5]	7	Ronald Wu[6]	1–4
	9	Thomas Lüdi	6, NC
	16	Dan Wells[7]	6, NC
	29	Akash Nandy[8]	All, NC
	78	Mahaveer Raghunathan	6
Star Racing Team[9][10]	8	Yuan Bo	All, NC
	15	Bao Jin Long	All, NC
	23	Zou Si Rui	All
	75	Zou Chen Yu	All
Meco Motorsports[11]	10	Raj Bharath	All
Super License Team[12]	11	Ren Nagabuchi	All, NC
	12	Yin Hai Tao	All, NC
	28	William Lok[4]	NC
	55	Wu Zhou	2–3
Eurasia Motorsport	17	Pu Jun Jin[13]	All, NC
	18	Tanart Sathienthirakul	3–6, NC
	19	Matthew Solomon[14]	All, NC
	20	Wing Chung Chang[15]	6, NC
	21	Shaun Thong[4]	NC
		Andrea Reggiani	4
Andrea Reggiani	21	Andrea Reggiani	2–3
Gold Wolf Racing[4]	37	Yudai Jinkawa[4]	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[16]
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
	R4			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
NC		Guia Circuit[17]	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 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

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