2018 Asian Formula Renault Series

The 2018 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) is the 19th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season will begin on 17 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and will end after six double-header events.^[1]

2018 Asian Formula Renault Series

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Starting from 2015, drivers and teams compete in two classes, Pro (Class A) for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Elite (Class B) for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars.^[2]

As part of an enhanced agreement with Renault Sport, the season will feature a scholarship program for young Chinese drivers, called Road to Champion. The winner among these drivers over the last three rounds of the championship will secure a link to race the following year in Europe with the help of Renault Sport.^[3]

By virtue of a 67 point lead in the 2018 Team Championship at the conclusion of Race Two in Sepang on August 26, BlackArts Racing Team won the Team Championship for the 4th consecutive year in the Asia Formula Renault Series, with one round remaining.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver name Class Rounds Asia Racing Team 1 Perdana Putra Minang P 1–2 3 Ni Weiliang P 1–2 5 Keanon Santoso P 2 11 Akmal Ashibli E 1 Wu Racing 4 Jimmy Cheung E 1 BlackArts Racing Team 9 Thomas Lüdi P 1–2 19 Ryan Liu P 1–2 51 Oscar Lee E 1 55 Daniel Cao P 1–2 66 Eric Sun E 1–2 69 Matteo Radicioni E 1 88 Antolín González P 1–2 91 David Pun P 1–2 Spirit-Z Racing 16 Rocky Chan E 2 KRC Racing 17 Stephen Hong P 1–2 22 Peter Liao P 1–2 Eurasia Motorsport 20 Daniel Julián Miranda P 1–2 30 Eshan Pieris P 1 96 Kurt Hill P 1–2 PS Racing 18 Neric Wei P 2 26 David Lau E 1 27 Louis Prette P 1 S&D Motorsports 44 Luo Kailuo P 1–2 99 Hugo Hung P 1–2

Icon Class P Pro E Elite

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2018 season was published on 9 November 2017.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	17 March	Antolín González	Antolín González	Antolín González	BlackArts Racing Team	Akmal Ashibli
	R2		18 March	Louis Prette	Kurt Hill	Perdana Putra Minang	Asia Racing Team	Eric Sun
2	R3	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	29 April	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team	Eric Sun
	R4			Daniel Cao	Luo Kailuo	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team	Eric Sun
3	R5	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	26 May	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Luo KaiLuo	S&D Motorsports
	R6		27 May	Daniel Cao	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	Asia Racing Team
4	R7	Zhuhai International Circuit	16 June	Charles Leong	Perdana Putra Minang	Charles Leong	Asia Racing Team
	R8		17 June	Charles Leong	Daniel Cao	Charles Leong	Asia Racing Team
5	R9	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	25 August	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
	R10		26 August	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
6	R11	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	29 September	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
	R12		30 September	Daniel Cao	Antolín González	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Drivers in Pro and Elite classes are classified separately.

Drivers' Championship
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Points	30	24	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championships

Pos Driver ZIC SIC NIS ZIC SEP SEP Pts Pro 1 Daniel Cao 20 0 30 30 24 20 15 20 30 30 219 2 Luo Kai Luo 24 24 17 1 30 15 20 17 24 17 189 3 Antolín González 30 Ret 15 24 11 17 17 24 20 24 182 4 Perdana Putra Minang Ret 30 24 17 20 24 24 15 DNS DNS 154 5 Daniel Julian Miranda 4 7 20 15 0 11 11 0 15 15 98 6 Charles Leong 0 0 0 0 Ret 30 30 30 0 0 90 7 David Pun 11 15 5 11 17 7 0 11 0 9 86 8 Kurt Hill 15 20 13 20 Ret Ret Ret 13 DNS DNS 81 9 Eshan Pieris 5 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 17 20 68 10 Peter Liao 7 11 9 7 15 9 9 0 0 0 67 11 Stephen Hong 0 9 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 11 44 12 Thomas Lüdi 9 5 2 1 13 5 7 0 0 1 43 13 Hugo Hung 2 4 0 4 9 3 3 9 7 0 41 14 Ryan Liu 13 17 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 15 Keanon Santoso 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 13 13 31 Elite 1 Akmal Ashibli 14 13 54 2 Eric Sun 16 12 50 3 Jimmy Cheung 15 14 44 4 Matteo Radicioni 17 17 30 5 Oscar Lee Ret 15 17 6 David Lau Ret 16 15 Pos Driver ZIC SIC NIS ZIC SEP SEP 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