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The 2015 Formula Masters China season is the fifth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the third under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship began on 18 April at Sepang in Malaysia and will finish on 18 October at Shanghai in China after eighteen races held at six meetings.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG	1	Jeffrey Ye	All
	2	Nicholas Rowe	All
	3	Zheng Shangguan	All
	4	Martin Rump	All
	8	Bo Yuan	4-6
Absolute Racing	5	Sennan Fielding	3
		Dennis Olsen	4
		Oliver Askew	5–6
	6	Sun Zheng	3
		Alessio Picariello	4–6
Eurasia Motorsport	7	Kim Jeong Tae	1–4, 6
	11	Hua Miao	1–2
	19	Takeru Muratomi	1
	24	Aidan Read	All
	36	Sam Lok	3
	54	Sean Hudspeth	1–5
	94	William Lok	4–5
	99	Asuka Muratomi	1
Meritus.GP	8	Bo Yuan	1–2
	16	Daniel Woodroof	All
	27	Jake Parsons	All
	33	Tommy Wong	3
	77	Worawong Komarakul	1
Dasheng Zheng	9	Dasheng Zheng	2
Super License Team	17	Hong Shijie	2–6
	39	Tomoki Takahashi	1–2, 5–6
	55	Takashi Hata	All
	56	Shota Kiyohara	3–4
Arrows Racing	49	Matthew Swanepoel	All

Race calendar and results

A provisional race calendar was released on 15 December 2014. An updated race calendar was released on 29 January 2015. On 29 March, it was announced that the round due to be held at Sentul in Indonesia, had been removed from the calendar.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit	25 April	Martin Rump	Jake Parsons	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R2		26 April		Jake Parsons	Jake Parsons	Meritus.GP
	R3			Asuka Muratomi	Worawong Komarakul	Jake Parsons	Meritus.GP
2	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	6 June	Jake Parsons	Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R2		7 June		Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R3			Martin Rump	Jake Parsons	Jake Parsons	Meritus.GP
3	R1	Penbay International Circuit	4 July	Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R2				Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R3		5 July	Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
4	R1	Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit	8 August	Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R2				Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R3		9 August	Martin Rump	Shota Kiyohara	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
5	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit	19 September	Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Martin Rump	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG
	R2		20 September		Alessio Picariello	Alessio Picariello	Absolute Racing
	R3			Alessio Picariello	Martin Rump	Alessio Picariello	Absolute Racing
6	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	17 October	Alessio Picariello	Alessio Picariello	Alessio Picariello	Absolute Racing
	R2		18 October		Alessio Picariello	Alessio Picariello	Absolute Racing
	R3			Alessio Picariello	Martin Rump	Alessio Picariello	Absolute Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Pos. Driver SEP SHI PEN KUA ZHU SHI Pts 1 Martin Rump 1 2 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 2 274 2 Jake Parsons 2 1 1 3 Ret 1 2 2 4 Ret 2 3 3 Ret Ret 9 9 3 163 3 Nicholas Rowe 5 8 6 4 2 7 3 3 2 3 6 4 6 5 5 4 3 Ret 135 4 Alessio Picariello 2 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 126 5 Aidan Read 4 3 3 5 4 5 4 Ret 5 13 14 10 4 4 6 5 5 4 115 6 Daniel Woodroof Ret 5 2 2 3 13 7 10 7 5 5 9 5 10 Ret 8 8 6 82 7 Matthew Swanepoel 3 7 5 Ret 13 4 6 4 8 Ret 10 7 12 6 3 Ret 10 Ret 66 8 Yuan Bo 8 DNS 7 8 6 3 Ret Ret 6 7 3 9 6 7 7 57 9 Sean Hudspeth 6 4 4 6 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 9 8 8 8 4 52 10 Oliver Askew 11 Ret 7 3 2 5 34 11 Shota Kiyohara Ret 8 6 4 4 5 31 12 Jeffrey Ye 10 12 13 9 9 Ret 5 7 9 8 11 11 10 Ret 8 7 12 Ret 26 13 Zheng Shangguan Ret 13 15 Ret 7 10 Ret 6 10 6 8 Ret 9 9 13 10 6 9 22 14 Kim Jeong Tae 7 9 9 10 10 6 10 11 13 9 Ret 12 12 Ret 8 19 15 Tomoki Takahashi 11 10 8 7 5 8 Ret 7 10 11 11 10 18 16 Dennis Olsen Ret 7 2 17 17 Sennan Fielding Ret 5 3 16 18 Asuka Muratomi Ret 6 Ret 4 19 Sun Zheng 8 9 12 3 20 Takashi Hata Ret 14 12 12 12 DNS 9 Ret Ret 10 13 Ret 13 Ret 14 13 13 Ret 3 21 Hua Miao 9 11 11 11 11 11 2 22 Hong Shijie 13 14 12 11 12 14 12 12 Ret 14 11 11 Ret Ret 11 0 23 William Lok 11 15 Ret 15 Ret 12 0 24 Worawong Komarakul 12 15 14 0 25 Sam Lok 12 DNS DNS 0 26 Tommy Wong 13 13 DNS 0 Takeru Muratomi Ret Ret DNS 0 Zheng Dasheng Ret DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver SEP SHI PEN KUA ZHU SHI Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 † – Retired, but classified

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	Pts
1	Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG	348
2	Meritus.GP	236
3	Eurasia Motorsport	143
4	Absolute Racing	109
5	Arrows Racing	66
6	Super License Team	54
	Zheng Dasheng	0

References

1. ^ "Calendar". FormulaMastersChina.com. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
2. ^ "Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG confirms Star Racing Academy duo for Formula Masters China Series". KC Motorgroup. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
3. Banerjee, Aditya (21 April 2015). "Nick Rowe completes KCMG lineup in Formula Masters China". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
4. Banerjee, Aditya (18 April 2015). "Martin Rump to race for KCMG in 2015 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
5. ^ Allen, Peter (9 August 2015). "Rump wins first Kuala Lumpur race ahead of Picariello". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
6. Banerjee, Aditya (27 February 2015). "Kim Jeong Tae completes Eurasia's four-car lineup". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
7. Banerjee, Aditya (20 January 2015). "Eurasia retain Hua Miao for 2015 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
8. ^ Banerjee, Aditya (23 April 2015). "Six new drivers in FMCS entry list for Sepang". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
9. ^ Banerjee, Aditya (19 December 2014). "Eurasia sign Read and Hudspeth for 2015". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
10. Banerjee, Aditya (2 January 2015). "Meritus sign Daniel Woodroof for 2015 FMCS season". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
11. Banerjee, Aditya (16 February 2015). "Parsons returns to FMCS with Meritus". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

External links

• Official website

• Formula Masters China seasons
• 2015 in Asian sport
• 2015 in Chinese motorsport
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