2014 Formula Masters China
# 2014 Formula Masters China

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 | No. | Drive | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Zen-Motorsport | 6 | Bao Jin Long | 1–4, 6 |
| Zen-Motorsport | 7 | Ronald Wu | All |
| Zen-Motorsport | 11 | Hua Miao | 1–3 |
| Zen-Motorsport | 29 | Yin Hai Tao | All |
| Humpuss Junior Racing Team | 8 | Darma Mangkuluhur Hutomo | All |
| Humpuss Junior Racing Team | 36 | Yasuo Senna Iriawan | All |
| Super License Team | 9 | Philip Hamprecht | 4, 6 |
| Super License Team | 15 | Yuya Motojima | 1, 6 |
| Super License Team | 39 | Tomoki Takahashi | 5 |
| Super License Team | 55 | Takashi Hata | 4–5 |
| Super License Team | 75 | Zou Chen Yu | 2 |
| Meco Motorsports | 10 | Akhil Rabindra | 1–3 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 11 | Hua Miao | 4–6 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 12 | Aidan Read | 6 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 17 | Pu Jun Jin | All |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 18 | Yuan Bo | All |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 19 | Matthew Solomon | All |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 20 | Sean Hudspeth | 1–2, 5 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 24 | Dominic Tjia | 4 |
| Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG | 16 | Dan Wells | All |
| Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG | 30 | Ryuji Kumita | 6 |
| Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG | 40 | James Munro | All |
| Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG | 49 | Matthew Swanepoel | 1–3 |
| Meritus.GP | 21 | Mandla Mdakane | 3–4 |
| Meritus.GP | 68 | Mandla Mdakane | 1–2 |
| Meritus.GP | 27 | Jake Parsons | 4–6 |
| Meritus.GP | 33 | Daniel Woodroof | 4–5 |
| Meritus.GP | 38 | Aston Hare | 1–2 |
| Meritus.GP | 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 | 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 |
| 1 | R2 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 10 May | | James Munro | James Munro | Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG |
| 1 | R3 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 11 May | Race postponed | Race postponed | Race postponed | Race postponed |
| 2 | R1 | Shanghai International Circuit | 24 May | James Munro | James Munro | James Munro | Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG |
| 2 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit | 24 May | | Aston Hare | James Munro | Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG |
| 2 | R3 | Shanghai International Circuit | 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 |
| 3 | R2 | Inje Speedium | 19 July | | James Munro | Matthew Solomon | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 3 | R3 | Inje Speedium | 20 July | James Munro | Dan Wells | Matthew Solomon | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 3 | R4 | Inje Speedium | 20 July | Race postponed | Race postponed | Race postponed | Race postponed |
| 4 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 16 August | Jake Parsons | Matthew Solomon | Matthew Solomon | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 4 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | 16 August | | Matthew Solomon | Matthew Solomon | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 4 | R3 | Sepang International Circuit | 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 |
| 5 | R2 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 20 September | | Matthew Solomon | Jake Parsons | Meritus.GP |
| 5 | R3 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 20 September | Yuan Bo | Matthew Solomon | Matthew Solomon | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 5 | R4 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 21 September | James Munro | 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 |
| 6 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit | 18 October | | Jake Parsons | Jake Parsons | Meritus.GP |
| 6 | R3 | Shanghai International Circuit | 19 October | Jake Parsons | Matthew Solomon | Dan Wells | Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG |

### Notes

* ↑ At 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.

## 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 |
| Pos. | Driver | ZHU | ZHU | ZHU | SHI | SHI | SHI | INJ | INJ | INJ | INJ | SEP | SEP | SEP | ZHU | ZHU | ZHU | ZHU | SHI | SHI | SHI | Pts |
| 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 |
| Pos. | Driver | ZHU | ZHU | ZHU | SHI | SHI | SHI | INJ | INJ | INJ | INJ | SEP | SEP | SEP | ZHU | ZHU | ZHU | ZHU | SHI | SHI | SHI | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

### Teams' championship

| Pos. | Team | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
