2014 Asian Formula Renault Series

2014 Asian Formula Renault Challenge season
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2014 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) is the 15th season since its being created by FRD back in 2000. The Series bases the races in Zhuhai International Circuit as 4 rounds of races to be held there. For 3 of them, AFR joined Pan Delta Racing Festival and for the season finale, it will be a support race of the Zhuhai 500 km Endurance Race. For the 5th round in Shanghai International Circuit will be the supporting race to 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship Round in Shanghai In addition, the Series will go to Sepang, Malaysia for 3-round race weekend.

This year’s AFR Series will see drivers to be divided in 3 categories – International, Asian and Masters Class. The International Class will include drivers who are the front runners of previous AFR seasons or other national races. Asian Class will consist of the up-and-coming Asian drivers. Meanwhile, Masters Class will be the battlefield for experienced drivers who are 35 or above.^[1]

Teams and drivers

2014 Entry List Team No. Driver Class Rounds Champ Motorsport 1 Julio Acosta I 6 6 Lu Guixiong A 2 7 Qin Tianqi A All 12 Ray Chan A 1 98 Jim Ka To I 1, 4 FRD Racing Team 2 Kenneth Lau M 1 8 Alice Powell I 2–6 26 Chan Wan To M 2, 4 33 Samson Chan M 3, 6 41 Sky Ling A 1 Asia Racing Team 3 Ni Weiliang A 1, 5-6 9 Thomas Lüdi M 1–4 11 Pu Jun Jin A 1, 5-6 18 Darma Hutomo A 3 20 Thomas Chow M 3 22 Mitchell Cheah Min Jie A 2 36 Senna Iriawan A 3 63 Li Zhicong I 4 82 Leo Wong M 2 96 Li Chao A 6 KRC 5 Yang Fan A 1, 6 76 Chris Chang M 3-5 77 Wang Yang A 1–5 PS Racing 10 Sunny Wong A 6 52 Thomas Swift I 6 61 Guillaume Cunnington M All 62 Abelardo Cuellar I 1–2 64 Pete Olson I 1 65 Andrea Reggiani M 1 66 Maxx Ebenal I All 67 Neric Wei A All 68 Sébastien Mailleux M 1–5 69 Markus Engel M 4-5 99 Victor Liang A 6 Q Team 14 Jem Chen M 1 Individual 16 Wayne Shen M 3 21 Dominic Benjamin Tjia A 3 28 John Shen M 3 Buzz Racing 23 Shigetomo Shimono I 1, 3-4 24 Motoaki Ishikawa I 2 25 Yosuke Yamazaki I 3, 6 27 Chacky Ip A 2 29 William Lau A 4

Icon Meaning A Asian class I International class M Master class

Race calendar and results^[2]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Overall Winner	International Class Winner	Asian Class Winner	Master Class Winner
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	22 March	Pu Jun Jin	Jim Ka To	Jim Ka To	Pu Jun Jin	Guillaume Cunnington
	R2		23 March	Pu Jun Jin	Shigetomo Shimono	Shigetomo Shimono	Qin Tianqi	Guillaume Cunnington
2	R3	Sepang International Circuit (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)	9 May	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Qin Tianqi	Guillaume Cunnington
	R4		10 May	Maxx Ebenal	Qin Tianqi	Maxx Ebenal	Qin Tianqi	Guillaume Cunnington
	R5		11 May		Qin Tianqi	Maxx Ebenal	Qin Tianqi	Leo Wong
3	R6	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	14 June	Maxx Ebenal	Alice Powell	Alice Powell	Qin Tianqi	Wayne Shen
	R7		15 June	Maxx Ebenal	Shigetomo Shimono	Shigetomo Shimono	Qin Tianqi	Guillaume Cunnington
4	R8	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	20 September	Alice Powell	Alice Powell	Alice Powell	Qin Tianqi	Guillaume Cunnington
	R9		21 September	Alice Powell	Shigetomo Shimono	Shigetomo Shimono	Wang Yang	Chris Chang
5	R10	Shanghai International Circuit (Shanghai) †	1 November	Alice Powell	Pu Jun Jin	Alice Powell	Pu Jun Jin	Guillaume Cunnington
	R11		2 November	Alice Powell	Pu Jun Jin	Maxx Ebenal	Pu Jun Jin	Leo Wong
6	R12	Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong)	13 December	Pu Jun Jin	Alice Powell	Alice Powell	Pu Jun Jin	Samson Chan
	R13			Pu Jun Jin	Alice Powell	Alice Powell	Pu Jun Jin	Guillaume Cunnington

Notes

† - Supporting race to 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship Round in Shanghai.

References

1. http://frdsports.com/en/news-304.html Asian Formula Renault Series to enter its 15th Anniversary (14 March 2014)
2. http://www.frdsports.com/AFR/download

External links

• The Official Website for AFR Series