2016 Asian Formula Renault Series

2016 Asian Formula Renault Series season
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The 2016 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) is the 17th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season began on 19 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and will end on 23 October at the Zhejiang International Circuit after six double-header events. For the first time, the series will travel to Korea and Thailand, hosting a round at Yeongam and Buriram respectively; the rest of the rounds will be held in China.

Starting from previous season, drivers and teams compete in two classes, Class A for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Class B for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds S&D Motorsports 2 Najiy Ayyad bin Abd Razak A 1 66 Maxx Ebenal A 1 Asia Racing Team 3 Ni Weiliang A 1 10 William Tan A All 11 Hua Miao B 1 18 Liu Kai A 1 67 Jasper Thong B 1 71 James Runacres A 1 BlackArts Racing 6 Joshua Burdon A 1 9 Thomas Lüdi A 1 17 Neric Wei A 1 28 Pavan Ravishankar A 1 KRC Racing 7 Bao Jinlong A 1 Champ Motorsport 63 Xie Ruilin B 1 Individual entries 1 Chen Yi-Hsien B 1 16 Wayne Shen B 1 21 Dominic Tjia B 1 22 Francis Tjia B 1 68 Sébastien Mailleux B 1

Icon Class A Class A B Class B

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Overall Winner	Class A Winner	Class B Winner
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	19 March	Joshua Burdon	Joshua Burdon	Joshua Burdon	Joshua Burdon	Wayne Shen
	R2		20 March	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	Wayne Shen
2	R3	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	14 May
	R4		15 May
3	R5	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	11 June
	R6		12 June
4	R7	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	3 September
	R8		4 September
5	R9	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	17 September
	R10		18 September
6	R11	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	22 October
	R12		23 October

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Only drivers competing in at least three rounds are eligible for points.

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 ZIC1 KOR CHA SIC ZIC2 ZJIC Pts Class A 1 Maxx Ebenal 2 1 54 2 Najiy Ayyad bin Abd Razak 8 2 37 3 Bao Jinlong 3 8 35 4 Liu Kai 10 3 31 5 Joshua Burdon 1 Ret 30 6 Neric Wei 13 4 26 7 James Runacres 14 11 18 8 Thomas Lüdi 5 Ret 17 9 William Tan 7 Ret 15 10 Pavan Ravishankar Ret 9 13 11 Ni Weiliang Ret Ret 0 Class B 1 Wayne Shen 4 5 60 2 Francis Tjia 9 7 40 3 Dominic Tjia 16 6 35 4 Jasper Thong 11 10 34 5 Hua Miao 6 Ret 24 6= Xie Ruilin Ret 12 15 6= Sébastien Mailleux 12 Ret 0 8 Chen Yi-Hsien 15 Ret 13 Pos Driver ZIC1 KOR CHA SIC ZIC2 ZJIC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. "2015 AFR Sporting & Technical Regulations" (PDF). FRD Motorsports. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

External links

• The Official Website for AFR Series