2017 Asian Formula Renault Series

The 2017 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) is the 18th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season began on 18 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and ended on 17 October at the Zhejiang International Circuit after six double-header events.

Starting from 2015, 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]

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.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Class	Rounds
BlackArts Racing Team	1	Charles Leong	A	1–5
	9	Thomas Luedi	A	1–3, 5–6
	10	Hua Miao	B	All
	18	Louis Prette	A	All
	20	Neric Wei	A	1–4, 6
	28	Pavan Ravishankar	A	All
	44	Luo Kailuo	A	6
	65	Brad Dias	A	All
	77	Ryan Liu	A	6
	84	Jacky Liu	A	4–5
	91	David Pun	B	1
	91	David Pun	A	2–6
Asia Racing Team	3	Ni Weiliang	A	All
	22	Lin Taian	B	1
	23	Daniel Cao	A	3–6
	38	Ayumu Iwasa	A	4
	55	Daniel Lu	A	1–3, 5–6
	56	Karl Yip	A	1
PS Racing	7	Kimi Qin	A	2
	15	Iori Kimura	B	1
	21	Dominic Tjia	B	1
	33	Victor Liang	A	1–2, 4–6
	77	Ryan Liu	B	5
KRC Racing	11	Billy Zheng	A	1
KRC Racing	17	Stephen Hong	A	All
S&D Motorsports	14	Umar bin Abdul Rahman	A	1–5
	14	Julio Acosta	A	6
	31	Marcus Song	A	1, 3–6
	31	Luo Kailuo	A	2
	36	Grace Gui	B	All
	52	Long Mohammad Nor Ariff	A	1–2
	52	Luo Kailuo	A	3
	77	Ryan Liu	B	4
	99	Hugo Hung	A	5–6
RTC Team (FRD Road to Champion)	16	Xu Zixuan	B	4–6
	66	Li Wei	B	4–6
	86	Allen Wang	B	4–5
Champ Motorsport	63	Xie Ruilin	B	1

Icon	Class
A	Class A
B	Class B

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	18 March	Charles Leong	Daniel Lu	Charles Leong	BlackArts Racing Team	Xie Ruilin
1	R2	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	19 March	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	BlackArts Racing Team	Xie Ruilin
2	R3	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	6 May	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Asia Racing Team	Hua Miao
2	R4	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	7 May	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Victor Liang	PS Racing	Grace Gui
3	R5	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	2 July	Daniel Lu	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Asia Racing Team	Hua Miao
3	R6	Zhejiang International Circuit, Shaoxing	2 July	Daniel Lu	Luo Kailuo	Luo Kailuo	S&D Motorsports	Hua Miao
4	R7	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	30 July	Ayumu Iwasa	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	BlackArts Racing Team	Ryan Liu
4	R8	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	30 July	Ayumu Iwasa	Ayumu Iwasa	Charles Leong	BlackArts Racing Team	Ryan Liu
5	R9	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	26 August	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	Daniel Lu	Asia Racing Team	Ryan Liu
5	R10	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	27 August	Pavan Ravishankar	Daniel Cao	Daniel Lu	Asia Racing Team	Ryan Liu
6	R11	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	16 September	Pavan Ravishankar	Pavan Ravishankar	Pavan Ravishankar	BlackArts Racing Team	Hua Miao
6	R12	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	17 September	Louis Prette	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Asia Racing Team	Hua Miao

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Drivers in classes A and B 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	ZIC1		SEP		ZHE		SIC1		SIC2		SIC2		Pts
Class A
1	Charles Leong	1	1	2	4	3	3	1	1	2	3			245
2	Daniel Lu	2	2	1	7	2	12			1	1	2	1	231
3	Louis Prette	3	3	Ret	2	4	7	7	5	4	6	3	2	192
4	Daniel Cao					1	2	5	3	3	2	5	3	168
5	Pavan Ravishankar	4	Ret	4	6	7	5	3	4	Ret	4	1	8	166
6	Brad Dias	8	Ret	7	3	6	8	8	9	6	8	7	6	124
7	Stephen Hong	6	13	3	9	Ret	4	6	8	7	7	13	17	108
8	Luo Kailuo			5	8	5	1					4	7	97
9	Victor Liang	5	18	6	1			10	7	19	Ret	Ret	4	93
10	Marcus Song	11	10			Ret	6	9	Ret	8	9	9	9	64
11	Jacky Liu							4	6	5	5			60
12	Neric Wei	7	6	12	EX	8	9	12	10			10	Ret	59
13	Ayumu Iwasa							2	2					48
14	Thomas Luedi	9	7	9	EX	9	Ret			11	10	16	10	48
15	Ni Weilang	15	Ret	13	Ret	10	Ret	11	16	9	Ret	11	11	32
16	David Pun		12	Ret	Ret	12	11	14	12	18	11	12	12	29
17	Kimi Qin			8	5									24
18	Billy Zheng	12	4											21
19	Umar Bin Abdul Rahman	20	11	14	EX	14	14	19	19	16	16			20
20	Karl Yip	19	8											12
21	Long Mohamad Nor Ariff	17	17	10	EX									10
22	Ryan Liu											8	Ret	9
23	Hugo Hung									14	17	15	14	7
Class B
1	Hua Miao	13	Ret	11	EX	11	10	15	13	12	13	14	13	270
2	Grace Gui	21	16	15	10	13	13	20	14	13	14	Ret	15	227
3	Ryan Liu							13	11	10	12			120
4	Li Wei							16	15	15	18	17	Ret	93
5	Xu Zixuan							17	17	17	15			84
6	Xie Ruilin	10	5											60
7	Allen Wang							18	18	20	Ret			41
8	Dominic Tjia	18	9											39
9	Lin Taian	14	15											37
10	Iori Kimura	22	14											31
11	David Pun	16												17
Pos	Driver	ZIC1		SEP		ZHE		SIC1		SIC2		SIC2		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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

^ "2015 AFR Sporting & Technical Regulations" (PDF). FRD Motorsports. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
^ ""Road to Champion with Renault Sport Formula One Team" Scholarship Programme application available with all AFR Teams!". FRD Motorsports. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

External links

The Official Website for AFR Series

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

[2] ""Road to Champion with Renault Sport Formula One Team" Scholarship Programme application available with all AFR Teams!". FRD Motorsports. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

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