# 2015 Formula Masters China

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 |
| Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG | 2 | Nicholas Rowe | All |
| Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG | 3 | Zheng Shangguan | All |
| Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG | 4 | Martin Rump | All |
| Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG | 8 | Bo Yuan | 4-6 |
| Absolute Racing | 5 | Sennan Fielding | 3 |
| Absolute Racing | 5 | Dennis Olsen | 4 |
| Absolute Racing | 5 | Oliver Askew | 5–6 |
| Absolute Racing | 6 | Sun Zheng | 3 |
| Absolute Racing | 6 | Alessio Picariello | 4–6 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 7 | Kim Jeong Tae | 1–4, 6 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 11 | Hua Miao | 1–2 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 19 | Takeru Muratomi | 1 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 24 | Aidan Read | All |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 36 | Sam Lok | 3 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 54 | Sean Hudspeth | 1–5 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 94 | William Lok | 4–5 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 99 | Asuka Muratomi | 1 |
| Meritus.GP | 8 | Bo Yuan | 1–2 |
| Meritus.GP | 16 | Daniel Woodroof | All |
| Meritus.GP | 27 | Jake Parsons | All |
| Meritus.GP | 33 | Tommy Wong | 3 |
| Meritus.GP | 77 | Worawong Komarakul | 1 |
| Dasheng Zheng | 9 | Dasheng Zheng | 2 |
| Super License Team | 17 | Hong Shijie | 2–6 |
| Super License Team | 39 | Tomoki Takahashi | 1–2, 5–6 |
| Super License Team | 55 | Takashi Hata | All |
| Super License Team | 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 | 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 |
| 1 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | 26 April | | Jake Parsons | Jake Parsons | Meritus.GP |
| 1 | R3 | Sepang International Circuit | 26 April | 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 |
| 2 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit | 7 June | | Martin Rump | Martin Rump | Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG |
| 2 | R3 | Shanghai International Circuit | 7 June | 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 |
| 3 | R2 | Penbay International Circuit | 4 July | | Martin Rump | Martin Rump | Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG |
| 3 | R3 | Penbay International Circuit | 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 |
| 4 | R2 | Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit | 8 August | | Martin Rump | Martin Rump | Cebu Pacific Air by KCMG |
| 4 | R3 | Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit | 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 |
| 5 | R2 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 20 September | | Alessio Picariello | Alessio Picariello | Absolute Racing |
| 5 | R3 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 20 September | Alessio Picariello | Martin Rump | Alessio Picariello | Absolute Racing |
| 6 | R1 | Shanghai International Circuit | 17 October | Alessio Picariello | Alessio Picariello | Alessio Picariello | Absolute Racing |
| 6 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit | 18 October | | Alessio Picariello | Alessio Picariello | Absolute Racing |
| 6 | R3 | Shanghai International Circuit | 18 October | Alessio Picariello | Martin Rump | Alessio Picariello | Absolute Racing |

## 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 | SEP | SEP | SEP | SHI | SHI | SHI | PEN | PEN | PEN | KUA | KUA | KUA | ZHU | ZHU | ZHU | SHI | SHI | 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 | SEP | SEP | SHI | SHI | SHI | PEN | PEN | PEN | KUA | KUA | KUA | 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) |

### 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 |