# 2016 Formula Masters China

The 2016 Formula Masters China season is the sixth season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the third under the Formula Masters China branding. The championship began on 21 May at Shanghai in China and will finish on 16 October at Penbay in Taiwan after fifteen races held at five meetings.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
| Cebu Pacific Air by PRT | 1 | Kim Jeong-tae | | All |
| Cebu Pacific Air by PRT | 2 | Nick Rowe | | 1 |
| Cebu Pacific Air by PRT | 3 | "Jeffrey" Ye Junhui | | 1–2 |
| Cebu Pacific Air by PRT | 4 | Thomas Swift | | 2–4 |
| Absolute Racing | 5 | Philip Hamprecht | | All |
| Absolute Racing | 6 | Zheng Shangguan | | All |
| Champ Motorsport | 8 | Hon Chio Leong | | 2 |
| Champ Motorsport | 9 | Xie Ruilin | | 2 |
| DP Motorsport | 8 | Hon Chio Leong | | 4–5 |
| DP Motorsport | 9 | Hu Nan | M | 4, 6 |
| DP Motorsport | 23 | Liu Zexuan | M | 4 |
| DP Motorsport | 68 | Jacques Wang | M | 6 |
| Super License Team | 17 | Hong Shijie | | All |
| Super License Team | 55 | Takashi Hata | M | All |
| Super License Team | 88 | "James" Yu Kuai | | All |
| Super License Team | 91 | Huang Chi | M | 6 |
| Eurasia Motorsport | 24 | Aidan Read | | All |
| Amateur Cup | 9 | Hu Nan | M | 1 |
| Amateur Cup | 12 | Liu Wang | | 2 |
| Amateur Cup | 22 | Huang Hengyi | | 2 |
| Amateur Cup | 37 | Carlo Mantori | M | 1 |
| Amateur Cup | 38 | Philippe Prette | M | 1 |
| Amateur Cup | 39 | James Wong | | 1–2, 4 |
| Amateur Cup | 40 | Patrice Bonzom | M | 1 |
| Amateur Cup | 48 | Angelo Negro | M | 1, 5 |
| Amateur Cup | 99 | Maekkasit Weraporasu | M | 3 |
| Icon | Meaning |
| M | Master class |

## Race calendar and results

A provisional race calendar was released on 3 March 2016. An updated race calendar was released on 1 June 2016, which cancelled the round at Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix. It was announced on 22 July that the Kuala Lumpur round will be replaced by a round at Sepang for the same weekend. After that round in Korea International Circuit was also changed by Sepang Circuit.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | Shanghai International Circuit | 21 May | Nick Rowe | Kim Jeong-tae | Kim Jeong-tae | Cebu Pacific Air by PRT |
| 1 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit | 22 May | | Nick Rowe | Nick Rowe | Cebu Pacific Air by PRT |
| 1 | R3 | Shanghai International Circuit | 22 May | Nick Rowe | Philip Hamprecht | Nick Rowe | Cebu Pacific Air by PRT |
| 2 | R1 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 18 June | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 2 | R2 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 18 June | | Aidan Read | Philip Hamprecht | Absolute Racing |
| 2 | R3 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 19 June | Philip Hamprecht | Zheng Shangguan | Philip Hamprecht | Absolute Racing |
| 3 | R1 | Chang International Circuit | 23 July | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 3 | R2 | Chang International Circuit | 24 July | | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 3 | R3 | Chang International Circuit | 24 July | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Absolute Racing |
| 4 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 13 August | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Absolute Racing |
| 4 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | 13 August | | Philip Hamprecht | Philip Hamprecht | Absolute Racing |
| 4 | R3 | Sepang International Circuit | 14 August | Zheng Shangguan | Zheng Shangguan | Zheng Shangguan | Absolute Racing |
| 5 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 3 September | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 5 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | 4 September | | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 5 | R3 | Sepang International Circuit | 4 September | Philip Hamprecht | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 6 | R1 | Penbay International Circuit | 15 October | Philip Hamprecht | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 6 | R2 | Penbay International Circuit | 16 October | | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |
| 6 | R3 | Penbay International Circuit | 16 October | Philip Hamprecht | Aidan Read | Aidan Read | Eurasia Motorsport |

## Championship standings
### Scoring system

Points for are 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 |

### Drivers' championship

| Pos. | Driver | SHI | SHI | SHI | ZHU | ZHU | ZHU | CHA | CHA | CHA | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP2 | SEP2 | SEP2 | PEN | PEN | PEN | Pts |
| 1 | Philip Hamprecht | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | 224 |
| 2 | Aidan Read | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | DNS | DNS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 186 |
| 3 | Zheng Shangguan | 2 | 10 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 2 | | 3 | 154 |
| 4 | Kim Jeong-tae | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 134 |
| 5 | Yu Kuai | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | 94 |
| 6 | Hong Shijie | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | | 3 | | 64 |
| 7 | Hon Chio Leong | | | | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | | 3 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 3 | | | | 61 |
| 8 | Takashi Hata | Ret | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | | | | 50 |
| 9 | Nick Rowe | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 38 |
| 10 | Ye Junhui | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 34 |
| 11 | Thomas Swift | | | | Ret | 11 | DSQ | 8 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 12 | Angelo Negro | 6 | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | 7 |
| 13 | Carlo Mantori | 9 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 14 | Hu Nan | 13 | 14 | DNS | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | 6 |
| 15 | Xie Ruilin | | | | Ret | DNS | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 16 | Huang Hengyi | | | | 8 | 13 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 17 | James Wong | Ret | NC | NC | 10 | 12 | DNS | | | | 10 | Ret | 10 | | | | | | | 3 |
| 18 | Maekkasit Weraporasu | | | | | | | Ret | 7 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 19 | Liu Zexuan | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 20 | Liu Wang | | | | 9 | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 21 | Patrice Bonzom | 12 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 22 | Philippe Prette | 11 | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | SHI | SHI | SHI | ZHU | ZHU | ZHU | CHA | CHA | CHA | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP2 | SEP2 | SEP2 | PEN | PEN | PEN | 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) |