# 2015 Asian Formula Renault Series

The 2015 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) was the 16th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season saw the introduction of the current 2013-spec FR2.0 car, which raced alongside the old-spec FR2.0 cars.
Starting this 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. The season began on 20 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and ended on 11 October at the Shanghai International Circuit after six double-header events. Three of them were based at Zhuhai, where AFR joined Pan Delta Racing Festival, two of them took place at Shanghai, with the other round being held at Sepang in Malaysia.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver name | Class | Rounds |
| S&D Motorsports | 2 | Najiy Ayyad bin Abd Razak | A | All |
| S&D Motorsports | 14 | Umar bin Abdul Rahman | A | All |
| Asia Racing Team | 3 | Ni Weiliang | A | All |
| Asia Racing Team | 8 | Darma Hutomo | A | All |
| Asia Racing Team | 11 | Pu Jun Jin | A | 1–3 |
| Asia Racing Team | 17 | James Runacres | B | All |
| Asia Racing Team | 21 | Liu Kai | A | 3 |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 5 | Liang Jia Tong | B | 5–6 |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 9 | Thomas Lüdi | A | 2–3, 5–6 |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 16 | Dan Wells | A | All |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 66 | Maxx Ebenal | A | All |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 82 | Leo Wong | A | 4 |
| Champ Motorsport | 6 | Xie Ruilin | B | 3 |
| KCMG | 10 | Alan Lee | A | 6 |
| KCMG | 29 | Garnet Patterson | A | 1–5 |
| KRC Racing | 15 | Alex Yang | A | 5 |
| KRC Racing | 47 | Andy Zheng | B | 1–2, 4–6 |
| KRC Racing | 67 | Jason Kang | B | 5 |
| KRC Racing | 90 | Wei Lu | B | 6 |
| KRC Racing | 99 | Min Heng | B | 3 |
| Heart Forex Buzz Racing | 18 | Shigetomo Shimono | B | 3 |
| Sniper Capital Racing | 26 | Filipe Clemente de Souza | B | 6 |
| Sniper Capital Racing | 28 | João Carlos Afonso | B | 6 |
| PS Racing | 36 | David Lau | B | 4 |
| PS Racing | 52 | Thomas Swift | B | All |
| PS Racing | 61 | Guillaume Cunnington | B | 6 |
| PS Racing | 64 | Neric Wei | B | 5 |
| PS Racing | 68 | Sébastien Mailleux | B | All |
| PS Racing | 69 | Markus Engel | B | 1 |
| guest drivers ineligbile to score points |||||
| Individual entries | 7 | Michael Choi | B | 1 |
| Individual entries | 22 | Terence Tse | B | 4 |
| Individual entries | 33 | Samson Chan | B | 1 |
| Individual entries | 41 | Sky Ling | B | 3 |
| Icon | Class |
| A | Class A |
| B | Class B |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Overall Winner | Class A Winner | Class B Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong) | 21 March | Darma Hutomo | Darma Hutomo | Maxx Ebenal | Maxx Ebenal | Andy Zheng |
| 1 | R2 | Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong) | 22 March | Maxx Ebenal | Maxx Ebenal | Maxx Ebenal | Maxx Ebenal | Andy Zheng |
| 2 | R3 | Sepang International Circuit (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) | 25 April | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Andy Zheng |
| 2 | R4 | Sepang International Circuit (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) | 26 April | Darma Hutomo | Pu Jun Jin | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Andy Zheng |
| 3 | R5 | Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong) | 20 June | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Shigetomo Shimono |
| 3 | R6 | Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong) | 21 June | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Shigetomo Shimono |
| 4 | R7 | Shanghai International Circuit (Shanghai) | 11 July | Maxx Ebenal | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Andy Zheng |
| 4 | R8 | Shanghai International Circuit (Shanghai) | 12 July | Maxx Ebenal | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Andy Zheng |
| 5 | R9 | Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong) | 19 September | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Jason Kang |
| 5 | R10 | Zhuhai International Circuit (Zhuhai, Guangdong) | 20 September | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Andy Zheng |
| 6 | R11 | Shanghai International Circuit (Shanghai) | 10 October | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Wei Lu |
| 6 | R12 | Shanghai International Circuit (Shanghai) | 11 October | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Dan Wells | Wei Lu |

## 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 | ZIC1 | SEP | SEP | ZIC2 | ZIC2 | SIC1 | SIC1 | ZIC3 | ZIC3 | SIC2 | SIC2 | Pts |
| Class A |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Dan Wells | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 330 |
| 2 | Garnet Patterson | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | 223 |
| 3 | Maxx Ebenal | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | DSQ | 3 | 2 | 191 |
| 4 | Najiy Ayyad bin Abd Razak | 4 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 185 |
| 5 | Darma Hutomo | 2 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 12 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 184 |
| 6 | Ni Weiliang | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 152 |
| 7 | Umar bin Abdul Rahman | 15 | 10 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 118 |
| 8 | Pu Jun Jin | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 89 |
| 9 | Thomas Lüdi | | | 12 | 6 | Ret | 7 | | | 6 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 78 |
| guest drivers ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||
| | Leo Wong | | | | | | | 5 | 4 | | | | | 0 |
| | Alex Yang | | | | | | | | | 14 | 8 | | | 0 |
| | Liu Kai | | | | | 14 | 9 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Alan Lee | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 11 | 0 |
| Class B |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Andy Zheng | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | 6 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 8 | 270 |
| 2 | James Runacres | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 254 |
| 3 | Sébastien Mailleux | 14 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 243 |
| 4 | Thomas Swift | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 237 |
| guest drivers ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||
| | Markus Engel | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Wei Lu | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| | Shigetomo Shimono | | | | | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Neric Wei | | | | | | | | | Ret | 7 | | | 0 |
| | Jason Kang | | | | | | | | | 8 | 10 | | | 0 |
| | David Lau | | | | | | | 10 | 8 | | | | | 0 |
| | Sky Ling | | | | | 8 | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Liang Jia Tong | | | | | | | | | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| | Terence Tse | | | | | | | 12 | 9 | | | | | 0 |
| | Min Heng | | | | | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Filipe Clemente de Souza | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| | Xie Ruilin | | | | | 11 | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Samson Chan | 12 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Michael Choi | 13 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | João Carlos Afonso | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 14 | 0 |
| | Guillaume Cunnington | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | ZIC1 | ZIC1 | SEP | SEP | ZIC2 | ZIC2 | SIC1 | SIC1 | ZIC3 | ZIC3 | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |