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The 2017 Formula Masters Series season was the seventh and final season of the Formula Pilota China series, and the first under the Formula Masters Series branding.^[1] The championship began on 8 April at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and finished on 24 September at the Shanghai International Circuit in China, after eighteen races held at five meetings.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Absolute Racing	5	“James” Yu Kuai		All
	9	Manuel Cabrera		All
	27	Arvin Esmaeili		All
	55	“Daniel” Lu Wenlong		All
Super License Team	6	Tomoki Takahashi		2–5
Super License Team	7	Takashi Hata	M	1
Linky Racing	8	Hu Nan	M	All
	14	Zhang Yaqi	M	All
	44	Luo Kailuo		All
Cebu Pacific Air by PRT	11	Taylor Cockerton		All
	12	Ben Grimes		All
	13	Antolín González		1–3
	17	“Billy” Zheng Jiannian		5
Eurasia Racing	19	Isyraf Danish		1–2
	20	Angie King	M	3
	20	Nazim Azman		4
	23	Liu Zexuan	M	3
	66	Danial Frost		All
	96	Kurt Hill		All

Icon	Meaning
M	Master class

Race calendar and results

The definitive race calendar was confirmed on 6 April 2017.^[1] As per the regulations, each round will have two to three 25-minute races and one shorter 15-minute race, with a different set of points awarded for each format.^[2] Races denoted with a blue background are 15-minute races.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit	8 April	Danial Frost	Isyraf Danish	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R2		8 April	Isyraf Danish	Taylor Cockerton	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R3		9 April	Taylor Cockerton	Daniel Lu	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R4		9 April	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	6 May	James Yu	Kurt Hill	James Yu	Absolute Racing
	R2		6 May	Kurt Hill	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R3		7 May	James Yu	James Yu	James Yu	Absolute Racing
	R4		7 May	James Yu	James Yu	James Yu	Absolute Racing
3	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit	17 June	Taylor Cockerton	Danial Frost	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R2		18 June	Danial Frost	Danial Frost	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R3		18 June	Danial Frost	Arvin Esmaeili	Arvin Esmaeili	Absolute Racing
4	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit	29 July	James Yu	Danial Frost	James Yu	Absolute Racing
	R2		29 July	Danial Frost	Daniel Lu	Danial Frost	Eurasia Racing
	R3		30 July	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
5	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	23 September	Daniel Lu	Taylor Cockerton	Daniel Lu	Absolute Racing
	R2		23 September	Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R3		24 September	James Yu	Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT
	R4		24 September	Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Taylor Cockerton	Cebu Pacific Air by PRT

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points for are awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP
25-minute races	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1
15-minute races	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	0		1

Drivers’ championship

Pos.	Driver	SEP1				SEP2				ZIC1			ZIC2			SIC				Pts
1	Taylor Cockerton	Ret	3	1	3	2	2	5	2	2	1	4	2	5	2	4	1	1	1	221
2	Daniel Lu	1	1	3	1	8	1	4	3	1	Ret	2	10	2	1	1	4	4	5	218
3	Danial Frost	2	4	2	2	3	5	2	5	Ret	6	DNS	6	1	5	3	3	3	3	166
4	James Yu	Ret	5	4	4	1	3	1	1	Ret	Ret	7	1	4	6	10†	DNS	8	8	139
5	Tomoki Takahashi					10	6	3	DNS	3	2	6	3	DNS	7	2	2	2	2	115
6	Arvin Esmaeili	3	2	Ret	8	6	7	6	9	5	5	1	7	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	7	90
7	Kurt Hill	7	8	Ret	6	4	4	10	Ret	6	3	3	8	7	4	9	Ret	6	9	82
8	Ben Grimes	5	6	7	Ret	7	13	9	12	7	7	5	4	3	3	5	Ret	10	11	75
9	Manuel Cabrera	6	10	6	10	5	8	8	6	9	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	6	8	5	6	66
10	Luo Kailuo	8	12	5	Ret	9	9	11	8	4	Ret	DNS	9	DNS	9	Ret	5	7	4	44
11	Antolín González	4	7	11	5	Ret	11	13	10	10	9	8								27
12	Isyraf Danish	9	9	9	7	12	Ret	7	4											23
13	Zhang Yaqi	11	13	8	9	11	10	12	7	8	8	DNS	Ret	9	10	Ret	DNS	9	10	15
14	Billy Zheng															7	7	11	DSQ	6
15	Nazim Azman												Ret	8	8					4
16	Hu Nan	12	14	10	11	Ret	12	Ret	11	Ret	11	10	11	10	11	8	9	12	12	4
17	Liu Zexuan									11	12	9								2
18	Takashi Hata	10	11	DNS	DNS															1
19	Angie King									Ret	10	11								0
Pos.	Driver	SEP1				SEP2				ZIC1			ZIC2			SIC				Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (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
† – Retired, but classified

References

^ ^a ^b ^c “Grand opening of Formula Masters Series 7th season”. Formula Masters Series. April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
^ “2017 Formula Masters Series – Spòrting & Technical Regulations” (PDF). Formula Masters Series. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

External links

Official website

[rdp-we-cite_note-NameCalendar-1] “Grand opening of Formula Masters Series 7th season”. Formula Masters Series. April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

[rdp-we-cite_note-Regulations-2] “2017 Formula Masters Series – Spòrting & Technical Regulations” (PDF). Formula Masters Series. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

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