2018 Asian Formula Renault Series

The 2018 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) is the 19th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season will begin on 17 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and will end after six double-header events.^[1]

Starting from 2015, drivers and teams compete in two classes, Pro (Class A) for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Elite (Class B) for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars.^[2]

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.^[3]

By virtue of a 67 point lead in the 2018 Team Championship at the conclusion of Race Two in Sepang on August 26, BlackArts Racing Team won the Team Championship for the 4th consecutive year in the Asia Formula Renault Series, with one round remaining.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Class	Rounds
Asia Racing Team	1	Perdana Putra Minang	P	1–2
	3	Ni Weiliang	P	1–2
	5	Keanon Santoso	P	2
	11	Akmal Ashibli	E	1
Wu Racing	4	Jimmy Cheung	E	1
BlackArts Racing Team	9	Thomas Lüdi	P	1–2
	19	Ryan Liu	P	1–2
	51	Oscar Lee	E	1
	55	Daniel Cao	P	1–2
	66	Eric Sun	E	1–2
	69	Matteo Radicioni	E	1
	88	Antolín González	P	1–2
	91	David Pun	P	1–2
Spirit-Z Racing	16	Rocky Chan	E	2
KRC Racing	17	Stephen Hong	P	1–2
KRC Racing	22	Peter Liao	P	1–2
Eurasia Motorsport	20	Daniel Julián Miranda	P	1–2
	30	Eshan Pieris	P	1
	96	Kurt Hill	P	1–2
PS Racing	18	Neric Wei	P	2
	26	David Lau	E	1
	27	Louis Prette	P	1
S&D Motorsports	44	Luo Kailuo	P	1–2
S&D Motorsports	99	Hugo Hung	P	1–2

Icon	Class
P	Pro
E	Elite

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2018 season was published on 9 November 2017.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	17 March	Antolín González	Antolín González	Antolín González	BlackArts Racing Team	Akmal Ashibli
1	R2	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	18 March	Louis Prette	Kurt Hill	Perdana Putra Minang	Asia Racing Team	Eric Sun
2	R3	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	29 April	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team	Eric Sun
2	R4	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	29 April	Daniel Cao	Luo Kailuo	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team	Eric Sun
3	R5	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	26 May	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Luo KaiLuo	S&D Motorsports
3	R6	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	27 May	Daniel Cao	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	Asia Racing Team
4	R7	Zhuhai International Circuit	16 June	Charles Leong	Perdana Putra Minang	Charles Leong	Asia Racing Team
4	R8	Zhuhai International Circuit	17 June	Charles Leong	Daniel Cao	Charles Leong	Asia Racing Team
5	R9	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	25 August	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
5	R10	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	26 August	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
6	R11	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	29 September	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
6	R12	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	30 September	Daniel Cao	Antolín González	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Drivers in Pro and Elite classes 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	ZIC		SIC		NIS		ZIC		SEP		SEP	Pts
Pro
1	Daniel Cao	20	0	30	30	24	20	15	20	30	30		219
2	Luo Kai Luo	24	24	17	1	30	15	20	17	24	17		189
3	Antolín González	30	Ret	15	24	11	17	17	24	20	24		182
4	Perdana Putra Minang	Ret	30	24	17	20	24	24	15	DNS	DNS		154
5	Daniel Julian Miranda	4	7	20	15	0	11	11	0	15	15		98
6	Charles Leong	0	0	0	0	Ret	30	30	30	0	0		90
7	David Pun	11	15	5	11	17	7	0	11	0	9		86
8	Kurt Hill	15	20	13	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	DNS	DNS		81
9	Eshan Pieris	5	0	0	0	0	13	13	0	17	20		68
10	Peter Liao	7	11	9	7	15	9	9	0	0	0		67
11	Stephen Hong	0	9	11	13	0	0	0	0	0	11		44
12	Thomas Lüdi	9	5	2	1	13	5	7	0	0	1		43
13	Hugo Hung	2	4	0	4	9	3	3	9	7	0		41
14	Ryan Liu	13	17	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		39
15	Keanon Santoso	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	13	13		31
Elite
1	Akmal Ashibli	14	13										54
2	Eric Sun	16	12										50
3	Jimmy Cheung	15	14										44
4	Matteo Radicioni	17	17										30
5	Oscar Lee	Ret	15										17
6	David Lau	Ret	16										15
Pos	Driver	ZIC		SIC		NIS		ZIC		SEP		SEP	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

^ ^a ^b "Asian Formula Renault grows with more race time in 2018". FRD Motorsports. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
^ "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

[Calendar-1] "Asian Formula Renault grows with more race time in 2018". FRD Motorsports. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

[2] "2015 AFR Sporting & Technical Regulations" (PDF). FRD Motorsports. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

[3] ""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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