Formula Renault AsiaCup

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The Formula Renault AsiaCup (formerly known as the Asian Formula Renault Challenge and AFR Series) is a Formula Regional championship held in Asia. The series debuted in 2002 and also held the China Formula Renault Challenge.

The series is a part of the Formula Racing Development Limited (FRD) organization managed by Kenneth Ma to promote motorsport in Asia.[1] The FRD also runs the China Formula Campus and Clio Cup China Series.

The cars use Tatuus chassis and 2.0 L Renault Clio engines like other Formula Renault 2.0 series. After several seasons racing on Kumho tires, the series started using Giti tires from 2014.

About

With the aim of providing a budget junior racing series around the Asian region, FRD, with the support of Renault Sport, imported a fleet of Formula Renault 2.0 race cars and first organized the Asian Formula Renault Series in 2000. The series attracted numerous young talents from the region.

From 2002 to 2005, the series held an invitational race during the Macau Grand Prix weekend. Future F1 drivers such as Kamui Kobayashi, Kazuki Nakajima, Bruno Senna and Red Bull Junior Team's Scott Speed all once took part in the event.

The Asian Formula Renault Series changed its name to the Formula Renault AsiaCup, commencing in 2020. Formula Renault AsiaCup aligned with the Formula Renault Eurocup running the Tatuus F3R-Spec car with a Renault engine (Formula Renault FR-19) and the FIA F3/2018 homologated chassis.

Regulation

The main classification was the International Challenge, the winner of which was the overall champion of the series. From 2007 until 2013, Asian drivers also had a parallel category with the Asian Challenge. Another class, for Chinese events only, was the China Formula Renault Challenge, which was an entry-level series intended to reduce the championship cost. All series drivers and teams raced at the same time during the races in China but points were calculated separately.

The cars can be tested outside the race weekend on the Zhuhai International Circuit or Shanghai International Circuit.

The race weekend starts on Thursday and Friday with a 2-hour free practice session but with additional cost for drivers. On Saturday there are two 30 minute practice sessions and 20 minutes of qualifications. A warm-up (15 minutes) occurs on Sunday morning and two 10 lap races are held in the afternoon.

In 2013, the series changed its championship format to 3 classes, "International Class" as the main championship, "Asian Class" for rookie drivers of the region and "Masters Class" for gentlemen drivers who are at the age of 35 or older. The 3 classes have their own drivers' and teams' classifications and championship.[2]

In 2015, the series changed its championship format again due to the introduction of the current FR2.0 car, which debuted in 2013 in the European series.[3] Starting from this season, there are 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.[4]

Only drivers and teams that complete 75% of a race receive points. Points are awarded in each race as follows:

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
Teams' Championship
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Champions

Series Winners

Season International Class Team Champion Asian Class (class B 2015 onward) Team Champion IFC Challenge/Masters Class Team Champion
2002 Template:Flagicon Cheng Congfu Template:Flagicon FRD Team
2003 Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Ávila Template:Flagicon Asia Racing Team
2004 Template:Flagicon Hideaki Nakao Template:Flagicon FRD Team
2005 Template:Flagicon Hanss Lin Template:Flagicon Shangsai FRD Team Template:Flagicon Hanss Lin Template:Flagicon Shangsai FRD Team
2006 Template:Flagicon Pekka Saarinen Template:Flagicon Asia Racing Team Template:Flagicon Alexandre Imperatori Template:Flagicon Shangsai FRD Team
2007 Template:Flagicon Pekka Saarinen Template:Flagicon M3 Racing Team Template:Flagicon Jim Ka To Template:Flagicon M3 Racing Team Template:Flagicon Pekka Saarinen Template:Flagicon M3 Racing Team
2008 Template:Flagicon Jim Ka To Template:Flagicon PS Racing Template:Flagicon Hong-Wei Cao Not Contested Template:Flagicon Christian Chia Not Contested
2009 Template:Flagicon Alon Day Template:Flagicon Asia Racing Team Template:Flagicon Zhi Qiang Zhang Template:Flagicon PTRS Team Not Contested
2010 Template:Flagicon Sandy Nicholas Stuvik Template:Flagicon Asia Racing Team Template:Flagicon Sandy Nicholas Stuvik Template:Flagicon Asia Racing Team Not Contested
2011 Template:Flagicon Leopold Ringbom Template:Flagicon PS Racing Template:Flagicon Yuki Shiraishi Template:Flagicon Champ Motorsport Not Contested
2012 Template:Flagicon Yosuke Yamazaki Template:Flagicon Buzz Racing Not Contested Template:Flagicon Wayne Shen Template:Flagicon Modena Motorsport
2013 Template:Flagicon Julio Acosta Template:Flagicon Champ Motorsport Template:Flagicon Jason Kang Template:Flagicon KRC Template:Flagicon Leo Wong Template:Flagicon Asia Racing Team
2014 Template:Flagicon Alice Powell Template:Flagicon FRD Team Template:Flagicon Qin Tianqi Template:Flagicon Champ Motorsport Template:Flagicon Guillaume Cunnington Template:Flagicon PS Racing
2015 Template:Flagicon Dan Wells Template:Flagicon BlackArts Racing Team Template:Flagicon Andy Zheng Template:Flagicon PS Racing Not Contested
2016 Template:Flagicon Josh Burdon Template:Flagicon BlackArts Racing Team Template:Flagicon Jasper Thong Template:Flagicon Asia Racing Team Not Contested
2017 Template:Flagicon Charles Leong Template:Flagicon BlackArts Racing Team Template:Flagicon Hua Miao Template:Flagicon BlackArts Racing Team Not Contested
2018 Template:Flagicon Daniel Cao Template:Flagicon BlackArts Racing Team Not Contested
2019 Template:Flagicon Joey Alders Template:Flagicon BlackArts Racing Team Not Contested
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
2021 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
2022 Template:Flagicon Gerrard Xie Template:Flagicon H-Star Racing

Macau Asian Formula Renault Challenge Winners

Year Pole Position Winning Drivers Winning Team
2002 Template:Flagicon Jamie Green Template:Flagicon Jamie Green Template:Flagicon Team Meritus[5]
2003 Template:Flagicon Hideki Nadao Template:Flagicon Hideki Nadao Template:Flagicon Shangsai FRD GT TiresTeam[6]
2004 Template:Flagicon Kamui Kobayashi Template:Flagicon Cheong Lou Meng Template:Flagicon Champ Motorsport[7]
2005 Template:Flagicon Luca Persiani Template:Flagicon Hiroyuki Matsumura Template:Flagicon Asia Racing Team[8]

References

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  1. ↑ FRD Motorsports, About us frdsports.com
  2. ↑ 2013 AFR Series Guidelines frdsports.com
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  5. ↑ http://archive.grandprix.gov.mo/gp2002/en/real_result_table.php Results 49th Macau GP
  6. ↑ http://archive.grandprix.gov.mo/mgpc/public_html/gp50/en/index.php?cat=result&race=FRenault_RACE.csv#view Results 50th Macau GP
  7. ↑ http://archive.grandprix.gov.mo/mgpc/public_html/gp51/en/index.php?cat=result&race=renault_r.csv#view Results 51st Macau GP
  8. ↑ http://archive.grandprix.gov.mo/mgpc/public_html/gp52/en/index.php?cat=result&race=Formula_Renault_Race.csv#view Template:Webarchive Results 52nd Macau GP

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