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2008 Formula V6 Asia Championship

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The 2008 Formula V6 Asia season took place in four Asian countries. The season started on May 16–18 in Sepang and ended on November 21–23 in Shanghai.

Drivers and teams

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Team No Driver Rounds
Malaysia Black Tara 3 India Armaan Ebrahim 1–3
8 Singapore Isaiah-Ro Charlez All
Hong Kong Champ Motorsport 4 Taiwan Kevin Chen All
27 France Mathias Beche 2
Macau Michael Ho 4–6
South Korea Team E-Rain 5 South Korea Recardo Bruins 2–3
Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa 4
7 Indonesia Robin Tato All
Malaysia Mahara 18 Japan Katsuhiro Konno 1
Malaysia Team Tarateam 31 Singapore Hafiz Koh All
33 Australia Mark Williamson All
Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus 38 Thailand James Grunwell All
88 New Zealand Earl Bamber 1–4

Race calendar

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Round Location Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Malaysia Sepang, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit May 16–18 Thailand James Grunwell New Zealand Earl Bamber India Armaan Ebrahim Malaysia Black Tara
2 Thailand James Grunwell New Zealand Earl Bamber New Zealand Earl Bamber Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus
3 Malaysia Sepang, Malaysia Sepang International Circuit June 20–22 Thailand James Grunwell India Armaan Ebrahim Thailand James Grunwell Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus
4 Thailand James Grunwell India Armaan Ebrahim Malaysia Black Tara
5 Indonesia Sentul, Indonesia Sentul International Circuit July 18–20 New Zealand Earl Bamber New Zealand Earl Bamber New Zealand Earl Bamber Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus
6 New Zealand Earl Bamber New Zealand Earl Bamber New Zealand Earl Bamber Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus
7 Japan Okayama, Japan Okayama International Circuit October 24–26 New Zealand Earl Bamber New Zealand Earl Bamber New Zealand Earl Bamber Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus
8 New Zealand Earl Bamber New Zealand Earl Bamber Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus
9 China Shanghai, China Shanghai International Circuit November 21–23 Taiwan Kevin Chen Thailand James Grunwell Thailand James Grunwell Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus
10 Taiwan Kevin Chen Thailand James Grunwell Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus
11 Thailand James Grunwell Thailand James Grunwell Malaysia TPC Team QI-Meritus
12 Singapore Isaiah-Ro Charlez Singapore Isaiah-Ro Charlez Malaysia Black Tara

Earl Bamber and Armaan Ebrahim did not participate to the last venue due to their commitment in the Malaysian round in A1 Grand Prix.

Full Series Results

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Points are awarded in both races as following: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 for 9th and 1 bonus points for pole position in the first of the two venue races but only awarded to drivers, not for teams. Only the drivers that achieve races are awarded by points. The team standing is obtained with the best two drivers of each team at each race

Drivers

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Pos[1] Driver MAL1
Malaysia
MAL2
Malaysia
IND
Indonesia
JAP
Japan
CHN
China
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 Thailand James Grunwell 3 3 1 3 2 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 6 133
2 New Zealand Earl Bamber 2 1 7 2 1 1 1 1 105
3 Singapore Isaiah-Ro Charlez 7 2 Ret 4 5 7 3 2 Ret 7 3 1 85
4 Australia Mark Williamson 8 5 4 5 8 8 6 4 5 3 2 3 79
5 Singapore Hafiz Koh 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 4 4 3 3 2 4 5 77
6 Taiwan Kevin Chen 4 4 3 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 2 4 Ret 2 73
7 India Armaan Ebrahim 1 7 2 1 3 8 59
8 Indonesia Robin Tato 5 6 5 6 9 Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 42
9 Macau Michael Ho 5 Ret 4 6 DNS DNS 19
10 South Korea Recardo Bruins Ret Ret 4 5 14
11 Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa DNS 5 6
12 Japan Katsuhiro Konno Ret Ret 0
13 France Mathias Beche Ret Ret 0
Pos[1] Driver MAL1
Malaysia
MAL2
Malaysia
IND
Indonesia
JAP
Japan
CHN
China
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)

Teams

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Pos[1] Team Drivers MAL1
Malaysia
MAL2
Malaysia
IND
Indonesia
JAP
Japan
CHN
China
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 Malaysia The Pizza Company Team QI-Meritus James Grunwell 3 3 1 3* 2 2 2 Ret 1* 1 1* 6 234
Earl Bamber 2* 1* 7 2 1* 1* 1* 1*
2 Malaysia Team TARADTM Mark Williamson 8 5 4 5 6 8 6 4 5 3 2 3 156
Hafiz Koh 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 4 4 3 3 2 4 5
3 Malaysia Black Tara Isaiah-Ro Charlez 7 2 Ret 4 5 7 3 2 Ret 7 3 1* 144
Armaan Ebrahim 1 7 2* 1 3 8
4 Hong Kong Champ Motorsport Kevin Chen 4 4 3 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 2 4* Ret 2 91
Michael Ho 5 Ret 4 6 DNS DNS
Mathias Beche Ret Ret
5 South Korea Team E-Rain Robin Tato 5 6 5 6 9 Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 62
Recardo Bruins Ret Ret 4 5
Dilantha Malagamuwa DNS 5
NC Malaysia Mahara Katsuhiro Konno Ret Ret 0
Pos[1] Team Drivers MAL1
Malaysia
MAL2
Malaysia
IND
Indonesia
JAP
Japan
CHN
China
Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

References

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  1. ^ a b c d FV6Asia Results Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine afos.com
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