2011 JK Racing Asia Series explained

The 2011 JK Racing Asia Series was the first season of the rebranded Formula BMW Pacific Series, which ran for seven seasons in Asia. The championship began on 9 April in Sepang and was scheduled to finish on 30 October in India^[1] after eighteen races held at six meetings. However, due to unexpected cancellations, the final meeting was held on 4 December in Sepang.^[2]

Nine teams fielded 28 full-time and guest drivers during the tour.

Austrian rookie Lucas Auer, the nephew of Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger became the 2011 JK Racing Asia Series Driver Champion with 292 points after scoring 17 podium finishes from 18 races with 7 wins. His nearest competitor, Afiq Ikhwan, took 10 wins during the whole season, equalling the record previously set by Jazeman Jaafar,^[3] but only managed second overall with 285 points.

Lucas Auer was also crowned the JK Racing Asia Series Rookie of the Year 2011 for finishing the season as the rookie with the most points. After collecting 2 points for taking 2 pole positions in India, Auer made his lead in the rookie standings unassailable, thus deciding the rookie title with 6 races to go.^[4] His nearest challenger, Irfan Ilyas from Petronas Mofaz Racing Team managed 135 points from the whole season.

Auer's consistent podium finishes also resulted in his team Eurointernational being crowned the JK Racing Asia Series Team Trophy Winners 2011 with 574 points.

Teams and drivers

• All cars are BMW-engined Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.

Team No Driver Class Rounds Eurasia Motorsport^[5] 3 Pasin Lathouras^[6] 1–5 22 Daniel Cammish^[7] 6 23 Aaron Chang^[8] All 45 Duvashen Padayachee^[9] 1–5 73 Natasha Seatter^[10] All Petronas Mofaz Racing 5 Irfan Ilyas^[11] All 6 Freddie Ang^[12] All 7 Nabil Jeffri All 8 Hiqmar Danial All Meco Racing^[13] 9 Rahil Noorani 5 15 Shashank Ravishankar 5 18 Mohit Ahuja 5 42 Sarosh Hataria 5 Atlantic Racing Team 10 Dylan Young 1, 4 12 Calvin Seibl 4, 6 69 Jimmy Antunes^[14] 1–2 EuroInternational 2 Wei Ron Tan 6 11 Lucas Auer All 12 Calvin Seibl 1–2 30 Lorenzo Camplese 5 Meco's Ministry of Speed 24 Vishnu Prasad 5 80 Sandeep Kumar 5 www.Meritus.GP 28 Akhil Khushlani 5 38 Akash Nandy^[15] All 58 Raj Bharath^[16] All 78 Andrey Khrapov 1–2 88 Afiq Ikhwan Yazid^[17] All E-Rain Racing 61 Ju Won Seo 1 Mahara 68 Natalia Freidina 1

Race calendar and results

The series' provisional schedule was released on 11 February 2011.^[1] Latterly, the round scheduled for the Korea International Circuit on 6–8 May was moved to Guangdong on 13–14 August.^[18] The Guangdong round was later cancelled due to a typhoon,^[19] and was scheduled to be replaced with an additional round at the Buddh International Circuit on 25–27 November.^[20] However, the final meet was moved to the Sepang International Circuit after the Buddh International Circuit had to be closed for maintenance work.^[2]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit	9 April	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Nabil Jeffri	nowrap	Petronas Mofaz Racing
	R2	10 April	Lucas Auer	Nabil Jeffri	Lucas Auer	EuroInternational
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	28 May	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	EuroInternational	Asian Festival of Speed
	R2			Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	EuroInternational
	R3		29 May		Jimmy Antunes	Lucas Auer	EuroInternational
	R4				Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	EuroInternational
3	R1	Sentul International Circuit	23 July	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	www.Meritus.GP	Asian Festival of Speed
	R2			Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	www.Meritus.GP
	R3		24 July		Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	www.Meritus.GP
	R4				Lucas Auer	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	www.Meritus.GP
4	R1	Marina Bay Street Circuit	nowrap	24 September	nowrap	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Lucas Auer	nowrap	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	nowrap	www.Meritus.GP
	R2		25 September	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Lucas Auer	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	www.Meritus.GP
5	R1	Buddh International Circuit	29 October	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	EuroInternational
	R2	30 October	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	Lucas Auer	EuroInternational
6	R1	Sepang International Circuit	2 December	nowrap	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	nowrap	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	nowrap	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	nowrap	www.Meritus.GP	Sepang 1000KM
	R2	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid		Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	www.Meritus.GP
	R3	3 December		Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	www.Meritus.GP
	R4			Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	Afiq Ikhwan Yazid	www.Meritus.GP

Standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Pos Driver SEP SEP SEN SIN IND SEP Pts 1 Lucas Auer 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 9 1 1 2 2 2 3 292 2 align=left nowrap Afiq Ikhwan Yazid 2 2 3 Ret 3 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 1 1 1 1 285 3 Nabil Jeffri 1 3 8 5 4 3 3 5 4 Ret 3 2 3 5 Ret 3 3 2 186 4 Irfan Ilyas 11 6 2 2 2 2 Ret DNS 9 Ret Ret Ret 4 3 3 5 4 6 135 5 align=left nowrap Duvashen Padayachee 5 7 5 4 Ret Ret 5 7 5 4 4 3 5 6 100 6 Freddie Ang 14 8 13 11 7 11 4 6 3 6 6 4 9 11 7 8 6 7 97 7 Akash Nandy 12 9 Ret 3 13 5 11 3 6 3 5 Ret 13 7 5 7 7 Ret 91 8 Hiqmar Danial 6 4 4 Ret 5 Ret 10 4 7 5 7 Ret 11 12 10 12 8 11 77 9 Aaron Chang 4 5 9 10 6 8 6 10 11 7 Ret DNS 7 8 9 Ret 9 8 67 10 Natasha Seatter 7 11 11 12 8 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret 9 5 15 14 8 10 10 9 40 11 Pasin Lathouras 8 16 10 8 9 10 8 9 10 8 10 8 14 13 25 12 Jimmy Antunes 9 17 6 7 11 4 22 13 Raj Bharath 16 12 12 9 12 Ret 9 11 8 Ret Ret 7 12 15 11 11 11 10 22 14 Andrey Khrapov 13 10 7 6 10 9 15 15 Dylan Young 15 13 8 6 9 guest drivers ineligible for points Lorenzo Camplese 2 4 0 Daniel Cammish 4 6 5 4 0 Wei Ron Tan 6 4 12 5 0 Akhil Khushlani 6 9 0 Calvin Seibl 10 15 DNS Ret Ret 7 11 Ret 12 9 DNS Ret 0 Vishnu Prasad 8 10 0 Ju Won Seo 17 14 0 Rahil Noorani 16 17 0 Sarosh Hataria DSQ 16 0 Shashank Ravishankar 17 20 0 Mohit Ahuja 18 19 0 Natalia Freidina 18 Ret 0 Sandeep Kumar Ret 18 0 Pos Driver SEP SEP SEN SIN IND SEP Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

• Points were awarded on the same basis (excluding pole points) as the drivers' championship, but only to a team's first two cars at the end of the race. If a team was running just one car at a meeting, their points were doubled.

Pos	Team	SEP		SEP				SEN				SIN		BUD		SEP				Pts
1	Eurointernational	24	40	40	40	40	40	30	30	30	30	30	6	40	40	30	30	30	24	574
2	align=left	www.Meritus.GP	18	19	16	18	16	14	24	32	26	32	28	24	10	21	30	28	28	24	408
3	Petronas Mofaz Racing	26	22	25	23	25	27	22	18	22	14	18	25	27	22	20	22	22	25	405
4	Eurasia Motorsport	18	14	11	13	14	7	14	10	12	14	13	20	18	12	10	6	10	14	230
5	Atlantic Racing Team	4	5	12	8	6	20					8	12							75
-	Meco Racing																			0
-	Meco's Ministry of Speed																			0
-	E-Rain Racing																			0
-	Mahara																			0

External links

• Asian Festival Of Speed

Notes and References

1. News: JK Tyre announces JK Racing Asia series. https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102911/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-11/racing/28547361_1_raghupati-singhania-series-features-drivers. dead. 3 May 2012. 11 February 2011. The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 8 April 2011.
2. News: Sepang will now host JK Racing Asia Series Season Finale. 11 November 2011. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 11 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120210101503/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1513:sepang-will-now-host-jk-racing-asia-series-season-finale&catid=115:main-news&Itemid=79. 10 February 2012. dead.
3. News: Jazeman makes racing history . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622002647/http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F11%2F5%2Fsports%2F20071105114218&sec=sports . dead . 22 June 2011 . Lim . Teik Huat . The Star . Star Publications (M) Bhd . 5 November 2007 . 21 December 2011 .
4. News: Khuslani back with a bang. Austrian Auer bags rookie cup. 29 October 2011. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 21 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120504041149/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1494:khushlani-back-with-a-bang-austrian-auer-bags-rookie-cup&catid=101:fpacific-news&Itemid=153. 4 May 2012. dead.
5. News: JK Racing Asia Series Driver Lineup and Mentor Announced. 6 April 2011. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 8 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125316/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1001:jk-racing-asia-series-driver-lineup-and-mentor-announced&catid=101:fpacific-news&Itemid=153. 19 July 2011. dead.
6. News: Lathouras switches to Eurasia for JK Asia Series. motorstv.com. Motors TV. Andy. Wilkinson. 15 February 2011. 8 April 2011.
7. News: Final battle for JK Racing Asia Series' first Champion. 3 December 2011. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 4 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120229175021/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1559:final-battle-for-jk-racing-asia-series-first-champion-&catid=115:main-news&Itemid=79. 29 February 2012. dead.
8. News: Aaron Chang completes Eurasia JK Racing Asia Series line up. eurasiamotorsport.com. Eurasia Motorsport. 16 March 2011. 8 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007061533/http://www.eurasiamotorsport.com/news/index.php/2011/03/aaron-chang-completes-eurasia-jk-racing-asia-series-line-up/. 7 October 2011. dead. dmy-all.
9. News: Padayachee re-signs with Eurasia. motorstv.com. Motors TV. Andy. Wilkinson. 7 March 2011. 8 April 2011.
10. News: Seatter switches to Eurasia for JK Racing Asia Series. motorstv.com. Motors TV. Andy. Wilkinson. 2 March 2011. 8 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319005704/http://www.motorstv.com/car/others/asian-festival-of-speed/02032011/seatter-switches-eurasia-jk-racing-asia-series. 19 March 2012. dead. dmy-all.
11. News: One Second Separates Top Eight in JK Racing Asia Series Qualifying. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 8 April 2011. 9 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125408/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1027:one-second-separates-top-eight-in-jk-racing-asia-series-qualifying&catid=101:fpacific-news&Itemid=153. 19 July 2011. dead.
12. News: JKRAS Drivers. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 8 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811052548/http://afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=103&Itemid=114. 11 August 2011. dead. dmy-all.
13. News: Seven Indian drivers joining JK Racing Asia Series. 28 October 2011. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 29 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120204222405/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1483:seven-indian-drivers-joining-jk-racing-asia-series&catid=115:main-news&Itemid=79. 4 February 2012. dead.
14. News: Antunes signs with Atlantic Racing. motorstv.com. Motors TV. Tom. Hornsby. 2 February 2011. 8 April 2011.
15. News: Nandy joins Meritus for JK Racing Asia Series. motorstv.com. Motors TV. Tom. Hornsby. 6 April 2011. 8 April 2011.
16. News: 16-year-old from Bangalore is the only Indian Driver in the series. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 30 March 2011. 8 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125332/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=991:16-yr-old-from-bangalore-is-the-only-indian-driver-in-the-series&catid=101:fpacific-news&Itemid=153. 19 July 2011. dead.
17. News: Ikhwan completes Meritus JK Racing Asia Series line up. motorstv.com. Motors TV. Andy. Wilkinson. 25 March 2011. 8 April 2011.
18. News: Racing Asia: Korea Event Canceled. 3 March 2011. eFormulaCarNews. Holbi. 7 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006103447/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=8501. 6 October 2011. dead.
19. News: JK Racing Asia Series in Guangdong to be replaced. 7 August 2011. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 18 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120329061454/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1337:jk-racing-asia-series-in-guangdong-to-be-replaced&catid=101:fpacific-news&Itemid=153. 29 March 2012. dead.
20. News: Spectacular JK Racing Asia Series Season Finale to replace Guangdong event. 21 September 2011. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 21 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120329061505/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1404:spectacular-jk-racing-asia-series-season-finale-to-replace-guangdong-event&catid=101:fpacific-news&Itemid=153. 29 March 2012. dead.