2012 JK Racing Asia Series explained

The 2012 JK Racing Asia Series season was the ninth season of the former Formula BMW Pacific series, and the second under its new name of the JK Racing Asia Series. The championship began on 27 May at Sepang and finished on 28 October in New Delhi^[1] after sixteen races held at five meetings.

Teams and drivers

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

Team		Driver	Rounds
EuroInternational	1	Nabil Jeffri^[2]	All
	2	Weiron Tan^[3]	1–4
		Hiqmar Danial	5
		Aditya Patel	6
	3	Irfan Ilyas^[4]	1–4
	3	Akhil Khushlani	5
	4	Aston Hare^[5]	1–3, 5–6
	10	Hiqmar Danial	4
	49	Akhil Khushlani	6
Atlantic Racing Team	5	Raj Bharath	1
	6	Vishnu Prasad	1
	7	Sandeep Kumar	1
	12	Calvin Seibl	1
Meco Racing	5	Raj Bharath	5
	6	Vishnu Prasad	5–6
	14	Chetan Korada	5
	15	Mahaveer Raghunathan	6
	17	Diego Duez	6
	19	Akhil Rabindra	5–6
US Formula Project	9	Chris Vlok	2
	10	Calvin Wong	5
	10	Amer Beg	6
	11	Aditya Patel	2–3, 5
	33	Sean Walkinshaw	2
	37	Ashraff Dewal	5–6
	49	Akhil Khushlani	4
Eurasia Motorsport	10	Danial Hidzir	1–3
	37	Josh Raneri	1–3
	45	Alexis van de Poele	3
SWB Motorsport	24	Tommy Ostgaard	4
SWB Motorsport	27	Jack Dex	4
www.Meritus.GP	29	Akash Nandy	1
	38	Aidan Wright	1–3, 5–6
	68	Toby Earle	1–3, 5
	88	Afiq Ikhwan	All
	95	Ernie van der Walt	2–3
	95	Earl Bamber	5
Mahara	45	Ollie Millroy	2
	79	Charly Bizalion	2
		Earl Bamber	3
		Karmnder Pal Singh	5

Race calendar and results

The series schedule was released on 2 February 2012.^[1] The series visited European circuits for the first time, adding races at Le Castellet and Spa-Francorchamps. On 15 August 2012, it was announced that the series would visit Silverstone for a round supporting the British Formula 3 and British GT championships, instead of being part of the support package for the .^[6]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit	26 May	Nabil Jeffri	Nabil Jeffri	Nabil Jeffri	nowrap	EuroInternational	Asian Festival of Speed
	R2		26 May	Afiq Ikhwan	Nabil Jeffri	Aston Hare	EuroInternational
	R3		27 May		Aston Hare	Nabil Jeffri	EuroInternational
	R4		27 May		Aston Hare	Aston Hare	EuroInternational
2	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	1 July	nowrap	Afiq Ikhwan	nowrap	Ernie van der Walt	Nabil Jeffri	EuroInternational	Blancpain Endurance Series
2	R2	Aston Hare	1 July	Aston Hare	nowrap	Afiq Ikhwan	www.Meritus.GP			Blancpain Endurance Series
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	27 July	Nabil Jeffri	Aston Hare	Nabil Jeffri	EuroInternational	Spa 24 Hours
3	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	28 July	Nabil Jeffri	Weiron Tan	Aston Hare	EuroInternational	Spa 24 Hours
4	R1	Silverstone Circuit	8 September	Afiq Ikhwan	Afiq Ikhwan	Afiq Ikhwan	www.Meritus.GP	British GT / British Formula 3
4	R2	Silverstone Circuit	nowrap	9 September	Afiq Ikhwan	Akhil Khushlani	Afiq Ikhwan	www.Meritus.GP
5	R1	Buddh International Circuit	27 October	Afiq Ikhwan	Aditya Patel	Afiq Ikhwan	www.Meritus.GP
5	R2	Buddh International Circuit	28 October	Nabil Jeffri	Nabil Jeffri	Aston Hare	EuroInternational
6	R1	Buddh International Circuit	1 December	Aston Hare	Aston Hare	Aston Hare	EuroInternational	stand-alone round
	R2		1 December	Aston Hare	Nabil Jeffri	Aston Hare	EuroInternational
	R3		2 December		Nabil Jeffri	Aston Hare	EuroInternational
	R4		2 December		Nabil Jeffri	nowrap	Aditya Patel		EuroInternational

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	SEP				LEC		SPA		SIL		IND		IND				Pts
1	Aston Hare	3	1	2	1	4	3	3	1			5	1	1	1	1	2	236
2	Nabil Jeffri	1	6	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	8	10	7	3	Ret	223
3	Afiq Ikhwan	2	Ret	4	11	9	1	Ret	6	1	1	1	4	3	2	6	Ret	174
4	Aidan Wright	7	4	10	5	7	7	9	5			6	5	5	5	5	3	120
5	Irfan Ilyas	9	3	6	4	5	4	2	4	7	4							93
6	Hiqmar Danial	5	10	3	7	11	14	4	7	3	5	7	3					89
7	Weiron Tan	6	5	13	6	3	8	Ret	3	4	6							67
8	Akash Nandy	4	2	5	3													45
9	Ernie van der Walt					2	5	7	8									34
10	Toby Earle	10	8	11	12	12	11	10	12			9	11					27
11	Josh Raneri	8	7	7	8	Ret	10	8	10									25
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Aditya Patel					8	6	6	9			3	2	4	3	4	1	0
	Akhil Khushlani									8	2	4	7	2	4	2	4	0
	Vishnu Prasad	13	11	12	10							Ret	10	6	6	10	5	0
	Tommy Ostgaard									5	7							0
	Earl Bamber							5	Ret			Ret	Ret					0
	Amer Beg													9	11	8	6	0
	Jack Dex									6	8							0
	Calvin Wong											8	6					0
	Sean Walkinshaw					6	12											0
	Akhil Rabindra											12	13	7	9	7	7	0
	Diego Duez													8	8	11	9	0
	Raj Bharath	11	12	8	9							10	9					0
	Ashraff Dewal											13	14	Ret	10	9	8	0
	Calvin Seibl	12	9	9	Ret													0
	Chris Vlok					10	9											0
														Ret	Ret	12	10	0
	Alexis van de Poele							11	11									0
	Karminder Pal Singh											11	12					0
	Charly Bizalion					13	13											0
	Chetan Korada											14	15					0
	Sandeep Kumar	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS													0
	Ollie Millroy					DNS	DNS											0
Pos	Driver	SEP				LEC		SPA		SIL		IND		IND				Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

Asian Festival Of Speed

Notes and References

News: JK Racing Asia Series heads to Europe for 2012. 3 February 2012. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 9 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304000636/http://afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2367:jk-racing-asia-series-heads-to-europe-for-2012&catid=200:jkras-news-&Itemid=153. 4 March 2012. dead.
News: Nabil Jeffri aim for Title in JK Racing Asia Series 2012. 11 April 2012. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 9 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120626124319/http://afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2433:nabil-jeffri-aim-for-title-in-jk-racing-asia-series-2012&catid=203:main-news&Itemid=79. 26 June 2012. dead.
News: Weiron Tan confirms 2012 race program. 29 March 2012. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 9 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120626134037/http://afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2409:weiron-tan-confirms-2012-race-program&catid=203:main-news&Itemid=79. 26 June 2012. dead.
News: PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST. 24 Hours of Spa. 25 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120722192346/http://www.total24hours.com/total24hours/pdf/entrylist/Entry%20list%20JK%20Racing%2024H%20130712.pdf. 22 July 2012. dead. dmy-all.
News: Aston Hare joins Eurointernational for JK Racing Asia Series 2012. 8 May 2012. JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 9 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154927/http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2486:aston-hare-joins-eurointernational-for-jk-racing-asia-series-2012-&catid=203:main-news&Itemid=79. 2 April 2015. dead.
News: Silverstone confirmed as third European venue for JK Racing Asia Series. 15 August 2012. afos.com. Asian Festival of Speed. 17 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191959/http://afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2765:silverstone-confirmed-as-third-european-venue-for-jk-racing-asia-series&catid=200:jkras-news-&Itemid=153. 4 March 2016. dead.