2014 Clio Cup China Series Explained

The 2014 Clio Cup China Series was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across China and South-East Asia. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing drivers and gentlemen drivers in the region, competing in a Clio Renault Sport 200 that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2014 season was the sixth Clio Cup China Series season. The season started on 22 March at Zhuhai International Circuit and concluded on 28 September at Shanghai International Circuit after ten races held at five meetings. In addition, the series went for the first time to the Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. To add more excitement to the races, the series invited several celebrity drivers to take part including Hong Kong TV and movie star Alex Fong (方中信) and model Jacquelin Ch'ng (莊思敏).[1]

South Africa's Naomi Schiff dominated the series, taking seven overall wins along with a further class win in the final round at Shanghai. Schiff won the championship by 135 points from Kenneth Ma, who did not finish better than third in any of the 10 races. Yang Xu finished a further 33 points behind in third place, having taken four successive second place finishes at the end of the season. The season's other winners were Eric Lo at the opening round in Zhuhai, and Byron Tong, who won at the second Zhuhai meeting. Lin Li Feng also won on a guest appearance at the Shanghai finale, but was ineligible to score drivers' championship points. With very few drivers competing in the whole season in Class B, Huang Yi was the winner of the championship.

Teams and drivers

A = Class AB = Class B
DriversClassRounds
2 Kenneth LauA1
3 Eric LoA1–2
5 Alan LeeA1, 3
6 Cary YauB1–3
9 Alex FongB1–3
10 Byron TongA3
11 Chin Ka-lokA1, 3, 5
12 Yang Zi YiB4
13 Kenneth MaAAll
16 Song BoB2–5
18 Naomi SchiffAAll
20 Chen Wei AnA3
align=center rowspan=222 Yu Kam CheongA1, 3, 5
Zhu Jun HanB4
23 Huang YiBAll
26 Gerard YapB2
27 Paul PoonA2
29 Samson FungA2
33 Benson WongB1
36 Han Zhen LinB4
50 Yang XuAAll
59 Hu Cheng WeiBAll
66 Ye Xing PingBAll
68 Lin Li FengA5
77 Zhou BingB4
89 Jacquelin Ch'ngBAll
99 Tsang Ho KwanB1

Race calendar and results

RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driver
1R1 Zhuhai International Circuit22 March Naomi Schiff Eric Lo Eric Lo
R223 March Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff
2R3 Sepang International Circuit10 May Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff
R411 May Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff
3R5 Zhuhai International Circuit14 June Chen Wei An Byron Tong Naomi Schiff
R615 June Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff Byron Tong
4R7 Chengdu Goldenport Circuit6 September Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff
R87 September Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff
5R9 Shanghai International Circuit27 September Lin Li Feng Naomi Schiff Lin Li Feng
R1028 September Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff Naomi Schiff

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Star drivers to kick start Clio Cup China in Zhuhai- News center -Zhuhai Formula Racing Development.