2012 JK Racing Asia Series season

The 2012 JK Racing Asia Series season is 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 will finish on 28 October in New Delhi[1] after sixteen races held at five meetings.

2012 JK Racing Asia Series season
Previous: 2011 Next: none

Teams and drivers
  • All cars are BMW-engined Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics.
Team No. Driver Class 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
Akhil Khushlani 5
4 Aston Hare[5] R 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
Amer Beg 6
11 Aditya Patel[4] 2–3, 5
33 Sean Walkinshaw[4] 2
37 Ashraff Dewal 5–6
49 Akhil Khushlani 4
Eurasia Motorsport 10 Danial Hidzir[4] 1–3
37 Josh Raneri[4] R 1–3
45 Alexis van de Poele 3
SWB Motorsport 24 Tommy Ostgaard 4
27 Jack Dex 4
www.Meritus.GP 29 Akash Nandy 1
38 Aidan Wright[4] R 1–3, 5–6
68 Toby Earle[4] R 1–3, 5
88 Afiq Ikhwan[4] All
95 Ernie van der Walt[4] 2–3
Earl Bamber 5
Mahara 45 Ollie Millroy 2
79 Charly Bizalion 2
Earl Bamber 3
Karmnder Pal Singh 5
Icon Class
R Rookie Driver

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 Singapore Grand Prix.[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 EuroInternational Asian Festival of Speed
R2 Afiq Ikhwan Nabil Jeffri Aston Hare EuroInternational
R3 27 May Aston Hare Nabil Jeffri EuroInternational
R4 Aston Hare Aston Hare EuroInternational
2 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 1 July Afiq Ikhwan Ernie van der Walt Nabil Jeffri EuroInternational Blancpain Endurance Series
R2 Aston Hare Aston Hare Afiq Ikhwan www.Meritus.GP
3 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 27 July Nabil Jeffri Aston Hare Nabil Jeffri EuroInternational Spa 24 Hours
R2 28 July Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan Aston Hare EuroInternational
4 R1 Silverstone Circuit 8 September Afiq Ikhwan Afiq Ikhwan Afiq Ikhwan www.Meritus.GP British GT / British Formula 3
R2 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 Indian Grand Prix
R2 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 Aston Hare Nabil Jeffri Aston Hare EuroInternational
R3 2 December Nabil Jeffri Aston Hare EuroInternational
R4 Nabil Jeffri Aditya Patel EuroInternational

Championship standings
  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP
All Race 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1
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
Mahaveer Raghunathan 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
  1. "JK Racing Asia Series heads to Europe for 2012". JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  2. "Nabil Jeffri aim for Title in JK Racing Asia Series 2012". JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  3. "Weiron Tan confirms 2012 race program". JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  4. "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). 24 Hours of Spa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  5. "Aston Hare joins Eurointernational for JK Racing Asia Series 2012". JK Racing Asia Series. Asian Festival of Speed. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  6. "Silverstone confirmed as third European venue for JK Racing Asia Series". afos.com. Asian Festival of Speed. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

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