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 2 December in New Delhi after sixteen races held at six meetings.
Teams and drivers All cars were BMW-engined Mygale FB02 chassis. Guest drivers in italics. Team Driver Class Rounds EuroInternational 1 Nabil Jeffri All 2 Weiron Tan 1–4 Hiqmar Danial 5 Aditya Patel 6 3 Irfan Ilyas 1–4 Akhil Khushlani 5 4 Aston Hare 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 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 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 Earl Bamber 5 Mahara 45 Ollie Millroy 2 79 Charly Bizalion 2 Earl Bamber 3 Karmnder Pal Singh 5 Icon Class Rookie Driver
Race calendar and results The series schedule was released on 2 February 2012. 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 .
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 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 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 PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
References
External links Asian Festival Of Speed