2017 FRD LMP3 Series

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The 2017 FRD LMP3 Series (Chinese LMP3 Championship) was the inaugural season of the FRD LMP3 Series, the series supported by the ACO attracted some of the best teams in Asia & professional drivers from Europe, Australia and Asia making for a very competitive series. Craft-Bamboo Racing won the teams title after their driver James Winslow won the 2017 driver championship, after victory at Shanghai, Zhuhai, Zhejiang in the Disney-Pixar supported Lightning McQueen Ligier #95 JSP3.

Calendar[edit]

Rnd Circuit Date Pole Position Opening Race Winners Main Race Winners
1 China Zhejiang International Circuit, Zhejiang, China 2 July Hong Kong #33. S&D Motorsports Philippines #3. Eurasia Motorsport Hong Kong #95. Craft-Bamboo Racing
China Ma Qinghua
China Leo Ye
China Martin Cao
Australia Garnet Patterson
United Kingdom James Winslow
Switzerland Mathias Beche
2 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 30 July Hong Kong #95. Craft-Bamboo Racing Hong Kong #95. Craft-Bamboo Racing Hong Kong #17. PTRS
United Kingdom James Winslow
Switzerland Mathias Beche
United Kingdom James Winslow
Switzerland Mathias Beche
New Zealand Andrew Waite
France Yann Clairay
3 China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China 27 August Hong Kong #95. Craft-Bamboo Racing Hong Kong #95. Craft-Bamboo Racing Hong Kong #17. PTRS
United Kingdom James Winslow
Switzerland Mathias Beche
United Kingdom James Winslow
Switzerland Mathias Beche
New Zealand Andrew Waite
France Yann Clairay
4 China Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 17 September Hong Kong #1. FS Sport Racing Hong Kong #95. Craft-Bamboo Racing Hong Kong #18. KCMG
Hong Kong Andy Yan
Colombia Julio Acosta
United Kingdom James Winslow
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Australia Josh Burdon
China Neric Wei

Entry List[edit]

LMP3[edit]

Entrant/Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Hong Kong FS Sport Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 1 Hong Kong Andy Yan 1-3
France Olivier Lombard All
Italy Marco Jacoboni 4
88 Hong Kong Kenneth Ma 3
Hong Kong Aaron Kwok[1] 3
Hong Kong Andy Yan 4
Colombia Julio Acosta 4
Philippines Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 3 China Martin Cao All
Australia Garnet Patterson All
91 Colombia Julio Acosta 1-2
Hong Kong Alex Au 3-4
United Kingdom Dan Wells All
Hong Kong PTRS Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 7 New Zealand Simon Evans All
China Rainey He All
17 New Zealand Andrew Waite All
France Yann Clairay All
Hong Kong KCMG Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 18 China Neric Wei 1-2, 4
China Junjin Pu 3
Australia Josh Burdon All
19 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 3
Japan Ryuji Kumita 3
Netherlands Ate de Jong 4
Japan Masayuki Ueda 4
Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 20 Australia Greg Taylor 1-2, 4
Canada Alex Tagliani[2] 1, 3-4
Italy Marco Bonanomi 2
Australia Dean Koutsoumidis 3
95 Switzerland Mathias Beche 1-3
United Kingdom James Winslow All
Japan Hiroki Yoshida 4
China S&D Motorsports Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 25 Australia Tim Macrow 1-3
Singapore Denis Lian 1
Macau Kevin Tse 2
New Zealand Andre Heimgartner 3
33 China Ma Qinghua All
China Leo Ye 1, 3
France Nathan Bihel 2
Australia Tim Macrow 4
China Jackie Chan DC Racing Team Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 38 Angola Ricardo Teixeira 1
Hong Kong Edgar Lau 1
Japan B-Max Racing Team Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 50 Japan Ryuji Kumita 4
Japan Daiki Sasaki 4


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Aaron Kwok confirms FS Sport Racing Team to join FRD LMP3 Series". frdsports.com. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Tagliani to race Ligier LMP3 in China". Racer. 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

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