Mathéo Tuscher wins the Title!

Mathéo Tuscher took yet another race win in the Formula Pilota China Series this weekend, the series this time appearing as part of the WTCC World Touring Car Championship meeting at Shanghai, on the 3.3k permanent Tianma circuit in the Sheshan Songjiang district. With ten races run in the twelve race series, Mathéo was crowned champion this weekend. He leads the series with 154 points over the more experienced Luis Sá Silva (110 points) and Dustin Sofyan (95 points), while Samín Gómez is 11th with 18 points. With a maximum of 40 points still up for grabs, Mathéo cannot now be caught by anybody.
The rules are very similar to the Italian Formula Abarth series, with one qualifying session and two races each weekend. The grid for the second race is formed based on the fastest lap set by each driver in race one.

Qualifying session

Rain seemed to be imminent, so everybody took to the track immediately the lights went green. They were right; rain set in during the last ten minutes of the session, and no one was able to improve after that. This time there was a total of 17 cars entered.

Race One Grid
1^st	Lorenzo Camplese (I)	59.957	Eurointernational
2^nd	Mathéo Tuscher (CZ)	1:00.279	Jenzer Welch Asia Racing
3^rd	Riccardo Agostini (I)	1:00.323	JD Motorsport
9^th	Samín Gómez (Ven)	1:00.940	Jenzer Welch Asia Racing

Race One

Light rain was falling as the race started, but the track was still dry, so everybody chose slick tyres. Mathéo made a good start, claiming the lead at the first corner. Samín, meanwhile, had to take avoiding action and dropped back to 16^th place as a result. Mathéo defended his lead well, despite Camplese, Agostini, Sofyan and Sá Silva closing right up on him. The rain didn’t ease but Samín courageously made up places and was soon 13^th, and after a couple more laps she was up to 10^th. Shortly before the end of the race she was able to claim 8^th, an excellent result after her problems at the start. Mathéo held his nerve and was the first to take the chequered flag, only to be awarded a time penalty for starting out of position. There was an officials’ report, which meant the team could do nothing and Mathéo was demoted to 5^th in the final classification.

Results Race One
1^st	Lorenzeo Camplese (I)	Eurointernational	24:29.927
2^nd	Nobuharu Matsushita (JPN)	Super License	Rückstand	13.054
3^rd	Riccardo Agostini (I)	JD Motorsport	Rückstand	27.590
5^th	Mathéo Tuscher (CZ)	Jenzer Welch Asia Racing
8^th	Samín Gómez (VEN)	Jenzer Welch Asia Racing

Race Two Grid
1^st	Mathéo Tuscher (CZ)	1:00.525	Jenzer Welch Asia Racing
2^nd	Lorenzo Camplese (I)	1:00.603	Eurointernational
3^rd	Luis Sá Silva (ANG)	1:00.927	Asia Racing Team
8^th	Samín Gómez (VEN)	1:01.228	Jenzer Welch Asia Racing

Race Two

It was now very wet, so everybody selected wet weather tyres for the second race, and the officials decided to start the race behind the Safety Car to avoid unnecessary accidents. Despite this there was an accident on the first lap, when Sá Silva, Mathéo’s biggest rival, fell off. The Safety Car stayed out for a long time, and there were only a few laps left when it finally came in. More cars spun off, but Mathéo survived it all to come home as the winner. Samín also made no mistakes and crossed the finish line in a very good 6^th position. To our great joy Mathéo now had enough points to secure the title in this first running of the championship, with a race weekend still to run. Congratulations!

Results Race Two
1^st	Mathéo Tuscher (CZ)	Jenzer Welch Asia Racing	25:05.718
2^nd	Lorenzeo Camplese (I)	Eurointernational	Rückstand	1.174
3^rd	Dustin Sofyan (INA)	Eurointernational	Rückstand	2.940
6^th	Samín Gómez (VEN)	Jenzer Welch Asia Racing

Championship standings:
1^st Mathéo Tuscher (CZ), 154 points; 2^nd Luis Sá Silva (ANG), 110 points; 3^rd Dustin Sofyan (INA), 95 points; 4^th Tin Sritrai (THAI), 66 points; 5^th Chi Cong Li (CHIN), 63 points; 6^th Nobuharu Matsushita (JPN), 54 points; 11^th Samín Gómez (VEN), 18 points

Next race: 26^th /27^th November in Sepang (Malaysia)

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