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Munro and Parsons share poles at Shanghai

by Aditya Banerjee
Photo: Formula Masters China

Photo: Formula Masters China

Oceanian drivers James Munro and Jake Parsons went fastest in the two qualifying sessions of the sixth and final round of the 2014 Formula Masters China Series season at Shanghai.

17-year-old Munro of the KCMG team, who leads the championship by six points, took pole for race one by over three-tenths of a second ahead of teammate Dan Wells. Munro’s main championship rival Matthew Solomon was third quickest for Eurasia, ahead of Meritus duo of Andersen Martono and Parsons.

Zen Motorsport drivers Ronald Wu and Yin Hai Tao qualified sixth and seventh, while the Super License pair of Philip Hamprecht ?and Yuya Motojima, who returns to the series after a gap of five months having previously raced in the opening round at Zhuhai. Bao Jin Long completed the top ten.

The second session, which decided the grid for race three, was much closer, and Australian driver Parsons ended up edging out the KCMG pair of Munro and Wells.

Martono qualified fourth again, with Motojima and Wu making up the third row of the grid. Solomon managed only seventh with Yuan Bo, Bao Jin Long and Hamprecht completing the top ten.

Qualifying one
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 James Munro KCMG 1:49.127 7
2 Dan Wells KCMG 1:49.480 0.353 6
3 Matthew Solomon Eurasia Motorsport 1:49.666 0.539 7
4 Andersen Martono Meritus GP 1:49.911 0.784 7
5 Jake Parsons Meritus GP 1:49.934 0.807 7
6 Ronald Wu Zen Motorsport 1:50.034 0.903 6
7 Yin Hai Tao Zen Motorsport 1:50.221 1.094 6
8 Philip Hamprecht Super License 1:50.290 1.163 7
9 Yuya Motojima Super License 1:50.291 1.164 7
10 Bao Jin Long Zen Motorsport 1:50.396 1.269 6
11 Darma Hutomo Humpuss Junior Racing Team 1:50.605 1.478 7
12 Yuan Bo Eurasia Motorsport 1:50.609 1.482 7
13 Ryuji Kumita KCMG 1:50.653 1.526 7
14 Yasuo Senna Iriawan Humpuss Junior Racing Team 1:50.739 1.612 7
15 Pu Jun Jin Eurasia Motorsport 1:50.836 1.709 7
16 Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport 1:50.943 1.816 7
17 Hua Miao Eurasia Motorsport 1:52.203 2.896 7
Qualifying two
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Jake Parsons Meritus GP 1:49.088 5
2 James Munro KCMG 1:49.213 0.125 6
3 Dan Wells KCMG 1:49.243 0.155 5
4 Andersen Martono Meritus GP 1:49.539 0.451 6
5 Yuya Motojima Super License 1:49.628 0.540 5
6 Ronald Wu Zen Motorsport 1:49.703 0.615 5
7 Matthew Solomon Eurasia Motorsport 1:49.765 0.677 6
8 Yuan Bo Eurasia Motorsport 1:49.807 0.719 3
9 Bao Jin Long Zen Motorsport 1:49.858 0.770 6
10 Philip Hamprecht Super License 1:49.948 0.859 7
11 Darma Hutomo Humpuss Junior Racing Team 1:50.190 1.102 7
12 Aidan Read Eurasia Motorsport 1:50.410 1.322 7
13 Yin Hai Tao Zen Motorsport 1:50.465 1.377 5
14 Yasuo Senna Iriawan Humpuss Junior Racing Team 1:50.744 1.656 6
15 Pu Jun Jin Eurasia Motorsport 1:50.853 1.765 7
16 Ryuji Kumita KCMG 1:51.184 2.096 4
17 Hua Miao Eurasia Motorsport 1:51.918 2.830 6