The 2012-2013 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the inaugural running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. The series consisted of 10 races, spread across 3 meetings began on 26 October 2012 at the Buddh International Circuit, supporting the 2012 Indian Grand Prix and ended on 10 February 2013.

Drivers

Conor Daly became the 2012-13 MRF Formula 2000 champion.

No.	Driver	Rounds
2	Parth Ghorpade	2-3
3	Parthiva Sureshwaren	All
4	Luciano Bacheta	All
5	Dylan Young	1-2
6	Noel Jammal	1-2
	Sebastian Balthasar	3
7	Alice Powell	All
8	Yudai Jinkawa	All
9	Shinya Michimi	3
11	Vicky Piria	3
13	Gaurav Gill	2
14	Matthew Mason	1
	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	3
16	Henrique Baptista	1-2
18	Carmen Jordá	3
19	Ashwin Sundar	1
20	Carmen Boix	1-2
22	Conor Daly	All
23	Jon Lancaster	All
24	Tom Gladdis	1-2
29	Sam Dejonghe	2-3
33	Sean Walkinshaw	1
35	Hector Hurst	1-2
42	Jordan King	All
55	Josh Hill	3
117	Gustavo Mysava	All

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in India.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
2012
1	R1	Buddh International Circuit, Noida	27 October	Jordan King	Conor Daly	Conor Daly
	R2		28 October		Jordan King	Jordan King
2	R1	Buddh International Circuit, Noida	29 November	Jordan King	Jordan King	Jordan King
	R2		30 November		Jordan King	Jordan King
	R3		1 December		Alice Powell	Conor Daly
	R4		2 December		Sam Dejonghe	Yudai Jinkawa
2013
3	R1	Madras Motor Racing Track, Chennai	9 February	Jon Lancaster	Josh Hill	Josh Hill
	R2				Conor Daly	Conor Daly
	R3		10 February		Jordan King	Jordan King
	R4				Yudai Jinkawa	Conor Daly

Championship standings

Scoring system

Pos Driver BIC BIC MMRT Points 1 Conor Daly 1 3 2 4 1 15 6 1 5 1 164 2 Jordan King 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 7 159 3 Luciano Bacheta 3 2 3 2 Ret 17 3 4 Ret 6 102 4 Jon Lancaster 5 Ret 4 Ret Ret 8 2 5 2 2 91 5 Alice Powell 4 4 17 3 2 5 12 9 6 10 79 6 Sam Dejonghe 10 6 4 3 5 2 4 Ret 77 7 Josh Hill 1 6 3 3 64 8 Yudai Jinkawa 13 7 5 Ret 5 1 15 10 Ret 9 55 9 Hector Hurst 9 6 6 5 3 4 55 10 Parthiva Sureshwaren 7 10 9 11 7 6 8 12 7 Ret 33 11 Noel Jammal 5 8 15 Ret 8 2 27 12 Shinya Michimi 7 7 11 4 24 13 Tom Gladdis 6 9 7 Ret Ret 9 18 14 Vicky Piria 11 15 8 5 14 15 Gustavo Mysava 14 Ret 13 7 10 13 9 Ret 10 Ret 10 16 Parth Ghorpade 8 13 12 7 Ret 11 Ret DNS 10 17 Gaurav Gill Ret 9 6 16 10 18 Matthew Mason 11 5 10 19 Sebastian Balthasar 10 8 Ret 8 9 20 Ashwin Sundar 8 Ret 4 21 Henrique Baptista Ret 13 12 8 Ret 12 4 22 Dylan Young 15 12 11 10 9 11 3 23 Carmen Jordá 13 14 9 Ret 2 24 Carmen Boix 16 14 14 12 11 10 1 25 Sean Walkinshaw 12 11 0 26 Rupert Svendsen-Cook 15 13 Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver BIC BIC MMRT Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole for Race One Italics – Fastest Lap

References

Further reading

• , MRF Limited. Retrieved on 21 January 2014.
• , MRF Limited, Delhi, 28 October 2012. Retrieved on 21 January 2014.
• , MRF Limited, Delhi, 30 November 2012. Retrieved on 21 January 2014.
• , MRF Limited, Delhi, 29 November 2012. Retrieved on 21 January 2014.
• , Madras Motor Sports Club, Chennai, 10 February 2013. Retrieved on 21 January 2014.
• Setna, Johann., Johann Setna, 6 March 2013. Retrieved on 21 January 2014.
• Setna, Johann., Johann Setna, 15 July 2013. Retrieved on 21 January 2014.

External links

• Official website