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FF2M is the feeder series of FF1M.

The series (then called FF1M-3000) was formed for the 1997 FF1M season.

The format was conceived by Ajayrious and since the 2006 FF2M Season has been based on the real life GP2 Series.

Designed to make racing affordable for the teams and to make it the perfect training ground for life in FF1M, FF2M has made it mandatory for all of the teams to use the same chassis, engine and tyre supplier so that true driver ability is reflected. All races will take place as support races at FF1M race weekends to boost the series' profile, to give drivers experience on the Grand Prix environment, and to take advantage of the infrastructure (marshals, medical facilities etc.) in place for a FF1M event. All races of the main series are held on European circuits, however, since 2004 an Asian winter series has been in operation. The Asian series was discontinued following the 2009-10 season but has since been reintroduced.

Series Specification

The GP2 Series car is to be used by all of the teams, and features a Dallara chassis powered by a V8 Renault engine and Pirelli tyres.

Teams

Main Article : FF2M Teams

Most FF2M teams are B teams of FF1M teams however the field is made up of teams controlled by the series organisers based on real life GP2 teams.

Drivers

Drivers in FF2M are picked from the same list as FF1M. The Driver Draft takes place during FF1M's pre season testing.

Race weekend

On Friday, drivers have a 30-minute qualifying session. The qualifying session decides the grid order for Saturday's race which has a length of 180 kilometres.

During Saturday's race, each driver has to make one pit stop for tyres. This can be taken at any time from lap 2 to the penultimate lap of the race.

On Sunday there is a sprint race of 120 kilometres. The grid is decided by the Saturday result with top 8 being reversed, so the driver who finished 8th on Saturday will start from pole position and the winner will start from 8th place.

Point systems

1997-2006 Asia

The Points System in FF2M before 2006 was not designed to provide a close championship. Instead it was designed to give the maximum amount of Development Points to drivers to help them improve ready for a move to the main series.

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers and the holders of Pole Position and Fastest Race Lap.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Pole FLap
Points 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 2

2006-2010

Feature Race

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  Pole FLap
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 1

Sprint Race

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  FLap
Points 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

2011

Feature Race

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Pole FLap
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 4 2

Sprint Race

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  FLap
Points 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2

2012 Asia Pacific-Present

Feature Race

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  Pole FLap
Points 12 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 1

Sprint Race

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  FLap
Points 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Prize Money

At the end of each season prize money was awarded to the top three finishers in the Drivers Championship and the top six finishers in the Teams Championship.

Pos Drivers Teams
1 30 50
2 20 25
3 10 20
4 15
5 10
6 5

Seasons

FF2M

Season Year Drivers Champion (Team) Pts (Wins) Teams Champion Pts (Wins)
1 1997 22px-Flag of Colombia.svg-1- Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Orange) 103 (6) 22px-Flag of Italy.svg-1- Team Black 154 (2)
2 1998 22px-Flag of Italy.svg-1- Jarno Trulli (Cramer Racing) 74 (3) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- STV Racing 91 (4)
3 1999 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Ricardo Zonta (Paul Stewart) 99 (2) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Paul Stewart 158 (3)
4 2000 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Cristiano Da Matta (STV Racing) 87 (6) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- STV Racing 130 (6)
5 2001 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Ricardo Zonta (STV Racing) 107 (5) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- MRD Junior 141 (3)
6 2002 22px-Flag of Austria.svg-1- Alexander Wurz (STV Racing) 104 (5) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- STV Racing 162 (7)
7 2003 22px-Flag of France.svg-1- Sebastien Bourdais (OLM Racing) 106 (3) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- OLM Racing 156 (3)
8 2004 22px-Flag of Italy.svg-1- Giorgio Pantano (OLM Racing) 52 (2) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 70 (3)
9 2005 22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Sebastian Vettel (LiquiTarget) 62 (1) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- LiquiTarget 92 (1)
10 2006 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Lewis Hamilton (Cramer) 93 (4) 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Cramer Motorsport 121 (4)
11 2007 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Nelson Piquet (LiquiTarget) 102 (6) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Light Wolf 149 (6)
12 2008 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Felipe Massa (STV Racing) 88 (4) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 132 (1)
13 2009 22px-Flag of Russia.svg-1- Vitaly Petrov (Spaniel) 95 (5) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 111 (6)
14 2010 22px-Flag of Venezuela.svg-1- Pastor Maldonado (OLM Racing) 84 (5) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- OLM Racing 149 (8)
15 2011 22px-Flag of Mexico.svg-1- Esteban Gutierrez (OLM Racing) 165 (4)* 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- OLM Racing 290 (8)*
16 2012 22px-Flag of Finland.svg-1- Valtteri Bottas (Spaniel) 88 (4) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 136 (6)
17 2013 India Karun Chandhok (LiquiTarget) 90 (5) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 160 (5)
18 2014 22px-Flag of Argentina.svg-1- Tomas Gonzalez (Spaniel) 109 (6) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 162 (6)
19 2015 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- James Clark (Gojira2) 82 (5) 22px-Flag of Japan.svg-1- 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Gojira2 Sport 152 (8)
20 2016 22px-Flag of Finland.svg-1- Vaino Kimminen (Spaniel) 100 (6) 22px-Flag of Japan.svg-1- 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Gojira2 Sport 132 (3)
21 2017
  • A revised points system was in place for the 2011 season

FF2M Asia

Season Year Drivers Champion (Team) Pts (Wins) Teams Champion Pts (Wins)
1 2004 22px-Flag of France.svg-1- Frank Montagny (Spaniel) 66 (1) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 123 (2)
2 2005 22px-Flag of Poland.svg-1- Robert Kubica (STV Racing) 57 (1) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- OLM Racing 88 (3)
3 2005-06 22px-Flag of Austria.svg-1- Christian Klien (Spaniel) 93 (3) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 185 (8)
4 2006-07 22px-Flag of Germany.svg-1- Adrian Sutil (Danish Racing) 70 (2) 22px-Flag of Denmark.svg-1- Danish Racing 79 (3)
5 2007-08 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Lucas Di Grassi (Cramer) 69 (6) 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Cramer Motorsport 101 (6)
6 2008-09 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Adam Carroll (STV Racing) 102 (6) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 157 (7)
7 2009-10 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Gary Paffett (GRM Asia) 70 (4) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 99 (2)
8 2012 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Paul di Resta (LiquiTarget) 50 (3) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 75 (0)
9 2012-13 22px-Flag of Denmark.svg-1- Kevin Magnussen (GRM Jr) 62 (2) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 96 (4)
10 2013-14 20px-Flag of Switzerland.svg-1- Fabio Leimer (Spaniel) 65 (4) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 75 (3)
11 2014-15 23px-Flag of Uruguay.svg-1- Cristóbal Alvarez (STV Racing) 52 (1) 22px-Flag of Japan.svg-1- 22px-Flag of Brazil.svg-1- Gojira2 Sport 77 (2)
12 2015-16 22px-Flag of Finland.svg-1- Vaino Kimminen (Spaniel) 79 (4) 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg-1- Spaniel 105 (6)
13 2016-17

The most successful FF2M drivers are Ricardo Zonta and Vaino Kimminen, who have the honour of winning the FF2M Drivers Championship twice despite rules forbidding championship to return to the series. A rule change from 2012 allowed FF2M Asia champions to race in FF2M and vice versa.

The most successful team in FF2M is Spaniel Racing, junior team of Tornado, who have won the Teams Championship on five occasions and the FF2M Asia championship on six occasions. OLM Racing and STV Racing have won the main championship on three occasions.

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