FF2M

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	Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Orange)	103 (6)	Team Black	154 (2)
2	1998	Jarno Trulli (Cramer Racing)	74 (3)	STV Racing	91 (4)
3	1999	Ricardo Zonta (Paul Stewart)	99 (2)	Paul Stewart	158 (3)
4	2000	Cristiano Da Matta (STV Racing)	87 (6)	STV Racing	130 (6)
5	2001	Ricardo Zonta (STV Racing)	107 (5)	MRD Junior	141 (3)
6	2002	Alexander Wurz (STV Racing)	104 (5)	STV Racing	162 (7)
7	2003	Sebastien Bourdais (OLM Racing)	106 (3)	OLM Racing	156 (3)
8	2004	Giorgio Pantano (OLM Racing)	52 (2)	Spaniel	70 (3)
9	2005	Sebastian Vettel (LiquiTarget)	62 (1)	LiquiTarget	92 (1)
10	2006	Lewis Hamilton (Cramer)	93 (4)	Cramer Motorsport	121 (4)
11	2007	Nelson Piquet (LiquiTarget)	102 (6)	Light Wolf	149 (6)
12	2008	Felipe Massa (STV Racing)	88 (4)	Spaniel	132 (1)
13	2009	Vitaly Petrov (Spaniel)	95 (5)	Spaniel	111 (6)
14	2010	Pastor Maldonado (OLM Racing)	84 (5)	OLM Racing	149 (8)
15	2011	Esteban Gutierrez (OLM Racing)	165 (4)*	OLM Racing	290 (8)*
16	2012	Valtteri Bottas (Spaniel)	88 (4)	Spaniel	136 (6)
17	2013	Karun Chandhok (LiquiTarget)	90 (5)	Spaniel	160 (5)
18	2014	Tomas Gonzalez (Spaniel)	109 (6)	Spaniel	162 (6)
19	2015	James Clark (Gojira2)	82 (5)	Gojira2 Sport	152 (8)
20	2016	Vaino Kimminen (Spaniel)	100 (6)	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	Frank Montagny (Spaniel)	66 (1)	Spaniel	123 (2)
2	2005	Robert Kubica (STV Racing)	57 (1)	OLM Racing	88 (3)
3	2005-06	Christian Klien (Spaniel)	93 (3)	Spaniel	185 (8)
4	2006-07	Adrian Sutil (Danish Racing)	70 (2)	Danish Racing	79 (3)
5	2007-08	Lucas Di Grassi (Cramer)	69 (6)	Cramer Motorsport	101 (6)
6	2008-09	Adam Carroll (STV Racing)	102 (6)	Spaniel	157 (7)
7	2009-10	Gary Paffett (GRM Asia)	70 (4)	Spaniel	99 (2)
8	2012	Paul di Resta (LiquiTarget)	50 (3)	Spaniel	75 (0)
9	2012-13	Kevin Magnussen (GRM Jr)	62 (2)	Spaniel	96 (4)
10	2013-14	Fabio Leimer (Spaniel)	65 (4)	Spaniel	75 (3)
11	2014-15	Cristóbal Alvarez (STV Racing)	52 (1)	Gojira2 Sport	77 (2)
12	2015-16	Vaino Kimminen (Spaniel)	79 (4)	Spaniel	105 (6)
13	2016-17	Tse Genjo (GRM Junior)	54 (2)	Spaniel	62 (5)

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.