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The 2019 F3 Asian Championship is a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Asia. The championship features a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula 3 cars that conform to the FIA Formula 3 regulations for the championship. This is the second season of the championship.

The season will commence on 6 April at Sepang International Circuit and will conclude on 29 September at Shanghai International Circuit, after fifteen races to be held at five meetings.[1]

In 2019 the F3 Asian Championship is hosting a Winter Series to give existing and new drivers from around the world an opportunity to prepare for the new season. The inaugural season of the Winter Series consists of three rounds with nine total races, beginning on 11 January at Chang International Circuit and ending on 24 February after two more rounds at Sepang International Circuit.[2]

Summer Series

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 1 Japan Ukyo Sasahara[3] All
2 United Kingdom Jack Doohan[4][note 1] All
17 Australia Jackson Walls[5] 3–5
Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport[6] 3 Republic of Ireland Jordan Dempsey[7] 1, 3–5
12 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons[8] 2, 4
16 Australia Tommy Smith[7] All
China Zen Motorsport 4 China James Yu[7] All
China Absolute Racing 5 China Daniel Cao[9] All
15 Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris[9] All
Japan Super License 7 Japan Tomoki Takahashi[3] 1, 3
8 Japan Yu Kanamaru[3] 1–2, 4
Japan Takashi Hata[10] Template:Master 3
Hong Kong BlackArts Racing Team 9 Hong Kong Thomas Luedi[11][note 2] Template:Master All
86 New Zealand Brendon Leitch[12] All
95 Czech Republic Tom Beckhäuser[13] 1–2
Japan Miki Koyama[10] 3
Japan B-Max Racing Team[6] 28 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi[7] Template:Master 1
30 Japan "Dragon"[3] Template:Master 1
Japan Kiyoto Fujinami[10] 3
85 Japan Miki Koyama 2
India M-Sport Asia 33 India Akash Gowda[7] 1–3, 5
Hong Kong 852 Challengers 44 Hong Kong Paul Wong[14] Template:Master All
Mexico Seven GP 21 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček[10] 3
77 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick[14] 1
Icon Status
Template:Master Master

Race calendar

The second season of the series will be contested in four countries.[7]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 6 April China Daniel Cao Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix Malaysia Championship Series
Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
TCR Asia Series
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
R2 Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
R3 7 April United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
2 R1 Thailand Chang International Circuit 11 May Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
R2 12 May United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
R3 Japan Ukyo Sasahara New Zealand Brendon Leitch Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
3 R1 Japan Suzuka Circuit 22 June Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
R2 23 June United Kingdom Jack Doohan Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
R3 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
4 R1 China Shanghai International Circuit 7 September Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix China Formula 4 Championship
China Formula Grand Prix
R2 8 September Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
R3 Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Ukyo Sasahara Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
5 R1 China Shanghai International Circuit 27 September Japan Ukyo Sasahara China Daniel Cao China Daniel Cao China Absolute Racing Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
China Formula 4 Championship
China Formula Grand Prix
R2 28 September China Daniel Cao China Daniel Cao China Absolute Racing
R3 Japan Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Jack Doohan United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten drivers.

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		SIC1
China 		SIC2
China 		Pts
1 Japan Ukyo Sasahara 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 9 1 1 1 3 4 2 301
2 United Kingdom Jack Doohan 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 10 1 4 3 2 2 3 1 276
3 China Daniel Cao 3 4 7 3 3 9 4 2 Ret 2 2 Ret 1 1 7 187
4 New Zealand Brendon Leitch 4 3 4 5 Ret 3 5 Ret 2 3 5 8 10 2 4 152
5 Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris 5 5 6 4 4 4 9 6 4 7 7 5 7 10 5 125
6 Australia Jackson Walls 7 3 5 6 6 7 4 5 3 90
7 Republic of Ireland Jordan Dempsey 10 9 9 6 Ret 3 5 8 3 5 6 6 83
8 China James Yu 11 11 11 10 6 5 10 8 6 8 11 9 6 7 9 54
9 Japan Yu Kanamaru 8 6 8 7 9 7 Ret 4 6 50
10 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons 6 5 6 Ret 9 4 40
11 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 3 4 Ret 27
12 Japan Tomoki Takahashi 7 7 3 Ret 13† Ret 27
13 India Akash Gowda 9 8 12 8 10 12 11 9 8 8 8 10 26
14 United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick 6 12 5 18
15 Japan Miki Koyama 9 8 11 12 7 7 18
16 Japan Kiyoto Fujinami 8 5 Ret 14
17 Czech Republic Tom Beckhäuser Ret 10 10 11 7 8 12
18 Australia Tommy Smith 12 13 13 Ret DNS 10 15 Ret Ret 9 10 10 Ret 9 8 11
19 Hong Kong Paul Wong 14 16 16 12 11 14 14 11 11 10 13 12 9 11 11 3
20 Hong Kong Thomas Luedi Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 13 12 10 Ret 12 11 Ret Ret Ret 1
21 Japan "Dragon" 13 14 17 0
22 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi Ret 15 14 0
– Japan Takashi Hata Ret DNS DNS –
Pos Driver SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		SIC1
China 		SIC2
China 		Pts
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
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Masters Cup

Pos Driver SEP
Malaysia 		CHA
Thailand 		SUZ
Japan 		SIC1
China 		SIC2
China 		Pts
1 Hong Kong Paul Wong 14 16 16 12 11 14 14 11 11 10 13 12 9 11 11 313
2 Hong Kong Thomas Luedi Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 13 12 10 Ret 12 11 Ret Ret Ret 161
3 Japan "Dragon" 13 14 17 62
4 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi Ret 15 14 43
– Japan Takashi Hata Ret DNS DNS –

Teams Championship

Pos Team Pts
1 United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 599
2 China Absolute Racing 310
3 Hong Kong BlackArts Racing 176
4 Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 132
5 Japan Super License 75
6 China Zen Motorsport 54
7 Mexico Seven GP 45
8 India M-Sport Asia 26
9 Japan B-Max Racing Team 20
10 Hong Kong 852 Challengers 3

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Winter series

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
United Kingdom Dragon Hitech GP 1 France Alessandro Ghiretti[15] All
2 United Kingdom Pavan Ravishankar[16][note 3] All
17 United Kingdom Max Fewtrell[17] 2
Australia Jack Doohan[18] Template:Class G 3
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay[19] All
27 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum[16] 1–2
Hong Kong BlackArts Racing Team 7 Hungary Vivien Keszthelyi[20] All
23 Netherlands Joey Alders[21] Template:Class G 3
38 Macau Charles Leong[22] 3
Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 11 France Victor Martins[23] Template:Class G 3
29 Malaysia Akash Nandy[24] All
31 Denmark Christian Lundgaard[23] Template:Class G 3
65 Germany David Schumacher[24] 1–2
88 Belgium Amaury Cordeel[24] 1–2
Japan B-Max Racing Team 13 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida[25] Template:Master 2–3
28 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi[26] Template:Master All
30 Japan "Dragon"[26] Template:Master 1–2
85 Japan Miki Koyama[27] Template:Class G 3
China Absolute Racing 15 Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris[28] All
16 France Ye Yifei[29][note 4] All
Japan Super License 81 Japan Tomoki Takahashi[18] All
Icon Status
Template:Master Master
Template:Class G Guest

Race calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Thailand Chang International Circuit 11 January United Kingdom Dan Ticktum Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay United Kingdom Dragon Hitech GP Asian Le Mans Series
R2 12 January Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay United Kingdom Dragon Hitech GP
R3 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum France Ye Yifei France Ye Yifei China Absolute Racing
2 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 19 January Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay United Kingdom Dragon Hitech GP TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship
GT Masters Asia
R2 20 January Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Netherlands Rinus VeeKay United Kingdom Dragon Hitech GP
R3 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay France Ye Yifei France Ye Yifei China Absolute Racing
3 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit 23 February France Ye Yifei France Ye Yifei France Ye Yifei China Absolute Racing Asian Le Mans Series
TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship
R2 France Ye Yifei France Ye Yifei China Absolute Racing
R3 24 February France Ye Yifei France Ye Yifei Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris China Absolute Racing

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten drivers.

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver CHA
Thailand 		SEP1
Malaysia 		SEP2
Malaysia 		Pts
1 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay 1 1 3 1 1 2 6 3 3 184
2 France Ye Yifei Ret 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 13† 155
3 France Alessandro Ghiretti 2 5 Ret 3 3 3 12 6 4 106
4 Japan Tomoki Takahashi Ret 7 6 4 4 7 4 10 6 80
5 United Kingdom Pavan Ravishankar 3 4 8 8 8 8 7 11 5 73
6 Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris 5 DNS Ret 6 10 6 Ret 5 1 67
7 Malaysia Akash Nandy 4 8 7 5 9 5 Ret 7 7 62
8 Germany David Schumacher 7 3 5 7 7 Ret 43
9 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum Ret 6 2 DNS 5 9 38
10 Belgium Amaury Cordeel 6 9 4 DNS Ret 11 22
11 United Kingdom Max Fewtrell Ret 6 4 20
12 Macau Charles Leong 9 12 8 20
13 Hungary Vivien Keszthelyi 8 11 9 9 11 10 Ret 16 10 13
14 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 12 13 14 11 15 12 11
15 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi 9 10 10 10 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 7
16 Japan "Dragon" DNS DNS DNS 11 12 12 0
guest drivers ineligible to score points
— Australia Jack Doohan 2 2 14† —
— France Victor Martins 3 4 2 —
— Denmark Christian Lundgaard 5 8 Ret —
— Netherlands Joey Alders 8 9 9 —
— Japan Miki Koyama 10 14 11 —
Pos Driver CHA
Thailand 		SEP1
Malaysia 		SEP2
Malaysia 		Pts
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
Italics – Fastest Lap

Masters Cup

Pos Driver CHA
Thailand 		SEP1
Malaysia 		SEP2
Malaysia 		Pts
1 Japan Tairoku Yamaguchi 9 10 10 10 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 143
2 Japan Motoyoshi Yoshida 12 13 14 11 15 12 116
3 Japan "Dragon" DNS DNS DNS 11 12 12 68

Teams Championship

Pos Team Pts
1 United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 316
2 China Absolute Racing 222
3 Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 113
4 Japan Super License 44
5 Hong Kong BlackArts Racing 29
6 Japan B-Max Racing Team 18

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Doohan is an Australian driver racing under a British license in the main series season.
  2. ^ Luedi is a Swiss driver racing under a license from Hong Kong.
  3. ^ Ravishankar is a driver from Singapore racing under a British racing license.
  4. ^ Ye is a Chinese driver racing under a French racing license.

References

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