2019 F3 Asian Championship

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.

2019 F3 Asian Championship
Previous:	2018	Next:	2019–20
Parent series: Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Support series: China Formula 4 Championship Formula 4 South East Asia 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 Hitech Grand Prix 1 Ukyo Sasahara[3] All 2 Jack Doohan[4][note 1] All 17 Jackson Walls[5] 3–5 Pinnacle Motorsport[6] 3 Jordan Dempsey[7] 1, 3–5 12 Ayrton Simmons[8] 2, 4 16 Tommy Smith[7] All Zen Motorsport 4 James Yu[7] All Absolute Racing 5 Daniel Cao[9] All 15 Eshan Pieris[9] All Super License 7 Tomoki Takahashi[3] 1, 3 8 Yu Kanamaru[3] 1–2, 4 Takashi Hata[10] M 3 BlackArts Racing Team 9 Thomas Luedi[11][note 2] M All 86 Brendon Leitch[12] All 95 Tom Beckhäuser[13] 1–2 Miki Koyama[10] 3 B-Max Racing Team[6] 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi[7] M 1 30 Ryuji Kumita[3] M 1 Kiyoto Fujinami[10] 3 85 Miki Koyama 2 M-Sport Asia 33 Akash Gowda[7] 1–3, 5 852 Challengers 44 Paul Wong[14] M All Seven GP 21 Petr Ptáček[10] 3 77 Jamie Chadwick[14] 1

Icon Status M 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	Sepang International Circuit	6 April	Daniel Cao	Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix	Malaysia Championship Series Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia TCR Asia Series Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
	R2				Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix
	R3		7 April	Jack Doohan	Jack Doohan	Jack Doohan	Hitech Grand Prix
2	R1	Chang International Circuit	11 May	Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
	R2		12 May		Jack Doohan	Jack Doohan	Hitech Grand Prix
	R3			Ukyo Sasahara	Brendon Leitch	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix
3	R1	Suzuka Circuit	22 June	Ukyo Sasahara	Jack Doohan	Jack Doohan	Hitech Grand Prix	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
	R2		23 June		Jack Doohan	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix
	R3			Petr Ptáček	Ukyo Sasahara	Jack Doohan	Hitech Grand Prix
4	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	7 September	Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix	China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix
	R2		8 September		Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix
	R3			Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix
5	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	27 September	Ukyo Sasahara	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Absolute Racing	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix
	R2		28 September		Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Absolute Racing
	R3			Ukyo Sasahara	Jack Doohan	Jack Doohan	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 CHA SUZ SIC1 SIC2 Pts 1 Ukyo Sasahara 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 9 1 1 1 3 4 2 301 2 Jack Doohan 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 10 1 4 3 2 2 3 1 276 3 Daniel Cao 3 4 7 3 3 9 4 2 Ret 2 2 Ret 1 1 7 187 4 Brendon Leitch 4 3 4 5 Ret 3 5 Ret 2 3 5 8 10 2 4 152 5 Eshan Pieris 5 5 6 4 4 4 9 6 4 7 7 5 7 10 5 125 6 Jackson Walls 7 3 5 6 6 7 4 5 3 90 7 Jordan Dempsey 10 9 9 6 Ret 3 5 8 3 5 6 6 83 8 James Yu 11 11 11 10 6 5 10 8 6 8 11 9 6 7 9 54 9 Yu Kanamaru 8 6 8 7 9 7 Ret 4 6 50 10 Ayrton Simmons 6 5 6 Ret 9 4 40 11 Petr Ptáček 3 4 Ret 27 12 Tomoki Takahashi 7 7 3 Ret 13† Ret 27 13 Akash Gowda 9 8 12 8 10 12 11 9 8 8 8 10 26 14 Jamie Chadwick 6 12 5 18 15 Miki Koyama 9 8 11 12 7 7 18 16 Kiyoto Fujinami 8 5 Ret 14 17 Tom Beckhäuser Ret 10 10 11 7 8 12 18 Tommy Smith 12 13 13 Ret DNS 10 15 Ret Ret 9 10 10 Ret 9 8 11 19 Paul Wong 14 16 16 12 11 14 14 11 11 10 13 12 9 11 11 3 20 Thomas Luedi Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 13 12 10 Ret 12 11 Ret Ret Ret 1 21 "Dragon" 13 14 17 0 22 Tairoku Yamaguchi Ret 15 14 0 – Takashi Hata Ret DNS DNS – Pos Driver SEP CHA SUZ SIC1 SIC2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) 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			CHA			SUZ			SIC1			SIC2			Pts
1	Paul Wong	14	16	16	12	11	14	14	11	11	10	13	12	9	11	11	313
2	Thomas Luedi	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	13	13	12	10	Ret	12	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	161
3	"Dragon"	13	14	17													62
4	Tairoku Yamaguchi	Ret	15	14													43
–	Takashi Hata							Ret	DNS	DNS							–

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Hitech Grand Prix	599
2	Absolute Racing	310
3	BlackArts Racing	176
4	Pinnacle Motorsport	132
5	Super License	75
6	Zen Motorsport	54
7	Seven GP	45
8	M-Sport Asia	26
9	B-Max Racing Team	20
10	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 Dragon Hitech GP 1 Alessandro Ghiretti[15] All 2 Pavan Ravishankar[16][note 3] All 17 Max Fewtrell[17] 2 Jack Doohan[18] G 3 21 Rinus VeeKay[19] All 27 Dan Ticktum[16] 1–2 BlackArts Racing Team 7 Vivien Keszthelyi[20] All 23 Joey Alders[21] G 3 38 Charles Leong[22] 3 Pinnacle Motorsport 11 Victor Martins[23] G 3 29 Akash Nandy[24] All 31 Christian Lundgaard[23] G 3 65 David Schumacher[24] 1–2 88 Amaury Cordeel[24] 1–2 B-Max Racing Team 13 Motoyoshi Yoshida[25] M 2–3 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi[26] M All 30 "Dragon"[26] M 1–2 85 Miki Koyama[27] G 3 Absolute Racing 15 Eshan Pieris[28] All 16 Ye Yifei[29][note 4] All Super License 81 Tomoki Takahashi[18] All

Icon Status M Master G Guest

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Chang International Circuit	11 January	Dan Ticktum	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Dragon Hitech GP	Asian Le Mans Series
	R2		12 January		Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Dragon Hitech GP
	R3			Dan Ticktum	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Absolute Racing
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit	19 January	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Dragon Hitech GP	TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship GT Masters Asia
	R2		20 January		Rinus VeeKay	Rinus VeeKay	Dragon Hitech GP
	R3			Rinus VeeKay	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Absolute Racing
3	R1	Sepang International Circuit	23 February	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Absolute Racing	Asian Le Mans Series TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship
	R2				Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Absolute Racing
	R3		24 February	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Eshan Pieris	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 SEP1 SEP2 Pts 1 Rinus VeeKay 1 1 3 1 1 2 6 3 3 184 2 Ye Yifei Ret 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 13† 155 3 Alessandro Ghiretti 2 5 Ret 3 3 3 12 6 4 106 4 Tomoki Takahashi Ret 7 6 4 4 7 4 10 6 80 5 Pavan Ravishankar 3 4 8 8 8 8 7 11 5 73 6 Eshan Pieris 5 DNS Ret 6 10 6 Ret 5 1 67 7 Akash Nandy 4 8 7 5 9 5 Ret 7 7 62 8 David Schumacher 7 3 5 7 7 Ret 43 9 Dan Ticktum Ret 6 2 DNS 5 9 38 10 Amaury Cordeel 6 9 4 DNS Ret 11 22 11 Max Fewtrell Ret 6 4 20 12 Charles Leong 9 12 8 20 13 Vivien Keszthelyi 8 11 9 9 11 10 Ret 16 10 13 14 Motoyoshi Yoshida 12 13 14 11 15 12 11 15 Tairoku Yamaguchi 9 10 10 10 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 7 16 "Dragon" DNS DNS DNS 11 12 12 0 guest drivers ineligible to score points — Jack Doohan 2 2 14† — — Victor Martins 3 4 2 — — Christian Lundgaard 5 8 Ret — — Joey Alders 8 9 9 — — Miki Koyama 10 14 11 — Pos Driver CHA SEP1 SEP2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Masters Cup

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

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Hitech Grand Prix	316
2	Absolute Racing	222
3	Pinnacle Motorsport	113
4	Super License	44
5	BlackArts Racing	29
6	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.

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External links

• Official website