2019 F3 Asian Championship

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

The season commenced on 6 April at Sepang International Circuit and concluded on 29 September at Shanghai International Circuit, after fifteen races held at five meetings.[1]

In 2019 the F3 Asian Championship hosted 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 consisted 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 Lüdi[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 "Dragon"[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
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
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 Lüdi 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 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SEP
 CHA
 SUZ
 SIC1
 SIC2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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
 CHA
 SUZ
 SIC1
 SIC2
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Paul Wong 14 16 16 12 11 14 14 11 11 10 13 12 9 11 11 313
2 Thomas Lüdi 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 –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SEP
 CHA
 SUZ
 SIC1
 SIC2

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 Yifei Ye[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 Yifei Ye Yifei Ye 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 Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Absolute Racing
3 R1 Sepang International Circuit 23 February Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Absolute Racing Asian Le Mans Series
TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship
R2 Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Absolute Racing
R3 24 February Yifei Ye Yifei Ye 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
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Rinus VeeKay 1 1 3 1 1 2 6 3 3 184
2 Yifei Ye 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 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
CHA
 SEP1
 SEP2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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
 SEP1
 SEP2
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
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
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
CHA
 SEP1
 SEP2

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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