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2019–20 F3 Asian Championship

The 2019–20 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. This was the third season of the championship, which was won by Joey Alders with BlackArts Racing Team.

The season commenced on 13 December 2019 at Sepang International Circuit and finished on 23 February 2020 on Chang International Circuit, after fifteen races held at five meetings.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
  Hitech Grand Prix 2   Jake Hughes[2] 1–2
3   Nikita Mazepin[2] All
10   Alessio Deledda[2] All
11   Ukyo Sasahara[3] G All
  Zen Motorsport 4   James Yu[4] All
25   Alister Yoong[5] 5
44   Paul Wong[2] M 1–3, 5
  Gilbert Ang[6] 4
  Absolute Racing 5   Daniel Cao[7] 1
  Alister Yoong[6] 4
  Dominic Ang[5] 5
15   Jamie Chadwick[8] All
16   Tommy Smith[7] All
17   Devlin DeFrancesco[9] 1–3
  Najiy Razak[6] 4
  Leonard Hoogenboom[10] 5
  Pinnacle Motorsport 7   Jack Doohan[2][note 1] All
21   Pietro Fittipaldi[2] All
77   Sebastián Fernández[11][note 2] 2–3
  Dominic Ang[6] 4
  BlackArts Racing Team 9   Thomas Lüdi[4][note 3] M All
23   Joey Alders[note 4] All
33   Yu Kanamaru[4] All
57   Michael Belov[12] 5
95   Miki Koyama[6] 4
  MP Motorsport 18   Amaury Cordeel[13] G 2
  Seven GP 25   Tatiana Calderón[14] 1–3
  Abu Dhabi Racing UAE 88   Khaled Al Qubaisi[15] M 3
Icon Status
M Master
G Guest

Race calendar edit

The calendar was announced on 21 August 2019.[1] For the first time it was held during winter months. Suzuka Circuit and the two weekends at Shanghai International Circuit were dropped from the series. An additional meeting at Sepang International Circuit and weekends at the Dubai Autodrome and Yas Marina Circuit were added, keeping the schedule at five weekends.

The winter schedule allowed drivers to use the series towards earning an FIA Super Licence after a June 2019 FIA World Motor Sport Council rule change allowing drivers to collect licence points from two championships in a calendar year providing the first ends before the second starts.[16]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1   Sepang International Circuit 13 December   James Yu [note 5]   Devlin DeFrancesco   Joey Alders[note 4]   BlackArts Racing Team World Touring Car Cup
FIM Endurance World Championship
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
R2 15 December   Joey Alders[note 4]   Joey Alders[note 4]   BlackArts Racing Team
R3   Jack Doohan[note 1]   Jack Doohan[note 1]   Jack Doohan[note 1]   Pinnacle Motorsport
2 R1   Dubai Autodrome 9 January   Ukyo Sasahara   Jake Hughes   Jack Doohan   Pinnacle Motorsport Dubai 24 Hour
TCR Middle East Series
Formula 4 UAE Championship
R2 10 January   Jack Doohan   Joey Alders   BlackArts Racing Team
R3   Ukyo Sasahara   Joey Alders   Yu Kanamaru   BlackArts Racing Team
3 R1   Yas Marina Circuit 17 January   Ukyo Sasahara   Jamie Chadwick   Ukyo Sasahara   Hitech Grand Prix TCR Middle East Series
Formula 4 UAE Championship
R2 18 January   Jamie Chadwick   Joey Alders[note 6]   BlackArts Racing Team
R3   Sebastián Fernández   Sebastián Fernández   Sebastián Fernández   Pinnacle Motorsport
4 R1   Sepang International Circuit 14 February   Jack Doohan   Joey Alders   Jack Doohan   Pinnacle Motorsport Asian Le Mans Series
TCR Malaysia
R2 15 February   Jack Doohan   Jack Doohan   Pinnacle Motorsport
R3   Jack Doohan   Jack Doohan   Jack Doohan   Pinnacle Motorsport
5 R1   Chang International Circuit 22 February   Jack Doohan   Jack Doohan   Joey Alders   BlackArts Racing Team Asian Le Mans Series
R2 23 February   Michael Belov   Ukyo Sasahara   Hitech Grand Prix
R3   Ukyo Sasahara   Ukyo Sasahara   Ukyo Sasahara   Hitech Grand Prix

Championship standings edit

Scoring system edit

Points were 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 edit

Pos Driver SEP1
  		DUB
  		ABU
  		SEP2
  		CHA
  		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Joey Alders 1 1 3 2 1 3 5 1 6 2 8 2 1 3 7 266
2   Jack Doohan 2 8 1 1 3 11 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 8 13† 2 229
3   Nikita Mazepin 4 2 5 4 4 6 2 6 3 5 2 4 5 8 8 186
4   Jamie Chadwick 7 10 8 6 11 8 9 8 9 3 4 6 2 2 3 139
5   Pietro Fittipaldi 14 12 11 7 13 7 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 10 119
6   Yu Kanamaru 6 5 Ret 9 10 1 Ret 11 Ret 6 6 3 10 6 5 104
7   Devlin DeFrancesco 3 9 2 5 6 5 6 3 7 101
8   Sebastián Fernández 3 2 4 7 4 1 96
9   James Yu 9 6 4 15 8 16 11 7 11 8 7 8 9 7 9 70
10   Tommy Smith 10 11 10 8 12 13 12 Ret 8 7 11† 7 6 9 6 48
11   Michael Belov 4 5 4 39
12   Daniel Cao 5 3 7 31
13   Tatiana Calderón Ret 4 9 11 9 9 8 Ret 10 31
14   Jake Hughes Ret 7 6 12 5 Ret 24
15   Alessio Deledda 11 13 12 13 Ret 12 10 9 12 Ret 9 10 7 10 13† 21
16   Miki Koyama 10 10† 9 6
17   Thomas Lüdi 12 DNS 13 Ret 15 14 Ret 12 14 11 Ret 11 11 11 11 3
18   Khaled Al Qubaisi 13 10 13 2
19   Paul Wong 13 14 14 14 14 15 14 13 15 12 12 12 0
—   Alister Yoong Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 0
—   Dominic Ang Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 0
—   Najiy Razak Ret DNS DNS 0
—   Gilbert Ang Ret DNS DNS 0
—   Leonard Hoogenboom Ret DNS DNS 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
—   Ukyo Sasahara 8 15† 15† 16† Ret 2 1 2 4 9† 3 12† 13 1 1 —
—   Amaury Cordeel 10 7 10 —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SEP1
  		DUB
  		ABU
  		SEP2
  		CHA
 
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 edit

Pos Driver SEP1
  		DUB
  		ABU
  		SEP2
  		CHA
  		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Thomas Lüdi 12 DNS 13 Ret 15 14 Ret 12 14 11 Ret 11 11 11 11 254
2   Paul Wong 13 14 14 14 14 15 14 13 15 12 12 12 231
3   Khaled Al Qubaisi 13 10 13 75
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SEP1
  		DUB
  		ABU
  		SEP2
  		CHA
 

Teams Championship edit

Pos Team Pts
1   BlackArts Racing Team 386
2   Pinnacle Motorsport 357
3   Absolute Racing 295
4   Hitech Grand Prix 229
5   Zen Motorsport 70
6   Seven GP 31
7   Abu Dhabi Racing UAE 2
8   MP Motorsport 0

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Doohan is an Australian driver who appeared as a British-licensed driver during Round 1 and as Australian thereafter.
  2. ^ Fernandez is a Venezuelan-Spanish driver racing under a Spanish licence
  3. ^ Luedi is a Swiss driver racing under a license from Hong Kong.
  4. ^ a b c d Alders is a Dutch driver who appeared as a Hong Kong-licensed driver during Round 1 and as Dutch thereafter.
  5. ^ Ukyo Sasahara originally qualified on pole position, but was excluded for a technical infringement.[17]
  6. ^ Jamie Chadwick originally won the race, but received a 20-second time penalty for a false start.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Wood, Elliot (21 August 2019). "Asian F3 switches to winter format, reveals 2019–20 calendar". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Series, F1 Feeder (2019-12-10). "ENTRY LIST | The moment we've all been waiting for: the Entry List for the first round of F3 Asia is there! With some surprising names, especially at Hitech: Jake Hughes, Nikita Mazepin, Alessio Deledda and Ukyo Sasahara. This is going to be so much fun! #F3pic.twitter.com/kbVcZdnTIY". @F1FeederSeries1. Retrieved 2019-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Wood, Elliot (11 December 2019). "Pietro Fittipaldi, Jake Hughes and Nikita Mazepin confirmed for Asian F3 opener". formulascout.com.
  4. ^ a b c Wood, Elliot (2019-12-03). "Yu Kanamaru remains in Asian F3, switches to BlackArts Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  5. ^ a b "F3 Asia Buriram Entry List - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  6. ^ a b c d e "F3 Asian Championship 2020 title wide open as series returns to Malaysia for penultimate showdown". February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Absolute Racing sign Cao and Smith for F3 Asian new season". Absolute Racing. 27 November 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. ^ Wood, Elliot (2019-12-02). "Jamie Chadwick to make Asian F3 return". formulascout.com. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  9. ^ "Devlin DeFrancesco to take on new challenge in Asia with Absolute Racing". Absolute Racing. 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  10. ^ Series, F1 Feeder (2020-02-20). "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | Leonard Hoogenboom joins Absolute Racing in the final round of Asia F3 at Chang! The 20-year old Dutch driver's last outing in junior single-seaters was in 2018 when he did four races in Euroformula Open with RP Motorsport. #F3pic.twitter.com/W5HnZxwuQZ". @F1FeederSeries1. Retrieved 2020-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "F3 Asian Championship on Instagram: "Driver Announcement from @pinnaclemotorsport @sebastianferw 🤩🤩🤩"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  12. ^ Series, F1 Feeder (2020-02-18). "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | Michael Belov joins BlackArts Racing for the final F3 Asia round at Chang! The 18-year old Russian finished fourth in the Italian F4 Championship last year. #F3pic.twitter.com/nvsHXKXL0F". @F1FeederSeries1. Retrieved 2020-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Series, F1 Feeder (2020-01-06). "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | Amaury Cordeel will drive for MP Motorsport in F3 Asia! The 17-year old Belgian competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019. #F3Asiapic.twitter.com/PlfNF73ssF". @F1FeederSeries1. Retrieved 2020-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Wood, Elliot (6 December 2019). "Tatiana Calderon joins Asian F3 grid with Seven GP". formulascout.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  15. ^ Wood. "Mighty Yas Marina beckons for F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". f3asia.com. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  16. ^ "FIA ANNOUNCES WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL DECISIONS". FIA.com. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  17. ^ Whitfield, Steve (15 December 2019). "Joey Alders takes double Sepang win in Asian F3 season opener". formulascout.com. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

External links edit

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