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.
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.
Summer series Teams and drivers Team Drivers Status Rounds Hitech Grand Prix 1 Ukyo Sasahara All 2 Jack Doohan All 17 Jackson Walls 3–5 Pinnacle Motorsport 3 Jordan Dempsey 1, 3–5 12 Ayrton Simmons 2, 4 16 Tommy Smith All Zen Motorsport 4 All Absolute Racing 5 All 15 Eshan Pieris All Super License 7 Tomoki Takahashi 1, 3 8 Yu Kanamaru 1–2, 4 Takashi Hata 3 BlackArts Racing Team 9 Thomas Lüdi All 86 Brendon Leitch All 95 Tom Beckhäuser 1–2 Miki Koyama 3 B-Max Racing Team 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi 1 30 "Dragon" 1 Kiyoto Fujinami 3 85 Miki Koyama 2 M-Sport Asia 33 Akash Gowda 1–3, 5 852 Challengers 44 Paul Wong All Seven GP 21 Petr Ptáček 3 77 Jamie Chadwick 1 Icon Status Master
Race calendar The second season of the series will be contested in four countries. Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 R1 Sepang International Circuit 6 April Ukyo Sasahara Ukyo Sasahara Hitech Grand Prix Malaysia Championship SeriesBlancpain GT World Challenge AsiaTCR Asia SeriesFormula 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 AsiaFormula 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 PrixBlancpain 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 ChampionshipChina 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 Absolute RacingBlancpain GT World Challenge AsiaChina Formula 4 ChampionshipChina Formula Grand Prix R2 28 September 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 PtsR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3 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 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 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 –PosDriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3Pts SEP CHA SUZ SIC1 SIC2Bold – PoleItalics – 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 PtsR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3 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 –PosDriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3PtsSEPCHASUZSIC1SIC2
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 Drivers Status Rounds Dragon Hitech GP 1 Alessandro Ghiretti All 2 Pavan Ravishankar All 17 Max Fewtrell 2 Jack Doohan 3 21 Rinus VeeKay All 27 Dan Ticktum 1–2 BlackArts Racing Team 7 Vivien Keszthelyi All 23 Joey Alders 3 38 Charles Leong 3 Pinnacle Motorsport 11 Victor Martins 3 29 Akash Nandy All 31 Christian Lundgaard 3 65 David Schumacher 1–2 88 Amaury Cordeel 1–2 B-Max Racing Team 13 Motoyoshi Yoshida 2–3 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi All 30 "Dragon" 1–2 85 Miki Koyama 3 Absolute Racing 15 Eshan Pieris All 16 Yifei Ye All Super License 81 Tomoki Takahashi All Icon Status Master 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 GPTCR Malaysia Touring Car ChampionshipGT 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 RacingAsian Le Mans SeriesTCR 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 PtsR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3 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 —PosDriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3Pts CHA SEP1 SEP2Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Masters Cup
Pos Driver CHA SEP1 SEP2 PtsR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3 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 68PosDriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3PtsCHASEP1SEP2
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.
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