2018 F3 Asian Championship

The 2018 F3 Asian Championship was 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 inaugural season of the championship.

2018 F3 Asian Championship

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Parent series:
Blancpain GT Series Asia
Audi R8 LMS Cup
Support series:
China Formula 4 Championship
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

The season commenced on 14 July at Sepang International Circuit and concluded on 25 November at the same venue, after fifteen races to be held at five meetings.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds Chase Owen Racing[2] 00 Chase Owen[3][note 1] 1 5 James Yu[3] 1 Super License[2] 2 Takashi Hata[4] M All 7 Tomoki Takahashi[4] All Zen-Motorsport[2] 3 Yin Hai Tao[4] M All 5 James Yu[5] 2–3, 5 Kang Ling 4 10 Zheng Jianian[3] 1 BlackArts Racing Team[2] 4 Louis Prette[4][note 2] All 9 Thomas Lüdi[3] M 3, 5 32 Presley Martono 1 95 Tom Beckhäuser 5 Emc2 Racing[6] 6 Ryan Liu M 2–4 SVC Asia[2] 8 Jeremy Wahome[4] 1, 3–5 Pinnacle Motorsport[2] 10 Liam Lawson[7] 5 55 Daniel Cao[3] 1 Dragon HitechGP[2] 11 Hon Chio Leong[8] All 27 Raoul Hyman[9][note 3] All 34 Jake Hughes[3] 1, 3–4 Ben Hingeley[6] 2 Harrison Scott[10] 5 Absolute Racing[11] 16 Yifei Ye[12][note 4] 5 29 Akash Nandy[3] All 80 Jaden Conwright[9] All B-Max Racing Team[2] 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi[7] M 5 30 Ryuji Kumita[3] M 1, 3, 5 MSport Asia[2] 33 Akash Gowda[4] All

Icon Status M Master

Race calendar

The calendar was announced on 26 January 2018.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit	14 July	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP	Malaysia Championship Series Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
	R2				Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
	R3		15 July	Jake Hughes	Tomoki Takahashi	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
2	R1	Ningbo International Circuit	1 September	Jaden Conwright	Jaden Conwright	Ben Hingeley	Dragon HitechGP	Audi R8 LMS Cup China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix TCR China Touring Car Championship
	R2				Raoul Hyman	Raoul Hyman	Dragon HitechGP
	R3		2 September	Jaden Conwright	Raoul Hyman	Jaden Conwright	Absolute Racing
3	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	22 September	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP	Blancpain GT Series Asia China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix
	R2		23 September		Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
	R3			Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
4	R1	Ningbo International Circuit	13 October	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
	R2		14 October		Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
	R3			Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
5	R1	Sepang International Circuit	23 November	Liam Lawson	Liam Lawson	Liam Lawson	Pinnacle Motorsport	Sepang 1000 km Audi R8 LMS Cup Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
	R2		24 November		Liam Lawson	Liam Lawson	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R3		25 November	Liam Lawson	Liam Lawson	Liam Lawson	Pinnacle Motorsport

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 SEP1 NIS1 SIC NIS2 SEP2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Raoul Hyman 3 2 3 5 1 3 2 8 2 2 2 2 5 3 5 227 2 Jake Hughes 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 225 3 Jaden Conwright 4 4 15 2 2 1 6 5 3 6 4 4 6 14 3 173 4 Hon Chio Leong 2 3 12 6 5 6 4 3 4 3 3 3 13 15† 9 145 5 Tomoki Takahashi 6 NC 4 3 Ret 5 3 2 6 5 5 12 2 Ret 2 142 6 Akash Nandy 16† 5 2 4 3 4 7 4 7 4 6 6 9 8 Ret 125 7 James Yu 13 12 5 7 4 7 5 6 Ret 4 4 6 84 8 Liam Lawson 1 1 1 75 9 Louis Prette 7 9 7 12 7 8 Ret 7 5 Ret 8 5 11 5 7 70 10 Ben Hingeley 1 Ret 2 43 11 Yifei Ye 3 2 8 37 12 Jeremy Wahome 8 6 9 8 Ret 11 7 10 10 8 9 Ret 32 13 Akash Gowda 11 11 11 8 6 9 DNS 11 8 Ret 11 9 10 7 10 28 14 Harrison Scott 7 6 4 26 15 Chase Owen 5 7 6 24 16 Yin Hai Tao 14 14 16 9 9 10 10 10 Ret 9 9 8 12 Ret 11 15 17 Ryan Liu 10 8 11 9 9 10 8 12 11 14 18 Kang Ling 10† 7 7 12 19 Daniel Cao 9 8 10 7 20 Presley Martono 10 10 8 6 21 Takashi Hata 12 13 13 11 Ret 12 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret DNS 16 13 13 2 22 Tom Beckhäuser 15 10 14 1 23 "Dragon" 15 16 Ret 11 13 12 17 Ret 15 0 24 Tairoku Yamaguchi 14 11 12 0 25 Thomas Lüdi 12 14 13 18 12 Ret 0 26 Zheng Jianian Ret 15 14 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts SEP1 NIS1 SIC NIS2 SEP2

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 SEP1 NIS1 SIC NIS2 SEP2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Yin Hai Tao 14 14 16 9 9 10 10 10 Ret 9 9 8 12 Ret 11 276 2 Takashi Hata 12 13 13 11 Ret 12 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret DNS 16 13 13 193 3 Ryan Liu 10 8 11 9 9 10 8 12 11 192 4 "Dragon" 15 16 Ret 11 13 12 17 Ret 15 96 5 Thomas Lüdi 12 14 13 18 12 Ret 62 6 Tairoku Yamaguchi 14 11 12 61 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts SEP1 NIS1 SIC NIS2 SEP2 Teams' championship Pos. Team Points 1 Dragon HitechGP 545 2 Absolute Racing 333 3 Super License 144 4 Zen-Motorsport 101 5 Pinnacle Motorsport 82 6 BlackArts Racing Team 77 7 Chase Owen Racing 34 8 SVC Asia 32 9 MSport Asia 28 10 Emc2 Racing 14 11 B-Max Racing Team 0

Footnotes

1. Owen is an American driver who raced under a British racing license.
2. Prette is a Monégasque-Italian driver who raced under a Hong Kong racing license.
3. Hyman is a South African driver who raced under a British license.
4. Ye is a Chinese driver who raced under a French racing license.

References

1. "Asia to host FIA-Certified F3 Championship in 2018". Speedcafe.com. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
2. Costa, Massimo (3 April 2018). "Dieci team per la serie asiatica Al via la squadra italiana SVC Asia". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
3. Allen, Peter (10 July 2018). "Jake Hughes to contest first Asian F3 round with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
4. "F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA announces first driver entries". f3asia.com. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
5. "F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA Prepares for China Debut". f3asia.com. 29 August 2018.
6. Wood, Elliot (28 August 2018). "Ben Hingeley to make Asian F3 debut with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
7. Wood, Elliot (November 21, 2018). "Yifei Ye and Liam Lawson to make F3 debuts at Sepang this weekend". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
8. "Hitech GP add Charles Leong to their FIA Asian F3 Championship line up". June 1, 2018. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
9. Allen, Peter (25 May 2018). "Hitech signs Raoul Hyman for new Asian F3 series". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
10. "Euroformula Open Champion Harrison Scott joins Dragon Hitech GP in Sepang for final round of the Asian F3 Championship". November 20, 2018. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
11. "Absolute Racing joins new F3 Asian series". absoluteracing.net. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
12. "Absolute Racing signs Chinese hot prospect Ye Yifei for Asian F3". October 29, 2018. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2018.

External links

• Official website
• 2018 F3 Asian Championship on Facebook