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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

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

Race calendar

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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 Malaysia  Sepang International Circuit 13 December China  James Yu [note 5] Canada  Devlin DeFrancesco Hong Kong  Joey Alders[note 4] Hong Kong  BlackArts Racing Team World Touring Car Cup
FIM Endurance World Championship
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
R2 15 December Hong Kong  Joey Alders[note 4] Hong Kong  Joey Alders[note 4] Hong Kong  BlackArts Racing Team
R3 United Kingdom  Jack Doohan[note 1] United Kingdom  Jack Doohan[note 1] United Kingdom  Jack Doohan[note 1] Republic of Ireland  Pinnacle Motorsport
2 R1 United Arab Emirates  Dubai Autodrome 9 January Japan  Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom  Jake Hughes Australia  Jack Doohan Republic of Ireland  Pinnacle Motorsport Dubai 24 Hour
TCR Middle East Series
Formula 4 UAE Championship
R2 10 January Australia  Jack Doohan Netherlands  Joey Alders Hong Kong  BlackArts Racing Team
R3 Japan  Ukyo Sasahara Netherlands  Joey Alders Japan  Yu Kanamaru Hong Kong  BlackArts Racing Team
3 R1 United Arab Emirates  Yas Marina Circuit 17 January Japan  Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom  Jamie Chadwick Japan  Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom  Hitech Grand Prix TCR Middle East Series
Formula 4 UAE Championship
R2 18 January United Kingdom  Jamie Chadwick Netherlands  Joey Alders[note 6] Hong Kong  BlackArts Racing Team
R3 Spain  Sebastián Fernández Spain  Sebastián Fernández Spain  Sebastián Fernández Republic of Ireland  Pinnacle Motorsport
4 R1 Malaysia  Sepang International Circuit 14 February Australia  Jack Doohan Netherlands  Joey Alders Australia  Jack Doohan Republic of Ireland  Pinnacle Motorsport Asian Le Mans Series
TCR Malaysia
R2 15 February Australia  Jack Doohan Australia  Jack Doohan Republic of Ireland  Pinnacle Motorsport
R3 Australia  Jack Doohan Australia  Jack Doohan Australia  Jack Doohan Republic of Ireland  Pinnacle Motorsport
5 R1 Thailand  Chang International Circuit 22 February Australia  Jack Doohan Australia  Jack Doohan Netherlands  Joey Alders Hong Kong  BlackArts Racing Team Asian Le Mans Series
R2 23 February Russia  Michael Belov Japan  Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom  Hitech Grand Prix
R3 Japan  Ukyo Sasahara Japan  Ukyo Sasahara Japan  Ukyo Sasahara United Kingdom  Hitech Grand Prix

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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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

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

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Pos Driver SEP1
Malaysia 
DUB
United Arab Emirates 
ABU
United Arab Emirates 
SEP2
Malaysia 
CHA
Thailand 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Hong Kong  Thomas Lüdi 12 DNS 13 Ret 15 14 Ret 12 14 11 Ret 11 11 11 11 254
2 Hong Kong  Paul Wong 13 14 14 14 14 15 14 13 15 12 12 12 231
3 United Arab Emirates  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
Malaysia 
DUB
United Arab Emirates 
ABU
United Arab Emirates 
SEP2
Malaysia 
CHA
Thailand 

Teams Championship

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Pos Team Pts
1 Hong Kong  BlackArts Racing Team 386
2 Republic of Ireland  Pinnacle Motorsport 357
3 China  Absolute Racing 295
4 United Kingdom  Hitech Grand Prix 229
5 China  Zen Motorsport 70
6 Mexico  Seven GP 31
7 United Arab Emirates  Abu Dhabi Racing UAE 2
8 Netherlands  MP Motorsport 0

Footnotes

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  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

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  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. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ a b c d e "F3 Asian Championship 2020 title wide open as series returns to Malaysia for penultimate showdown". February 13, 2020. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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.
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