2018 F3 Asian Championship

2018 F3 Asian Championship
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The 2018 F3 Asian Championship is 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.

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

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Chase Owen Racing^[2]	00	Chase Owen^[3]^{[note 1]}	1
Chase Owen Racing^[2]	5	James Yu^[3]	1
Super License^[2]	2	Takashi Hata^[4]	1–4
Super License^[2]	7	Tomoki Takahashi^[4]	1–4
Zen-Motorsport^[2]	3	Yin Hai Tao^[4]	1–4
	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]}	1–4
	9	Thomas Luedi^[3]	3
	32	Presley Martono	1
Emc2 Racing^[6]	6	Ryan Liu	2–4
SVC Asia^[2]	8	Jeremy Wahome^[4]	1, 3–4
Dragon HitechGP^[2]	11	Charles Leong^[7]	1–4
	27	Raoul Hyman^[8]	1–4
	34	Jake Hughes^[3]	1, 3–4
	34	Ben Hingeley^[6]	2
Absolute Racing^[9]	29	Akash Nandy^[3]	1–4
Absolute Racing^[9]	80	Jaden Conwright^[8]	1–4
B-Max Racing Team^[2]	30	"Dragon"^[3]	1, 3
MSport Asia^[2]	33	Akash Gowda^[4]	1–4
Pinnacle Motorsport^[2]	55	Daniel Cao^[3]	1

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
	R2		14 July		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		1 September		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
	R2		23 September		Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
	R3		23 September	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		14 October	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
5	R1	Sepang International Circuit	24-25 November					Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
	R2
	R3

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
1	Jake Hughes	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1	1		225
2	Raoul Hyman	3	2	3	5	1	3	2	8	2	2	2	2		192
3	Jaden Conwright	4	4	15	2	2	1	6	5	3	6	4	4		150
4	Charles Leong	2	3	12	6	5	6	4	3	4	3	3	3		143
5	Akash Nandy	16†	5	2	4	3	4	7	4	7	4	6	6		119
6	Tomoki Takahashi	6	NC	4	3	Ret	5	3	2	6	5	5	12		106
7	Louis Prette	7	9	7	12	7	8	Ret	7	5	Ret	8	5		54
8	James Yu	13	12	5	7	4	7	5	6	Ret					52
9	Ben Hingeley				1	Ret	2								43
10	Jeremy Wahome	8	6	9				8	Ret	11	7	10	10		26
11	Chase Owen	5	7	6											24
12	Akash Gowda	11	11	11	8	6	9	DNS	11	8	Ret	11	9		20
13	Yin Hai Tao	14	14	16	9	9	10	10	10	Ret	9	9	8		15
14	Ryan Liu				10	8	11	9	9	10	8	12	11		14
15	Kang Ling										10†	7	7		12
16	Daniel Cao	9	8	10											7
17	Presley Martono	10	10	8											6
18	Takashi Hata	12	13	13	11	Ret	12	Ret	12	9	Ret	Ret	DNS		2
19	"Dragon"	15	16	Ret				11	13	12					0
20	Thomas Luedi							12	14	13					0
21	Zheng Jianian	Ret	15	14											0
Pos	Driver	SEP1			NIS1			SIC			NIS2			SEP2	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	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			Pts
1	Yin Hai Tao	14	14	16	9	9	10	10	10	Ret	9	9	8	226
2	Ryan Liu				10	8	11	9	9	10	8	12	11	192
3	Takashi Hata	12	13	13	11	Ret	12	Ret	12	9	Ret	Ret	DNS	148
4	"Dragon"	15	16	Ret				11	13	12				72
5	Thomas Luedi							12	14	13				34

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Dragon HitechGP	355
2	Absolute Racing	209
3	Super License	88
4	Zen-Motorsport	49
5	BlackArts Racing Team	46
6	Chase Owen Racing	34
7	SVC Asia	18
8	MSport Asia	18
9	Emc2 Racing	10
10	Pinnacle Motorsport	7

Footnotes

↑ Owen is an American driver who raced under a British racing license.
↑ Prette is a Monégasque driver who raced under a Hong Kong racing license.

References

1 2 "Asia to host FIA-Certified F3 Championship in 2018". Speedcafe.com. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Allen, Peter (10 July 2018). "Jake Hughes to contest first Asian F3 round with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA announces first driver entries". f3asia.com. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
↑ "F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA Prepares for China Debut". f3asia.com. 29 August 2018.
1 2 Wood, Elliot (28 August 2018). "Ben Hingeley to make Asian F3 debut with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
↑ "Hitech GP add Charles Leong to their FIA Asian F3 Championship line up". June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
1 2 Allen, Peter (25 May 2018). "Hitech signs Raoul Hyman for new Asian F3 series". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
↑ "Absolute Racing joins new F3 Asian series". absoluteracing.net. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

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[4] Owen is an American driver who raced under a British racing license.

[7] Prette is a Monégasque driver who raced under a Hong Kong racing license.

[Announcement-1] 1 2 "Asia to host FIA-Certified F3 Championship in 2018". Speedcafe.com. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[Teams-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.

[Sepang-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Allen, Peter (10 July 2018). "Jake Hughes to contest first Asian F3 round with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[Driver-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA announces first driver entries". f3asia.com. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[6] "F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA Prepares for China Debut". f3asia.com. 29 August 2018.

[Teams2-8] 1 2 Wood, Elliot (28 August 2018). "Ben Hingeley to make Asian F3 debut with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[9] "Hitech GP add Charles Leong to their FIA Asian F3 Championship line up". June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

[ConwrightHyman-10] 1 2 Allen, Peter (25 May 2018). "Hitech signs Raoul Hyman for new Asian F3 series". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[11] "Absolute Racing joins new F3 Asian series". absoluteracing.net. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.