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
Previous: none Next: 2019
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] All
34 Jake Hughes[3] 1, 3–4
Ben Hingeley[6] 2
Harrison Scott[10] 5
Absolute Racing[11] 16 Ye Yifei[12][note 3] 5
29 Akash Nandy[3] All
80 Jaden Conwright[9] All
B-Max Racing Team[2] 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi M 5
30 "Dragon"[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
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 Ye Yifei 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 Luedi 12 14 13 18 12 Ret 0
26 Zheng Jianian Ret 15 14 0
Pos Driver SEP1
 NIS1
 SIC
 NIS2
 SEP2
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (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
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

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. 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. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  12. "Absolute Racing signs Chinese hot prospect Ye Yifei for Asian F3". October 29, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
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