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.
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 | | |
Race calendar
The calendar was announced on 26 January 2018.[1]
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
Notes:
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Masters Cup
- ^ Owen is an American driver who raced under a British racing license.
- ^ Prette is a Monégasque-Italian driver who raced under a Hong Kong racing license.
- ^ Hyman is a South African driver who raced under a British license.
- ^ Ye is a Chinese driver who raced under a French racing license.
References
- ^ a b "Asia to host FIA-Certified F3 Championship in 2018". Speedcafe.com. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Allen, Peter (10 July 2018). "Jake Hughes to contest first Asian F3 round with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "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.
- ^ a b Wood, Elliot (28 August 2018). "Ben Hingeley to make Asian F3 debut with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ a b Wood, Elliot (November 21, 2018). "Yifei Ye and Liam Lawson to make F3 debuts at Sepang this weekend". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Allen, Peter (25 May 2018). "Hitech signs Raoul Hyman for new Asian F3 series". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Absolute Racing joins new F3 Asian series". absoluteracing.net. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "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
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