2019–20 F3 Asian Championship Explained

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

Team		Drivers	Status	Rounds
Hitech Grand Prix	2	Jake Hughes^[2]		1–2
	3	Nikita Mazepin		All
	10	Alessio Deledda		All
	11	Ukyo Sasahara^[3]		All
Zen Motorsport	4			All
	25	Alister Yoong^[4]		5
	44	Paul Wong		1–3, 5
	44	Gilbert Ang		4
Absolute Racing	5	^[5]		1
		Alister Yoong		4
		Dominic Ang		5
	15	Jamie Chadwick^[6]		All
	16	Tommy Smith		All
	17	Devlin DeFrancesco^[7]		1–3
		Najiy Razak^[8]		4
		Leonard Hoogenboom^[9]		5
Pinnacle Motorsport	7	Jack Doohan		All
	21	Pietro Fittipaldi		All
	77	nowrap	Sebastián Fernández^[10]		2–3
	77	Dominic Ang		4
BlackArts Racing Team	9	Thomas Lüdi		All
	23	Joey Alders		All
	33	Yu Kanamaru^[11]		All
	57	Michael Belov^[12]		5
	95	Miki Koyama		4
MP Motorsport	18	Amaury Cordeel^[13]		2
Seven GP	25	Tatiana Calderón^[14]		1–3
nowrap	Abu Dhabi Racing UAE	88	Khaled Al Qubaisi^[15]		3

Icon	Status
	Master
	Guest

Race calendar

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	Sepang International Circuit	nowrap	13 December	nowrap		nowrap	Devlin DeFrancesco	nowrap	Joey Alders	nowrap	BlackArts Racing Team	World Touring Car Cup FIM Endurance World Championship Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
	R2	15 December		nowrap	Joey Alders	nowrap	Joey Alders	nowrap	BlackArts Racing Team
	R3	15 December	nowrap	Jack Doohan	nowrap	Jack Doohan	nowrap	Jack Doohan	nowrap	Pinnacle Motorsport
2	R1	Dubai Autodrome	9 January	Ukyo Sasahara	Jake Hughes	Jack Doohan	Pinnacle Motorsport	Dubai 24 Hour TCR Middle East Series Formula 4 UAE Championship
	R2		10 January		Jack Doohan	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team
	R3		10 January	Ukyo Sasahara	Joey Alders	Yu Kanamaru	BlackArts Racing Team
3	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	17 January	Ukyo Sasahara	Jamie Chadwick	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix	TCR Middle East Series Formula 4 UAE Championship
	R2		18 January		Jamie Chadwick	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team
	R3		18 January	nowrap	Sebastián Fernández	nowrap	Sebastián Fernández		nowrap	Sebastián Fernández	Pinnacle Motorsport
4	R1	Sepang International Circuit	14 February	Jack Doohan	Joey Alders	Jack Doohan	Pinnacle Motorsport	Asian Le Mans Series TCR Malaysia
	R2		15 February		Jack Doohan	Jack Doohan	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R3		15 February	Jack Doohan	Jack Doohan	Jack Doohan	Pinnacle Motorsport
5	R1	Chang International Circuit	22 February	Jack Doohan	Jack Doohan	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	Asian Le Mans Series
	R2		23 February		Michael Belov	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix
	R3		23 February	Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Ukyo Sasahara	Hitech Grand Prix

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

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

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			DUB			ABU			SEP2			CHA			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Thomas Lüdi	12	DNS	13	Ret	15	14	Ret	12	14	11	Ret	11	11	11	11	254
2	Paul Wong	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	15				12	12	12	231
3	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
Pos	Driver	SEP1			DUB			ABU			SEP2			CHA			Pts

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	Pts
1	BlackArts Racing Team	386
2	Pinnacle Motorsport	357
3	Absolute Racing	295
4	Hitech Grand Prix	229
5	Zen Motorsport	70
6	Seven GP	31
7	Abu Dhabi Racing UAE	2
8	MP Motorsport	0

Notes and References

News: Wood . Elliot . Asian F3 switches to winter format, reveals 2019–20 calendar . 21 August 2019 . formulascout.com . Formula Scout . 21 August 2019.
Web site: 2019-12-10 . Feeder Series: "ENTRY LIST The moment we've all been waiting for: the Entry List for the first round of F3 Asia is there!" . 2019-12-11 . Twitter . en.
Web site: Pietro Fittipaldi, Jake Hughes and Nikita Mazepin confirmed for Asian F3 opener. Wood. Elliot. formulascout.com. 11 December 2019.
Web site: F3 Asia Buriram Entry List - automobilsport.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200221070032/http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24,204116,F3-Asia-Buriram-Entry-List,news.htm. usurped. February 21, 2020. www.automobilsport.com. 2020-02-21.
Web site: Absolute Racing sign Cao and Smith for F3 Asian new season. Absolute Racing. 27 November 2019. 30 November 2019. 16 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191216163842/http://absoluteracing.net/2019/11/27/absolute-racing-sign-cao-and-smith-for-f3-asian-new-season/. dead.
Web site: Jamie Chadwick to make Asian F3 return. Wood. Elliot. 2019-12-02. formulascout.com. en. 2019-12-02.
Web site: Devlin DeFrancesco to take on new challenge in Asia with Absolute Racing. 29 November 2019. Absolute Racing. 30 November 2019. 16 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191216163148/http://absoluteracing.net/2019/11/29/devlin-defrancesco-to-take-on-new-challenge-in-asia-with-absolute-racing/. dead.
Web site: F3 Asian Championship 2020 title wide open as series returns to Malaysia for penultimate showdown. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213145729/http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24/race-categories--24,203790,F3-Asian-Championship-2020-title-wide-open-as-series-returns-to-Malaysia-for-penultimate-showdown,news.htm. usurped. February 13, 2020. February 13, 2020. February 13, 2020.
Web site: 2020-02-20 . Feeder Series: "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT Leonard Hoogenboom joins Absolute Racing in the final round of Asia F3 at Chang!" . 2020-02-20 . Twitter . en.
Web site: F3 Asian Championship on Instagram: "Driver Announcement from @pinnaclemotorsport @sebastianferw ". https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B6-5QeYh7G4 . 2021-12-24 . registration. Instagram. en. 2020-01-06.
Web site: Yu Kanamaru remains in Asian F3, switches to BlackArts Racing. Wood. Elliot. 2019-12-03. Formula Scout. en-US. 2019-12-03.
Web site: 2020-02-18 . Feeder Series: "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT Michael Belov joins BlackArts Racing for the final F3 Asia round at Chang!" . 2020-02-18 . Twitter . en.
Web site: 2020-01-06 . Feeder Series: "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT Amaury Cordeel will drive for MP Motorsport in F3 Asia!" . 2020-01-06 . Twitter . en.
Web site: Tatiana Calderon joins Asian F3 grid with Seven GP. Wood. Elliot. 6 December 2019. formulascout.com. 6 December 2019.
Web site: Mighty Yas Marina beckons for F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA. Wood. f3asia.com. 15 January 2020.
Web site: FIA ANNOUNCES WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL DECISIONS . 14 June 2019 . FIA.com . 22 February 2020.