2018 F3 Asian Championship Explained

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 Drivers Status Rounds Chase Owen Racing 00 Chase Owen 1 5 1 Super License 2 Takashi Hata All 7 Tomoki Takahashi All Zen-Motorsport 3 Yin Hai Tao All 5 ^[2] 2–3, 5 Kang Ling 4 10 Zheng Jianian 1 BlackArts Racing Team^[3] 4 Louis Prette^[4] All 9 Thomas Lüdi 3, 5 32 Presley Martono 1 95 Tom Beckhäuser 5 Emc2 Racing 6 2–4 SVC Asia 8 Jeremy Wahome 1, 3–5 Pinnacle Motorsport 10 Liam Lawson^[5] 5 55 1 Dragon HitechGP 11 Hon Chio Leong^[6] All 27 Raoul Hyman All 34 Jake Hughes 1, 3–4 Ben Hingeley^[7] 2 Harrison Scott^[8] 5 Absolute Racing^[9] 16 Yifei Ye^[10] 5 29 Akash Nandy^[11] All 80 Jaden Conwright^[12] All B-Max Racing Team 28 Tairoku Yamaguchi 5 30 Ryuji Kumita 1, 3, 5 MSport Asia 33 Akash Gowda All

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	nowrap	Tomoki Takahashi	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
2	R1	Ningbo International Circuit	1 September	nowrap	Jaden Conwright	nowrap	Jaden Conwright	nowrap	Ben Hingeley	nowrap	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	nowrap	Jaden Conwright	Absolute Racing
3	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	nowrap	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	nowrap		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 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 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 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 Yifei Ye 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 10 8 11 9 9 10 8 12 11 14 18 Kang Ling 10† 7 7 12 19 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 Lüdi 12 14 13 18 12 Ret 0 26 Zheng Jianian Ret 15 14 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts SEP1 NIS1 SIC NIS2 SEP2

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 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 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 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 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts SEP1 NIS1 SIC NIS2 SEP2 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 nowrap 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

Notes and References

1. News: Asia to host FIA-Certified F3 Championship in 2018. Speedcafe.com. 27 January 2018. 27 January 2018.
2. News: F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA Prepares for China Debut. f3asia.com. 29 August 2018.
3. News: Costa. Massimo. Dieci team per la serie asiatica Al via la squadra italiana SVC Asia. 3 April 2018. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 3 April 2018. Italian.
4. News: F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA announces first driver entries. 9 June 2018. f3asia.com. 8 June 2018.
5. Web site: Yifei Ye and Liam Lawson to make F3 debuts at Sepang this weekend. Wood. Elliot. FormulaScout. November 21, 2018. November 22, 2018.
6. Web site: Hitech GP add Charles Leong to their FIA Asian F3 Championship line up. June 1, 2018. June 5, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180714022527/http://www.hitechgp.co.uk/news/hitech-gp-add-charles-leong-to-their-fia-asian-f3-championship-line-up/. July 14, 2018. dead.
7. News: Wood. Elliot. Ben Hingeley to make Asian F3 debut with Hitech. 31 August 2018. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 28 August 2018.
8. Web site: Euroformula Open Champion Harrison Scott joins Dragon Hitech GP in Sepang for final round of the Asian F3 Championship. November 20, 2018. November 21, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181122005537/http://www.hitechgp.co.uk/news/euroformula-open-champion-harrison-scott-joins-dragon-hitech-gp-in-sepang-for-final-round-of-the-asian-f3-championship/. November 22, 2018. dead.
9. News: Absolute Racing joins new F3 Asian series. 23 February 2018. absoluteracing.net. 31 January 2018. 15 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215135449/http://absoluteracing.net/2018/01/31/absolute-racing-joins-new-f3-asian-series/. dead.
10. Web site: Absolute Racing signs Chinese hot prospect Ye Yifei for Asian F3. October 29, 2018. November 21, 2018. April 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411120948/http://absoluteracing.net/2018/10/29/absolute-racing-signs-chinese-hot-prospect-ye-yifei-for-asian-f3/. dead.
11. News: Allen . Peter . Jake Hughes to contest first Asian F3 round with Hitech . 10 July 2018 . formulascout.com . Formula Scout . 10 July 2018.
12. News: Allen. Peter. Hitech signs Raoul Hyman for new Asian F3 series. 25 May 2018. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 25 May 2018.