2019 Asian Formula Renault Series Explained

The 2019 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) was the 20th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season began on 23 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and ended at the same venue on 8 December after five events.^[1] Joey Alders won the 2019 Championship in his debut season with his team BlackArts Racing Team.

Starting from 2015, drivers and teams compete in two classes, Pro (Class A) for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Elite (Class B) for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver name	Class	Rounds
BlackArts Racing Team	2	Patrick Tsang	P	2
	2	Patrick Tsang	E	5
	7		P	All
	23	Joey Alders	P	All
	33	Sandro Tavartkiladze	P	All
Asia Racing Team	3	Ni Weiliang	P	All
	6		P	1
	8	Alex Suen	P	3
	9	Peter Li	P	2, 5
	11		P	4
	21	Bruno Carneiro	P	All
	36	Jack Chan	E	1–2, 5
	44	Pang Changyuan	E	2
	96	Kurt Hill	P	1
FRD	8	Alex Suen	E	1
KRC Racing	16	Naomi Zhang	P	1
KRC Racing	77	Wang Yang	P	1
PS Racing	17		P	2–4
	62	Erwin Boon	P	3–4
	76	Elias Niskanen	P	1–4
Champ Motorsport	48	James Wong	P	5
S&D Motorsports	88	Victor Yung	P	1
S&D Motorsports	99		P	1–2

Icon	Class
P	Pro
E	Elite

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Elite Class Winner
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	23 March	Joey Alders	Elias Niskanen	Elias Niskanen	PS Racing	Alex Suen
1	R2	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	24 March	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Sandro Tavartkiladze	BlackArts Racing Team	Jack Chan
2	R3	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	15 June	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	Jack Chan
2	R4	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	16 June	Joey Alders	Bruno Carneiro	Bruno Carneiro	Asia Racing Team	Jack Chan
3	R5	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	24 August	Joey Alders	Bruno Carneiro	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
	R6		24 August	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
	R7		25 August	Joey Alders	Bruno Carneiro	Bruno Carneiro	Asia Racing Team	No entrants
4	R8	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	28 September	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
	R9		28 September	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
	R10		29 September	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
5	R11	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	7 December	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	Jack Chan
5	R12	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	8 December	Bruno Carneiro	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	Patrick Tsang

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Drivers in Pro and Elite classes are classified separately.

Drivers' Championship
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Points	30	24	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championships

Pos	Driver	ZIC		ZIC		SEP			SEP			ZIC		Pts
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Pro
1	Joey Alders	8	4	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	314
2	Bruno Carneiro	2	Ret	3	1	2	2	1	4	2	2	2	2	265
3	Sandro Tavartkiladze	4	1	2	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	240
4	Elias Niskanen	1	Ret	4	3	4	4	5	2	4	4			174
5	Stephen Hong	6	Ret	6	Ret	3	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	153
6	Ni Weiliang	7	5	7	5	Ret	9	6	Ret	6	Ret	6	6	111
7	Neric Wei			Ret	6	6	6	7	Ret	7	6			74
8	Peter Li			5	8							3	4	61
9	Erwin Boon					7	8	8	6	8	Ret			51
10	Kurt Hill	3	3											40
11	Ryan Liu	5	2											39
12	Hugo Hung	Ret	7	8	7									31
13	Nicholas Lai								7	9	7			29
14	James Wong											7	7	22
15	Alex Suen					Ret	7	9						18
16	Wang Yang	11	6											17
17	Victor Yung	10	8											14
18	Naomi Zhang	9	9											14
19	Patrick Tsang			9	Ret									7
Elite
1	Jack Chan	Ret	1	1	1							1	Ret	120
2	Patrick Tsang											Ret	1	30
3	Alex Suen	1	DNS											30
4	Pang Changyuan			Ret	Ret									0
Pos	Driver	ZIC		ZIC		SEP			SEP			ZIC		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

News: AFR Round 4 Sepang: Clean Sweep for BAR/OLOI with Hat Trick Wins for Alders, Triple Podiums for Tavartkiladze; Alders and Hong Win Eurocup Tests. 30 September 2019. BlackArts Racing Team. 7 October 2019.
News: 2015 AFR Sporting & Technical Regulations. 18 February 2015. FRD Motorsports. 9 December 2015.