# 2019 F3 Asian Championship

The 2019 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. It was the second season of the championship.
The season commenced on 6 April at Sepang International Circuit and concluded on 29 September at Shanghai International Circuit, after fifteen races held at five meetings.
In 2019 the F3 Asian Championship hosted a Winter Series to give existing and new drivers from around the world an opportunity to prepare for the new season. The inaugural season of the Winter Series consisted of three rounds with nine total races, beginning on 11 January at Chang International Circuit and ending on 24 February after two more rounds at Sepang International Circuit.

## Summer series
### Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Drivers | Status | Rounds |
| Hitech Grand Prix | 1 | Ukyo Sasahara | | All |
| Hitech Grand Prix | 2 | Jack Doohan | | All |
| Hitech Grand Prix | 17 | Jackson Walls | | 3–5 |
| Pinnacle Motorsport | 3 | Jordan Dempsey | | 1, 3–5 |
| Pinnacle Motorsport | 12 | Ayrton Simmons | | 2, 4 |
| Pinnacle Motorsport | 16 | Tommy Smith | | All |
| Zen Motorsport | 4 | James Yu | | All |
| Absolute Racing | 5 | Daniel Cao | | All |
| Absolute Racing | 15 | Eshan Pieris | | All |
| Super License | 7 | Tomoki Takahashi | | 1, 3 |
| Super License | 8 | Yu Kanamaru | | 1–2, 4 |
| Super License | 8 | Takashi Hata | M | 3 |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 9 | Thomas Lüdi | M | All |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 86 | Brendon Leitch | | All |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 95 | Tom Beckhäuser | | 1–2 |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 95 | Miki Koyama | | 3 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 28 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | M | 1 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 30 | "Dragon" | M | 1 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 30 | Kiyoto Fujinami | | 3 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 85 | Miki Koyama | | 2 |
| M-Sport Asia | 33 | Akash Gowda | | 1–3, 5 |
| 852 Challengers | 44 | Paul Wong | M | All |
| Seven GP | 21 | Petr Ptáček | | 3 |
| Seven GP | 77 | Jamie Chadwick | | 1 |
| Icon | Status |
| M | Master |

### Race calendar

The second season of the series will be contested in four countries.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 6 April | Daniel Cao | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Hitech Grand Prix | Malaysia Championship Series Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia TCR Asia Series Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
| 1 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | 6 April | | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Hitech Grand Prix | Malaysia Championship Series Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia TCR Asia Series Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
| 1 | R3 | Sepang International Circuit | 7 April | Jack Doohan | Jack Doohan | Jack Doohan | Hitech Grand Prix | Malaysia Championship Series Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia TCR Asia Series Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
| 2 | R1 | Chang International Circuit | 11 May | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Hitech Grand Prix | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
| 2 | R2 | Chang International Circuit | 12 May | | Jack Doohan | Jack Doohan | Hitech Grand Prix | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
| 2 | R3 | Chang International Circuit | 12 May | Ukyo Sasahara | Brendon Leitch | Ukyo Sasahara | Hitech Grand Prix | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
| 3 | R1 | Suzuka Circuit | 22 June | Ukyo Sasahara | Jack Doohan | Jack Doohan | Hitech Grand Prix | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia |
| 3 | R2 | Suzuka Circuit | 23 June | | Jack Doohan | Ukyo Sasahara | Hitech Grand Prix | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia |
| 3 | R3 | Suzuka Circuit | 23 June | Petr Ptáček | Ukyo Sasahara | Jack Doohan | Hitech Grand Prix | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia |
| 4 | R1 | Shanghai International Circuit | 7 September | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Hitech Grand Prix | China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix |
| 4 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit | 8 September | | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Hitech Grand Prix | China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix |
| 4 | R3 | Shanghai International Circuit | 8 September | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Ukyo Sasahara | Hitech Grand Prix | China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix |
| 5 | R1 | Shanghai International Circuit | 27 September | Ukyo Sasahara | Daniel Cao | Daniel Cao | Absolute Racing | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix |
| 5 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit | 28 September | | Daniel Cao | Daniel Cao | Absolute Racing | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix |
| 5 | R3 | Shanghai International Circuit | 28 September | Ukyo Sasahara | Jack Doohan | Jack Doohan | Hitech Grand Prix | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix |

### 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 | SEP | SEP | SEP | CHA | CHA | CHA | SUZ | SUZ | SUZ | SIC1 | SIC1 | SIC1 | SIC2 | SIC2 | SIC2 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Ukyo Sasahara | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 301 |
| 2 | Jack Doohan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 276 |
| 3 | Daniel Cao | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 7 | 187 |
| 4 | Brendon Leitch | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 152 |
| 5 | Eshan Pieris | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 125 |
| 6 | Jackson Walls | | | | | | | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 90 |
| 7 | Jordan Dempsey | 10 | 9 | 9 | | | | 6 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 83 |
| 8 | James Yu | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 54 |
| 9 | Yu Kanamaru | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | | | | Ret | 4 | 6 | | | | 50 |
| 10 | Ayrton Simmons | | | | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | Ret | 9 | 4 | | | | 40 |
| 11 | Petr Ptáček | | | | | | | 3 | 4 | Ret | | | | | | | 27 |
| 12 | Tomoki Takahashi | 7 | 7 | 3 | | | | Ret | 13† | Ret | | | | | | | 27 |
| 13 | Akash Gowda | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | | | | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 14 | Jamie Chadwick | 6 | 12 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| 15 | Miki Koyama | | | | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 18 |
| 16 | Kiyoto Fujinami | | | | | | | 8 | 5 | Ret | | | | | | | 14 |
| 17 | Tom Beckhäuser | Ret | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 18 | Tommy Smith | 12 | 13 | 13 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| 19 | Paul Wong | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| 20 | Thomas Lüdi | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 |
| 21 | "Dragon" | 13 | 14 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 22 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | Ret | 15 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Takashi Hata | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | – |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | SEP | SEP | SEP | CHA | CHA | CHA | SUZ | SUZ | SUZ | SIC1 | SIC1 | SIC1 | SIC2 | SIC2 | SIC2 | | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
Notes:
* † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

#### Masters Cup

| Pos | Driver | SEP | SEP | SEP | CHA | CHA | CHA | SUZ | SUZ | SUZ | SIC1 | SIC1 | SIC1 | SIC2 | SIC2 | SIC2 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Paul Wong | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 313 |
| 2 | Thomas Lüdi | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 161 |
| 3 | "Dragon" | 13 | 14 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 62 |
| 4 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | Ret | 15 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 43 |
| – | Takashi Hata | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | – |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | SEP | SEP | SEP | CHA | CHA | CHA | SUZ | SUZ | SUZ | SIC1 | SIC1 | SIC1 | SIC2 | SIC2 | SIC2 | | Pts |

#### Teams Championship

| Pos | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Hitech Grand Prix | 599 |
| 2 | Absolute Racing | 310 |
| 3 | BlackArts Racing | 176 |
| 4 | Pinnacle Motorsport | 132 |
| 5 | Super License | 75 |
| 6 | Zen Motorsport | 54 |
| 7 | Seven GP | 45 |
| 8 | M-Sport Asia | 26 |
| 9 | B-Max Racing Team | 20 |
| 10 | 852 Challengers | 3 |
Notes:
* † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

## Winter series
### Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Drivers | Status | Rounds |
| Dragon Hitech GP | 1 | Alessandro Ghiretti | | All |
| Dragon Hitech GP | 2 | Pavan Ravishankar | | All |
| Dragon Hitech GP | 17 | Max Fewtrell | | 2 |
| Dragon Hitech GP | 17 | Jack Doohan | G | 3 |
| Dragon Hitech GP | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | | All |
| Dragon Hitech GP | 27 | Dan Ticktum | | 1–2 |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 7 | Vivien Keszthelyi | | All |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 23 | Joey Alders | G | 3 |
| BlackArts Racing Team | 38 | Charles Leong | | 3 |
| Pinnacle Motorsport | 11 | Victor Martins | G | 3 |
| Pinnacle Motorsport | 29 | Akash Nandy | | All |
| Pinnacle Motorsport | 31 | Christian Lundgaard | G | 3 |
| Pinnacle Motorsport | 65 | David Schumacher | | 1–2 |
| Pinnacle Motorsport | 88 | Amaury Cordeel | | 1–2 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 13 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | M | 2–3 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 28 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | M | All |
| B-Max Racing Team | 30 | "Dragon" | M | 1–2 |
| B-Max Racing Team | 85 | Miki Koyama | G | 3 |
| Absolute Racing | 15 | Eshan Pieris | | All |
| Absolute Racing | 16 | Yifei Ye | | All |
| Super License | 81 | Tomoki Takahashi | | All |
| Icon | Status |
| M | Master |
| G | Guest |

### Race calendar

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Supporting |
| 1 | R1 | Chang International Circuit | 11 January | Dan Ticktum | Rinus VeeKay | Rinus VeeKay | Dragon Hitech GP | Asian Le Mans Series |
| 1 | R2 | Chang International Circuit | 12 January | | Rinus VeeKay | Rinus VeeKay | Dragon Hitech GP | Asian Le Mans Series |
| 1 | R3 | Chang International Circuit | 12 January | Dan Ticktum | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Absolute Racing | Asian Le Mans Series |
| 2 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 19 January | Rinus VeeKay | Rinus VeeKay | Rinus VeeKay | Dragon Hitech GP | TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship GT Masters Asia |
| 2 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | 20 January | | Rinus VeeKay | Rinus VeeKay | Dragon Hitech GP | TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship GT Masters Asia |
| 2 | R3 | Sepang International Circuit | 20 January | Rinus VeeKay | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Absolute Racing | TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship GT Masters Asia |
| 3 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit | 23 February | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Absolute Racing | Asian Le Mans Series TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship |
| 3 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | 23 February | | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Absolute Racing | Asian Le Mans Series TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship |
| 3 | R3 | Sepang International Circuit | 24 February | Yifei Ye | Yifei Ye | Eshan Pieris | Absolute Racing | Asian Le Mans Series TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship |

### 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 | CHA | CHA | CHA | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP2 | SEP2 | SEP2 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Rinus VeeKay | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 184 |
| 2 | Yifei Ye | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13† | 155 |
| 3 | Alessandro Ghiretti | 2 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 106 |
| 4 | Tomoki Takahashi | Ret | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 80 |
| 5 | Pavan Ravishankar | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 73 |
| 6 | Eshan Pieris | 5 | DNS | Ret | 6 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 67 |
| 7 | Akash Nandy | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 62 |
| 8 | David Schumacher | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | Ret | | | | 43 |
| 9 | Dan Ticktum | Ret | 6 | 2 | DNS | 5 | 9 | | | | 38 |
| 10 | Amaury Cordeel | 6 | 9 | 4 | DNS | Ret | 11 | | | | 22 |
| 11 | Max Fewtrell | | | | Ret | 6 | 4 | | | | 20 |
| 12 | Charles Leong | | | | | | | 9 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 13 | Vivien Keszthelyi | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 10 | 13 |
| 14 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | | | | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| 15 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 7 |
| 16 | "Dragon" | DNS | DNS | DNS | 11 | 12 | 12 | | | | 0 |
| guest drivers ineligible to score points ||||||||||||
| — | Jack Doohan | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 14† | — |
| — | Victor Martins | | | | | | | 3 | 4 | 2 | — |
| — | Christian Lundgaard | | | | | | | 5 | 8 | Ret | — |
| — | Joey Alders | | | | | | | 8 | 9 | 9 | — |
| — | Miki Koyama | | | | | | | 10 | 14 | 11 | — |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | CHA | CHA | CHA | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP2 | SEP2 | SEP2 | | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

#### Masters Cup

| Pos | Driver | CHA | CHA | CHA | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP2 | SEP2 | SEP2 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Tairoku Yamaguchi | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 143 |
| 2 | Motoyoshi Yoshida | | | | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 116 |
| 3 | "Dragon" | DNS | DNS | DNS | 11 | 12 | 12 | | | | 68 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | CHA | CHA | CHA | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP1 | SEP2 | SEP2 | SEP2 | | Pts |

#### Teams Championship

| Pos | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Hitech Grand Prix | 316 |
| 2 | Absolute Racing | 222 |
| 3 | Pinnacle Motorsport | 113 |
| 4 | Super License | 44 |
| 5 | BlackArts Racing | 29 |
| 6 | B-Max Racing Team | 18 |
Notes:
* † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Doohan is an Australian driver racing under a British license in the main series season.
* ↑ Luedi is a Swiss driver racing under a license from Hong Kong.
* ↑ Ravishankar is a driver from Singapore racing under a British racing license.
* ↑ Ye is a Chinese driver racing under a French racing license.