2018 F3 Asian Championship

Last updated February 02, 2024

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.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Status	Rounds
Chase Owen Racing^[2]	00	Chase Owen^[3]^{[note 1]}		1
Chase Owen Racing^[2]	5	James Yu^[3]		1
Super License^[2]	2	Takashi Hata^[4]	M	All
Super License^[2]	7	Tomoki Takahashi^[4]		All
Zen-Motorsport^[2]	3	Yin Hai Tao^[4]	M	All
	5	James Yu^[5]		2–3, 5
	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
Pinnacle Motorsport ^[2]	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
B-Max Racing Team ^[2]	30	Ryuji Kumita ^[3]	M	1, 3, 5
MSport Asia^[2]	33	Akash Gowda^[4]		All

Icon	Status
M	Master

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		14 July		Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
	R3		15 July	Jake Hughes	Tomoki Takahashi	Jake Hughes	Dragon HitechGP
2	R1	Ningbo International Circuit	1 September	Jaden Conwright	Jaden Conwright	Ben Hingeley	Dragon HitechGP	Audi R8 LMS Cup China Formula 4 Championship China Formula Grand Prix TCR China Touring Car Championship
	R2		1 September		Raoul Hyman	Raoul Hyman	Dragon HitechGP
	R3		2 September	Jaden Conwright	Raoul Hyman	Jaden Conwright	Absolute Racing
3	R1	Shanghai International Circuit	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		23 September	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		14 October	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	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
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
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	James Yu	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	Ryan Liu				10	8	11	9	9	10	8	12	11				14
18	Kang Ling										10†	7	7				12
19	Daniel Cao	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
Pos	Driver	SEP1			NIS1			SIC			NIS2			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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

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
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
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	Ryan Liu				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
Pos	Driver	SEP1			NIS1			SIC			NIS2			SEP2			Pts

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	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

Footnotes

↑ 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.

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[4] Owen is an American driver who raced under a British racing license.

[7] Prette is a Monégasque-Italian driver who raced under a Hong Kong racing license.

[12] Hyman is a South African driver who raced under a British license.

[16] Ye is a Chinese driver who raced under a French racing license.

[Announcement-1] 1 2 "Asia to host FIA-Certified F3 Championship in 2018". Speedcafe.com. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[Teams-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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.

[Sepang-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Allen, Peter (10 July 2018). "Jake Hughes to contest first Asian F3 round with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[Driver-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA announces first driver entries". f3asia.com. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[6] "F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA Prepares for China Debut". f3asia.com. 29 August 2018.

[Teams2-8] 1 2 Wood, Elliot (28 August 2018). "Ben Hingeley to make Asian F3 debut with Hitech". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[lawson-9] 1 2 Wood, Elliot (November 21, 2018). "Yifei Ye and Liam Lawson to make F3 debuts at Sepang this weekend". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 22, 2018.

[10] "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.

[ConwrightHyman-11] 1 2 Allen, Peter (25 May 2018). "Hitech signs Raoul Hyman for new Asian F3 series". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[13] "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.

[14] "Absolute Racing joins new F3 Asian series". absoluteracing.net. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[15] "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.

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