The 2021 F3 Asian Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. 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 fourth season of the championship and was won by Guanyu Zhou for Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema.
The season consisted of five consecutive weekends in January and February 2021. [1]
Team | No. | Drivers | Status | Rounds |
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Pinnacle Motorsport | 3 | Pierre-Louis Chovet [2] | All | |
10 | Alessio Deledda [3] | All | ||
25 | Alexandre Bardinon [4] | All | ||
40 | Matthias Lüthen [5] | 1–3 | ||
Evans GP | 4 | Patrik Pasma [6] | All | |
5 | Casper Stevenson [7] | R | 1–2 | |
Alex Connor | R | 4–5 | ||
6 | Isack Hadjar [8] | R | 1–3 | |
51 | Irina Sidorkova [9] | R | 1–2, 4–5 | |
Motorscape | 7 | Roberto Faria [10] [lower-alpha 1] | R | All |
77 | Nicola Marinangeli [11] | All | ||
BlackArts Racing | 8 | Rafael Villagómez [12] | R | All |
62 | Lorenzo Fluxá [13] | R | All | |
66 | Zdeněk Chovanec [14] [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | ||
74 | Cem Bölükbaşı [10] | R | All | |
Hitech Grand Prix | 11 | Roman Staněk [15] | All | |
12 | Ayumu Iwasa [16] | R | All | |
13 | Reece Ushijima [17] [lower-alpha 3] | R | All | |
14 | Roy Nissany [3] | All | ||
Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | 16 | Dino Beganovic [18] | R | 1–3 |
David Vidales [18] | 4–5 | |||
33 | Guanyu Zhou [18] | All | ||
88 | Amna Al Qubaisi [18] | R | All | |
99 | Khaled Al Qubaisi [18] | 4–5 | ||
Mumbai Falcons | 19 | Jehan Daruvala [19] | All | |
28 | Kush Maini [19] | All |
The first proposal for the race calendar was announced on 23 September 2020. To combat possible travel and quarantine regulations because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season consisted only of races in the United Arab Emirates. [20] This calendar was slightly amended later on. [21] [22] The grid for Race 2 was determined by the fastest laps of Race 1.
Points were awarded to the top ten drivers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Driver | DUB1 | ABU1 | ABU2 | DUB2 | ABU3 | Pts | ||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
1 | Ayumu Iwasa | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 226 |
2 | Cem Bölükbaşı | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 218 |
3 | Reece Ushijima | 10 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 211 |
4 | Isack Hadjar | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | Ret | 3 | 160 | ||||||
5 | Dino Beganovic | 5 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 15 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 147 | ||||||
6 | Lorenzo Fluxá | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 13 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 125 |
7 | Roberto Faria | 11 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 101 |
8 | Rafael Villagómez | Ret | Ret | 12 | 20 | 19 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 97 |
9 | Alex Connor | 11 | 6 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 11 | 56 | |||||||||
10 | Irina Sidorkova | 19 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 18 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 55 | |||
11 | Amna Al Qubaisi | 16 | Ret | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 18 | 15 | 49 |
12 | Casper Stevenson | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 16 | |||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
DUB1 | ABU1 | ABU2 | DUB2 | ABU3 |
Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulate teams' points.
Pos | Team | Pts |
---|---|---|
1 | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | 383 |
2 | Evans GP | 249 |
3 | Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd. | 247 |
4 | Pinnacle Motorsport | 241 |
5 | Hitech Grand Prix | 152 |
6 | BlackArts Racing | 82 |
7 | Motorscape | 6 |
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