2021 F3 Asian Championship

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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]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 3 France Pierre-Louis Chovet[2] All
10 Italy Alessio Deledda[3] All
25 France Alexandre Bardinon[4] All
40 Germany Matthias Lüthen[5] 1–3
Australia Evans GP 4 Finland Patrik Pasma[6] All
5 United Kingdom Casper Stevenson[7] R 1–2
United Kingdom Alex Connor R 4–5
6 France Isack Hadjar[8] R 1–3
51 Russia Irina Sidorkova[9] R 1–2, 4–5
Jordan Motorscape 7 United Kingdom Roberto Faria[10][a] R All
77 Italy Nicola Marinangeli[11] All
Hong Kong BlackArts Racing 8 Mexico Rafael Villagómez[12] R All
62 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá[13] R All
66 Portugal Zdeněk Chovanec[14][b] 1
74 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı[10] R All
United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 11 Czech Republic Roman Staněk[15] All
12 Japan Ayumu Iwasa[16] R All
13 United Kingdom Reece Ushijima[17][c] R All
14 Israel Roy Nissany[3] All
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 16 Sweden Dino Beganovic[18] R 1–3
Spain David Vidales[18] 4–5
33 China Guanyu Zhou[18] All
88 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi[18] R All
99 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi[18] 4–5
India Mumbai Falcons 19 India Jehan Daruvala[19] All
28 India Kush Maini[19] All
  • Manaf Hijjawi was set to compete with Motorscape but did not appear at any rounds due to an injury.
  • Alister Yoong was set to compete with BlackArts Racing but only appeared in practice sessions.

Race calendar[edit]

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.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie winner Supporting
1 R1 Dubai Autodrome
(International Circuit) 		29 January China Guanyu Zhou China Guanyu Zhou China Guanyu Zhou United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema Sweden Dino Beganovic Formula 4 UAE Championship
Waleed Alshemais National Sportsbike Championship
Gulf Radical Cup
UAE Touring Car Championship
R2 30 January China Guanyu Zhou China Guanyu Zhou United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema Sweden Dino Beganovic
R3 France Pierre-Louis Chovet India Jehan Daruvala France Pierre-Louis Chovet Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport Sweden Dino Beganovic
2 R1 Yas Marina Circuit
(Corkscrew Circuit) 		4 February India Jehan Daruvala India Jehan Daruvala India Jehan Daruvala India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd. France Isack Hadjar Formula 4 UAE Championship
R2 5 February India Jehan Daruvala India Jehan Daruvala India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd. France Isack Hadjar
R3 France Pierre-Louis Chovet France Pierre-Louis Chovet France Pierre-Louis Chovet Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport France Isack Hadjar
3 R1 6 February India Jehan Daruvala France Pierre-Louis Chovet France Pierre-Louis Chovet Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport Sweden Dino Beganovic
R2 7 February China Guanyu Zhou France Pierre-Louis Chovet Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport Sweden Dino Beganovic
R3 India Jehan Daruvala France Isack Hadjar India Jehan Daruvala India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd. France Isack Hadjar
4 R1 Dubai Autodrome
(Grand Prix Circuit) 		12 February China Guanyu Zhou India Kush Maini France Pierre-Louis Chovet Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport Japan Ayumu Iwasa Formula 4 UAE Championship
Waleed Alshemais National Sportsbike Championship
Gulf Radical Cup
Asian Le Mans Series
R2 13 February India Kush Maini Finland Patrik Pasma Australia Evans GP United Kingdom Reece Ushijima
R3 14 February China Guanyu Zhou France Pierre-Louis Chovet France Pierre-Louis Chovet Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport United Kingdom Reece Ushijima
5 R1 Yas Marina Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit) 		19 February China Guanyu Zhou China Guanyu Zhou China Guanyu Zhou[d] United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı Asian Le Mans Series
UAE Touring Car Championship
R2 20 February Finland Patrik Pasma Finland Patrik Pasma Australia Evans GP Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı
R3 China Guanyu Zhou China Guanyu Zhou China Guanyu Zhou United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema Japan Ayumu Iwasa

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring system[edit]

Points were 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[edit]

Pos Driver DUB1
United Arab Emirates 		ABU1
United Arab Emirates 		ABU2
United Arab Emirates 		DUB2
United Arab Emirates 		ABU3
United Arab Emirates 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 China Guanyu Zhou 1 1 Ret 2 4 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 1 257
2 France Pierre-Louis Chovet 4 4 1 5 5 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 5 Ret 5 241
3 India Jehan Daruvala 3 7 7 1 1 2 2 6 1 5 12 Ret 7 3 3 192
4 Finland Patrik Pasma 9 10 11 4 6 11 Ret Ret 5 4 1 3 2 1 2 146
5 Israel Roy Nissany 2 8 3 7 8 7 5 Ret 11 8 Ret 7 4 7 6 99
6 France Isack Hadjar 8 3 4 3 2 3 10 Ret 3 95
7 Sweden Dino Beganovic 5 2 2 Ret 3 15 4 3 Ret 88
8 Japan Ayumu Iwasa 6 5 5 9 10 4 6 10 7 3 Ret 10 10 10 7 82
9 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı 7 9 8 8 7 10 7 5 Ret 7 8 12 9 6 9 61
10 Czech Republic Roman Staněk 12 12 Ret 6 9 8 9 8 6 6 4 11 18† Ret 4 60
11 India Kush Maini 21 DNS 20 12 11 17 8 7 8 NC Ret 5 3 4 8 55
12 United Kingdom Reece Ushijima 10 11 6 10 13 6 12 11 10 10 5 6 8 9 10 45
13 Spain David Vidales 9 11 2 6 5 12 38
14 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá 14 14 10 11 21 13 Ret 4 9 13 7 14 Ret 8 13 25
15 Italy Alessio Deledda 13 6 13 22 15 Ret 16 13 15 17 10 16 13 13 Ret 9
16 United Kingdom Alex Connor 11 6 13 17† Ret 11 8
17 Mexico Rafael Villagómez Ret Ret 12 20 19 14 Ret 12 12 12 9 8 11 14 14 6
18 United Kingdom Roberto Faria 11 15 19 16 20 9 11 9 17 16 Ret 9 Ret 11 Ret 6
19 Portugal Zdeněk Chovanec DNS 18 9 2
20 France Alexandre Bardinon 18 17 Ret 15 12 12 14 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret Ret 17 Ret 0
21 Italy Nicola Marinangeli 15 13 14 14 14 Ret 13 Ret 14 14 16 15 12 15 18 0
22 Russia Irina Sidorkova 19 19 15 19 18 Ret 15 14 17 14 12 16 0
23 United Kingdom Casper Stevenson 17 16 16 13 Ret Ret 0
24 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi 16 Ret 18 17 17 16 15 14 Ret 18 Ret Ret 16 18 15 0
25 United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi 19 15 18 15 16 17 0
26 Germany Matthias Lüthen 20 20 17 18 16 18 17 Ret 16 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
DUB1
United Arab Emirates 		ABU1
United Arab Emirates 		ABU2
United Arab Emirates 		DUB2
United Arab Emirates 		ABU3
United Arab Emirates
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

Rookie Cup[edit]

Pos Driver DUB1
United Arab Emirates 		ABU1
United Arab Emirates 		ABU2
United Arab Emirates 		DUB2
United Arab Emirates 		ABU3
United Arab Emirates 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Japan Ayumu Iwasa 6 5 5 9 10 4 6 10 7 3 Ret 10 10 11 7 226
2 Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı 7 9 8 8 7 10 7 5 Ret 7 8 12 8 6 9 218
3 United Kingdom Reece Ushijima 10 11 6 10 13 6 12 11 10 10 5 6 9 9 10 211
4 France Isack Hadjar 8 3 4 3 2 3 10 Ret 3 160
5 Sweden Dino Beganovic 5 2 2 Ret 3 15 4 3 Ret 147
6 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá 14 14 10 11 21 13 Ret 4 9 13 7 14 Ret 10 13 125
7 United Kingdom Roberto Faria 11 15 19 16 20 9 11 9 17 16 Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 101
8 Mexico Rafael Villagómez Ret Ret 12 20 19 14 Ret 12 12 12 9 8 11 14 14 97
9 United Kingdom Alex Connor 11 6 13 17 Ret 11 56
10 Russia Irina Sidorkova 19 19 15 19 18 Ret 15 14 17 14 12 16 55
11 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi 16 Ret 18 17 17 16 15 14 Ret 18 Ret Ret 16 18 15 49
12 United Kingdom 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
United Arab Emirates 		ABU1
United Arab Emirates 		ABU2
United Arab Emirates 		DUB2
United Arab Emirates 		ABU3
United Arab Emirates

Teams Championship[edit]

Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulate teams' points.

Pos Team Pts
1 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 383
2 Australia Evans GP 249
3 India Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd. 247
4 Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 241
5 United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 152
6 Hong Kong BlackArts Racing 82
7 Jordan Motorscape 6

References[edit]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Faria is a Brazilian driver racing under a British licence.
  2. ^ Chovanec is a Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese driver racing under a Portuguese licence.
  3. ^ Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver racing under a British licence.
  4. ^ Patrik Pasma crossed the line in first place but later received a time penalty due to not slowing down during a yellow flag.

External links[edit]

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