2021 F3 Asian Championship

The 2021 F3 Asian Championship is a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. 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 fourth season of the championship.

2021 F3 Asian Championship
Previous: 2019–20 Next: 2022
Support series:
Formula 4 UAE Championship

The season consists of five consecutive weekends in January and February of 2021.[1]

Teams and drivers
Team No. Drivers Status Rounds
Pinnacle Motorsport 3 Pierre-Louis Chovet[2] 1–3
10 Alessio Deledda[3] 1–3
25 Alexandre Bardinon[4] 1–3
40 Matthias Lüthen[5] 1–3
3Y Evans GP 4 Patrik Pasma[6] 1–3
5 Casper Stevenson[7] R 1–2
6 Isack Hadjar[8] R 1–3
51 Irina Sidorkova[9] R 1–2
Motorscape 7 Roberto Faria[10] R 1–3
77 Nicola Marinangeli[11] 1–3
BlackArts Racing Team 8 Rafael Villagómez[12] R 1–3
62 Lorenzo Fluxá[13] R 1–3
66 Zdenek Chovanec[14][lower-alpha 1] 1
74 Cem Bölükbaşı[10] R 1–3
Hitech Grand Prix 11 Roman Staněk[15] 1–3
12 Ayumu Iwasa[16] R 1–3
13 Reece Ushijima[17][lower-alpha 2] R 1–3
14 Roy Nissany[3] 1–3
Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 16 Dino Beganovic[18] R 1–3
33 Guanyu Zhou[18] 1–3
88 Amna Al Qubaisi[18] R 1–3
TBA Khaled Al Qubaisi[18] TBC
TBA David Vidales[18] 4
Mumbai Falcons 19 Jehan Daruvala[19] 1–3
28 Kush Maini[19] 1–3

Race calendar

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 is planned to consists only of races in the United Arab Emirates.[20] This calendar was slightly amended later on.[21][22]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Dubai Autodrome
(International Circuit)		 29 January Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Zhou Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema Formula 4 UAE Championship
Waleed Alshemais National Sportsbike Championship
Gulf Radical Cup
UAE Touring Car Championship
R2 30 January Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Zhou Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema
R3 Pierre-Louis Chovet Jehan Daruvala Pierre-Louis Chovet Pinnacle Motorsport
2 R1 Yas Marina Circuit
(Corkscrew Circuit)		 4 February Jehan Daruvala Jehan Daruvala Jehan Daruvala Mumbai Falcons Formula 4 UAE Championship
R2 5 February Jehan Daruvala Jehan Daruvala Mumbai Falcons
R3 Pierre-Louis Chovet Pierre-Louis Chovet Pierre-Louis Chovet Pinnacle Motorsport
3 R1 6 February Jehan Daruvala Pierre-Louis Chovet Pierre-Louis Chovet Pinnacle Motorsport
R2 7 February Guanyu Zhou Pierre-Louis Chovet Pinnacle Motorsport
R3 Jehan Daruvala Isack Hadjar Jehan Daruvala Mumbai Falcons
4 R1 Dubai Autodrome
(Grand Prix Circuit)		 12 February Formula 4 UAE Championship
Waleed Alshemais National Sportsbike Championship
Gulf Radical Cup
Asian Le Mans Series
R2 13 February
R3 14 February
5 R1 Yas Marina Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit)		 19-20 February Asian Le Mans Series
UAE Touring Car Championship
R2
R3

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 DUB1
 ABU1
 ABU2
 DUB2
 ABU3
 Pts
1 Pierre-Louis Chovet 4 4 1 5 5 1 1 1 4 156
2 Jehan Daruvala 3 7 7 1 1 2 2 6 1 146
3 Guanyu Zhou 1 1 Ret 2 4 5 3 2 2 141
4 Isack Hadjar 8 3 4 3 2 3 10 Ret 3 95
5 Dino Beganovic 5 2 2 Ret 3 15 4 3 Ret 88
6 Roy Nissany 2 8 3 7 8 7 5 Ret 11 63
7 Ayumu Iwasa 6 5 5 9 10 4 6 10 7 58
8 Cem Bölükbaşı 7 9 8 8 7 10 7 5 Ret 39
9 Patrik Pasma 9 10 11 4 6 11 Ret Ret 5 33
10 Roman Staněk 12 12 Ret 6 9 8 9 8 6 28
11 Reece Ushijima 10 11 6 10 13 6 12 11 10 19
12 Lorenzo Fluxá 14 14 10 11 21 13 Ret 4 9 15
13 Kush Maini 21 DNS 20 12 11 17 8 7 8 14
14 Alessio Deledda 13 6 13 22 15 Ret 16 13 15 8
15 Roberto Faria 11 15 19 16 20 9 11 9 17 4
16 Zdenek Chovanec DNS 18 9 2
17 Rafael Villagómez Ret Ret 12 20 19 14 Ret 12 12 0
18 Alexandre Bardinon 18 17 Ret 15 12 12 14 Ret 13 0
19 Nicola Marinangeli 15 13 14 14 14 Ret 13 Ret 14 0
20 Casper Stevenson 17 16 16 13 Ret Ret 0
21 Amna Al Qubaisi 16 Ret 18 17 17 16 15 14 Ret 0
22 Irina Sidorkova 19 19 15 19 18 Ret 0
23 Matthias Lüthen 20 20 17 18 16 18 17 Ret 16 0
Pos Driver DUB1
 ABU1
 ABU2
 DUB2
 ABU3
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup
Pos Driver DUB1
 ABU1
 ABU2
 DUB2
 ABU3
 Pts
1 Isack Hadjar 8 3 4 3 2 3 10 Ret 3 160
2 Dino Beganovic 5 2 2 Ret 3 15 4 3 Ret 147
3 Ayumu Iwasa 6 5 5 9 10 4 6 10 7 139
4 Cem Bölükbaşı 7 9 8 8 7 10 7 5 Ret 110
5 Reece Ushijima 10 11 6 10 13 6 12 11 10 97
6 Lorenzo Fluxá 14 14 10 11 21 13 Ret 4 9 76
7 Roberto Faria 11 15 19 16 20 9 11 9 17 64
8 Rafael Villagómez Ret Ret 12 20 19 14 Ret 12 12 37
9 Amna Al Qubaisi 16 Ret 18 17 17 16 15 14 Ret 27
10 Casper Stevenson 17 16 16 13 Ret Ret 16
11 Irina Sidorkova 19 19 15 19 18 Ret 15
Pos Driver DUB1
 ABU1
 ABU2
 DUB2
 ABU3
 Pts

Teams Championship

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

Pos Team Pts
1 Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 229
2 Mumbai Falcons 160
2 Pinnacle Motorsport 156
4 Evans GP 128
5 Hitech Grand Prix 88
6 BlackArts Racing Team 54
7 Motorscape 4

References
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  2. "F3 - Pierre-Louis Chovet en Asian F3". www.autohebdo.fr. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
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  6. "Patrik Pasma joins Evans GP line up for Asian F3". Evans GP. 22 January 2021.
  7. "Casper Stevenson joins Evans GP for Asian F3". Evans GP. 2021-01-06.
  8. "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | Isack Hadjar will not only make his debut in Formula Regional by Alpine this season with R-ace GP, the French driver will also compete in the first three rounds of F3 Asia with Evans GP! #F3".
  9. "Evans GP signs Irina Sidorkova for Asian F3". Evans GP. 2021-01-06.
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  11. "Marinangeli si accorda con Motorscape via Hitech - F3 FIA ASIA". www.italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  12. Wood, Elliot (23 December 2020). "Rafael Villagomez to Asian F3 with BlackArts Racing". Formula Scout.
  13. "Teams & Drivers confirm for season 2021 (Updated on 18/01/2021) - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". www.f3asia.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
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  15. Wood, Elliot (2021-01-18). "Roman Stanek joins Hitech GP for Asian and FIA F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  16. "Honda 2021 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Global. 15 January 2021.
  17. Wood, Elliot (2020-12-17). "Hitech GP names Reece Ushijima as first 2021 Asian F3 signing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  18. "Abu Dhabi Racing by PREMA announces 2021 F3 Asia line-up". premapowerteam.com. 18 January 2021.
  19. Wood, Elliot (11 January 2021). "India's Mumbai Falcons team set for Asian F3 with Daruvala and Maini". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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  22. "NEWS | The F3 Asia calendar has been altered again. Instead of a double round at Dubai, there will now be a double round at Yas Marina a week earlier".

Notes
  1. Chovanec is a Czech-Venezuelan driver racing under a Portuguese licence
  2. Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver racing under a British licence
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