The 2020 FIA Formula 3 Asian Championship season is the first season of the Formula 3 Asian Championship, and the first one after the split between European F3 and Asian F3. It has a nine-round calendar scheduled.
This season will be run as a quick-sim series, which will be sped through so that we can reach the F3 realignment in 2021.
Schedule All races will be run to a distance of 100km, with a single qualifying session.
29th February - CAMS Gold Star Race - Albert Park
25th April - Turkish Grand Prix Support Race - Istanbul Park
27th June - Jordan Grand Prix Support Race - Circuit of Zarqa
3rd October - Singapore Grand Prix Support Race - Marina Bay Circuit
17th October - Japanese Grand Prix Support Race - Okayama Circuit
31st October - Indian Grand Prix Support Race - Buddh International Circuit
8th November - Korean Super Prix - Changwon Circuit
22nd November - Macau Grand Prix - Guia Circuit
28th November - Chinese Grand Prix Support Race - Shanghai International Circuit
Teams and Drivers Nine teams have entered the Asian Formula Three season on a full time basis, while additional teams have made guest entries for the CAMS Gold Star Race, Korean Super Prix, Macau Grand Prix and Chinese Grand Prix Support Race. They are listed in full on the Wiki page.
User Involvement There really isn't very much this season. However, if you are the DEC holder for someone scheduled to participate in this season and you are unhappy with where I have placed them for this season, please let me know and I can fix it for you.
IIDOTR - Lots of guest drivers in this one, none moreso than the famous Jamie Whincup who arrived for a one-off drive at Triple Eight Racing Engineering as the Asian F3 series organisers tried to generate publicity for their series. He got better and better as the weekend went on, managing to qualify third and then to climb up to second place in what will definitely be his only Formula 3 outing.
ROTR - At the other end of the field, the Theodore Junior Team had a shocking time; after a poor qualifying performance from Danial Frost, he stuck the thing in the wall on the first lap. The experienced Adelaide Voeckler then compounded the problem by spinning out on Lap 11 for the double DNF.
IIDOTR - Full credit has to go to Zhou Xiaoping, who regrouped from a shocking round in Australia to put on a fantastic show to first qualify fourth, then climb all the way up to second place at the chequered flag.
ROTR - Peak Motorsports made a double change to their driver line-up, with one seat going to Thomas Randle and the other being sold awarded to Saudi Arabia's Fahad Algosaibi They both finished outside of the points-paying positions, despite the points going down to 10th out of 14 finishers.
IIDOTR - What an absolute thriller. After leading from pole position throughout the race, Oscar Piastri had managed the threat of Theodore's Adelaide Voeckler for the entire race. Until the very last 100 metres, he held her off. At this point, the French driver pulled out of Piastri's slipstream and edged fractionally ahead at the start-finish line to take the win.
ROTR - Peak Motorsport managed to avoid a second consecutive ROTR thanks to Kwon Sung-Tae managing to piss away an excellent starting position by jumping the lights. It did not take long for him to be black flagged for that infringement.
@TheodoreRacing wrote:@VoeckAdelaide and @Danial_Frost have been fantastic in #F3Asia. Unfortunately the team will not be competing for the rest of the season as we look to cut costs to support the Formula 1 team. Both drivers will have our full support to pursue other opportunities to fill the gap.
@Danial_Frost wrote:So happy to announce that I'll be driving for @bmaxracing for my home #F3Asia race at the #SingaporeGP. Huge opportunity!
Autosport Plus wrote:F1 cancellations in Singapore and Japan knock on to F3 Asia. What does this mean for the Championship?
After the news broke recently that the Formula One Grands Prix in Singapore and Japan would be cancelled, the media - both social and traditional - was ablaze with speculation as to the implications for the Formula One World Championship. Far fewer column inches were devoted to the plight of the feeder series, in particular the Formula 3 Asian Championship currently running its inaugural season.
For the teams and drivers in particular, it is a cruel piece of news. Following on from the withdrawal of Theodore Racing's junior team,Danial Frost had secured a drive in his home race. Now, he has no home race. As a result, the teams and drivers now have to wait until31st October for the fourth race of the season: the last race was in Turkey in late June. For many teams and drivers, enough is enough:they have chosen to go and look for opportunities elsewhere rather than wait for the situation to resolve itself and for the series to get
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@wtf1official wrote:What on earth is going on with #F3Asia? Some serious questions need to be asked #shambles
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@PeakMotorsport wrote:We can confirm that we WILL be on the grid for the rest of the #F3Asia season, and welcome European karting ace @RacingVendetta to our team. Welcome Klaus!
Autosport wrote:KCMG to enter F3 Asia full-time Hong Kong-based KCMG have announced they have secured a full-time entry in F3 Asia for the next confirmed round in India, replacing the cash-strapped Theodore Junior Racing. The squad, who were set to run guest entires later in the year, are set to run Mahaveer Raghunathan and Adelaide Voeckler.
Autosport wrote:KCMG to enter F3 Asia full-time Hong Kong-based KCMG have announced they have secured a full-time entry in F3 Asia for the next confirmed round in India, replacing the cash-strapped Theodore Junior Racing. The squad, who were set to run guest entires later in the year, are set to run Mahaveer Raghunathan and Adelaide Voeckler.
Yes, KCMG will enter the series full-time - but not until 2021. In 2020, they will be Macau Grand Prix guest entrants.
Also, Adelaide Voeckler found herself a drive at Best In The World Kamaha so wouldn't be available for KCMG anyway
IIDOTR - At the positive end of the spectrum, Arjun Maini managed a tremendous victory even as teammate Daruvala continued to struggle, falling right the way out of the points
ROTR - Klaus Vendetta made a good debut, which appears all the better compared to the struggles of Fahad Algosaibi: the Saudi driver managed to fall behind both B-MAX drivers to come in last of the finishers, roughly a second a lap slower then a teammate in his first ever car race
IIDOTR - A few guest entries make the field a little larger, but this was an event absolutely dominated by the home team. K-Apex managed an all-Korean 1-2, with Kwon Sung-Tae taking pole and the win, while Ki-Hyun Song took second place and a fastest lap
ROTR - The ROTR this time around has to be Best In The World, who managed to record an all-mechanical double DNF that made their team name look rather silly.
IIDOTR - Champ Motorsports' guest driver Gabriel Hoffman comes in and collects a grand slam, Luxembourg's best driver since Bertrand Gachot delivering a firm statement that this is a very high-quality series right now.
ROTR - ROTR is definitely Pressley Martono, who finds himself ahead of his Championship-contending teammate and uses that position to hold him up for the entire race and nearly overtaken by Nikita Mazepin coming up to the line
IIDOTR - Hon Chio Leong thoroughly made up for a disappointing home race at Macau with a top-10 result - though he doesn't get any points for it because he's a guest driver.
ROTR - It's not a very good look for Martin Cao; turning up as a 28-year-old with some experience and finishing up in sub-Dragon territory. Very disappointing and slow.
Also, I've not done the maths yet but it seems like a certainty: congratulations to Oscar Piastri on his Formula 3 Championship.
