2021 F3 Asian Championship

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

Team	No.	Drivers	Status	Rounds
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
	5	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]^[a]	R	All
Motorscape	77	Nicola Marinangeli^[11]		All
BlackArts Racing	8	Rafael Villagómez^[12]	R	All
	62	Lorenzo Fluxá^[13]	R	All
	66	Zdeněk Chovanec^[14]^[b]		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]^[c]	R	All
	14	Roy Nissany^[3]		All
Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	16	Dino Beganovic^[18]	R	1–3
	16	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
Mumbai Falcons	28	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

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	Guanyu Zhou	Guanyu Zhou	Guanyu Zhou	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	Dino Beganovic	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	Dino Beganovic
	R3		30 January	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Jehan Daruvala	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pinnacle Motorsport	Dino Beganovic
2	R1	Yas Marina Circuit (Corkscrew Circuit)	4 February	Jehan Daruvala	Jehan Daruvala	Jehan Daruvala	Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd.	Isack Hadjar	Formula 4 UAE Championship
	R2		5 February		Jehan Daruvala	Jehan Daruvala	Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd.	Isack Hadjar
	R3		5 February	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pinnacle Motorsport	Isack Hadjar
3	R1		6 February	Jehan Daruvala	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pinnacle Motorsport	Dino Beganovic
	R2		7 February		Guanyu Zhou	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pinnacle Motorsport	Dino Beganovic
	R3		7 February	Jehan Daruvala	Isack Hadjar	Jehan Daruvala	Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd.	Isack Hadjar
4	R1	Dubai Autodrome (Grand Prix Circuit)	12 February	Guanyu Zhou	Kush Maini	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pinnacle Motorsport	Ayumu Iwasa	Formula 4 UAE Championship Waleed Alshemais National Sportsbike Championship Gulf Radical Cup Asian Le Mans Series
	R2		13 February		Kush Maini	Patrik Pasma	Evans GP	Reece Ushijima
	R3		14 February	Guanyu Zhou	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pinnacle Motorsport	Reece Ushijima
5	R1	Yas Marina Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit)	19 February	Guanyu Zhou	Guanyu Zhou	Guanyu Zhou^[d]	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	Cem Bölükbaşı	Asian Le Mans Series UAE Touring Car Championship
	R2		20 February		Patrik Pasma	Patrik Pasma	Evans GP	Cem Bölükbaşı
	R3		20 February	Guanyu Zhou	Guanyu Zhou	Guanyu Zhou	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	Ayumu Iwasa

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Pos	Driver	DUB1			ABU1			ABU2			DUB2			ABU3			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Guanyu Zhou	1	1	Ret	2	4	5	3	2	2	2	2	4	1	2	1	257
2	Pierre-Louis Chovet	4	4	1	5	5	1	1	1	4	1	3	1	5	Ret	5	241
3	Jehan Daruvala	3	7	7	1	1	2	2	6	1	5	12	Ret	7	3	3	192
4	Patrik Pasma	9	10	11	4	6	11	Ret	Ret	5	4	1	3	2	1	2	146
5	Roy Nissany	2	8	3	7	8	7	5	Ret	11	8	Ret	7	4	7	6	99
6	Isack Hadjar	8	3	4	3	2	3	10	Ret	3							95
7	Dino Beganovic	5	2	2	Ret	3	15	4	3	Ret							88
8	Ayumu Iwasa	6	5	5	9	10	4	6	10	7	3	Ret	10	10	10	7	82
9	Cem Bölükbaşı	7	9	8	8	7	10	7	5	Ret	7	8	12	9	6	9	61
10	Roman Staněk	12	12	Ret	6	9	8	9	8	6	6	4	11	18†	Ret	4	60
11	Kush Maini	21	DNS	20	12	11	17	8	7	8	NC	Ret	5	3	4	8	55
12	Reece Ushijima	10	11	6	10	13	6	12	11	10	10	5	6	8	9	10	45
13	David Vidales										9	11	2	6	5	12	38
14	Lorenzo Fluxá	14	14	10	11	21	13	Ret	4	9	13	7	14	Ret	8	13	25
15	Alessio Deledda	13	6	13	22	15	Ret	16	13	15	17	10	16	13	13	Ret	9
16	Alex Connor										11	6	13	17†	Ret	11	8
17	Rafael Villagómez	Ret	Ret	12	20	19	14	Ret	12	12	12	9	8	11	14	14	6
18	Roberto Faria	11	15	19	16	20	9	11	9	17	16	Ret	9	Ret	11	Ret	6
19	Zdeněk Chovanec	DNS	18	9													2
20	Alexandre Bardinon	18	17	Ret	15	12	12	14	Ret	13	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	0
21	Nicola Marinangeli	15	13	14	14	14	Ret	13	Ret	14	14	16	15	12	15	18	0
22	Irina Sidorkova	19	19	15	19	18	Ret				15	14	17	14	12	16	0
23	Casper Stevenson	17	16	16	13	Ret	Ret										0
24	Amna Al Qubaisi	16	Ret	18	17	17	16	15	14	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	16	18	15	0
25	Khaled Al Qubaisi										19	15	18	15	16	17	0
26	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
Pos	Driver	DUB1			ABU1			ABU2			DUB2			ABU3			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

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	DUB1			ABU1			ABU2			DUB2			ABU3			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
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
Pos	Driver	DUB1			ABU1			ABU2			DUB2			ABU3			Pts

Teams Championship

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

References

^ Allen, Peter (2020-09-23). "Asian F3 plans condensed 2021 calendar exclusively in UAE". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
^ "F3 - Pierre-Louis Chovet en Asian F3". www.autohebdo.fr. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
^ ^a ^b "Check out the provisional Entry list for the first round of #f3asianchampionship 2021".
^ Wood, Elliot (2020-12-22). "Alexandre Bardinon joins Pinnacle Motorsport in Asian F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
^ "F3 Asian Championship announces 23-car field for 2021 Dubai season-opener - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA. 27 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28.
^ "Patrik Pasma joins Evans GP line up for Asian F3". Evans GP. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22.
^ "Casper Stevenson joins Evans GP for Asian F3". Evans GP. 2021-01-06. Archived from the original on 2021-01-06.
^ "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". Archived from the original on 2021-01-04.
^ "Evans GP signs Irina Sidorkova for Asian F3". Evans GP. 2021-01-06. Archived from the original on 2021-01-06.
^ ^a ^b "Teams & Drivers confirm for season 2021 (Updated on 18/01/2021) - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". www.f3asia.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
^ "Marinangeli si accorda con Motorscape via Hitech - F3 FIA ASIA". www.italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
^ Wood, Elliot (23 December 2020). "Rafael Villagomez to Asian F3 with BlackArts Racing". Formula Scout.
^ "Teams & Drivers confirm for season 2021 (Updated on 18/01/2021) - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". www.f3asia.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
^ Wood, Elliot (2020-12-21). "BlackArts Racing signs Zdenek Chovanec for Asian F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
^ Wood, Elliot (2021-01-18). "Roman Stanek joins Hitech GP for Asian and FIA F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
^ "Honda 2021 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Global. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15.
^ Wood, Elliot (2020-12-17). "Hitech GP names Reece Ushijima as first 2021 Asian F3 signing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Abu Dhabi Racing by PREMA announces 2021 F3 Asia line-up". premapowerteam.com. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-18.
^ ^a ^b Wood, Elliot (11 January 2021). "India's Mumbai Falcons team set for Asian F3 with Daruvala and Maini". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^ "F3 Asian Championship announces plans for condensed UAE-based 2021 calendar - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". www.f3asia.com. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
^ "Asian F3's Abu Dhabi season opener replaced by Dubai round". Formula Scout. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
^ "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". Archived from the original on 2021-01-14.

Notes

^ Faria is a Brazilian driver racing under a British licence.
^ Chovanec is a Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese driver racing under a Portuguese licence.
^ Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver racing under a British licence.
^ 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

Official website

[1] Allen, Peter (2020-09-23). "Asian F3 plans condensed 2021 calendar exclusively in UAE". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

[:0-2] "F3 - Pierre-Louis Chovet en Asian F3". www.autohebdo.fr. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

[:2-3] "Check out the provisional Entry list for the first round of #f3asianchampionship 2021".

[:1-4] Wood, Elliot (2020-12-22). "Alexandre Bardinon joins Pinnacle Motorsport in Asian F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-12-22.

[:4-5] "F3 Asian Championship announces 23-car field for 2021 Dubai season-opener - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA. 27 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28.

[6] "Patrik Pasma joins Evans GP line up for Asian F3". Evans GP. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22.

[7] "Casper Stevenson joins Evans GP for Asian F3". Evans GP. 2021-01-06. Archived from the original on 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". Archived from the original on 2021-01-04.

[9] "Evans GP signs Irina Sidorkova for Asian F3". Evans GP. 2021-01-06. Archived from the original on 2021-01-06.

[:3-10] "Teams & Drivers confirm for season 2021 (Updated on 18/01/2021) - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". www.f3asia.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.

[12] "Marinangeli si accorda con Motorscape via Hitech - F3 FIA ASIA". www.italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-16.

[13] Wood, Elliot (23 December 2020). "Rafael Villagomez to Asian F3 with BlackArts Racing". Formula Scout.

[14] "Teams & Drivers confirm for season 2021 (Updated on 18/01/2021) - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". www.f3asia.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

[15] Wood, Elliot (2020-12-21). "BlackArts Racing signs Zdenek Chovanec for Asian F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-12-21.

[17] Wood, Elliot (2021-01-18). "Roman Stanek joins Hitech GP for Asian and FIA F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

[18] "Honda 2021 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Global. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15.

[19] Wood, Elliot (2020-12-17). "Hitech GP names Reece Ushijima as first 2021 Asian F3 signing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-12-17.

[Prema-21] "Abu Dhabi Racing by PREMA announces 2021 F3 Asia line-up". premapowerteam.com. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-18.

[Mumbai-22] Wood, Elliot (11 January 2021). "India's Mumbai Falcons team set for Asian F3 with Daruvala and Maini". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[23] "F3 Asian Championship announces plans for condensed UAE-based 2021 calendar - F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA". www.f3asia.com. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

[24] "Asian F3's Abu Dhabi season opener replaced by Dubai round". Formula Scout. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2021-01-06.

[25] "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". Archived from the original on 2021-01-14.

[11] Faria is a Brazilian driver racing under a British licence.

[16] Chovanec is a Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese driver racing under a Portuguese licence.

[20] Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver racing under a British licence.

[26] Patrik Pasma crossed the line in first place but later received a time penalty due to not slowing down during a yellow flag.

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