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Jehan Daruvala earns valuable Super Licence points with 3rd in Drivers title: Asia F3
Abu Dhabi, 20 Feb 2021: Talented Indian driver and the next F1 hopeful from the country, Jehan Daruvala, racing for Mumbai Falcons, clinched two podiums, winning third places in Race 14 and Race 15 each, ended the Asia F3 Championship here on Saturday.
Pierre Louis Chovet won the Drivers’ Championship with 221 points with Guanyu Zhou (189) taking second with Daruvala garnering 156 for third. Teammate Kush Maini finished 12th with 24 points. This week-end Kush Maini put in a strong performance taking P4 behind Daruvala in one race. Maini who had initial hiccups early in the season, could not perform upto his potential due to technical issues.
The Mumba-born youngster, with two third places in Round 5, clinched the third place in the Drivers’ Championship which fetched him important points that add to his FIA Super Driver Licence. He is likely to get 12 points for his efforts.
“It is great to finish the weekend with a double podium. It’s P3 for me in the championship in the end. A Big thanks to Mumbai Falcons, for all the hard work over the last few weeks and congratulations on securing P3 in the teams’ championship,” said Jehan Daruvala tagging Falcons’ handle on twitter
Mumbai Falcons India Racing Limited’s Jehan Daruvala has endured a season of mixed fortunes so far, and had an outside chance for the title ahead of the final round. The 22-year-old won three of the six races in Rounds 2 and 3 at the Yas Marina track, all from pole, but had mixed fortunes later on.
The championship winner takes home 18 coveted FIA Super Licence points, with the runner-up taking 14, and the final point awarded to the ninth-place finisher in the Driver Classification.
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Chovet favourite as Asia F3 closes; Outside chance for Jehan
Abu Dhabi (UAE), 17 Feb 2021: Eighteen-year-old Frenchman Pierre-Louis Chovet is the hot favourite to clinch the 2021 F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA title as the series prepares for the season-closing triple-header at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit from February 18-20. The Pinnacle Motorsport driver has so far won six of the 12 races, three from pole position giving him a 100% conversion rate.
Guaranteed to give the young pretender a run for his money though is China’s Zhou Guanyu with Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema. The 21-year-old 2021 Alpine Academy driver won the opening two races of the season before a DNF in Race 3 dealt a blow to his title aspirations. Since then, however, nine consecutive double-digit points scores put him just 32 points adrift of Chovet in the driver classification.
Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd.’s Jehan Daruvala has endured a season of mixed fortunes so far, but remains in mathematical title contention ahead of the final round. The 22-year-old won three of the six races in Rounds 2 and 3 at the Yas Marina track, all from pole, so is expected to be a force to be reckoned with when the championship returns there this week.
Along with the championship title comes 18 coveted FIA Super Licence points, with the runner-up taking 14, and the final point awarded to the ninth-place finisher in the Driver Classification. That means there is plenty to fight for even for those no longer in championship contention.
Currently fourth and fifth respectively in the Driver Classification are 3Y Evans GP’s Isack Hadjar, who took five podiums in nine races, and Ferrari Driver Academy Swede Dino Beganovic, who notched up four podiums in the first three rounds with Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema. Having completed their championship stints as planned, both drivers bowed out ahead of Round 4, so will drop down the leaderboard by the end of the season. Beganovic was replaced by Spaniard David Vidales in Round 4, and the 18-year-old immediately impressed with a second-place finish in Race 12.
3Y Evans GP’s Patrik Pasma, currently sixth in the standings, is definitely a driver to watch after a strong performance in Round 4, which saw the 20-year-old Finn take victory in Race 11 and a podium finish in Race 12.
Hitech Grand Prix Red Bull Junior Driver Ayumu Iwasa sits seventh in the overall driver standings ahead of team mate Roy Nissany, and leads the Rookie Cup having scored his maiden class win in Race 10 after seven podium finishes. The reigning French F4 champion leads team mate Reece Ushijima by 14 points in the Rookie Cup standings, but both drivers should watch out for Turkish esports ace Cem Bolukbasi. The BlackArts Racing driver has taken six Rookie Cup podiums so far this year and trails Iwasa by just 26 points ahead of the final round.
The fourth season of the F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA has exceeded all expectations, pitching new talent just emerging from the ranks of karting and F4 against experienced FIA F2 drivers, potentially on the brink of F1 breakthroughs, with intriguing results. As the series prepares for the final showdown on the stunning F1 Yas Marina Circuit, three more fascinating encounters lie ahead.
F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA
Drivers’ Championship after Round 4
Pos No Driver Nat Team Pts 1 3 Pierre-Louis CHOVET FRA Pinnacle Motorsport 221 2 33 Guanyu ZHOU CHN Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 189 3 19 Jehan DARUVALA IND Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd. 156 4 6 Isack HADJAR FRA 3Y Evans GP 95 5 16 Dino BEGANOVIC SWE Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 88 6 4 Patrik PASMA FIN 3Y Evans GP 85 7 12 Ayumu IWASA JPN Hitech Grand Prix 74 8 14 Roy NISSANY ISR Hitech Grand Prix 73 9 74 Cem BOLUKBASI TUR BlackArts Racing 49 10 11 Roman STANEK CZE Hitech Grand Prix 48 11 13 Reece USHIJIMA GBR Hitech Grand Prix 38 12 28 Kush MAINI IND Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd. 24 13 62 Lorenzo FLUXA ESP BlackArts Racing 21 14 16 David VIDALES ESP Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 20 15 10 Alessio DELEDDA ITA Pinnacle Motorsport 9 16 5 Alex CONNOR GBR 3Y Evans GP 8 17 7 Roberto FARIA BRA Motorscape 6 17 8 Rafael VILLAGOMEZ MEX BlackArts Racing 6 18 66 Zdenek CHOVANEC POR BlackArts Racing 2 18 5 Casper STEVENSON GBR 3Y Evans GP Team Oloi 0 19 25 Alexandre BARDINON FRA Pinnacle Motorsport 0 19 40 Matthias LUETHEN GER Pinnacle Motorsport 0 19 51 Irina SIDORKOVA RUS 3Y Evans GP Team Oloi 0 19 77 Nicola MARINANGELI ITA Motorscape 0 19 88 Amna AL QUBAISI UAE Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 0 19 99 Khaled AL QUBAISI UAE Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 0 F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA
Rookie Cup after Round 4
Pos No Driver Nat Team Pts 1 12 Ayumu IWASA JPN Hitech Grand Prix 176 2 13 Reece USHIJIMA GBR Hitech Grand Prix 162 3 6 Isack HADJAR FRA 3Y Evans GP 160 4 74 Cem BOLUKBASI TUR BlackArts Racing 150 5 16 Dino BEGANOVIC SWE Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 147 6 62 Lorenzo FLUXA ESP BlackArts Racing 103 7 7 Roberto FARIA BRA Motorscape 83 8 8 Rafael VILLAGOMEZ MEX BlackArts Racing 71 9 5 Alex CONNOR GBR 3Y Evans GP 38 10 51 Irina SIDORKOVA RUS 3Y Evans GP Team Oloi 33 11 88 Amna AL QUBAISI UAE Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 31 12 5 Casper STEVENSON GBR 3Y Evans GP Team Oloi 16 Team Classification after Round 4
Pos Nat Team Pts 1 UAE Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 297 2 IRL Pinnacle Motorsport 221 3 AUS Evans GP 188 4 IND Mumbai Falcons India Racing Ltd 180 5 GBR Hitech Grand Prix 114 6 HKG BlackArts Racing 70 7 JOR Motorscape 6 2021 F3 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP CERTIFIED BY FIA PROVISIONAL CALENDAR
Date Venue Event January 27 Dubai Autodrome Pre-Season Test January 29-30 Dubai Autodrome, UAE Round 1 (Races 1-3) February 4-5 Yas Marina Circuit, UAE Round 2 (Races 4-6) February 6-7 Yas Marina Circuit, UAE Round 3 (Races 7-9) February 12-14 Dubai Autodrome, UAE Round 4 (Races 10-12) February 19-20 Yas Marina Circuit, UAE Round 5 (Races 13-15) -
Jehan, Kush Maini for Asian F3 as an all-Indian team
Mumbai, 13 Jan 2021: Mumbai Falcons is all set to create history by becoming the first full-fledged team from India to compete in the prestigious F3 Asian Championship, commencing in Dubai on January 29.
The team that swept almost all the titles in the inaugural X1 League last year will be led by F2 stalwart Jehan Daruvala and British F3 Runner-Up Kush Maini, according to a press release here on Wednesday.
With former F2 and GT1 racer Armaan Ebrahim as the Team Principal and 8-time National Champion Rayomand Banajee as strategy and communications head, Mumbai Falcons is confident of winning the Championship.
“Our goal is to take Indian Motorsport to new heights. Asian F3 is just the beginning,” Navjeet Gadhoke, owner of Mumbai Falcons, which came into existence just last year, said. “With Jehan and Kush, we have the best driver line-up on the grid. We are confident of going all the way and winning the Championship,” he added.
File photo of Kush Maini by Mumbai Falcons “We have quietly been working on this and we are ready to enter the international stage in a big way,” Moid Tungekar, CEO of Mumbai Falcons, declared.
The Asian F3 Championship is the continent’s most competitive racing event, with nine strong teams boasting of multiple F2 and F3 drivers, competing. Last year, two racers from this Championship had even made it to Formula 1.
Incidentally, MSport had fielded a team last year but had only one Indian driver in the lineup.
The five-round 15-race long season will kick off in Dubai on January 29 and conclude on February 20 in Abu Dhabi.
Jehan Daruvala, who is being hailed as the next big thing in Indian racing, is just one step away from Formula 1. The multiple International Karting Champion is the only Indian to have made it to the podium of an FIA World Championship (third in the 2014 FIA CIK World Karting Championship).
He also remains the only Indian to win an official Grand Prix (New Zealand Grand Prix). His 26 Rookie Podiums in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship is a record. He had multiple wins and was second runner up in the 2019 FIA F3 Championship, after remaining in title contention till the last round. A few weeks ago, he became the first Indian to win an F2 Race in its current iteration too.
Kush Maini is the youngest Indian to ever win an Asian Karting race and is a multiple Karting Champion and race winner across Formula categories. He made waves last year when he was in title contention for the BRDC Formula 3 Championship. With 3 victories to his name, the young Indian proved himself, across some of the most iconic British circuits. Kush was the most prominent driver in the inaugural X1 Racing League, en route to winning the Indian International Driver’s title with Mumbai Falcons.
