2019 Asian Formula Renault Series

The 2019 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) was the 20th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season began on 23 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and ended at the same venue on 8 December after five events.^[1] Joey Alders won the 2019 Championship in his debut season with his team BlackArts Racing Team.

2019 Asian Formula Renault Series

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Starting from 2015, drivers and teams compete in two classes, Pro (Class A) for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Elite (Class B) for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver name Class Rounds BlackArts Racing Team 2 Patrick Tsang P 2 E 5 7 Stephen Hong P All 23 Joey Alders P All 33 Sandro Tavartkiladze P All Asia Racing Team 3 Ni Weiliang P All 6 Ryan Liu P 1 8 Alex Suen P 3 9 Peter Li P 2, 5 11 Nicholas Lai P 4 21 Bruno Carneiro P All 36 Jack Chan E 1–2, 5 44 Pang Changyuan E 2 96 Kurt Hill P 1 FRD 8 Alex Suen E 1 KRC Racing 16 Naomi Zhang P 1 77 Wang Yang P 1 PS Racing 17 Neric Wei P 2–4 62 Erwin Boon P 3–4 76 Elias Niskanen P 1–4 Champ Motorsport 48 James Wong P 5 S&D Motorsports 88 Victor Yung P 1 99 Hugo Hung P 1–2

Icon Class P Pro E Elite

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Elite Class Winner
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	23 March	Joey Alders	Elias Niskanen	Elias Niskanen	PS Racing	Alex Suen
	R2		24 March	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Sandro Tavartkiladze	BlackArts Racing Team	Jack Chan
2	R3	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	15 June	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	Jack Chan
	R4		16 June	Joey Alders	Bruno Carneiro	Bruno Carneiro	Asia Racing Team	Jack Chan
3	R5	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	24 August	Joey Alders	Bruno Carneiro	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
	R6			Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
	R7		25 August	Joey Alders	Bruno Carneiro	Bruno Carneiro	Asia Racing Team	No entrants
4	R8	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	28 September	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
	R9			Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
	R10		29 September	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	No entrants
5	R11	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	7 December	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	Jack Chan
	R12		8 December	Bruno Carneiro	Joey Alders	Joey Alders	BlackArts Racing Team	Patrick Tsang

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Drivers in Pro and Elite classes are classified separately.

Drivers' Championship
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Points	30	24	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championships

Pos Driver ZIC ZIC SEP SEP ZIC Pts Pro 1 Joey Alders 8 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 314 2 Bruno Carneiro 2 Ret 3 1 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 265 3 Sandro Tavartkiladze 4 1 2 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 240 4 Elias Niskanen 1 Ret 4 3 4 4 5 2 4 4 174 5 Stephen Hong 6 Ret 6 Ret 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 153 6 Ni Weiliang 7 5 7 5 Ret 9 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 6 111 7 Neric Wei Ret 6 6 6 7 Ret 7 6 74 8 Peter Li 5 8 3 4 61 9 Erwin Boon 7 8 8 6 8 Ret 51 10 Kurt Hill 3 3 40 11 Ryan Liu 5 2 39 12 Hugo Hung Ret 7 8 7 31 13 Nicholas Lai 7 9 7 29 14 James Wong 7 7 22 15 Alex Suen Ret 7 9 18 16 Wang Yang 11 6 17 17 Victor Yung 10 8 14 18 Naomi Zhang 9 9 14 19 Patrick Tsang 9 Ret 7 Elite 1 Jack Chan Ret 1 1 1 1 Ret 120 2 Patrick Tsang Ret 1 30 3 Alex Suen 1 DNS 30 4 Pang Changyuan Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ZIC ZIC SEP SEP ZIC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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