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The Asian Formula Three Corporation today announced the dates for the 2007-8 Series. As in previous years the series will visit China, Indonesia and the Philippines. “We believe we represent the most cost effective International F3 racing World Wide and that the new format, starting October and ending in April, will allow even more drivers [...]

It may have been the same top three at the end, but it was a very different – and in many places dramatic - race in this afternoon’s third Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 race at Albert Park in Melbourne.
Once again it was Tim Macrow, Charlie Hollings and Marco Mapelli on the podium, but it [...]

Dillon Battistini fought a hard battle with race one winner, Moreno Soeprapto, taking the AF3 Pacific class win by one second. Philip Forsman finished third from back of the grid starter, Henri Karjalainen. Tim Macrow won the race overall with Charlie Hollings in second place.
Soeprapto took the lead from Battistini at the start and held [...]

Moreno Soeprapto finished first in the AF3 Pacific Class in a dramatic Australian F3 support race at the Melbourne F1 GP event. Dillon Battistini was second in class with Edwin Jowsey third. Philip Forsman was fourth with Paul Ip fifth and second in the Promotions Class behind Battistini. Ex- Asian F3 racer, Charlie Hollings won [...]

A full grid of 32 cars will be competing the Melbourne F1GP support races on March 15-18th. Joining the Australian F3 drivers will be seven drivers who will also be racing for points for the Asian F3 Pacific Driver of the Year award.
Aran Racing have entered Edwin Jowsey and Philip Forsman whilst Paul Ip, Henri [...]

James Winslow, the Asian Formula Three champion, has been presented with a Gregor Grant trophy at the Autosport Awards, in recognition of his bravery in saving the life of one of his competitors.
The Briton saved rival Moreno Soeprapto after pulling him from his wrecked car at Sentul in Indonesia earlier this year, just moments before [...]

When the 2007 Formula One season schedule was announced, with Australia being the opening event, it was also noted the wildly popular Australian V8 Super Car Series would not be part of the weekends program.
When Australian Grand Prix Corporation chairman Ron Walker announced the absence of the V8’s the news was greeted with surprise by [...]

Brits Charlie Hollings and James Winslow were celebrating after round sixteen of the Asian Formula Three Championship after former stormed to his maiden win at Batangas and the latter was crowned 2006 Champion.
In a race of drama that saw Winslow’s only two title rivals, Ali Jackson and Tyson Sy, collide with one another, the Brit’s [...]

Round 15, which was postponed from the previous Sentul event, was run at BRC this morning and turned out to be one of the most exciting races seen to date in the series.
Pena took a last lap victory from Tyson Sy and James Winslow. Michele Bumgarner won the Promotions Class.
Moreno Soeprapto, Dillon Battistini and Dado [...]

Dado Pena set the fastest time of the day and headed the times for two of the three practice sessions Friday. Ali Jackson topped the time sheet for the second session. Michele Bumgarner was the fastest in the Promotions Class. The top six overall were covered by less than three tenths of a second promising [...]

Ali Jackson has seen his hopes of overhauling James Winslow for the Asian Formula Three Championship take a major blow when he suffered a broken arm in a road car accident back in his native Ireland.
Having led the championship going into the five-race round at Sentul, Winslow’s clean sweep of all the races has put [...]

I’ve been sadly deficient in my coverage of the Asian Formula Three Series both here and my other place. After the cancellation of the AF3 Indonesian rounds last month due to “unforeseen commercial reasons” (whatever that means) the Series returns this week to Sentul Indonesia for 6 rounds of action.
Never one to shy away from [...]

The Asian Formula Three Corporation is considering switching to become a ‘winter series’ running in the European winter months. This will enable more Europeans, Americans and Japanese to compete and it has the added bonus of catching the best weather conditions in the Asian region.
An AF3 spokesman reported “This is only in the discussion stage [...]

Ali Jackson won the re-run Asian F3 round six at the Zhuhai International Circuit from James Winslow who drove a great race from the back of the grid. Dillon Battistini was third whilst LouMeng Cheong won the Promotions Class.
Jackson took the lead in another wet race with Battistini second and Moreno Soeprapto third. A huge [...]

Dado Pena set the fastest time of the day in the final practice before Saturday’s Asian F3 qualifying and the first races of the Frestech Pan Delta Super Racing Event at the Zhuhai International Circuit in China. James Winslow was his closest challenger with LouMeng again setting the Promotions Class pace.
Once again Pena and Winslow [...]