2019 AutoReject 3.5 Middle Eastern Cup

The 2019 AutoReject 3.5 Middle Eastern Cup was a winter series that took place at the start of 2019. It was an extension of the full 2019 AutoReject 3.5 season, aimed to give the new teams and drivers proper race experience before the regular season. Teams were entitled to bring only one car to the four-race series which took place in the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar.

Teams and Drivers

All teams used AR3.5 Type 01 chassis partnered with 3500cc V8 Cosworth engines.

Team	#	Drivers	Rounds
Template:FRA Écurie Prenois [?]	1	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	All
RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport [?]	3	Anu Võsu	All
Template:FRA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Nebula Grand Prix [?]	5	Jorge Álvarez Torrente	All
Falik Arrows [?]	7	Hwok Kwol-Cho	All
Template:FRA Renault Academy Voeckler [?]	9	Mineiro	All
Template:BEL RonDen Racing Engineering [?]	12	Template:BEL Yaël de Bock	All
Template:AUS Simpson Motorsports [?]	13	Template:AUS Rick Simpson	All
Template:GBR Peak Aeroracing Engineering [?]	15	Template:AUS Matt Grove	All
ICE-3 Melkus Racing [?]	17	Katie May	All
Template:GBR National Jones Ford Juniors [?]	19	Template:GBR James Jones	All
Template:GBR Chris Short Nismo Academy [?]	21	Volker Scrattenheim	All
Takagi Racing Enterprises [?]	24	Jari Lappalainen	All
Euromotor International [?]	25	Darko Kuzmanovic	All
Template:USA Underhill Motorsports with Tarantino Autosport [?]	27	Goran Jordanovic	All
Template:GBR Definitely Maybe Racing [?]	29	Template:GBR Thomas Butler	All
FXS Racing [?]	32	Pietronella Addiks	All
Template:BEL Lotto Junior [?]	33	Ryan McReynolds	All
Avanti Grand Prix [?]	36	Emma Kickert	All
Mótorar Sigurðardóttir [?]	37	Iakopo Fuamatu	All
Template:GBR Plus One Racing Engineering [?]	39	Joe Harmsky	All
Template:GBR North Star Racing [?]	42	Template:AUS Ryan Zimmer	All

Race Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Reject of the Race
1	Dubai Autodrome	January 11-13	Anu Võsu	Jari Lappalainen	Volker Scrattenheim	Template:GBR Chris Short Nismo Academy	Mineiro and Katie May
2	Yas Marina Circuit	January 18-20	Anu Võsu	Mineiro	Anu Võsu	RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport	Template:BEL Yaël de Bock
3	Losail International Circuit	January 25-27	Anu Võsu	Template:GBR James Jones	Mineiro	Template:FRA Renault Academy Voeckler	Hwok Kwol-Cho
4	Bahrain International Circuit	February 1-3	Template:GBR Thomas Butler	Mineiro	Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier	Template:FRA Écurie Prenois	Template:GBR Thomas Butler

Final standings

Points system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL	PP
Points	20	14	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	2

Pos Driver DUB ABU QAT BRN Pts. 1 Anu Võsu 11 1 2 4 50 2 Mineiro Ret 3 1 2 46 3 Template:GBR Thomas Butler 2 2 3 Ret 40 4 Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier 3 4 12 1 38 5 Volker Scrattenheim 1 8 9 7 29 6 Jorge Álvarez Torrente 5 6 5 Ret 17 7 Darko Kuzmanovic 8 7 8 5 16 8 Iakopo Fuamatu Ret 5 4 Ret 14 9 Template:AUS Matt Grove Ret 12 7 4 12 10 Jari Lappalainen 4 16 14 11 10 11 Katie May Ret 15 6 6 10 12 Template:BEL Yaël de Bock 6 18 15 13 5 13 Template:GBR James Jones 10 10 13 10 5 14 Ryan McReynolds 7 12 19 14 4 15 Hwok Kwol-Cho 13 Ret 17 8 3 16 Joe Harmsky Ret 9 10 12 3 17 Template:AUS Rick Simpson DNP 13 11 9 2 18 Emma Kickert 9 14 Ret Ret 2 19 Template:AUS Ryan Zimmer 12 17 16 Ret 0 20 Goran Jordanovic 14 Ret 18 15 0 21 Pietronella Addiks 15 19 20 16 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance