2017–18 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

The 2017–18 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship season was the second season of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. It began on 30 September 2017 at the Sepang International Circuit and finished on 15 April 2018 at the same venue, after 29 races held across five rounds on three countries.[1][2][3]

2017–18 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
Previous:	2016–17	Next:	2018

Drivers

	Driver	Rounds
1	Hibiki Taira	4–5
3	Kane Shepherd	All
9	Shivin Sirinarinthon	1–2
10	Timothy Yeo	5
15		2
16	Benson Lin	4
17	Nazim Azman	1, 3, 5
19	Ben Grimes	2–3
	Isyraf Danish	1
77		5
22	Alister Yoong	4
23	Muizz Musyaffa	4–5
27	Ugo de Wilde	3–4
28	Alessandro Ghiretti	5
29	Mitchell Cheah	4
30	Eshan Pieris	1, 4
31	Armand Johany	5
32	Presley Martono	5
33	Sam Grimes	2–3
38	Arsh Johany	5
42	Luke Thompson	All
45	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	3
55	Daniel Cao	All
66	Danial Frost	1
72	Nayan Chatterjee	1
78	Aaron Love	4
88	Perdana Putra Minang	1
93	Adam Khalid	2
95		4
99	Liam Lawrence	4

Race calendar and results

The final calendar was released on 4 July 2017.[1] The first round at Sepang will be held in support the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, whereas the two final rounds in Buriram and Sepang will support the 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series.

Due to an incident involving F1 driver Romain Grosjean, which required track fixing operations, the first race of the opening Sepang round had to be postponed. It was announced later that the round will be shortened to 5 races, with the sixth race being rescheduled at a later date.

On November 20, organizers cancelled round 3 at the Sentul International Circuit in Indonesia due lo logistical complications. It was later announced that the round would be rescheduled at Buriram for early December,[2] and finally at Sepang for mid April as the season finale.[3]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Supporting
2017
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	30 September	Danial Frost	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Malaysian Grand Prix
	R2				Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao
	R3			Danial Frost	Nayan Chatterjee	Danial Frost
	R4		1 October		Nayan Chatterjee	Daniel Cao
	R5				Daniel Cao	Nazim Azman
	R6			Race cancelled date due to track reparations
2	R1	Clark International Speedway, Mabalacat	21 October	Ben Grimes	Ben Grimes	Ben Grimes
	R2					Daniel Cao
	R3		22 October		Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao
	R4			Daniel Cao	Ben Grimes	Daniel Cao
	R5				Ben Grimes	Ben Grimes
	R6				Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao
2018
3	R1	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	12 January	Ugo de Wilde	Ugo de Wilde	Daniel Cao	Asian Le Mans Series
	R2				Ugo de Wilde	Ugo de Wilde
	R3				Nazim Azman	Ugo de Wilde
	R4			Ugo de Wilde	Kane Shepherd	Ugo de Wilde
	R5		13 January		Ugo de Wilde	Ugo de Wilde
	R6				Nazim Azman	Nazim Azman
4	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	3 February	Eshan Pieris	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Asian Le Mans Series
	R2				Eshan Pieris	Eshan Pieris
	R3				Kane Shepherd	Mitchell Cheah
	R4		4 February	Eshan Pieris	Ugo de Wilde	Kane Shepherd
	R5				Kane Shepherd	Ugo de Wilde
	R6				Hibiki Taira	Kane Shepherd
5	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	13 April	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Kane Shepherd	Blancpain GT Series Asia Malaysia Championship Series
	R2		14 April		Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao
	R3				Nazim Azman	Kane Shepherd
	R4		15 April	Muizz Musyaffa	Hibiki Taira	Alessandro Ghiretti
	R5				Presley Martono	Presley Martono
	R6				Kane Shepherd	Muizz Musyaffa

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows. The F4 SEA championship follows the standard F1 points scoring system, with the addition of 1 point for fastest lap and 3 points for pole. The best 24 results out of 30 races count towards the championship.[4]

The first and second fastest qualifying laps determine grid positions for race 1 and race 4 (In the opening round at Sepang for race 3 instead of race 4 due to cancelling of the race). The fastest laps in race 1 determine the grid positions for race 2, while the grid positions for race 3 are created by the finishing positions of race 2 with top half of the grid reversed. race 4 grid positions based on the drivers’ second fastest qualifying laps, while race 5 start is determined by the fastest laps of race 4 and the grid positions of race 6 are the finishing positions of race 5, with the top half of the grid reversed.

Due to miscalculation of the fuel level, no cars were able to finish full race distance of the third race in the opening round of the season at Sepang because of lack of petrol. The classification was declared after five race laps.[5][6]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	R1 PP	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	3	1

(key)

Pos	Driver	SEP1						CLA						CHA						SEP2						SEP3						Pts
1	Daniel Cao	1	1	2	1	4	C	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	4	2	3	2	1	3	2	8	6	3	2	1	4	7	6	7	508
2	Kane Shepherd	4	5	4	4	2	C	3	3	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	5	5	3	7	5	8	1	4	1	1	5	1	5	Ret	4	377
3	Ugo de Wilde													3	1	1	1	1	6	3	8	Ret	2	1	5							212
4	Nazim Azman	5	4	6	3	1	C							Ret	4	2	3	2	1							6	12	9	6	3	6	205
5	Ben Grimes							1	Ret	2	2	1	3	Ret	5	6	Ret	6	4													154
6	Hibiki Taira																			5	2	Ret	4	2	2	5	8	7	4	8	5	127
7	Luke Thompson	8	7	8	8	8	C	7	6	7	6	7	6	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	12	Ret	5	11	12	11	8	6	5	10	7	11	103
8	Muizz Musyaffa																			10	10	6	6	10	7	4	7	11	2	5	1	99
9	Adam Khalid							4	4	3	Ret	5	5							4	6	Ret	DNS	5	6							97
10	Presley Martono																									10	2	3	3	1	3	93
11	Alessandro Ghiretti																									3	3	2	1	2	10	92
12	Eshan Pieris	3	6	5	6	5	C													8	1	Ret	DNS	8	Ret							88
13	Mitchell Cheah																			6	4	1	5	3	4							85
14	Sam Grimes							Ret	2	8	Ret	3	8	4	7	7	6	Ret	5													79
15	Nayan Chatterjee	6	3	3	2	3	C																									76
16	Shivin Sirinarinthon	9	8	7	7	7	C	6	7	6	5	6	4																			76
17	Danial Frost	2	2	1	9	9	C																									71
18	Aaron Love																			2	7	3	3	7	8							64
19	Isyraf Danish	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	C																			7	4	6	8	4	2	60
20	Timothy Yeo							5	5	5	4	8	7													12	10	8	9	Ret	12	59
21	Sasakorn Chaimongkol													Ret	6	5	4	4	7													42
22	Perdana Putra Minang	7	9	9	5	6	C																									28
23	Benson Lin																			9	9	7	7	9	9							20
24	Alister Yoong																			13	Ret	4	9	13	12							14
25	Armand Johany																									11	9	10	Ret	Ret	8	7
26	Arsh Johany																									9	11	12	DNS	9	9	6
27	Liam Lawrence																			11	11	9	10	11	10							4
Pos	Driver	SEP1						CLA						CHA						SEP2						SEP3						Pts

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	R1 PP	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	3	1

(key)

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Kane Shepherd	377
2	Hibiki Taira	127
3	Muizz Musyaffa	99
4	Alessandro Ghiretti	92
5	Eshan Pieris	88
6	Sam Grimes	79
7	Shivin Sirinarinthon	76
8	Sasakorn Chaimongkol	42
9	Perdana Putra Minang	28
10	Benson Lin	20
11	Alister Yoong	14
12	Armand Johany	7
13	Arsh Johany	6
14	Liam Lawrence	4

References

1. "F4 SEA to open at Malaysian Grand Prix". F4 SEA. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
2. "FIA Formula 4 South East Asia double header at Buriram". F4 SEA. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
3. "FIA F4 SEA finals confirmed". F4 SEA. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
4. "F4 SEA drivers guide". F4 SEA. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
5. "Sizzling battle for event championship". F4 SEA. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
6. Noble, Johnatan (30 September 2017). "No cars finish Formula 4 race at Sepang". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

External links

• Official website