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.
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