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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]

Drivers edit

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 edit

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 due to track repars
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 edit

The series 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 counted 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]

Points were awarded as follows:

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

Drivers' standings edit

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
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

Rookie Cup edit

Pos Driver Pts
1   Kane Shepherd 377
2   Hibiki Taira 127
3   Muizz Musyaffa 99
4   Alessandro Ghiretti 92
5   Eshan Pieris 88
6   Mitchell Cheah 85
7   Sam Grimes 79
8   Shivin Sirinarinthon 76
9   Sasakorn Chaimongkol 42
10   Perdana Putra Minang 28
11   Benson Lin 20
12   Alister Yoong 13
14   Armand Johany 7
15   Arsh Johany 6
16   Liam Lawrence 4

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "FIA Formula 4 South East Asia double header at Buriram". F4 SEA. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "FIA F4 SEA finals confirmed". F4 SEA. 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 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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