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2017–18 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

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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

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

Race calendar and results

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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 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor 30 September Singapore Danial Frost China Daniel Cao China Daniel Cao Malaysian Grand Prix
R2 China Daniel Cao China Daniel Cao
R3 Singapore Danial Frost India Nayan Chatterjee Singapore Danial Frost
R4 1 October India Nayan Chatterjee China Daniel Cao
R5 China Daniel Cao Malaysia Nazim Azman
R6 Race cancelled due to track repars
2 R1 Philippines Clark International Speedway, Mabalacat 21 October Philippines Ben Grimes Philippines Ben Grimes Philippines Ben Grimes
R2 China Daniel Cao
R3 22 October China Daniel Cao China Daniel Cao
R4 China Daniel Cao Philippines Ben Grimes China Daniel Cao
R5 Philippines Ben Grimes Philippines Ben Grimes
R6 China Daniel Cao China Daniel Cao
2018
3 R1 Thailand Chang International Circuit, Buriram 12 January Belgium Ugo de Wilde Belgium Ugo de Wilde China Daniel Cao Asian Le Mans Series
R2 Belgium Ugo de Wilde Belgium Ugo de Wilde
R3 Malaysia Nazim Azman Belgium Ugo de Wilde
R4 Belgium Ugo de Wilde Thailand Kane Shepherd Belgium Ugo de Wilde
R5 13 January Belgium Ugo de Wilde Belgium Ugo de Wilde
R6 Malaysia Nazim Azman Malaysia Nazim Azman
4 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor 3 February Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris China Daniel Cao China Daniel Cao Asian Le Mans Series
R2 Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris
R3 Thailand Kane Shepherd Malaysia Mitchell Cheah
R4 4 February Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris Belgium Ugo de Wilde Thailand Kane Shepherd
R5 Thailand Kane Shepherd Belgium Ugo de Wilde
R6 Japan Hibiki Taira Thailand Kane Shepherd
5 R1 Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor 13 April China Daniel Cao China Daniel Cao Thailand Kane Shepherd Blancpain GT Series Asia
Malaysia Championship Series
R2 14 April China Daniel Cao China Daniel Cao
R3 Malaysia Nazim Azman Thailand Kane Shepherd
R4 15 April Malaysia Muizz Musyaffa Japan Hibiki Taira France Alessandro Ghiretti
R5 Indonesia Presley Martono Indonesia Presley Martono
R6 Thailand Kane Shepherd Malaysia Muizz Musyaffa

Championship standings

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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

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

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

References

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  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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