2016–17 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

The 2016–17 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship season was the inaugural season of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. It began on 5 August at the Sepang International Circuit and finished on 22 January 2017 at the same venue, after 36 races held across six rounds.^[1]^[2] ^[3]

The championship was won by Presley Martono.

Drivers

No.	Driver	Rounds
3	Ate de Jong	5
5	Adam Khalid	4, 6
6	Michael Munemann	5–6
7	Worawong Komarakul	5
8	Khalid Al-Wahaibi	2–6
12	Angie King	2
17	Nazim Azman	1
19	Isyraf Danish	All
23	Eric Louis	2–6
25	"Daniel" Lu Wenlong	5
32	Presley Martono	All
33	Akash Gowda	All
34	Kane Shepherd	5
46	Mohamed Nalwalla	1–4
51	Gabriel Cabrera	2
55	Faine Kahia	All
56	David Tatinclaux	4
66	Danial Frost	1, 3–6
68	Chia Wing Hoong	2–4
71	Kezia Santoso	1, 3
79	Jordan Love	1, 4
86	Dimitrios Zartaloudis	4
88	Keanon Santoso	1–5
99	Dean Koutsoumidis	4

Race calendar and results

An updated race calendar was released on 1 June 2016, which cancelled the round at Kuala Lumpur City Grand Prix.^[4] An updated race calendar was released on 28 June 2016, which cancelled the round at Penbay International Circuit.^[2]

After the previously scheduled second round in support of the Sepang 1000 km was cancelled, a new revised calendar was released by Formula 4 SEA through their Facebook website, which expanded the calendar to 36 races to be held until January 2017 and added rounds in both the Philippines and Indonesia.^[3]

The Clark International Speedway round initially consisted of six-races. However, due to Typhoon Sarika, the final race was abandoned. For the Chang International Circuit, an additional race was run as a compromise.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Supporting
2016
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	5 August	Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Asian Le Mans Series Sprint Cup Malaysia Championship Series
	R2		6 August		Jordan Love	Jordan Love
	R3		6 August		Danial Frost	Danial Frost
	R4		7 August	Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Jordan Love
	R5				Jordan Love	Danial Frost
	R6				Jordan Love	Danial Frost
2	R1	Clark International Speedway, Mabalacat	15 October	Presley Martono	Akash Gowda	Akash Gowda
	R2		15 October		Faine Kahia	Akash Gowda
	R3		16 October		Khalid Al-Wahaibi	Gabriel Cabrera
	R4			Presley Martono	Gabriel Cabrera	Presley Martono
	R5				Presley Martono	Faine Kahia
3	R1	Sentul International Circuit, Bogor	11 November	Faine Kahia	Danial Frost	Danial Frost
	R2		12 November		Faine Kahia	Akash Gowda
	R3				Faine Kahia	Faine Kahia
	R4			Danial Frost	Danial Frost	Presley Martono
	R5		13 November		Faine Kahia	Faine Kahia
	R6		13 November		Faine Kahia	Faine Kahia
4	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	8 December	Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Intercontinental GT Challenge Sepang 12 Hours
	R2		9 December		Danial Frost	Jordan Love
	R3				Jordan Love	Jordan Love
	R4			Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Jordan Love
	R5				Jordan Love	Jordan Love
	R6		10 December		Jordan Love	Danial Frost
2017
5	R1	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	6 January	Isyraf Danish	Faine Kahia	Danial Frost	Asian Le Mans Series
	R2		6 January		Isyraf Danish	Faine Kahia
	R3		7 January		Presley Martono	Presley Martono
	R4			Isyraf Danish	Faine Kahia	Faine Kahia
	R5				Presley Martono	Presley Martono
	R6		8 January		Akash Gowda	Presley Martono
	R7		8 January		Presley Martono	Presley Martono
6	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	21 January	Presley Martono	Isyraf Danish	Isyraf Danish	Asian Le Mans Series
	R2				Isyraf Danish	Presley Martono
	R3				Isyraf Danish	Danial Frost
	R4			Presley Martono	Isyraf Danish	Presley Martono
	R5		22 January		Akash Gowda	Presley Martono
	R6		22 January		Isyraf Danish	Akash Gowda

Championship Standings

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 30 results out of 36 races counted towards the championship.

Points were awarded as follows:

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

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Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	SEP1						CLA					SEN						SEP2						CHA							SEP3						Pts
1	Presley Martono	6	Ret	4	Ret	4	3	2	2	8	1	2	2	Ret	2	1	2	2	3	4	3	2	3	5	3	6	1	9	1	1	1	Ret	1	2	1	1	5	565
2	Faine Kahia	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	5	Ret	3	1	Ret	4	1	2	1	1	Ret	Ret	4	4	2	4	2	1	8	1	2	2	5	3	2	7	3	6	7	563
3	Akash Gowda	Ret	4	3	4	5	6	1	1	Ret	2	4	5	1	5	4	3	3	Ret	3	2	5	4	3	5	7	Ret	10	3	3	4	5	6	5	8	4	1	457
4	Isyraf Danish	7	5	Ret	Ret	9	7	8	9	6	5	7	3	2	6	Ret	Ret	8	7	7	10	7	6	6	7	5	Ret	DNS	4	10	2	1	3	3	2	2	3	317
5	Danial Frost	2	2	1	3	1	1						1	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	4	2	2	5	3	5	1	1	2	2	2	6	4	3	Ret	4	1	4	3	4	317
6	Jordan Love	1	1	Ret	1	7	2												1	1	1	1	1	2														296
7	Khaled Al-Wahaibi							5	7	2	Ret	5	8	4	4	Ret	7	6	6	6	6	8	7	8	6	3	6	3	Ret	6	Ret	4	8	4	5	5	2	278
8	Mohamed Nalwalla	5	7	6	5	6	8	4	11	5	8	11	4	3	Ret	3	5	5	8	8	11	6	9	7														189
9	Eric Louis							10	6	4	Ret	6	DNS						Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	10	8	4	4	7	5	9	6	2	5	6	6	7	6	181
10	Keanon Santoso	8	6	7	6	8	9	9	10	9	6	9	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	7	5	9	8	10	8	12	10	10	7	6	8	7	Ret							179
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Gabriel Cabrera							7	3	1	4	3																										0
	Chia Wing Hoong							6	4	7	11	8	7	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret	DNS																			0
	Adam Khalid																		4	5	7	Ret	10	9								6	7	8	7	8	Ret	0
	Nazim Azman	4	Ret	5	7	3	5																															0
	Worawong Komarakul																								9	9	3	4	9	5	8							0
	Daniel Lu																								Ret	11	5	5	7	8	Ret							0
	Angie King							11	8	3	7	10																										0
	Kane Shepherd																								4	8	Ret	8	DSQ	11	7							0
	Kezia Santoso	9	8	8	8	10	10						DNS																									0
	David Tatinclaux																		10	10	12	9	11	11														0
	Dean Koutsoumidis																		9	DNS																		0
	Dimitrios Zartaloudis																		11	DNS																		0
	Michael Munemann																								DNS							DNS						0
	Ate de Jong																								DNS													0
Pos	Driver	SEP1						CLA					SEN						SEP2						CHA							SEP3						Pts

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Presley Martono	714
2	Isyraf Danish	500
3	Khalid Al-Wahaibi	439
4	Keanon Santoso	351
5	Eric Louis	284

References

^ "Renault F4 SEA engine links Asian drivers to F1". Formula 4 SEA. Meritus.GP. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "2016 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Calendar – Certified by the FIA". Meritus.GP. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b "2016-17 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Revised Calendar". Formula 4 SEA. 21 September 2016.
^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (1 June 2016). "V8s cancels Malaysia round". motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

External links

[1] "Renault F4 SEA engine links Asian drivers to F1". Formula 4 SEA. Meritus.GP. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

[Calendar2-2] "2016 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Calendar – Certified by the FIA". Meritus.GP. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[Calendar3-3] "2016-17 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Revised Calendar". Formula 4 SEA. 21 September 2016.

[4] van Leeuwen, Andrew (1 June 2016). "V8s cancels Malaysia round". motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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