The 2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship was the fifth season of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship and the first one since 2019. Top Speed was appointed as the new organizer and promoter as the series switched to the Tatuus F4-T421 car, the Abarth engine and the Giti tires.[1]
Teams and drivers
| Team | | Driver | Class | Rounds | | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship entries | R-ace GP[2] | 1 | Raphaël Narac[3][4] | | 2, NC | | 2 | Hadrien David[3][4] | | 2, NC | BlackArts Racing[5] | 3 | Iñigo Anton[6] | R | 3 | | 10 | Alister Yoong[7] | | 2 | | 11 | Ian Loggie[8] | | 2 | | 23 | Arjun Chheda[8] | R | 2 | | 28 | | R | 1 | | 78 | Lincoln Taylor | R | 3 | Asia Racing Team[9] | 7 | Tiago Rodrigues[10] | | 1, NC | | 12 | Zhang Yu[11] | R | 1, 3 | | 16 | Lu Ye | | 3 | | 63 | Joaquin Garrido[12] | R | 2 | | 77 | Enzo Yeh[13] | R | 2–3, NC | | 96 | [14] | R | All, NC | Prema Racing[15] | 8 | Doriane Pin[4] | R | 2–3 | | 14 | Rashid Al Dhaheri[15] | | 3, NC | | 33 | Tomass Štolcermanis[4] | R | 2 | | 51 | Kean Nakamura-Berta[a][4] | R | 2–3 | H-Star Racing[16] | 13 | Zhang Shimo[b][2] | | 1 | | 55 | [2] | | 1 | AGI Sport[2] | 15 | Nicolas Stati[8] | R | 2–3 | | 45 | Jack Beeton[3] | | All, NC | | 46 | Peter Bouzinelos[8] | R | 2–3 | R&B Racing[2] | 22 | Wang Zhongwei[2] | | All | | 23 | Jiang Fukang[2] | | 1 | B-Max Racing Team[2] | 30 | "Dragon"[3] | | 3, NC | Team KRC[2] | 68 | Ethan Ho[3] | | 1, NC | Pinnacle Motorsport[2] | 72 | Liu Kaishun[3] | | 2–3, NC | | 88 | Kai Daryanani[3] | | 2–3, NC | | 99 | Yuhao Fu[8] | R | 2–3 | | Macau Formula 4 Race-only entries | Asia Racing Team | 4 | [3] | | NC | BlackArts Racing | 5 | Jaden Pariat[3] | | NC | | 19 | Bianca Bustamante[3] | | NC | Super License[2] | 8 | Miki Koyama[3] | | NC | SJM Theodore Prema Racing | 11 | Charles Leong[15] | | NC | | 23 | Arvid Lindblad[15] | | NC | | 27 | Freddie Slater[15] | | NC | Champ Motorsport | 16 | Chui Ka Kam[3] | | NC | | 28 | [3] | R | NC | H-Star Racing | 22 | [3] | | NC | | 53 | [3] | | NC | Pinnacle Motorsport[2] | 34 | Martinius Stenshorne[17] | | NC | | | Icon | Legend | | G | Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship | | R | Rookie | |
Calendar
The schedule consisted of 9 races over 3 rounds. Additionally, a non-championship Macau Formula 4 Race event was held during the first week of the 70th Macau Grand Prix.[18][19]
Championship standings
Points were awarded as follows.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
| | | Colour | Result | | Gold | Winner | | Silver | Second place | | Bronze | Third place | | Green | Points classification | | Blue | Non-points classification | | Non-classified finish (NC) | | Purple | Retired, not classified (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 † — Did not finish, but classified |
Rookies' championship
| Pos | Driver | ZZIC
| | MAC
| | SEP1
| SEP2
| Pts |
| R1 | R2 | R3 | QR | FR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 |
| 1 | Doriane Pin | | | | | | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 111 |
| 2 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 103 |
| 3 | Enzo Yeh | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 89 |
| 4 | Kean Nakamura-Berta | | | | | | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 77 |
| 5 | Nicolas Stati | | | | | | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 65 |
| 6 | Zhang Yu | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 9 | Ret | DNS | 63 |
| 7 | | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 48 |
| 8 | Tomass Štolcermanis | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | 48 |
| 9 | Peter Bouzinelos | | | | | | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 47 |
| 10 | Lincoln Taylor | | | | | | | | | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 11 | Yuhao Fu | | | | | | 8 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 28 |
| 12 | Iñigo Anton | | | | | | | | | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| 13 | Arjun Chheda | | | | | | 4 | Ret | Ret | | | | 12 |
| 14 | Joaquin Garrido | | | | | | 9 | Ret | 5 | | | | 12 |
| 15 | Lu Ye | | | | | | | | | 11 | 7 | DNS | 6 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | QR | FR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
ZZIC
| MAC
| SEP1
| SEP2
|
Teams' Championship
Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulated teams' points.
Notes
- ^ Nakamura Berta is a Japanese-Slovakian driver who competes under a British licence.
- ^ Zhang is a Chinese driver racing under Italian license
- ^ Rodrigues finished first but received a 10 seconds time penalty for causing a collision. Xiao inherited the win.
References
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