2019 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

The 2019 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship – Fueled by Petron was the fourth season of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. It began at the Sepang International Circuit on 5 April and ended at the same venue on 15 December.[1][2][3]

Drivers

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The following drivers competed in the series. All cars were run by Malaysian team Meritus GP. All drivers used the Mygale M14-F4 chassis.

No. Driver Rounds Status Category
1   Folky Wongsechareon 3 G R
  Nik Iruwan 7 G
3   Lucca Allen All
4   Emil Skärås 1 G R
5   Josh Smith 1–4, 7
6   Ryo Komikado 2 G
7   Yuma Shoji 7 G
  Sami Meguetounif 10 G R
8   Malthe Jakobsen 1–3
9   Sneha Sharma 2–10 L
10   Arya Singh 2 G
12   Shrien Naidoo 1 G R
13   Muizz Musyaffa All
14   Wahyu Hashim 10 G R
16   Ivana Cetinich 10 G L
17   Abdullah Beshara 1 G
  Yash Aradhya 3–6
19   Amer Harris 2, 7, 9-10 R
20   Talal Beshara 1 G
22   Alister Yoong 1–7
23   Luis Leeds 1
  Ivan Peklin 10 G R
24   Sohil Shah 8 G
26   Hadrien David 1, 7 R
27   Omar Aswat 9 G
33   Muhammad Ibrahim 5, 7 R
34   Shihab Al Habsi 2–7, 10
36   Mira Erda 2, 5–6 L
42   Luke Thompson 1, 7, 9
46   Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya[4] 1–2 L
57   Frederico Peters 7–10 R
58   Elias Seppänen All R
62   Max Hart 10 G
64   Ali Akabi[note 1] 1–2, 4 R
77   Ananthorn Tangniannatchai 4 G R
78   Nico Pino 8 G R
92   Ricky Capo 10 G
96   John Dizon 8 G
99   Isyraf Danish 9 G
Source:[5]
Icon Status / Category
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship
L Lady
R Rookie

Calendar

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The ten-event, forty-race calendar was released on 2 April 2019.[1][2] On 9 October 2019 the series announced it was replacing the final 2 rounds at Clark International Speedway with 2 rounds at Sepang International Circuit.[3]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Supporting
1 R1   Sepang International Circuit 6 April   Emil Skärås[note 2]   Hadrien David   Hadrien David Malaysia Championship Series
Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
F3 Asian Championship
TCR Asia Series
R2   Alister Yoong   Emil Skärås
R3 7 April   Hadrien David   Hadrien David
R4   Hadrien David   Hadrien David   Hadrien David
2 R1   Sepang International Circuit 20 April   Josh Smith   Josh Smith   Lucca Allen Malaysia Championship Series
R2   Lucca Allen   Elias Seppänen
R3 21 April   Lucca Allen   Lucca Allen
R4   Josh Smith   Josh Smith   Josh Smith
3 R1   Chang International Circuit 10 May   Lucca Allen   Muizz Musyaffa   Shihab Al Habsi Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia
F3 Asian Championship
R2 11 May   Lucca Allen   Lucca Allen
R3   Elias Seppänen   Shihab Al Habsi
R4 12 May   Lucca Allen   Muizz Musyaffa   Lucca Allen
4 R1   Chang International Circuit 14 June   Shihab Al Habsi   Shihab Al Habsi   Lucca Allen RAAT Thailand Endurance Championship Int'l
R2 15 June   Josh Smith   Josh Smith
R3   Josh Smith   Shihab Al Habsi
R4   Lucca Allen   Shihab Al Habsi   Lucca Allen
5 R1   Madras Motor Race Track 14 July   Elias Seppänen   Alister Yoong   Elias Seppänen Main event
R2   Alister Yoong   Alister Yoong
R3   Elias Seppänen   Elias Seppänen
R4   Elias Seppänen   Lucca Allen   Elias Seppänen
6 R1   Madras Motor Race Track 20 July   Lucca Allen   Lucca Allen   Shihab Al Habsi Main event
R2   Lucca Allen   Elias Seppänen
R3 21 July   Elias Seppänen   Lucca Allen
R4   Lucca Allen   Shihab Al Habsi   Lucca Allen
7 R1   Sepang International Circuit 24 August   Hadrien David   Hadrien David   Hadrien David Malaysia Championship Series
R2   Muizz Musyaffa   Hadrien David
R3 25 August   Hadrien David   Hadrien David
R4   Hadrien David   Josh Smith   Josh Smith
8 R1   Sepang International Circuit 28 September   Elias Seppänen   Elias Seppänen   Elias Seppänen Malaysia Championship Series
R2   Elias Seppänen   Elias Seppänen
R3 29 September   Elias Seppänen   Muizz Musyaffa[note 3]
R4   Elias Seppänen   Elias Seppänen   Elias Seppänen
9 R1   Sepang International Circuit 23 November   Elias Seppänen   Elias Seppänen   Lucca Allen Sepang 1000 km
Audi R8 LMS Cup
R2 24 November   Lucca Allen   Lucca Allen
R3   Lucca Allen   Lucca Allen
R4   Elias Seppänen   Lucca Allen   Elias Seppänen
10 R1   Sepang International Circuit 13 December   Elias Seppänen   Elias Seppänen   Elias Seppänen World Touring Car Cup
FIM Endurance World Championship
F3 Asian Championship
R2 15 December   Elias Seppänen   Lucca Allen
R3   Muizz Musyaffa   Muizz Musyaffa
R4   Elias Seppänen   Sami Meguetounif   Elias Seppänen

Championship standings

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The best 32 results out of 40 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

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Pos Driver SEP1
 
SEP2
 
BUR1
 
BUR2
 
MAD1
 
MAD2
 
SEP3
 
SEP4
 
SEP5
 
SEP6
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4
1   Lucca Allen 2 2 3 2 1 5 1 3 5 1 3 1 1 Ret 9 1 3 6 4 2 7 5 1 1 4 3 Ret 3 3 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 5 640
2   Elias Seppänen 4 3 5 3 3 1 4 2 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 1 5 1 1 2 1 4 3 3 5 4 4 1 1 DSQ 1 2 2 3 1 1 3 Ret 1 639
3   Muizz Musyaffa Ret 4 6 9 4 8 6 7 2 7 4 5 8 2 4 7 6 4 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 2 2 6 2 3 1 3 3 3 6 3 5 12 1 4 446
4   Shihab Al-Habsi Ret 3 5 Ret 1 5 1 3 3 5 1 6 4 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 6 6 3 5 3 5 12† 6 396
5   Josh Smith 6 6 4 4 2 4 2 1 6 2 6 4 2 1 2 2 2 4 6 1 316
6   Alister Yoong 5 8 Ret 8 Ret 2 13 5 7 6 5 9 6 7 6 4 5 1 3 4 3 2 5 6 234
7   Hadrien David 1 7 1 1 DNS 1 1 1 2 195
8   Sneha Sharma 10 14 11 12 10 8 10 8 10 8 Ret 9† 8 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 11 10 Ret 11 7 8 5 7 8 7 7 6 10 11 11† 10 191
9   Frederico Peters 9 7 5 7 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 DNS 7 4 5 3 172
10   Yash Aradhya DNS 9 4 9 6 7 9 5 5 2 3 7 7 5 6 6 4 144
11   Amer Harris 6 9 7 8 6 5 5 5 8 8 6 8 98
12   Malthe Jakobsen 3 10 2 Ret 5 7 Ret 4 3 Ret 7 Ret 89
13   Ali Akabi 9 9 12 7 9 6 8 6 5 6 8 Ret 78
14   Luke Thompson DNS 8 9 Ret 10 4 6 2 4 62
15   Muhammad Ibrahim 7 7 6 6 10 Ret 8 9 40
16   Mira Erda 12 13 12 10 9 Ret 8 8 6 Ret 7 8 35
17   Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya 10 11 9 10 7 11 9 11 31
  Luis Leeds DNS
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Emil Skärås 8 1 7 6 DNS
  Sami Meguetounif 9 2 2 2
  Sohil Shah 5 5 2 Ret
  Max Hart 12 8 3 7
  Arya Singh 11 10 3 9
  John Dizon 8 7 4 6
  Ricky Capo 4 6 8 9
  Ananthorn Tangniannatchai 9 4 7 8
  Shrien Naidoo 7 5 8 5 DNS
  Nico Pino 6 6 Ret 5
  Ivan Peklin 6 7 7 Ret
  Yuma Shoji 7 8 7 8
  Omar Aswat 7 8 8 7
  Folky Wongsechareon 8 9 8 7
  Ryo Komikado 8 12 10 Ret
  Ivana Cetinich 13 9 9 11
  Abdullah Beshara 11 12 10 Ret DNS
  Wahyu Hashim 11 Ret 10 Ret
  Talal Beshara 12 13 11 11 DNS
  Nik Iruwan DNS
  Isyraf Danish DNS
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
SEP1
 
SEP2
 
BUR1
 
BUR2
 
MAD1
 
MAD2
 
SEP3
 
SEP4
 
SEP5
 
SEP6
 

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Ali Akabi is an Iraqi driver competing under a Jordanian license. The FIA did not recognise the Iraqi ASN (Iraq Club for Cars and Motorcycles) at the time (having only done so since 2021), despite Akabi appearing as Iraqi on the series entry list.
  2. ^ Emil Skärås claimed the pole position as a guest driver. The 3 bonus points has been given to the highest qualified eligible driver – Hadrien David.
  3. ^ Elias Seppänen crossed the finish line first but was disqualified for exceeding track limits and causing a collision with Lucca Allen.[6] He also set the fastest lap, however, the bonus points has not been reallocated.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2019 Calendar". Formula 4 South East Asia. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Press Release: F4 SEA Championship to flag-off world-record season on 5 April". Facebook. 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "F4 coming back to Malaysia for 2 more events!". F4 South East Asia Championship Facebook. 9 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Kazakhstan's only professional female F4 driver to put pedal to the metal in SEA Championship". 17 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Results". Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  6. ^ Harris-Gardiner, Rachel (2019-09-29). "F4 round-up: Elias Seppanen dominates at Sepang, Zijian He wins twice at Shanghai". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
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