2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

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 No. 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 Vivian Siu 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 Kevin Xiao[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 William Kwok[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 Fu Yuhao[8] R 2–3 Macau Formula 4 Race-only entries Asia Racing Team 4 Marcus Cheong[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 Vivian Siu[3] R NC H-Star Racing 22 Thomas Leung[3] NC 53 Marco Lau[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]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Zhuzhou International Circuit, Zhuzhou	28 October	Jack Beeton	Jack Beeton	Jack Beeton	AGI Sport	TCR China Touring Car Championship China Touring Car Championship Sports Cup - YRD Race
	R2		29 October		Tiago Rodrigues	Kevin Xiao[c]	Asia Racing Team
	R3			Jack Beeton	Jack Beeton	Jack Beeton	AGI Sport
NC	QR	Guia Circuit, Macau	12 November	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	SJM Theodore Prema Racing	Greater Bay Area GT Cup (GT3) Greater Bay Area GT Cup (GT4) TCR Asia Challenge Macau Roadsport Challenge
	FR			Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	SJM Theodore Prema Racing
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	25 November	Hadrien David	Raphaël Narac	Hadrien David	R-ace GP	Sepang 1000km Endurance Race
	R2		26 November		Doriane Pin	Hadrien David	R-ace GP
	R3			Hadrien David	Kean Nakamura-Berta	Hadrien David	R-ace GP
3	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	2 December	Kean Nakamura-Berta	Kean Nakamura-Berta	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Prema Racing	Asian Le Mans Series
	R2		3 December		Peter Bouzinelos	Nicolas Stati	AGI Sport
	R3			Kean Nakamura-Berta	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Doriane Pin	Prema Racing

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

Pos Driver ZZIC MAC SEP1 SEP2 Pts R1 R2 R3 QR FR R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Jack Beeton 1 Ret 1 5 4 3 5 4 2 3 5 130 2 Doriane Pin 10 3 6 3 2 1 82 3 Hadrien David Ret 7 1 1 1 75 4 Kevin Xiao 7 1 4 12 Ret 13 8 13 8 Ret 12 51 5 Tiago Rodrigues 3 2 2 8 6 51 6 Kean Nakamura-Berta 5 6 2 4 Ret 14 48 7 Enzo Yeh 10 8 4 2 7 6 13 9 46 8 Jiang Fukang 2 3 6 41 9 Nicolas Stati 14 11 14 7 1 6 39 10 Kai Daryanani Ret 10 7 14 9 5 11 2 36 11 Wang Zhongwei 4 5 7 12 9 16 12 7 11 36 12 Tomass Štolcermanis 6 4 3 35 13 Raphaël Narac 7 Ret 2 Ret 5 28 14 Zhang Yu 5 4 8 13 Ret DNS 26 15 Rashid Al Dhaheri 4 3 1 Ret 13 25 16 Lincoln Taylor 15 4 4 24 17 Liu Kaishun Ret Ret 8 7 15 Ret 8 7 20 18 Ethan Ho 8 Ret 3 6 5 19 19 Peter Bouzinelos 18 12 11 10 9 3 18 20 Vivian Siu 6 6 10 17 14 17 21 Iñigo Anton 11 5 8 14 22 Zhang Shimo Ret DSQ 5 10 23 Fu Yuhao 16 Ret 12 9 6 Ret 10 24 Alister Yoong 11 10 8 5 25 William Kwok Ret Ret 9 2 26 Arjun Chheda 9 Ret Ret 2 27 "Dragon" 16 13 14 10 10 2 28 Joaquin Garrido 17 Ret 10 1 29 Lu Ye 16 12 DNS 0 30 Ian Loggie 15 13 17 0 Macau Formula 4 Race-only drivers – Arvid Lindblad 1 1 – – Charles Leong 3 2 – – Freddie Slater 2 9 – – Bianca Bustamante 9 Ret – – Chui Ka Kam 13 11 – – Miki Koyama 11 Ret – – Marcus Cheong 14 12 – – Thomas Leung 15 Ret – – Marco Lau 18 Ret – – Martinius Stenshorne NC Ret – – Jaden Pariat WD WD – Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 QR FR R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts ZZIC MAC SEP1 SEP2

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 † — 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	Kevin Xiao	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	Vivian Siu	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	Fu Yuhao								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.

Pos	Team	Points
1	AGI Sport	148
2	Asia Racing Team	148
3	Prema Racing	130
4	R-ace GP	103
5	R&B Racing	77
6	BlackArts Racing	62
7	Pinnacle Motorsport	56
8	Team KRC	19
9	H-Star Racing	12
10	B-Max Racing Team	2

Notes

1. Nakamura Berta is a Japanese-Slovakian driver who competes under a British licence.
2. Zhang is a Chinese driver racing under Italian license
3. Rodrigues finished first but received a 10 seconds time penalty for causing a collision. Xiao inherited the win.

References

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8. "Stellar international entry for F4 South East Asia Championship Malaysian double-header finale". F4 SEA. 2023-11-24.
9. "Asia Racing Team and BlackJack Racing to Team Up in 2023 Formula 4 South East Asia". Asia Racing Team. 2023-08-14.
10. "Macau's Tiago Rodrigues Gears Up for Hometown Grand Prix". Asia Racing Team. 2023-10-26.
11. "Yu Zhang to Join Asia Racing Team for Opening Round of F4 SEA". Asia Racing Team. 2023-10-24.
12. "Filipino Emerging Talent Garrido Joins ART for F4 SEA at Sepang". Asia Racing Team. 2023-11-24.
13. "Enzo Yeh joins Asia Racing Team for F4 SEA". Asia Racing Team. 2023-09-05.
14. "Kevin Xiao Takes on the Full F4 SEA Season". Asia Racing Team. 2023-10-25.
15. "SJM Theodore PREMA Racing announces entry for history-making 70th Macau Grand Prix". Prema Racing. 2023-10-26.
16. @mrhugohung (2023-10-10). "H-Star Racing, founded by HUGO HUNG, will participate in Asia F4 and the Macau Grand Prix in November as the only Hong Kong team at the end of this month" (in Chinese) – via Instagram.
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External links

• Official website