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.
| 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Isyraf Danish | Akash Gowda | |||||
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 |
(key)
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presley Martono | 714 | |
| 2 | Isyraf Danish | 500 | |
| 3 | Khalid Al-Wahaibi | 439 | |
| 4 | Keanon Santoso | 351 | |
| 5 | Eric Louis | 284 |