2018 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

The 2018 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship season was the third season of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. It began on 7 July at the Sepang International Circuit and finished on 1 December at the same venue.

2018 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

Drivers' Champion: Alessandro Ghiretti

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2017–18

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2019

Drivers

The provisional driver entry list was released on 27 April 2018.^[1]

No.	Driver	Rounds
0	Adam Khalid	7–8
3	Kane Shepherd	All
7	Aidan Wright	2–4
8	Malthe Jakobsen	7–8
10	Timothy Yeo	1–2, 8
11	Shahkirah Shaharul	7–8
18	Kubo Masataka	1
	Sandy Stuvik	5–6
22	Alister Yoong	1, 3–8
23	Muizz Musyaffa	All
26	Louie Westover	8
28	Alessandro Ghiretti	All
29	Lucca Allen	7–8
32	Presley Martono	1
34	Shihab Al Habsi	8
35	Moulay El Alaoui	8
42	Luke Thompson	1–6, 8
46	Ryo Komikado	1, 3–8
55	Adam D'Agostino	1–2
66	Antoine Potty	2–6
77	Chetan Korada	4
99	Liam Lawrence	2
	Emily Linscott	7

Calendar

The calendar for the 2018 season expanded upon the previous season. The Clark International Speedway round in the Philippines was discontinued and replaced with the Madras Motor Race Track in Chennai, India.^[2]

Rnd		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Supporting
1	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	8 July	Kane Shepherd	Presley Martono	Alessandro Ghiretti	Malaysian Speed Festival
	R2				Presley Martono	Kane Shepherd
	R3				Presley Martono	Presley Martono
2	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	14 July	Kane Shepherd	Kane Shepherd	Kane Shepherd	Malaysia Championship Series F3 Asian Championship
	R2		15 July		Kane Shepherd	Alessandro Ghiretti
	R3				Kane Shepherd	Muizz Musyaffa
3	R1	Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai	2 September	Alessandro Ghiretti	Alessandro Ghiretti	Alessandro Ghiretti
	R2				Alessandro Ghiretti	Alessandro Ghiretti
	R3				Alessandro Ghiretti	Muizz Musyaffa
4	R1	Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai	9 September	Alessandro Ghiretti	Alessandro Ghiretti	Alessandro Ghiretti
	R2				Alessandro Ghiretti	Alister Yoong
	R3				Alessandro Ghiretti	Muizz Musyaffa
5	R1	Chang International Circuit, Buriram	26 October	Alessandro Ghiretti	Muizz Musyaffa	Alessandro Ghiretti	Thailand Super Series
	R2		27 October		Alessandro Ghiretti	Alessandro Ghiretti
	R3				Alessandro Ghiretti	Alessandro Ghiretti
6	R1		28 October	Kane Shepherd	Alessandro Ghiretti	Alessandro Ghiretti
	R2				Muizz Musyaffa	Alessandro Ghiretti
	R3				Muizz Musyaffa	Kane Shepherd
7	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	24 November	Kane Shepherd	Muizz Musyaffa	Alessandro Ghiretti	Sepang 1000 km Audi R8 LMS Cup F3 Asian Championship
	R2		25 November		Alessandro Ghiretti	Alessandro Ghiretti
	R3				Muizz Musyaffa	Alessandro Ghiretti
8	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	1 December	Alessandro Ghiretti	Kane Shepherd	Alessandro Ghiretti	Malaysian Speed Festival
	R2				Alessandro Ghiretti	Kane Shepherd
	R3				Alessandro Ghiretti	Malthe Jakobsen

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 18 results out of 24 races counted towards the championship.^[3]

The fastest qualifying laps determine the grid positions for race 1. The finishing positions of the entire field in race 1 are reversed to determine the grid positions for race 2. The finishing positions of the entire field in race 2 are reversed to determine the grid positions for race 3.

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	R1 PP	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	3	1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver SEP1 SEP2 MAD1 MAD2 CHA1 CHA2 SEP3 SEP4 Pts 1 Alessandro Ghiretti 1 6 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 446 2 Kane Shepherd 3 1 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 6 1 2 Ret 2 2 1 4 365 3 Muizz Musyaffa 2 5 5 5 6 1 5 3 1 Ret 9 1 3 DNS 3 3 2 3 3 Ret 3 5 3 5 266 4 Alister Yoong 7 7 6 7 5 4 4 1 8 5 4 5 6 3 2 4 4 4 7 8 11 200 5 Luke Thompson 6 2 3 4 8 6 6 4 5 3 5 9 7 5 7 5 7 6 4 4 7 186 6 Antoine Potty 3 3 3 3 Ret 6 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 176 7 Ryo Komikado 9 10 9 8 6 Ret 6 7 4 6 DNS 6 7 5 7 6 6 7 8 Ret 9 109 8 Malthe Jakobsen 5 5 5 3 Ret 1 70 9 Aidan Wright 6 5 4 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 58 10 Timothy Yeo 4 4 10 Ret 4 5 10 6 10 57 11 Presley Martono 5 3 1 53 12 Lucca Allen Ret 2 6 6 5 6 52 13 Adam D'Agostino 10 9 8 Ret 7 7 19 14 Shihab Al Habsi 12 Ret 3 15 15 Adam Khalid Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret DNS 15 16 Kubo Masataka 8 8 7 14 17 Shahkirah Shaharul 8 8 8 13 9 13 14 18 Emily Linscott 7 7 Ret 12 19 Liam Lawrence 7 9 8 12 20 Louie Westover 9 7 8 12 21 Chetan Korada Ret 8 7 10 22 Sandy Stuvik Ret Ret 8 Ret NC NC 4 23 Moulay El Alaoui 11 10 12 1 Pos Driver SEP1 SEP2 MAD1 MAD2 CHA1 CHA2 SEP3 SEP4 Pts

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

Rookie Champions

Pos	Drivers	Pts
1	Alessandro Ghiretti	420
2	Muizz Musyaffa	282
3	Antoine Potty	188
4	Ryo Komikado	160
5	Abdirahman Mohamed	30
6	Emily Linscott	21
7	Louie Westover	16
8	Moulay el Aloui	9
9	Alister Yoong	0