2025 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

The 2025 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship is the sixth season of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. The championship returned after one-year break.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
BlackArts Racing Team 7 Joshua Berry[1] R 1–3
25 Rishon Rajeev[2] 1–3
33 Iñigo Anton[3] R 1–3
37 Ben Anh Nguyen[4] R 1–3
Evans GP 12 Alex Sawer[2] 1–3
17 Cheng Meng[2] 1
24 Seth Gilmore[5] 1–3
66 Thomas Lee[6] M 1–3
Origine Motorsport 22 Wang Zhongwei[2] 1–3
Star Performance 44 Worapong Aiemwichan[2] R 2–3
51 Ayrton Asdathorn[2] R 2–3
Icon Legend
M Drivers that compete for the Masters Championship
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship
R Rookie

Calendar

The schedule consists of 14 races over 5 rounds.[7]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 3 May Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Evans GP Malaysia Touring Car Championship
Porsche Sprint Challenge Indonesia
Asia Classic Car Challenge
R2 4 May Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Evans GP
R3 Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Evans GP
2 R1 Buriram International Circuit, Buriram 24 May Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Evans GP Thailand Super Series
R2 Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Evans GP
R3 25 May Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Evans GP
3 R1 Bangsaen Street Circuit, Mueang Chonburi 5 July Alex Sawer[a] Ayrton Asdathorn Seth Gilmore[b] Evans GP Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Thailand Super Series
R2 6 July Ayrton Asdathorn Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Evans GP
4 R1 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 5–7 September Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
R2
R3
5 R1 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 19–21 September Thailand Super Series
R2
R3

Championship standings

The championship's scoring system was overhauled in 2025. Points are awarded to the top twelve classified drivers, while two further points are awarded for taking a pole position in qualifying.[2]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th  Pole
Points 30 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 2

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SEP1
BUR
BAN
SEP2
SEP3
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Alex Sawer 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 218
2 Seth Gilmore 2 6 3 2 3 3 1 7† 146
3 Rishon Rajeev 7 2 2 6 5 6 2 3 124
4 Iñigo Anton 3 DSQ 4 4 2 4 3 4 118
5 Ayrton Asdathorn 3 4 2 4 2 96
6 Wang Zhongwei 4 Ret 5 7 6 5 7 5 77
7 Thomas Lee 8 5 7 5 7 7 6 6 74
8 Ben Anh Nguyen 6 3 9 Ret 9 8 5 9† 58
9 Cheng Meng 5 4 8 33
10 Joshua Berry Ret DSQ 6 8 8 10 WD WD 25
11 Worapong Aiemwichan 9 10 9 8† 8 23
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SEP1
BUR
BAN
SEP2
SEP3
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 SEP1
BUR
BAN
SEP2
SEP3
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Iñigo Anton 1 DSQ 1 2 1 2 1 2 190
2 Ayrton Asdathorn 1 2 1 2 1 142
3 Ben Anh Nguyen 2 1 3 Ret 4 3 3 4† 136
4 Worapong Aiemwichan 4 5 4 4 3 75
5 Joshua Berry Ret DSQ 2 3 3 5 WD WD 70
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SEP1
BUR
BAN
SEP2
SEP3

Teams' Championship

Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulated teams' points.

Pos Team Points
1 Evans GP 288
2 BlackArts Racing Team 169
3 Star Performance 66
4 Origine Motorsport 57

Notes

  1. ^ Asdathorn set the fastest lap time in the qualifying session but was given a one-place grid penalty for not following the race director's instructions. Sawer inherited the pole position, but Asdathorn scored points for the fastest lap in qualifying.
  2. ^ Asdathorn finished first on the track but was given a five-seconds penalty. Gilmore inherited the win.

References

  1. ^ "We're excited to officially announce Joshua Berry as a 2025 driver for BlackArts Racing!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Intan, Maiya (2025-05-01). "F4 South East Asia: 2025 season guide". Feeder Series.
  3. ^ "We are proud to announce Inigo Anton as the third driver to join BlackArts Racing for the 2025 Formula 4 Southeast asia championship season". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  4. ^ "Ben Anh Nguyen joins BlackArts Racing for the 2025 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship! Exciting times ahead for this rising Vietnamese talent! ️". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  5. ^ "Gilmore re-signs with Evans GP for SEA F4 and MSF 86xBRZ Cup". Evans GP. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  6. ^ "Thomas Yu Lee Returns to Evans GP for 2025 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship". Evans GP. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  7. ^ @topspeedltd; (2024-12-13). "2025 F4 SE ASIA CALENDAR UPDATE" – via Instagram.