2025 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

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

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Evans GP 4 Kyuho Lee 4
12 Alex Sawer[1] All
17 Cheng Meng[1] 1
24 Seth Gilmore[2] All
56 Thomas Yu Lee[3] M All
68 Rafael Vaessen R 5
BlackArts Racing Team 7 Joshua Berry[4] R All
25 Rishon Rajeev[1] 1–4
33 Iñigo Anton[5] R All
37 Ben Anh Nguyễn[6] R All
88 Putera Hani Imran R 4–5
Pinnacle Motorsport 19 Niccolò Maccagnani[7] R 4–5
67 Kareen Kaur[7] R 4
Origine Motorsport 22 Wang Zhongwei[1] 1–4
Star Performance 44 Worapong Aiemwichan[1] R 2–4
51 Ayrton Asdathorn[1] R 2–3, 5
Icon Legend
M Drivers that compete for the Masters Championship
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship
R Rookie

Race calendar and results

The schedule consisted of 14 races over 5 rounds.[8]

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 6 September Niccolò Maccagnani Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Evans GP Malaysia Touring Car Championship
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
Asia Classic Car Challenge
R2 7 September Seth Gilmore Seth Gilmore Evans GP
R3 Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Alex Sawer Evans GP
5 R1 Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 20 September Niccolò Maccagnani Niccolò Maccagnani Niccolò Maccagnani Pinnacle Motorsport Thailand Super Series
GR86 Cup Malaysia Series
R2 21 September Niccolò Maccagnani Niccolò Maccagnani Pinnacle Motorsport
R3 Niccolò Maccagnani Niccolò Maccagnani Niccolò Maccagnani Pinnacle Motorsport

Championship standings

The championship's scoring system was overhauled in 2025. Points were awarded to the top twelve classified drivers, while two further points were awarded for taking a pole position in qualifying.[1]

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 1 4 1 2 3 2 359
2 Seth Gilmore 2 6 3 2 3 3 1 7† 5 1 4 3 2 3 261
3 Iñigo Anton 3 DSQ 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 6 5 5 4 WD 182
4 Niccolò Maccagnani 2 3 2 1 1 1 158
5 Rishon Rajeev 7 2 2 6 5 6 2 3 6 5 6 156
6 Ayrton Asdathorn 3 4 2 4 2 4 5 4 136
7 Ben Anh Nguyễn 6 3 9 Ret 9 8 5 9† 10 8 7 8 9 7 93
8 Wang Zhongwei 4 Ret 5 7 6 5 7 5 9 7 9 93
9 Thomas Lee 8 5 7 5 7 7 6 6 7 DSQ 10 9 Ret 9 93
10 Kyuho Lee 3 2 3 58
11 Joshua Berry Ret DSQ 6 8 8 10 WD WD 12 12 12 10 8 6 47
12 Putera Hani Imran 8 9 8 6 7 8 40
13 Cheng Meng 5 4 8 33
14 Rafael Vaessen 7 6 5 30
15 Worapong Aiemwichan 9 10 9 8† 8 13 11 13 25
16 Kareen Kaur 11 10 11 7
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 2 2 2 3 2 WD 296
2 Ben Anh Nguyễn 2 1 3 Ret 4 3 3 4† 4 3 3 6 7 5 217
3 Ayrton Asdathorn 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 204
4 Niccolò Maccagnani 1 1 1 1 1 1 188
5 Joshua Berry Ret DSQ 2 3 3 5 WD WD 6 7 6 7 6 4 131
6 Worapong Aiemwichan 4 5 4 4 3 7 6 7 101
7 Putera Hani Imran 3 4 4 4 5 6 85
8 Rafael Vaessen 5 4 3 45
9 Kareen Kaur 5 5 5 36
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 Driver SEP1
BUR
BAN
SEP2
SEP3
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Evans GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 609
2 6 3 2 3 3 Ret 7† 3 4 3 3 3 3
2 BlackArts Racing Team 3 2 2 4 2 4 2 3 4 5 5 5 4 7 356
7 DSQ 4 6 5 6 3 4 6 6 6 8 9 DNS
3 Pinnacle Motorsport 2 3 2 1 1 1 159
11 10 11
4 Star Performance 3 4 2 4 2 13 11 13 4 5 4 159
9 10 9 8† 8
5 Origine Motorsport 4 Ret 5 7 6 5 7 5 9 7 9 93
6 BlackArts Racing Academy 8 9 8 16
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SEP1
BUR
BAN
SEP2
SEP3

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.
  2. ^ Asdathorn finished first on the track but was given a five-seconds penalty. Gilmore inherited the win.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Intan, Maiya (2025-05-01). "F4 South East Asia: 2025 season guide". Feeder Series.
  2. ^ "Gilmore re-signs with Evans GP for SEA F4 and MSF 86xBRZ Cup". Evans GP. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  3. ^ "Thomas Yu Lee Returns to Evans GP for 2025 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship". Evans GP. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  4. ^ "We're excited to officially announce Joshua Berry as a 2025 driver for BlackArts Racing!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ a b Attanasio, Davide (2025-09-02). "Maccagnani esordirà a Sepang nella quarta tappa della F4 SEA". italiaracing.net (in Italian).
  8. ^ @topspeedltd; (2024-12-13). "2025 F4 SE ASIA CALENDAR UPDATE" – via Instagram.