The 2016–17 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship season was the inaugural season of the

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship The Formula 4 South East Asia Championship was a formula racing series run to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was held over 2016 and 2017 and the last one was held in 2019. History Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commissi ...

. It began on 5 August at the

Sepang International Circuit The Sepang International Circuit ( ms, Litar Antarabangsa Sepang) is a motorsport race track in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located approximately south of Kuala Lumpur, and close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It hosted the For ...

and finished on 22 January 2017 at the same venue, after 36 races held across six rounds. The championship was won by Presley Martono.

Drivers

Race calendar and results

An updated race calendar was released on 1 June 2016, which cancelled the round at

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. An updated race calendar was released on 28 June 2016, which cancelled the round at

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. After the previously scheduled second round in support of the

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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. The

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round initially consisted of six-races. However, due to

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, the final race was abandoned. For the

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, an additional race was run as a compromise.

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 30 results out of 36 races counted towards the championship. Points were awarded as follows: (

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)

Drivers' standings

Rookie Cup

References

External links

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South East Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...

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