MADRAS (9th July 2019) – After four closely-contested rounds, the expectations are running sky high this week as the FIA Formula 4 Championship – fueled by Petron – reaches its halfway mark. Adding to the suspense and anticipation is the fact that this F4 SEA Championship will be making its debut at the Madras Motor Sport Circuit here.
After missing out on the first two races of the Formula 4 SEA Championship - fueled by Petron - here at the Buriram International Circuit, Omani driver Shihab Al Habsi’s determination and tenacity paid off when he won the third race today.Starting from sixth on the grid, Shihab was a driver on a mission today. After 12 laps, which he completed in 21 minutes 05.783 seconds, Shihab found himself at the top of the podium.
BURIRAM (14th June 2019) – Lucca Allen and Shihab Al Habsi tried everything they could to outdo each other in the first race of Round 4 of the Formula 4 SEA Championship – fueled by Petron – at the Buriram International Circuit today. In the end though, it was Irish ace Allen who prevailed in the thriller of a race and claimed his fifth victory of the season.
The first Iraqi Formula 4 driver, based in Jordan where he attends international school, Ali is another driver who must juggle education and racing. Akabi is managed by Hamza Dirhani - an ex-Meritus Formula BMW driver. His racecraft impressed the team during rounds 1 and 2 of the FIA F4 SEA 2019 championship, however school exams caused him to miss the following events and he had to retire from the championship after the fourth round to focus on his education.
As worldwide movement control orders relax, Formula 4 Southeast Asia will soon announce a shortened 2020 race calendar with all events to be staged at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. The official announcement is pending approval of the FIA and will be posted on the formula4.asia website and social media, and listed on FIA.com.
After a record-setting ten events and forty races, the 2019 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship was decided in the last race of the season at the grand finals here in Malaysia.
Elias Seppanen is not about to get carried away with another fabulous weekend in the F4SEA when he put in another sizzling performance to emerge as the overall winner.The 16-year-old Finn picked up the greatest number of points in the four races held this weekend at the Sepang International Circuit.
Finland's Elias Seppanen bounced back to snatch the final race of the FIA Formula 4 SEA Championship - fueled by Petron - at the Sepang International Circuit today.The 16-year-old Seppanen, who had to withdraw at the end of the second lap of Race 3 earlier this afternoon due to technical reasons, rebounded to claim Race 4 in 18 minutes 46.542 seconds.
Malaysian Muizz Musyaffa was on cloud nine this afternoon when he defied the odds to take Race 3 of the FIA Formula 4 SEA Championship - fueled by Petron - this afternoon at the Sepang International Circuit.The Kuala Lumpur-born racer was in devastating form as he left his competitors in his wake, recording a time of 20 minutes 58.431 seconds.
SEPANG (15th December 2019) - Lucca Allen hardly faced any problems as he convincingly won Race 2 of the FIA Formula 4 SEA Championship - fueled by Petron - at the Sepang International Circuit today.The Irish driver kept it cool in the light shower and completed the race in a time of 21 minutes 35.700 seconds, comfortably ahead of Sami Meguetounif who was timed at 21:38.798s.
Elias Seppanen was in a class of his own when he blazed the track to take the first race of this week's F4SEA at the Sepang International Circuit today.After dominating free practice and then taking pole at the end of an exhilarating qualifying round, the Finn showed that he will be the man to beat as he raced to a spectacular finish in a time of 20 minutes 24.035seconds.
The signs are clear that this year’s world-record-breaking Formula 4 SEA Championship season - fueled by Petron - will draw to a dramatic conclusion at the Sepang International Circuit from Dec 13-15.
Qatar-based Omar Aswat is a young motorsport enthusiast with huge potential to become a professional in his chosen field. However Omar is about to enter university in September 2020 and will have to juggle his motorsport career with studying for a business degree.
Ivan Peklin is the only formula driver from the Ukraine and he participated in the French Formula Ford series in 2018 and took part in one F4 UAE event in 2019 before joining the F4 South East Asia championship.
