2019 Asian F4- Shanghai Up! Sung-Tae Champion!

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 20 Apr 2017, 21:44

Really late again (this is becoming a bit of a joke really, what with GP2 attempting another self-destruct thanks to Ubuntu 17.04...) but here are the results from Round 6 from Twin Ring Motegi, the last before the mid-season break.

Quali-1:

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1 Satoshi Murakami                  
32.624s                         
2 Harry Sharp              
32.656s                   
3 Tony Wei-leuk                
32.669s                       
4 Thatan Weerwatnodom                                       
32.688s                       
5 Atsushi Koizumi                  
32.700s                         
6 Kei Suzuki                                              
32.738s                            
7 Muizzuddin Gafar                   
32.746s                         
8 Hinata Miura                                           
32.805s                      
9 Kosuke Setou                   
32.806s                        
10 Xu Shiqing                                      
32.823s                         
11 Isyraf Danish                
32.826s                        
12 Naotsuke Kano                                           
32.863s                       
13 Masahiro Yaname            
33.085s                  
14 Hamda al Qubaisi                                       
33.136s                            
15 Ryunnosuke Takashi                 
33.149s                        
16 Go Gouriki                                            
33.209s                         
17 Kwon Sung-Tae
33.297s                         
18 Kurumi Fujibayashi                                    
33.300s                    
19 Presley Martono            
33.337s                        
20 Rudiartono                                         
33.344s                     
21 Jordan Raharjo               
33.356s              
22 Sakura Sekai                                        
33.393s                      
23 Mutaz Ibrahim                  
33.400s                       
24 Danial Nielsen Frost                                        
33.404s                         
25 Zhou Xiaoping             
33.454s                 
26 Choi Seul-Hae                                        
33.460s
DNQ:
27 Joo-Woon Song
28 Seong-Jin Cho

After the first qualifiying session, it was clear that the unique challenges of the Motegi oval had taken the form-book and incinerated it. On pole was Satoshi Murakami, typically a midfield runner, and alongside him in a simply stunning performance was Australian debutant Harry Sharp, with Tony Wei-leuk third instead his normal position in the back three rows. Meanwhile further down the grid it seemed as if the established front-runners were struggling to adapt their more precise styles to going round in circles; of the championship contenders, Takashi was 15th, Sung-Tae 17th, Martono 19th and Xiaoping a dismal 25th. Things were worse still for last round's Korean debutants, as neither Song or Cho made the grid.

Race 1 (Video here)

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³  1st  Harry Sharp                 17m 04.619s    ³              
              ³       Nakamura                                   ³              
              ³  2nd  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +0.390s        ³              
              ³       Narita                                     ³              
              ³  3rd  Muizzuddin Gafar            +1.246s        ³              
              ³       Narita                                     ³              
              ³  4th  Satoshi Murakami            +2.955s        ³              
              ³       Tsujimura                                  ³              
              ³  5th  Atsushi Koizumi             +4.000s        ³              
              ³       Dandelion                                  ³              
              ³  6th  Kei Suzuki                  +6.532s        ³              
              ³       Nakamura                                   ³              
              ³  7th  Hinata Miura                +7.302s        ³              
              ³       Tsujimura                                  ³              
              ³  8th  Naotsuke Kano               +7.594s        ³              
              ³       Dandelion                                  ³              
              ³  9th  Isyraf Danish               +9.438s        ³              
              ³       Luxray                                     ³              
              ³ 10th  Kosuke Setou                +9.440s        ³              
              ³       Luxray                                     ³              
              ³ 11th  Tony Wei-leuk               +11.873s       ³              
              ³       E.R.A                                      ³              
              ³ 12th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +19.451s       ³              
              ³       Aspire                                     ³              
              ³ 13th  Go Gouriki                  +26.905s       ³              
              ³       Team Mecha                                 ³              
              ³ 14th  Presley Martono             +26.905s       ³              
              ³       Calsonic                                   ³              
              ³ 15th  Rudiartono                  +27.389s       ³              
              ³       Team Mecha                                 ³              
              ³ 16th  Choi Seul-Hae               +27.390s       ³              
              ³       K-Apex                                     ³              
              ³ 17th  Mutaz Ibrahim               +27.865s       ³              
              ³       Aspire                                     ³              
              ³ 18th  Sakura Sekai                +27.868s       ³              
              ³       Fujibayashi                                ³              
              ³ 19th  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +28.072s       ³              
              ³       Fujibayashi                                ³              
              ³ 20th  Kwon Sung-Tae               +28.230s       ³              
              ³       K-Apex                                     ³              
              ³ 21st  Zhou Xiaoping               +28.765s       ³              
              ³       Red Dragon                                 ³              
              ³ 22nd  Danial Nielsen Frost        +28.903s       ³              
              ³       Calsonic                                   ³              
              ³ 23rd  Jordan Raharjo              +28.903s       ³              
              ³       E.R.A                                      ³              
              ³ 24th  Masahiro Yaname             +30.628s       ³              
              ³       KMH                                        ³              
              ³ 25th  Ryunnosuke Takashi          +31.668s       ³              
              ³       Team RS                                    ³              
              ³ 26th  Xu Shiqing                  -1 Lap         ³              
              ³       Red Dragon                                 ³

After outdragging Murakami off the line, Harry Sharp maintained an advantage of just under four tenths of a seconds over near-constant opposition from the Narita driver to take a debut win on his debut, a feat that was impressive despite the fact that Joo-Woon Song did the exact same thing at Autopolis. Murakami was just off the podium in fourth after his tardy start, while the rest of the top 10 was strange to say the least; Hinata Miura and Kosuke Setou scored their first points this year, while both Dandelion drivers made their first visit to points-paying positions for a very long time, although Wei-Leuk pulled off a Gutierrez-style performance after his promising qualifying and hence finished 11th, albeit only managing this after Xu Shiqing ran out of fuel on the last lap to drop out of this place. None of the championship contenders were even close to scoring, leading to much confusion at the sharp end of the paddock, with this poor oval-form also ruining Ryunnosuke Takashi's 100% scoring record. To top all this weirdness off, Naotsuke Kano set fastest lap.

Quali-2:

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1 Rudiartono                     
32.429s                       
2 Kei Suzuki                                       
32.542s                  
3 Seong-Jin Cho                 
32.552s                        
4 Xu Shiqing                                             
32.613s                            
5 Ryunnosuke Takashi               
32.688s                       
6 Go Gouriki                                           
32.690s                          
7 Joo-Woon Song                
32.733s                     
8 Danial Nielsen Frost                                      
32.738s                         
9 Zhou Xiaoping                  
32.758s                     
10 Choi Seul-Hae
32.798s                    
11 Presley Martono                
32.800s                      
12 Harry Sharp                                            
32.858s                           
13 Isyraf Danish                
32.962s                      
14 Kurumi Fujibayashi                                         
33.093s                     
15 Satoshi Murakami                   
33.189s                       
16 Kwon Sung-Tae                                           
33.197s                          
17 Sakura Sekai                   
33.291s                        
18 Naotsuke Kano                                          
33.328s                         
19 Atsushi Koizumi                   
33.330s                         
20 Muizzuddin Gafar                                       
33.349s                          
21 Hinata Miura                     
33.394s                        
22 Thatan Weerwatnodom                               
33.397s                       
23 Kosuke Setou                   
33.403s                    
24 Jordan Raharjo                                          
33.411s                   
25 Tony Wei-leuk             
33.466s                      
26 Hamda al Qubaisi                                      
33.545s       
DNQ:
27 Mutaz Ibrahim
28 Masahiro Yaname

There was another shock polesitter for Race 2, with Rudiartono joined by Kei Suzuki on an atypical front row. With some awful efforts the previous day, it was interesting to see who could bounce back and find their feet at Motegi- Seong-Jin Cho, who qualified third after failing to even make the last row for Race 1 can certainly say he did, as could Takashi, Xiaoping and Martono, who lined up in the top 10, two places ahead of a seemingly distracted Harry Sharp (and who could blame him?). Kwon Sung-Tae made no such improvement however, and hence lined up 16th, although this was still some way ahead of the two Narita cars, who's form seemed to fall into a black hole as so often it does. Mutaz Ibrahim and Masahiro Yaname failed to qualfiy.

Race 2 (video here)

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 ³  1st  Kei Suzuki                  17m 08.820s    ³              
              ³       Nakamura                                   ³              
              ³  2nd  Zhou Xiaoping               +0.562s        ³              
              ³       Red Dragon                                 ³              
              ³  3rd  Ryunnosuke Takashi          +2.009s        ³              
              ³       Team RS                                    ³              
              ³  4th  Rudiartono                  +2.154s        ³              
              ³       Team Mecha                                 ³              
              ³  5th  Xu Shiqing                  +2.979s        ³              
              ³       Red Dragon                                 ³              
              ³  6th  Presley Martono             +4.127s        ³              
              ³       Calsonic                                   ³              
              ³  7th  Go Gouriki                  +4.754s        ³              
              ³       Team Mecha                                 ³              
              ³  8th  Joo-Woon Song               +4.884s        ³              
              ³       Team RS                                    ³              
              ³  9th  Choi Seul-Hae               +17.543s       ³              
              ³       K-Apex                                     ³              
              ³ 10th  Atsushi Koizumi             +20.979s       ³              
              ³       Dandelion                                  ³              
              ³ 11th  Hinata Miura                +21.111s       ³              
              ³       Tsujimura                                  ³              
              ³ 12th  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +21.198s       ³              
              ³       Fujibayashi                                ³              
              ³ 13th  Seong-Jin Cho               +22.005s       ³              
              ³       KMH                                        ³              
              ³ 14th  Harry Sharp                 +22.986s       ³              
              ³       Nakamura                                   ³              
              ³ 15th  Muizzuddin Gafar            +23.179s       ³              
              ³       Narita                                     ³              
              ³ 16th  Kosuke Setou                +23.321s       ³              
              ³       Luxray                                     ³              
              ³ 17th  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +23.681s       ³              
              ³       Narita                                     ³              
              ³ 18th  Tony Wei-leuk               +24.100s       ³              
              ³       E.R.A                                      ³              
              ³ 19th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +27.686s       ³              
              ³       Aspire                                     ³              
              ³ 20th  Kwon Sung-Tae               +28.851s       ³              
              ³       K-Apex                                     ³              
              ³ 21st  Jordan Raharjo              +28.985s       ³              
              ³       E.R.A                                      ³              
              ³ 22nd  Isyraf Danish               -1 Lap         ³              
              ³       Luxray                                     ³              
              ³ 23rd  Naotsuke Kano               -2 Laps        ³              
              ³       Dandelion                                  ³              
              ³ 24th  Satoshi Murakami            Engine         ³              
              ³       Tsujimura                                  ³              
              ³ 25th  Sakura Sekai                Didn't Finish  ³              
              ³       Fujibayashi                                ³              
              ³ 26th  Danial Nielsen Frost        Oil Leak       ³              
              ³       Calsonic                                   ³

Rudiartono led into the first corner, with Suzuki right on his tale, and the two swapped for the lead almost every lap for the initial running, but soon they were joined by Danial Nielsen Frost, who was on a charge having climbed up from 8th- the three drivers were now separated by just a couple of tenths of a second.

Unfortunately this pushing from the Calsonic driver had damaged his engine, which promptly detonated, but it was his resulting reaction that must go down as the most boneheaded action by a driver this year; he not only drove around blocking drivers and belching smoke for another two laps, he then decided to bang wheels with Harry Sharp, leaving the Australian nowhere to go but over the top of Nielsen Frost's car causing both to spin into traffic and spoiling the race 1 winner's at that point solid chance at points. It's safe to say that the stewards were not expressed, although it clearly wasn't easy to get a car off the track, as Satoshi Murakami's flaming engine smoked itself round the track for a further two laps before its retirement on lap 15, though at least he didn't hit anyone.

By this point, Zhou Xiaoping had joined the battle for the lead, and quickly displaced Rudiartono as Suzuki's ,main challenger, and the two battled for the remaining 15 laps with the latter driver eking out a winning margin when overtaking lapped traffic, to leave Nakamura management very happy indeed after Motegi. Joining the two on the rostrum was Ryunnosuke Takashi, who had quietly made himself into that position after the chaos of the Sharp/Nielsen Frost incident put him into the points, and having kept ahead of fastest lap-setter Martono in sixth, while Kwon Sung-Tae was still in the wilderness, having spun at half distance and fell well behind his (usually deadbeat) teammate Choi Seul-Hae who scored her first points at the expense of Seong-Jin Cho, who ran out of fuel on the run to the finish.

Championship Standings After 12 Rounds:
1 Martono 116
2 Xiaoping 108
3 Sung-Tae 95
4 Takashi 93
5 Gouriki 59
6 Gafar 48
7 Fujibayashi 38
8 Weerwatnodom 36
9 Suzuki 32
10 Shiqing 28
11 Nielsen Frost 25
12 Song 19
=12 Murakami 19
14 Danish 18
15 Cho 15
=15 Sharp 15
17 Raharjo 14
18 Rudiartono 10
=19 al Qubaisi 9
=19 Yaname 9
=19 Koizomi 9
22 Kano 7
23 Miura 4
24 Sekai 3
=24 Nhat 3
26 Seul-Hae 2
27 Setou 1
Martono still leads by eight points after his single score, with Xiaoping moving back up to second and some way ahead of Sung-Tae and Takashi, who are separated by two points. Kei Suzuki moves into the top ten on account of his win, while his new teammate's points put him 15th, where the former was previously. 27 drivers have now scored points this season on account of the strange results this weekend, but still a sign of just how competitive and wide open the midfield of this championship is.

Steward's report:
Danial Nielsen Frost has been given a one race ban on account of negligence in regards to obscuring driver's vision with his smoking engine and causing an avoidable collision with #93 Harry Sharp while in traffic. Calsonic will need to run a substitute driver.

Feel free to comment and sack drivers as per usual, but as we have now reached the one month season break (probably won't be one month in real-life, but I do have exams

) you now have a chance to participate in a mid-season driver improvement test (shamelessly ripped off Simtek, who ripped of novitopoli, but hey).

You will be allowed to focus development on one area per driver, the success of said development being decided by an RNG:
- Race Pace
- Quali Pace
- Consistency
If you have either sacked a driver and employed a new one, he/she will not be allowed to participate in said test as there is no baseline. Likewise Nielsen Frost cannot participate due to his race ban.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 21 Apr 2017, 08:27

Rudiartono did something good? :shock:

Gouriki will take consistency test; Rudiartono will take race pace test to ensure that result wasn't a fluke.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 21 Apr 2017, 12:24

Calsonic will run American Flinn Lazier in the #73. We'll announce updates at a later time

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 21 Apr 2017, 13:53

Quali pace for Miura, consistency for Murakami.

CarloSpace · Post by **CarloSpace** » 21 Apr 2017, 19:27

Both Red Dragon drivers will concentrate on quali pace.

Gonzalez · Post by **Gonzalez** » 21 Apr 2017, 21:17

Both Fujibayashi and Sekai will go for Consistency.

Ciaran · Post by **Ciaran** » 21 Apr 2017, 23:00

Race pace for Kwon Sung-Tae, qualifying pace for Choi Seul-hae. BTW, I think I should have mentioned this earlier, but Choi is a woman, not a man. I think I came up with her given name after looking up the squad of a Korean women's football team.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 21 Apr 2017, 23:29

Regenmeister94 wrote:Race pace for Kwon Sung-Tae, qualifying pace for Choi Seul-hae. BTW, I think I should have mentioned this earlier, but Choi is a woman, not a man. I think I came up with her given name after looking up the squad of a Korean women's football team.

Oops, sorry! I'll go and retroactively fix that. :facepalm:

EDIT: it's done (somehow I only screwed up with the gender once in five race weekends...)

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 22 Apr 2017, 08:21

Seong-Jin Cho - Quali Pace
Masahiro Yaname - Race Pace

alg2159 · Post by **alg2159** » 22 Apr 2017, 08:24

Consistency for Kei Suzuki !

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 22 Apr 2017, 09:38

Wizzie wrote:Calsonic will run American Flinn Lazier in the #73. We'll announce updates at a later time

Having already finished highly in Formula Vee and about to race in US F2000 (which uses a more powerful variant of an F4 car) I would say that Lazier has too much experience to race in this series, and, as I can't find his DOB anywhere, may be too old by 2019

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 23 Apr 2017, 05:22

Race pace for both drivers please

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 23 Apr 2017, 06:26

Race pace for both ERA drivers.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 23 Apr 2017, 06:57

Since Lazier has been rejected, we'd like to run Sebastián Fernández Wahbeh instead

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 23 Apr 2017, 10:30

Wizzie wrote:Since Lazier has been rejected, we'd like to run Sebastián Fernández Wahbeh instead

He is eligible, but only just as he was 18 at the start of the season, but is 19 now and hence too old- however the regulations only state he has to be that age at 01/01/17 so you are OK.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 03 May 2017, 22:35

I am still waiting for testing plans from Team RS, Narita, Dandelion and Aspire before they can be RNG'd, so if possible could these users get these to me by the end of the week so that they can be finalised before the second Motegi rounds.

In the meantime, I have began to transfer new, slightly fancier Race highlights programmes (it has a title sequence and everything!) onto YouTube (the channel is here to replace the old Dailymotion videos. As of now, only Okayama Race 1 is up, but more will be uploaded over the next few days.

Post by **Ataxia** » 03 May 2017, 22:46

Sorry for the delay! We'd like to give both drivers a quali pace program.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 03 May 2017, 22:52

This Could Be You wrote:In the meantime, I have began to transfer new, slightly fancier Race highlights programmes (it has a title sequence and everything!) onto YouTube (the channel is here to replace the old Dailymotion videos. As of now, only Okayama Race 1 is up, but more will be uploaded over the next few days.

There is a new, cross-series YouTube channel set up by Biscione as a hub for all things PMMF. If you get in contact with him (the chat is a great way to do this) he'll set you up with access, so Asian F4 videos can be directly uploaded by yourself to the channel.

:deletraz:

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 14 May 2017, 09:41

Here are the (admittedly late) test RNGs from the mid-season driver test

Team Mecha Jr.
Gouriki- Consistency
Result= 8% improvement
Rudiartono- Race Pace
Result= 2% improvement

Scuderia Tsujimura
Miura- Quali Pace
Result= 6% improvement
Murakami- Consistency
Result= 5% improvement

Red Dragon
Xiaoping- Quali Pace
Result- 3% improvement
Shiqing- Quali Pace
Result- 4% improvement

Fujibayashi
Fujibayashi- Consistency
Result- 6% improvement
Sekai- Consistency
Result- 3% improvement

K-Apex
Sung-Tae- Race Pace
Result= 1% improvement
Seul-Hae- Quali Pace
Result= 7% improvement

KMH
Cho- Quali Pace
Result= 0% improvement (sorry!)
Yaname- Race Pace
Result= 5% improvment

Nakamura
Suzuki- Consistency
Result= 15% improvement

Luxray
Danish- Race Pace
Result= 11% improvement
Setou- Race Pace
Result= 15% improvement (your team is really good at testing!)

ERA
Raharjo- Race Pace
Result= 10% improvement
Wei-leuk- Race Pace
Result= 8% improvement

Dandelion
Koizumi- Quali Pace
Result= 8% improvement
Kano- Quali Pace
Result= 5% improvement

Motegi II (this time it's personal?) will be run within the next week or so (hopefully).

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 25 May 2017, 20:32

Here are the results from Rounds 13 and 14 from Motegi (late due to more exams, plus watching the Indy 500 Qualifying, as well as forgetting to save the draft of this message

):

Quali-1:

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1 Harry Sharp                                            
1m 58.355s                                            
2 Seong-Jin Cho                   
1m 58.371s                     
3 Kwon Sung-Tae                                           
1m 58.484s                                            
4 Joo-Woon Song                   
1m 58.511s                     
5 Zhou Xiaoping                                           
1m 58.555s                                            
6 Thatan Weerwatnodom                
1m 58.617s                     
7 Go Gouriki                                             
1m 58.637s                                            
8 Ryunnosuke Takashi                 
1m 58.650s                     
9 Masahiro Yaname                                          
1m 58.773s                                           
10 Xu Shiqing                     
1m 58.776s                     
11 Kurumi Fujibayashi                                         
1m 58.782s                                           
12 Presley Martono                  
1m 58.838s                     
13 Kei Suzuki                                             
1m 58.893s                                           
14 Atsushi Koizumi                  
1m 58.974s                     
15 Jordan Raharjo                                           
1m 59.047s                                           
16 Sebastian Fernandez                
1m 59.049s                     
17 Muizzuddin Gafar                                          
1m 59.240s                                           
18 Isyraf Danish                   
1m 59.254s                     
19 Hamda al Qubaisi                                          
m 59.260s                                           
20 Satoshi Murakami                  
1m 59.279s                     
21 Naotsuke Kano                                           
1m 59.335s                                           
22 Mutaz Ibrahim                   
1m 59.536s                     
23 Sakura Sekai                                            
1m 59.565s                                           
24 Hinata Miura                    
1m 59.898s                     
25 Tony Wei-leuk                                           
2m 00.199s                                           
26 Rudiartono                     
2m 00.620s
DNQ:
27 Choi Seul-Hae 
28 Kosuke Setou

Harry Sharp's apparent affinity with the Motegi circuit continued to show in the first qualifying session of the weekend, taking his second pole in just his third race start, with Seong-Jin Cho also running strongly to line up alongside him. There were differing fortunes for the championship contenders; Sung-Tae qualified a strong third and Xiaoping was fifth, while Takashi and Martono were some way further back in eighth and twelfth respectively. Without any testing time, Martono's stand-in teammate, the highly-rated Sebastian Fernandez qualified a muted but solid sixteenth, a good effort considering the circumstances. Rather less solid were the efforts of Choi Seul-Hae and Kosuke Setou, who failed to qualify despite testing to help avoid this fate.

Race 1 (video coming soon):

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 1st  Joo-Woon Song               47m 50.336s                  
                     Team RS                                                  
                2nd  Seong-Jin Cho               +1.528s                      
                     KMH                                                      
                3rd  Kwon Sung-Tae               +4.213s                      
                     K-Apex                                                   
                4th  Zhou Xiaoping               +9.093s                      
                     Red Dragon                                               
                5th  Go Gouriki                  +15.028s                     
                     Team Mecha                                               
                6th  Xu Shiqing                  +19.239s                     
                     Red Dragon                                               
                7th  Masahiro Yaname             +22.484s                     
                     KMH                                                      
                8th  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +25.092s                     
                     Narita                                                   
                9th  Presley Martono             +25.384s                     
                     Calsonic                                                 
               10th  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +26.717s                     
                     Fujibayashi                                              
               11th  Harry Sharp                 +27.855s                     
                     Nakamura                                                 
               12th  Sebastian Fernandez         +28.976s                     
                     Calsonic                                                 
               13th  Isyraf Danish               +31.592s                     
                     Luxray                                                   
               14th  Kei Suzuki                  +33.484s                     
                     Nakamura                                                 
               15th  Atsushi Koizumi             +34.685s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               16th  Muizzuddin Gafar            +35.104s                     
                     Narita                                                   
               17th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +35.674s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               18th  Jordan Raharjo              +36.238s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               19th  Satoshi Murakami            +38.771s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               20th  Mutaz Ibrahim               +47.187s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               21st  Hinata Miura                +53.578s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               22nd  Rudiartono                  +54.868s                     
                     Team Mecha                                               
               23rd  Tony Wei-leuk               +57.110s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               24th  Sakura Sekai                -3 Laps                      
                     Fujibayashi                                              
               25th  Ryunnosuke Takashi          Engine                       
                     Team RS                                                  
               26th  Naotsuke Kano               Suspension                   
                     Dandelion

Joo-Woon Song won his second race of the year in very similar circumstances to his first win; this time it was Cho making the early moves, quickly passing the slow-starting Harry Sharp for the lead of the race, with Sung-Tae and Song following. By Lap 5, it was Song in second, having made quick work of the South Korean, and he proceeded to hound Cho for the lead, never more than a second adrift. This situation maintained itself until Cho ran wide on Lap 14, allowing the Team RS driver to slip in front and from then he didn't look back, although Cho didn't exactly back off, ending the race only a second and a half behind in what was a very spread out top 10. One driver who very nearly wasn't part of this top 10 was Presley Martono, the championship leader seemingly off the pace, again giving echoes of Autopolis, barely keeping ahead of his teammate; he was lucky to finish ninth (and score two vital points) in the end, benefiting from a fast-fading Harry Sharp and an extremely unfortunate engine failure for Ryunnosuke Takashi, who up to then was running quite strongly, as the winless Japanese's championship challenge hangs in the balance. Joo-Woon Song set fastest lap.

Quali-2:

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1 Harry Sharp                                             
1m 57.993s                                            
2 Joo-Woon Song                    
1m 58.363s                      
3 Ryunnosuke Takashi                                          
1m 58.484s                                             
4 Go Gouriki                      
1m 58.574s                      
5 Sebastian Fernandez                                         
1m 58.575s                                           
6 Zhou Xiaoping                    
1m 58.667s                      
7 Presley Martono                                           
1m 58.694s                                             
8 Kwon Sung-Tae                    
1m 58.768s                      
9 Kei Suzuki                                              
1m 58.835s                                           
10 Thatan Weerwatnodom                 
1m 58.858s                      
11 Seong-Jin Cho                                            
1m 58.899s                                           
12 Xu Shiqing                      
1m 58.907s                      
13 Muizzuddin Gafar                                           
1m 58.956s                                            
14 Jordan Raharjo                    
1m 58.981s                      
15 Satoshi Murakami                                           
1m 59.040s                                            
16 Kurumi Fujibayashi                  
1m 59.101s                      
17 Masahiro Yaname                                           
1m 59.111s                                            
18 Hamda al Qubaisi                  
1m 59.120s                      
19 Atsushi Koizumi                                           
1m 59.244s                                          
20 Sakura Sekai                     
1m 59.315s                      
21 Isyraf Danish                                            
1m 59.553s                                            
22 Mutaz Ibrahim                    
1m 59.618s                      
23 Naotsuke Kano                                            
1m 59.623s                                            
24 Tony Wei-leuk                    
1m 59.684s                      
25 Rudiartono                                              
1m 59.740s                                            
26 Hinata Miura                     
1m 59.740s
DNQ:
27 Choi Seul-Hae
28 Kosuke Setou

Harry Sharp continued to be completely dominant in Motegi qualifying, managing to set a lap four tenths of second faster than Race 1 winner Joo-Woon Song managed to line up alongside him with. Ryunnosuke Takashi lined up best of the championship contenders in third, while Sebastian Fernandez seemed far more comfortable in the Dome F4 on his second attempt at qualifying, managing an impressive fifth, while Martono made it a better session for Calsonic with a far more competitive seventh. Seul-Hae and Setou again failed to make the grid.

Race 2: (video coming soon)

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   1st  Joo-Woon Song               47m 52.993s                  
                     Team RS                                                  
                2nd  Ryunnosuke Takashi          +3.060s                      
                     Team RS                                                  
                3rd  Kwon Sung-Tae               +6.648s                      
                     K-Apex                                                   
                4th  Harry Sharp                 +9.616s                      
                     Nakamura                                                 
                5th  Zhou Xiaoping               +10.243s                     
                     Red Dragon                                               
                6th  Xu Shiqing                  +11.308s                     
                     Red Dragon                                               
                7th  Sebastian Fernandez         +11.664s                     
                     Calsonic                                                 
                8th  Go Gouriki                  +14.603s                     
                     Team Mecha                                               
                9th  Jordan Raharjo              +15.103s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               10th  Presley Martono             +15.522s                     
                     Calsonic                                                 
               11th  Seong-Jin Cho               +18.556s                     
                     KMH                                                      
               12th  Kei Suzuki                  +18.996s                     
                     Nakamura                                                 
               13th  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +21.108s                     
                     Fujibayashi                                              
               14th  Masahiro Yaname             +23.848s                     
                     KMH                                                      
               15th  Satoshi Murakami            +27.787s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               16th  Isyraf Danish               +32.533s                     
                     Luxray                                                   
               17th  Atsushi Koizumi             +33.786s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               18th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +35.196s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               19th  Sakura Sekai                +37.873s                     
                     Fujibayashi                                              
               20th  Mutaz Ibrahim               +41.971s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               21st  Rudiartono                  +45.006s                     
                     Team Mecha                                               
               22nd  Naotsuke Kano               +48.526s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               23rd  Hinata Miura                +49.722s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               24th  Tony Wei-leuk               +51.081s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               25th  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +51.356s                     
                     Narita                                                   
               26th  Muizzuddin Gafar            -1 Lap                       
                     Narita

Joo-Woon Song utterly dominated Race 2 at Motegi to become the only driver other than Presley Martono to take more than two wins this year, or complete a clean sweep of the weekend. Harry Sharp, while not having quite so much of a dearth of race pace as in Race 1, could not challenge the North Korean, and had soon slipped to fourth behind Takashi and Kwon Sung-Tae, who was nothing if not consistent this weekend. Presley Martono had another worryingly poor run, scoring just a single point, (behind such drivers as Jordan Raharjo, making a very rare appearance in the top 10) while his teammate Fernandez scored for the first time. Ryunnosuke Takashi set fastest lap to top off what was an extremely successful race for Team RS, having scored only the second one-two for any team this year.

Driver's Championship After 14 Rounds:
1 Xiaoping 124
2 Martono 119
3 Sung-Tae 115
4 Takashi 105
5 Gouriki 68
6 Song 49
7 Gafar 48
8 Fujibayashi 39
=8 Weerwatnodom 39
10 Shiqing 38
11 Suzuki 32
12 Cho 27
=12 Sharp 27
14 Nielsen Frost 25
15 Murakami 19
16 Danish 18
17 Raharjo 16
18 Yaname 13
19 Rudiartono 10
20 al Qubaisi 9
=20 Koizomi 9
22 Kano 7
23 Miura 4
=23 Fernandez 4
25 Sekai 3
=25 Nhat 3
27 Seul-Hae 2
28 Setou 1
The big news in the championship is that for first time since Okayama, Presley Martono is not leading the championship! Instead it is now Zhou Xiaoping who holds a five point advantage, with K-Apex's Sung-Tae still within touching distance a further four points back, although with a 19 point deficit Takashi is beginning to fall adrift of the battle. Joo-Woon Song's stunning performance at Motegi lifts him from 12th to 6th in the championship- one can only imagine where he'd be if he had joined at Okayama...

Feel free to comment/sack drivers, especially as the silly season is bound to be hotting up, with rumours soon to be abound about who's going to F3 Asia next year...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 May 2017, 23:44

Rejectsport wrote:Teams line up to swoon over Motegi winner Joo-Woon

While the championship battle rages on between Zhou Xiaoping, Presley Martono, Kwon Sung-Tae and Ryunnosuke Takashi, the biggest fight further down the order is over the signature of Joo-Woon Song, who has scored more points in the three race weekends he has participated in than any other driver during that same period.

The North Korean prodigy has taken the Asian racing scene by storm, and with the future of his current employers Team Rising Sun looking uncertain, he is said to have plenty of offers on the table.

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Ciaran · Post by **Ciaran** » 27 May 2017, 23:37

I Can't Believe It's Not Autosport wrote:K-Apex Look Back In Anger Over Song
South Korean outfit K-Apex's chief engineer Hyun-ho Park has sparked controversy over remarks directed at North Korean prodigy Joo-woon Song. Park claimed that Song was benefiting from illicit substances, citing the North's alleged involvement in methamphetamine production. In his closing remark, Park joked that "at least Song's sponsorship is diverting funds from [the North's] nuclear programme".

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 14 Jul 2017, 18:18

Firstly, apologies for the lack of progress of this series over the last month or so- the uncharacteristically hot weather where I am has exacerbated the overheating problems currently affecting the computer I run this on (thanks, stock AMD cooler!) which also has caused audio issues. In the meantime, I have been trying to streamline the video highlights system for 2020 so they can be produced much quicker, with swankier grid graphics. It was almost ready for this race in fact, but instead I'll just post without videos for now.

Anyway, here are the results for the rounds at Sugo!

Quali-1:

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1  Kwon Sung-Tae                                            
1m 19.131s                                            
2  Kurumi Fujibayashi                  
1m 19.132s                      
3  Presley Martono                                           
1m 19.193s                                             
4  Go Gouriki                      
1m 19.196s                      
5  Harry Sharp                                             
1m 19.199s                                            
6  Zhou Xiaoping                    
1m 19.329s                      
7  Seong-Jin Cho                                            
1m 19.461s                                             
8  Ryunnosuke Takashi                  
1m 19.510s                      
9  Thatan Weerwatnodom                                         
1m 19.512s                                            
10 Joo-Woon Song                    
1m 19.533s                      
11 Muizzuddin Gafar                                           
1m 19.625s                                            
12 Danial Nielsen Frost                 
1m 19.654s                      
13 Jordan Raharjo                                            
1m 19.706s                                           
14 Xu Shiqing                      
1m 19.717s                      
15 Isyraf Danish                                            
1m 19.724s                                           
16 Hamda al Qubaisi                   
1m 19.778s                      
17 Satoshi Murakami                                           
1m 19.838s                                            
18 Masahiro Yaname                   
1m 19.928s                      
19 Kei Suzuki                                              
1m 20.031s                                           
20 Atsushi Koizumi                   
1m 20.036s                      
21 Naotsuke Kano                                            
1m 20.048s                                           
22 Tony Wei-leuk                    
1m 20.295s                      
23 Sakura Sekai                                             
1m 20.367s                                            
24 Hinata Miura                     
1m 20.390s                      
25 Rudiartono                                              
1m 20.471s                                            
26 Mutaz Ibrahim                    
1m 20.552s                      
27 Choi Seul-Hae
DNQ
28 Kosuke Setou
DNQ

Key title contender Kwon Sung-Tae made a perfect start to his weekend with his fourth pole position this year, beating surprise front-row qualifier Kurumi Fujibayashi by just one hundreth of a second. Martono, reeling at the loss of his championship lead in Motegi lined up a strong third, while new championship leader Xiaoping was three places further back in sixth. Takashi was the worst qualifier of the contenders in eighth, with his teammate Song disappointing in tenth, though not as much as a struggling Kei Suzuki, who only managed 19th. As has been the case for several races now, it was Choi Seul-Hae and Kosuke Setou who failed to qualify.

Race 1 (video coming soon-ish)

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             1st  Kwon Sung-Tae               24m 32.392s               
                  K-Apex                                                
             2nd  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +8.899s                   
                  Fujibayashi                                           
             3rd  Go Gouriki                  +9.692s                   
                  Team Mecha                                            
             4th  Presley Martono             +10.542s                  
                  Calsonic                                              
             5th  Seong-Jin Cho               +11.906s                  
                  KMH                                                   
             6th  Zhou Xiaoping               +11.971s                  
                  Red Dragon                                            
             7th  Ryunnosuke Takashi          +12.735s                  
                  Team RS                                               
             8th  Harry Sharp                 +21.661s                  
                  Nakamura                                              
             9th  Joo-Woon Song               +22.376s                  
                  Team RS                                               
            10th  Xu Shiqing                  +22.382s                  
                  Red Dragon                                            
            11th  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +23.560s                  
                  Narita                                                
            12th  Muizzuddin Gafar            +23.605s                  
                  Narita                                                
            13th  Isyraf Danish               +24.725s                  
                  Luxray                                                
            14th  Jordan Raharjo              +25.816s                  
                  E.R.A                                                 
            15th  Danial Nielsen Frost        +27.632s                  
                  Calsonic                                              
            16th  Masahiro Yaname             +27.633s                  
                  KMH                                                   
            17th  Satoshi Murakami            +29.527s                  
                  Tsujimura                                             
            18th  Naotsuke Kano               +30.247s                  
                  Dandelion                                             
            19th  Kei Suzuki                  +30.645s                  
                  Nakamura                                              
            20th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +31.402s                  
                  Aspire                                                
            21st  Atsushi Koizumi             +34.135s                  
                  Dandelion                                             
            22nd  Tony Wei-leuk               +38.255s                  
                  E.R.A                                                 
            23rd  Sakura Sekai                +38.368s                  
                  Fujibayashi                                           
            24th  Rudiartono                  +40.726s                  
                  Team Mecha                                            
            25th  Mutaz Ibrahim               +45.410s                  
                  Aspire                                                
            26th  Hinata Miura                +45.470s                  
                  Tsujimura

Facing no real challenge from Fujibayashi past the first corner, Kwon Sung-Tae produced an impeccable performance to record his third win this year, with a margin of almost nine seconds over the former driver, who nevertheless put in a measured and thoroughly respectable performance to retain second under pressure first from Zhou Xiaoping (who fell back and then Go Gouriki, both of them noted hard chargers. There were captivating battles throughout the top 10 as well, in a thoroughly entertaining race- Presley Martono's recovery from a rather poor start yielded some decent overtaking, as did the battle between everyone from 8th to 12th, with even Gafar in 12th gracing the top 10 on some laps.

Quali-2:

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1  Harry Sharp                                             
1m 18.811s                                             
2  Ryunnosuke Takashi                  
1m 19.076s                      
3  Zhou Xiaoping                                            
1m 19.145s                                             
4  Danial Nielsen Frost                 
1m 19.190s                      
5  Presley Martono                                           
1m 19.214s                                             
6  Joo-Woon Song                    
1m 19.306s                      
7  Kurumi Fujibayashi                                          
1m 19.401s                                             
8  Kwon Sung-Tae                    
1m 19.507s                      
9  Xu Shiqing                                              
1m 19.593s                                            
10 Satoshi Murakami                   
1m 19.640s                      
11 Go Gouriki                                              
1m 19.672s                                           
12 Seong-Jin Cho                    
1m 19.770s                      
13 Isyraf Danish                                            
1m 19.837s                                           
14 Hamda al Qubaisi                   
1m 19.901s                      
15 Naotsuke Kano                                            
1m 19.903s                                           
16 Masahiro Yaname                   
1m 19.905s                      
17 Kei Suzuki                                              
1m 19.907s                                           
18 Muizzuddin Gafar                   
1m 19.958s                      
19 Jordan Raharjo                                            
1m 20.031s                                           
20 Thatan Weerwatnodom                 
1m 20.033s                      
21 Atsushi Koizumi                                           
1m 20.051s                                           
22 Hinata Miura                     
1m 20.052s                      
23 Rudiartono                                              
1m 20.094s                                            
24 Sakura Sekai                     
1m 20.298s                      
25 Mutaz Ibrahim                                            
1m 20.470s                                            
26 Tony Wei-leuk                    
1m 20.578s
27 Kosuke Setou
DNQ
28 Choi Seul-Hae                      
DNQ

In the second qualifying session of the weekend it was Harry Sharp who managed his third pole in four races, but alongside him was Ryunnosuke Takashi, who after a disappointing Race 1 was seeing his championship challenge beginning to show signs of faltering- a win would help his cause, but Xiaoping lined up third and Martono fifth, Danial Nielsen Frost splitting the two having seemingly recaptured the form he had prior to his race ban. Another notable qualifying run was by Satoshi Murakami, placing himself inside the top 10 on the grid.

Race 2 (video coming soon)

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                1st  Danial Nielsen Frost        24m 37.911s                  
                     Calsonic                                                 
                2nd  Presley Martono             +2.472s                      
                     Calsonic                                                 
                3rd  Zhou Xiaoping               +5.989s                      
                     Red Dragon                                               
                4th  Harry Sharp                 +6.529s                      
                     Nakamura                                                 
                5th  Kwon Sung-Tae               +7.952s                      
                     K-Apex                                                   
                6th  Ryunnosuke Takashi          +8.020s                      
                     Team RS                                                  
                7th  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +9.175s                      
                     Fujibayashi                                              
                8th  Satoshi Murakami            +12.381s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
                9th  Go Gouriki                  +17.692s                     
                     Team Mecha                                               
               10th  Isyraf Danish               +18.691s                     
                     Luxray                                                   
               11th  Xu Shiqing                  +20.380s                     
                     Red Dragon                                               
               12th  Seong-Jin Cho               +22.310s                     
                     KMH                                                      
               13th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +22.966s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               14th  Masahiro Yaname             +24.325s                     
                     KMH                                                      
               15th  Rudiartono                  +28.896s                     
                     Team Mecha                                               
               16th  Hinata Miura                +29.264s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               17th  Jordan Raharjo              +29.416s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               18th  Muizzuddin Gafar            +30.308s                     
                     Narita                                                   
               19th  Atsushi Koizumi             +31.679s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               20th  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +33.447s                     
                     Narita                                                   
               21st  Mutaz Ibrahim               +43.591s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               22nd  Naotsuke Kano               +43.773s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               23rd  Tony Wei-leuk               +43.968s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               24th  Joo-Woon Song               +55.094s                     
                     Team RS                                                  
               25th  Sakura Sekai                Puncture                     
                     Fujibayashi                                              
               26th  Kei Suzuki                  Transmission                 
                     Nakamura

Any real chance Ryunnosuke Takashi had of a good result really evaporated in the first lap as he was jumped by both the Calsonic cars, which took a further couple of laps to dispatch pole-sitter Sharp to head the field in formation. The leader of said formation though was a surprise- it was Nielsen Frost who had the better pace (he also set fastest lap) for once, and who held on to a maiden win, the first for a Singaporean driver in this series. Besides Martono, who scored useful points for second, the other championship contenders had a difficult time, with all three engaging in a battle with Harry Sharp, and only Xiaoping making it past, while Takashi even lost out to the lowly qualifying Kwon Sung-Tae, who nevertheless managed to recover a strong haul of points. Tsujimura Scuderia had one of their best races in a while- Murakami ran strongly and finished a fine eighth, while Hinata Miura had her best race since Motegi Oval, fighting inside the top 15 for most of the race but ultimately finishing just outside it.

Championship Standings After 16 Rounds:
1 Martono 139
=1 Xiaoping 139
3 Sung-Tae 138
4 Takashi 114
5 Gouriki 80
6 Fujibayashi 55
7 Song 51
8 Sharp 50
9 Gafar 48
10 Nielsen Frost 40
11 Weerwatnodom 39
=11 Shiqing 39
13 Cho 33
14 Suzuki 32
15 Murakami 22
16 Danish 19
17 Raharjo 16
18 Yaname 13
19 Rudiartono 10
20 al Qubaisi 9
=20 Koizomi 9
22 Kano 7
23 Miura 4
=23 Fernandez 4
25 Sekai 3
=25 Nhat 3
27 Seul-Hae 2
28 Setou 1

With just four races remaining, the title fight has essentially been reduced to a three-horse race- Ryunnosuke Takashi is now over thirty points behind with 64 still available, which without attrition in at least one weekend would be difficult to overcome. There is nothing to choose between the three ahead however; Presley Martono leads, but only on countback based on his greater win tally, while third-placed Sung-Tae is just a single point behind and is on a run of good results. This could be very exciting indeed...

Once again apologies for the horrendous delays, but feel free to comment/sack drivers/speculate about Asian F3 2020.

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 18 Jul 2017, 11:27

Red Bull Kart Fight Qatar winner Omar Aswat will replace Ibrahim for the remaining two rounds.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 06 Aug 2017, 11:31

As I have finally got my video compiling program to run at a decent pace, I have now uploaded all of the existing Asian F4 rounds to the Formula Rejects YouTube channel, which now run at the correct frame rate (and hence are now half as long, and about a third as tedious to watch) and with a slightly rough-looking early '90s style grid animation (I'll convert it to HD widescreen for 2020, instead of just VGA ). Also, I have managed to get the Marina Bay Circuit working on my GP2 install, so the penultimate rounds of the championship will be up within the next few days

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 09 Aug 2017, 15:23

For the first time in a long while, the results have been completed on time, so here are the results from the penultimate round at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore:

Quali-1:

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1  Presley Martono                  
2m 06.733s                     
2  Go Gouriki                                             
2m 06.801s                       
3  Kwon Sung-Tae                   
2m 06.802s                     
4  Harry Sharp                                            
2m 06.805s                        
5  Joo-Woon Song                   
2m 07.088s                     
6  Ryunnosuke Takashi                                         
2m 07.142s                        
7  Muizzuddin Gafar                  
2m 07.207s                     
8  Zhou Xiaoping                                           
2m 07.330s                       
9  Danial Nielsen Frost                
2m 07.343s                     
10 Satoshi Murakami                                          
2m 07.400s                 
11 Seong-Jin Cho                   
2m 07.403s                     
12 Kurumi Fujibayashi                                         
2m 07.484s                      
13 Xu Shiqing                     
2m 07.494s                     
14 Thatan Weerwatnodom                                        
2m 07.495s                 
15 Jordan Raharjo                   
2m 07.501s                     
16 Hamda al Qubaisi                                          
2m 07.612s                   
17 Omar Aswat                     
2m 07.613s                     
18 Kei Suzuki                                             
2m 07.738s                 
19 Isyraf Danish                   
2m 07.756s                     
20 Naotsuke Kano                                           
2m 07.867s                    
21 Masahiro Yaname                  
2m 07.869s                     
22 Tony Wei-leuk                                           
2m 08.069s                       
23 Atsushi Koizumi                  
2m 08.277s                     
24 Rudiartono                                             
2m 08.545s                     
25 Sakura Sekai                    
2m 08.608s                     
26 Hinata Miura                                            
2m 08.737s                                             
27 Kosuke Setou
DNQ
28 Choi Seul-Hae     
DNQ

Presley Martono had a perfect start to his weekend getting two vital points on the board for pole, giving him the championship lead already going into Race 1. Alongside him was Go Gouriki, who seems to be on a run of good form from Sugo, while Kwon Sung-Tae was a decent third, but would need to get closer to Martono if he wanted to shrink the points gap. Looking less promising was Zhou Xiaoping, who had left himself with a lot of work to do in the race starting only eighth, and having narrowly lost the championship lead he had already. Meanwhile debutant Omar Aswat lined up in a respectable 17th place for his first race, ahead of a floundering Kei Suzuki, who's shown no form since the Motegi win. At the back of the field, Setou and Seul-Hae failed to qualify.

Race 1 (video here)

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                1st  Go Gouriki                  39m 46.878s                  
                     Team Mecha                                               
                2nd  Presley Martono             +2.136s                      
                     Calsonic                                                 
                3rd  Kwon Sung-Tae               +4.781s                      
                     K-Apex                                                   
                4th  Joo-Woon Song               +10.317s                     
                     Team RS                                                  
                5th  Muizzuddin Gafar            +13.019s                     
                     Narita                                                   
                6th  Zhou Xiaoping               +16.134s                     
                     Red Dragon                                               
                7th  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +18.909s                     
                     Fujibayashi                                              
                8th  Ryunnosuke Takashi          +21.676s                     
                     Team RS                                                  
                9th  Harry Sharp                 +23.348s                     
                     Nakamura                                                 
               10th  Seong-Jin Cho               +23.681s                     
                     KMH                                                      
               11th  Xu Shiqing                  +28.393s                     
                     Red Dragon                                               
               12th  Satoshi Murakami            +31.446s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               13th  Danial Nielsen Frost        +31.794s                     
                     Calsonic                                                 
               14th  Jordan Raharjo              +32.556s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               15th  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +34.420s                     
                     Narita                                                   
               16th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +36.418s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               17th  Isyraf Danish               +36.847s                     
                     Luxray                                                   
               18th  Naotsuke Kano               +38.859s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               19th  Kei Suzuki                  +41.756s                     
                     Nakamura                                                 
               20th  Omar Aswat                  +42.677s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               21st  Masahiro Yaname             +43.026s                     
                     KMH                                                      
               22nd  Rudiartono                  +47.154s                     
                     Team Mecha                                               
               23rd  Hinata Miura                +48.014s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               24th  Tony Wei-leuk               +49.800s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               25th  Sakura Sekai                +52.005s                     
                     Fujibayashi                                              
               26th  Atsushi Koizumi             +52.365s                     
                     Dandelion

Go Gouriki blasted off the line to win his second race of the year comfortably ahead of Presley Martono- by the end of lap 1 his advantage of running without traffic had allowed him to build a two second advantage over the rest of the field, and this was maintained over the race distance, the Mecha driver becoming somewhat forgotten while drama erupted behind. This drama was mainly centred around Kwon Sung-Tae, who bogged down on the start line, dropping him down to eighth by the end of the first lap, already several seconds behind Martono. however, over the next five laps he made a comeback, and by lap six he was in fourth place, having scythed his way past Xiaoping, Takashi, Fujibayashi and Sharp on a circuit that was proving difficult to overtake at for others.

By lap 8, he was onto the tail of Joo-Woon Song, who had had a very good first lap to place himself third, and proceeded to defend his podium position rigourously from Sung-Tae- there was not only his teammate's fading championship challenge at stake, but surely a little national pride too. Nevertheless, the K-Apex driver was into third by the end of lap 10, but by then, the gap to second place had grown to over four seconds- he managed to close it to just one by the end of the race with several fastest laps, so had to settle for third, though at least that meant that only two points were dropped to Martono. Conversely, Zhou Xiaoping had a disappointing race to finish only sixth, while Ryunnosuke Takashi dropped two places from his starting position to eighth (only Harry Sharp's badly fading late race pace kept him from scoring just two points).

Quali-2:

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1  Zhou Xiaoping                   
2m 06.594s                     
2  Go Gouriki                                             
2m 06.681s
3  Harry Sharp                    
2m 06.695s                     
4  Joo-Woon Song                                           
2m 06.751s                   
5  Kwon Sung-Tae                   
2m 06.758s                     
6  Presley Martono                                          
2m 06.769s                     
7  Isyraf Danish                   
2m 07.217s                     
8  Seong-Jin Cho                                           
2m 07.271s                
9  Thatan Weerwatnodom                
2m 07.277s                     
10 Kurumi Fujibayashi                                         
2m 07.295s                    
11 Danial Nielsen Frost                
2m 07.415s                     
12 Ryunnosuke Takashi                                         
2m 07.468s                    
13 Omar Aswat                     
2m 07.490s                     
14 Hamda al Qubaisi                                          
2m 07.748s                 
15 Kei Suzuki                     
2m 07.867s                     
16 Xu Shiqing                                             
2m 07.879s                       
17 Atsushi Koizumi                  
2m 07.914s                     
18 Jordan Raharjo                                           
2m 07.921s                      
19 Rudiartono                     
2m 07.946s                     
20 Muizzuddin Gafar                                          
2m 07.953s                        
21 Satoshi Murakami                  
2m 07.956s                     
22 Hinata Miura                                            
2m 08.361s                      
23 Tony Wei-leuk                   
2m 08.479s                     
24 Masahiro Yaname                                          
2m 08.561s                       
25 Naotsuke Kano                   
2m 08.896s                     
26 Kosuke Setou                                            
2m 08.949s                                             
27 Sakura Sekai
DNQ
28 Choi Seul-Hae
DNQ

Zhou Xiaoping, perhaps attempting to make up for a poor first race, immediately clawed back some championship points with pole position for the second race, but would have Race 1 winner Go Gouriki right alongside him. The other championship contenders fared less well- Kwon Sung-Tae would start the furthest up the grid in fourth, but would be behind race 1 adversary Song and alongside Presley Martono on the grid- a poor start was simply not an option. Ryunnosuke Takashi had things even worse- twelfth place was not a good place to start on such a tight circuit, with so few overtaking oppurtunities and he would have to fight to even get into the points. Behind him were the two Aspire drivers, who had a far better run in the second session, Aswat even outqualifying the more experienced al Qubaisi. Kosuke Setou, meanwhile, managed to get his car on the grid for the first time since Motegi Oval, meaning it was Sakura Sekai who joined Choi Seul-Hae in failing to qualify.

Race 2 (video here

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                1st  Zhou Xiaoping               39m 45.486s                  
                     Red Dragon                                               
                2nd  Joo-Woon Song               +3.554s                      
                     Team RS                                                  
                3rd  Go Gouriki                  +5.695s                      
                     Team Mecha                                               
                4th  Seong-Jin Cho               +7.616s                      
                     KMH                                                      
                5th  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +13.661s                     
                     Fujibayashi                                              
                6th  Isyraf Danish               +14.400s                     
                     Luxray                                                   
                7th  Kwon Sung-Tae               +15.164s                     
                     K-Apex                                                   
                8th  Presley Martono             +15.734s                     
                     Calsonic                                                 
                9th  Danial Nielsen Frost        +21.261s                     
                     Calsonic                                                 
               10th  Harry Sharp                 +25.015s                     
                     Nakamura                                                 
               11th  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +29.240s                     
                     Narita                                                   
               12th  Omar Aswat                  +31.107s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               13th  Ryunnosuke Takashi          +31.524s                     
                     Team RS                                                  
               14th  Kei Suzuki                  +33.250s                     
                     Nakamura                                                 
               15th  Masahiro Yaname             +34.922s                     
                     KMH                                                      
               16th  Muizzuddin Gafar            +35.543s                     
                     Narita                                                   
               17th  Satoshi Murakami            +39.202s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               18th  Atsushi Koizumi             +40.663s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               19th  Rudiartono                  +41.974s                     
                     Team Mecha                                               
               20th  Xu Shiqing                  +42.737s                     
                     Red Dragon                                               
               21st  Jordan Raharjo              +43.287s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               22nd  Naotsuke Kano               +44.121s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               23rd  Hinata Miura                +50.990s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               24th  Tony Wei-leuk               +55.478s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               25th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +55.754s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               26th  Kosuke Setou                +1m 31.491s                  
                     Luxray

Zhou Xiaoping took his third win of the year, and like his previous two victories it was a faultless performance, building a relatively huge winning margin of 4 seconds, leading every lap and setting the fastest lap to boot. Helpfully for the Chinese driver, the remainder of the top six was formed of driver's not in contention for the championship- Joo-Woon Song and Go Gouriki completed the rostrum, while Seong-Jin Cho, Kurumi Fujibayashi and Isyraf Danish having a great battle for fourth, the latter having one of his best runs this year to end up sixth. It was at the lower end of the top ten that Sung-Tae and Martono could be found, having their own private battle- both had lost places on the opening lap, the former briefly falling behind the latter into what was then ninth but recovering quickly and overtaking the Indonesian at the end of the lap.

For Sung-Tae, it was then a matter of gaining as many places as possible over Martono, but unlike in race 1, this was not damage limitation- he was eating into the points deficit. Unfortunately for him, this meant that the Calsonic driver was attacking also, so for every place he gained, Martono followed him through, the ultimate result being just a single point dent. Taking what must surely be a fatal blow though must surely be Ryunnosuke Takashi's title ambitions- he was muscled off the road at the first corner, dropping him even further down the field to fourteenth, and from there he could make no further progress, stuck behind the Aspire cars, only gaining a place because of late mechanical dramas for Hamda al Qubaisi, dropping her from thirteenth place, while Aswat had a far better race, holding eleventh until the last few laps, but ultimately settling for twelfth.

Stewards' Report:
Rudiartono has received 3 penalty points for causing an avoidable collision in Race 2.

Now for the Championship Standings, going into the final round:

Drivers Championship After R1-18
1 Xiaoping 161
2 Martono 156
3 Sung-Tae 152
4 Takashi 117
5 Gouriki 105
6 Song 71
7 Fujibayashi 65
8 Gafar 54
9 Sharp 53
10 Nielsen Frost 42
=10 Cho 42
12 Weerwatnodom 39
13 Shiqing 39
14 Suzuki 32
15 Danish 24
16 Murakami 22
17 Raharjo 16
18 Yaname 13
19 Rudiartono 10
20 al Qubaisi 9
=20 Koizomi 9
22 Kano 7
23 Miura 4
=23 Fernandez 4
25 Sekai 3
=25 Nhat 3
27 Seul-Hae 2
28 Setou 1
Zhou Xiaoping is now in the prime position to take the title in Shanghai, holding a five point advantage over Presley Martono, while Kwon Sung-Tae is a further four behind. The still-winless Ryunnosuke Takashi is now mathematically out of contention for the title, and may yet be caught for fourth by an in-form Go Gouriki, who's now only 12 points behind him in fifth, and well ahead of the battle for sixth between Joo-Woon Song and Kurumi Fujibayashi, who has been stealthily putting in consistent performances all season.

The final rounds should be up within the next fortnight, so feel free to comment and speculate about this year title and the silly season for 2020. (as well as sack drivers, but you'd be leaving it a bit late to be honest) before then.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Aug 2017, 18:23

Joo-Woon Song continuing to take names and kick ass :glasses:

CarloSpace · Post by **CarloSpace** » 10 Aug 2017, 16:49

Zhou is true race 2 specialist. His average finish in the weekends:

Race 1: 8,44
Race 2: 3,22 :chilton:

Now let's wrap up the title at home!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 11 Aug 2017, 12:32

Rejectsport wrote:North-South divide to be healed by K-Apex?

Extraordinary rumours are floating around the Asian Formula 4 paddock that North Korean hotshot Joo-Woon Song will move to the South Korean K-Apex team for the 2020 season, a surprise given the political history between the two nations.

These were quick to be shot down by Song's management team however, saying it was not a possibility given the ideological split between the two nations.

"We shall not sully Song's reputation by entertaining an offer from a South Korean team," he said. "Best Korea holds itself to the highest standard, and will not co-operate with those who engage in treachery and encourage treason against the homeland."

A more likely destination for Song is the Red Dragon Junior Team, who will likely see their current lead driver and title challenger Zhou Xiaoping move up to Formula 3 next year. Given close ties between Beijing and Pyongyang, it seems likely Song will be slotted into the Chinese development team as a ready-made replacement for Xiaoping.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 19 Aug 2017, 20:12

Slightly early due to a previously unplanned holiday, here are the results from Shanghai, the final round of the inaugural Asian F4 series and the title decider:

Quali-1:

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1  Go Gouriki                      
1m 55.428s                      
2  Kwon Sung-Tae                                            
1m 55.546s                    
3  Seong-Jin Cho                    
1m 55.610s                      
4  Muizzuddin Gafar                                           
1m 55.660s                   
5  Presley Martono                   
1m 55.678s                      
6  Thatan Weerwatnodom                                         
1m 55.683s                       
7  Joo-Woon Song                    
1m 55.683s                      
8  Ryunnosuke Takashi                                          
1m 55.798s                        
9  Kurumi Fujibayashi                  
1m 55.808s                      
10 Zhou Xiaoping                                            
1m 55.893s                        
11 Danial Nielsen Frost                 
1m 55.993s                      
12 Isyraf Danish                                            
1m 55.997s                      
13 Jordan Raharjo                    
1m 56.064s                      
14 Satoshi Murakami                                           
1m 56.069s                        
15 Kei Suzuki                      
1m 56.080s                      
16 Masahiro Yaname                                           
1m 56.113s                      
17 Hamda al Qubaisi                   
1m 56.129s                      
18 Omar Aswat                                              
1m 56.132s                       
19 Xu Shiqing                      
1m 56.168s                      
20 Naotsuke Kano                                            
1m 56.462s                      
21 Atsushi Koizumi                   
1m 56.562s                      
22 Hinata Miura                                             
1m 56.770s                         
23 Rudiartono                      
1m 56.809s                      
24 Harry Sharp                                             
1m 56.955s                         
25 Sakura Sekai                     
1m 57.011s                      
26 Tony Wei-leuk                                            
1m 57.083s                                              
27 Choi Seul-Hae
DNQ
28 Kosuke Setou
DNQ

Go Gouriki put his Dome F4 car on pole for the fourth time this year, seeking to snatch fourth place in the championship from Ryunnosuke Takashi (who started eighth). But there was understandably more interest in the grid positions of the three ahead of them in the championship- and it was 3rd-placed Kwon Sung-Tae who had made the best start to his weekend, qualifying second. This was well ahead of Martono in fifth and championship leader Zhou Xiaoping in a very disappointing tenth place on the grid at his home event, with fellow Red Dragon teammate Xu Shiqing faring even worse in 19th. At the very back though, it was the usual suspects: Choi Seul-Hae and Kosuke Setou, who have failed to make the grid at least once for the last three race weekends.

Race 1 (video here)

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               1st  Kwon Sung-Tae               33m 45.407s                 
                    K-Apex                                                  
               2nd  Go Gouriki                  +4.500s                     
                    Team Mecha                                              
               3rd  Seong-Jin Cho               +7.642s                     
                    KMH                                                     
               4th  Muizzuddin Gafar            +13.018s                    
                    Narita                                                  
               5th  Joo-Woon Song               +14.578s                    
                    Team RS                                                 
               6th  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +16.287s                    
                    Narita                                                  
               7th  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +18.119s                    
                    Fujibayashi                                             
               8th  Ryunnosuke Takashi          +19.007s                    
                    Team RS                                                 
               9th  Presley Martono             +19.596s                    
                    Calsonic                                                
              10th  Zhou Xiaoping               +21.241s                    
                    Red Dragon                                              
              11th  Jordan Raharjo              +24.326s                    
                    E.R.A                                                   
              12th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +26.269s                    
                    Aspire                                                  
              13th  Isyraf Danish               +27.247s                    
                    Luxray                                                  
              14th  Xu Shiqing                  +28.889s                    
                    Red Dragon                                              
              15th  Kei Suzuki                  +31.958s                    
                    Nakamura                                                
              16th  Satoshi Murakami            +33.222s                    
                    Tsujimura                                               
              17th  Harry Sharp                 +35.880s                    
                    Nakamura                                                
              18th  Rudiartono                  +40.271s                    
                    Team Mecha                                              
              19th  Hinata Miura                +42.031s                    
                    Tsujimura                                               
              20th  Atsushi Koizumi             +43.544s                    
                    Dandelion                                               
              21st  Masahiro Yaname             +44.083s                    
                    KMH                                                     
              22nd  Naotsuke Kano               +45.109s                    
                    Dandelion                                               
              23rd  Omar Aswat                  +45.652s                    
                    Aspire                                                  
              24th  Tony Wei-leuk               +47.345s                    
                    E.R.A                                                   
              25th  Danial Nielsen Frost        +1m 03.639s                 
                    Calsonic                                                
              26th  Sakura Sekai                Loose Wheel                 
                    Fujibayashi

After easily passing Go Gouriki into the first corner, Kwon Sung-Tae put on one of the most dominant performances of the whole season to win by over four and a half seconds, though he was pipped for fastest lap by Danial Nielsen Frost after an electrical fault put the Singaporean to the back of the field and hence in clean air late in the race. Gouriki did however hold onto a strong second, his third podium in as many races, and well ahead of 3rd-placed Seong-Jin Cho in a very spaced out top 10.

At the tail end of this top 10 were, to many's surprise, Presley Martono and Zhou Xiaoping, with a poor start hampering the latter's race, in fact dropping him behind Xiaoping in the opening laps, who had at least made progress to eighth. The Chinese driver faded however, not only losing out to championship rival Martono but Ryunnosuke Takashi, who also passed Martono to leave the then championship leader back where he started in tenth. There was one retirement in this race, and that was Sakura Sekai (her fourth this year, the joint highest amount), who had been battling with a severely off-colour Harry Sharp for 20th before a loose wheel ended her day.

Quali-2:

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1  Ryunnosuke Takashi                 
1m 55.418s                     
2  Harry Sharp                                            
1m 55.435s                     
3  Danial Nielsen Frost                
1m 55.507s                     
4  Kwon Sung-Tae                                           
1m 55.608s                      
5  Omar Aswat                     
1m 55.824s                     
6  Go Gouriki                                             
1m 55.861s                   
7  Satoshi Murakami                  
1m 55.893s                     
8  Thatan Weerwatnodom                                        
1m 55.995s                   
9  Presley Martono                  
1m 56.002s                     
10 Kurumi Fujibayashi                                         
1m 56.062s                     
11 Kei Suzuki                     
1m 56.064s                     
12 Zhou Xiaoping                                           
1m 56.130s                     
13 Muizzuddin Gafar                  
1m 56.138s                     
14 Xu Shiqing                                             
1m 56.142s                        
15 Seong-Jin Cho                   
1m 56.186s                     
16 Atsushi Koizumi                                          
1m 56.197s                      
17 Hamda al Qubaisi                  
1m 56.247s                     
18 Masahiro Yaname                                          
1m 56.375s                       
19 Isyraf Danish                   
1m 56.494s                     
20 Jordan Raharjo                                           
1m 56.577s                       
21 Sakura Sekai                    
1m 56.636s                     
22 Naotsuke Kano                                           
1m 56.696s                      
23 Joo-Woon Song                   
1m 56.700s                     
24 Hinata Miura                                            
1m 56.769s                      
25 Choi Seul-Hae                   
1m 57.336s                     
26 Tony Wei-leuk                                           
1m 57.602s       
27 Rudiartono
DNQ
28 Kosuke Setou
DNQ

For the final race this year, it was Ryunnosuke Takashi who started on pole position- perhaps this could be the chance to finally capture the win that has eluded his metronomically consistent campaign all year. Beside him was Harry Sharp, seemingly rediscovered the pace that was so lacking in Race 1, while Kwon Sung-Tae was again the best qualifying of the championship contenders in fourth, alongside Danial Nielsen Frost. The most eyecatching performance however, was from Omar Aswat in a stunning fifth, the best for Aspire Formula since Round 3 at Sentul. Less promising were Martono in ninth and Xiaoping in twelth, his typical race 2 surge in pace seemingly not in evidence, as the championship began to slip away from him. Meanwhile at the very back, it was not Choi Seul-Hae who failed to qualify (lining up 25th instead) for the first time in seven(!) races, meaning it was Rudiartono who joined Kosuke Setou in finishing 2019 on the sidelines.

Race 2 (video here

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                1st  Danial Nielsen Frost        33m 51.952s                  
                     Calsonic                                                 
                2nd  Ryunnosuke Takashi          +1.243s                      
                     Team RS                                                  
                3rd  Kwon Sung-Tae               +4.109s                      
                     K-Apex                                                   
                4th  Presley Martono             +11.222s                     
                     Calsonic                                                 
                5th  Harry Sharp                 +17.237s                     
                     Nakamura                                                 
                6th  Thatan Weerwatnodom         +18.113s                     
                     Narita                                                   
                7th  Omar Aswat                  +19.394s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
                8th  Zhou Xiaoping               +19.992s                     
                     Red Dragon                                               
                9th  Satoshi Murakami            +20.577s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               10th  Go Gouriki                  +21.121s                     
                     Team Mecha                                               
               11th  Kurumi Fujibayashi          +22.229s                     
                     Fujibayashi                                              
               12th  Seong-Jin Cho               +22.862s                     
                     KMH                                                      
               13th  Muizzuddin Gafar            +24.000s                     
                     Narita                                                   
               14th  Kei Suzuki                  +25.814s                     
                     Nakamura                                                 
               15th  Masahiro Yaname             +26.601s                     
                     KMH                                                      
               16th  Xu Shiqing                  +27.640s                     
                     Red Dragon                                               
               17th  Hamda al Qubaisi            +28.377s                     
                     Aspire                                                   
               18th  Atsushi Koizumi             +29.150s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               19th  Jordan Raharjo              +30.669s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               20th  Joo-Woon Song               +31.239s                     
                     Team RS                                                  
               21st  Isyraf Danish               +32.690s                     
                     Luxray                                                   
               22nd  Sakura Sekai                +35.309s                     
                     Fujibayashi                                              
               23rd  Naotsuke Kano               +38.371s                     
                     Dandelion                                                
               24th  Hinata Miura                +39.869s                     
                     Tsujimura                                                
               25th  Tony Wei-leuk               +49.808s                     
                     E.R.A                                                    
               26th  Choi Seul-Hae               +51.197s                     
                     K-Apex

Ryunnosuke Takashi got the best start off the front row, but it was again not enough as Danial Nielsen Frost swept around the outside of the luckless Japanese into the first corner (from third on the grid) to take a lead he wouldn't relinquish, although Takashi certainly did not give up without a fight, keeping within a second for most of the race and coming close to an overtake several times. Behind them was a more important battle however, as Presley Martono had made a far better getaway than in Race 1 and had caught and was jostling for what was then fourth with Kwon Sung-Tae, trading the place almost every lap.

After Race 1 however, snatching fourth wouldn't be enough for Martono- Sung-Tae was 9 points ahead of him, so to even equal his points tally he had to overhaul Harry Sharp and hope that the Korean fell to at least tenth, a tough ask at best. Unfortunately for him, this became a foregone conclusion, as Sung-Tae first made the move stick, then set a number of fastest laps to chase down Sharp and passed him for third- Martono later passed the Australian but by then it was too late. Zhou Xiaoping was potentially in a much stronger position, being only three points off going into Race 2, but he had bungled the start, dropping him even further down the field to sixteenth, from which he could only recover to eighth in the closing laps, the three championship points little consolation after an unmitigated disaster of a weekend for the Red Dragon Junior Team.

A much happier team was Aspire Formula, as Omar Aswat held on to a seventh-placed finish to equal the team's best this year, after holding sixth for much of the race, while Satoshi Murakami also ended the year on a high for Tsujimura Scuderia scoring two points for ninth.

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for, the Final Championship Standings for the 2019 Asian F4 Series:

Driver's Championship After 20 Rounds:
1 Sung-Tae 177
2 Martono 166
3 Xiaoping 165
4 Takashi 134
5 Gouriki 120
6 Song 78
7 Fujibayashi 69
8 Gafar 62
9 Sharp 59
10 Nielsen Frost 57
11 Cho 52
12 Weerwatnodom 49
13 Shiqing 39
14 Suzuki 32
15 Danish 24
=15 Murakami 24
17 Raharjo 16
18 Yaname 13
19 Rudiartono 10
20 al Qubaisi 9
=20 Koizomi 9
22 Kano 7
23 Miura 4
=23 Fernandez 4
=23 Aswat 4
26 Sekai 3
=26 Nhat 3
28 Seul-Hae 2
29 Setou 1
With 177 points and four wins, Kwon Sung-Tae is the 2019 Asian F4 Champion , all this despite not leading the championship at any previous point in the season. Runners-up Presley Martono and Zhou Xiaoping finished with 166 and 165 points respectively, both ruing a comparatively poor weekend in Shanghai.

Elsewhere, Team RS will be relieved to see Ryunnosuke hold off Go Gouriki for fourth place and Joo-Woon Song hold off Kurumi Fujibayashi for sixth, an excellent result for a team with a seemingly uncertain future, while Omar Aswat managed to get onto the leaderboard at the last possible oppurtunity thanks to the four points for that seventh place.

So that's it for Asian F4 this year, but with champion Kwon Sung-Tae almost a sure bet for one of K-Apex's F3 seats next year, Presley Martono already confirmed with Theodore in F3 Asia and Zhou Xiaoping surely leaving the series for F3 also, there will be a whole new look to the title battle next year, sure to offer another classic season.

(and as always, feel free to comment about the Championship or the Silly Season for 2020)

Ciaran · Post by **Ciaran** » 20 Aug 2017, 22:08

From our humble beginnings entering the Asia-Pacific sim-racing scene, we could scarcely imagine that we would collect silverware in our first season of single-seaters. We plan to move Sung-Tae up to our F3 programme next year.

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