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The 2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship was the fifth season of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship and the first one since 2019. Top Speed was appointed as the new organizer and promoter as the series switched to the Tatuus F4-T421 car, the Abarth engine and the Giti tires. [1]
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The schedule consisted of 9 races over 3 rounds. Additionally, a non-championship Macau Formula 4 Race event was held during the first week of the 70th Macau Grand Prix. [18] [19]
Points were awarded as follows.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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| Pos | Driver | ZZIC  | MAC  | SEP1  | SEP2 | Pts | |||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R3 | QR | FR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||||
| 1 |  Doriane Pin | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 111 | |||||||
| 2 | Kevin Xiao | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 103 | ||
| 3 |  Enzo Yeh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 89 | |||||
| 4 |  Kean Nakamura-Berta | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 77 | |||||||
| 5 |  Nicolas Stati | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 65 | |||||||
| 6 | Zhang Yu | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Ret | DNS | 63 | |||||||
| 7 |  Vivian Siu | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 48 | ||||||||
| 8 |  Tomass Štolcermanis | 3 | 3 | 2 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Peter Bouzinelos | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 47 | |||||||
| 10 | Lincoln Taylor | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Fu Yuhao | 8 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 28 | |||||||
| 12 |  Iñigo Anton | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 13 |  Arjun Chheda | 4 | Ret | Ret | 12 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Joaquin Garrido | 9 | Ret | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Lu Ye | 11 | 7 | DNS | 6 | ||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | QR | FR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | ||
| ZZIC | MAC | SEP1 | SEP2 | ||||||||||||
Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulated teams' points.
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AGI Sport | 148 |
| 2 | Asia Racing Team | 148 |
| 3 |  Prema Racing | 130 |
| 4 | R-ace GP | 103 |
| 5 | R&B Racing | 77 |
| 6 | BlackArts Racing | 62 |
| 7 |  Pinnacle Motorsport | 56 |
| 8 | Team KRC | 19 |
| 9 | H-Star Racing | 12 |
| 10 |  B-Max Racing Team | 2 |
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