Alex Sawer

{{use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Short description|Vietnamese racing driver}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Alex Sawer | birth_date ={{birth date and age|2007|11|4|df=y}} | birth_place =Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | nationality ={{flagicon|VIE}} Vietnamese | image =Alex Sawer Shanghai 2026.jpg | caption =Sawer at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix | current_series =Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | current_team =Evans GP | first_year =2025 | car_number =12 | starts =6 (6 entries) | wins =6 | podiums =6 | poles =4 | fastest_laps =6 | best_finish = 1st in | year =2025 | prev_series =Formula Regional Middle East Championship Formula Regional European Championship F4 Chinese Championship F4 Indian Championship | prev_series_years =2024 2024 2024 2023 | titles = Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | title_years = 2025 | module = |former_teams=|birth_name=Sawer Hoàng Đạt}}

'''Sawer Hoàng Đạt''' (born 4 November 2007),<ref name="db">{{Cite web |title=Driver: Alex Sawer {{!}} Driver Database |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/alex-sawer |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.driverdb.com}}</ref>{{efn|Other sources state that Alex Sawer was born in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Xuân Đăng |date=2025-10-04 |title=From karting tracks toto [sic] Asian podiums: Alex Sawer’s rise|url=https://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/1726591/from-karting-tracks-toto-asian-podiums-alex-sawer-s-rise.html |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=Việt Nam News|location=Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam|publisher=Vietnam News Agency|quote=At just 17 years old, Alex Sawer is fast emerging as Việt Nam’s brightest motorsport prospect [...] Born in 2008 to a Vietnamese mother and an English father [...]}}</ref><ref name="vne">{{Cite web |author=Hiếu Lương |date=2024-04-22 |title=Tay đua Việt Nam đầu tiên dự F3 |trans-title=The first Vietnamese driver to participate in F3 |url=https://vnexpress.net/tay-dua-viet-nam-dau-tien-du-f3-4737360.html |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=VnExpress |language=vi}}</ref>}} also known as '''Alex Sawer''', is a Vietnamese racing driver who last competed in the 2025 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship driving for Evans GP.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Series |first=Feeder |date=2025-05-01 |title=F4 South East Asia: 2025 season guide |url=https://feederseries.net/2025/05/01/f4-south-east-asia-2025-season-guide/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Feeder Series |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== F4 Indian Championship ===

==== 2023 ==== Sawer made his open-wheel racing debut in the 2023 F4 Indian Championship driving for the Hyderabad Blackbirds. In the opening two rounds of the championship, he would finish on the podium twice. Sawer followed that up with a win in the second half of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2023-12-10 |title=Cooper Webster takes three more Indian F4 wins at Chennai |url=https://formulascout.com/cooper-webster-takes-three-more-indian-f4-wins-at-chennai/113958 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}</ref> He rounded out the season with three more podiums and finished fifth in the championship.

=== F4 Chinese Championship ===

==== 2024 ==== On 11 April 2024, it was announced that Sawer would compete in select rounds of the 2024 F4 Chinese Championship for BlackJack Racing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2024-04-11 |title=Vietnam’s Alex Sawer Confirmed in BlackJack Racing for F4 China Season-Opener |url=https://www.art-motorsports.com/vietnams-alex-sawer-confirmed-in-blackjack-racing-for-shanghai-opening/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Asia Racing Team |language=en-US}}</ref> In the opening race of the season at Shanghai, he qualified on pole ahead of Fukang Jiang by 0.066s. Sawer would convert that into a victory, leading much of the race and finishing four seconds ahead of second place drive Oscar Pedersen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2024-04-21 |title=Chinese F4 attracts 27 cars for F1-supporting season opener |url=https://formulascout.com/chinese-f4-attracts-27-cars-for-f1-supporting-season-opener/117942 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}</ref> During his return to the series at Ningbo, Sawer started on reverse grid pole in race 4, and went on to win his second race of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2024-06-30 |title=Pedersen pulls away in Chinese F4 but wins are shared at Ningbo |url=https://formulascout.com/pedersen-pulls-away-in-chinese-f4-but-wins-are-shared-at-ningbo/120736 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite only contesting six out of the eighteen races, Sawer still finished seventh in the championship.

=== Formula Regional European Championship === [[File:FREC 2024 Mogyoród Nr. 6 Sawer.jpg|thumb|left|Sawer driving at the Hungaroring during the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship]] ==== 2024 ==== Sawer's primary 2024 campaign would be in the Formula Regional European Championship, where he would contest the full season with KIC Motorsport.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2024-04-11 |title=KIC Motorsport completes its FREC line-up with Alex Sawer |url=https://formulascout.com/kic-motorsport-completes-its-frec-line-up-with-alex-sawer/117720 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}</ref> He would have a difficult season, not finishing in the points once during the season.

=== Formula Regional Middle East Championship ===

==== 2024 ==== In February 2025, Sawer signed with Evans GP to compete in the 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship starting in the third round at Dubai.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 February 2025 |title=Feeder Series on Bluesky: 'NEWS {{!}} 🇦🇪 Here is the entry list for this weekend's FRMEC round at Dubai!' |url=https://bsky.app/profile/feederseries.bsky.social/post/3lhj3febxas2s |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=Bluesky}}</ref> He would only finish in the points once in his starts at Lusail, and finished 24th in the standings.

=== Formula 4 South East Asia Championship ===

==== 2025 ==== For 2025, Sawer announced that he would be competing in the 2025 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship driving for Evans GP.<ref name=":0" /> He would have a dominant start to the season, qualifying on pole for races one and three, and winning all three races.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAWER GRABS SEPANG HAT TRICK AT SEPANG IN F4 SEA OPENER - TOP SPEED SPORTS EVENTS LS LIMITED |url=https://www.f4sea.com/NEWS/11898 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.f4sea.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2025-05-04 |title=Alex Sawer crushes opposition in F4 SEA round one at Sepang |url=https://formulascout.com/alex-sawer-crushes-opposition-in-f4-sea-round-one-at-sepang/130452 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Personal life== Sawer was born to a British father and a Vietnamese mother. He currently lives in Ho Chi Minh City. He was coached by Australian-Malaysian driver Mitch Gilbert.<ref name="vne" /><ref>{{Cite web |author=Trọng Nhân |date=2023-12-21 |title=Khi con có tiềm năng, sở thích lạ |trans-title=When your children have potential, strange interests |url=https://tuoitre.vn/khi-con-co-tiem-nang-so-thich-la-20231221102450326.htm |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Tuổi Trẻ |language=vi}}</ref> == Karting record == === Karting career summary === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center" !Season !Series !Team !Position |- ! rowspan="4" |2023 |align="left" |Winter Cup — OK | align="left" |Parolin Motorsport |26th |- | align="left" |WSK Champions Cup — X30 Senior | rowspan="3" align="left" |Falcon Racing Team |39th |- | align="left" |Champions of the Future — OK |88th |- | align="left" |WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini |73rd |- ! colspan="4" |Sources:<ref name="db" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sawer Alex |url=https://www.kartcom.com/pilot/sawer-alex/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Kartcom |language=fr-FR}}</ref> |}

== Racing record ==

===Racing career summary=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" !Season !Series !Team !Races !Wins !Poles !F/Laps !Podiums !Points !Position |- !2023 |align=left| F4 Indian Championship |align=left| Hyderabad Blackbirds |14 |1 |0 |0 |6 |186 |5th |- ! rowspan="2" |2024 |align=left| F4 Chinese Championship |align=left nowrap| PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack |6 |2 |1 |1 |2 |84 |7th |- |align=left| Formula Regional European Championship |align=left| KIC Motorsport |16 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |32nd |- ! rowspan="3" |2025 |align=left nowrap| Formula Regional Middle East Championship | rowspan="2" align=left| Evans GP |9 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |24th |- |align=left| Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |14 |9 |6 |9 |12 |359 | style="background:#FFFFBF"| '''1st''' |- | align="left" |Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | align="left" |DW Evans GT | | | | | | | |- ! rowspan="2" |2026 | align="left" |Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | align="left" |Porsche Vietnam | | | | | | | |- | align="left" |Porsche Carrera Cup Japan | align="left" |Bergwerk with Seven x Seven Racing | | | | | | | |} <nowiki>*</nowiki> Season still in progress.

=== Complete F4 Indian Championship results === (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! Pos ! Points |- | 2023 !nowrap| Hyderabad Blackbirds | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIC1 1 {{small|4}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIC1 2 {{small|10}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MIC1 3 {{small|2}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIC2 1 {{small|5}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;" | MIC2 2 {{small|3}} | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | MIC2 3 {{small|DNS}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIC3 1 {{small|4}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIC3 2 {{small|5}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIC3 3 {{small|6}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | MIC3 4 {{small|1}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIC3 5 {{small|4}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;" | MIC4 1 {{small|3}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MIC4 2 {{small|2}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIC4 3 {{small|4}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MIC4 4 {{small|2}} ! 5th ! 186 |}

=== Complete F4 Chinese Championship results === (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! DC ! Points |- | 2024 !nowrap| PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack | style="background:#FFFFBF"| '''SIC1 1''' {{small|1}} | style="background:#DFFFDF"| SIC1 2 {{small|5}} | CTC 1 | CTC 2 | CTC 3 | CTC 4 | style="background:#DFFFDF"| NIC 1 {{small|4}} | style="background:#EFCFFF"| NIC 2 {{small|Ret}} | style="background:#DFFFDF"| NIC 3 {{small|4}} | style="background:#FFFFBF"| NIC 4 {{small|1}} | SIC2 1 | SIC2 2 | SIC2 3 | SIC2 4 | ZIC 1 |ZIC 2 | ZIC 3 |ZIC 4 ! 7th ! 84 |}

=== Complete Formula Regional European Championship results === (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! DC ! Points |- | 2024 ! nowrap| KIC Motorsport | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HOC 1 {{small|25}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | HOC 2 {{small|Ret}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SPA 1 {{small|24}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SPA 2 {{small|28†}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | ZAN 1 {{small|23}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | ZAN 2 {{small|24}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HUN 1 {{small|22}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HUN 2 {{small|22}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MUG 1 {{small|28}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MUG 2 {{small|32†}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | LEC 1 {{small|21}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | LEC 2 {{small|21}} | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | RBR 1 {{small|WD}} | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | RBR 2 {{small|WD}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | CAT 1 {{small|26}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | CAT 2 {{small|18}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MNZ 1 {{small|26†}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MNZ 2 {{small|20}} ! 32nd ! 0 |}

=== Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results === (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! DC ! Points |- | 2025 !nowrap| Evans GP | YMC1 1 | YMC1 2 | YMC1 3 | YMC2 1 | YMC2 2 | YMC2 3 | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DUB 1 {{small|20}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DUB 2 {{small|26}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DUB 3 {{small|20}} | style="background:#CFCFFD;"| YMC3 1 {{small|21}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YMC3 2 {{small|18}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| YMC3 3 {{small|Ret}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LUS 1 {{small|18}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LUS 2 {{small|12}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LUS 3 {{small|21}} ! 24th ! 1 |}

=== Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results === (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! Pos ! Points |- | 2025 !nowrap| Evans GP | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | '''''SEP1 1''''' {{small|1}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | ''SEP1 2'' {{small|1}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | '''''SEP1 3''''' {{small|1}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | '''''BUR 1''''' {{small|1}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | ''BUR 2'' {{small|1}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | '''''BUR 3''''' {{small|1}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | '''BAN 1''' {{small|Ret}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | ''BAN 2'' {{small|1}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | ''SEP2 1'' {{small|1}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEP2 2 {{small|4}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" | '''''SEP2 3''''' {{small|1}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP3 1 {{small|2}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SEP3 2 {{small|3}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP3 3 {{small|2}} ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 359 |}

== Notes == {{notelist|group=efn}} == References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{DriverDB driver|sawer-alex}}

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