Alex Sawer
Vietnamese racing driver
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Sawer Hoàng Đạt (born 4 November 2007),[1][a] 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.[4]
Vietnamese4 November 2007
| Alex Sawer | |
|---|---|
Sawer at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix | |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Born | Sawer Hoàng Đạt 4 November 2007 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Formula 4 South East Asia Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | Evans GP |
| Car number | 12 |
| Starts | 6 (6 entries) |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 6 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 6 |
| Best finish | 1st in in 2025 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2024 2024 2023 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship Formula Regional European Championship F4 Chinese Championship F4 Indian Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2025 | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship |
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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] Despite only contesting six out of the eighteen races, Sawer still finished seventh in the championship.
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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[4] He would have a dominant start to the season, qualifying on pole for races one and three, and winning all three races.[11][12]
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.[3][13]
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Winter Cup — OK | Parolin Motorsport | 26th |
| WSK Champions Cup — X30 Senior | Falcon Racing Team | 39th | |
| Champions of the Future — OK | 88th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini | 73rd | ||
| Sources:[1][14] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | F4 Indian Championship | Hyderabad Blackbirds | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 186 | 5th |
| 2024 | F4 Chinese Championship | PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 84 | 7th |
| Formula Regional European Championship | KIC Motorsport | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd | |
| 2025 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship | Evans GP | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th |
| Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | 14 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 359 | 1st | ||
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | DW Evans GT | ||||||||
| 2026 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Bergwerk Motorsport |
* Season still in progress.
Complete F4 Indian Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete F4 Chinese Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)