2015–16 F4 Chinese Championship

The 2015–16 F4 Chinese Championship season (Castrol Cup FIA F4 CHINESE CHAMPIONSHIP) was the inaugural season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 5 July 2015 at the Goldenport Park Circuit in Beijing and finished on 10 January 2016 at the Zhuhai International Circuit after five double header rounds.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Champ Motorsport	3	Chen Zhuoxuan	3–4
	8	Liu Wenlong	All
	17	Alex Yang	2
	18	Xie Ruilin	All
	91	Julio Acosta	1–4
Auto Business Racing Team	6	He Weihang	1–2
Wu Pei	7	Wu Pei	1
Zhang Chong	11	Zhang Chong	1
Asia Racing Team^[2]	16	Hua Miao	1
	19	Lin Taian	5
	21	Liu Kai	All
UMC Utah Motorsports Campus	20	Bruno Carneiro	4
Xiongfeng Racing Team	25	Tai Yi	All
Xiongfeng Racing Team	88	Wu Ruopeng	All
Geely Automobile Racing Team	23	Shang Zongyi	5
	44	Cui Yue	All
	77	Yang Peng	1–3
Boom VROOM Racing Team	66	Qin Tianqi	2

Race calendar and results

A six–round provisional calendar was revealed on 28 February 2015.^[1] In April, the scheduled season-opening round – that was due to be held at Zhuhai – was cancelled, with the season being shortened to five rounds.^[1] The then scheduled first round at Chengdu in June was also cancelled, and a new round at Zhuhai was added to be the season-ending round in January 2016.^[3] All rounds will be held in China.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning team
2015
1	R1	Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing	5 July	Cui Yue	Liu Kai	Julio Acosta	Champ Motorsport
1	R2	Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing	5 July		Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta	Champ Motorsport
2	R1	Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing	2 August	Liu Kai	Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta	Champ Motorsport
2	R2	Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing	2 August		Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta	Champ Motorsport
3	R1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	20 September	Julio Acosta	Wu Ruopeng	Cui Yue	Geely Automobile Racing Team
3	R2	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	20 September		Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta	Champ Motorsport
4	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	1 November	Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta^{[N 1]}	Julio Acosta	Champ Motorsport
4	R2	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	1 November		Bruno Carneiro	Julio Acosta	Champ Motorsport
2016
5	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	9 January	Liu Wenlong	Liu Kai	Wu Ruopeng	Xiongfeng Racing Team
5	R2	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	10 January		Liu Kai	Liu Kai	Asia Racing Team

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	5	1

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	BEI1		BEI2		SHI		ZHU1		ZHU2		Pts
1	Julio Acosta	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	000	000	202
2	Wu Ruopeng	3	3	5	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	174
3	Liu Kai	2	2	3	4	3	3	DSQ	4	2	1	156
4	Liu Wenlong	5	Ret	4	6	5	5	3	6	3	Ret	93
5	Cui Yue	DNS	DNS	2	Ret	1	6	DSQ	5	Ret	Ret	66
6	Tai Yi	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	6	4	4	8	6	6	62
7	Xie Ruilin	7	5	6	6	9	9	Ret	DNS	5	3	57
8	Yang Peng	6	9	8	Ret	7	7					26
9	Hua Miao	4	4									24
10	Lin Taian	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	4	4	24
11	Chen Zhuoxuan					8	8	5	7			24
12	Qin Tianqi			6	3							23
13	Bruno Carneiro							Ret	3			16
14	Shang Zongyi									Ret	5	10
15	He Weihang	10	6	Ret	Ret							9
16	Wu Pei	9	7									8
17	Zhang Chong	8	8									8
18	Alex Yang			Ret	Ret							0
Pos	Driver	BEI1		BEI2		SHI		ZHU1		ZHU2		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes

^ Liu Kai had originally scored the fastest lap of the race, but prior to the last round at Zhuhai it was announced that both Liu Kai and Yui Cue had been disqualified from this race. As a result, Julio Acosta inherited the fastest lap and was awarded the point for it.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "FIA F4中国锦标赛2015年赛历（暂定）" (in Chinese). Narcar International Racing Development Co., Ltd. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "ART evaluating China F4 entry". ART Motorsports. ART Motorsports. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Liu Kai Races to Second-place finish at Zhuhai". ART Motorsports. ART Motorsports. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

External links

Official website (in Chinese)

[4] Liu Kai had originally scored the fastest lap of the race, but prior to the last round at Zhuhai it was announced that both Liu Kai and Yui Cue had been disqualified from this race. As a result, Julio Acosta inherited the fastest lap and was awarded the point for it.

[Calendar-1] "FIA F4中国锦标赛2015年赛历（暂定）" (in Chinese). Narcar International Racing Development Co., Ltd. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[2] "ART evaluating China F4 entry". ART Motorsports. ART Motorsports. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[3] "Liu Kai Races to Second-place finish at Zhuhai". ART Motorsports. ART Motorsports. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

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