2015–16 F4 Chinese Championship

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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[edit]

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

Race calendar and results[edit]

  • 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 China Cui Yue China Liu Kai Colombia Julio Acosta China Champ Motorsport
R2 Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta China Champ Motorsport
2 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing 2 August China Liu Kai Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta China Champ Motorsport
R2 Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta China Champ Motorsport
3 R1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 20 September Colombia Julio Acosta China Wu Ruopeng China Cui Yue China Geely Automobile Racing Team
R2 Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta China Champ Motorsport
4 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 1 November Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta[N 1] Colombia Julio Acosta China Champ Motorsport
R2 Brazil Bruno Carneiro Colombia Julio Acosta China Champ Motorsport
2016
5 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 9 January China Liu Wenlong China Liu Kai China Wu Ruopeng China Xiongfeng Racing Team
R2 10 January China Liu Kai China Liu Kai Macau Asia Racing Team

Championship standings[edit]

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[edit]

Pos Driver BEI1 BEI2 SHI ZHU1 ZHU2 Pts
1 Colombia Julio Acosta 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 000 000 202
2 China Wu Ruopeng 3 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 174
3 China Liu Kai 2 2 3 4 3 3 DSQ 4 2 1 156
4 China Liu Wenlong 5 Ret 4 6 5 5 3 6 3 Ret 93
5 China Cui Yue DNS DNS 2 Ret 1 6 DSQ 5 Ret Ret 66
6 China Tai Yi Ret Ret Ret 5 6 4 4 8 6 6 62
7 China Xie Ruilin 7 5 6 6 9 9 Ret DNS 5 3 57
8 China Yang Peng 6 9 8 Ret 7 7 26
9 China Hua Miao 4 4 24
10 China Lin Taian 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 4 4 24
11 China Chen Zhuoxuan 8 8 5 7 24
12 China Qin Tianqi 6 3 23
13 Brazil Bruno Carneiro Ret 3 16
14 China Shang Zongyi Ret 5 10
15 China He Weihang 10 6 Ret Ret 9
16 China Wu Pei 9 7 8
17 China Zhang Chong 8 8 8
18 China 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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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[edit]

  1. ^ 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[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  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.

External links[edit]

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