2016 F4 Chinese Championship

The 2016 F4 Chinese Championship season (Shell Cup FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the second season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 23 April at the Zhuhai International Circuit and finished on 6 November at the Guangdong International Circuit after five triple-header rounds, all of them co-hosted with the China Formula Grand Prix championship.[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
China Champ Motorsport 2 Hong Kong Xie Ruilin[2] All
8 China Daniel Lu[2] 1, 4–5
58 Germany Yves Volte[3] G 4
China AKZC Shunda Racing Team 3 China Chen Zhuoxuan[2] 1
China Guangqi Automobile Racing Team     5 China Alex Yang[4] G 3
7 China Yang Xi[2] 1–2, 4–5
88 China Wu Ruopeng[2] 1–4
Macau Asia Racing Team 6 China Billy Zheng[3] G 4
11 Macau Hon Chio Leong[2] G 1, 3–4
27 United States Zhu Tianqi[2] 1
86 China Daniel Cao[5] G 5
United States UMC Utah Motorsports Campus 20 Brazil Bruno Carneiro[2] All
34 United States Tommy Boileau[3] 4
China Beijing Manthey Racing 21 China Liu Kai[2] 1–3
22 China Lin Taian[2] All
99 Canada Maxx Ebenal[3] 4–5
Hong Kong BlackArts Racing 28 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar[3] 4
China Friends Come From Far Away 57 China Xi Xiuping[2] All
76 China Liu Yang[2] All
Finland PS Racing 66 Canada Maxx Ebenal[2] 1
Icon Class
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

A five–round provisional calendar was revealed on 31 December 2015.[1] All rounds were held in China and, as opposed to the previous season, the calendar was not spread over two years. The calendar was slightly revised on 10 March.[6] A later update changed the venue of the season finale from Guangdong to Zhuhai.[7]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 23 April Canada Maxx Ebenal China Liu Kai China Liu Kai China Beijing Manthey Racing
R2 24 April Canada Maxx Ebenal Canada Maxx Ebenal Finland PS Racing
R3 Canada Maxx Ebenal Canada Maxx Ebenal Finland PS Racing
2 R1 Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Chengdu 28 May Brazil Bruno Carneiro Brazil Bruno Carneiro Brazil Bruno Carneiro United States Utah Motorsports Campus
R2 29 May Brazil Bruno Carneiro Brazil Bruno Carneiro United States Utah Motorsports Campus
R3 Brazil Bruno Carneiro Brazil Bruno Carneiro United States Utah Motorsports Campus
3 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing 2 July Macau Hon Chio Leong Brazil Bruno Carneiro Brazil Bruno Carneiro United States Utah Motorsports Campus
R2 3 July Brazil Bruno Carneiro Brazil Bruno Carneiro United States Utah Motorsports Campus
R3 Brazil Bruno Carneiro Brazil Bruno Carneiro United States Utah Motorsports Campus
4 R1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 10 September Canada Maxx Ebenal Brazil Bruno Carneiro Brazil Bruno Carneiro United States Utah Motorsports Campus
R2 11 September Macau Hon Chio Leong Macau Hon Chio Leong Macau Asia Racing Team
R3 Canada Maxx Ebenal Canada Maxx Ebenal China Beijing Manthey Racing
5 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 12 November China Daniel Cao Canada Maxx Ebenal Canada Maxx Ebenal China Beijing Manthey Racing
R2 13 November China Daniel Cao Brazil Bruno Carneiro United States Utah Motorsports Campus
R3 Canada Maxx Ebenal Canada Maxx Ebenal China Beijing Manthey Racing

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ZIC1 CGC BGP SIC ZIC2 Pts
1 Brazil Bruno Carneiro Ret 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 302
2 China Wu Ruopeng 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 7 5 187
3 Canada Maxx Ebenal Ret 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 186
4 China Lin Taian 3 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 168
5 China Liu Kai 1 2 2 Ret 3 3 7 4 3 126
6 Hong Kong Xie Ruilin 4 8 7 3 8 5 6 7 6 9 Ret Ret 5 7 8 109
7 China Liu Yang 7 Ret 9 4 7 6 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 7 6 7 76
8 China Yang Xi 6 6 8 5 4 7 8 DNS DNS Ret 9 5 70
9 China Xi Xiuping 9 9 11 6 6 Ret DNS Ret 5 11 10 10 6 8 6 66
10 China Liu Wenlong Ret Ret DNS Ret 6 8 Ret 4 3 50
11 United States Tommy Boileau 7 8 9 24
12 United States Zhu Tianqi 5 5 10 21
13 China Chen Zhuoxuan 8 7 5 20
14 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar Ret 12 7 12
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Macau Hon Chio Leong     DNS DNS DNS 4 5 Ret 3 1 6 0
Germany Yves Volte 6 5 2 0
China Daniel Cao 3 3 Ret 0
China Alex Yang DNS 6 Ret 0
China Billy Zheng 10 11 Ret 0
Pos Driver ZIC1 CGC BGP SIC ZIC2 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

References

  1. ^ a b "FIA F4中国锦标赛 / 中国方程式大奖赛, 2016年赛历" (in Chinese). Narcar International Racing Development Co., Ltd. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "[2016 CFGP/FIA F4 Zhuhai round spectator guide]" (PDF) (in Chinese). MITIME Minter Racing. 23 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "承F1之魂 F4上海站火热开启" (in Chinese). MITIME Minter Racing. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. ^ "战京城斗酷暑 FIA F4中国锦标赛北京站开赛在即" (in Chinese). MITIME Minter Racing. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  5. ^ "F4/CFGP遇上双十一 周末收官抢红包" (in Chinese). MITIME Minter Racing. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  6. ^ ""纳尔卡之星"计划一出 赛车由梦想变理想". Narcar International Racing Development Co., Ltd. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  7. ^ "F4竞争强度升级 少年车手表现强势" [F4 competition gets stronger: Juniors performed solidly] (in Chinese). Narcar International Racing Development Co., Ltd. 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  • Official website (in Chinese)
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