2015–16 China Formula 4 Championship

2015–16 China Formula 4 Championship
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Support series: China Formula Grand Prix

The 2015–16 China Formula 4 Championship season was the inaugural season of the China Formula 4 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	Yang Fan	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
	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
2015
1	R1	Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing	5 July	Cui Yue	Liu Kai	Julio Acosta
	R2				Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta
2	R1	Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing	2 August	Liu Kai	Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta
	R2				Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta
3	R1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	20 September	Julio Acosta	Wu Ruopeng	Cui Yue
	R2				Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta
4	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	1 November	Julio Acosta	Julio Acosta[N 1]	Julio Acosta
	R2				Bruno Carneiro	Julio Acosta
2016
5	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	9 January	Liu Wenlong	Liu Kai	Wu Ruopeng
	R2		10 January		Liu Kai	Liu Kai

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pole	FL
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	5	1

Pos Driver BEI1 BEI2 SHI ZHU1 ZHU2 Pts 1 Julio Acosta 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 202 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 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 Yang Fan Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver BEI1 BEI2 SHI ZHU1 ZHU2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Footnotes

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

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. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
2. "ART evaluating China F4 entry". ART Motorsports. ART Motorsports. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
3. "Liu Kai Races to Second-place finish at Zhuhai". ART Motorsports. ART Motorsports. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

External links

• Official website (simplified Chinese)