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

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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
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

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

Championship standings

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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

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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
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

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  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

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  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.
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