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
Champ Motorsport 2 Xie Ruilin[2] All
8 Daniel Lu[2] 1, 4–5
58 Yves Volte[3] G 4
AKZC Shunda Racing Team 3 Chen Zhuoxuan[2] 1
Guangqi Automobile Racing Team     5 Alex Yang[4] G 3
7 Yang Xi[2] 1–2, 4–5
88 Wu Ruopeng[2] 1–4
Asia Racing Team 6 Billy Zheng[3] G 4
11 Hon Chio Leong[2] G 1, 3–4
27 Zhu Tianqi[2] 1
86 Daniel Cao[5] G 5
UMC Utah Motorsports Campus 20 Bruno Carneiro[2] All
34 Tommy Boileau[3] 4
Beijing Manthey Racing 21 Liu Kai[2] 1–3
22 Lin Taian[2] All
99 Maxx Ebenal[3] 4–5
BlackArts Racing 28 Pavan Ravishankar[3] 4
Friends Come From Far Away 57 Xi Xiuping[2] All
76 Liu Yang[2] All
PS Racing 66 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 Maxx Ebenal Liu Kai Liu Kai Beijing Manthey Racing
R2 24 April Maxx Ebenal Maxx Ebenal PS Racing
R3 Maxx Ebenal Maxx Ebenal PS Racing
2 R1 Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Chengdu 28 May Bruno Carneiro Bruno Carneiro Bruno Carneiro Utah Motorsports Campus
R2 29 May Bruno Carneiro Bruno Carneiro Utah Motorsports Campus
R3 Bruno Carneiro Bruno Carneiro Utah Motorsports Campus
3 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing 2 July Hon Chio Leong Bruno Carneiro Bruno Carneiro Utah Motorsports Campus
R2 3 July Bruno Carneiro Bruno Carneiro Utah Motorsports Campus
R3 Bruno Carneiro Bruno Carneiro Utah Motorsports Campus
4 R1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 10 September Maxx Ebenal Bruno Carneiro Bruno Carneiro Utah Motorsports Campus
R2 11 September Hon Chio Leong Hon Chio Leong Asia Racing Team
R3 Maxx Ebenal Maxx Ebenal Beijing Manthey Racing
5 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 12 November Daniel Cao Maxx Ebenal Maxx Ebenal Beijing Manthey Racing
R2 13 November Daniel Cao Bruno Carneiro Utah Motorsports Campus
R3 Maxx Ebenal Maxx Ebenal 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 Bruno Carneiro Ret 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 302
2 Wu Ruopeng 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 7 5 187
3 Maxx Ebenal Ret 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 186
4 Lin Taian 3 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 168
5 Liu Kai 1 2 2 Ret 3 3 7 4 3 126
6 Xie Ruilin 4 8 7 3 8 5 6 7 6 9 Ret Ret 5 7 8 109
7 Liu Yang 7 Ret 9 4 7 6 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 7 6 7 76
8 Yang Xi 6 6 8 5 4 7 8 DNS DNS Ret 9 5 70
9 Xi Xiuping 9 9 11 6 6 Ret DNS Ret 5 11 10 10 6 8 6 66
10 Liu Wenlong Ret Ret DNS Ret 6 8 Ret 4 3 50
11 Tommy Boileau 7 8 9 24
12 Zhu Tianqi 5 5 10 21
13 Chen Zhuoxuan 8 7 5 20
14 Pavan Ravishankar Ret 12 7 12
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Hon Chio Leong     DNS DNS DNS 4 5 Ret 3 1 6 0
Yves Volte 6 5 2 0
Daniel Cao 3 3 Ret 0
Alex Yang DNS 6 Ret 0
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.
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