2022 F4 Chinese Championship

The 2022 F4 Chinese Championship (Shell Helix FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the eighth season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 12 August at Ningbo International Circuit and ended on 11 December at Pingtan Street Circuit.

Teams and drivers

Teams No. Drivers Status Rounds
Champ Motorsport 2 Patrick Tsang M 3
8 Andy Chang G 3
Smart Life Racing Team[a] 3 Gerrard Xie[b] All
9 Lü Jingxi All
CD Racing 4 Lin Lifeng G 3
56 Jing Zefeng 3–4
95 Zheng Hui M 1–2, 4
Pointer Racing 5 Henry Lee Junior M 3
88 Jiang Wei M 1
99 Wu Zedong 1, 3–4
Blackjack 21 Racing Team 6 Ye Pengcheng 4
29 Fu Zhenjiang M 1–2
30 Pan Yanqing 4
55 Lou Duan 2–3
Grid Motorsport 10 Steven Bei 3
17 Neric Wei G 3
Theodore Blackjack Racing 11 Charles Leong G 3
27 Li Sicheng 3
iDEAK Racing 12 Wang Bingxin 1
14 Brian Lee M 3
LEO GEEKE Team 16 Xu Shenghui 1–2
18 Lü Sixiang M 4
Edka by Blackjack 21 Pang Changyuan 4
Racing YONG 22 Lam Kam San G 3
32 Cheong Chi Hou 3
33 Shang Zongyi 4
93 Yang Shengwei 1–2, 4
Pingtan International Tourist Island Team 31 Maximiano Manhão 4
Smart Life Racing Team[c] 72 Liu Kaishun 4
Henmax Motorsport 77 Jacky Wong M 1–3
Z-Challenger Racing 82 Royce Yu 3
Blackjack Racing Team 96 Ni Siming 2
Icon Class
M Drivers that compete for the Masters Championship
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar and results

The calendar featuring 4 rounds and 14 races was announced on 18 March.[1] The revised version was published on 29 July.[2] The Pingtan round was twice postponed, and the event was finally scheduled for the second week of December.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Master Class Winner Supporting
1 R1 Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo 13 August Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Zheng Hui China GT Championship
R2 Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Jiang Wei
R3 14 August Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Zheng Hui
R4 Xu Shenghui Xu Shenghui LEO GEEKE Team Zheng Hui
2 R5 Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo 3 September Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Zheng Hui China GT Championship
R6 Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Zheng Hui
R7 4 September Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Zheng Hui
R8 Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Zheng Hui
3 R9 Guia Circuit, Macau 19 November Andy Chang Andy Chang Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Brian Lee Macau Grand Prix
R10 20 November Gerrard Xie Andy Chang Andy Chang Champ Motorsport Brian Lee
4 R11 Pingtan Ruyi Lake International Circuit, Pingtan Island 10 December Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Lü Sixiang China GT Championship
R12 Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Lü Sixiang
R13 11 December Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Zheng Hui
R14 Gerrard Xie Gerrard Xie Smart Life Racing Team Lü Sixiang

Championship standings

Races Position, points per race
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
4-races Rounds 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
2-races Rounds 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver NIC1 NIC2 MAC PIC Pts
1 Gerrard Xie 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 375
2 Lü Jingxi 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 4 Ret 4 4 211
3 Xu Shenghui 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 139
4 Jing Zefeng 6 5 2 Ret 3 2 105
5 Zheng Hui 4 7 5 4 6 6 6 6 11 9 7 Ret 80
6 Lou Duan 4 4 4 5 12 10 74
7 Li Sicheng 4 4 72
8 Liu Kaishun 3 2 2 3 66
9 Royce Yu 5 6 54
10 Yang Shengwei 7 DNS Ret 6 WD WD WD WD 5 6 6 7 46
11 Ni Siming 5 5 5 4 42
12 Wu Zedong 5 4 4 8 WD WD 38
13 Jacky Wong 9 Ret Ret 5 7 7 7 7 Ret WD 36
14 Wang Bingxin 6 5 Ret 3 33
15 Fu Zhenjiang 10 8 6 Ret 8 8 8 8 29
16 Pan Yanqing 9 3 10 5 28
17 Brian Lee 9 11 28
18 Pang Changyuan 6 4 8 DNS 24
19 Jiang Wei 8 6 7 7 24
20 Maximiano Manhão 8 Ret 5 6 22
21 Lü Sixiang 7 7 Ret 9 14
22 Ye Pengcheng 10 8 9 8 11
23 Shang Zongyi Ret 5 Ret DNS 10
24 Henry Lee Junior 13 Ret 8
Patrick Tsang DNS Ret
Cheong Chi Hou DNS WD
Steven Bei WD WD
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Andy Chang 3 1
Charles Leong 2 3
Neric Wei 10 8
Lin Lifeng 8 Ret
Lam Kam San 11 9
Pos Driver NIC1 NIC2 MAC PIC 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
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' Cup

Pos Team Points
1 Smart Life Racing Team[a] 586
2 CD Racing 185
3 LEO GEEKE Team 153
4 Blackjack 21 Racing Team 142
5 Theodore Blackjack Racing 72
6 Pointer Racing 70
7 Smart Life Racing Team[c] 66
8 iDEAK Racing 61
9 Racing YONG 56
10 Z-Challenger Racing 54
11 Blackjack Racing Team 42
12 Henmax Motorsport 36
13 Edka by Blackjack 24
14 Pingtan International Tourist Island Team 22
15 Champ Motorsport 0
16 Grid Motorsport 0

Notes

  1. ^ a b Written in Chinese.
  2. ^ Xie was entered under a Hongkongese license for round 3 in Macau.
  3. ^ a b Written in Latin.

References

  1. ^ Wood, Ida (18 March 2022). "Chinese F4 to race at Shanghai F1 track and Macau in 2022". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
  2. ^ "壳牌喜力国际汽联F4方程式中国锦标赛最新赛历更新" (in Chinese). 29 July 2022.