2024 F4 Chinese Championship

Oscar Pedersen won the Drivers' Championship for Venom Motorsport, Liu Kaishun ended the season runner-up and won Teams' Championship with Black Blade Racing, while Jiang Fukang finished third.

The 2024 F4 Chinese Championship (Shell Helix FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the tenth season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 19 April at Shanghai International Circuit and ended on 20 October at Zhuhai International Circuit.

The championship moved from Mygale's M14-F4 chassis to its successor, M21-F4.[1]

Teams and drivers

Teams No. Drivers Status Rounds
Kai Fei Motorsport 2 Patrick Tsang[2] M All
7 Kenny Chung[2] M All
Champ Pro Racing 3 Albert Cheung M 1–2
33 Andy Law[2] M All
38 Victor Yung M 5
Black Blade Racing 5 Cui Yuanpu 4
29 Huang Xizheng 2
72 Liu Kaishun All
99 Yuhao Fu 1, 3, 5
Skyline T-1 Racing by Champ Motorsport 6 Hugo So[3] 1
9 Jacky Wong[3] M 1, 4–5
Champ Motorsport 8 Marcus Cheong[4] 4
68 Wang Yi All
Pointer Racing[5] 10 Shi Ke 2–4
16 Wu Chenjie 2–3
55 1
31 Huang Weibo 4
89 Mi Qi 1
PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack 12 Alex Sawer[6] 1, 3
17 Meng Cheng 5
22 Jiang Fukang[7] All
28 Lu Ye[8] 2
83 Fu Zhenjiang[9] M 4
Venom Motorsport 15 Wang Yuzhe[10] 1–3, 5
26 Oscar Pedersen[11] All
88 Shang Zongyi[12] 4
Geeke ACM Racing[13] 18 Shi Wei 1, 4
86 Fei Jun M All
Wolf.51GT3.COM 20 Li Jia M All
Venom Pole Motorsport 24 Yang Peng[14] All
Black Blade GP 25 Zhang Jun 1, 3, 5
57 Wu Junwei M 2
66 Liu Ruiqi 1
99 Yuhao Fu 4
PingTan Raxing Team by ART 27 Li Sicheng[15] 1
28 Lu Ye[16] 3–4
36 Yang Kaiwen 5
67 Richard Lin[17] M 3
98 Viktor Turkin M 5
Team KRC 30 Jia Zhanbin[18][19] All
58 Ethan Ho 4–5
97 Zeng Zilun 3
Xiamen Pointer Racing 47 Zhang Siqi 2
Henmax Motorsport 11 Michael Wong M 5
48 James Wong M 1–4
61 Han Yingfu M All
AdamCar Motorsport 56 Jing Zefeng[2] 1–2, 4–5
Happiness Racing 77 Zhu Zhenyu[20] M 1–2, 4
Icon Class
M Drivers that compete for the Masters Championship
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar released officially in March 2024 featured 5 rounds and 18 races and sees the return of the rounds held at Shanghai International Circuit. Moreover, an invitational round at the Guia Circuit as the support of the 71st Macau Grand Prix race was provisionally listed but in the end the competition wasn't included in the Grand Prix's schedule.[21]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Master Class Winner Supporting
1 R1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 20 April Alex Sawer Liu Kaishun Alex Sawer PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack Fei Jun Formula One World Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
R2 21 April Liu Kaishun Jiang Fukang PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack Li Jia
2 R3 Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit, Chengdu 25 May Huang Xizheng Oscar Pedersen Oscar Pedersen Venom Motorsport Fei Jun China Endurance Championship
Geely Super Cup Pro
R4 Oscar Pedersen Jiang Fukang PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack Andy Law
R5 26 May Oscar Pedersen Oscar Pedersen Oscar Pedersen Venom Motorsport Li Jia
R6 Huang Xizheng Liu Kaishun Black Blade Racing Andy Law
3 R7 Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo 29 June Oscar Pedersen Oscar Pedersen Oscar Pedersen Venom Motorsport Fei Jun GT Sprint Challenge
R8 Liu Kaishun Liu Kaishun Black Blade Racing Fei Jun
R9 30 June Jiang Fukang Liu Kaishun Jiang Fukang PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack Fei Jun
R10 Alex Sawer Alex Sawer PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack Fei Jun
4 R11 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 14 September Cui Yuanpu Cui Yuanpu Cui Yuanpu Black Blade Racing Zhu Zhenyu GT World Challenge Asia
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
R12 Cui Yuanpu Jiang Fukang PingTan Raxing Team by BlackJack Zhu Zhenyu
R13 15 September Cui Yuanpu Cui Yuanpu Cui Yuanpu Black Blade Racing Fei Jun
R14 Liu Kaishun Liu Kaishun Black Blade Racing Fei Jun
5 R15 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 19 October Liu Kaishun Yuhao Fu Yuhao Fu Black Blade Racing Fei Jun GT Sprint Challenge
Hyundai N Cup
R16 Oscar Pedersen Liu Kaishun Black Blade Racing Fei Jun
R17 20 October Oscar Pedersen Oscar Pedersen Oscar Pedersen Venom Motorsport Fei Jun
R18 Yuhao Fu Yuhao Fu Black Blade Racing Patrick Tsang

Championship standings

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 SIC1 CTC NIC SIC2 ZIC Pts
1 Oscar Pedersen 2 4 1 2 1 4 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 2 2 1 4 320
2 Liu Kaishun 3 2 3 4 3 1 2 1 3 Ret 7 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 301
3 Jiang Fukang 4 1 4 1 4 3 3 3 1 Ret 8 1 4 10 4 13 4 3 237
4 Yuhao Fu 20 Ret 5 Ret 5 Ret 3 Ret 8 3 1 4 3 1 131
5 Wang Yuzhe 12 11 5 6 5 6 6 4 6 4 16 9 8 5 92
6 Jia Zhanbin 9 9 6 5 6 5 7 8 Ret 5 6 9 14 Ret 8 5 Ret 10 85
7 Alex Sawer 1 5 4 Ret 4 1 84
8 Huang Xizheng 2 3 2 2 69
9 Ethan Ho 4 4 7 7 5 3 6 Ret 69
10 Wang Yi 10 7 15 7 10 7 10 6 9 Ret 15 10 9 6 6 6 5 Ret 68
11 Cui Yuanpu 1 23 1 4 62
12 Shi Ke Ret 8 7 8 Ret 7 8 6 5 5 5 17 62
13 Jing Zefeng 7 6 Ret 9 9 9 11 6 10 2 9 8 9 7 61
14 Fei Jun 8 Ret 8 Ret WD Ret 8 5 7 3 12 15 11 8 10 10 11 18 49
15 Liu Ruiqi 5 3 25
16 Zhang Jun 26 13 WD WD WD WD 7 7 7 9 20
17 Huang Weibo 18 8 6 Ret 12
18 Zhang Siqi 7 12 8 10 11
19 Shi Wei 6 20 17 13 15 9 10
20 Yang Kaiwen Ret Ret 10 6 9
21 Shang Zongyi 9 7 12 11 8
22 Lu Ye 13 13 17 16 Ret 10 13 7 16 16 17 15 7
23 Li Jia 14 12 10 14 13 18 13 11 10 8 DNS 17 21 13 13 12 Ret Ret 6
24 Patrick Tsang 16 21 12 18 Ret 15 12 14 16 DNS Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS 13 8 4
25 Li Sicheng 25 8 4
26 Yang Peng 15 16 14 10 11 11 9 Ret 15 12 23 Ret 18 14 Ret Ret 15 13 3
27 Andy Law 19 19 9 11 14 13 17 12 18 DNS 14 18 19 Ret Ret Ret 12 11 2
28 James Wong 17 17 16 15 18 19 11 9 12 11 22 14 16 12 2
29 Richard Lin Ret Ret Ret 9 2
30 Wu Chenjie 23 22 11 16 12 12 18 13 11 10 1
31 Zhu Zhenyu 11 14 18 Ret 15 Ret 10 11 Ret Ret 1
32 Mi Qi Ret 10 1
33 Meng Cheng 12 11 17 Ret 0
34 Kenny Chung 18 18 17 17 19 17 15 15 17 14 20 19 22 21 11 15 Ret 16 0
35 Marcus Cheong 13 12 13 16 0
36 Victor Yung 18 16 16 12 0
37 Zeng Zilun 14 Ret 14 13 0
38 Hugo So 13 15 0
39 Viktor Turkin 14 14 20 14 0
40 Michael Wong 15 17 14 Ret 0
41 Wu Junwei Ret Ret 16 14 0
42 Han Yingfu 24 25 20 Ret 20 20 16 16 19 15 21 22 24 18 19 18 19 17 0
43 Jacky Wong 22 23 Ret 21 20 20 17 Ret 18 15 0
44 Fu Zhenjiang 19 20 23 19 0
45 Albert Cheung 21 24 19 Ret WD Ret 0
Pos Driver SIC1 CTC NIC SIC2 ZIC 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

Notes

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