2015–16 China Formula 4 Championship

2015–16 China Formula 4 Championship
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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
China Champ Motorsport 3 China Chen Zhuoxuan 3–4
8 China Liu Wenlong All
17 China Alex Yang 2
18 China Xie Ruilin All
91 Colombia Julio Acosta 1–4
China Auto Business Racing Team 6 China He Weihang 1–2
China Wu Pei 7 China Wu Pei 1
China Zhang Chong 11 China Zhang Chong 1
Macau Asia Racing Team[2] 16 China Hua Miao 1
19 China Lin Taian 5
21 China Liu Kai All
United States UMC Utah Motorsports Campus 20 Brazil Bruno Carneiro 4
China Xiongfeng Racing Team 25 China Tai Yi All
88 China Wu Ruopeng All
China Geely Automobile Racing Team 23 China Shang Zongyi 5
44 China Cui Yue All
77 China Yang Peng 1–3
China Boom VROOM Racing Team 66 China 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 China Cui Yue China Liu Kai Colombia Julio Acosta
R2 Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta
2 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing 2 August China Liu Kai Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta
R2 Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta
3 R1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 20 September Colombia Julio Acosta China Wu Ruopeng China Cui Yue
R2 Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta
4 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 1 November Colombia Julio Acosta Colombia Julio Acosta[N 1] Colombia Julio Acosta
R2 Brazil Bruno Carneiro Colombia Julio Acosta
2016
5 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 9 January China Liu Wenlong China Liu Kai China Wu Ruopeng
R2 10 January China Liu Kai China 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
China		 BEI2
China		 SHI
China		 ZHU1
China		 ZHU2
China		 Pts
1 Colombia Julio Acosta 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 202
2 China Wu Ruopeng 3 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 174
3 China Liu Kai 2 2 3 4 3 3 DSQ 4 2 1 156
4 China Liu Wenlong 5 Ret 4 6 5 5 3 6 3 Ret 93
5 China Cui Yue DNS DNS 2 Ret 1 6 DSQ 5 Ret Ret 66
6 China Tai Yi Ret Ret Ret 5 6 4 4 8 6 6 62
7 China Xie Ruilin 7 5 6 6 9 9 Ret DNS 5 3 57
8 China Yang Peng 6 9 8 Ret 7 7 26
9 China Hua Miao 4 4 24
10 China Lin Taian 4 4 24
11 China Chen Zhuoxuan 8 8 5 7 24
12 China Qin Tianqi 6 3 23
13 Brazil Bruno Carneiro Ret 3 16
14 China Shang Zongyi Ret 5 10
15 China He Weihang 10 6 Ret Ret 9
16 China Wu Pei 9 7 8
17 China Zhang Chong 8 8 8
18 China Alex Yang Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver BEI1
China		 BEI2
China		 SHI
China		 ZHU1
China		 ZHU2
China		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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. 1 2 3 "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.
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