2015–16 China Formula 4 Championship

The 2015–16 China Formula 4 Championship season (Castrol Cup FIA F4 CHINESE CHAMPIONSHIP) 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]

2015–16 China Formula 4 Championship
Previous: none Next: 2016
Support series:
China Formula Grand Prix

Teams and drivers
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
  • 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
  • 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 BEI2 SHI ZHU1 ZHU2 Pts
1 Julio Acosta 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 202
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 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
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. "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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