2016 F4 Chinese Championship Explained

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		Driver	Rounds
Champ Motorsport	2	Xie Ruilin^[2]	All
	8	Liu Wenlong	1, 4–5
	58	Yves Volte^[3]	4
AKZC Shunda Racing Team	3	Chen Zhuoxuan	1
	5	^[4]	3
	7	Yang Xi	1–2, 4–5
	88	Wu Ruopeng	1–4
Asia Racing Team	6		4
	11	Hon Chio Leong	1, 3–4
	27	Zhu Tianqi	1
	86	^[5]	5
UMC Utah Motorsports Campus	20	Bruno Carneiro	All
UMC Utah Motorsports Campus	34	Tommy Boileau	4
Beijing Manthey Racing	21	Liu Kai	1–3
	22	Lin Taian	All
	99	Maxx Ebenal	4–5
BlackArts Racing	28	Pavan Ravishankar	4
Friends Come From Far Away	57	Xi Xiuping	All
Friends Come From Far Away	76	Liu Yang	All
PS Racing	66	Maxx Ebenal	1

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		24 April		Maxx Ebenal	Maxx Ebenal	PS Racing
2	R1	Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Chengdu	28 May	nowrap	Bruno Carneiro	nowrap	Bruno Carneiro	nowrap	Bruno Carneiro	nowrap	Utah Motorsports Campus
	R2		29 May		Bruno Carneiro	Bruno Carneiro	Utah Motorsports Campus
	R3		29 May		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		3 July		Bruno Carneiro	Bruno Carneiro	Utah Motorsports Campus
4	R1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	nowrap	10 September	Maxx Ebenal	Bruno Carneiro	Bruno Carneiro	Utah Motorsports Campus
	R2	11 September		Hon Chio Leong	Hon Chio Leong	Asia Racing Team
	R3	11 September		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		13 November		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
		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

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

News: FIA F4中国锦标赛 / 中国方程式大奖赛, 2016年赛历. Chinese. Narcar International Racing Development Co., Ltd.. 31 December 2015. 8 January 2016.
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News: 承F1之魂 F4上海站火热开启. Chinese. 9 September 2016. MITIME Minter Racing. 10 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918060534/http://www.cfgp.cc/news/1951.html. 18 September 2016. dead. dmy-all.
News: 战京城斗酷暑 FIA F4中国锦标赛北京站开赛在即. Chinese. 1 July 2016. MITIME Minter Racing. 6 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827162828/http://www.cfgp.cc/news/1919.html. 27 August 2016. dead. dmy-all.
News: F4/CFGP遇上双十一周末收官抢红包. Chinese. 11 November 2016. MITIME Minter Racing. 12 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161112205444/http://www.cfgp.cc/news/1981.html. 12 November 2016. dead.
News: "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. 10 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310191541/http://www.cfgp.cc/news/1772.html. 10 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
News: F4竞争强度升级少年车手表现强势. Chinese. F4 competition gets stronger: Juniors performed solidly. Narcar International Racing Development Co., Ltd.. 14 September 2016. 25 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310191541/http://www.cfgp.cc/news/1772.html. 10 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.