2018 F4 Chinese Championship Explained

The 2018 F4 Chinese Championship (Shell Cup FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the fourth season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 13 May at the Ningbo International Circuit and finished on 14 October at the same place after seven triple header rounds, all of them co-hosted with the China Formula Grand Prix championship.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	Drivers	Rounds
BlackArts Racing Team	nowrap	Daim Hishammudin	1−5, 7
	Charles Leong	6

	Daniel Wells
	Daniel Cao	1−2
	Minjae Kang	5
	Oscar Lee	3
BAR Motorsports	Oscar Lee	2
FFA Racing	Zheng Wancheng	All
	Maxx Ebenal	7
	Xi Xiuping	1−2
	Long Lingyun	5
		6
	Huang Jianchen	7
	Jing Zefeng	3
Freely Racing Team		1−5, 7
	He Xixi	5
	Federico Malvestiti	5
	Frédéric Vervisch	6
	Dai Linghao	1−4, 7
	Gordon Shedden	6
Hi-Tiger	Shang Zongyi	All
	Tai Yi	All
	Gu Xiaogang	4−5
Henmax Motorsport	Han Yingfu	1−4, 7
Karging League	Luo Yufeng	All
		1−3
	Han Songting	6
Pinnacle Motorsport	Jordan Dempsey	2−7
Pute Racing	Feng Diyang	2
Smart Life Racing Team	He Zijian	All
	Lü Yiyu	1, 3−4, 6−7
	Lü Jingxi	2, 5
Start Sports Racing	Su Yanming	1−2
Start Sports Racing	Lin Lifeng	1

Race calendar and results

All rounds will be held in China.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	12 May	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team	China Formula Grand Prix
	R2	13 May		Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
	R3	13 May		Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
2	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	2 June	nowrap	Daim Hishammudin	nowrap	Daim Hishammudin		nowrap	Daim Hishammudin	nowrap	BlackArts Racing Team
	R2		3 June		Daim Hishammudin	Daim Hishammudin	BlackArts Racing Team
	R3		3 June		Jordan Dempsey	Daim Hishammudin	BlackArts Racing Team
3	R1	Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Chengdu	21 July	Daim Hishammudin	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R2		22 July		Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R3		22 July		Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
4	R1	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	1 September	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Cup 2018 F3 Asian Championship China Formula Grand Prix TCR China Touring Car Championship
	R2		2 September		Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R3		2 September		Jordan Dempsey	Shang Zongyi	Hi-Tiger
5	R1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	nowrap	22 September	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport	Blancpain GT Series Asia 2018 F3 Asian Championship China Formula Grand Prix
	R2	23 September		Luo Yufeng	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R3	23 September		He Zijian	He Zijian	Smart Life Racing
6	R1	Wuhan Street Circuit, Wuhan	4 October	Zheng Wancheng	Jordan Dempsey	Charles Leong	BlackArts Racing Team	2018 World Touring Car Cup China Formula Grand Prix
	R2		4 October		Jordan Dempsey	Charles Leong	BlackArts Racing Team
	R3		5 October		Jordan Dempsey	Shang Zongyi	Hi-Tiger
7	R1	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	13 October	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport	Blancpain GT Series Asia 2018 F3 Asian Championship China Formula Grand Prix
	R2		14 October		Jordan Dempsey	Maxx Ebenal	FFA Racing
	R3		14 October		Jordan Dempsey	Daim Hishammudin

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	NIC1			ZIC			CGC			NIC2			SIC			WUH			NIC3			Pts
1	Jordan Dempsey				Ret	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	Ret	Ret	4	2	1	2	3	320
2	Luo Yufeng	3	2	3	3	Ret	9	6	4	2	2	3	4	2	2	DSQ	2	3	3	6	6	4	270
3	Daim Hishammudin	2	3	5	1	1	1	2	2	Ret	3	2	5	8	12	Ret				3	3	1	256
4	Shang Zongyi	4	5	6	5	3	3	5	3	5	6	8	1	5	3	3	Ret	8	1	7	5	7	237
5	Zheng Wancheng	6	8	2	7	6	8	3	5	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	Ret	6	6	4	4	2	236
6	He Zijian	5	4	7	4	Ret	7	4	6	Ret	5	5	7	7	8	1	4	7	Ret	5	7	6	176
7	Daniel Cao	1	1	1	2	9	5																105
8	Tai Yi	Ret	7	8	8	Ret	12	10	Ret	6	7	7	8	9	6	10	5	Ret	7	Ret	8	Ret	74
9	Daniel Wells																3	2	5				55
10	Maxx Ebenal																			2	1	5	53
11		10	9	9	10	5	11	Ret	10	9	9	6	6	10	9	4				DSQ	DNS	Ret	52
12	Oscar Lee				6	4	6	8	7	4													50
13	Minjae Kang													4	5	5							32
14		11	11	12	9	8	4	7	9	7													32
15	Lü Yiyu	14	14	15				11	11	Ret	11	11	Ret				7	9	9	8	10	Ret	27
16	Xi Xiuping	7	6	10	11	7	10																22
17	Han Songting																8	10	10				16
18	Su Yanming	9	10	4	12	DSQ	13																15
19	Long Lingyun													11	7	6							14
20	Jing Zefeng							9	8	8													10
21	Gu Xiaogang										8	9	9	Ret	11	9							10
22	Federico Malvestiti													6	Ret	DNS							8
23	Huang Jianchen																			10	9	8	7
24	He Xixi													12	Ret	7							6
25	Lü Jingxi				Ret	10	16							13	10	8							6
26	Han Yingfu	12	15	14	15	12	17	12	Ret	10	12	12	11							9	11	9	5
27	Lin Lifeng	8	12	11																			4
28	Dai Linghao	13	13	13	14	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	10	10							Ret	Ret	Ret	3
29	Feng Diyang				13	11	14																0
30	Jean-Karl Vernay																Ret	Ret	DNS				0
																	WD	WD	WD				0
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Charles Leong																1	1	4				0
	Frédéric Vervisch																6	5	8				0
	Gordon Shedden																Ret	Ret	DNS				0
Pos	Driver	NIC1			ZIC			CGC			NIC2			SIC			WUH			NIC3			Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Cup

Pos	Team	Points
1	BlackArts Racing Team	478
2	FFA Racing	335
3	Pinnacle Motorsport	320
4	Karging League	318
5	Hi-Tiger	311
6	Smart Life Racing Team	209
7	Freely Racing Team	61
8	BAR Motorsports	28
9	Start Sports Racing	27
10	Henmax Motorsport	5
11	Pute Racing	0

Notes and References

News: FIA F42018赛季赛历. Chinese. fiaf4.com.cn. 20 February 2018.