2020 F4 Chinese Championship Explained

The 2020 F4 Chinese Championship (Shell Helix FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the sixth season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 19 September at the Zhuhai International Circuit and ended on 22 November at Guia Circuit as a part of the 2020 Macau Grand Prix.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Teams		Drivers	Rounds
Smart Life Racing Team	2	Charles Leong	2–3
	13	Lü Yiyu	1
	22	He Zijian	All
Pointer Racing	3		All
BlackArts Racing Team	7		1–2
	11	Zhu Yuanjie	All
	24	Ling Kang	3
Ningbo International Circuit Team	8	Liu Yang	3
FFA Racing	10	Liu Tiezheng	1–2
FFA Racing	17		1–2
Grid Motorsport	12		1–2
Grid Motorsport	23	Neric Wei	2–3
Asia Racing Team	17		3
	26	Yu Songtao^[2]	All
	44	Pang Changyuan^[3]	1–2
Champ Motorsport	21	Zeng Yucheng	All
LEO GEEKE Team	27	Cheng Tao	1–2
	32	Li Sicheng	All
	48		3
Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team	28	Andy Chang	2–3
Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team	95	Zheng Hui	3
SUNMAX Racing Team	33	Shang Zongyi	3
SUNMAX Racing Team	56	Jing Zefeng	All
Henmax Motorsport	48		1–2
Henmax Motorsport	61	Han Yingfu	3

Icon	Class
	Drivers that compete for the Masters Championship
	Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar and results

The season was due to start on April 18-19 as a support series to 2020 Chinese Grand Prix but the event has been called off in view of the health concerns caused by COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] The calendar has been adjusted many times^[5] ^[6] ^[7] and the up to date version has been published on 2 September and features 3 round calendar with Round 1 and 2 taking place at Zhuhai International Circuit and the final stage to be announced.^[8] The confirmation of Guia Circuit as the place of the last competition was declared on 16 September. The races of the final round granted double points to the driver's championship.^[9]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Master Class Winner	Supporting
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	19 September	nowrap		He Zijian	nowrap	He Zijian	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap	Zhuhai Motorsports Association Club Race
	R2				Grid Motorsport
	R3	20 September	He Zijian	He Zijian	He Zijian	Smart Life Racing Team
	R4	20 September		He Zijian		FFA Racing
2	R5	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	7 October	Charles Leong		Charles Leong	Smart Life Racing Team		Zhuhai Motorsports Association Club Race
	R6		7 October		nowrap	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	Smart Life Racing Team
	R7		8 October	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	Smart Life Racing Team	Yu Songtao
	R8		8 October		He Zijian	Andy Chang	nowrap	Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team
3	R9	Guia Circuit, Macau	21 November	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	Charles Leong	Smart Life Racing Team		Macau Grand Prix
3	R10	Guia Circuit, Macau	22 November	Charles Leong	Andy Chang	Charles Leong	Smart Life Racing Team		Macau Grand Prix

Notes

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Races	Position, points per race
Races	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Races 1–8	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Races 9–10	50	36	30	24	20	16	12	8	4	2

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	ZIC1				ZIC2				MAC		Pts
1	He Zijian	1	2	1	2	4	2	2	2	11†	7	193
2	Andy Chang					6	Ret	3	1	2	2	153
3	Li Sicheng	2	3	3	DSQ	3	8	8	DSQ	3	3	150
4		Ret	4	Ret	1	2	9	DSQ	4	6	5	126
5		3	Ret	5	5	8	3	7	6	9	4	117
6	Zhu Yuanjie	12	Ret	6	7	7	5	4	3	7	9	96
7		7	6	8	9	11	6	12	8	8	12	56
8		6	1	2	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS			51
9		11	Ret	4	3	5	Ret	5	Ret			51
10	Shang Zongyi									5	8	46
11	Cheng Tao	4	DSQ	7	8	10	4	DSQ	Ret			41
12	Jing Zefeng	Ret	5	Ret	4	14	Ret	DNS	5	Ret	11	40
13	Liu Tiezheng	8	Ret	10	6	15	10	6	7			31
14	Pang Changyuan	5	7	9	10	16	Ret	9	Ret			23
15	Yu Songtao	13	9	13	13	13	7	11	9	Ret	Ret	13
16	Han Yingfu									10	15	8
17	Lü Yiyu	9	8	12	12							6
18	Zeng Yucheng	10	Ret	11	11	12	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	14	4
19	Zheng Hui									Ret	13	2
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Charles Leong					1	1	1	Ret	1	1
	Liu Yang									4	Ret
	Ling Kang									12†	6
	Neric Wei					9	Ret	DNS	DNS	13†	10
Pos	Driver	ZIC1				ZIC2				MAC		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' Cup

Pos	Team	Points
1	LEO GEEKE Team	211
2	Smart Life Racing Team	199
3	Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team	155
4	BlackArts Racing Team	147
5	Pointer Racing	117
6	FFA Racing	109
7	SUNMAX Racing Team	86
8	Asia Racing Team	84
9	Grid Motorsport	51
10	Henmax Motorsport	44
11	Champ Motorsport	4

Notes and References

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Web site: Pang Changyuan confirmed at Asia Racing Team for 2020 China F4 campaign. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200914131233/http://art-motorsports.com/pang-changyuan-confirmed-at-asia-racing-team-for-2020-china-f4-campaign/. 2020-09-14. 2020-09-14. Asia Racing Team. en-US.
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