2022 F4 Chinese Championship Explained

The 2022 F4 Chinese Championship (Shell Helix FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the eighth season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 12 August at Ningbo International Circuit and ended on 11 December at Pingtan Street Circuit.

Teams and drivers

Teams		Drivers	Status	Rounds
Champ Motorsport	2			3
Champ Motorsport	8	Andy Chang		3
Smart Life Racing Team	3			All
Smart Life Racing Team	9	Lü Jingxi		All
CD Racing	4	Lin Lifeng		3
	56	Jing Zefeng		3–4
	95	Zheng Hui		1–2, 4
Pointer Racing	5	Henry Lee Junior		3
	88	Jiang Wei		1
	99	Wu Zedong		1, 3–4
Blackjack 21 Racing Team	6	Ye Pengcheng		4
	29	Fu Zhenjiang		1–2
	30	Pan Yanqing		4
	55	Lou Duan		2–3
Grid Motorsport	10			3
Grid Motorsport	17	Neric Wei		3
Theodore Blackjack Racing	11	Charles Leong		3
Theodore Blackjack Racing	27	Li Sicheng		3
iDEAK Racing	12	Wang Bingxin		1
iDEAK Racing	14	Brian Lee		3
LEO GEEKE Team	16	Xu Shenghui		1–2
LEO GEEKE Team	18	Lü Sixiang		4
Edka by Blackjack	21	Pang Changyuan		4
Racing YONG	22	Lam Kam San		3
	32	Cheong Chi Hou		3
	33	Shang Zongyi		4
	93	Yang Shengwei		1–2, 4
nowrap	Pingtan International Tourist Island Team	31	nowrap		4
Smart Life Racing Team	72	Liu Kaishun		4
Henmax Motorsport	77			1–3
Z-Challenger Racing	82			3
Blackjack Racing Team	96	Ni Siming		2

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

Race calendar and results

The calendar featuring 4 rounds and 14 races was announced on 18 March.^[1] The revised version was published on 29 July.^[2] The Pingtan round was twice postponed, and the event was finally scheduled for the second week of December.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	nowrap	Master Class Winner	Supporting
1	R1	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	13 August				Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap	Zheng Hui	China GT Championship
	R2		13 August				Smart Life Racing Team	Jiang Wei
	R3		14 August				Smart Life Racing Team	Zheng Hui
	R4		14 August		nowrap	Xu Shenghui	nowrap	Xu Shenghui	LEO GEEKE Team	Zheng Hui
2	R5	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	3 September				Smart Life Racing Team	Zheng Hui	China GT Championship
	R6		3 September				Smart Life Racing Team	Zheng Hui
	R7		4 September	nowrap		nowrap		nowrap			nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	Zheng Hui
	R8					Smart Life Racing Team	Zheng Hui
3	R9	Guia Circuit, Macau	19 November	nowrap	Andy Chang	Andy Chang		Smart Life Racing Team	Brian Lee	Macau Grand Prix
3	R10	Guia Circuit, Macau	20 November		Andy Chang	Andy Chang	Champ Motorsport	Brian Lee		Macau Grand Prix
4	R11	Pingtan Ruyi Lake International Circuit, Pingtan Island	10 December				Smart Life Racing Team	Lü Sixiang	China GT Championship
	R12				Smart Life Racing Team	Lü Sixiang
	R13	11 December				Smart Life Racing Team	Zheng Hui
	R14				Smart Life Racing Team	Lü Sixiang

Championship standings

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	NIC1				NIC2				MAC		PIC				Pts
1		1	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	375
2	Lü Jingxi	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	7	7	4	Ret	4	4	211
3	Xu Shenghui	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3							139
4	Jing Zefeng									6	5	2	Ret	3	2	105
5	Zheng Hui	4	7	5	4	6	6	6	6			11	9	7	Ret	80
6	Lou Duan					4	4	4	5	12	10					74
7	Li Sicheng									4	4					72
8	Liu Kaishun											3	2	2	3	66
9										5	6					54
10	Yang Shengwei	7	DNS	Ret	6	WD	WD	WD	WD			5	6	6	7	46
11	Ni Siming					5	5	5	4							42
12	Wu Zedong	5	4	4	8					WD	WD					38
13		9	Ret	Ret	5	7	7	7	7	Ret	WD					36
14	Wang Bingxin	6	5	Ret	3											33
15	Fu Zhenjiang	10	8	6	Ret	8	8	8	8							29
16	Pan Yanqing											9	3	10	5	28
17	Brian Lee									9	11					28
18	Pang Changyuan											6	4	8	DNS	24
19	Jiang Wei	8	6	7	7											24
20												8	Ret	5	6	22
21	Lü Sixiang											7	7	Ret	9	14
22	Ye Pengcheng											10	8	9	8	11
23	Shang Zongyi											Ret	5	Ret	DNS	10
24	Henry Lee Junior									13	Ret					8
–										DNS	Ret					–
–	Cheong Chi Hou									DNS	WD					–
–	Steven Bei									WD	WD					–
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Andy Chang									3	1
	Charles Leong									2	3
	Neric Wei									10	8
	Lin Lifeng									8	Ret
	Lam Kam San									11	9
Pos	Driver	NIC1				NIC2				MAC		PIC				Pts

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

Teams' Cup

Pos	Team	Points
1	Smart Life Racing Team	586
2	CD Racing	185
3	LEO GEEKE Team	153
4	Blackjack 21 Racing Team	142
5	Theodore Blackjack Racing	72
6	Pointer Racing	70
7	Smart Life Racing Team	66
8	iDEAK Racing	61
9	Racing YONG	56
10	Z-Challenger Racing	54
11	Blackjack Racing Team	42
12	Henmax Motorsport	36
13	Edka by Blackjack	24
14	nowrap	Pingtan International Tourist Island Team	22
15	Champ Motorsport	0
16	Grid Motorsport	0

Notes and References

Web site: Wood. Ida. 18 March 2022. Chinese F4 to race at Shanghai F1 track and Macau in 2022. live. Formula Scout. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318140658/https://formulascout.com/chinese-f4-to-race-at-shanghai-f1-track-and-macau-in-2022/90883. 2022-03-18 .
Web site: 29 July 2022. 壳牌喜力国际汽联F4方程式中国锦标赛最新赛历更新. zh.