2023 F4 Chinese Championship Explained

The 2023 F4 Chinese Championship (Shell Helix FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the ninth season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 19 May at Zhuhai International Circuit and ended on 19 November at Ningbo International Circuit.

Teams and drivers

Teams		Drivers	Status	Rounds
Champ Motorsport	2			All
	3	Albert Cheung		5
	5	Hu Chengru		3–5
	8	Tiago Rodrigues		All
	21	Zhang Hongyu		1–2
	53			1–4
Blackjack 21 Racing Team	4	nowrap	Pang Changyuan		5
	10	Liu Tiezheng		4
	12	Zhang Yu		2
	13			1, 3
	29	Fu Zhenjiang		2
Pointer Racing	6	Huang Weibo		3
	88	Huang Weibo		5
	7	Fang Weiyuan		1
	16	Wu Chenjie		5
	59	Yang Yongkang		4
	99	Jiang Wei		1–4
Smart Life Racing Team	11	Xu Yingjie		4
	53			5
	66	Liu Ruiqi		1, 3
	69	Michael Farrens		1
	72	Liu Kaishun		All
	75	Ren Juncheng		5
Henmax Motorsport	14	Chui Ka Kam		2–3
	57	Xie Rui		4
	61	Han Yingfu		All
	77	Wong Yiuming		5
nowrap	Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team	17	Yang Shengwei		1–4
GEEKE Team	22	Jiang Fukang		1
	27	Shi Wei		2
	33	Lü Sixiang		2–5
	86	Fei Jun		3–4
Ningbo International Team	24	Yang Peng		4–5
Ningbo International Team	56	Jing Zefeng		All
GEEKE Pro Giantess	27	Shi Wei		4
Henmax T-1 Racing	28			1–2
Henmax T-1 Racing	77	Wong Yiuming		1
Ruisi Racing School	63	Gan Yicheng		1–4
Sources: ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

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

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar featuring 5 rounds and 18 races was announced in February 2023.^[5] On 9 April 2023, the calendar was officially updated, Zhuhai International Circuit would host the first race instead of Zhengzhou International Circuit, and the second round in Ningbo International Circuit would be shifted one week backward.^[6] The round at Pingtan Ruyi Lake International Circuit was postponed by one week to 25–27 August.^[7] The round at Tianfu International Circuit was cancelled, and moved to Zhuhai International Circuit on the same date.^[8] The final round was supposed to take place during the 2023 edition of Macau Grand Prix, but the organisers of the Macanese event decided to replace the F4 Chinese round with a non-championship, invitation-only event within the revived 2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship season.^[9] The final round of the championship was moved to Ningbo International Circuit at 17-19 November. ^[10]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Master Class Winner	Supporting
1	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	20 May	nowrap	Liu Ruiqi	nowrap	Jiang Fukang	nowrap	Liu Ruiqi	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap	Wong Yiuming	Geely Super Cup Pro
	R2		nowrap	Liu Ruiqi	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap
	R3	21 May	nowrap	Liu Ruiqi	nowrap	Liu Ruiqi	nowrap	Liu Ruiqi	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap
	R4		nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Jiang Fukang	nowrap	GEEKE Team	nowrap
2	R5	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	24 June	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Zhang Hongyu	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Champ Motorsport	nowrap	Lü Sixiang	Geely Super Cup Pro GT Super Sprint Challenge Open Formula Challenge
	R6		nowrap	Jing Zefeng	nowrap	Jing Zefeng	nowrap	Ningbo International Team	nowrap	Lü Sixiang
	R7	25 June	nowrap	Zhang Hongyu	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Champ Motorsport	nowrap	Lü Sixiang
	R8		nowrap	Jing Zefeng	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Champ Motorsport	nowrap
3	R9	Pingtan Ruyi Lake International Circuit, Pingtan Island	26 August	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap	Lü Sixiang	China GT Championship Geely Super Cup Pro
	R10		nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Champ Motorsport	nowrap
	R11	27 August	nowrap	Liu Ruiqi	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap	Lü Sixiang
	R12		nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Liu Ruiqi	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap
4	R13	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	21 October	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Xu Yingjie	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap		Geely Super Cup Pro
	R14		nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Champ Motorsport	nowrap	Lü Sixiang
	R15	22 October	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap
	R16		nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Champ Motorsport	nowrap	Yang Yongkang
5	R17	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	18 November	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap	Lü Sixiang	KTM X-Bow Cup
	R18		nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap	Wong Yiuming
	R19	19 November	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Tiago Rodrigues	nowrap	Champ Motorsport	nowrap	Wong Yiuming
	R20		nowrap	Ren Juncheng	nowrap	Liu Kaishun	nowrap	Smart Life Racing Team	nowrap	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	ZIC1				NIC1				PIC				ZIC2				NIC2				Pts
1	Tiago Rodrigues	5	5	3	5	1	3	1	1	2	1	3	3	4	1	2	1	2	Ret	1	3	346
2	Liu Kaishun	3	1	Ret	4	3	4	2	4	1	2	1	2	11	Ret	1	2	1	1	2	1	331
3	Jing Zefeng	6	4	4	2	4	1	3	2	4	3	4	4	10	Ret	4	5	Ret	4	4	4	230
4	Liu Ruiqi	1	2	1	3					3	Ret	2	1									141
5	Zhang Hongyu	4	9	2	6	2	2	4	3													103
6	Yang Shengwei	7	7	5	Ret	6	6	5	5	7	6	8	6	Ret	7	12	9					92
7	Hu Chengru									8	Ret	5	7	2	Ret	6	4	DSQ	3	5	Ret	83
8	Lü Sixiang					5	5	7	Ret	6	Ret	6	13	Ret	4	13	8	4	Ret	Ret	6	78
9	Jiang Fukang	2	3	7	1																	64
10	Xu Yingjie													1	2	3	Ret					58
11	Ren Juncheng																	Ret	2	3	2	51
12		13	8	8	9	12	11	10	11	Ret	11†	7	Ret	3	10	5	Ret	7	DNS	12	Ret	49
13	Huang Weibo									Ret	Ret	9	5					5	5	8	5	46
14	Fei Jun									9	4	10	8	Ret	8	7	3					44
15	Pang Chuangyang																	3	6	6	7	37
16	Jiang Wei	9	10	6	14	7	Ret	15	8	10	9	12	12	6	Ret	11	12					32
17		12	Ret	9	8	Ret	7	11	9	11	8	Ret	10	8	Ret	8	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	28
18	Yang Peng													7	3	15	Ret	9	10	9	10	27
19	Yang Yongkang													5	5	14	7					26
20	Shi Wei					Ret	9	6	6					9	Ret	10	10					22
21		Ret	Ret	11	10					5	5	Ret	Ret									21
22	Liu Tiezheng													Ret	6	9	6					18
23	Gan Yicheng	8	6	Ret	7	Ret	WD	DNS	WD	NC	Ret	11	11	Ret	11	Ret	11					18
24	Wong Yiuming	10	Ret	12	11													6	8	10	8	18
25	Zhang Yu					8	8	8	7													18
26	Wu Chenjie																	8	7	7	11	16
27	Chui Ka Kam					9	10	9	12	Ret	7	Ret	9									13
28	Albert Cheung																	11	9	11	9	4
29	Han Yingfu	15	14	14	Ret	11	14	14	14	12	10	Ret	14	12	9	16	13	12	11	13	12	3
30	Fang Weiyuan	Ret	11	10	Ret																	1
31	Fu Zhenjiang					Ret	12	12	10													1
32		14	13	15	12	10	13	13	13													1
33	Michael Farrens	11	12	13	13																	0
34	Xie Rui													13	12	DNS	Ret					0
Pos	Driver	ZIC1				NIC1				PIC				ZIC2				NIC2				Pts

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

Notes and References

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Web site: MINTIMES铭泰赛车. 2023-06-22. 端午安康！2023壳牌喜力国际汽联F4方程式中国锦标赛宁波站激情来袭. Weixin Official Accounts Platform. zh.
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Web site: MINTIMES铭泰赛车. 2023-10-19. 烽烟再起！18位车手蓄势待发再战珠海挑战“浪漫之城”极速巅峰. Weixin Official Accounts Platform. zh.
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