2022 F4 Chinese Championship

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 edit

Teams No. Drivers Status Rounds
  Champ Motorsport 2   Patrick Tsang M 3
8   Andy Chang G 3
  Smart Life Racing Team[a] 3   Gerrard Xie[b] All
9   Lü Jingxi All
  CD Racing 4   Lin Lifeng G 3
56   Jing Zefeng 3–4
95   Zheng Hui M 1–2, 4
  Pointer Racing 5   Henry Lee Junior M 3
88   Jiang Wei M 1
99   Wu Zedong 1, 3–4
  Blackjack 21 Racing Team 6   Ye Pengcheng 4
29   Fu Zhenjiang M 1–2
30   Pan Yanqing 4
55   Lou Duan 2–3
  Grid Motorsport 10   Steven Bei 3
17   Neric Wei G 3
  Theodore Blackjack Racing 11   Charles Leong G 3
27   Li Sicheng 3
  iDEAK Racing 12   Wang Bingxin 1
14   Brian Lee M 3
  LEO GEEKE Team 16   Xu Shenghui 1–2
18   Lü Sixiang M 4
  Edka by Blackjack 21   Pang Changyuan 4
  Racing YONG 22   Lam Kam San G 3
32   Cheong Chi Hou 3
33   Shang Zongyi 4
93   Yang Shengwei 1–2, 4
  Pingtan International Tourist Island Team 31   Maximiano Manhão 4
  Smart Life Racing Team[c] 72   Liu Kaishun 4
  Henmax Motorsport 77   Jacky Wong M 1–3
  Z-Challenger Racing 82   Royce Yu 3
  Blackjack Racing Team 96   Ni Siming 2
Icon Class
M Drivers that compete for the Masters Championship
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar and results edit

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

Championship standings edit

Races Position, points per race
 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 edit

Pos Driver NIC1 NIC2 MAC PIC Pts
1   Gerrard Xie 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   Royce Yu 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   Jacky Wong 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   Maximiano Manhão 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
  Patrick Tsang 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
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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

Teams' Cup edit

Pos Team Points
1   Smart Life Racing Team[a] 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[c] 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   Pingtan International Tourist Island Team 22
15   Champ Motorsport 0
16   Grid Motorsport 0

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Written in Chinese.
  2. ^ Xie was entered under a Hongkongese license for round 3 in Macau.
  3. ^ a b Written in Latin.

References edit

  1. ^ Wood, Ida (18 March 2022). "Chinese F4 to race at Shanghai F1 track and Macau in 2022". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
  2. ^ "壳牌喜力国际汽联F4方程式中国锦标赛最新赛历更新" (in Chinese). 29 July 2022.

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