2023 F4 Chinese Championship

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 No. Drivers Status Rounds Champ Motorsport[a] 2 Patrick Tsang M All 3 Albert Cheung M 5 5 Hu Chengru 3–5 8 Tiago Rodrigues All 21 Zhang Hongyu 1–2 53 Marco Lau M 1–4 Blackjack 21 Racing Team 4 Pang Changyuan 5 10 Liu Tiezheng 4 12 Zhang Yu 2 13 Marcus Cheong 1, 3 29 Fu Zhenjiang M 2 Pointer Racing 6 Huang Weibo 3 88 5 7 Fang Weiyuan 1 16 Wu Chenjie 5 59 Yang Yongkang M 4 99 Jiang Wei 1–4 Smart Life Racing Team 11 Xu Yingjie 4 53 Marco Lau M 5 66 Liu Ruiqi 1, 3 69 Michael Farrens M 1 72 Liu Kaishun All 75 Ren Juncheng 5 Henmax Motorsport 14 Chui Ka Kam 2–3 57 Xie Rui M 4 61 Han Yingfu M All 77 Wong Yiuming M 5 Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team 17 Yang Shengwei 1–4 GEEKE Team 22 Jiang Fukang 1 27 Shi Wei 2 33 Lü Sixiang M 2–5 86 Fei Jun 3–4 Ningbo International Team 24 Yang Peng 4–5 56 Jing Zefeng All GEEKE Pro Giantess 27 Shi Wei 4 Henmax T-1 Racing 28 Vivian Siu 1–2 77 Wong Yiuming M 1 Ruisi Racing School 63 Gan Yicheng 1–4 Sources: [1][2][3][4]

Icon Class M Drivers that compete for the Masters Championship G 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	Liu Ruiqi	Jiang Fukang	Liu Ruiqi	Smart Life Racing Team	Wong Yiuming	Geely Super Cup Pro
	R2				Liu Ruiqi	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Patrick Tsang
	R3		21 May	Liu Ruiqi	Liu Ruiqi	Liu Ruiqi	Smart Life Racing Team	Patrick Tsang
	R4				Liu Kaishun	Jiang Fukang	GEEKE Team	Marco Lau
2	R5	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	24 June	Liu Kaishun	Zhang Hongyu	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Lü Sixiang	Geely Super Cup Pro GT Super Sprint Challenge Open Formula Challenge
	R6				Jing Zefeng	Jing Zefeng	Ningbo International Team	Lü Sixiang
	R7		25 June	Zhang Hongyu	Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Lü Sixiang
	R8				Jing Zefeng	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Marco Lau
3	R9	Pingtan Ruyi Lake International Circuit, Pingtan Island	26 August	Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Liu Kaishun[b]	Smart Life Racing Team	Lü Sixiang	China GT Championship Geely Super Cup Pro
	R10				Liu Kaishun	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Marco Lau
	R11		27 August	Liu Ruiqi	Liu Kaishun	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Lü Sixiang
	R12				Liu Kaishun	Liu Ruiqi	Smart Life Racing Team	Marco Lau
4	R13	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	21 October	Tiago Rodrigues	Liu Kaishun	Xu Yingjie	Smart Life Racing Team	Patrick Tsang	Geely Super Cup Pro
	R14				Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Lü Sixiang
	R15		22 October	Liu Kaishun	Liu Kaishun	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Patrick Tsang
	R16				Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Yang Yongkang
5	R17	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	18 November	Liu Kaishun	Tiago Rodrigues	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Lü Sixiang	KTM X-Bow Cup
	R18				Liu Kaishun	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Wong Yiuming
	R19		19 November	Liu Kaishun	Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Wong Yiuming
	R20				Ren Juncheng	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Lü Sixiang

Championship standings

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

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 Patrick Tsang 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 Marco Lau 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 Marcus Cheong 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 Vivian Siu 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

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

Notes

1. Rodrigues, Zhang and Hu are entered with 'Champ' written in the Latin alphabet, while Tsang and Lau with 'Champ' written in the Chinese characters.
2. Liu Ruiqi finished first but received a 5 seconds penalty. Liu Kaishun inherited the win.

References

1. MINTIMES铭泰赛车 (2023-05-18). "烈日下拼搏，2023壳牌喜力国际汽联F4方程式中国锦标赛珠海站即将拉开帷幕！". Weixin Official Accounts Platform (in Chinese).
2. 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 (in Chinese).
3. MINTIMES铭泰赛车 (2023-08-23). "2023壳牌喜力国际汽联F4方程式中国锦标赛平潭站热血来袭". Weixin Official Accounts Platform (in Chinese).
4. 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 (in Chinese).
5. "Chengdu to Embrace F4 Chinese Championship in October". National Business Daily. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
6. "The 2023 Shell HELIX FIA F4 Chinese Championship calendar update! Let us look forward to the start of the new season together!". Twitter. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
7. F4方程式锦标赛 (2023-07-23). "人气爆棚！杜雅&F4展台又一大咖来袭！". Weixin Official Accounts Platform (in Chinese).
8. "TO BE NEXT - We are heading to ZHUHAI this October！#FIAF4CHINA". 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
9. "F4 SEA to replace F4 Chinese championship in this year's GP". 31 August 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
10. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)