# F4 Chinese Championship

The F4 Chinese Championship (Chinese: FIA F4 中国锦标赛) is a racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4. The inaugural season was the 2015–16 edition.

## History

Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commission launched the FIA Formula 4 in March 2013. The goal of Formula 4 is to make the ladder to Formula 1 more transparent. It involves sporting and technical regulations and regulates costs. Cars competing in this category are not allowed to cost more than €30,000. A single season in a Formula 4 may not exceed €100,000. The Spanish F4 is planned to be the one of the second phase Formula 4 championships. The first phase championships was the Italian F4 Championship and the Formula 4 Sudamericana, which started in 2014. The Chinese championship was launched by Narcar International Racing Development Co., Ltd. on 11 September 2014.

## Car

The championship feature cars are designed and built by French race car constructor Mygale. The cars are made up of carbon fiber and has monocoque chassis. The engine of Generation 1 is made up of 2.0 turbo Geely G-Power JLD-4G20. The engine of Generation 2 is Alpine 1.3L turbo.

## Champions
### Drivers

| Season | Driver | Team | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Fastest lap | Points | Margins |
| 2015–16 | Julio Acosta | Champ Motorsport | 8 of 10 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 202 | 28 |
| 2016 | Bruno Carneiro | UMC Utah Motorsports Campus | 15 of 15 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 302 | 115 |
| 2017 | Charles Leong | BlackArts Racing Team | 17 of 21 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 345 | 99 |
| 2018 | Jordan Dempsey | Pinnacle Motorsport | 18 of 21 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 320 | 50 |
| 2019 | Conrad Clark | BlackArts Racing Team | 17 of 17 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 379 | 77 |
| 2020 | He Zijian | Smart Life Racing Team | 10 of 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 193 | 40 |
| 2021 | Andy Chang | Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team | 10 of 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 254 | 99 |
| 2022 | Gerrard Xie | Smart Life Racing Team | 14 of 14 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 375 | 164 |
| 2023 | Tiago Rodrigues | Champ Motorsport | 20 of 20 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 346 | 15 |
| 2024 | Oscar Pedersen | Venom Motorsport | 18 of 18 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 320 | 19 |

### Teams

| Season | Team | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Fastest lap | Points | Margins |
| 2017 | BlackArts Racing Team | 4 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 685 | 259 |
| 2018 | BlackArts Racing Team | 3 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 478 | 143 |
| 2019 | BlackArts Racing Team | 3 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 479 | 2 |
| 2020 | LEO GEEKE Team | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 211 | 12 |
| 2021 | Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 298 | 119 |
| 2022 | Smart Life Racing Team | 7 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 586 | 401 |
| 2023 | Champ Motorsport | 2 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 612 | 30 |
| 2024 | Black Blade Racing | 4 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 529 | 109 |

## Circuits

* Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2025 season.
| Number | Circuits | Rounds | Years |
| 1 | Zhuhai International Circuit | 15 | 2015–2021, 2023–2024 |
| 2 | Ningbo International Circuit | 12 | 2017–2019, 2021–present |
| 3 | Shanghai International Circuit | 10 | 2015–2019, 2024 |
| 4 | Goldenport Park Circuit | 3 | 2015–2017 |
| 4 | Chengdu Goldenport Circuit | 3 | 2016–2018 |
| 4 | Guia Circuit | 3 | 2020–2022 |
| 7 | Pingtan Ruyi Lake International Circuit | 2 | 2022–2023 |
| 8 | Wuhan Street Circuit | 1 | 2018 |
| 8 | Qinhuangdao Shougang Racing Valley | 1 | 2019 |
| 8 | Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit | 1 | 2024 |