# 2015–16 F4 Chinese Championship

The 2015–16 F4 Chinese Championship season (Castrol Cup FIA F4 CHINESE CHAMPIONSHIP) was the inaugural season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 5 July 2015 at the Goldenport Park Circuit in Beijing and finished on 10 January 2016 at the Zhuhai International Circuit after five double header rounds.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Champ Motorsport | 3 | Chen Zhuoxuan | 3–4 |
| Champ Motorsport | 8 | Liu Wenlong | All |
| Champ Motorsport | 17 | Alex Yang | 2 |
| Champ Motorsport | 18 | Xie Ruilin | All |
| Champ Motorsport | 91 | Julio Acosta | 1–4 |
| Auto Business Racing Team | 6 | He Weihang | 1–2 |
| Wu Pei | 7 | Wu Pei | 1 |
| Zhang Chong | 11 | Zhang Chong | 1 |
| Asia Racing Team | 16 | Hua Miao | 1 |
| Asia Racing Team | 19 | Lin Taian | 5 |
| Asia Racing Team | 21 | Liu Kai | All |
| UMC Utah Motorsports Campus | 20 | Bruno Carneiro | 4 |
| Xiongfeng Racing Team | 25 | Tai Yi | All |
| Xiongfeng Racing Team | 88 | Wu Ruopeng | All |
| Geely Automobile Racing Team | 23 | Shang Zongyi | 5 |
| Geely Automobile Racing Team | 44 | Cui Yue | All |
| Geely Automobile Racing Team | 77 | Yang Peng | 1–3 |
| Boom VROOM Racing Team | 66 | Qin Tianqi | 2 |

## Race calendar and results

* A six–round provisional calendar was revealed on 28 February 2015. In April, the scheduled season-opening round – that was due to be held at Zhuhai – was cancelled, with the season being shortened to five rounds. The then scheduled first round at Chengdu in June was also cancelled, and a new round at Zhuhai was added to be the season-ending round in January 2016. All rounds will be held in China.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning team |
| 2015 ||||||||
| 1 | R1 | Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing | 5 July | Cui Yue | Liu Kai | Julio Acosta | Champ Motorsport |
| 1 | R2 | Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing | 5 July | | Julio Acosta | Julio Acosta | Champ Motorsport |
| 2 | R1 | Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing | 2 August | Liu Kai | Julio Acosta | Julio Acosta | Champ Motorsport |
| 2 | R2 | Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing | 2 August | | Julio Acosta | Julio Acosta | Champ Motorsport |
| 3 | R1 | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai | 20 September | Julio Acosta | Wu Ruopeng | Cui Yue | Geely Automobile Racing Team |
| 3 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai | 20 September | | Julio Acosta | Julio Acosta | Champ Motorsport |
| 4 | R1 | Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai | 1 November | Julio Acosta | Julio Acosta | Julio Acosta | Champ Motorsport |
| 4 | R2 | Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai | 1 November | | Bruno Carneiro | Julio Acosta | Champ Motorsport |
| 2016 ||||||||
| 5 | R1 | Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai | 9 January | Liu Wenlong | Liu Kai | Wu Ruopeng | Xiongfeng Racing Team |
| 5 | R2 | Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai | 10 January | | Liu Kai | Liu Kai | Asia Racing Team |

## Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | FL |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |

### Drivers' standings

| Pos | Driver | BEI1 | BEI1 | BEI2 | BEI2 | SHI | SHI | ZHU1 | ZHU1 | ZHU2 | ZHU2 | Pts |
| 1 | Julio Acosta | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 000 | 000 | 202 |
| 2 | Wu Ruopeng | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 174 |
| 3 | Liu Kai | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | DSQ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 156 |
| 4 | Liu Wenlong | 5 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 93 |
| 5 | Cui Yue | DNS | DNS | 2 | Ret | 1 | 6 | DSQ | 5 | Ret | Ret | 66 |
| 6 | Tai Yi | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 62 |
| 7 | Xie Ruilin | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | Ret | DNS | 5 | 3 | 57 |
| 8 | Yang Peng | 6 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 7 | | | | | 26 |
| 9 | Hua Miao | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 10 | Lin Taian | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 000 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Chen Zhuoxuan | | | | | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | | | 24 |
| 12 | Qin Tianqi | | | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 23 |
| 13 | Bruno Carneiro | | | | | | | Ret | 3 | | | 16 |
| 14 | Shang Zongyi | | | | | | | | | Ret | 5 | 10 |
| 15 | He Weihang | 10 | 6 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 9 |
| 16 | Wu Pei | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 17 | Zhang Chong | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 18 | Alex Yang | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | BEI1 | BEI1 | BEI2 | BEI2 | SHI | SHI | ZHU1 | ZHU1 | ZHU2 | ZHU2 | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Liu Kai had originally scored the fastest lap of the race, but prior to the last round at Zhuhai it was announced that both Liu Kai and Yui Cue had been disqualified from this race. As a result, Julio Acosta inherited the fastest lap and was awarded the point for it.