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 Drivers Rounds Champ Motorsport 3 Chen Zhuoxuan 3–4 8 Liu Wenlong All 17 2 18 Xie Ruilin All 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 19 Lin Taian 5 21 Liu Kai All UMC Utah Motorsports Campus 20 Bruno Carneiro 4 Xiongfeng Racing Team 25 Tai Yi All 88 Wu Ruopeng All Geely Automobile Racing Team 23 Shang Zongyi 5 44 Cui Yue All 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 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 R2 Julio Acosta Julio Acosta Champ Motorsport 2 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit, Beijing 2 August Liu Kai Julio Acosta Julio Acosta Champ Motorsport R2 Julio Acosta Julio Acosta Champ Motorsport 3 R1 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 20 September Julio Acosta Wu Ruopeng Cui Yue Geely Automobile Racing Team R2 Julio Acosta Julio Acosta Champ Motorsport 4 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 1 November Julio Acosta Julio Acosta Julio Acosta Champ Motorsport R2 Bruno Carneiro Julio Acosta Champ Motorsport 2016 5 R1 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai 9 January Liu Wenlong Liu Kai Wu Ruopeng Xiongfeng Racing Team R2 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 BEI2 SHI ZHU1 ZHU2 Pts 1 Julio Acosta 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 202 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 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 BEI2 SHI ZHU1 ZHU2 PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
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