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	Huang Weibo		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
Ningbo International Team	56	Jing Zefeng		All
GEEKE Pro Giantess	27	Shi Wei		4
Henmax T-1 Racing	28	Vivian Siu		1–2
Henmax T-1 Racing	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		20 May		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		21 May		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		24 June		Jing Zefeng	Jing Zefeng	Ningbo International Team	Lü Sixiang
	R7		25 June	Zhang Hongyu	Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Lü Sixiang
	R8		25 June		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		26 August		Liu Kaishun	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Marco Lau
	R11		27 August	Liu Ruiqi	Liu Kaishun	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Lü Sixiang
	R12		27 August		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		21 October		Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Lü Sixiang
	R15		22 October	Liu Kaishun	Liu Kaishun	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Patrick Tsang
	R16		22 October		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		18 November		Liu Kaishun	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Wong Yiuming
	R19		19 November	Liu Kaishun	Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Champ Motorsport	Wong Yiuming
	R20		19 November		Ren Juncheng	Liu Kaishun	Smart Life Racing Team	Lü Sixiang

Championship standings

Races	Position, points per race
Races	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
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)
	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

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

References

^ 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).
^ 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).
^ 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).
^ 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).
^ "Chengdu to Embrace F4 Chinese Championship in October". National Business Daily. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
^ "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.
^ 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).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "TO BE NEXT - We are heading to ZHUHAI this October！#FIAF4CHINA". 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "F4 SEA to replace F4 Chinese championship in this year's GP". 31 August 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.

External links

Official website (in Chinese)

[Champ-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.

[12] Liu Ruiqi finished first but received a 5 seconds penalty. Liu Kaishun inherited the win.

[2] 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).

[3] 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).

[4] 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).

[5] 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).

[6] "Chengdu to Embrace F4 Chinese Championship in October". National Business Daily. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[7] "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.

[8] 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).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[9] "TO BE NEXT - We are heading to ZHUHAI this October！#FIAF4CHINA". 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[10] "F4 SEA to replace F4 Chinese championship in this year's GP". 31 August 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[11] "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.

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