2018 F4 Chinese Championship

2018 F4 Chinese Championship

Drivers' champion: Jordan Dempsey
Teams' champion: BlackArts Racing Team

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China Formula Grand Prix

The 2018 F4 Chinese Championship (Shell Cup FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the fourth season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 13 May at the Ningbo International Circuit and finished on 14 October at the same place after seven triple header rounds, all of them co-hosted with the China Formula Grand Prix championship. ^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	Drivers	Rounds
BlackArts Racing Team	Daim Hishammudin	1−5, 7
	Charles Leong	6
	Stephen Hong	6
	Daniel Wells	6
	Daniel Cao	1−2
	Minjae Kang	5
	Oscar Lee	3
BAR Motorsports	Oscar Lee	2
FFA Racing	Zheng Wancheng	All
	Maxx Ebenal	7
	Xi Xiuping	1−2
	Long Lingyun	5
	Jean-Karl Vernay	6
	Huang Jianchen	7
	Jing Zefeng	3
Freely Racing Team	George Chen	1−5, 7
	He Xixi	5
	Federico Malvestiti	5
	Frédéric Vervisch	6
	Dai Linghao	1−4, 7
	Gordon Shedden	6
Hi-Tiger	Shang Zongyi	All
	Tai Yi	All
	Gu Xiaogang	4−5
Henmax Motorsport	Han Yingfu	1−4, 7
Karging League	Luo Yufeng	All
	Eric Sun	1−3
	Han Songting	6
Pinnacle Motorsport	Jordan Dempsey	2−7
Pute Racing	Feng Diyang	2
Smart Life Racing Team	He Zijian	All
	Lü Yiyu	1, 3−4, 6−7
	Lü Jingxi	2, 5
Start Sports Racing	Su Yanming	1−2
	Lin Lifeng	1

Race calendar and results

All rounds will be held in China. ^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	12 May	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team	China Formula Grand Prix
	R2		13 May		Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
	R3				Daniel Cao	Daniel Cao	BlackArts Racing Team
2	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai	2 June	Daim Hishammudin	Daim Hishammudin	Daim Hishammudin	BlackArts Racing Team
	R2		3 June		Daim Hishammudin	Daim Hishammudin	BlackArts Racing Team
	R3				Jordan Dempsey	Daim Hishammudin	BlackArts Racing Team
3	R1	Chengdu Goldenport Circuit, Chengdu	21 July	Daim Hishammudin	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R2		22 July		Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R3				Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
4	R1	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	1 September	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Cup 2018 F3 Asian Championship China Formula Grand Prix TCR China Touring Car Championship
	R2		2 September		Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R3				Jordan Dempsey	Shang Zongyi	Hi-Tiger
5	R1	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	22 September	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport	Blancpain GT Series Asia 2018 F3 Asian Championship China Formula Grand Prix
	R2		23 September		Luo Yufeng	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R3				He Zijian	He Zijian	Smart Life Racing
6	R1	Wuhan Street Circuit, Wuhan	4 October	Zheng Wancheng	Jordan Dempsey	Charles Leong	BlackArts Racing Team	2018 World Touring Car Cup China Formula Grand Prix
	R2				Jordan Dempsey	Charles Leong	BlackArts Racing Team
	R3		5 October		Jordan Dempsey	Shang Zongyi	Hi-Tiger
7	R1	Ningbo International Circuit, Ningbo	13 October	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Jordan Dempsey	Pinnacle Motorsport	Blancpain GT Series Asia 2018 F3 Asian Championship China Formula Grand Prix
	R2		14 October		Jordan Dempsey	Maxx Ebenal	FFA Racing
	R3				Jordan Dempsey	Daim Hishammudin	BlackArts Racing Team

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver NIC1 ZIC CGC NIC2 SIC WUH NIC3 Pts 1 Jordan Dempsey Ret 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ret Ret 4 2 1 2 3 320 2 Luo Yufeng 3 2 3 3 Ret 9 6 4 2 2 3 4 2 2 DSQ 2 3 3 6 6 4 270 3 Daim Hishammudin 2 3 5 1 1 1 2 2 Ret 3 2 5 8 12 Ret 000 000 000 3 3 1 256 4 Shang Zongyi 4 5 6 5 3 3 5 3 5 6 8 1 5 3 3 Ret 8 1 7 5 7 237 5 Zheng Wancheng 6 8 2 7 6 8 3 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 2 Ret 6 6 4 4 2 236 6 He Zijian 5 4 7 4 Ret 7 4 6 Ret 5 5 7 7 8 1 4 7 Ret 5 7 6 176 7 Daniel Cao 1 1 1 2 9 5 105 8 Tai Yi Ret 7 8 8 Ret 12 10 Ret 6 7 7 8 9 6 10 5 Ret 7 Ret 8 Ret 74 9 Daniel Wells 3 2 5 55 10 Maxx Ebenal 2 1 5 53 11 George Chen 10 9 9 10 5 11 Ret 10 9 9 6 6 10 9 4 DSQ DNS Ret 52 12 Oscar Lee 6 4 6 8 7 4 50 13 Minjae Kang 4 5 5 32 14 Eric Sun 11 11 12 9 8 4 7 9 7 32 15 Lü Yiyu 14 14 15 11 11 Ret 11 11 Ret 7 9 9 8 10 Ret 27 16 Xi Xiuping 7 6 10 11 7 10 22 17 Han Songting 8 10 10 16 18 Su Yanming 9 10 4 12 DSQ 13 15 19 Long Lingyun 11 7 6 14 20 Jing Zefeng 9 8 8 10 21 Gu Xiaogang 8 9 9 Ret 11 9 10 22 Federico Malvestiti 6 Ret DNS 8 23 Huang Jianchen 10 9 8 7 24 He Xixi 12 Ret 7 6 25 Lü Jingxi Ret 10 16 13 10 8 6 26 Han Yingfu 12 15 14 15 12 17 12 Ret 10 12 12 11 9 11 9 5 27 Lin Lifeng 8 12 11 4 28 Dai Linghao 13 13 13 14 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS 10 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 3 29 Feng Diyang 13 11 14 0 30 Jean-Karl Vernay Ret Ret DNS 0 Stephen Hong WD WD WD 0 Guest drivers ineligible for championship points Charles Leong 1 1 4 0 Frédéric Vervisch 6 5 8 0 Gordon Shedden 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Ret Ret DNS 000 000 000 0 Pos Driver NIC1 ZIC CGC NIC2 SIC WUH NIC3 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Teams' Cup

Pos	Team	Points
1	BlackArts Racing Team	478
2	FFA Racing	335
3	Pinnacle Motorsport	320
4	Karging League	318
5	Hi-Tiger	311
6	Smart Life Racing Team	209
7	Freely Racing Team	61
8	BAR Motorsports	28
9	Start Sports Racing	27
10	Henmax Motorsport	5
11	Pute Racing	0

References

1. "FIA F42018赛季赛历" (in Chinese). fiaf4.com.cn. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)