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The 2020 F4 Chinese Championship (Shell Helix FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the sixth season of the F4 Chinese Championship. It began on 19 September at the Zhuhai International Circuit [1] and ended on 22 November at Guia Circuit as a part of the 2020 Macau Grand Prix. [2]
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The season was due to start on April 18-19 as a support series to 2020 Chinese Grand Prix but the event has been called off in view of the health concerns caused by COVID-19 pandemic. [5] The calendar has been adjusted many times [6] [7] [8] and the up to date version has been published on 2 September and features 3 round calendar with Round 1 and 2 taking place at Zhuhai International Circuit and the final stage to be announced. [1] The confirmation of Guia Circuit as the place of the last competition was declared on 16 September. The races of the final round granted double points to the driver's championship. [9]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Master Class Winner | Supporting | |
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| 1 | R1 |  Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai | 19 September | Stephen Hong [note 1] | He Zijian | He Zijian [note 2] | Smart Life Racing Team |  James Wong | Zhuhai Motorsports Association Club Race |
| R2 | Steven Bei | Steven Bei | Grid Motorsport | James Wong | |||||
| R3 | 20 September | He Zijian | He Zijian | He Zijian | Smart Life Racing Team | James Wong | |||
| R4 | He Zijian | Stephen Hong | FFA Racing | James Wong | |||||
| 2 | R5 | Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai | 7 October |  Charles Leong | Stephen Hong | Charles Leong | Smart Life Racing Team | James Wong | Zhuhai Motorsports Association Club Race |
| R6 | Charles Leong | Charles Leong | Smart Life Racing Team | James Wong | |||||
| R7 | 8 October | Charles Leong | Charles Leong | Charles Leong | Smart Life Racing Team | Yu Songtao | |||
| R8 | He Zijian | Andy Chang | Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team | James Wong | |||||
| 3 | R9 | Guia Circuit, Macau | 21 November | Charles Leong | Charles Leong | Charles Leong | Smart Life Racing Team | James Wong | Macau Grand Prix |
| R10 | 22 November | Charles Leong | Andy Chang | Charles Leong | Smart Life Racing Team | James Wong | |||
Points were awarded as follows:
| Races | Position, points per race | |||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| Races 1–8 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Races 9–10 | 50 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
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| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | LEO GEEKE Team | 211 |
| 2 | Smart Life Racing Team | 199 |
| 3 | Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team | 155 |
| 4 | BlackArts Racing Team | 147 |
| 5 | Pointer Racing | 117 |
| 6 | FFA Racing | 109 |
| 7 | SUNMAX Racing Team | 86 |
| 8 | Asia Racing Team | 84 |
| 9 | Grid Motorsport | 51 |
| 10 | Henmax Motorsport | 44 |
| 11 | Champ Motorsport | 4 |
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