2020 F4 Chinese Championship

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]

2020 F4 Chinese Championship

Drivers' champion: He Zijian
Teams' champion: LEO GEEKE Team

Previous

2019

Next

2021

Teams and drivers

Teams No. Drivers Status Rounds Smart Life Racing Team 2 Charles Leong G 2–3 13 Lü Yiyu[2] M 1 22 He Zijian[2] All Pointer Racing 3 Allen Lo[2] All BlackArts Racing Team 7 Oscar Gao[2] 1–2 11 Zhu Yuanjie[2] All 24 Ling Kang G 3 Ningbo International Circuit Team 8 Liu Yang G 3 FFA Racing 10 Liu Tiezheng[2] 1–2 17 Stephen Hong[2] 1–2 Grid Motorsport 12 Steven Bei[2] 1–2 23 Neric Wei G 2–3 Asia Racing Team 17 Stephen Hong 3 26 Yu Songtao[3] M All 44 Pang Changyuan[4] 1–2 Champ Motorsport 21 Zeng Yucheng[2] All LEO GEEKE Team 27 Cheng Tao[2] 1–2 32 Li Sicheng[2] All 48 James Wong M 3 Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit Team 28 Andy Chang 2–3 95 Zheng Hui M 3 SUNMAX Racing Team 33 Shang Zongyi 3 56 Jing Zefeng[2] All Henmax Motorsport 48 James Wong[2] M 1–2 61 Han Yingfu M 3

Icon Class M Drivers that compete for the Masters Championship G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar and results

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
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

Notes

1. He Zijian scored the fastest time in qualifying but had his time deleted. Gao Yujia scored the second-fastest time, but was issued a 3-place grid penalty. Hong Shijie inherited pole position.
2. Gao Yujia finished the first but was issued a 30 seconds penalty and a 3-place grid penalty for race 2 after the race, due to causing a collision with Hong Shijie. He Zijian inherited race win.

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Races	Position, points per race
	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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ZIC1 ZIC2 MAC Pts 1 He Zijian 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 11† 7 193 2 Andy Chang 6 Ret 3 1 2 2 153 3 Li Sicheng 2 3 3 DSQ 3 8 8 DSQ 3 3 150 4 Stephen Hong Ret 4 Ret 1 2 9 DSQ 4 6 5 126 5 Allen Lo 3 Ret 5 5 8 3 7 6 9 4 117 6 Zhu Yuanjie 12 Ret 6 7 7 5 4 3 7 9 96 7 James Wong 7 6 8 9 11 6 12 8 8 12 56 8 Steven Bei 6 1 2 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 000 000 51 9 Oscar Gao 11 Ret 4 3 5 Ret 5 Ret 51 10 Shang Zongyi 5 8 46 11 Cheng Tao 4 DSQ 7 8 10 4 DSQ Ret 41 12 Jing Zefeng Ret 5 Ret 4 14 Ret DNS 5 Ret 11 40 13 Liu Tiezheng 8 Ret 10 6 15 10 6 7 31 14 Pang Changyuan 5 7 9 10 16 Ret 9 Ret 23 15 Yu Songtao 13 9 13 13 13 7 11 9 Ret Ret 13 16 Han Yingfu 10 15 8 17 Lü Yiyu 9 8 12 12 6 18 Zeng Yucheng 10 Ret 11 11 12 Ret 10 Ret Ret 14 4 19 Zheng Hui 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Ret 13 2 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Charles Leong 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 Liu Yang 4 Ret Ling Kang 12† 6 Neric Wei 9 Ret DNS DNS 13† 10 Pos Driver ZIC1 ZIC2 MAC 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 † — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' Cup

Pos	Team	Points
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