2025 F4 China Championship DAY 1 Zhang Shimo and Dai Yuhao won pole position

On May 16, 2025, the Dongpeng Special Drink FIA F4 Formula China Championship completed two qualifying races in Shanghai. Zhang Shimo of Yinqiao ACM GEEKE Team and Dai Yuhao of ONE Motorsports won the pole position.

On the afternoon of May 16, the first qualifying session of the Shanghai Station officially started, and all cars were equipped with the official designated tires---Sailun tires. According to the rules, the official results of the first qualifying session determine the starting position of the first round of the final of this station, and the top ten official results of the first round of the final determine the starting position of the second round of the final of this station in reverse order. CHAMP MOTORSPORT Masters driver Wang Yi was the first to drive onto the track and set the first lap time. Masters driver Zeng Weiye of the Champ Motorsport team set a time of 2:23.301 in the first flying lap and came to the first place.

ONE Motorsports’ Pan Yiming set the fastest lap time of the entire field to 2:08.782 in his second timed lap. Team KRC’s He Zhengquan rose to second place with a time of 2:09.358, and GEEKE ACM team’s Shi Wei also rose to fourth place. Apollo RFN Racing Team by Blackjack Andrey Dubynin, ONE Motorsports Pan Yiming and Yinqiao ACM GEEKE driver Zhang Shimo set new fastest lap times, with Yinqiao ACM GEEKE driver Zhang Shimo taking the top spot with a score of 2:06.914.

Yinqiao ACM GEEKE team Zhang Shimo once again raised the fastest lap time to 2:05.633 in the next lap, Team KRC Kangshi Racing Team He Zhengquan also set a new personal fastest lap time, and ONE Motorsports Dai Yuhao surpassed teammate Pan Yiming to enter the top three.

Halfway through the qualifying round, ONE Motorsports Dai Yuhao made a time of 2:06.043, rising to second place. ONE Motorsports Dai Yuhao then refreshed his personal best again, narrowing the gap with Yinqiao ACM GEEKE driver Zhang Shimo to 0.2 seconds. Yinqiao ACM GEEKE driver Zhang Shimo further increased the fastest lap time of the entire field to 2:05.406 in the seventh timed lap, and Black Blade Racing Chen Sicong also made a lap time of 2:05.874, narrowing the gap with ONE Motorsports Dai Yuhao to 0.04 seconds.

At the last moment, Chen Sicong of Black Blade Racing made a score of 2:05.754, surpassing Dai Yuhao of ONE Motorsports and rising to second place. In the end, Yinqiao ACM GEEKE driver Zhang Shimo won the pole position with a score of 2:05.406, Chen Sicong of Black Blade Racing and Dai Yuhao of ONE Motorsports won the second and third place, and the fourth to tenth places were Apollo RFN Racing Team by Blackjack Andrey Dubynin, Black Blade GP Cheng Meng, Team KRC Kangshi Racing Team He Zhengquan, Venom Motorsport Yu Yan, CHAMP MOTORSPORT Chen Yuqi, ONE Motorsports Jisu Auto Sports Pan Yiming and CHAMP MOTORSPORT Wang Yi.

The official results of the second qualifying session will determine the starting position for the third round of the final, and the top ten official results of the third round of the final will determine the starting position for the fourth round of the final. The second qualifying session officially started, CHAMP MOTORSPORT Chen Yuqi, Kaifei Racing Luo Yufeng and Zeng Weiye were the first to drive onto the track.

Team KRC's He Zhengquan set the first fastest lap of the game at 2:07.782, CHAMP MOTORSPORT's Chen Yuqi ranked second with a score of 2:08.459, and KAF team's Masters driver Luo Yufeng and teammate Zeng Weiye ranked third and fourth.

Team KRC He Zhengquan improved his personal fastest lap time to 2:07.199, and ONE Motorsports Pan Yiming also came in second place with a score of 2:08.350. Yinqiao ACM GEEKE driver Zhang Shimo set a new fastest lap time in the second timed lap and topped the list with a 0.09 second advantage.

ONE Motorsports' Dai Yuhao improved the fastest lap time to 2:06.078 in the third lap, and improved it to 2:05.924 in the next lap. Black Blade Racing's Chen Sicong and Black Blade GP's Cheng Meng rose to second and third place respectively.

Halfway through the qualifying round, He Zhengquan of Team KRC Racing Team improved two positions with a time of 2:06.237, rising to second place in the whole field. Dai Yuhao of ONE Motorsports continued to improve his time to 2:05.312, and Chen Sicong of Black Blade Racing and Zhang Shimo of Yinqiao ACM GEEKE also came to second and third place in the whole field.

Entering the last five minutes, Yinqiao ACM GEEKE driver Zhang Shimo refreshed his fastest lap time to 2:05.737, moving up one position to second place in the field. In the end, ONE Motorsports Dai Yuhao won his first pole position of the season, Yinqiao ACM GEEKE driver Zhang Shimo and Black Blade Racing Chen Sicong took second and third place, and the fourth to tenth places were Team KRC Kangshi Racing Team He Zhengquan, CHAMP MOTORSPORT Chen Yuqi, Apollo RFN Racing Team by Blackjack Andrey Dubynin, Black Blade GP Cheng Meng, ONE Motorsports Jisu Automobile Sports Pan Yiming, Venom Motorsport Yu Yan and Wang Yuzhe.

Attachment: Official results


F4, Formula 4, is a formula event founded by the International Automobile Federation in 2014. Teenagers aged 15 or above can participate in the event after receiving the formula training course. The F4 Formula event aims to fill the gap between karting and F3, and build a promotion path for young drivers from karting to F4, then to F3, F2, and finally to F1. The FIA Formula 4 China Championship, founded in 2015, is a formula series in China authorized by the International Automobile Federation. The championship is hosted by the China Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, exclusively operated and promoted by Mingtai Racing Sports Co., Ltd., and exclusively sponsored by Dongpeng Special Drink. It aims to train more young drivers to enter the world's top events such as F1.