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Zhenrui Chi

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Chi.

Zhenrui Chi
池振睿
Chi in 2025
Born (2009-03-28) 28 March 2009 (age 16)
Wenzhou, China
Nationality
  • China Chinese
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong
  • Italy Italian[a]
Italian F4 Championship career
Debut season2025
Current teamPrema Racing
Starts20
Wins1
Podiums4
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish5th in 2025
Statistics up to date as of 27 October 2025.
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2025
Current teamCL Motorsport
Starts4
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish33rd in 2025
Statistics up to date as of 27 October 2025.
Previous series

Zhenrui "Newman" Chi (Chinese: 池振睿; pinyin: Chí Zhèn Ruì; born 28 March 2009) is a Chinese racing driver who last competed under the Italian flag in the Italian F4 Championship and the GB3 Championship for Prema Racing and Hillspeed.

Career

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Karting

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Chi began karting at the age of five,[2] initially racing in China before moving to Europe in 2019. Internationally, Chi most notably finished third in the 2021 Trofeo Delle Industrie, and second in the 2022 WSK Champions Cup, both in OK-J.[3][4]

Formula 4

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Chi was initially slated to make his single-seater debut in the 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship,[5] but instead opted to test F4 machinery for much of the year,[6][7] before eventually making his single-seater debut with Prema Racing in the inaugural season of Formula Trophy UAE.[8] In the three-round season, Chi finished third on his debut at Dubai,[9] before ending the season with a second-place finish in race one at Yas Marina and a pole position in race two on his way to fifth in points.[10]

Staying with Prema Racing for 2025, Chi drove with them for the inaugural season of the F4 Middle East Championship, along with a dual programme in both the Italian F4 and E4 Championships.[11][12][13] In the former, Chi finished fifth in the season-opening race at Yas Marina,[14] which turned out to be his season-best result, matching it at Dubai and the third Yas Marina round on his way to ninth in the overall standings and runner-up in the rookies'.[15][16]

Heading to Europe for the rest of the year, Chi finished fifth on his Italian F4 debut at Misano,[17] and finished the other two races to leave Misano ninth in the overall standings and second in the rookies'.[18] Following the round at Vallelunga, where Chi finished no higher than ninth, the Chinese finished the first two races at Monza outside the points before taking his maiden win in single-seaters in race three, having taken the lead in the closing stages.[19] In the following round at Mugello, Chi once again stood on the podium as he finished second behind Alex Powell in race two,[20] before finishing third in race three at Imola three weeks later as he completed a Prema Racing 1-2-3.[21]

Formula Regional

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During 2025, Chi joined CL Motorsport in Formula Regional Europe to make his debut in Formula Regional competition at the Red Bull Ring.[22]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2016 Rotax Max Challenge China — Micro B SKA
2017 Rotax Max Challenge China — Micro A
2018 China Karting Championship — Mini
Rotax Max Challenge Chinese Cup — Micro
Rok Cup China — Micro Rok
2019 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini Parolin Motorsport NC
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini Parolin Motorsport
Energy Corse Srl[b] 		64th
South Garda Winter Cup — Mini Rok Energy Corse Srl NC
WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini 69th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini 20th
WSK Open Cup — 60 Mini 32nd
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini 29th
2020 China Karting Championship — Mini
WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini Gamoto ASD NC
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 57th
South Garda Winter Cup — Mini Rok 24th
WSK Open Cup — 60 Mini 41st
2021 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini Babyrace Driver Academy 18th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 29th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini 11th
WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini 30th
IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior Team Driver Racing Kart 44th
IAME Warriors Final — X30 Junior 20th
WSK Open Cup — OKJ KR Motorsport 57th
Trofeo Delle Industrie — OKJ Beyond Racing Team 3rd
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 19th
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 24th
2022 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Beyond Racing Team 2nd
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OKJ 11th
WSK Euro Series — OKJ 46th
Karting World Championship — OKJ 24th
WSK Open Cup — OKJ 6th
Trofeo Delle Industrie — OKJ 7th
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 9th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ KR Motorsport 45th
Champions of the Future Winter Series — OKJ 7th
Champions of the Future Euro Series — OKJ [c] 35th
Karting European Championship — OKJ 41st
Italian Karting Championship — OKJ NC
2023 South Garda Winter Cup — OK Beyond Racing Team 13th
WSK Champions Cup — OK 10th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 32nd
Champions of the Future — OK 51st
Karting European Championship — OK 96th
Sources:[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]


Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2024 Formula Trophy UAE Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 9 0 1 0 2 54 5th
2025 F4 Middle East Championship Prema Racing 15 0 0 0 0 78 9th
Italian F4 Championship 20 1 0 0 4 162 5th
E4 Championship 9 0 0 0 0 19 12th
Formula Regional European Championship CL Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
GB3 Championship Hillspeed 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Macau Grand Prix Van Amersfoort Racing 1 0 0 0 0 — DNF
Sources:[34][29]

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Trophy UAE results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points
2024 Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited DUB
1
3 		DUB
2
11 		DUB
3
14 		YMC1
1
4 		YMC1
2
10 		YMC2
1
2 		YMC2
2
6 		5th 54

Complete F4 Middle East Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2025 Prema Racing YMC1
1
5 		YMC1
2
13 		YMC1
3
7 		YMC2
1
11 		YMC2
2
10 		YMC2
3
9 		DUB
1
5 		DUB
2
24 		DUB
3
12 		YMC3
1
7 		YMC3
2
5 		YMC3
3
Ret 		LUS
1
9 		LUS
2
9 		LUS
3
7 		9th 78

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC Points
2025 Prema Racing MIS1
1
5 		MIS1
2 		MIS1
3
7 		MIS1
4
9 		VLL
1
9 		VLL
2
9 		VLL
3
 VLL
4
28 		MNZ
1
28 		MNZ
2
17 		MNZ
3
1 		MUG
1
9 		MUG
2
2 		MUG
3
8 		IMO
1
6 		IMO
2
C 		IMO
3
3 		CAT
1
4 		CAT
2
7 		CAT
3
C 		MIS2
1 		MIS2
2
2 		MIS2
3
5 		MIS2
4
4 		MIS2
5
4 		5th 162

* Season still in progress.

Complete E4 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2025 Prema Racing LEC
1
8 		LEC
2
Ret 		LEC
3
18 		MUG
1
29† 		MUG
2
10 		MUG
3
8 		MNZ
1
14 		MNZ
2
5 		MNZ
3
27† 		12th 19

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2025 CL Motorsport MIS
1 		MIS
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
22 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		HOC
1
24 		HOC
2
17 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		33rd 0

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

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Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main Race
2025 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Tatuus F3 T-318 26th 26th DNF

Notes

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  1. ^ Chi is Chinese but competes under an Italian licence,[1] while sporting the Hong Kong flag on his car and suit.
  2. ^ Chi competed for Parolin Motorsport in Round 1 and competed for Energy Corse Srl in rounds 2, 4.
  3. ^ Chi competed for KR Motorsport in Rounds 1–3 and competed for Beyond Racing Team in round 4.

References

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