[24] Gonzales would not return for the second Zhuhai round,[23] and a three car entry was restored for the Shanghai finale with the addition of "Billy" Zheng Jiannian.

[25] Here, Cockerton clinched the driver's title, winning three out of the four races that weekend as well as four fastest laps and two poles, to overturn his closest rival Daniel Lu by a margin of three points.

[36] Having contested the first round of the 2018 US F4 Championship with two retirements and a DNS,[37] Jordan Dempsey made the switch to China F4 with Pinnacle Motorsport.

[38] Following the replacement of the Formula Masters China series with the F3 Asian Championship, Pinnacle were one of several teams to sign up for the inaugural season in 2018.

[45][46] The team announced Daniel Cao for the first round at Sepang,[47] as well as collaborating with B-Max Racing to provide a car for "Dragon".

[10] This collaboration would continue at Shanghai[48] and again at the final round returning to Sepang, where he was joined by Tairoku Yamaguchi, as well as Liam Lawson driving the Pinnacle team branded car.

[74] The lineup for the condensed season would be rookies Pierre-Louis Chovet, Alexandre Bardinon and Matthias Lüthen, and returning to the championship to join Pinnacle would be Alessio Deledda.

[80] Together, they achieved a pole and podium in their opening weekend at Spa,[81][82] though prior to round 4 Dunne announced he had parted ways with both Pinnacle and KCMG due to circumstances beyond his control.