Ho-Pin Tung

Ho-Pin Tung
Ho-Pin Tung
Chinese	董荷斌
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dǒng Hébīn; [tʊ̀ŋ xɤ̌pín]
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Doong Her-Bin
Wade–Giles	Tung He-Pin

Ho-Pin Tung
Ho-Pin Tung
	Tung competing for A1 Team China at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa
Nationality	Chinese; Dutch; via dual nationality
Born	4 December 1982 (age 41); Velp, Netherlands
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Jackie Chan DC Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	37
Former teams	KCMG; OAK Racing; Pegasus Racing; Baxi DC Racing
Starts	34
Championships	0
Wins	7
Poles	5
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	2nd in 2017, 2018-19
Finished last season	2nd
Previous series
2015–16; 2015; 2014–15; 2014; 2013–14; 2012–15; 2011; 2011; 2009, 2011 ; 2008; 2008; 2007–08, 2010; 2006–07, 2008–09; 2004–06; 2003; 2002; 2001	Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3; GT Asia Series; Formula E; United SportsCar – Prototype; Asian Le Mans Series – LMP2; Porsche Carrera Cup Asia; IndyCar Series; FIA GT1 World Championship; Superleague Formula; International GT Open; GP2 Asia Series; GP2 Series; A1 Grand Prix; ATS Formel 3 Cup; Formula BMW Asia; FBMW Junior Cup Iberia; Formula Ford 1800 Benelux
Championship titles
2015–16; 2014; 2006; 2003	Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3; Asian Le Mans Series – LMP2; ATS Formel 3 Cup; Formula BMW Asia
Awards
2001	KNAF Talent First

Ho-Pin Tung (Chinese: 董荷斌; pinyin: Dǒng Hébīn; born December 4, 1982) is a Dutch-born racing driver who races with a Chinese license.

Career

Tung was born in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands, to Chinese parents with ancestry tracing to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province.^[1] Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 before graduating to single-seaters. In 2001 he raced in the Dutch Formula Ford championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. After winning the 2003 Formula BMW Asia series, he was rewarded with a test drive with the Williams F1 team.

In 2004, he joined the ATS Formel 3 Cup. Although he scored race wins and podium finishes, he finished 7th in his rookie year.

Tung stayed in the ATS F3 Cup in 2005, finishing the series in third place, before taking the title in 2006, winning 9 races, 4 pole positions and 5 fastest laps.

At the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix, he was announced as a test driver for the BMW Sauber F1 Team the rest of the year.

Tung driving for Trident Racing at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

On 4 April 2007, BCN Competición announced that it had signed Tung as its second driver alongside Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto for the 2007 GP2 Series.

Tung drove for Trident Racing team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series and GP2 Series, scoring his first podium finish in the latter.

In 2009, he raced in the Superleague Formula series. He raced in the first three rounds for Galatasaray S.K. and the latter three rounds for Atlético Madrid. He had his first win in the series at the Jarama round for Galatasaray.

In December 2009, Tung tested for the Renault F1 Team. In January he was announced as the team's third driver. As part of the deal, he returned to the GP2 Series with the DAMS team for the 2010 season.^[2]

On 23 June 2010, the FIA granted Tung a four-race probationary super license, allowing him to compete in Formula One.^[3]

At the Hungaroring round of the GP2 season, Tung sustained a minor fracture of one of his lumbar vertebrae as a result of a first-lap collision with Jules Bianchi, who spun in front of him and suffered a more serious break of the same bone.^[4] Tung was replaced by Romain Grosjean while he recovered.^[5] However, Grosjean kept the seat for the remainder of the season, leaving Tung without a drive until he was called up to replace Christian Vietoris at Racing Engineering for the final round, Vietoris suffering from appendicitis.

IndyCar

On 22 November 2010, Tung made sporting history as he officially became the first Chinese licensed driver to take the wheel of an IndyCar by testing with the FAZZT Race Team at Sebring International Raceway.^[6]

Tung attempted to qualify for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with Dragon Racing, but was unsuccessful due to a crash on Pole Day that resulted in a mild concussion. He made his IndyCar debut later that season in August at Infineon Raceway driving for the same team.

Sportscars

Tung at the wheel of the #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 car, during the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone race

In 2016, Tung joined Baxi DC Racing to partner team owner David Cheng and French driver Nelson Panciatici (replaced mid-year by Paul-Loup Chatin) in the team's Alpine A460 entry for the LMP2 class of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. The team took a string of minor points placings during the year, and Tung finished the season in 13th position in the drivers' championship standings.

Tung remained with DC, now renamed Jackie Chan DC Racing, for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. At the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, Tung became the first driver in the event's history to lead the race in an LMP2 car,^{[citation needed]} after all the top class LMP1 entries either retired or faded away in the race. Ultimately, his Oreca 07 car finished second overall, and first in the LMP2 class, after it was overtaken by the number 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid car. The Jackie Chan DC crew were also the first Chinese-entered car to win a class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^{[citation needed]} During the remainder of the season, Tung and his co-drivers Oliver Jarvis and Thomas Laurent took further class wins at Silverstone and the Nürburgring, and two other podium finishes, and finished the season in second place in the LMP2 championship.

Tung remained with Jackie Chan DC Racing for a third season in 2018, to contest the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship 'superseason'.

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula Ford 1800 Benelux	Van Amersfoort Racing	11	1	1	0	1	65	6th
2001	Formula Ford Festival	Van Amersfoort Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2002	Formula BMW Junior Cup	Baviera S.A.	3	0	0	0	1	62	15th
2003	Formula BMW Asia	Team Meritus	14	10	12	10	13	225	1st
2003	Formula One	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Test driver
2004	German Formula Three Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	0	0	1	4	111	7th
	Macau Grand Prix	Hitech Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
	Bahrain Superprix	Hitech Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2005	German Formula Three Championship	JB Motorsport	17	2	1	2	7	86	3rd
2005	Masters of Formula 3	JB Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
2006	German Formula Three Championship	JB Motorsport	20	9	4	5	11	145	1st
2006	Masters of Formula 3	JB Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2006–07	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team China	10	0	0	0	1	22‡	15th‡
2007	GP2 Series	BCN Competición	21	0	0	0	0	4	23rd
2007	Formula One	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Test driver
2008	GP2 Series	Trident Racing	20	0	0	0	1	7	18th
	GP2 Asia Series	Trident Racing	10	0	0	0	0	1	21st
	International GT Open - GTS	Scuderia Latorre	2	1	1	0	1	14	18th
2008–09	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team China	10	0	0	0	0	7‡	18th‡
2009	Superleague Formula	Atlético Madrid	6	1	0	0	1	202‡	15th‡
	Superleague Formula	Galatasaray S.K.	6	0	1	0	1	239‡	11th‡
	Formula One	Renault F1 Team	Test driver
2010	GP2 Series	DAMS	15	0	0	0	0	0	28th
2010	Formula One	Renault F1 Team	Reserve driver
2011	IndyCar Series	Dragon Racing	2	0	0	0	0	10	45th
	FIA GT1 World Championship	Exim Bank Team China	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Superleague Formula	China	3	0	0	0	0	34‡	14th‡
2012	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Budweiser Team Starchase	11	0	0	0	3	130	5th
2013	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Budweiser Kamlung Racing	12	1	0	0	2	123	5th
	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	OAK Racing	3	2	2	1	3	70	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	KCMG	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2014	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Budweiser Team Absolute Racing	11	0	0	0	1	135	5th
	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	OAK Racing Team Total	4	4	3	2	4	103	1st
	United SportsCar Championship - Prototype	OAK Racing	3	0	0	2	1	80	27th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	OAK Racing Team Asia	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2014–15	Formula E	China Racing Formula E Team	3	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Budweiser Team Absolute Racing	14	2	0	1	6	161	4th
	GT Asia Series	Absolute Racing	4	0	0	0	0	3	51st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Pegasus Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2015–16	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	DC Racing	4	4	3	3	4	103	1st
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	9	0	0	0	0	40	13th
2016	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2016–17	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	4	2	1	1	3	69	3rd
2016–17	Formula E	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Reserve driver
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	9	3	0	1	6	175	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3	FFF Racing Team by ACM	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017–18	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing × Jota	1	0	0	0	0	0	11th
2017–18	Formula E	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Reserve driver
2018	IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype	Jackie Chan DCR JOTA	1	0	0	0	0	26	51st
2018	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	8	2	1	0	5	166	2nd
2018–19	Formula E	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Reserve driver
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	8	0	0	0	1	69	8th
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2023	Super Taikyū - ST-X	KCMG	7	0	0	1	2	85‡	6th‡

‡ Team standings.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006–07	China	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR Ret	IDN FEA 13	NZL SPR 13	NZL FEA 9	AUS SPR 6	AUS FEA 3	RSA SPR 14	RSA FEA Ret	MEX SPR 6	MEX FEA 10	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	15th	22
2008–09	China	NED SPR 13	NED FEA 9	CHN SPR 17	CHN FEA 12	MYS SPR 10	MYS FEA 9	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	RSA SPR 13	RSA FEA Ret	POR SPR 16	POR FEA 8	GBR SPR	GBR SPR									17th	4

Complete GP2 Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2007	BCN Competición	BHR FEA 15	BHR SPR Ret	CAT FEA 11	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA 13	MAG FEA 14	MAG SPR 17	SIL FEA 17	SIL SPR 15	NÜR FEA 16	NÜR SPR 22†	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR Ret	IST FEA 9	IST SPR 9	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 16†	SPA FEA 8	SPA SPR 4	VAL FEA 11	VAL SPR 11	23rd	4
2008	Trident Racing	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 14	IST FEA 11	IST SPR Ret	MON FEA 7	MON SPR 2	MAG FEA Ret	MAG SPR 14	SIL FEA 18	SIL SPR Ret	HOC FEA 13	HOC SPR 7	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 14	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 9	SPA FEA 15	SPA SPR 10	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 8		18th	7
2010	DAMS	CAT FEA 13	CAT SPR 10	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR Ret	IST FEA 11	IST SPR 9	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 13	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 15	HOC FEA Ret	HOC SPR 14	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR DNS	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR				28th	0
2010	Racing Engineering																			YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR 13		28th	0

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2008	Trident Racing	DUB FEA 22	DUB SPR 10	SEN FEA Ret	SEN SPR 6	SEP FEA Ret	SEP SPR 16	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 7	DUB FEA 10	DUB SPR DSQ	21st	1

Superleague Formula

(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			3			4			5			6			Position	Points
2009	Atlético Madrid	Alan Docking Racing	MAG			ZOL			DON												15th	202
	Atlético Madrid	Alan Docking Racing	14	12	X	18	2	C	9	7	X										15th	202
	Galatasaray S.K.	Ultimate Motorsport										EST			MOZ			JAR			11th	239
	Galatasaray S.K.	Ultimate Motorsport										17	7	X	8	7	C	16	1	4	11th	239
2011	China	Emilio de Villota Motorsport	HOL			BEL															14th	34
2011	China	Emilio de Villota Motorsport	10	11	X																14th	34

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key)

IndyCar

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points	Ref
2011	Dragon Racing	Dallara	8	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY DNQ	TXS	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHM						45th	10	^[7]
2011	Dragon Racing	Dallara	88	Honda														SNM 27	BAL	MOT	KTY	LVS	45th	10	^[7]

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2011	Dallara	Honda	DNQ		Dragon Racing

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2011	Exim Bank Team China	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	ABU QR	ABU CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	SAC QR	SAC CR	SIL QR	SIL CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	PRI QR	PRI CR	ORD QR Ret	ORD CR 12	BEI QR 14	BEI CR 11	SAN QR	SAN CR	39th	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	KCMG	Alexandre Imperatori Matthew Howson	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	LMP2	241	DNF	DNF
2014	OAK Racing-Team Asia	David Cheng Adderly Fong	Ligier JS P2-Honda	LMP2	347	11th	7th
2015	Pegasus Racing	David Cheng Léo Roussel	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	LMP2	334	19th	9th
2016	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	David Cheng Nelson Panciatici	Alpine A460-Nissan	LMP2	234	DNF	DNF
2017	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Thomas Laurent Oliver Jarvis	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	366	2nd	1st
2018	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	356	10th	6th
2019	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	367	7th	2nd
2020	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	141	DSQ	DSQ

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
2014	OAK Racing	P	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL 2	MOS	IMS 8	ELK	COA		27th	80
2014	OAK Racing	P	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo											PET 9	27th	80
2018	Jackie Chan DCR JOTA	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 5	SEB	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET		51st	26

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2016	Baxi DC Racing-Alpine	LMP2	Alpine A460	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 7	SPA Ret	LMS Ret	NÜR 7	MEX 5	COA 8	FUJ 9	SHA 8	BHR 6	13th	40
2017	Jackie Chan DC Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 1	SPA 3	LMS 1	NÜR 1	MEX 9	COA 4	FUJ 3	SHA 4	BHR 2	2nd	175
2018–19	Jackie Chan DC Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 1	LMS 4	SIL 1	FUJ 2	SHA 1	SEB 6	SPA 3	LMS 2		2nd	166
2019–20	Jackie Chan DC Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 4	FUJ 2	SHA 2	BHR 3	COA 2	SPA 6	LMS DSQ	BHR 1		5th	136

Complete Formula E results

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2014–15	China Racing	Spark SRT01-e	SRT01-e	BEI 16	PUT 11	PDE	BUE 11	MIA	LBH	MCO	BER	MSC	LDN	LDN	26th	0

References

^ "和F1车手董荷斌聊了聊驾驶这件小事儿" [Chatting with F1 driver Dong Hebin about driving's little things]. 界面新闻 Jiemian News (in Chinese). 15 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
^ English, Steven (1 February 2010). "Renault's d'Ambrosio, Tung join DAMS". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
^ "FIA World Motor Sport Council". 23 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010.
^ Beer, Matt (1 August 2010). "Tung diagnosed with minor fracture". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
^ Noble, Jonathan (24 August 2010). "Grosjean replaces Tung for Spa". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
^ INDYCAR: FAZZT Eyes Two Cars For 2011 Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Speedtv.com Media Release November 22, 2010 Indianapolis, IN
^ "Ho-Pin Tung – 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

External links

Ho-Pin Tung career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural	Formula BMW Asia Champion 2003	Succeeded by Marchy Lee
Preceded by Peter Elkmann	German Formula Three Champion 2006	Succeeded by Carlo van Dam
Preceded by David Cheng	Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Champion 2014 With: David Cheng	Succeeded by Nicolas Leutwiler
Preceded by Inaugural	Asian Le Mans Series LMP3 Champion 2015–16 With: David Cheng	Succeeded by Nigel Moore Philip Hanson

[1] "和F1车手董荷斌聊了聊驾驶这件小事儿" [Chatting with F1 driver Dong Hebin about driving's little things]. 界面新闻 Jiemian News (in Chinese). 15 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

[2] English, Steven (1 February 2010). "Renault's d'Ambrosio, Tung join DAMS". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. Retrieved 1 February 2010.

[3] "FIA World Motor Sport Council". 23 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010.

[4] Beer, Matt (1 August 2010). "Tung diagnosed with minor fracture". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 August 2010.

[5] Noble, Jonathan (24 August 2010). "Grosjean replaces Tung for Spa". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 30 August 2010.

[6] INDYCAR: FAZZT Eyes Two Cars For 2011 Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Speedtv.com Media Release November 22, 2010 Indianapolis, IN

[7] "Ho-Pin Tung – 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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Ho-Pin Tung
Tung competing for A1 Team China at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa
Nationality	Chinese Dutch via dual nationality
Born	(1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 (age 41) Velp, Netherlands
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Jackie Chan DC Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	37
Former teams	KCMG OAK Racing Pegasus Racing Baxi DC Racing
Starts	34
Championships	0
Wins	7
Poles	5
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	2nd in 2017, 2018-19
Finished last season	2nd
Previous series
2015–16 2015 2014–15 2014 2013–14 2012–15 2011 2011 2009, 2011 2008 2008 2007–08, 2010 2006–07, 2008–09 2004–06 2003 2002 2001	Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 GT Asia Series Formula E United SportsCar – Prototype Asian Le Mans Series – LMP2 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia IndyCar Series FIA GT1 World Championship Superleague Formula International GT Open GP2 Asia Series GP2 Series A1 Grand Prix ATS Formel 3 Cup Formula BMW Asia FBMW Junior Cup Iberia Formula Ford 1800 Benelux
Championship titles
2015–16 2014 2006 2003	Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 Asian Le Mans Series – LMP2 ATS Formel 3 Cup Formula BMW Asia
Awards
2001	KNAF Talent First