Ho-Pin Tung | |
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Tung competing for A1 Team China at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa
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Nationality | Chinese |
Born |
Velp, Netherlands |
December 4, 1982
FIA WEC – LMP2 career | |
Debut season | 2013 |
Current team | Baxi DC Racing |
Former teams |
KCMG OAK Racing Pegasus Racing |
Starts | 9 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 13th in 2016 |
Finished last season | 13th |
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 |
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Chinese | 董荷斌 | ||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Dǒng Hébīn [tʊ̀ŋ xɤ̌pín] |
Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Doong Her-Bin |
Wade–Giles | Tung He-Pin |
Ho-Pin Tung (Chinese: 董荷斌; pinyin: Dǒng Hébīn; born December 4, 1982) is a Chinese-Dutch auto-racing driver who races with a Chinese license.
Born in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands, Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 before graduating to single-seaters. He won the 2003 Formula BMW Asia series and 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 BMW Sauber test driver for the rest of the year.
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. [1]
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.