Martin Cao
| Martin Cao | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born |
17 February 1993 Hunan, China |
| British Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Fortec Motorsports |
| Car no. | 57 |
| Starts | 21 |
| Wins | 4 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2014 |
| Previous series | |
|
2012–13 2012–13 2008, 10–11 2008–09 2008 |
Protyre FR Autumn Cup Protyre Formula Renault Asian Formula Renault Challenge Formula BMW Pacific FF Campus China |
| Championship titles | |
|
2014 2008 |
British Formula 3 FF Campus China |
Hong Wei "Martin" Cao (born 17 February 1993) is a Chinese racing driver. He is the current British Formula 3 champion.
Born in Hunan, Cao started his racing career in 2008 in the Chinese Formula Ford Campus Championship. He won five races and clinched the championship with an advantage of seven points. Also in 2008, Cao finished third with seven podiums in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge and also contested two races of the Formula BMW Pacific Championship, with Pacific Racing.
In 2009, Cao remained in Formula BMW Pacific but switched to Ao's Racing. He had six point-scoring finishes in nine races, finishing twelfth in the championship.
In 2010, Cao returned to the Asian Formula Renault Challenge with the FRD Racing Team. He won five out of the six races he contested – one more than champion Sandy Stuvik – and finished fourth in the championship.
In 2012, Cao moved to Europe and joined Fortec Motorsports to compete in Formula Renault BARC. He finished nine races in the points to take fourteenth position in the championship, with 100 points. He also finished fifth in the 2012 Formula Renault BARC Winter Series.
Cao remained with Fortec into 2013, staying in the newly renamed Protyre Formula Renault Championship. He won a race at Rockingham and finished fourth in the final championship standings. He finished runner-up to Ben Barnicoat in the Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup at Rockingham, winning one of the event's three races.
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