Philip Ma
| Philip Ma 馬清揚 |
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|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Hong Kong
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| Born |
May 1, 1963 Hong Kong |
Philip Ma Ching Yeung ((traditional Chinese (HK)): 馬清揚) (born 1 May 1963) is a racing driver from Hong Kong, who has raced in the World Touring Car Championship.
Philip Ma's family are owners of the Tai Sang Bank. He married his wife Winnie Chin in 1995, who was 1st runner's up in the 1981 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. The jewelry they spent HK$4.5 million on for their wedding banquet was found to be over-valued, and was worth only HK$1.8 million. They sued Emdia Ltd, who operated the jeweler Siba Co. for compensation and was awarded HK$3.21 million on 3 August 2005.
Since 2003, Ma has raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.
In 2008, Philip Ma invested HK$2million to form Team Hong Kong Racing with two Aston Martin Vantage V8 race cars. The team raced in that year's Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race. Philip Ma's car failed to finish and retired after 139 laps. The team tried again in 2009, Philip this time partnering Christian Jones and Marchy Lee, the trio completed 191 laps and failed to finish again.
Team Hong Kong Racing entered the 2009 1000 km of Okayama, with Philip Ma partnering Jeffrey Lee and Tomáš Enge. Tomáš Enge set the fastest time in GT2 but was sent to the back of the grid for a wing violation. The team finished race 1 20th overall and 9th in GT2. In race 2 the team finished 18th overall and 7th in GT2.
In October 2010, Mathias Beche teamed up with Philip Ma in the Aston Martin DBRS9 GT3 of Team Hong Kong Racing to race in the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai race, a round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. The pairing Beche/Ma faced many problems in the race: stop and go penalty, fuel alarm defective, problem at the wheel change, brake pads change, radio interferences... But finally the Aston N91 ended this 1000 km with a second-place finish.
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