Adderly Fong

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Adderly Fong ( Chinese  方 駿 宇 , W.-G. Fong Chun-Yu ; born March 2, 1990 in Vancouver , Canada ) is a Hong Kong - Chinese racing car driver . He started in the GP3 series from 2013 to 2015 .

Career

Fong began his motorsport career in formula racing in 2006. He started in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge and finished 22nd overall. He also made his debut in the Asian Formula Renault V6. He competed in two races and finished the season in third place in eleventh place. In 2007 he contested the entire season in the Asian Formula Renault V6. With a second place he finished sixth.

In 2008 Fong moved to Europe and started in the German Formula 3 Cup . He went without points in his first season. He also made guest starts in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge. After he had started in some races of the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series in winter 2008/2009 and was 13th in the overall standings, he returned to the German Formula 3 Cup. With a fifth place as the best result, he finished 16th overall.

In 2010 Fong moved to the British Formula 3 Championship . After he had remained without points for almost the entire season, he achieved his first point placement at the season finale with a fourth place. He finished the season in 16th place overall. He then took part in a race weekend of the Superleague Formula for by Atech and Reid who supervised team PSV Eindhoven in part. In 2011 Fong contested his second season in the British Formula 3 Championship for Sino Vision Racing. A seventh place was his best result and he finished 22nd in the drivers' championship. He also took part in the Macau Grand Prix .

In 2012 Fong moved to the Auto GP World Series for Ombra Racing . He became the first Chinese pilot in this series. He participated in two events and a seventh place was his best result. At the end of the season he finished 21st overall. He also returned to the rookie class of British Formula 3 for three events and made his debut in the Indy Lights . In addition to his involvement in formula racing , Fong also took part in GT brand cups in 2012 . He finished second behind Marchy Lee in the Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup and 20th in the Asian Porsche Carrera Cup . For the 2013 season , Fong received a full-time cockpit in the GP3 series at Status Grand Prix . As the best full-time pilot in his racing team, he finished the season in 21st place overall. He skipped an event due to an overlap with his involvement in GT racing. In 2013 he continued to compete in the Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup and the Asian Porsche Carrera Cup. He won the Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup. In 2014 Fong completed his second GP3 season for Jenzer Motorsport . He got out of the series without any points after the fourth race weekend. At the end of the season he was 24th overall. In formula racing , Fong also took part in free practice in Formula 1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Sauber . In GT racing, Fong was once again active in the Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup in addition to starting individual events. He reached sixth place in the drivers' championship. In 2014 , Fong also made his debut for OAK Racing in an LMP2 car at the Le Mans 24 Hours . In 2015 Fong moved to Koiranen GP within the GP3 series . He skipped two race weekends and started the last event for Carlin . He was 23rd in the drivers' championship. He also became a development driver for the Lotus Formula 1 team .

Personal

Fong was born in Canada. In racing, he mainly competes with a Chinese racing license. In addition, he has already completed races with a racing license from Hong Kong and Canada.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2013: Asian Porsche Carrera Cup (21st place)
  • 2014 : GP3 series (24th place)
  • 2014: Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup (6th place)
  • 2014: GT Asia Series , GT3
  • 2014 : Formula 1 (test driver)
  • 2015 : GP3 series (23rd place)
  • 2015 : Formula 1 (test driver)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2013 Status Grand Prix SpainSpain ESP SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     2 21st
23 11 DNF DNF 9 DNF     20th 17th DNF 16 19th 20 * 17th 21st    
2014 Jenzer Motorsport SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 0 24.
DNF 12 DNF 15th 21st 11 15th 12                    
2015 Koiranen GP SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS BahrainBahrain BRN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 0 23.
17th 21st 17th 12 12 14th 15th 11 15th 9     15th 18th        
Carlin                         DNF 22nd

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2014 FranceFrance OAK Racing Ligier JS P2 United StatesUnited States David Cheng NetherlandsNetherlands Ho-Pin Tung Rank 11

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th
2014 OAK Racing Ligier JS P2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL BelgiumBelgium SPA FranceFrance LEM United StatesUnited States OUT JapanJapan FUJ China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China SHA BahrainBahrain BAH BrazilBrazil SAO
11

Web links

Commons : Adderly Fong  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Series 2010 season preview”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsport.com on March 24, 2010)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.motorsport.com  
  2. ↑ “Fong returns to British F3” (autosport.com on February 4, 2011)
  3. ↑ “16 drivers on the Auto GP World Series grid” (autogp.org on March 8, 2012)
  4. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP3 - Fong starts in GP3". Line-up complete. Motorsport-Magazin.com, April 2, 2013, accessed April 3, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Peter Allen: “Jenzer confirm GP3 trio of Varhaug, Tuscher and Fong”. paddockscout.com, May 3, 2014, accessed May 4, 2014 .
  6. ^ Koiranen line up Parry, Eriksson, Fong in GP3. paddockscout.com, March 6, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: Formula 1 - Fong new development driver at Lotus. Develop drivers and cars further. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 24, 2015, accessed March 24, 2015 .
  8. ↑ "LIST OF THE Competitors, CARS AND DRIVERS ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN THE RACE". 24h-lemans.com, June 14, 2014, accessed December 5, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Fong, Adderly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fong Chun-Yu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hong Kong-Chinese automobile racer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , Canada