David Cheng

David Cheng (born July 21, 1989 in Beijing , People's Republic of China ) is an American - Chinese racing driver . In 2013 and 2014 he won the LMP2 drivers 'championship and in 2015/16 the LMP3 drivers' championship of the Asian Le Mans Series (AsLMS). In 2016 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Career

Cheng began his motorsport career in 2006 in kart racing , in which he remained active until 2007. In 2008 Cheng switched to formula racing and competed in the Skip Barber Western Regional Championship . In 2009 he drove in the Skip Barber Eastern Regional Championship and also took part in some races of the Pacific Formula F2000 for PR1 Motorsports . In 2010 Cheng stayed in the Pacific Formula F2000 and was runner-up with PR1 Motorsports. He also contested two races in the US F2000 National Championship .

In 2011, Cheng again achieved second place in the Pacific Formula F2000 with PR1 Motorsports. He also competed in sports car races. He finished seventh in the Chinese Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup and competed for PR1 Motorsports in one race each in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and the Rolex Sports Car Series . In 2012, Cheng took part in some races of the Pacific Formula F2000 and the Formula Pilota China in formula racing. Cheng also drove in the sports car in China and in the United States this year. He finished fifth in the Chinese Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup with four wins and he won one race in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge .

In 2013, Cheng drove for OAK Racing in the Asian Le Mans Series (AsLMS). With changing teammates he won two races. He won the drivers' championship in the LMP2 class. In the ALMS he drove a few races for PR1 Mathiesen Motorsports and was 23rd in the PC classification with a class win. He also made his debut with OAK Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and took part in two races. He also contested two races in the Pacific Formula F1600 for PR1 Motorsport. In 2014, Cheng and Ho-Pin Tung won all races in the Asian Le Mans Series for OAK Racing and won the LMP2 drivers' championship together with Tung. He also contested four races in the United SportsCar Championship 2014 ( USCC ) for various teams and made three guest starts in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship for OAK Racing. Cheng made his debut in the Le Mans 24-hour race . He also drove two races in the Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup.

In 2015, Cheng drove long-distance races in the United SportsCar Championship, the Asian Le Mans Series and the European Le Mans Series and made guest appearances in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship. In the Asian Le Mans Series he and Tung won the LMP3 classification for DC Racing . He also took part in some races in the Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup. In 2016 , Cheng received a cockpit for the Signatech team Baxi DC Racing Alpine in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship. There he forms a driver trio with Nelson Panciatici and Tung.

Personal

Cheng is a citizen of both Hong Kong and the United States . He starts in motorsport partly with Chinese and partly with US nationality.

statistics

Career stations

2006-2007: karting 2008: Skip Barber, Western (7th place) 2009: Skip Barber, Eastern 2009: Pacific Formula F2000 (11th place) 2010: Pacific Formula F2000 (2nd place) 2010: US F2000 National 2011: Pacific Formula F2000 (2nd place) 2011: Chinese Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup (7th place) 2011: ALMS , LMPC (18th place)

2011: Rolex Sports Car Series , GT (57th place) 2012: Pacific Formula F2000 (7th place) 2012: Formula Pilota China (19th place) 2012: Chinese Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup (5th place) 2012: Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge , ST (42nd place) 2013 : AsLMS , LMP2 (master) 2013: ALMS, PC (23rd place) 2013 : WEC (27th place) 2013: Pacific Formula F1600 (8th place)

2014 : AsLMS, LMP2 (master) 2014 : USCC , PC (21st place) 2014: Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup (20th place) 2015 : AsLMS, LMP3 (master) 2015 : USCC, Prototype (27th place) 2015 : USCC, PC (41st place) 2015: ELMS , LMP2 (16th place) 2015: Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup (23rd place) 2016 : WEC

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2014	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2	Adderly Fong	Ho-Pin Tung	Rank 11
2015	Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	Léo Roussel	Ho-Pin Tung	Rank 19
2016	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	Alpine A460	Nelson Panciatici	Ho-Pin Tung	failure	accident
2017	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Oreca 07	Tristan Gommendy	Alex Brundle	Rank 3
2018	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Oreca 07	Nicholas Boulle	Pierre Nicolet	Rank 12

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2013	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	David Ostella	Mike Guasch		9th place and class win
2014	Starworks Motorsport	Oreca FLM09	Renger van der Zande	Martin Fuentes	Sam Bird	Rank 21
2015	BAR1 Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	Marc Drumwright	Tomy Drissi	Martin Plowman	Rank 29

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
2013	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	SIL	SPA	LEM	SAO	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
									10	7th
2014	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2 Morgan LMP2	SIL	SPA	LEM	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH	SAO
					11			15th	10
2015	Pegasus Racing	Morgan LMP2	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
					19th				13
2016	Alpine	Alpine A460	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			11	DNF	DNF	14th	11	26th	15th	15th	14th
2017	Jackie Chan Racing	Oreca 07	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			11	16	3	9	10	9	DNF	12	12
2018/19	Jackie Chan Racing	Oreca 07	SPA	LEM	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB	SPA	LEM
				12

Web links

• Official website of David Cheng
• Career Stats David Cheng (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} bio. dchengracing.com, accessed April 18, 2016 .