Ling Kang

Ling Kang (born March 14, 1997 in Jiangsu ) is a Chinese automobile racing driver . He became the Asian kart champion in 2012.

Career

Ling began his motorsport career in karting in 2004 , where he was active until 2012. In 2012 he won the x30 class of the Asian Kart Championship. In the Kart World Championship he was the best Asian 28th. In 2013, Ling switched to formula racing and moved to Europe. He started in the French F4 championship and finished 20th in the drivers' championship. In 2014 Ling was without permanent engagement and he competed in four racing series in individual races. First, he completed three events for Koiranen GP in the Alpine Formula Renault . He then joined ADM Motorsport and took part in a racing weekend in the British Formula 3 Championship . Then he took part in two events of the German Formula 3 Cup for ADM Motorsport as a guest starter. At the end of the year Ling competed for Trident Racing in the GP3 series at the season finale.

In 2015 Ling switched to Mücke Motorsport in the European Formula 3 championship . After the seventh race weekend, he left the championship. A 20th place was his best result. In addition, he carried out four guest starts for DAV Racing in the Euroformula Open . In the 2016 Euroformula Open season , Ling competed in the first three events for DAV Racing. Eleventh place was his best results. In GT racing, Ling also drove two races each in the Italian GT championship and the Lamborghini Super Trofeo . He won one race each.

In 2018 Ling won the Silver Cup class of the 24-hour race in Spa for Ombra Racing together with his teammates Alex Frassineti , Romain Monti and Andrea Rizzoli . The team competed with a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 .

statistics

Career stations

2004–2012: karting 2013: French F4 (20th place) 2014: Alpine Formula Renault (28th place) 2014: British Formula 3 (17th place)

2014 : GP3 series (28th place) 2015 : European Formula 3 2016 : Euroformula Open (24th place) 2016: Italian GT, Super GT (17th place)

2016: European Lamborghini Super Trofeo (10th place) 2019: International GT Open (10th place) 2018/19 : Asian Le Mans Series, LMP2 Am (champions) 2019/20: Asian Le Mans Series, LMP2 Am

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
2014	Trident Racing	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		0	28.
																		20th	16

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2015	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			0	-
			NC	21st	DNF	DNF	28	24	20th	DNF	DNF	DNF	26th	24	26th	DNF	20th	21st	DNF	22nd	23	24	23	29	26th	DNF

Web links

• Official website of Ling Kang
• Career statistics of Ling Kang (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} “About Me”. (No longer available online.) Lingkangracing.com, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; accessed on November 20, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Peter Allen: "Ryan Cullen and Kang Ling join Trident for GP3 finale". paddockscout.com, November 20, 2014, accessed November 20, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Gruz David: FIA entry list firms up 35-car European F3 field for 2015. paddockscout.com, March 6, 2015, accessed on March 7, 2015 (English). 
4. ↑ Total 24 Hours of Spa - Silver Cup class 2018 standings | Driver Database. Retrieved March 14, 2020 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Ling is the family name here, Kang is the first name.