Adderly Fong

Adderly Fong Cheun-yue

Adderly Fong in 2009
Nationality Hong Kong Hongkonger
Born (1990-03-02) March 2, 1990
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2013
Current team Koiranen GP
Car no. 11
Former teams Jenzer Motorsport, Status Grand Prix
Starts 36
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 21st in 2013
Previous series
2012
201012
2008–09
200809
200607
2006, 2008
Auto GP World Series
British Formula 3
Toyota Racing Series
German Formula Three
Formula V6 Asia
Asian Formula Renault
Championship titles
2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup

Adderly Fong Cheun-yue, (Traditional Chinese: 方駿宇; Pinyin: Fāng Jùnyǔ), born March 2, 1990, is a Hong Kong racing driver. His career started in 2004. He is currently competing in the GP3 Series with Jenzer Motorsport and Audi R8 LMS Cup with Kamlung Racing. He is the current series champion of Audi R8 LMS Cup.[1] He also completed the legendary 24H of Le Mans in June 2014 with Oak Racing Team Asia, finishing 11th overall and 7th in the LMP2 class. In 2015 he was appointed at a test driver at Lotus F1 Team.

Early career

Fong finished 6th in the 2007 Formula V6 Asia season.[2] His best result was 2nd place in Formula V6 Asia at Zhuhai in 2007.

2009 Toyota Racing Series (Formula Toyota New Zealand)

Fong drove car no. 50.[3] in New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series and became the first Chinese driver to the series. He supposed to race the three-round International Trophy that contested at tracks in Timaru International Motor Raceway, Invercargill's Teretonga Park and Taupo Motorsport Park.[4] However, the result shows that he only finished his first two races in Timaru and Invercargill.[5]

2010 British Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix

Fong competed in the 2010 British Formula 3 for Sino Vision Racing and finished 16th overall. He then competed in the Macau Grand Prix. He could only qualify 30th and last.[6] He finished 23rd in the qualifying race,[7] then 21st in the main race.[8]

2011 British Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix

In 2011, Fong again competed in British Formula 3 and finished 22nd with 5 points. On 20 November 2011, he finished 10th in the 2011 Macau Grand Prix, despite damage to the right side of his car. He is the first Hong Kong driver to finish in the top 10 of the Macau F3 Grand Prix since Marchy Lee finished 7th in 2002.[9]

2012 Audi R8 LMS Cup, British Formula 3 & Indy Lights

On 29 April, Fong took victory in round 2 of the Audi R8 LMS Cup at the Shanghai International Circuit in just his second ever sportscar race, also setting the fastest lap of the race, beating Alex Yoong and Marchy Lee.[10] Fong scored his 2nd Audi R8 LMS Cup victory following a dramatic last-lap coming together between then-race leaders Marchy Lee and Alex Yoong at the Zhuhai International Circuit.[11]

On 15 June, Fong announced he will split his Audi R8 LMS Cup programme to join forces with CF Racing for the Brands Hatch, Spa-Francorchamps and Snetterton rounds of the British F3 series, he will drive a National Class-spec Dallara.[12] On 24 June, at round 14 of the British Formula 3 International Series at Brands Hatch, Fong completed a hat-trick of National class victories for the CF Racing team, leading the class throughout.[13]

Fong also made one start in the Firestone Indy Lights series for Brooks Associates Racing on the Streets of Baltimore where he finished eighth.[14]

2013 GP3 Series and Audi R8 LMS Cup

Fong will race in the 2013 GP3 Series with Status Grand Prix.[15] On 10 November 2013, Fong won the Audi R8 LMS Cup series title in Macau.[16]

Formula One

Fong successfully completed his first Formula 1 tests with Sauber at Valencia. Fong covered 99 laps in a 2012 Sauber C31 on Wednesday 22 October.[17] In 2015, Fong joined the Lotus Formula One team as a development driver.[18]

Racing record

Superleague Formula

(key)

Year Team Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Position Points
2010 PSV Eindhoven Atech GP/Reid Motorsport SIL
ASS
MAG
JAR
NÜR
ZOL
BRH
ADR
POR
ORD
BEI
NAV
16th 288
10 11 X
Team China 10 DN C 19th 26

† Non Championship round

Complete Auto GP World Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
2012 Ombra Racing MNZ
1

13
MNZ
2

7
VAL
1
VAL
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

13
ALG
1
ALG
2
CUR
1
CUR
2
SON
1
SON
2
21st 4

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2012 Brooks Associates Racing STP ALA LBH INDY DET MIL IOW TOR EDM TRO BAL
8
FON 25th 24

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 D.C. Points
2013 Status Grand Prix ESP
FEA

23
ESP
SPR

11
VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

Ret
GBR
FEA

9
GBR
SPR

Ret
GER
FEA
GER
SPR
HUN
FEA

20
HUN
SPR

17
BEL
FEA

Ret
BEL
SPR

16
ITA
FEA

19
ITA
SPR

20†
ABU
FEA

17
ABU
SPR

21
21st 2
2014 Jenzer Motorsport ESP
FEA

Ret
ESP
SPR

12
AUT
FEA

Ret
AUT
SPR

15
GBR
FEA

21
GBR
SPR

11
GER
FEA

15
GER
SPR

12
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
BEL
FEA
BEL
SPR
ITA
FEA
ITA
SPR
RUS
FEA
RUS
SPR
ABU
FEA
ABU
SPR
24th 0
2015 Koiranen GP ESP
FEA

17
ESP
SPR

21
AUT
FEA

17
AUT
SPR

12
GBR
FEA

13
GBR
SPR

14
HUN
FEA

15
HUN
SPR

11
BEL
FEA

15
BEL
SPR

9
ITA
FEA
ITA
SPR
RUS
FEA

15
RUS
SPR

18
BHR
FEA

BHR
SPR

23rd 0
Carlin ABU
FEA

Ret
ABU
SPR

22

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 France OAK Racing-Team Asia China David Cheng
China Ho-Pin Tung
Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 347 11th 7th

Complete Formula One participations

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicates fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
2014 Sauber F1 Team Sauber C33 Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t AUS MAL BHR CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN RUS USA BRA ABU
TD
   

References

  1. "Adderly Fong wins 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup". Audi R8 LMS Cup official website. 10 November 2013.
  2. Formula Renault V6 Asia 2007
  3. "DRIVERS". toyotaracing.co.nz. n.d. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  4. "CAR 50". toyotaracing.co.nz. n.d. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  5. "RESULTS". toyotaracing.co.nz. n.d. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  6. FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup Macau Grand Prix Combined Qualifying Result Macau.Grandprix.gov.mo F3 Race Result 19 Nov 2010
  7. FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup Macau Grand Prix Qualification Race Result Macau.Grandprix.gov.mo F3 Qualification Race Result 20 Nov 2010
  8. FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup Macau Grand Prix Race Result Macau.Grandprix.gov.mo F3 Race Result 21 Nov 2010
  9. (traditional Chinese (HK))意外頻生 F3爆大冷 真卡迪拿「安全」封王 Oriental Daily. 21 November 2011.
  10. Fong charges to victory in second round thriller. Audi R8 LMS Cup official website. 29 April 2012.
  11. Alex and Marchy Final Lap Drama In Audi R8 LMS Cup Race Malay Mail. 8 June 2012.
  12. Adderly Fong returns to British F3 for Brands Hatch round By Andrew van Leeuwen. Autosport.com. 15 June 2012.
  13. Harvey does a Brands Hatch double. Round 14 race report British F3. By Nick Carter on 24th Jun 2012. Retrieved on 9 July 2012.
  14. Chinese Driver Fong Joins Firestone Indy Lights, PaddockTalk, August 30, 2012, Retrieved 09-06-2012
  15. Jamie O'Leary (2 April 2013). "Adderly Fong joins Status' GP3 line-up". Autosport.com.
  16. "Macau debut joy for Kiwi driver". The Standard (Hong Kong). 11 November 2013.
  17. "F1: Ocon, Fong and Nissany make test debuts". Racer.com. 23 October 2014.
  18. "Lotus Formula 1 team gives Adderly Fong development driver role". Autosport. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Marchy Lee
Audi R8 LMS Cup
Champion

2013
Succeeded by
Alex Yoong
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