Ho-Pin Tung

Ho-Pin Tung
Tung competing for A1 Team China at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa
Nationality	Chinese
Born	December 4, 1982 (1982-12-04) (age 28) Velp, Gelderland (Netherlands)
2011 GP2 Series
Debut season	2007
Current team	Racing Engineering
Car no.	8
Former teams	BCN Competición Trident Racing DAMS
Starts	54
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	18th in 2008
Previous series
2009, 2011 2008 2008 2006–07, 2008–09 2004–06 2003 2002	Superleague Formula International GT Open GP2 Asia Series A1 Grand Prix ATS Formel 3 Cup Formula BMW Asia FBMW Junior Cup Iberia
Championship titles
2006 2003	ATS Formel 3 Cup Formula BMW Asia

Ho-Pin Tung
Chinese	董荷斌
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Dǒng Hébīn [tʊ̀ŋ xɤ̌pín] - Wade–Giles Tung He-Pin - Gwoyeu Romatzyh Doong Her-Bin

Ho-Pin Tung (Chinese: 董荷斌; pinyin: Dǒng Hébīn; born December 4, 1982 in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands) is a Chinese-Dutch auto-racing driver who races with a Chinese license.

Career

Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 before graduating to single-seaters. He won the 2003 Formula BMW Asia series and was rewarded with a test drive with the Williams F1 team.

Tung driving for Trident Racing at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

In 2004 he joined the ATS Formel 3 Cup. Although he scored race wins and podium finishes, he finished 7th in his rookie year.

Tung stayed in the ATS F3 Cup in 2005, finishing the series in third place, before taking the title in 2006, winning 9 races, 4 pole positions and 5 fastest laps.

At the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix he was announced as a BMW Sauber test driver for the rest of the year.

On 4 April 2007, BCN Competición announced that it had signed Tung as its second driver alongside Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto for the 2007 GP2 series. [1]

Tung drove for Trident Racing team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series and GP2 Series, scoring his first podium finish in the latter.

In 2009 he raced in the Superleague Formula series. He raced in the first three rounds for Galatasaray S.K. and the latter three rounds for Atlético Madrid. He had his first win in the series at the Jarama round for Galatasaray.

In December 2009, Tung tested for the Renault F1 Team. In January he was announced as the team's third driver. As part of the deal, he returned to the GP2 Series with the DAMS team for the 2010 season.^[1]

On 23 June 2010, the FIA granted Tung a four-race probationary super license, allowing him to compete in Formula One.^[2]

At the Hungaroring round of the GP2 season, Tung sustained a minor fracture of one of his lumbar vertebrae as a result of a first-lap collision with Jules Bianchi, who spun in front of him and suffered a more serious break of the same bone.^[3] Tung was replaced by Romain Grosjean while he recovered.^[4] However, Grosjean kept the seat for the remainder of the season, leaving Tung without a drive until he was called up to replace Christian Vietoris at Racing Engineering for the final round; Vietoris suffering from appendicitis.

IndyCar

On 22 November 2010, Ho-Pin Tung, made sporting history as he officially became the first Chinese licensed driver to take the wheel of an IndyCar by testing with the FAZZT Race Team at Sebring International Raceway.^[5]

Tung attempted to qualify for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with Dragon Racing, but was unsuccessful due to a crash on Pole Day that resulted in a mild concussion. He made his IndyCar debut later that season in August at Infineon Raceway driving for the same team.

Racing record

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006–07	China	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR Ret	IDN FEA 13	NZL SPR 13	NZL FEA 9	AUS SPR 6	AUS FEA 3	RSA SPR 14	RSA FEA Ret	MEX SPR 6	MEX FEA 10	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	15th	22
2008–09		NED SPR 13	NED FEA 9	CHN SPR 17	CHN FEA 12	MYS SPR 10	MYS FEA 9	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	RSA SPR 13	RSA FEA Ret	POR SPR 16	POR FEA 8	GBR SPR	GBR SPR									17th	4

Complete GP2 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	19	20	21	DC	Points
2007	BCN Competición	BHR FEA 15	BHR SPR Ret	ESP FEA 11	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA 13	FRA FEA 14	FRA SPR 17	GBR FEA 17	GBR SPR 15	EUR FEA 16	EUR SPR Ret	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR Ret	TUR FEA 9	TUR SPR 9	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 16	BEL FEA 8	BEL SPR 4	VAL FEA 11	VAL SPR 11	23rd	4
2008	Trident Racing	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 14	TUR FEA 11	TUR SPR Ret	MON FEA 7	MON SPR 2	FRA FEA Ret	FRA SPR 14	GBR FEA 18	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 13	GER SPR 7	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 14	EUR FEA Ret	EUR SPR 9	BEL FEA 15	BEL SPR 10	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 8		18th	7
2010	DAMS	ESP FEA 13	ESP SPR 10	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR Ret	TUR FEA 11	TUR SPR 9	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 13	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 15	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 14	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR DNS	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR				28th	0
	Racing Engineering																			ABU FEA Ret	ABU SPR 13

Complete GP2 Asia 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	DC	Points
2008	Trident Racing	UAE FEA 22	UAE SPR 10	IND FEA Ret	IND SPR 6	MAL FEA Ret	MAL SPR 16	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 7	UAE FEA 10	UAE SPR DSQ	21st	1

Superleague Formula

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

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			3			4			5			6			Position	Points
2009	Atlético Madrid	Alan Docking Racing	MAG			ZOL			DON												15th	202
			14	12	X	18	2	C	9	7	X
	Galatasaray S.K.	Ultimate Motorsport										EST			MOZ			JAR			11th	239
												17	7	X	8	7	C	16	1	4
2011	Emilio de Villota Motorsport	China	HOL			BEL															14th	34
			10	11	X

American Open-Wheel racing results

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

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2011	Dragon Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY DNQ	TXS1	TXS2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHM	SNM 27	BAL	MOT	KTY	LVS C	45th	10

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

* 2011 season in progress.

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2011	Dallara	Honda	DNQ		Dragon Racing

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2011	Exim Bank Team China	Corvette	ABU QR	ABU CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	SAC QR	SAC CR	SIL QR	SIL CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	PRI QR	PRI CR	ORD QR Ret	ORD CR 12	BEI QR 14	BEI CR 11	SAN QR	SAN CR	39th	0

References

1. ^ English, Steven (2010-02-01). "Renault's d'Ambrosio, Tung join DAMS". autosport.com. Haymarket Publishing. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81176. Retrieved 2010-02-01. 
2. ^ "FIA World Motor Sport Council". 23 June 2010. http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2010/Pages/wmsc_230610.aspx. 
3. ^ Beer, Matt (2010-08-01). "Tung diagnosed with minor fracture". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85810. Retrieved 2010-08-04. 
4. ^ Noble, Jonathan (2010-08-24). "Grosjean replaces Tung for Spa". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86096. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
5. ^ INDYCAR: FAZZT Eyes Two Cars For 2011 Speedtv.com Media Release November 22, 2010 Indianapolis, IN

External links

• Ho-Pin Tung's Official Website
• German Formula 3 Cup Official Website
• Career statistics at Driver Database
• GP2 series official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural season	Asia Formula BMW Drivers' Champion 2003	Succeeded by Marchy Lee
Preceded by Peter Elkmann	German Formula Three champion 2006	Succeeded by Carlo van Dam

Persondata
Name	Tung, Ho-Pin
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Date of birth	1982-12-04
Place of birth	Velp (Netherlands)
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