12 Facts About Ho-Pin Tung

Ho-Pin Tung is a Dutch-born racing driver who races with a Chinese license.

Ho-Pin Tung started kart racing in the Netherlands in 1997 before graduating to single-seaters.

Ho-Pin 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.

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

Ho-Pin Tung had his first win in the series at the Jarama round for Galatasaray.

In December 2009, Ho-Pin Tung tested for the Renault F1 Team.

At the Hungaroring round of the GP2 season, Ho-Pin 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.

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.

Ho-Pin 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.

In 2016, Ho-Pin Tung joined Baxi DC Racing to partner team owner David Cheng and French driver Nelson Panciatici in the team's Alpine A460 entry for the LMP2 class of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Ho-Pin Tung remained with DC, now renamed Jackie Chan DC Racing, for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship.

At the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ho-Pin Tung became the first driver in the event's history to lead the race in an LMP2 car, after all the top class LMP1 entries either retired or faded away in the race.