Shaun Thong began karting at the age of 14 and participated in various Asian Karting Championships including the Chinese Karting Championship, Asian Karting Open Championship, Hong Kong Kart Club Championship and CIK KF1.
31 Facts About Shaun Thong
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Shaun Thong was then chosen by Formula Racing Development Limited to race in the 2012 Asian Formula Renault Series and finished third overall after securing one win and two podiums at his inaugural season.
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In 2015, Shaun Thong joined Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia young driver development program and competes in the coveted 24 Hours Nurburgring, Blancpain Endurance Series, Audi Sport TT Cup, as well as the Audi R8 LMS Cup.
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Shaun Thong remains as their selected driver until today with Audi Sport Asia.
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In 2019 Shaun Thong entered full season of Super GT, becoming the first Hong Kong Driver to enter a full season alongside Marchy Lee.
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In 2020 Shaun Thong became the first Hong Kong Driver to win the Super Taikyu Series Fuji SuperTec 24 Hours and claimed the overall title after winning two races in the season with Hirix Racing.
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In 2022 Shaun Thong joined Helm Motorsport for the Fuji SuperTec 24 Hours only and won his second Fuji SuperTec 24 Hours, becoming the first and only non Japanese driver to win twice and the first driver to win the pinnacle Japan endurance race with two different manufacturers and.
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Shaun Thong raced in the 2012 Asian Formula Renault Challenge with Formula Racing Development Limited, winning one race and with two podium finishes.
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Shaun Thong finished third in his debut year of single seater championship.
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Apart from Asian Formula Renault Challenge, Shaun Thong participated in the final round of the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series and finished sixth and was awarded for "The Best Asian Driver".
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Shaun Thong participated in the Malaysia Super Series GT Open Class with two podium finishes.
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Apart from car racing Shaun Thong entered the final round of the CIK-FIA KF-1 World Championship held in Macau after finishing 2nd overall in the Hong Kong Kart Club 125cc Class C with two wins and two other podium finishes.
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Shaun Thong joined Fortec Motorsports squad to race in the Protyre Formula Renault Championship in 2013 and secured one pole position and oen fastest lap in the final round held in Silverstone.
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Shaun Thong made an appearance in the round 7 and 8 Audi R8 LMS Cup as guest driver and finished fifth in round 8 on his debut for the championship.
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Shaun Thong finished third in his debut visit to the Macau Grand Prix, racing in the Formula Masters China - Macau Grand Prix Invitational race 2013 with Eurasia Motorsports.
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Shaun Thong later move to the main class featuring the Dallara F312 Chassis with Team West-Tec and finished the season with several top 10 results in his debut year in Formula 3.
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In 2015 Shaun Thong was signed by Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia to be their first young driver development program talent and aim to promote young drivers to GT Racing.
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Shaun Thong participated in various championships including the inaugural season of the Audi Sport TT Cup, securing one win and two pole positions in Round 2 held in Norisring and became the only Chinese driver to win or score a pole position in this championship.
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Shaun Thong is one of the drivers among the Audi Customer Racing Asia lineup that participated the 2015 24 Hours Nurburgring under a full Asian lineup for the first time, with Cheng Congfu, Marchy Lee and Alex Yoong completing the lineup.
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From 2016 onwards Shaun Thong joined GH Motorsports for the Asian Le Mans Series in the new LMP3 category with the Ligier JS P3.
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Shaun Thong remained with Phoenix Racing to participate in the inaugural season of the Blancpain GT Series Asia and scored two victories in Suzuka, Japan and Shanghai, China respectively.
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Shaun Thong drove for Audi Team Teda in the Audi R8 LMS Cup with Phoenix Racing as a full season entry despite appeared several times as a guest driver in the past years.
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Shaun Thong made two guest appearances in 2017 with Audi Hong Kong by Phoenix Racing Asia at Round 3,4 Zhuahai International Circuit and Round.
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Shaun Thong made his debut in Japan's premier championship 2019 with Hong Kong outfit X Works Racing with a 2018 Nissan GT-R GT3.
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K2 Uchino Racing and Shaun Thong secured a podium finish at the season finale at the 4 Hours of Buriram, Thailand in just the team's third ever race in LMP2.
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Shaun Thong returned to Super GT and Super Taikyu Series with X Works Racing and new team Hirix Good Day Racing respectively.
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Shaun Thong had several teammates throughout the season including 2005 GT300 Champion Kota Sasaki, Takuro Shinohara and Takeshi Kimura due to COVID-19 travel restrictions which led to Alex Au, Shaun Thong's planned teammate from Hong Kong being unable to enter Japan due to the closure of the Japanese border after the pandemic.
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Shaun Thong is the 2020 Super Taikyu Series overall and ST-X champion.
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Shaun Thong returned to the championship with new formed Japanese team Hirix Good Day Racing with a 2020 Mercedes AMG GT3 EVO with Daisuke Yamawaki and 2019 2019 GT300 champion Shinichi Takagi.
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Shaun Thong later recovered and returns to the 2021 Super GT season.
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Shaun Thong was responsible for taking the checkered flag and concluded the team and his second win of the season.