Andy Yan

Cheuk Wai "Andy" Yan (Chinese: 甄卓偉; born 21 October 1983) is a Hong Kong racing driver currently competing in the TCR Asia Series and Chinese Touring Car Championship.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yan.
Cheuk Wai Yan
Nationality Hong Konger
Born (1983-10-21) 21 October 1983
British Hong Kong
TCR Asia Series career
Debut season2015
Current teamFRD HK Racing
Car number63
Starts3
Previous series
2011-15CTCC
Championship titles
CTCC
TCR Asia Series
TCR China Series		2011, 2013 & 2015
2016 [1]
2017[2]

Racing career

Yan began his career in 2011 in the Chinese Touring Car Championship, he won the championship in 2011 and 2013, he ended 2nd in 2012 and 3rd in 2014. He still races there and currently leads the 2015 standings.[3][4][5][6]

On 15 November 2014, Andy Yan won the CTM Macau Touring Car Cup by leading the race from start to finish.[7]

In September 2015 it was announced that he would race in the first ever TCR Asia Series round in Sepang, driving a Ford Focus ST for FRD HK Racing.[8]

On 9 November 2015, Andy Yan wins his third China Touring Car Championship title by six points ahead of Honda driver Henry Ho. Andy Yan overtook the Macanese driver during the race in order to be sure of the title.[9]

On 2 October 2016, Andy Yan, driving for Engstler Motorsport, secured the 2016 TCR Asia Series title with a round to spare.[1]

On 28 December 2017, Andy Yan won the 2017 TCR China Touring Car Championship. In the final event of the series, which took place at Guangdong International Circuit, Yan won the first sprint race at the wheel of his NewFaster Team Audi RS3 LMS, collecting the points he needed to secure the Drivers’ championship.[2]

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2016 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR BHR
1		 BHR
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 BEL
1		 BEL
2		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 AUT
1		 AUT
2		 GER
1		 GER
2		 RUS
1		 RUS
2		 THA
1		 THA
2		 SIN
1		 SIN
2		 MYS
1
12		 MYS
2
8		 MAC
1
19		 MAC
2
10		 25th 4.5

TCR Spa 500 results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2019 Teamwork Huff Motorsport Yan Chuang
Rainey He
Neric Wei		 Audi RS 3 LMS TCR PA 409 9th
DNF/Retired		 4th
DNF/Retired

References
  1. "Andy Yan wins TCR Asia 2016 title". TouringCarTimes.com. 2 October 2016.
  2. "TCR China - Andy Yan clinches the inaugural title". TCR Series. 30 December 2017.
  3. "Andy Yan career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. Mosi, Max (6 November 2011). "Lo Ka Chun wins the race, but title goes to Andy Yan". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. Mosi, Max (3 November 2013). "Zheng Zhen Dong wins for VW, Andy Yan wins title in Shanghai". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  6. Hudson, Neil (19 July 2015). "Andy Yan content with podium result in South Korea". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  7. (in Chinese)"甄卓偉勇奪房車盃". The Sun (Hong Kong). 16 November 2014.
  8. Hudson, Neil (4 September 2015). "Philippe Descombes' SEAT leads Andy Yan's Ford in Malaysia practice". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  9. "Andy Yan celebrates third CTCC drivers' title after tense finale". TouringCarTimes.com. 9 November 2015.
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