Cheng Congfu

Cheng Congfu (Frankie) (程丛夫; pinyin: Chéng Cóng Fū; born August 15, 1984) is a Chinese racing driver.

Cheng Congfu
Cheng in 2007.
Born	August 15, 1984 Beijing (China)
Nationality	Chinese
Education	High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China
Previous series
2008 2007 2006–07–2008–09 2006 2005 2003–06 2003 2002 2001	Formula Three Euroseries British Formula Three A1 Grand Prix Formula Renault 2.0 France FR2.0 UK Winter Series Formula Renault 2.0 UK Chinese Formula Renault Asian Formula Renault British Formula Ford
Championship titles
2002	Asian Formula Renault

Career

Karting

In 1996, Cheng raced in karting in China, winning the national championship in 1998 (junior division), 2000 and 2001.[1] He also took part in the European Karting Open (15th in 1999) and the Asian Karting Championship (runner-up in 2001).

• 1996 : 1st in Beijing Shunxiang Cup Karting Competition
• 1997 : 1st in Beijing Shunxiang Cup Karting Competition ; 2nd in Beijing Zhuangzhou Karting
• 1998 : 1st in Beijing Karting Championship ; 1st in China Karting Championship Junior division ; Macau Kart Racing Club ; 1st in Xiangmihu Kart Racing Club
• 1999 : 15th in European Karting Open ; 2nd in China Karting Championship ; 1st in Macao Karting Championship ; 1st in Ericsson Masters Cup Challenge in Hong Kong
• 2000 : 1st in China Karting Championship ; 1st in Ericsson Masters Cup Challenge in Hong Kong
• 2001 : 1st in All-China Karting Championship ; 2nd in Asia Karting Championship

Racing career

Cheng Congfu started his formula racing career with the British Formula Ford Winter Series in 2001. In 2003 he will be supported by the McLaren Formula One team, as part of its driver development programme.[1]

Cheng driving for A1 Team China at Zhuhai in 2007.

He joined A1 Team China and drove in the A1 Grand Prix series from the 2006-07 season[2] in the 2008-09 season.

He raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for 2008.

He became the first Chinese driver to participate,[3] finish and score a class podium in the 24 Hours of Le Mans when his Saulnier Team LMP2 Pescarolo finished 3rd in the LMP2 class of the 2008 event, behind the teams of van Merksteijn and Team Essex, both running Porsche Spyder LMP2s.

Cheng made his DTM début at Hockenheim in 2010.

On 23–24 May 2009, Cheng Congfu participated in the ADAC Nurburgring 24 Hours, with teammates Altfrid Heger, Carlo van Dam, and Franck Mailleux in VW Motorsport III's #116 VW Scirocco GT 24 (4 cyl, 1.984 ccm, 1100 kg), the team finished 20th overall and 3rd in SP3T class after Volkswagen Motorsport II's #118 VW Scirocco GT 24 and #107 Audi A3. Cheng Congfu then became the first Chinese driver to participate, finish and score a class podium in the Nurburgring 24 Hours.

He drove in the 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Mercedes, becoming the second Asian driver – after Japan's Katsutomo Kaneishi in 2003 – to drive in the series.

In November 2011, Cheng Congfu partnered with 1998 and 1999 F1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen and Lance David Arnold to drive a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG at the 2011 6 Hours of Zhuhai race, a round of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.[4]

Racing record

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	Pos.
2016	Audi R8 LMS Cup	FAW-VW Audi Racing Team	12	0	0	0	70	7th
2015	Audi R8 LMS Cup	Audi Ultra Team	11	0	0	0	160	2nd
2014	Audi R8 LMS Cup	Audi R8 LMS Cup Team	12	2	1	0	130	4th
2013	Audi R8 LMS Cup	Audi Ultra Team	9	0	0	1	98	5th
2008	Formula Three Euroseries	RC Motorsport	16	0	0	0	0	29th
2007–08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team China	20	0	0	4	55	13th
2007	British F3 Scholarship Class	Performance Racing Europe	20	5	4	0	267	2nd
2006–07	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team China	12	0	0	0	22	15th
2006	Formula Renault 2.0 France	Manor Motorsport	2	0	0		0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 UK		20	0	1	0	374	3rd
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 UK	Manor Motorsport	18	0	0	0	217	11th
2004	Formula Renault 2000 UK Winter Championship	Manor Motorsport	4	1	2		101	2nd
	Formula Renault 2000 UK		16	0	0		66	22nd
2003	Formula Renault 2000 UK	Hill Speed Racing	9	0	0		19	30th
	China Formula Renault Challenge		2	2
2002	Asian Formula Renault Challenge			6				1st

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	A1 Team China	NED SPR 11	NED FEA 9	CZE SPR 4	CZE FEA 8	BEI SPR 13	BEI FEA Ret	MYS SPR 10	MYS FEA 16	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR 11	SHA FEA 15	GBR SPR Ret	GBR FEA 10	15th	22
2007–08		NED SPR 17	NED FEA 15	CZE SPR 10	CZE FEA 4	MYS SPR Ret	MYS FEA 5	ZHU SPR 3	ZHU FEA 9	NZL SPR 14	NZL FEA Ret	AUS SPR 14	AUS FEA 10	RSA SPR 4	RSA FEA 6	MEX SPR 17	MEX FEA 10	SHA SPR 10	SHA FEA 15	GBR SPR 21	GBR FEA 4			13th	55
2008–09		NED SPR	NED FEA	CHI SPR	CHI FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR Ret	NZL FEA 14	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	POR SPR	POR FEA	GBR SPR 14	GBR FEA Ret									18th	7

Complete DTM results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2010	Persson Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC 13	VAL 12	LAU 12	NOR 14	NÜR 12	ZAN 16	BRH 13	OSC Ret	HOC Ret	ADR 13	SHA 15	17th	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP2	333	18th	3rd
2013	Rebellion Racing	Mathias Beche Andrea Belicchi	Lola B12/60-Toyota	LMP1	275	40th	8th

References

1. Cheng presentation Archived December 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine a1teamchina.com.cn
2. Cheng Cong Fu Archived December 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
3. "Cheng to be first Chinese at Le Mans". autosport.com. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
4. 2011 ILMC Zhuhai Entry List Archived 2011-10-27 at the Wayback Machine www.lemans.org/en Retrieved 26 October 2011.

External links

• Cheng page at a1teamchina.com.cn
• Driver Statistics at results.a1gp.com
• Career statistic driverdb.com
• Cheng Congfu interview, 17 September 2006