Adderly Fong Cheun-yue (
Traditional Chinese
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: 方駿宇;
Pinyin
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: ''Fāng Jùnyǔ''; born March 2, 1990) is a Canadian-Hong Kong racing driver. His career started in 2004. He is currently competing in the
Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia racing series. He also completed the
2014 24 Hours of Le Mans with
OAK Racing
OAK Racing is an Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing team specialising in sports prototypes based in Le Mans, France. In 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2013 it won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in Le Mans Prototype, LMP2 class and the 2013 FIA ...
Team Asia, finishing 11th overall and 7th in the
LMP2
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class. In 2015, he was appointed as a test driver at
Lotus F1 Team.
Early career
Fong finished 6th in the 2007
Formula V6 Asia season. His best result was 2nd place in
Formula V6 Asia at
Zhuhai
Zhuhai; Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale: ''Jyūhói''; Chinese postal romanization, also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern ...
in 2007.
2009 Toyota Racing Series (Formula Toyota New Zealand)
Fong drove car no. 50. in
New Zealand
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's
Toyota Racing Series and became the first Chinese driver to the series. He was supposed to race the three-round International Trophy that contested at tracks in
Timaru International Motor Raceway, Invercargill's
Teretonga Park and
Taupo Motorsport Park. However, the result shows that he only finished his first two races in
Timaru
Timaru (; ) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to peo ...
and
Invercargill
Invercargill ( , ) is the southernmost and westernmost list of cities in New Zealand, city in New Zealand, and one of the Southernmost settlements, southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland Region, Southlan ...
.
2010 British Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix
Fong competed in the
2010 British Formula 3 for Sino Vision Racing and finished 16th overall. He then competed in the
Macau Grand Prix
The Macau Grand Prix (; ) is an annual motorsport road racing event for automobiles and motorcycles held on the Guia Circuit in Macau. The event includes the Formula Regional and Motorcycle Grand Prix title races, with other races for Touri ...
. He could only qualify 30th and last. He finished 23rd in the qualifying race, then 21st in the main race.
2011 British Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix
In 2011, Fong again competed in
British Formula 3 and finished 22nd with 5 points. On 20 November 2011, he finished 10th in the 2011 Macau Grand Prix, despite damage to the right side of his car. He is the first Hong Kong driver to finish in the top 10 of the Macau F3 Grand Prix since
Marchy Lee finished 7th in 2002.
2012 Audi R8 LMS Cup, British Formula 3 & Indy Lights
On 29 April, Fong took victory in round 2 of the Audi R8 LMS Cup at the
Shanghai International Circuit
The Shanghai International Circuit (), also called the SAIC Shanghai International Circuit () for sponsorship purposes, is a motorsport race track, situated in the Jiading District, Shanghai, China. The circuit is best known as the venue for the ...
in just his second ever sportscar race, also setting the fastest lap of the race, beating
Alex Yoong and
Marchy Lee. Fong scored his 2nd Audi R8 LMS Cup victory following a dramatic last-lap coming together between then-race leaders Marchy Lee and Alex Yoong at the
Zhuhai International Circuit.
On 15 June, Fong announced he will split his Audi R8 LMS Cup programme to join forces with CF Racing for the
Brands Hatch
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,
Spa-Francorchamps and
Snetterton
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rounds of the British F3 series, he will drive a National Class-spec Dallara. On 24 June, at round 14 of the
British Formula 3 International Series at
Brands Hatch
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, Fong completed a hat-trick of National class victories for the CF Racing team, leading the class throughout.
Fong also made one start in the
Firestone Indy Lights series for
Brooks Associates Racing on the
Streets of Baltimore where he finished eighth.
2013-14 GP3 Series and Audi R8 LMS Cup
Fong raced in the
2013 GP3 Series with
Status Grand Prix. He finished 21st in the standings with only one points finish, a 9th place in
Silverstone.
On 10 November 2013, Fong won the Audi R8 LMS Cup series title in Macau.
In 2014, Fong returned to
GP3, this time with
Jenzer Motorsport
Jenzer Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Switzerland. Founded in 1993 by Andreas Jenzer the team is currently competing in FIA Formula 3, Italian F4 and F4 Spanish and has had a number of drivers who would turn out to be successful in ...
. He only competed in the first four rounds and did not score any points.
Formula One
Fong tested with the
Sauber
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Formula 1 team in 2014, completing 99 laps of the
Valencia
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circuit in a 2012
Sauber C31. In 2015, Fong joined the
Lotus Formula One
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team as a development driver.
Racing record
Complete Asian Formula Renault Challenge results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Renault V6 Asia Championship results
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key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete German Formula Three Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete British Formula Three Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Superleague Formula results
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key)
† Non-championship round
Complete Auto GP World Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Indy Lights results
Complete GP3 Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Formula One participations
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicates fastest lap)
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
A1 Grand Prix Rookie drivers
Asian Formula Renault Challenge drivers
Auto GP drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Canadian emigrants to Hong Kong
Canadian sportspeople of Hong Kong descent
Formula V6 Asia drivers
German Formula Three Championship drivers
Indy Lights drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
Racing drivers from Vancouver
Toyota Racing Series drivers
FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
GP3 Series drivers
Asian Le Mans Series drivers
24H Series drivers
Carlin racing drivers
A1 Grand Prix drivers
OAK Racing drivers
Jenzer Motorsport drivers
Koiranen GP drivers
Status Grand Prix drivers
Ombra Racing drivers
Audi Sport drivers
Phoenix Racing drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia drivers
Canadian racing drivers
Hong Kong racing drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers
Champ Motorsport drivers
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers