Darren Stephen Leung (born 25 September 1987) is a British racing driver. He won the

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in the GT3 category and the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Bronze Cup in 2024, both alongside

Dan Harper Daniel "Dan" Harper (born 8 December 2000) is a racing driver from Northern Ireland. He is currently competing as a BMW Motorsport works driver and was the 2023 British GT champion. Career Harper started his racing career aged six, was a multi ...

Racing career

Leung began his motorsport career in 2021 in the rookie class of the Ginetta GT Academy, where he drove a

Ginetta G56 The Ginetta G56 is a British sportscar created by Ginetta Cars. It is the successor to Ginetta G55. GT4 In 2021, Ginetta launched the Ginetta G56 GT4, replacing the old and highly successful Ginetta G55 GT4. The car competes primarily in the ...

for Want2Race. He achieved ten podium finishes in fifteen races and finished second in the championship with 315 points. He also drove for Asselto Motorsport as a guest driver in two weekends of the Pro-Am class of the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, achieving a podium finish at both

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and

Brands Hatch Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts ...

. In 2022, Leung drove a full season in the G65 Am class of the Ginetta GT4 Supercup. He achieved thirteen wins in twenty races, but due to a number of retirements, he finished second in the standings with 540 points. At the end of the year, he made his debut in the

. In the penultimate race at Brands Hatch, he drove in the GT4 class for Assetto Motorsport as team-mate to Charlie Robertson, before taking victory in the GT3 class for

Century Motorsport Century Motorsport is a professional motor racing team based in Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, in the United Kingdom. They currently participate in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup, the British GT Championship The British GT Championship is a sports ...

as team-mate to Alexander Sims in the final race at Donington. In 2023, Leung competed in the GT3 class of the

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as team-mate of

at Century. He won two races at

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and Brands Hatch, and also took podiums at

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and Donington, taking 176 points to be crowned champion. He also drove as a guest driver in two weekends of the GT3 class of the GT Cup Championship UK, where he took two wins and four other podiums. He also drove for

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in the

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round of the

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, finishing sixth in the Bronze Cup. In 2024, Leung started the season in the GT class of the

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with

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, teamed up with Harper and

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. With a best result of seventh at the

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, he finished 21st in the standings with eleven points. He then made his debut in the

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in the LMGT3 class with Team WRT, teaming up with

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and

Sean Gelael Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael (born 1 November 1996) is an Indonesians, Indonesian racing driver who is currently competing with United Autosports in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He has scored two Le Mans class podiums as his respective ...

. He took his first win in the championship in the second race, the

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. He also competed in the

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and returned to defend his title in

; he drove in both series for Century.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

References

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