Linky Racing is a Chinese

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team based in Shaoxing,

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. The team has raced in the

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, since

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. The team also races in the TCR China Touring Car Championship, China GT Championship and

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amongst others.

China Touring Car Championship

The team entered the China Touring Car Championship for first time in 2016, entering the series with a pair of Audi S3 Saloons in the Super Production 2.0T class as well as entering a pair of

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s in the China Production class under the I Think Racing Team banner. The team also entered the

2016 Guia Race of Macau The 2016 Guia Race of Macau was the eleventh and final round of the 2016 TCR International Series season as well as the fifth and final round of the 2016 TCR Asia Series season. It took place on 20 November at the Guia Circuit. Stefano Comini w ...

with Zhang Ya Qi and

Jiang Tengyi Jiang Tengyi (, born January 30, 1985 in Shanghai) is a Chinese racing driver who drives for A1 Team China. In 1998 he took part in the Chinese KART Cup and raced to third place. In 2000, he repeated his performance in the KART Title Match (Int ...

, driving the two Audis. With the team returning for a full season in

, this time only entering a pair of

s for the now-renamed China Cup class.

China GT Championship

Entering the inaugural season of the championship in 2017. The team entered two Audi R8 LMS one for Xu Jia, while Martin Rump, Han Huilin and Wang Liang shared the second one. They also entered a

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for Naoki Yokomizo and Xu Wei and a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo for Jiang Shiling and Li Huan. All cars were run under the KINGS banner. Xu Jia eventually won the drivers title while the team secured the teams title.

TCR China Touring Car Championship

The team entered the inaugural season of the championship in

, running a single

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for CTCC regular driver Cai Hong Yu. Cai was partnered by Zhang Ya Qi for the first round of the championship, for the second round he was partnered by Bai Ya Xin. Cai was entered as the team's sole driver for the third round of the championship.

TCR International Series

Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017–)

After having raced in the TCR China Touring Car Championship, the team entered the

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with

Tengyi Jiang Jiang Tengyi (, born January 30, 1985 in Shanghai) is a Chinese racing driver who drives for A1 Team China. In 1998 he took part in the Chinese KART Cup and raced to third place. In 2000, he repeated his performance in the KART Title Match (Int ...

and

Zhendong Zhang Zhen Dong Zhang , native form as Zhang Zhen Dong(张臻东 born 16 May 1992) is a Chinese racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and China Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the Porsche Carrera Cu ...

driving an

each, with both cars entered under ZZZ Team banner. With Zhang the only one of the two taking a points scoring position, a seventh-place finish in the second race held at

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