Jiang Tengyi (, born January 30, 1985, in
Shanghai
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) is a
Chinese
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racing driver
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who drives for
A1 Team China
A1 Team China was the People's Republic of China, Chinese team of A1 Grand Prix, a now defunct international racing series.
Management
The seat holder ''A1 Team China'' is Liu Yu (刘煜). Werner Gillis is the team principal, and technical suppo ...
.
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 (International A Grade). He bettered his performance in 2001 with second place. He also won the Macao Jinmei Challenge. The next year, he was champion of the Shanghai TCL KART challenge and received a
BMW
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Scholarship.
He was accepted in
German Formula BMW in 2002 and was expected to race in
Formula BMW Asia in 2003, but he turned down the chance because Shanghai Volkswagen sponsored him to race in German Formula Volkswagen.
After Formula Volkswagen was discontinued at the end of 2003, he earned a place in
Italian Formula Renault in 2004. For the 2005–2006 season he earned a place in
A1 Team China
A1 Team China was the People's Republic of China, Chinese team of A1 Grand Prix, a now defunct international racing series.
Management
The seat holder ''A1 Team China'' is Liu Yu (刘煜). Werner Gillis is the team principal, and technical suppo ...
in the
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix Operations Ltd. operated as A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themse ...
series. He has since been replaced by
Congfu Cheng
Cheng "Frankie" Congfu (程丛夫; pinyin: Chéng Cóng Fū; born August 15, 1984) is a Chinese racing driver.
Career
Karting
In 1996, Cheng raced in karting in China, winning the national championship in 1998 (junior division), 2000 and 2001 ...
and
Tung Ho-Pin.
For 2007, he signed with
Brooks Associates Racing to compete in the
Champ Car Atlantic Championship, however he left the team and the series after only competing in 3 races after the race that sponsored him, the
Champ Car Grand Prix of China was cancelled. Since 2008 he has raced part-time in the
Asian Formula Renault Challenge.
In 2010, he raced for Changan Ford Racing in the
China Touring Car Championship
The China Touring Car Championship (CTCC; ) is a touring car racing series based in China and sanctioned by Lisheng Sports. It was established in 2004 following the opening of Shanghai International Circuit
The Shanghai International Circuit ...
, finishing second overall in the 2000cc class.
CTCC finale: Tengyi Jiang grabbed the driver 1st runner-up title
December.4th-5th, 2010 www.frdsports.com
Career results
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete TCR International Series results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Shanghai
Chinese racing drivers
A1 Team China drivers
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
Asian Formula Renault Challenge drivers
Atlantic Championship drivers
TCR International Series drivers
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A1 Grand Prix drivers
TCR Asia Series drivers
Team Astromega drivers
TCR China Touring Car Championship drivers