Founded | 20 August 2015 |
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Founder(s) | David Cheng Jackie Chan |
Base | Wuhan |
Former series | Asian Le Mans Series WeatherTech SportsCar Championship FIA World Endurance Championship |
Teams' Championships | 2 Asian Le Mans Series (2015–16), (2017–18) |
Drivers' Championships | 2 Asian Le Mans Series (2015–16), (2017–18) |
Jackie Chan DC Racing, formerly known as DC Racing, is a racing team that competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series, with plans to make a return to the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2023. [1] The team is co-owned by Asian Le Mans champion David Cheng and actor Jackie Chan. Partnering with Jota Sport in WEC, the team fields Oreca 07: the No. 37 for Ho-Pin Tung, Gabriel Aubry and Will Stevens.
In 2015, two-time Asian Le Mans Series champion David Cheng formed DC Racing. Based in Wuhan, the team hired OAK Racing personnel Remy Brouard, for whom Cheng raced, as team principal. DC Racing also established a partnership with Eurasia Motorsport, fielding a Ligier JS P3 in the LMP3 class for Cheng, former OAK Racing teammate and fellow Chinese driver Ho-Pin Tung [2] and Frenchman Thomas Laurent. The team ended the season with the Team Championship and a spot in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans. [3]
In March 2015, Cheng met actor and martial artist Jackie Chan, who discussed his enjoyment of Steve McQueen's movie Le Mans as well as his interest in racing. After Cheng finished ninth in the LMP2 class at Le Mans that year, Chan raised the possibility of owning a team together for 2016, to which Cheng agreed. [4] Together, the two entered DC Racing into the FIA World Endurance Championship under the Baxi DC Racing Alpine banner, partnering with Signatech Alpine and fielding rebadged Oreca 05 cars as Alpine A460s in the LMP2 class. The team is the first mainland China-based operation in WEC; Cheng and Tung joined the new program, [5] along with French drivers Nelson Panciatici [6] and Paul-Loup Chatin. [7]
In October, leading into the 2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series season, the team was rebranded to Jackie Chan DC Racing and raced with liveries promoting Chan's movie Kung Fu Yoga . DC Racing fielded cars in both the LMP2 and LMP3 classes; Tung, Laurent and Gustavo Menezes raced in the former, while Cheng, James Winslow and Pu Jun Jin drove in the latter. [8]
For the 2017 WEC season, the team partnered with Jota Sport to run the No. 37 for Cheng, Alex Brundle and Tristan Gommendy, along with the No. 38 for Tung, Laurent and Oliver Jarvis. At Le Mans, the No. 38 took advantage of a small LMP1 grid and problems striking the LMP1s to lead overall laps, becoming the first LMP2 team to do so at Le Mans. With one hour remaining, the No. 2 Porsche of Timo Bernhard passed Tung and went on to win the overall, although the No. 38's second-place overall finish was still impressive nonetheless and won DC Racing the LMP2 class. [9] DC's No. 37 car finished fourth overall, but Rebellion Racing's No. 13 was disqualified after failing post-race inspection and the No. 37 was promoted onto the podium. [10] The No. 38's effort marked the first time a Chinese team won its class at Le Mans. [9] Chan, who was not present at the race, congratulated the team on its performance. [11]
The team pulled out of all motorsports in 2020 at the beginning for the COVID-19 pandemic. The reason for the departure as said in a statement was mostly due to personal and financial issues as quoted in Autosport by team owner David Cheng on March 18, 2022, "The world situation meant we had to step back from racing, because I had to focus on the family business, which is based in Wuhan". [12]
Year | Entrant | Team | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2016 | Baxi DC Racing Alpine | Signatech | 35 | Alpine A460-Nissan | David Cheng Nelson Panciatici Ho-Pin Tung | LMP2 | 234 | DNF | DNF |
2017 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Jota Sport | 37 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Alex Brundle David Cheng Tristan Gommendy | LMP2 | 363 | 3rd | 2nd |
38 | Oliver Jarvis Thomas Laurent Ho-Pin Tung | 366 | 2nd | 1st | |||||
2018 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | OAK Racing | 33 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | Nick Boulle David Cheng Pierre Nicolet | LMP2 | 355 | 12th | 8th |
34 | David Heinemeier Hansson Côme Ledogar Ricky Taylor | 195 | DNF | DNF | |||||
Jota Sport | 37 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan | 361 | 8th | 4th | |||
38 | Gabriel Aubry Stephane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung | 356 | 10th | 6th | |||||
2019 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Jota Sport | 37 | Oreca 07-Gibson | David Heinemeier Hansson Jordan King Ricky Taylor | LMP2 | 199 | DNF | DNF |
38 | Gabriel Aubry Stephane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung | 367 | 7th | 2nd | |||||
2020 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Jota Sport | 37 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens Ho-Pin Tung | LMP2 | 141 | DSQ [13] | DSQ |
Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points | WEP pos. |
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2016 | Baxi DC Racing Alpine | LMP2 | David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Panciatici Paul-Loup Chatin | 35 | SIL 6 | SPA Ret | LMN Ret | NÜR 7 | MEX 5 | COA 8 | FUJ 9 | SHA 8 | BHR 6 | 42 | 9th |
2017 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | David Cheng Tristan Gommendy Alex Brundle | 37 | SIL 8 | SPA 10 | LMN 2 | NÜR 5 | MEX 6 | COA 5 | FUJ Ret | SHA 8 | BHR 8 | 77 | 7th |
LMP2 | Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent Oliver Jarvis | 38 | SIL 1 | SPA 3 | LMN 1 | NÜR 1 | MEX 9 | COA 4 | FUJ 3 | SHA 4 | BHR 2 | 175 | 2nd | ||
2018-19 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri David Heinemeier Hansson Jordan King Will Stevens Ricky Taylor | 37 | SPA 3 | LMN 2 | SIL 2 | FUJ 1 | SHA 4 | SEB 1 | SPA 6 | LMN Ret | 138 | 3rd | |
Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi | 38 | SPA 1 | LMN 4 | SIL 1 | FUJ 2 | SHA 1 | SEB 6 | SPA 3 | LMN 2 | 166 | 2nd | ||||
2019-20 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens Ryan Cullen | 37 | SIL 4 | FUJ 2 | SHA 2 | BHR 3 | COA 2 | SPA 6 | LMN DSQ | BHR 1 | 136 | 3rd | |
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | Team pos. |
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2015–16 | DC Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent | 1 | FUJ 1 | SEP 1 | THA 1 | MAL 1 | 103 | 1st |
2016–17 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 03R | Gustavo Menezes Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent | 35 | ZHU 1 | FUJ 2 | THA 1 | SEP Ret | 69 | 2nd |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | David Cheng James Winslow Pu Jun Jin Hiroki Yoshida | 1 | ZHU 1 | FUJ 3 | THA 6 | SEP 3 | 63 | 3rd | ||
2017–18 | Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Afiq Yazid | 7 | ZHU Ret | FUJ 3 | THA 1 | SEP 5 | 50 | 4th |
Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi | 8 | ZHU 1 | FUJ 1 | THA 2 | SEP 1 | 95 | 1st | ||||
LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo Gabriel Aubry | 6 | ZHU 3 | FUJ 1 | THA 3 | SEP 1 | 77 | 1st | ||
2018–19 | Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri | 1 | SHA Ret | FUJ | THA | SEP | 0 | 8th |
LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Yoshiharu Mori Hwang Doyun Neale Muston | 37 | SHA DSQ | FUJ | THA | SEP | 0 | 11th | ||
Neric Wei Hugo de Sadeleer Jake Parsons Jamie Winslow Rick Yoon | 38 | SHA 9 | FUJ | THA | SEP 10 | 3 | 9th |
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