Cheng Congfu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Congfu
Cheng in 2007.
Born	(1984-08-15) August 15, 1984 (age 40) Beijing (China)
Nationality	Chinese
Education	High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Previous series
2008 2007 2006–07–2008–09 2006 2005 2003–06 2003 2002 2001	Formula Three Euroseries British Formula Three A1 Grand Prix Formula Renault 2.0 France FR2.0 UK Winter Series Formula Renault 2.0 UK Chinese Formula Renault Asian Formula Renault British Formula Ford
Championship titles
2002	Asian Formula Renault

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.^[1] He also took part in the European Karting Open (15th in 1999) and the Asian Karting Championship (runner-up in 2001).

• 1996 : 1st in Beijing Shunxiang Cup Karting Competition
• 1997 : 1st in Beijing Shunxiang Cup Karting Competition ; 2nd in Beijing Zhuangzhou Karting
• 1998 : 1st in Beijing Karting Championship ; 1st in China Karting Championship Junior division ; Macau Kart Racing Club ; 1st in Xiangmihu Kart Racing Club
• 1999 : 15th in European Karting Open ; 2nd in China Karting Championship ; 1st in Macao Karting Championship ; 1st in Ericsson Masters Cup Challenge in Hong Kong
• 2000 : 1st in China Karting Championship ; 1st in Ericsson Masters Cup Challenge in Hong Kong
• 2001 : 1st in All-China Karting Championship ; 2nd in Asia Karting Championship

Racing career

Cheng Congfu started his formula racing career with the British Formula Ford Winter Series in 2001. In 2003 he will be supported by the McLaren Formula One team, as part of its driver development programme.^[1]

Cheng driving for A1 Team China at Zhuhai in 2007.

He joined A1 Team China and drove in the A1 Grand Prix series from the 2006-07 season^[2] in the 2008-09 season.

He raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for 2008.

He became the first Chinese driver to participate,^[3] finish and score a class podium in the 24 Hours of Le Mans when his Saulnier Team LMP2 Pescarolo finished 3rd in the LMP2 class of the 2008 event, behind the teams of van Merksteijn and Team Essex, both running Porsche Spyder LMP2s.

Cheng made his DTM début at Hockenheim in 2010.

On 23–24 May 2009, Cheng Congfu participated in the ADAC Nurburgring 24 Hours, with teammates Altfrid Heger, Carlo van Dam, and Franck Mailleux in VW Motorsport III's #116 VW Scirocco GT 24 (4 cyl, 1.984 ccm, 1100 kg), the team finished 20th overall and 3rd in SP3T class after Volkswagen Motorsport II's #118 VW Scirocco GT 24 and #107 Audi A3. Cheng Congfu then became the first Chinese driver to participate, finish and score a class podium in the Nurburgring 24 Hours.

He drove in the 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Mercedes, becoming the second Asian driver – after Japan's Katsutomo Kaneishi in 2003 – to drive in the series.

In November 2011, Cheng Congfu partnered with 1998 and 1999 F1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen and Lance David Arnold to drive a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG at the 2011 6 Hours of Zhuhai race, a round of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.^[4]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	Hill Speed Racing	9	0	0	0	0	19	30th
2004	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	Manor Motorsport	16	0	0	0	0	66	22nd
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	Manor Motorsport	18	0	0	0	1	217	11th
	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series		4	1	2	1	3	101	2nd
2006	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	Manor Motorsport	20	0	1	0	8	374	3rd
	French Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	0	0	34th
2006-07	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team China	12	0	0	0	0	22‡	15th‡
2007	British Formula 3 International Series - National	Performance Racing Europe AB	20	5	4	8	15	267	2nd
	Masters of Formula 3	Manor Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	19th
2007-08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team China	20	0	0	4	1	55‡	13th‡
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	RC Motorsport powered by Volkswagen	16	0	0	0	0	0	29th
	Macau Grand Prix	Signature-Plus	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Saulnier Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2008-09	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team China	4	0	0	0	0	7‡	18th‡
2009	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T	Volkswagen Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2010	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Persson Motorsport	11	0	0	0	0	0	17th
2012	FIA World Endurance Championship	Rebellion Racing	1	0	0	0	0	12	24th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Black Faklcon	2	0	0	0	1	18	18th
2013	FIA World Endurance Championship	Rebellion Racing	3	0	0	0	0	17	18th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	American Le Mans Series - P1		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Asian Le Mans Series	OAK Racing	1	0	1	1	1	19	9th
	GT Asia Series - GT3	Team R8 LMS Ultra	4	0	0	0	0	43	12th
	Audi R8 LMS Cup China	Audi Ultra Team	9	0	0	1	5	98	5th
2014	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Brothers Racing Team	3	0	0	0	0	16	21st
	Audi R8 LMS Cup China	Audi R8 LMS Cup Team	12	2	1	0	4	130	4th
2015	Audi R8 LMS Cup China	FAW-VW Audi Racing Team	11	0	0	0	7	160	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Audi Race Experience	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2016	GT Asia Series - GT3	Absolute Racing	4	0	0	0	0	13	19th
	FIA GT World Cup		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	Audi R8 LMS Cup China	FAW-VW Audi Racing Team	12	0	0	0	0	70	7th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Audi Race Experience	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2016-17	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Absolute Racing	1	0	0	0	0	10	14th
2017	Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3	Milestone Racing	11	0	0	0	0	15	25th
	Audi R8 LMS Cup	FAW-VW Audi Racing Team	10	1	1	0	3	127	3rd
2018	Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3	Absolute Racing	12	1	1	0	3	116	4th
	GT Asia Series - GT3		4	0	1	0	2	0	NC†
	Audi R8 LMS Cup	Hard Memory Hero Super Car Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute Racing	12	0	0	0	0	4	36th
2023	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute	12	0	0	0	0	18	25th
	FIA GT World Cup	FAW Audi Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
2024	GT World Challenge Asia	FAW Audi Sport Asia Racing Team	12	1	1	?	4	98	4th

† Guest driver ineligible to score points

‡ Teams' Standings

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006–07	A1 Team China	NED SPR 11	NED FEA 9	CZE SPR 4	CZE FEA 8	BEI SPR 13	BEI FEA Ret	MYS SPR 10	MYS FEA 16	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR 11	SHA FEA 15	GBR SPR Ret	GBR FEA 10	15th	22
2007–08		NED SPR 17	NED FEA 15	CZE SPR 10	CZE FEA 4	MYS SPR Ret	MYS FEA 5	ZHU SPR 3	ZHU FEA 9	NZL SPR 14	NZL FEA Ret	AUS SPR 14	AUS FEA 10	RSA SPR 4	RSA FEA 6	MEX SPR 17	MEX FEA 10	SHA SPR 10	SHA FEA 15	GBR SPR 21	GBR FEA 4			13th	55
2008–09		NED SPR	NED FEA	CHI SPR	CHI FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR Ret	NZL FEA 14	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	POR SPR	POR FEA	GBR SPR 14	GBR FEA Ret									18th	7

Complete DTM results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2010	Persson Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC 13	VAL 12	LAU 12	NOR 14	NÜR 12	ZAN 16	BRH 13	OSC Ret	HOC Ret	ADR 13	SHA 15	17th	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Matthieu Lahaye	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP2	333	18th	3rd
2013	Rebellion Racing	Mathias Beche Andrea Belicchi	Lola B12/60-Toyota	LMP1	275	40th	8th

References

1. Cheng presentation Archived December 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine a1teamchina.com.cn
2. Cheng Cong Fu Archived December 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com
3. "Cheng to be first Chinese at Le Mans". autosport.com. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
4. 2011 ILMC Zhuhai Entry List Archived 2011-10-27 at the Wayback Machine www.lemans.org/en Retrieved 26 October 2011.

External links

• Cheng page at a1teamchina.com.cn
• Driver Statistics at results.a1gp.com
• Cheng Congfu career summary at DriverDB.com
• Cheng Congfu interview, 17 September 2006