Ho-Pin Tung Racing Driver

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Ho-Pin Tung is a Chinese-Dutch auto-racing driver.

He started kart racing in the Netherlands 1997 with excellent results, later participating in many Formula races.

Tung won the 2003 Formula BMW Asia series and was rewarded with a test drive with the Williams F1 team. This F1 test was widely reported in China.

In 2004 he joined the ATS Formel 3 Cup. Although he scored race wins and podium finishes, the series is not considered to be on a par with the British Formula Three Championship or the Formula Three Euroseries. He finished 7th in his rookie year.

In 2005, He finished 3rd in the German F3 championship.

In 2006, Tung won the 2006 German Formel 3 Cup drivers’ title, winning 9 races, 4 pole positions and 5 fastest laps. At the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix he was announced as a BMW Sauber test driver for the rest of the year.

On 4th April 2007, BCN Competicion announced that it has signed Tung as its second driver alongside Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto for the 2007 GP2 series.

He is currently driving for the Trident Racing team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series.

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