Jackie Chan DC Racing

Jackie Chan DC Racing, formerly known as DC Racing, is a racing team that currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Asian Le Mans Series. 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.

Jackie Chan DC Racing

Founded	20 August 2015 (2015-08-20)
Founder(s)	David Cheng Jackie Chan
Base	Wuhan
Current series	FIA World Endurance Championship
Former series	Asian Le Mans Series WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Current drivers	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens
Teams' Championships	2 Asian Le Mans Series (2015–16), (2017–18)
Drivers' Championships	2 Asian Le Mans Series (2015–16), (2017–18)

History

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[1] and Frenchman Thomas Laurent. The team ended the season with the Team Championship and a spot in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.[2]

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.[3] 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,[4] along with French drivers Nelson Panciatici[5] and Paul-Loup Chatin.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] The No. 38's effort marked the first time a Chinese team won its class at Le Mans.[8] Chan, who was not present at the race, congratulated the team on its performance.[10]

Race record

Jackie Chan DC Racing testing their Oreca 07 chassis at the 2019 World Endurance Championship Prologue in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Entrant	No	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	35	Alpine A460	David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Panciatici	LMP2	234	DNF	DNF
2017	Jackie Chan DC Racing	37	Oreca 07-Gibson	David Cheng Tristan Gommendy Alex Brundle	LMP2	363	3rd	2nd
		38	Oreca 07-Gibson	Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent Oliver Jarvis	LMP2	366	2nd	1st
2018	Jackie Chan DC Racing	33	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	David Cheng Nicholas Boulle Jacques Nicolet	LMP2	355	12th	8th
		34	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	Ricky Taylor Côme Ledogar David Heinemeier Hansson	LMP2	195	DNF	DNF
		37	Oreca 07-Gibson	Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri	LMP2	361	8th	4th
		38	Oreca 07-Gibson	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi	LMP2	356	10th	6th
2019	Jackie Chan DC Racing	37	Oreca 07-Gibson	David Heinemeier Hansson Jordan King Ricky Taylor	LMP2	199	DNF	DNF
		38	Oreca 07-Gibson	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi	LMP2	367	7th	2nd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship participations

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	WEP pos.
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	BAR 3	COA 2	SPA 7	LMN	BAR		96*	2nd*

Asian Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	Points	Team pos.
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 5th	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	LMP2	Oreca 05	Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri	1	SHA Ret	FUJ	THA	SEP
		LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Yoshiharu Mori Hwang Doyun Neale Muston	37	SHA 6	FUJ	THA	SEP
				Neric Wei Hugo de Sadeleer	38	SHA 10	FUJ	THA	SEP

References

1. Dagys, John (20 August 2015). "DC Racing Launched; Confirms Ligier JS P3 Effort in Asian LMS". SportsCar365. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
2. "Ho-Pin Tung champion Asian Le Mans Series in penultimate race". Motorsport.com. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
3. Barre, Geoffroy (25 February 2016). "David Cheng tells us how he joined forces with Jackie Chan". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
4. Dagys, John (5 February 2016). "DC Racing Enters WEC with Alpine-Nissan LMP2 Effort". SportsCar365. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
5. Khorounzhiy, Valentin (4 March 2016). "Signatech place Panciatici with Baxi DC Racing in WEC". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
6. Dagys, John (13 October 2016). "Chatin Replaces Panciatici at DC Racing Alpine". SportsCar365. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
7. "Jackie Chan DC Racing announces new partners and new additions to all star driver line up". Motorsport.com. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
8. Smith, Luke (June 18, 2016). "DC Racing Takes Historic LMP2 Win, Overall Podium". SportsCar365. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
9. "Jackie Chan goes 2-3 at Le Mans after DQ". GMA Network. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
10. "Jackie Chan cheered us on to a historic Le Mans result – Cheng". Crash.net. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.

External links

• Jackie Chan DC Racing on Twitter
• Jackie Chan DC Racing on Instagram