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
Founded20 August 2015 (2015-08-20)
Founder(s)David Cheng
Jackie Chan
BaseWuhan
Current seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
Former seriesAsian 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.
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