Yat Shing "Sunny" Wong (in Chinese):王日昇, born 29 July 1978) is a Hong Kong racing driver currently competing in the TCR Asia Series. Having previously competed in the China Touring Car Championship, Asian Touring Car Series, Hong Kong Touring Car Championship and Asian Formula Renault Series amongst others.
| Yat Shing Wong 王日昇 | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Hong Kong |
| Born | 29 July 1978 British Hong Kong |
| TCR Asia Series career | |
| Debut season | 2015 |
| Current team | WestCoast Racing |
| Car number | 28 |
| Starts | 2 |
| Previous series | |
| 2014-15 2013 2010-12 2010-11, 13 2009 | China Touring Car Championship Asian Touring Car Series Hong Kong Touring Car Championship Asian Formula Renault Series China Formula Campus |
Racing career edit
Wong began his career in 2009 in China Formula Campus. In 2010 he switched to the Asian Formula Renault Series, finishing 6th in the standings in 2013. He raced in the Hong Kong Touring Car Championship from 2010–12, winning the championship in 2012. In 2013 he raced in the Asian Touring Car Series, he finished the season 2nd in the championship standings. In 2014 he switched to the China Touring Car Championship finishing 4th in the championship standings in 2015.[1]
In November 2015 it was announced that he would race in the TCR Asia Series & TCR International Series, driving a Honda Civic TCR for WestCoast Racing.[2][3][4][5]
On 25 July 2019, Teamwork Huff Motorsport ended its TCR UK programme, the team had entered Sunny Wong into the 2019 TCR UK series, committing to its entry before the news that the series was to be combined with the Touring Car Trophy.[6]
On 18 November 2019, Sunny Wong took his Subaru Impreza WRX to a pole-to-flag win in the Macau Touring Car Cup. The race was called to an end only after seven laps, of which five were completed behind the safety car.[7]
Racing record edit
Complete TCR International Series results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | WestCoast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | SEP 1 |
SEP 2 |
SHA 1 |
SHA 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
SOC 1 |
SOC 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
MRN 1 |
MRN 2 |
CHA 1 |
CHA 2 |
MAC 1 15 |
MAC 2 Ret |
NC | 0 |
| 2016 | Suncity Racing Team | Citroen C-Elysée | BHR 1 |
BHR 2 |
EST 1 |
EST 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
SOC 1 |
SOC 2 |
CHA 1 |
CHA 2 |
MRN 1 |
MRN 2 |
SEP 1 |
SEP 2 |
MAC 1 22 |
MAC 2 Ret |
NC | 0 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
TCR Spa 500 results edit
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Teamwork Huff Motorsport
|
Alex Hui Samuel Hsieh Paul Poon
|
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | PA | 428 | 7th | 3rd |
References edit
- ^ "Sunny Wong career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "WestCoast add fourth car for Sunny Wong in Macau". tcr-series.com. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Sunny Wong expects to adapt quickly to TCR Honda at Macau". TouringCarTimes.com. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (9 October 2015). "31 cars entered for the 2015 Guia Race of Macau". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (15 November 2015). "Josh Files and Igor Skuz join Campos, complete 30 car Macau entry". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Teamwork Huff Motorsport ends TCR UK programme". Touring Cars Net. 25 July 2019.
- ^ Renato Marques (19 November 2018). "Sunny Wong wins 'little taste' Macau Touring Car Cup". Macau Daily Times.
External links edit
- Sunny Wong career summary at DriverDB.com