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Jackie Chan DC Racing

{{short description|Chinese Sportscar Racing Team}}

{{Infobox motor racing team

|name = {{flagicon|China}} Jackie Chan DC Racing

|logo = 300px

|founded = {{Start date|2015|8|20|df=yes}}

|base = Wuhan

|principal =

|founders = David Cheng
Jackie Chan

|current series =

|former series = Asian Le Mans Series
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
FIA World Endurance Championship

|current drivers =

|former drivers = {{flagicon|USA}} Gustavo Menezes
{{flagicon|USA}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|FRA}} Tristan Gommendy
{{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Brundle
{{flagicon|DNK}} David Heinemeier Hansson
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jordan King
{{flagicon|USA}} Ricky Taylor
{{flagicon|MON}} Stéphane Richelmi

|website =

|driver titles = 2 Asian Le Mans Series (2015–16), (2017–18)

|team titles = 2 Asian Le Mans Series (2015–16), (2017–18)

|folded =

}}

Jackie Chan DC Racing, formerly known as DC Racing, is a racing team that competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series, with plans to make a return to the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Jackie Chan DC Racing Set To Return In 2023 With IMSA Campaign {{!}} dailysportscar.com |url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/03/20/jackie-chan-dc-racing-set-to-return-in-2023-with-imsa-campaign.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=www.dailysportscar.com}} 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.

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{{cite news|url=http://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/dc-racing-launched-confirms-ligier-js-p3-effort-in-asian-lms/|title=DC Racing Launched; Confirms Ligier JS P3 Effort in Asian LMS|last=Dagys|first=John|publisher=SportsCar365|date=20 August 2015|access-date=20 June 2017}} and Frenchman Thomas Laurent. The team ended the season with the Team Championship and a spot in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/aslms/news/ho-pin-tung-champion-asian-le-mans-series-in-penultimate-race-667166/|title=Ho-Pin Tung champion Asian Le Mans Series in penultimate race|publisher=Motorsport.com|date=11 January 2016|access-date=20 June 2017}}

= Jackie Chan =

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.{{cite web|last=Barre|first=Geoffroy|url=http://www.lemans.org/en/News/david-cheng-tells-us-how-he-joined-forces-with-jackie-chan/23718|title=David Cheng tells us how he joined forces with Jackie Chan|publisher=Automobile Club de l'Ouest|date=25 February 2016|access-date=18 June 2017}} 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,{{cite news|url=http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/dc-racing-enters-wec-with-alpine-nissan-lmp2-effort/|title=DC Racing Enters WEC with Alpine-Nissan LMP2 Effort|last=Dagys|first=John|publisher=SportsCar365|date=5 February 2016|access-date=20 June 2017}} along with French drivers Nelson Panciatici{{cite news|url=http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/signatech-place-panciatici-with-baxi-dc-racing-in-wec-677393/|title=Signatech place Panciatici with Baxi DC Racing in WEC|last=Khorounzhiy|first=Valentin|work=Motorsport.com|date=4 March 2016|access-date=4 March 2016|archive-date=1 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801002943/http://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/signatech-place-panciatici-with-baxi-dc-racing-in-wec-677393/|url-status=dead}} and Paul-Loup Chatin.{{cite web|url=http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/chatin-replaces-panciatici-at-dc-racing-alpine/|title=Chatin Replaces Panciatici at DC Racing Alpine|publisher=SportsCar365|last=Dagys|first=John|date=13 October 2016|access-date=15 October 2016}}

= Asian Le Mans Series =

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/aslms/news/jackie-chan-dc-racing-announces-new-partners-and-new-additions-to-all-star-driver-line-up-843630/|title=Jackie Chan DC Racing announces new partners and new additions to all star driver line up|publisher=Motorsport.com|date=27 October 2016|access-date=20 June 2017}}

= FIA World Endurance Championship =

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. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/othersports/615138/jackie-chan-goes-2-3-at-le-mans-after-dq/story/|title=Jackie Chan goes 2-3 at Le Mans after DQ|work=GMA Network|date=20 June 2017|access-date=20 June 2017}} The No. 38's effort marked the first time a Chinese team won its class at Le Mans.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Luke|url=http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/dc-racing-takes-lmp2-win-overall-podium/|title=DC Racing Takes Historic LMP2 Win, Overall Podium|publisher=SportsCar365|date=June 18, 2016|access-date=June 20, 2017}} Chan, who was not present at the race, congratulated the team on its performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/le-mans/news/255520/1/jackie-chan-cheered-us-on-to-a-historic-le-mans-result-cheng.html|title=Jackie Chan cheered us on to a historic Le Mans result – Cheng|work=Crash.net|date=19 June 2017|access-date=20 June 2017}}

= Departure from motorsport =

The team pulled out of all motorsports in 2020 at the beginning for the COVID-19 pandemic. The reason for the departure as said in a statement was mostly due to personal and financial issues as quoted in Autosport by team owner David Cheng on March 18, 2022, "The world situation meant we had to step back from racing, because I had to focus on the family business, which is based in Wuhan".{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=Jackie Chan DC Racing announces return with 2023 IMSA programme |url=https://www.autosport.com/imsa/news/jackie-chan-dc-racing-announces-return-with-2023-imsa-programme/9109080/ |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Autosport |language=en}}

Results

File:JOTA Prologue 2019.jpg chassis at the 2019 World Endurance Championship Prologue in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.]]

=24 Hours of Le Mans results=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Year

! Entrant

! Team

! No.

! Car

! Drivers

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

align="center"

! 2016

| align="left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Baxi DC Racing Alpine

| align="left"| Signatech

| 35

| align="left"| Alpine A460-Nissan

| align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|FRA}} Nelson Panciatici
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung

| LMP2

| 234

| DNF

| DNF

align="center"

! rowspan="2"| 2017

| rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Jackie Chan DC Racing

| rowspan="2" align="left"| Jota Sport

| 37

| rowspan="2" align="left"| Oreca 07-Gibson

| align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Brundle
{{flagicon|USA}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|FRA}} Tristan Gommendy

| rowspan="2"| LMP2

| 363

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

align="center"

| 38

| align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Jarvis
{{flagicon|FRA}} Thomas Laurent
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung

| 366

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

align="center"

! rowspan="4" | 2018

| rowspan="4" align="left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Jackie Chan DC Racing

| rowspan="2" align="left"| OAK Racing

| 33

| rowspan="2" align="left"| Ligier JS P217-Gibson

| align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Nick Boulle
{{flagicon|USA}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Nicolet

| rowspan="4" | LMP2

| 355

| 12th

| 8th

align="center"

| 34

| align="left"| {{flagicon|DNK}} David Heinemeier Hansson
{{flagicon|FRA}} Côme Ledogar
{{flagicon|USA}} Ricky Taylor

| 195

| DNF

| DNF

align="center"

| rowspan="2" align="left"| Jota Sport

| 37

| rowspan="2" align="left"| Oreca 07-Gibson

| align="left"| {{flagicon|MYS}} Jazeman Jaafar
{{flagicon|MYS}} Nabil Jeffri
{{flagicon|MYS}} Weiron Tan

| 361

| 8th

| 4th

align="center"

| 38

| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriel Aubry
{{flagicon|MCO}} Stephane Richelmi
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung

| 356

| 10th

| 6th

align="center"

! rowspan="2"| 2019

| rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Jackie Chan DC Racing

| rowspan="2" align="left"| Jota Sport

| 37

| rowspan="2" align="left"| Oreca 07-Gibson

| align="left"| {{flagicon|DNK}} David Heinemeier Hansson
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jordan King
{{flagicon|USA}} Ricky Taylor

| rowspan="2"| LMP2

| 199

| DNF

| DNF

align="center"

| 38

| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriel Aubry
{{flagicon|MCO}} Stephane Richelmi
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung

| 367

| 7th

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

align="center"

! 2020

| align="left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Jackie Chan DC Racing

| align="left"| Jota Sport

| 37

| align="left"| Oreca 07-Gibson

| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriel Aubry
{{flagicon|GBR}} Will Stevens
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung

| LMP2

| 141

|style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ{{cite web|last=Euwema|first=Davey|url=https://www.motorsportweek.com/2020/09/20/jackie-chan-dc-racing-disqualified-from-le-mans/|title=Jackie Chan DC Racing disqualified from Le Mans|publisher=Motorsport Week|date=20 September 2020|access-date=20 September 2020}}

|style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ

=Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
Year

!Entrant

! Class

! Drivers

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! Points

! {{Tooltip|WEP
pos.|FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams}}

2016

|Baxi DC Racing Alpine

| {{nowrap|LMP2}}

| align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|USA}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|NLD}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|FRA}} Nelson Panciatici
{{flagicon|FRA}} Paul-Loup Chatin

| 35

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SIL
6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SPA
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | LMN
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NÜR
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MEX
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | COA
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | FUJ
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SHA
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | BHR
6

| 42

| 9th

rowspan="2" |2017

| rowspan="2" |Jackie Chan DC Racing

| {{nowrap|LMP2}}

| align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|USA}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|FRA}} Tristan Gommendy
{{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Brundle

|37

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SIL
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA
10

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|LMN
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NÜR
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MEX
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | COA
5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | FUJ
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SHA
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | BHR
8

|77

|7th

{{nowrap|LMP2}}

| align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|FRA}} Thomas Laurent
{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Jarvis

| 38

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SIL
1

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"|SPA
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"|LMN
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"|NÜR
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MEX
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | COA
4

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"|FUJ
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SHA
4

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|BHR
2

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|175

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2nd

rowspan="2" |2018–19

| rowspan="2" |Jackie Chan DC Racing

| rowspan="2" | {{nowrap|LMP2}}

|align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|MYS}} Jazeman Jaafar
{{flagicon|MYS}} Weiron Tan
{{flagicon|MYS}} Nabil Jeffri
{{flagicon|DNK}} David Heinemeier Hansson
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jordan King
{{flagicon|GBR}} Will Stevens
{{flagicon|USA}} Ricky Taylor

|37

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SPA
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|LMN
2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SIL
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|FUJ
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SHA
4

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SEB
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SPA
6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |LMN
Ret

|

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|138

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3rd

align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriel Aubry
{{flagicon|MON}} Stéphane Richelmi

|38

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SPA
1

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |LMN
4

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SIL
1

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|FUJ
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SHA
1

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SEB
6

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SPA
3

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|LMN
2

|

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|166

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2nd

2019–20

|Jackie Chan DC Racing

|{{nowrap|LMP2}}

|align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriel Aubry
{{flagicon|GBR}} Will Stevens
{{flagicon|IRL}} Ryan Cullen

37

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SIL
4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FUJ
2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SHA
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|BHR
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|COA
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SPA
6

|style="background:#000000;color:#FFFFFF"|LMN
DSQ

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|BHR
1

|

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|136

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3rd

=Asian Le Mans Series results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

!Entrant

! Class

! Car

! Drivers

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! Points

! {{Tooltip|Team
pos.|Team Championship}}

rowspan="1"|2015–16

|DC Racing

| {{nowrap|LMP3}}

| align="left"| Ligier JS P3

| align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|CHN}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|FRA}} Thomas Laurent

| 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FUJ
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SEP
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| THA
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"|MAL
{{small|1}}

! style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 103

! style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

rowspan="2" |2016–17

| rowspan="2" |Jackie Chan DC Racing

| {{nowrap|LMP2}}

| align="left"| Oreca 03R

| align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|USA}} Gustavo Menezes
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|FRA}} Thomas Laurent

| 35

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZHU
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FUJ
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| THA
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SEP
{{small|Ret}}

! style="background:#dfdfdf;"|69

! style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2nd

{{nowrap|LMP3}}

|align="left"| Ligier JS P3

| align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|CHN}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow
{{flagicon|CHN}} Pu Jun Jin
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Yoshida

|1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|ZHU
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|FUJ
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |THA
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|SEP
{{small|3}}

!style="background:#ffdf9f;"|63

!style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3rd

rowspan="3" |2017–18

| rowspan="3" |Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota

| rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|LMP2}}

| rowspan="2" align="left"| Oreca 05

| align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|CHN}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|MYS}} Jazeman Jaafar
{{flagicon|MYS}} Weiron Tan
{{flagicon|MYS}} Afiq Yazid

| 7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |ZHU
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|FUJ
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|THA
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SEP
{{small|5}}

!50

!4th

align="left" style="border-left:0px" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Thomas Laurent
{{flagicon|GBR}} Harrison Newey
{{flagicon|MON}} Stéphane Richelmi

|8

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZHU
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|FUJ
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|THA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SEP
{{small|1}}

! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 95

! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st

{{nowrap|LMP3}}

| align="left" | Ligier JS P3

| align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Byrne
{{flagicon|USA}} Guy Cosmo
{{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriel Aubry

|6

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" |ZHU
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |FUJ
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#ffdf9f;" |THA
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |SEP
{{small|1}}

! style="background:#FFFFBF;" |77

! style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1st

rowspan="3" |2018–19

| rowspan="3" |Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport

|{{nowrap|LMP2}}

|align="left"| Oreca 05

|align="left" style="border-left:0px" |{{flagicon|MYS}} Jazeman Jaafar
{{flagicon|MYS}} Weiron Tan
{{flagicon|MYS}} Nabil Jeffri

|1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |SHA
{{small|Ret}}

|FUJ

|THA

|SEP

! 0

! 8th

rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|LMP3}}

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Ligier JS P3

|align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiharu Mori
{{flagicon|KOR}} Hwang Doyun
{{flagicon|AUS}} Neale Muston

|37

|style="background-color:#000000;|{{color|white|SHA}}
{{small|DSQ}}

|FUJ

|THA

|SEP

! 0

! 11th

align="left" style="border-left:0px" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Neric Wei
{{flagicon|SWI}} Hugo de Sadeleer
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jake Parsons
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Winslow
{{flagicon|KOR}} Rick Yoon

|38

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SHA
{{small|9}}

|FUJ

|THA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SEP
{{small|10}}

! 3

! 9th

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Twitter|DCRacing_Team}}
  • {{Instagram|jackiechandcracing}}

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