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. 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 and Frenchman Thomas Laurent. The team ended the season with the Team Championship and a spot in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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. 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, along with French drivers Nelson Panciatici and Paul-Loup Chatin.
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.
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. The No. 38's effort marked the first time a Chinese team won its class at Le Mans. Chan, who was not present at the race, congratulated the team on its performance.
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".
Results
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Entrant Team No. Car Drivers Class Laps 2016 Baxi DC Racing Alpine Signatech 35 Alpine A460-Nissan David Cheng Nelson Panciatici Ho-Pin Tung LMP2 234 DNF DNF 2017 Jackie Chan DC Racing Jota Sport 37 Oreca 07-Gibson Alex Brundle David Cheng Tristan Gommendy LMP2 363 3rd 2nd 38 Oliver Jarvis Thomas Laurent Ho-Pin Tung 366 2nd 1st 2018 Jackie Chan DC Racing OAK Racing 33 Ligier JS P217-Gibson Nick Boulle David Cheng Pierre Nicolet LMP2 355 12th 8th 34 David Heinemeier Hansson Côme Ledogar Ricky Taylor 195 DNF DNF Jota Sport 37 Oreca 07-Gibson Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan 361 8th 4th 38 Gabriel Aubry Stephane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung 356 10th 6th 2019 Jackie Chan DC Racing Jota Sport 37 Oreca 07-Gibson David Heinemeier Hansson Jordan King Ricky Taylor LMP2 199 DNF DNF 38 Gabriel Aubry Stephane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung 367 7th 2nd 2020 Jackie Chan DC Racing Jota Sport 37 Oreca 07-Gibson Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens Ho-Pin Tung LMP2 141 DSQ DSQ
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results YearEntrant Class Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points 2016Baxi DC Racing Alpine David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Panciatici Paul-Loup Chatin 35 SIL6 SPARet LMNRet NÜR7 MEX5 COA8 FUJ9 SHA8 BHR6 42 9th2017Jackie Chan DC Racing David Cheng Tristan Gommendy Alex Brundle37 SIL8 SPA10LMN2 NÜR5 MEX6 COA5 FUJRet SHA8 BHR8777th Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent Oliver Jarvis 38SIL1SPA3LMN1NÜR1 MEX9 COA4FUJ3 SHA4BHR21752nd2018–19Jackie Chan DC Racing Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri David Heinemeier Hansson Jordan King Will Stevens Ricky Taylor37SPA3LMN2SIL2FUJ1SHA4SEB1SPA6LMNRet1383rd Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi38SPA1LMN4SIL1FUJ2SHA1SEB6SPA3LMN21662nd2019–20Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Will Stevens Ryan Cullen37SIL4FUJ2SHA2BHR3COA2SPA6LMNDSQBHR11363rd
Asian Le Mans Series results YearEntrant Class Car Drivers 1 2 3 4 Points 2015–16DC Racing Ligier JS P3 David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent 1 FUJ SEP THAMAL 103 1st2016–17Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 03R Gustavo Menezes Ho-Pin Tung Thomas Laurent 35 ZHU FUJ THA SEP692nd Ligier JS P3 David Cheng James Winslow Pu Jun Jin Hiroki Yoshida1ZHUFUJTHASEP633rd2017–18Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Oreca 05 David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Afiq Yazid 7ZHUFUJTHASEP50 4th Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi8 ZHUFUJTHASEP 95 1st Ligier JS P3 Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo Gabriel Aubry6ZHUFUJTHASEP771st2018–19Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Oreca 05 Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri1SHAFUJTHASEP 0 8th Ligier JS P3 Yoshiharu Mori Hwang Doyun Neale Muston37FUJTHASEP 0 11th Neric Wei Hugo de Sadeleer Jake Parsons Jamie Winslow Rick Yoon38SHAFUJTHASEP 3 9th
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