Cheng Congfu
Cheng "Frankie" Congfu is a Chinese racing driver.
Career
Karting
In 1996, Cheng raced in karting in China, winning the national championship in 1998, 2000 and 2001. He also took part in the European Karting Open and the Asian Karting Championship.- 1996 : 1st in Beijing Shunxiang Cup Karting Competition
- 1997 : 1st in Beijing Shunxiang Cup Karting Competition; 2nd in Beijing Zhuangzhou Karting
- 1998 : 1st in Beijing Karting Championship; 1st in China Karting Championship Junior division; Macau Kart Racing Club; 1st in Xiangmihu Kart Racing Club
- 1999 : 15th in European Karting Open; 2nd in China Karting Championship; 1st in Macao Karting Championship; 1st in Ericsson Masters Cup Challenge in Hong Kong
- 2000 : 1st in China Karting Championship; 1st in Ericsson Masters Cup Challenge in Hong Kong
- 2001 : 1st in All-China Karting Championship; 2nd in Asia Karting Championship
Racing career
Image:2007 A1GP Zhuhai Team China.jpg|left|thumb|Cheng driving for A1 Team China at Zhuhai in 2007.
He joined A1 Team China and drove in the A1 Grand Prix series from the 2006-07 [A1 Grand Prix season|2006-07 season] in the 2008-09 season.
Cheng raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for 2008.
Cheng became the first Chinese driver to participate, finish and score a class podium in the 24 Hours of Le Mans when his Saulnier Team LMP2 Pescarolo finished 3rd in the LMP2 class of the 2008 [24 Hours of Le Mans|2008 event], behind the teams of van Merksteijn and Team Essex, both running Porsche Spyder LMP2s.
File:DTM Mercedes W204 Cheng 2010 2 amk.jpg|thumb|right|Cheng made his DTM début at Hockenheim in 2010 [Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season|2010].
On 23–24 May 2009, Cheng participated in the ADAC Nurburgring 24 Hours, with teammates Altfrid Heger, Carlo van Dam, and Franck Mailleux in VW Motorsport III's #116 VW Scirocco GT 24, the team finished 20th overall and 3rd in SP3T class after Volkswagen Motorsport II's #118 VW Scirocco GT 24 and #107 Audi A3. Cheng Congfu then became the first Chinese driver to participate, finish and score a class podium in the Nurburgring 24 Hours.
Cheng drove in the 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Mercedes, becoming the second Asian driver – after Japan's Katsutomo Kaneishi in 2003 – to drive in the series.
In November 2011, Cheng partnered with 1998 and 1999 F1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen and Lance David Arnold to drive a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG at the 2011 6 Hours of Zhuhai race, a round of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.
Racing record
Racing career summary
† Guest driver ineligible to score points‡ Teams' Standings
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
| 2006–07 | A1 Team China | 2006-07 A1 [Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED SPR] 11 | NED FEA 9 | CZE SPR 4 | CZE FEA 8 | BEI SPR 13 | BEI FEA Ret | MYS SPR 10 | MYS FEA 16 | IDN SPR | IDN FEA | NZL SPR | NZL FEA | AUS SPR | AUS FEA | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | MEX SPR | MEX FEA | SHA SPR 11 | SHA FEA 15 | GBR SPR Ret | GBR FEA 10 | 15th | 22 |
| 2007–08 | A1 Team China | NED SPR 17 | NED FEA 15 | CZE SPR 10 | CZE FEA 4 | MYS SPR Ret | MYS FEA 5 | ZHU SPR 3 | ZHU FEA 9 | NZL SPR 14 | NZL FEA Ret | AUS SPR 14 | AUS FEA 10 | RSA SPR 4 | RSA FEA 6 | MEX SPR 17 | MEX FEA 10 | SHA SPR 10 | SHA FEA 15 | GBR SPR 21 | GBR FEA 4 | 13th | 55 | ||
| 2008–09 | A1 Team China | NED SPR | NED FEA | CHI SPR | CHI FEA | MYS SPR | MYS FEA | NZL SPR Ret | NZL FEA 14 | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | POR SPR | POR FEA | GBR SPR 14 | GBR FEA Ret | 18th | 7 |
Complete DTM results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
| 2010 | Persson Motorsport | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 | HOC 13 | VAL 12 | LAU 12 | NOR 14 | NÜR 12 | ZAN 16 | BRH 13 | OSC Ret | HOC Ret | ADR 13 | SHA 15 | 17th | 0 |