Kang Ling

Kang Ling
Nationality China Chinese
Born (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997
Jiangsu, China
European Formula 3 career
Debut season 2015
Current team kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport
Car no. 35
Starts 24
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 38th in 2015
Previous series
2014
2014
2014
2014
2013		 GP3 Series
British Formula Three
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
German Formula Three
French F4 Championship

Kang Ling (凌康 born 14 March 1997) is a Chinese racing driver.

Career

Karting

Ling began karting in 2010 and raced in Asia for the majority of his career, winning 2012 Asian Karting Championship x30 Senior class. Other highlights in his karting career include; a 4th-place finish in the 2010 KF3 Asia-Pacific Championship [1] and 28th position in 2012 KF1 CIK-FIA World Karting Championship, scoring 6 points.[2] He ended his karting career in 2012 and moved into single-seaters in 2013.

French F4 Championship

Ling made the step up into single-seaters in 2013, participating in the 2013 French F4 Championship, he scored 4 points, all of which came at the third round in Spa.

Formula Renault 2.0 Alps

In 2014, Ling signed for the Koiranen GP team to race in the 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship, but left mid-season after scoring no points.[3]

GP3 Series

Ling joined the Trident team in the GP3 Series for the final round of the season in the 2014 in Abu Dhabi. He replaced Luca Ghiotto in car number 23, and became the eleventh driver to race for the team that season.[4]

FIA European Formula 3 Championship

In 2015, Ling will graduate to the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, joining Mücke Motorsport.[5]

Euroformula Open Championship

After been dropped halfway through the 2015 European Formula 3 season for producing very poor and embarrassing performances in a highly competitive car, his seat was taken by Félix Serrallés.

Making guest appearances, Ling joined DAV Racing for the final two rounds of the Euroformula Open championship at Monza and the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, achieving a best result of twelfth position.[6] As a guest driver Ling was unable to score points.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2013 French F4 Championship 19 0 0 0 0 11 20th
2014 GP3 Series Trident 2 0 0 0 0 0 28th
German Formula Three ADM Motorsport 5 0 0 1 0 0 NC†
British Formula Three 3 0 0 0 0 5 17th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Koiranen GP 6 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2015 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Mücke Motorsport 24 0 0 0 0 0 38th
Euroformula Open DAV Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2016 Euroformula Open DAV Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 24th
Spanish Formula Three 2 0 0 0 0 0 20th

† As Ling was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2014 Trident CAT
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 HOC
FEA		 HOC
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 SOC
FEA		 SOC
SPR		 YMC
FEA
20		 YMC
SPR
16		 28th 0

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2015 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
21		 SIL
3
Ret		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
28		 HOC
3
24		 PAU
1
20		 PAU
2
Ret		 PAU
3
Ret		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
26		 MNZ
3
24		 SPA
1
26		 SPA
2
Ret		 SPA
3
20		 NOR
1
25		 NOR
2
20		 NOR
3
25		 ZAN
1
23		 ZAN
2
24		 ZAN
3
23		 RBR
1
29		 RBR
2
26		 RBR
3
Ret		 ALG
1		 ALG
2		 ALG
3		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 NÜR
3		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 HOC
3		 38th 0

References

  1. ↑ https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/asia-pacific-championship---kf3/2010/
  2. ↑ https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/world-championship-kf1/2012/
  3. ↑ http://www.paddockscout.com/hong-li-ye-and-kang-ling-join-koiranen-for-alps-season/15928
  4. ↑ http://www.paddockscout.com/ryan-cullen-and-kang-ling-join-trident-for-gp3-finale/22902
  5. ↑ http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117931
  6. ↑ "Ling con DAV a Monza" [Ling with DAV at Monza]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian).
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