Shaun Thong

Wei Fung Shaun Thong 唐偉楓 (Born 1 November 1995 in Hong Kong, China) is a racecar driver from Hong Kong.

Born in 1995, He is the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia Silver Cup champion and the 2020 Super Taikyu Series Champion.

Thong is the first and only Chinese driver so far to win the Super Taikyu Series title in history.

Thong began karting at the age of 14 and participated in various Asian Karting Championships including the Chinese Karting Championship (CKC), Asian Karting Open Championship (AKOC), Hong Kong Kart Club Championship (HKKC) and CIK KF1.

By the age of 16 he participated in the Renault Clio Cup China in 2011 as a guest driver and finished twice on the podium.

Thong was then chosen by Formula Racing Development Limited to race in the 2012 Asian Formula Renault Series and finished third overall after securing one win and two podiums at his inaugural season.

After his debut season in single seaters, Thong proceeded to Europe for Formula Renault and Formula 3 before moving to the Sportscar / Prototype racing categories.

Thong raced in the 2012 Asian Formula Renault Challenge with Formula Racing Development Limited, winning one race and with two podium finishes.

Thong finished third in his debut year of single seater championship.

Apart from Asian Formula Renault Challenge, Thong also participated in the final round of the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series and finished sixth and was awarded for "The Best Asian Driver".Thong also participated in the Malaysia Super Series GT Open Class with two podium finishes.

Apart from car racing Thong also entered the final round of the CIK-FIA KF-1 World Championship held in Macau after finishing 2nd overall in the Hong Kong Kart Club 125cc Class C with two wins and two other podium finishes.

The full Asian team finishing 12th overall in the team's debut.

Thong joined Fortec Motorsports squad to race in the Protyre Formula Renault Championship in 2013 and secured one pole position and oen fastest lap in the final round held in Silverstone.

Despite finishing 16th in the championship, Thong showed strong potential by constantly qualifying in top 3 in 2013.

Thong also made his debut in the third round of Asian Le Mans Series in Zhuhai and won the overall and LMP2 class with OAK Racing in a Morgan / Judd LMP2 prototype.

He also made an appearance in the round 7 and 8 Audi R8 LMS Cup as guest driver and finished fifth in round 8 on his debut for the championship.

Thong also finished third in his debut visit to the Macau Grand Prix, racing in the Formula Masters China - Macau Grand Prix Invitational race 2013 with Eurasia Motorsports.

Thong joined Team West-Tec for the 2014 Euroformula Open Championship and won the Winter Series which was held in Paul Ricard, having qualified on pole position and securing a race win with a fastest lap in the Copa Class Dallara F308 / Toyota at all the winter series races.

He later move to the main class featuring the Dallara F312 Chassis with Team West-Tec and finished the season with several top 10 results in his debut year in Formula 3.

Thong graduated to the main class for the season driving the Dallara F312 / Toyota with Team West-Tec.

In 2015, Thong joined Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia young driver development program and competes in the coveted 24 Hours Nürburgring, Blancpain Endurance Series, Audi Sport TT Cup, as well as the Audi R8 LMS Cup.

Thong remains as their selected driver until today with Audi Sport Asia.

In 2015 Thong was signed by Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia to be their first young driver development program talent and aim to promote young drivers to GT Racing.

Thong participated in various championships including the inaugural season of the Audi Sport TT Cup, securing one win and two pole positions in Round 2 held in Norisring and became the only Chinese driver to win or score a pole position in this championship.

Moreover, Thong also raced in the Blancpain Endurance Series driving the Audi R8 LMS Ultra for Phoenix Racing (Germany) alongside Marchy Lee and Markus Winkelhock.

Thong is also one of the drivers among the Audi Customer Racing Asia lineup that participated the 2015 24 Hours Nürburgring under a full Asian lineup for the first time, with Cheng Congfu, Marchy Lee and Alex Yoong completing the lineup.

Thong is the GT Asia Vice Champion in 2016.

Thong and Phoenix Racing (Germany) entered the championship with the 2016 Audi R8 LMS GT3 and secured two wins and one pole position during the season with only three points shy from the overall title.

Same year Thong also returned to the 24 Hours Nürburgring with the same lineup featuring Cheng Congfu, Marchy Lee and Alex Yoong with the New Audi R8 LMS GT3.

However the car retired after hitting technical issues.

From 2016 onwards Thong joined GH Motorsports for the Asian Le Mans Series in the new LMP3 category with the Ligier JS P3.

During the season Thong and his team finished three times on the podium out of four races in total.

Thong remained with Phoenix Racing (Germany) to participate in the inaugural season of the Blancpain GT Series Asia and scored two victories in Suzuka, Japan and Shanghai, China respectively.

In addition with four other podium finishes in Sepang Malaysia, Buriram Thailand and Fuji Speedway in Japan.

Thong and teammate Marchy Lee finished the season as the 2nd Runner Up and at the same time crowned as the Silver Cup Champion.

Thong also drove for Audi Team Teda in the Audi R8 LMS Cup with Phoenix Racing (Germany) as a full season entry despite appeared several times as a guest driver in the past years.

In 2019 Thong entered full season of Super GT, becoming the first Hong Kong Driver to enter a full season alongside Marchy Lee.

The pair scored a 100% Q2 Super Pole qualify in their debut season as an International team and remained as the only team to achieve it so far.

In 2020 Thong became the first Hong Kong Driver to win the Super Taikyu Series Fuji SuperTec 24 Hours and claimed the overall title after winning two races in the season with Hirix Racing.

In 2022 Thong joined Helm Motorsport for the Fuji SuperTec 24 Hours only and won his second Fuji SuperTec 24 Hours, becoming the first and only non Japanese driver to win twice and the first driver to win the pinnacle Japan endurance race with two different manufacturers (Mercedes AMG in 2020) and (Nismo in 2022).