Kang Ling | |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Birth Date: | 1997 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Changzhou, Jiangsu, China |
Racing Licence: | FIA Silver |
Current Series: | European Formula 3 |
First Year: | 2015 |
Current Team: | kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport |
Car Number: | 35 |
Starts: | 24 |
Wins: | 0 |
Poles: | 0 |
Fastest Laps: | 0 |
Best Finish: | 38th |
Year: | 2015 |
Prev Series: | GP3 Series British Formula Three Formula Renault 2.0 Alps German Formula Three French F4 Championship |
Prev Series Years: | 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 |
Kang Ling (born 14 March 1997) is a Chinese racing driver.
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.
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.
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]
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]
In 2015, Ling will graduate to the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, joining Mücke Motorsport.[5]
After been dropped halfway through the 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship for poor results, 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.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)