Liu Caodong | |
Birth Date: | 22 February 1985 |
Birth Place: | Chongqing, China |
Death Place: | Chengdu, China |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Years: | 2008–2010 |
Teams: | Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team |
Races: | 4 |
Championships: | 0 |
Wins: | 0 |
Podiums: | 0 |
Stagewins: | 0 |
Points: | 0 |
First Race: | 2008 Rally New Zealand |
Last Race: | 2010 Wales Rally GB |
Liu Caodong (刘曹冬, 22 February 1985 – 8 June 2011) was a Chinese rally driver born in Chongqing. He won the Chinese Rally Championship (CRC) in 2004,2006,2008 and 2010. In 2010, Liu contested in the World Rally Championship (WRC) with the Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team driving a Ford Focus RS WRC 08, co-driven by Australian Anthony McLoughlin. His name was misspelled as “Liu Chao Dong” on the entry list. That was the first time that a Chinese driver had driven a World Rally Car in the championship.[1] He died of a cerebral edema caused by hypoxia alcoholism in 2011 at the age of 26.[2]
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Points |
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2008 | Gaboko Racing | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | JOR | ITA | GRE | TUR | FIN | GER | NZL 20 | ESP | FRA | JPN | GBR | NC | 0 |
2009 | TSI Racing | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | IRE | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | FIN | AUS Ret | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | |||
2010 | Anders Grondal WRC RT | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | SWE | MEX | JOR | TUR | NZL Ret | POR | BUL | FIN | GER | JPN | FRA | ESP | NC | 0 | |||
Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | GBR Ret |