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Williams to test Chinese driver


Author: powerhorse
Ho Pin Tung will become the first Chinese man to drive an F1 car when he tests for Williams this winter. Tung was rewarded with the test after dominating this yearâ??s Asian Formula BMW championship. The 21-year-old, who drove for Team Meritus, won 10 out of the 14 rounds in the championship. BMW boss Mario Theissen said: â??We have been watching Ho-Pin Tung carefully. He was the outstanding driver of the 2003 Asian Formula BMW series." Tung said: "It has been my dream to drive a F1 car since I started racing but I never imagined it would happen so soon. â??It's going to take time for this to sink in. I'm speechless. The only think I have to say is 'When is the test?'." Tung has earned rave reviews from team boss Peter Thompson. He said: "We all knew Ho-Pin was something special even during pre-season testing. The F1 test is great news and he thoroughly deserves it." China is due to join the F1 calendar next season with a grand prix in Shanghai slated for 26 September ITV-F1.com
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Author: Spike02
about time we saw a Chinese driver in the cockpit of a Formula One car. here's hoping he'll do well :D
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Author: anze89
I think he will be so good as A. Yoong
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Author: powerhorse
he is better than yoong! he has won something -10 out of 14 rounds yoong did sweet f.a
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Author: ralphi
[img]http://www.bmw.williamsf1.com/images/Site/Features/KvwGfLUGhKZib.jpeg[/img] [b]Winner of Formula BMW Asia is offered test-drive with the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. For the Chinese racing driver Ho-Pin Tung a dream will become a reality. The 20-year-old dominated the inaugural Formula BMW Asia Championship in 2003 and in recognition has been awarded a Formula One test drive. Tung claimed twelve pole positions and ten wins in 14 races during the course of the season, which spanned five countries. As part of the BMW WilliamsF1 Teamâ??s winter testing programme, he will drive a Formula One car for the first time. â??We have been watching Ho-Pin Tung carefully,â?? notes BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen. â??He was the outstanding driver of the 2003 Asian Formula BMW series. In his Formula One test, he will be compared to other promising young drivers.â? Last year, the winner of the German Formula BMW ADAC Championship, Nico Rosberg (FIN), was given the same Formula One test opportunity and made a very good impression. â??Formula One isnâ??t always part of the Formula BMW programme,â? adds Theissen, â??But in individual cases we use the connection between our involvement in talent promotion and the top level of motor racing.â? Tung began karting at the age of 14 and entered his first car race four years later. He comes from Wenzhou, 500 kilometres south of Shanghai, but grew up in the Netherlands together with his younger brother. Tung has had a very international education and speaks five langauges. Away from motor racing, he enjoys his computer and his mountain bike in equal measure. He drove for Team Meritus in the 2003 Formula BMW Asia. Tung turns 21 on December 4th. â??Nobody can imagine what this opportunity means to me,â? said Ho-Pin Tung when he was informed of the offer of a test drive on Sunday at the final race of the season in Beijing. â??Itâ??s my lifetime dream come true, I canâ??t be grateful enough. Iâ??m now going to work hard, particularly on my physical fitness, to be well prepared for the test,â? he promised. It wonâ??t be an easy transition for the young Chinese driver. The Formula BMW car, internationally the most innovative vehicle of its class in terms of safety technology as well, is powered by a 140 horsepower BMW motorcycle engine. BMWâ??s Formula One engine has an output of more than 900 bhp. Formula BMW Asia made its debut in 2003. 14 races took place over seven race weekends in five countries. China played host twice, likewise Malaysia, where the young racing drivers also competed against the backdrop of the Formula One Grand Prix. Japan, Korea and Thailand were the other host countries.[/b] www.bmw.williamsf1.com This is the Full story... Post Edited (10-27-03 19:00)
Re: Williams to test Chinese driver

Author: powerhorse
there is a portugese Formula BMW driver in my class at uni! he raced in Formula BMW in germany
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Author: jginete
really? wot'sw his name?
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Author: powerhorse
i not sure jginete but i will find out ok and post it here, u will have heard of him as he is very good!!!! there are quite a few portugese in my class - U portugese are quality people!!!! one bloke, who talks to us natives (lol) he sounds exactly like Da Matta or senna!
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Author: Guimengo
Hehe, Portuguese are really nice people :) They cope with our jokes on them! Very friendly! Lucky you guys you have Brazilians to speak Portuguese with ;)
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Author: fcarmoracing
yeah.... coz I bet they can´t understand Macau´s and African´s portuguese, just like us!!!! ;)
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Author: MikaHalpinen
hmm...first we have a chinese man in space...now a chinese man in an F1 car...(insert racially based comment I can't think of and don't find appropriate) :P
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Author: Boils
good to see F1 having more to do with china! this guy sounds good, lots of poles and victories. hope he can handle a F1 car, i wanna see a chinese driver in F1 asap!
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Author: JPMontoya
This Ho Pin Tung Chinese guy is half Chinese, half Dutch! He moved to holland as a kid and still lives in Velp, when not racing. So we have someone to replace Jos when he's out.
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Author: powerhorse
ok jginete: his name is Alexandre Camacho he does rally driving too i think his website or a website he is on is www.madiera-rally.com
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Author: Vader
According to well informed circles the 2004 Williams will have "No. 22 - crispy fried duck with Chinese mushrooms and cashew nuts" written on it.
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Author: jginete
we portgugese ARE quality people, and we understand all kinds of portuguese. that's truth. u brazilians don't. about alexandre camacho, yeah, i've heard of him, i'll check it...
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Author: jginete
[url]http://www.fpak.pt/classificacoes/2003/FPAK/RALIS/MADEIRA/camp_reg_ralis_madeira_2003.htm[/url] here are the rallying standings. btw it isn't [i]madiera[/i] but [i]madeira[/i]
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Author: andrew_S
well, with all due respect, the quality of oposition, is not great in asia, really, we shall see how he does oh and btw, formula bmw, is pretty new, there will be a uk series next year