Shaun Thong

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Shaun Thong 唐偉楓
Nationality	Hong Kong
Born	(1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 (age 28) British Hong Kong
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Previous series
2018-21 2021 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2017-19 2016 2015-16 2015 2015 2014 2013 2012	Super Taikyu Series European Le Mans Series Asian Le Mans Series Dubai 24 Hours Asian Le Mans Series Blancpain GT Asia GT Asia Series 24 Hours Nürburgring Blancpain Endurance Series Audi Sport TT Cup Euroformula Open Championship British Formula Renault Asian Formula Renault
Championship titles
2020 2017 2016 2014	Super Taikyu Series Blancpain GT Asia GT Asia Series EuroFormula Open Winter Series

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.

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 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).