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44-644: It was organised by the Stephane Ratel Organisation , responsible for global GT3 standards in international sportscar racing. The race was part of the inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge in 2016 . Historically part of the Merdeka holiday, the race was moved to December by Ratel to make the race as the first of four major endurance races held in the Northern Hemisphere winter, the traditional off-season of motorsport, with

88-458: A Honda S2000 and Juniper Racing with a 911 GT3 RSR. Famous racing drivers such as former F1 and 24 Hours of Le Mans driver Hans-Joachim Stuck also participated in the race. Year 2007 also record the highest participation so far with 103 cars signing up for the race but only 77 makes it to the starting grid in accordance to the FIA circuit license granted to Sepang International Circuit. In 2008,

132-608: A 1-2 finish. The winning margin only 0.7141 at the end of 12 hours or racing on the 6.213 km mountain circuit. It was his first of two Bathurst 12 Hour outright victories. On 26 February 2012, O'Young drove a Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS to victory in the 2012 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst , Australia . Darryl O'Young took on the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race starting on 22 June 2013, his 2nd appearance at

176-640: A 10-round championship split equally between a Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup. This format remained in place for the change to GT World Challenge Europe in 2019. The championship's marquee event is the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa , which has run as part of SRO championships since 2011. GT World Challenge Asia was created in 2017 as Blancpain GT Series Asia. GT World Challenge America was for many years known as Pirelli World Challenge before being acquired by SRO in 2018. GT World Challenge Australia will become

220-674: A 2008–spec Chevrolet Lacetti in the Independents Championship of the WTCC. In doing so, he has also become the first Chinese full-time driver in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. In race ten at Race of Portugal , Darryl scored his first win in the Independents Championship and also his first world championship point by finishing tenth overall. He arrived in Macau for the final round with

264-509: A break of 5 years, in 2022 it was announced race was returning for 2023 - the revival of the race is going to be organized by a partnership between Top Speed and Sepang International Circuit. Stephane Ratel Organisation SRO Motorsports Group (formerly the Stéphane Ratel Organisation ) is an international sporting organisation best known for promoting and running a variety of racing events and series, including

308-473: A chance of winning the Independents Championship, but was hit by Tom Coronel from behind in race one, thus failing to finish and ending his championship hopes. O'Young remained with Bamboo Engineering for the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season . He started from pole position in race two at Suzuka Circuit in Japan , but he made a slow start and was hit from the back by Gabriele Tarquini . He ran into

352-652: A global championship. Mercedes has won three titles to date, finishing ahead of Ferrari in 2019, Audi in 2020, and Lamborghini in 2021. Australia will join the programme in 2021 after SRO agreed to take control of the Australian GT Championship . The regional series consist of: Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe began life in 2011 as the Blancpain Endurance Series before developing into the Blancpain GT Series,

396-746: A total of 4 wins en route to the Drivers' Championship title. He again entered the Vita Lemon Tea sponsored Aston Martin to the 2015 Macau GT Cup , this time the inaugural FIA GT World Cup . He finished 5th after Edoardo Mortara was penalized post race. In 2010, O'Young came across an opportunity to compete at the top level of touring cars, and drove for Bamboo Engineering in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season , as teammate to Harry Vaulkhard . His longtime sponsors LKM and A-Ha Coffee joined O'Young on his switch to touring cars, and additional support came from Chevrolet Motorsport. He drove

440-400: Is a Canadian-born Hong Kong racing driver. O'Young began racing in 1988 at the age of eight. Trained by his father he honed his driving skills in karting winning numerous championships. The highlight of his karting career was becoming Canadian National Champion and USA National Champion in the same year. After Formula Ford 1600 and 2000 Darryl progressed into Fran Am Pro 1600 and 2000 in

484-629: The 2010 DTM season finale in Shanghai to replace Alexandre Premat , who was dismissed by the manufacturer. He has raced four times at the Bathurst 12 Hour GT3 endurance. He drove two times 2011 and 2012 for the Factory backed Audi team winning both times driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3 . In 2015 he returned with Craft-Bamboo Racing in the Aston Martin V12 GT3 and claimed a brilliant P3 overall. Darryl O'Young claimed third place in

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528-439: The 24 hours of Le Mans for the first time in his career driving a Porsche GT3 RSR. The Chinese driver spearheaded the driver line up made up of Phillip Hesnault of France and Plamen Kralev of Bulgaria. He drove for the first ever Hong Kong team entry, Endurance Asia Team which was managed by Thierry Perrier. The team was the first ever Hong Kong/Chinese team entry in the race's 77-year history. The car broke down after 16 hours and

572-574: The CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa , Intercontinental GT Challenge and Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe . The company was founded in 1995 by Stéphane Ratel and is now considered the global leader in GT racing. SRO also organises the multi-disciplinary FIA Motorsport Games , as well as e-sports events and touring car categories. As of 2020 it keeps offices in London, Paris, Liège and Hong Kong, while Ratel continues to act as CEO. Intercontinental GT Challenge

616-578: The Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race at Sepang , Malaysia . Driving a Porsche 911 GT3R for LKM Racing, Darryl, team owner Alan Siu, and Japan's Keita Sawa completed 309 laps of the 12 hour event to finish in third place overall and first in the Pro-Am class. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of

660-524: The Race of Austria required O'Young to receive attention at the circuit medical centre and he was forced to miss race two. He was caught up in a pileup at the start of the opening race of the Race of the United States but was able to continue and finished fourteenth, two places up on his starting position. Prior to the Race of Japan , he left Special Tuning Racing and returned to bamboo–engineering for

704-967: The Zhuhai International Circuit , since the Hong Kong Le Mans Team entered the race as part of its 2005 programme. The pair finished fourth in the GT2 class. In 2006 Darryl joined Renauer Motorsport for his first of several Spa 24 Hours race appearances in the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. His best finish came in the Spa 24hrs came in 2009, finishing 5th in the GT2 class with Prospeed Competition alongside Richard Westbrook, Emmanuel Collard, and Sean Edwards. On 22 October 2006, Darryl took his 1st championship title in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia after winning both races at

748-626: The Zhuhai International Circuit . For 2007, O'Young joined Schnabl Engineering - LKM - Team Jebsen to take part in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup . He was the first Hong Kong driver to take part in the European series. [1] For 2008, Darryl competed in both Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. O'Young was crowned series champion after the final race at Bahrain International Circuit . He had 196 points and 4 wins in

792-535: The 13th hour mark of the race, but an incident during the night after an off track excursion by one of the drivers ended all hopes of race victory for the team. They completed the race 20th overall and 13th in the GT class. On 6 February 2011 O'Young drove for Audi Sport Team Joest in the 2011 Bathurst 12 Hour held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst , Australia . Driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3 , O'Young, along with Marc Basseng and Christopher Mies led home teammates Mark Eddy, Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff in

836-647: The BRDC in 1993, the British GT Championship has been overseen by SRO Motorsports Group since 2004. Races feature both GT3 and GT4 cars on-track at the same time, while Pro/Am driver line-ups are the bedrock of the series. The 2021 season is set to consist of seven domestic events and an overseas rounds at Spa-Francorchamps , as well as a revised class structure. Darryl O%27Young Darryl Hayden O'Young ( Chinese : 歐陽若曦 ; pinyin : Ōuyáng Ruòxī ; Jyutping : Ngau joeng Joek hei )

880-718: The FIA GT World cup. He has won the race overall 4 times, whilst also taking two class victories in the World Touring Car Championship Independents class. In 2005, Darryl was invited to join the Hong Kong Le Mans Team set up by Matthew Marsh . The pair raced a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the Le Mans Endurance Series . Darryl also took part in the 2005 FIA GT Championship - China Round race at

924-502: The Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT for the race but it was crippled in a practice accident, allowing Proton R3 Racing's Lotus Exige 300RR a clear run to victory number 2, completing 271 laps in the process. Faidzil Alang, Australian Damien French and Tengku Djan Ley shared the driving duties. The 2007 race has been made more interesting with more participation from foreign teams racing teams, namely J's Racing Lab with

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968-691: The Le Mans podium," O’Young commented. In 2014, Darryl O'Young and the newly merged Craft-Bamboo Racing entered the FIA World Endurance Championship with Aston Martin Racing , sharing the #99 entry with British driver Alex MacDowall and Brazilian Fernando Rees . The team endured a challenging season with a 3rd-place finish in Fuji their best results. The team also entered the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans , but had to withdraw from

1012-776: The United States. O'Young then 24-year old competed in the Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia driving for Jebsen & Co, the Hong Kong Porsche dealer team, tasting his first major international success in 2005 winning his first Macau Grand Prix title. O'Young is best known for his 17 appearances at his home race, the Macau Grand Prix between 2004 and 2021 in various categories including the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, Macau GT Cup, World Touring Car Championship, and

1056-537: The Windsor Arch Macau GT Cup, driving a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup. He beats Danny Watts by more than two seconds. This was the third time he has won in a Porsche in Macau. In 2009, Darryl announced that he would compete the entire 2009 FIA GT Championship season . He drove in the GT2 category in a Porsche GT3 RSR partnered with Porsche Junior Driver, Marco Holzer, with Belgium-based Prospeed Competition,

1100-698: The age of 50 and 59. The Iron categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers over the age of 60. Originally the GT Sports Club are contested with GT3-spec , RACB G3, GTE-spec and Trophy cars but during the COVID-19 induced hiatus it was re-organised for the new GT2 regulations and changed the name to GT2 European Series. It supports the GT World Challenge Europe in various circuits along its calendar. Originally created by

1144-425: The car broke down and Honda Malaysia Racing Team , with Eddie Lew, Farriz Fauzy and Super GT driver Hiroki Katoh, took the top step of the podium, despite running in class A. The 2005 edition was dominated by a joint effort between Amprex Motorsport and Proton R3 Racing, together they operated the team and their Lotus Exige 300RR won outright, completing 279 laps. In 2006, Amprex Motorsport decided to bring back

1188-457: The car failed to finish the race. Nigel Albon , Tommy Lee and T. Hamman won in their Porsche 911 GT3 . In 2003, the race got more serious with BSA Racing entering a Radical SR3 and a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with Wolf Henzler as its lead driver, while Amprex Motorsport entered the BMW M3 GT for Charles Kwan, Matthew Marsh and Genji Hashimoto . Alex Yoong was also back with Jaseri Racing. But in

1232-461: The end unfancied G1-Meritus won the race after outlasting its rivals, with Eric Yeo, Firhat Mohkzani and Chin Tzer-Jinn driving their Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car serenely to victory after completing 268 laps. In 2004, Amprex Motorsport, armed with the latest ACO / FIA GT1 spec Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT racer, totally dominated proceedings as its drivers set laps of 2:09s around the circuit. But

1276-456: The event. He drove the no.55 INTERUSH AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia , partnered by Italian drivers Lorenzo Case and Piergiuseppe Perazzini . O'Young was competing at Le Mans for the second time in his career and scored a 2nd place podium finish in the Pro-Am class. He finished the enduro in second place in the GTE Am class after starting from 10th on the grid. "I am very proud to put Hong Kong on

1320-503: The final rounds of the season. He was caught up in another pileup at the Race of China but continued, he retired on lap six after an incident. He had a head-on collision with the barriers in testing for Race of Macau , stopping the session just before the end. He went on to the take the independents' pole position in qualifying and then took the class win on both races. O'Young joined ROAL Motorsport for 2013 , partnering Tom Coronel in one of their BMW 320 TCs . He qualified tenth for

1364-679: The fourth series to join the global championship in 2021. Launched in 2006, the GT4 class sits below GT3 in terms of performance and is aimed at amateur drivers and aspiring professionals. The concept is owned by SRO, with each series either directly promoted by the company or organised through franchise agreements. A wide variety of cars are homologated for GT4 competition, many of which are considerably closer to their road-legal counterparts than those found in GT3. The GT4 European Series , FFSA GT Championship , GT4 America Series and GT4 Australia are some of

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1408-564: The leading categories reserved solely for GT4 machinery, while others, such as the British GT Championship and the Japan Cup (Motorsport) run mixed grids of GT3 and GT4 cars. Formerly known as the GT Sports Club, the series with an emphasis on gentleman drivers , GT2 European Series is a championship for Bronze, Titanium and Iron drivers only. The Titanium categorisation is within the Bronze category, for drivers between

1452-477: The official Porsche factory-supported team in the FIA GT championship. In doing so, the 29-year-old was the first Chinese race driver to compete a full championship in the FIA GT. In 2009, Darryl also competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for Team Jebsen, his 6th and final season for the team, where he finished 3rd overall in the championship standings at the end of the year. In addition, in 2009, Darryl entered

1496-764: The others the Dubai 24 Hour (Creventic 24H Series) and the Rolex 24 at Daytona (IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in January, and the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in February are the others. In the late 1990s, Malaysian auto manufacturer Proton used to organize a 300 km race at Shah Alam circuit for local racers racing with Protons, to celebrate Merdeka in Malaysia. When Sepang International Circuit

1540-588: The race after a practice accident by Fernando Rees and the car was beyond repair in-time for the main race. Darryl O'Young returned to the Asian racing scene by entering an Aston Martin Vantage V12 GT3 in 2014 Macau GT Cup , partnering a new major sponsor, Vitasoy . He finished 9th in the race. In 2015, Darryl O'Young entered the 2015 GT Asia Series with Craft-Bamboo Racing. Sharing the #99 car with Australian Jonathan Venter and Daniel Lloyd and claimed

1584-552: The race was won by Darryl O'Young , Mok Wing Sun and Alexander Nicholas Davison of Porsche Club Singapore. Their Porsche 997 RSR completed 308 laps. The race was renamed the Sepang 12 Hours in 2014, and in 2015 was run under the organisation of international sportscar racing authority the Stephane Ratel Organisation. The race in 2017 was cancelled due to a lack of entries, and has not been held since. After

1628-458: The sand trap and retired from the race. He moved to the new Special Tuning Racing team for 2012 , driving one of their SEAT León WTCCs . He missed the races of the season opening Race of Italy after a fire in the Sunday morning warm–up session. He stopped the car and evacuated but the damage was ruled him out of participating in the rest of the weekend. A race one clash with Charles Ng at

1672-535: The season opening Race of Italy which meant he started on pole position when the grid was reversed for race two. He didn't score from either race with a best result of twelfth in race two. Darryl also entered the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai , a race of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup . He teamed up with Prospeed Competition and Richard Westbrook for the race but the car stopped after 119 laps. Darryl has been drafted into Audi's line-up for

1716-427: The season. He became the first-ever double champion in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. Darryl also competed in the Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race in Malaysia. Driving for Porsche Club Singapore, he won the race with Mok Wing Sun and Alexander Nicholas Davison . The trio completed 308 laps in 12 hours in their Porsche 997 RSR. Darryl completed a motor racing hat-trick on 16 November 2008 when he took top honors at

1760-623: Was built the race was shifted to the F1 circuit, with the winners of the race entitled to a new Proton road car. But after the 1999 race, a dispute happened between Proton and Sepang International Circuit, resulting in Proton's sponsorship withdrawal. Sepang therefore decided to host a replacement race by itself and started the Merdeka Millennium 12 Hours Endurance Race in 2000. The race also opened up for non-Proton entries. The inaugural race

1804-538: Was launched in 2016 to bring together major events, such as the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa and the Bathurst 12 Hour , in a unified global championship. The series is aimed at manufacturers, though rather than field their own cars they are encouraged to appoint and support local teams in selected events. Four manufacturers took part in the inaugural season, while nine entered the most recent in 2020 . The initial seasons consisted of three events before an expansion to four in 2018 and then five in 2019 . The same number

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1848-679: Was planned for 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the cancellation of the Suzuka 10 Hours . There will be five races in 2023: the Total 24 Hours of Spa, Bathurst 12 Hour, Gulf 12 Hours, Indianapolis 8 Hour, and Kyalami 9 Hours . Fanatec GT World Challenge was launched in 2019 by uniting SRO's established continental series in Europe, Asia and America. Each remains a standalone category while also allowing manufacturers to score points towards

1892-757: Was unclassified. At the end of 2009, Darryl was invited for his first ARCA Stock Car Test on the Daytona International Speedway. He completed a successful test for Starbeast Motorsport while sharing a car that day with ex-Formula 1 driver, Narain Karthikeyan. In 2010, Darryl made his first out of six appearances at the 24 hours of Daytona in his career, driving a Porsche GT3 Cup for Vancouver-based, Bullet Racing owned by Steve Paquette. The driver line-up included Ross Bentley, Sean McIntosh, and ex-Porsche factory driver Kees Nierop. They ran as high as 3rd place in class and 14th overall near

1936-628: Was won by the Proton EON Racing Team (PERT) with Jimmy Low, Karamjit Singh and Tommy Lee driving, beating off the challenge from TVR Racing who ran Malaysian F1 driver Alex Yoong . In 2001, TVR Racing won the race with Jeffery Wong, Tommy Lee and Admi Shahrul in a TVR Chimaera . In 2002, Amprex Motorsport entered the Japan GT300 spec Mazda RX-7 machine, with crack Hong Kong driver Charles Kwan and Kevin Wong as its drivers. But

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