Darryl O'Young

Darryl O'Young
Darryl O'Young in October 2010.
Nationality	Hong Kong
Born	March 26, 1980 (1980-03-26) Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)
2012 World Touring Car Championship
Debut season	2010
Current team	Special Tuning Racing
Car no.	20
Former teams	Bamboo Engineering
Starts	20
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14 in 2011
Previous series
2009	FIA GT Championship
Championship titles
2006 and 2008	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Last updated on: 24 October 2011.

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2009
Teams	Endurance Asia Team
Best finish	NC
Class wins	0

Darryl O'Young Yeuk-Hay (Chinese: 歐陽若曦; pinyin: Ouyáng Ruoxi) is a Canadian-born Chinese racing driver. He currently resides in Hong Kong.

Career

Early career

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 the United States.

Sportscars

O'Young then 25-year old competed in the Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia driving for Jebsen & Co, the Hong Kong Porsche dealer team.

Darry'l shares the Porsche 996 GT3-RSR with Matthew Marsh in Zhuhai.

Darryl was also invited to join the Hong Kong Le Mans Team setup by Matthew Marsh in 2005. 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 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 the Spa 24 Hours race, successfully finishing the race with the team.

He has raced for Team Jebsen since 2004 and on 22 October 2006 became series champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia after winning both races at 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 series. [1]

In October and November, O'Young was back in Asia for Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, racing in Shanghai, Zhuhai and the Macau Grand Prix. He won the Macau race despite finishing second on the road, as his opponent, Danny Watts violated the rule by overtaking him under a yellow flag caution period and was given a 30-second penalty.

For 2008, Darryl is competing in both Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. O'Young was crowned series champion after the final race at Bahrain International Circuit. He has 196 points and 4 wins in the season. He became the first-ever double Class A 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 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, 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 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 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 entered the 24 hours of Daytona for the first time in his career driving a Porsche GT3 Cup for Vancouver based, Bullet Racing managed 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 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 team mates Mark Eddy, Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff in a 1-2 finish. The winning margin only 0.7141 at the end of 12 hours or racing on the 6.213km mountain circuit.

2010 World Touring Car Championship

Darryl O'Young's Chevrolet Lacetti in Macau.

In 2010, O'Young came across an opportunity to compete at the top level of touring cars, and is driving for Bamboo Engineering in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season, as teammate to Harry Vaulkhard. His long time sponsors LKM and A-Ha Coffee have joined O'Young on his switch to touring cars, and additional support has come from Chevrolet Motorsport. He drives 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 10 at Portimao, Darryl scores his first win in the Independents Championship and also his first world championship point by finishing 10th overall. He arrived in Macau for the final round with a chance of winning the Independents Championship, but was hit by Tom Coronel from behind in race 1, thus failing to finish and ending his championship hope.

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup

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.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Darryl has been drafted into Audi's line-up for the 2010 DTM season finale in Shanghai to replace Alexandre Premat, who was dismissed by the manufacturer.

2011 World Touring Car Championship

Darryl O'Young remains with Bamboo Engineering for the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season. He started from pole position in race 2 at Suzuka Circuit in Japan, but he made a slow start and was hit from the back by Gabriele Tarquini. He ran into the sand trap and retired from the race.

Bathurst 12 Hour

He has raced two times at the Bathurst 12 Hour GT3 endurance event in 2011 and 2012 for the Factory backed Audi team winning both times driving a Audi R8 LMS GT3.

Racing record

Complete WTCC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2010	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	BRA 1 15	BRA 2 16	MAR 1 17	MAR 2 13	ITA 1 Ret	ITA 2 12	BEL 1 20	BEL 2 12	POR 1 10	POR 2 9	GBR 1 21	GBR 2 Ret	CZE 1 17	CZE 2 7	GER 1 NC	GER 2 12	ESP 1 14	ESP 2 17	JPN 1 10	JPN 2 9	MAC 1 Ret	MAC 2 Ret			15th	15
2011	bamboo-engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti	BRA 1 Ret	BRA 2 11																							14th	43
		Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T			BEL 1 10	BEL 2 4	ITA 1 7	ITA 2 6	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 8	CZE 1 7	CZE 2 Ret	POR 1 12	POR 2 9	GBR 1 11	GBR 2 8	GER 1 14	GER 2 11	ESP 1 15	ESP 2 14	JPN 1 11	JPN 2 Ret	CHN 1 13	CHN 2 Ret	MAC 1 Ret	MAC 2 12

• * Season in progress

Complete DTM results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2010	Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC1	VAL	LAU	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HOC2	ADR	SHA DNS	NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	GT2	75	D	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	Endurance Asia Team Perspective Racing	Philippe Hesnault Plamen Kralev	186	NC	NC

External links

• Official website
• Would Touring Car Championship Driver Profile
• Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup official website
• Official Hong Kong Le Mans Team driver page
• Darryl O'Young driver bio on official FIA GT Championship website
• Porsche Carrera Cup Asia driver bio