Ye Yifei
Ye Yifei | |
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![]() Ye in 2021 | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Xi'an, China | 16 June 2000
European Le Mans Series career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Team WRT |
Car number | 41 |
Starts | 6 |
Wins | 3 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 1st in 2021 |
Previous series | |
2021 2020 2019 2017-18 2015-16 2015-16 | Asian Le Mans Series Euroformula Open Championship FIA Formula 3 Championship Formula Renault Eurocup Italian F4 Championship French F4 Championship |
Championship titles | |
2021 2021 2020 2016 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Euroformula Open Championship French F4 Championship |
Chinese name | |
Traditional Chinese | 葉一飛 |
Simplified Chinese | 叶一飞[1] |
Hanyu Pinyin | Yè Yīfēi |
Ye Yifei (叶一飞; born 16 June 2000) is a Chinese racing driver, 2016 French F4 champion, 2020 Euroformula Open champion, 2021 Asian Le Mans Series champion, 2021 European Le Mans Series champion, and former member of the Renault Sport Academy.[2][3] In October 2021, Ye signed with Porsche and has been named as a Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific selected driver.
Career[]
Early career[]
Ye began karting in 2010 at the age of ten, winning the 2011 and 2012 All Chinese karting championships. In 2013, Ye made his European debut through ROK Cup International Final and finished 4th a year later.
Formula 4[]
In 2015, Ye graduated to single-seaters in the French F4 Championship, where he claimed two wins and finished 12th. The following year he repeated this series, claiming the French F4 title in dominant fashion.
Formula Renault 2.0[]
In December 2016, it was announced Ye would graduate to Formula Renault 2.0 with team champions Josef Kaufmann Racing.[4] He had three podium finishes on his way to the eighth place in the drivers' standings. Ye reunited with JKR the following season, claiming two wins at Monza and the Hungaroring to finish the championship third overall.[5]
FIA Formula 3 Championship[]
In October 2018, Ye joined the final round of the F3 Asian Championship with Absolute Racing and rejoined the outfit for the following year's Winter Series, where he claimed three wins and finished as the runner-up.[6]
In February 2019, Ye joined the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech GP[7] as Renault Sport Academy driver.
Euroformula Open Championship[]
In May 2020, Ye joined CryptoTower Racing Team and had 11 wins, 13 poles and 12 fastest laps.[8] With his dominant performance, Ye claims 2020 Euroformula Open Championship title.[9]
Asian Le Mans Series[]
In December 2020, defending championship G-Drive Racing announced Ye joined as an LMP2 driver alone with René Binder and Ferdinand von Habsburg. With 2 wins, 1 fastest lap, Ye claims the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series Champion.
European Le Mans Series[]
In March 2021, it was announced that Ye, alongside Formula 2 podium-finisher Louis Delétraz, would partner Robert Kubica in Team WRT's European Le Mans Series squad.[10] With the first race win in Barcelona, Ye becomes the first-ever Chinese winner in European Le Mans Series. With 3 wins, 1 fastest lap, and 118 championship points, Ye claims the 2021 European Le Mans Series champion and becomes the first-ever driver who claims both Asian Le Mans Series champion and European Le Mans Series champion in the same year.
24 Hours of Le Mans[]
In August 2021, Ye shares Team WRT's Oreca 07 LMP2 car with Louis Delétraz and Robert Kubica to compete in 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ye completed the most overtakes in LMP2 class during the 24 Hours of Le Mans with 315 passes. However, due to an electrical short, was stopped after the Dunlop bridge at the last lap of the race. Car No. 41, which led the LMP2 class at the time with Ye at the wheel, was unable to finish the race, and was therefore unclassified in the final results.[11]
Karting record[]
Karting career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2013 | ROK Cup International Final — Junior ROK | 28th | |
2014 | South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 | 17th | |
WSK Champions Cup — KFJ | ART Grand Prix | 19th | |
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ | 48th | ||
ROK Cup International Final — Junior ROK | International Kartronix | 4th | |
2015 | WSK Champions Cup — KFJ | Kartonix International | 25th |
South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ | NC | ||
Vega International Winter Trophy — KFJ | 2nd | ||
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ | RB Racing | 12th | |
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ | 46th |
Racing record[]
Racing career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F. Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2015 | French F4 Championship | Auto Sport Academy | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 12th |
Italian F4 Championship | RB Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21st | |
2016 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 23 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 420 | 1st |
Italian F4 Championship | Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 10th | |
2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 106.5 | 8th |
Formula Renault NEC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 104 | 8th | ||
2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 239 | 3rd | |
Formula Renault NEC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
F3 Asian Championship | Absolute Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 11th | |
2019 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Hitech Grand Prix | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21st |
F3 Asian Winter Series | Absolute Racing | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 154 | 2nd | |
2020 | Euroformula Open Championship | CryptoTower Racing | 18 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 369 | 1st |
2021 | European Le Mans Series | Team WRT | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 118 | 1st |
Asian Le Mans Series | G-Drive Racing | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 81 | 1st |
† As Ye was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Pos | Points |
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2017 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | MNZ 1 9 |
MNZ 2 6 |
SIL 1 9 |
SIL 2 14 |
PAU 1 8 |
PAU 2 10 |
MON 1 11 |
MON 2 19 |
HUN 1 24 |
HUN 2 7 |
HUN 3 5 |
NÜR 1 7 |
NÜR 2 3 |
RBR 1 8 |
RBR 2 7 |
LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 8 |
SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 7 |
SPA 3 8 |
CAT 1 12 |
CAT 2 10 |
CAT 3 11 |
8th | 106.5 |
2018 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | LEC 1 3 |
LEC 2 2 |
MNZ 1 1 |
MNZ 2 15 |
SIL 1 3 |
SIL 2 3 |
MON 1 4 |
MON 2 4 |
RBR 1 8 |
RBR 2 5 |
SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 3 |
HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 11 |
NÜR 1 6 |
NÜR 2 6 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 3 |
CAT 1 8 |
CAT 2 8 |
3rd | 239 |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
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2019 | Hitech Grand Prix | CAT FEA 22 |
CAT SPR Ret |
LEC FEA 13 |
LEC SPR 22 |
RBR FEA 20 |
RBR SPR Ret |
SIL FEA 12 |
SIL SPR 11 |
HUN FEA 18 |
HUN SPR 22 |
SPA FEA 15 |
SPA SPR 10 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 19 |
SOC FEA 13 |
SOC SPR 6 |
21st | 4 |
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
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2020 | CryptoTower Racing | HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 1 |
LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 1 |
RBR 1 1 |
RBR 2 1 |
MNZ 1 1 |
MNZ 2 2 |
MNZ 3 2 |
MUG 1 (5) |
MUG 2 (3) |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 11 |
SPA 3 3 |
CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 1 |
CAT 3 1 |
CAT 4 1 |
1st | 369 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2021 | Team WRT | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 1 |
RBR 1 |
LEC 5 |
MNZ 4 |
SPA 1 |
ALG 2 |
1st | 118 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2021 | ![]() |
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Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 362 | NC | NC |
References[]
- ^ 法国F4:中国车手叶一飞获得年度总冠军. Motorsport.com. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Ye Yifei Continues Championship March at Magny-Cours". 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ Allen, Peter (11 April 2019). "Yifei Ye joins Renault Sport Academy ahead of FIA F3". FormulaScout. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Yifei Ye joins Josef Kaufmann Racing for Formula Renault step". 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "27 drivers with many contenders for victory!". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Absolute Racing signs Chinese hot prospect Ye Yifei for Asian F3". 29 October 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Ye Yifei joins Hitech Grand Prix for 2019 season". 27 February 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "CryptoTower Racing Team, first Japanese team to enter the Euroformula". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Yifei Ye (CryptoTower) wins the 2020 Euroformula title in style at Barcelona". www.euroformulaopen.net. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel. "Deletraz, Ye Join Kubica in WRT's Completed LMP2 Lineup – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "WRT identifies cause of Le Mans retirement". racer. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
External links[]
- Ye Yifei career summary at DriverDB.com
- Ye Yifei on Weibo
- Ye Yifei on Twitter
- Profile on Euroformula Open Championship
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Chinese racing drivers
- French F4 Championship drivers
- Italian F4 Championship drivers
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers
- F3 Asian Championship drivers
- Euroformula Open Championship drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- Asian Le Mans Series drivers