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Daniel Lu
Chinese racing driver (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Daniel Lu Wenlong (Chinese: 陆文龙; pinyin: Lù Wén Lóng; born 9 May 2001), also previously known as Daniel Hibbitt, is a Chinese and British racing driver currently competing for Absolute Racing in GT World Challenge Asia.
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Personal life and education
Lu was born in Shanghai on 9 May 2001 to a British father and a Chinese mother, and was named "Dragon" by his grandparents. He has a younger brother, Nathan Lu Wenhu, who is four years his junior and previously competed in karting.[1]
Lu also attended the British International School of Shanghai and the University of Devon.[2]
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Lu began his karting career at the age of 14 and most notably won the Rotax Max Kart Challenge China Cup Youth Division in 2015.[3][4] In early 2017, Lu made his single-seater debut at the Buriram round of the 2016–17 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship.[5]
For the rest of 2017, Lu competed for Absolute Racing in Formula Masters China, in which he took eight wins on his way to runner-up in points, three behind Taylor Cockerton.[6] Alongside his Formula Masters China commitments, Lu competed in all but one rounds of the Asian Formula Renault Series for Asia Racing Team,[7] taking four wins to finish second in points and winning the Renault Road to Champion class.[8] During 2017, Lu also competed for BVM Racing in the Monza and Jerez rounds of the Euroformula Open Championship.[9]
Despite testing Formula Renault machinery in Europe at the end of 2017,[10] Lu became a Porsche China Young Driver and switched to Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for 2018.[11][12] In his rookie year in the series, Lu scored a best result of fourth at Fuji en route to a seventh-place points finish.[13]
Returning to Porsche Carrera Cup Asia as a Porsche China junior for 2019, Lu won in Singapore en route to a fourth-place points finish.[14][15] During 2019, Lu also raced part-time in the China GT Championship, winning at Shanghai and Ningbo in the GTC class alongside Jacky Wu.[16][17] Initially signing with Team Jebsen for the following year, Lu joined them in 2021 after the previous season was cancelled due to the pandemic.[18] In his third full-tims season in the series, Lu won four races and clinched the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia title at season's end.[19][20]
Following a two-year hiatus, Lu returned to racing in 2024 by competing for EBM in one-off appearances in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and GT World Challenge Asia.[21][22] The following year, Lu joined Absolute Racing as one of the team's two Porsches for their campaign in GT World Challenge Asia,[23][24] whilst also returning to the China GT Championship.[25]
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Racing record
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Racing career summary
† As Lu was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Masters China results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GT World Challenge Asia results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
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