Kerong Li

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Kerong Li (Chinese: 李科蓉; pinyin: Lǐ Kēróng; born 3 August 2001 in Xi'an^[1]) is a Chinese racing driver currently competing for Origine Motorsport in GT World Challenge Asia.

Kerong Li 李科蓉
Li at the 2025 Super GT Malaysia Festival
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(2001-08-03) 3 August 2001 (age 24) Xi'an, China
Racing licence	FIA Silver

Career

Li made his single-seater debut in 2021, racing in the Formula Race Promotions Eastern Pro 4 Challenge for Jensen Global Advisors. After finishing third in the aforementioned series, Li raced part-time in both the Formula Pro USA F4 Championship and the Formula 4 United States Championships.^[2] At the end of the year, Li joined NTE Sport in the season-ending round of the Michelin Pilot Challenge at Road Atlanta alongside Jean-Francois Brunot in the Grand Sport class.^[3]

Moving to GT racing full-time in 2022, Li primarily competed in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for Leipert Motorsport alongside Brunot in the Pro-Am class.^[4] Scoring 23 points across the 12-race season, Li finished 14th in the Pro-Am standings at season's end.^[5] Also in the same year, Li drove the first round of the 24H GT Series for the same team, finishing fifth in his only outing in the GT3 Pro class.^[6] Competing in the GTX class for most of the remaining races, which included a one-off outing for HRT Performance at Mugello,^[7] Li scored a podium in every race he contested and won the season-ending round at Barcelona to clinch the GTX title in the 24H GT Series European Championship.^[8]

Li in 2022

In 2023, Li returned to NTE Sport to make his debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona alongside Jaden Conwright, Alessio Deledda and Robert Megennis.^[9] In the race, Li retired due to a damaged fuel tank, which was the result of Megennis' crash at Turn 1 just after the one hour mark.^[10] For the rest of the season, Li returned to Leipert Motorsport to race in the Am class of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe alongside Brunot.^[11] Scoring a lone class podium at Paul Ricard and finished 11th in the Am standings at season's end.^[12] During 2023, Li also competed for the same team in two rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.^[13] After finishing 36th at Paul Ricard, Li retired from the 24 Hours of Spa after spinning and being collected by Yannick Mettler just after the 10 hour mark.^[14] After making a one-off appearance in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for Earl Bamber Motorsport, Li stayed with the team to compete in the 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series, racing in the GT class alongside Bamber and Adrian D'Silva.^[15] In the five-race season, Li scored a best result of 12th at Sepang and ended the winter 31st in the GT points.^[16]

Moving back to the United States for 2024, Li joined MDK Motorsports to compete in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship alongside Anders Fjordbach.^[17] Alongside endurance rounds-only driver Klaus Bachler, Li scored his best result of the season of eighth at Watkins Glen, on his way to 13th in the GTD standings.^[18] Li also raced in the 24 Hours of Spa for Earl Bamber Motorsport alongside Bamber, Brendon Leitch and D'Silva.^[19]

Li moved to Asia for 2025, joining Origine Motorsport in the team's sole Silver-Am lineup alongside Fjordbach.^[20] During 2025, Li returned to EBM Giga Racing to make his debut in the GT300 class of Super GT alongside Jazeman Jaafar at Sepang.^[21]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2021	FRP Eastern Pro 4 Challenge	Jensen Global Advisors	4	0	0	0	3	145	3rd
	Formula Pro USA F4 Championship		2	0	0	0	0	18	11th
	Formula 4 United States Championship		4	0	0	0	0	0	36th
	Michelin Pilot Challenge – GS	NTE Sport	1	0	0	0	0	200	53rd
2022	24H GT Series – GT3 Pro	Leipert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	1	NC
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am		12	0	0	0	0	23	14th
	24H GT Series – GTX		4	2	0	0	4	86	1st
	24H GT Series – GTX	HRT Performance	1	1	0	0	1
2022–23	Middle East Trophy – GTX	Leipert Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	40	NC
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD	NTE Sport	1	0	0	0	0	120	69th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Am	Leipert Motorsport	10	0	0	0	1	38	11th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final – Am		2	0	0	0	0	4	10th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		CrowdStrike Racing by Leipert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver	Leipert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	6	20th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Pro-Am	CrowdStrike Racing by Leipert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – Am	EBM Giga Racing	2	0	0	0	0	16	14th
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series – GT	Earl Bamber Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	0	31st
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD	MDK Motorsports	10	0	0	0	0	2129	13th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Earl Bamber Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2025	GT World Challenge Asia	Origine Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0*	NC*
	GT World Challenge Asia – Silver-Am			0	0	0	1	48*	6th*
	Super GT – GT300	EBM Giga Racing						*	*
	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Team Porsche New Zealand	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
Sources:[22][23]

Complete Formula 4 United States 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	Pos	Points
2021	Jensen Global Advisors	ATL 1	ATL 2	ATL 3	ROA 1	ROA 2	ROA 3	MOH 1	MOH 2	MOH 3	BRA 1	BRA 2	BRA 3	VIR 1 19	VIR 2 21	VIR 3 DNS	COA 1 25	COA 2 26	36th	0

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2023	Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Silver	MNZ	LEC 36						20th	6
	Crowdstrike Racing by Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro-Am			SPA 6H 68	SPA 12H 64†	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR	CAT	22nd	1
2024	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Pro-Am	LEC	SPA 6H Ret	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR	MNZ	JED	NC	0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2023	NTE Sport	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 20	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	69th	120
2024	MDK Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 12	SEB 12	LBH 13	LGA 13	WGL 8	MOS 10	ELK 10	VIR 10	IMS 12	PET 15		2129	13th

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2023–24	Earl Bamber Motorsport	GT	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	SEP 1 12	SEP 2 14	DUB 15	ABU 1 17	ABU 2 17	31st	0

Complete GT World Challenge Asia results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2025	Origine Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Silver-Am	SEP 1 7	SEP 2 7	MAN 1 2	MAN 2 Ret	BUR 1 6	BUR 2 5	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	OKA 1	OKA 2	BEI 1	BEI 2	6th*	48*

Complete Super GT results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2025	EBM GIGA Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SEP 19	FS1	FS2	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	NC	0