Marchy Lee
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Marchy Lee Ying-Kin (traditional chinese: 李英健) is a Chinese Hong Kong racing driver.
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[edit] Early career
Marchy was born on 2 September 1976 in Hong Kong. Marchy's father was also a racing driver and he has been karting since young. When the Zhuhai International Circuit was built in 1996, he enrolled in the inaugural China Formula Campus Championship. Upon winning the championship, he received a scholarship to join the La Filiere racing school in Le Mans, France to continue his development.
[edit] 1998-2000 Racing in France
He spent 3 years in France, progressing from Formula Campus to French Formula 3 during the time, achieving respectable results.
[edit] 2002-2003 Racing in Asia
But his funding ran out and he returned to Asia afterwards, competing in some Asian and Australian F3 races. He won 2 Asian Formula 3 races at Sepang and finished 7th in the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix [1].
In August 2003, driving a Dallara F301 Renault, he took pole position in the Australian Formula 3 race at Philip Island [2] in treachrous conditions.
Later that year he won 2 Formula BMW Asia races in Beijing and finished 2nd in the Formula Renault race in Macau.
Finally he decided to embark on a full season's racing in Formula BMW Asia with Team Meritus in the hope of getting his career back on track.
[edit] 2004 Formula BMW Asia
In 2004, Marchy teamed up with the top Asian racing outfit, Team Meritus, to race in the Formula BMW Asia series. He did not disappoint and won a record 12 races out of 14, making him the first Chinese formula racing champion in an international series.
[edit] 2005 Minardi F1 test
After winning the 2004 Formula BMW Asia title, Marchy had the chance to test an F1 car with the Minardi team [3]. But the deal fell through at the last minute.
[edit] 2006 Formula Asia V6 by Renault (Zhuhai)
Marchy failed to get any sponsorship deals together for 2005 and 2006 to support a full season's racing. But a last minute deal allowed him to re-unite with Team Meritus in the Formula Asia V6 by Renault race at Zhuhai. He finished a strong second in the final round of the season to Matt Halliday and set the fastest race lap in the process [4], rekindling his hopes to race professionally again in 2007 and beyond.
[edit] Racing career
- 2006 Formula Asia V6 by Renault (Round 12, Zhuhai) - 2nd & fastest lap
- 2004 Formula BMW Asia Series - Champion (12 wins out of 14 races)
- 2003 Formula Renault (Macau) - 2nd
- 2003 Formula BMW Asia (Beijing) - 1st & 2nd
- 2002 Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix - 7th
- 2000 French Formula 3 Championship (Class A) - 9th
- 1999 French Formula 3 Championship (Class B) - 5th in class
- 1998 French Formula Campus - 4th overall
- 1997 China Formula Campus - Champion
