Denise Yeung (Chinese: 楊嘉怡; pinyin: Yeung Jia Yi) is a racing driver in the Asia Pacific Region from Hong Kong.
Early life Yeung's father took her to the Macau GP as a kid. She was struck by Ayrton Senna's performance at the 1983 Macau Formula Three Grand Prix. He's her favourite driver since.
Yeung tried karting in her teenage years, but didn't have the money to carry on.
Racing career Yeung debuted in Geely Cup, in 2009. She later tried to secure a deal in CTCC. The Team 778 agreed to lease her an unused Honda Integra Type R for the Macau GP. Cup Noodles wanted to sponsor a female racer. There was a mandatory race, to get to race at Macau. Therefore, she raced the 778 Honda Integra Type R at Sepang. She send entered the 2012 Macau GP. She has raced in the 2013 TCA, finishing with a first and second runner up placing, and the 2015 HTCC, with a second runner up placing. In 2014, thanks to her connection with 778, she raced a Senova D60 in the Chinese Racing Cup, as part of the Hong-Kong squad.
Retirement Yeung gave up racing around 2017 due to lack of funds.
Yeung set-up her own automotive-themed YouTube channel.
Back to racing During the COVID-19 pandemic, Yeung missed racing and wanted to go back.
At around 50, Yeung set-up a new challenge : racing at Le Mans. Despite having no experience of racing in Europe, nor of endurance races and LMP3. She entered a FIA F4 event, in order to get a bronze status.
Yeung got in touch with Team Virage and tried their Ligier JS P3 at the Paul Ricard. She entered the Le Mans Cup event at Le Mans, but crashed during FP1 and felt too unwell to race.
Racing record Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2012 Asian Touring Car Series 10000023rd2014 Chinese Racing Cup HKAA3000088th2015 Clio Cup China Series - Class A 200000NC2016Clio Cup China Series - Class A200025313th2019Kyojo Cup10000014th2022Kyojo Cup ALBA10000025th2025 F4 Chinese Championship Champ Motorsport40000031st2026Le Mans Cup - LMP3Team Virage
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