Christian Ho (born 31 October 2006) is a Singaporean-Korean[1] racing driver who last competed in the 2024 Eurocup-3 season for Campos Racing. He is the 2023 F4 Spanish vice-champion.
| Christian Ho | |
|---|---|
 Ho in 2023 | |
| Nationality |  Singaporean |
| Full name | Christian Ho |
| Born | 31 October 2006 Singapore |
| Eurocup-3 career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | Campos Racing |
| Car number | 23 |
| Starts | 16 (17 entries) |
| Wins | 5 |
| Podiums | 9 |
| Poles | 6 |
| Fastest laps | 5 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2024 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2022–2023 2022 | Eurocup-3 F4 Spanish Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship |
He is currently managed by Morgan Caron who used to be the manager of F1 driver Charles Leclerc, and is part of Purple agency.[2] He was a member of the Sauber Karting Team from 2019 to 2021.[3]
Career
editKarting
editIn 2017 and 2018, he competed in his first WSK events in the 60 Mini category. After a year in OK Junior karts, he was the 1st runner up in the 2019 German Junior Kart Championship with Ricky Flynn Motorsport.[4] He became runner-up to Kajus Siksnelis during the 2019 Karting Academy Trophy.[5] During that year he also took part in the 2019 Karting World Championship, in which he ranked 11th.[6] In 2020, he finished third in the WSK Champions Cup in the OK Junior category. He also took third place in the IAME Asia Cup, in the senior category.
In September 2021, Ho became the latest signing to Nicolas Todt’s All Road Management stable.[2]
Formula 4
editFormula 4 UAE
editHo made his single-seater debut in the 2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship with MP Motorsport during the third weekend of the series, in preparation for his upcoming main campaign.[7] He finished tenth in his first race and two races later, in fifth. Two more tenth places saw him place 21st in the standings.
Spanish Formula 4
edit2022
editHo continued with MP Motorsport for the 2022 F4 Spanish Championship.[8] In the first race, he scored a point in tenth place.[9] His results improved towards the end of the season, scoring two fourth places and a fifth place. Ho ended the championship in 13th place with 50 points.
2023
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Ho remained in Spanish F4 for 2023, but switched to Campos Racing.[10] Ho emerged as a contender early on, taking a double podium in Spa-Francorchamps.[11] After a double pole the next round in Aragón, the win was taken away after a track limits penalty in the first race.[12] However, he redeemed himself with a commanding win in Race 2, taking his maiden single-seater victory.[13] Following that, Ho began a run of five podiums in a row starting from Jerez to Valencia, which included two poles.[14] He then took his second win in the Valencia final race.[15] He was at his best during the season finale in Barcelona, taking pole for all three races.[16][17] Ho dominated during the races, proceeding to take all three wins.[18][19][20] Ho finished the season as vice-champion, having taken five wins, seven poles and 291 points.
Eurocup-3
edit
Ho was promoted to Eurocup-3 for 2024, remaining with Campos Racing.[21] A poor start to the season saw him with only a fourth place in the first two rounds.[22] However, he would claim his maiden wins in Portimão, although a suspension failure prevented a clean sweep.[23][24] He took the standings lead with two poles, a win and a podium in Paul Ricard.[25] However, despite two additional podiums in the next two rounds in Zandvoort and Aragón, title rival Javier Sagrera won thrice, leaving Ho losing the lead of the standings.[26][27] Ho won the first race in Jerez and a fifth in the second race left him an outside chance for the title, trailing Sagrera by 26 points.[28][29] However, Ho rebounded in the Barcelona finale with second in the first race and winning the second race.[30] This meant that Ho ended as vice-champion, losing out to Sagrera by two points, but due to results being currently appealed, a champion has yet to be crowned which could fall in Sagrera or Ho's favour.[31]
Karting record
editKarting career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini | 19th | |
| 46° Trofeo Delle Industrie — 60 Mini | Gamoto ASD | 16th | |
| 2018 | 29° Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini | Baby Race Driver Academy | 9th |
| 2019 | WSK Final Cup — OKJ | Sauber Karting Team | 16th |
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | 12th | ||
| IAME International Final — X30 Junior | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 14th | |
| German Junior Kart Championship | 2nd | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 33rd | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 11th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OKJ | 15th | ||
| WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | 16th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 19th | ||
| 24° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | 9th | ||
| CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy | 2nd | ||
| 2020 | WSK Euro Series — OKJ | Sauber Karting Team | 16th |
| 25° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | 18th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 16th | ||
| FIA Karting World Championship — OKJ | 4th | ||
| WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | 3rd | ||
| IAME Asia Cup — Senior | I.S Racing | 3rd | |
| 2021 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | Sauber Karting Team | 23rd |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 24th | ||
| Source:[32] | |||
Racing record
editRacing career summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | MP Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21st |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 13th | ||
| 2023 | F4 Spanish Championship | Campos Racing | 21 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 291 | 2nd |
| 2024 | Eurocup-3 | Campos Racing | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 248 | 2nd |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results
edit(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MP Motorsport | YAS1 1 |
YAS1 2 |
YAS1 3 |
YAS1 4 |
DUB1 1 |
DUB1 2 |
DUB1 3 |
DUB1 4 |
DUB2 1 10 |
DUB2 2 24 |
DUB2 3 5 |
DUB2 4 27† |
DUB3 1 12 |
DUB3 2 10 |
DUB3 3 16 |
DUB3 4 10 |
YAS2 1 20 |
YAS2 2 16 |
YAS2 3 11 |
YAS2 4 Ret |
21st | 13 |
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
edit(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MP Motorsport | ALG 1 10 |
ALG 2 12 |
ALG 3 27† |
JER 1 9 |
JER 2 14 |
JER 3 14 |
CRT 1 16 |
CRT 2 15 |
CRT 3 7 |
SPA 1 9 |
SPA 2 14 |
SPA 3 18 |
ARA 1 Ret |
ARA 2 9 |
ARA 3 10 |
NAV 1 14 |
NAV 2 14 |
NAV 3 5 |
CAT 1 4 |
CAT 2 7 |
CAT 3 4 |
13th | 50 |
| 2023 | Campos Racing | SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 26 |
SPA 3 3 |
ARA 1 2 |
ARA 2 1 |
ARA 3 Ret |
NAV 1 4 |
NAV 2 4 |
NAV 3 Ret |
JER 1 6 |
JER 2 8 |
JER 3 3 |
EST 1 3 |
EST 2 3 |
EST 3 2 |
CRT 1 3 |
CRT 2 6 |
CRT 3 1 |
CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 1 |
CAT 3 1 |
2nd | 291 |
Complete Eurocup-3 results
edit(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Campos Racing | SPA 1 22† |
SPA 2 C |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 4 |
POR 1 1 |
POR 2 1 |
POR 3 21† |
LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 1 |
ZAN 1 2 |
ZAN 2 5 |
ARA 1 2 |
ARA 2 9 |
JER 1 1 |
JER 2 5 |
CAT 1 2 |
CAT 2 1 |
2nd | 248 |
References
edit- ^ "Christian Ho – About". christianhoracing.com. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ a b Wood, Ida (1 September 2021). "Sauber protege Christian Ho joins Todt's All Road Management stable". Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Sauber Karting Team signs Singaporean junior racer Christian Ho". 1 November 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "CHRISTIAN HO". Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "2019 FIA Karting Academy Trophy Standings". fiakarting.com. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "2019 FIA Karting World Championship Standings – Junior". fiakarting.com. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Wood, Ida (3 February 2022). "De Haan and Ho join F4 UAE as grid grows to 31 cars for round three". Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "MP Motorsport to continue into Spanish F4 with Inthraphuvasak, Pingasov, Zanfari, Ho and Rinicella". MP Motorsport. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "F4 Portimao". MP Motorsport. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Wood, Ida (14 February 2023). "Christian Ho leaves MP to join Campos for second year in Spanish F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (5 May 2023). "MP Motorsport's Pedro Clerot wins shortened Spanish F4 opener at Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (27 May 2023). "Deligny earns first Spanish F4 win after Ho gets track limits penalty". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (28 May 2023). "Christian Ho gets his first car racing win in Spanish F4 at Aragon". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (14 October 2023). "Just 0.051s covers the top six in Spanish F4 qualifying at Valencia". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Nael wins before stall keeps Spanish F4 title fight alive". Formula Scout. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Allen, Peter (11 November 2023). "Ho boosts Spanish F4 title hopes with double Barcelona pole". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (12 November 2023). "Ho completes qualifying lockout with pole for 2023 Spanish F4 finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Allen, Peter (11 November 2023). "Nael clinches Spanish F4 crown even as Ho wins Barcelona race one". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (12 November 2023). "Ho wins, Nael rises from 30th to 18th in Spanish F4 race two". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (12 November 2023). "Ho's win in F4 finale overshadowed by Deligny's disqualification antics". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Christian Ho to stay in Campos Racing for 2024 Eurocup-3 campaign". Campos Racing. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Christian Ho claims his maiden victory among the rookies in Spielberg". Campos Racing. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Ho Secures Two Wins in the Algarve. Kluss and Lisle Also Achieve Podiums for Campos Racing". Campos Racing. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Christian Ho: Portimão Eurocup-3 wins 'a long time coming'". Feeder Series. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Eurocup-3 Le Castellet: Ho takes the championship lead, a newcomer on the podium, and more". Feeder Series. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Eurocup-3 Zandvoort: Sagrera delivers at MP's home, Michael Shin's accident, and more". Feeder Series. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Eurocup-3 Aragón: Sagrera maintains healthy championship lead despite teammate clash". Feeder Series. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Christian Ho Scores his Fourth Win in Jerez. Shin Present on the Podium Twice". Campos Racing. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Eurocup-3 season finale: The drivers in contention for the title". Feeder Series. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (10 November 2024). "Sagrera provisionally crowned Eurocup-3 champion as Ho wins finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "The off-track drama that is keeping the Eurocup-3 crown in limbo". Formula Scout. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Christian Ho | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
- Christian Ho career summary at DriverDB.com