Gerrard Xie

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Gerrard Xie
谢咏霖
Nationality  China
Born Xie Yonglin[1]
(2006-09-24) September 24, 2006 (age 17)
Shenzhen, China
GB3 Championship career
Debut season 2023
Current team Hitech Pulse-Eight
Car no. 23
Starts 21 (23 entries)
Wins 1
Poles 0
Fastest laps 1
Best finish 20th in 2023
Previous series
2022
2022
F4 Chinese Championship
Formula Renault Super Challenge
Championship titles
2022
2022
F4 Chinese
Formula Renault Super Challenge

Xie Yonglin (Chinese: {{{1}}}) (born 24 September 2006),[2] also known as Gerrard Xie, is a Chinese[3] racing driver who currently competes in the 2024 GB3 Championship for Hitech Pulse-Eight, having previously raced in the series in 2023 with Hillspeed.[4][5] He was champion of the 2022 F4 Chinese Championship and the 2022 Formula Renault Super Challenge.

Career

Karting

Xie competed in karting across Europe and Asia from 2018 to 2021, though he often did not complete full seasons in Europe.[6] He finished third in the 2020 IAME Asia Cup in the junior class.[7]

Formula Renault

Xie made his car racing debut in the 2022 Formula Renault Super Challenge, driving for H-Star Racing.[8] Entering from the second round onwards, he took pole position and won both races with the fastest lap in his debut round,[9] and did the same again in the final and third round of the championship, taking the overall title, 32 points ahead of nearest rival Jason Wu.[10]

Formula 4

Xie competed in the 2022 F4 Chinese Championship with Smart Life Racing Team. He dominated the opening round at the Ningbo International Circuit, taking a double pole position and winning three of the four races, retiring from the fourth.[8] At the second round, also at Ningbo, he took another double pole and won all four races, with fastest lap in each.[11] After qualifying second behind Andy Chang,[12] he held off Charles Leong to win the opening race of the 2022 Macau Grand Prix (the third round of the championship),[13] and finished second in the main race, sealing the championship title in the process.[14] In the final round of the season at Pingtan Street Circuit, Xie again took double pole position and won all four races with the fastest lap in each,[15] to win the championship by over 160 points, the largest ever title-winning margin in a Chinese F4 season.[16]

GB3 Championship

2023

On 13 February 2023, it was announced that Xie would drive for Hillspeed in the 2023 GB3 Championship alongside Daniel Mavlyutov, with both drivers supported by the new Hitech GP Academy.[5][17] Xie had a difficult season, but won the final race of the season at Donington Park. He finished 20th in the championship with 128 points.

2024

In 2024, Xie switched to Hitech Pulse-Eight for his second season in GB3.[4]

Formula Regional

Xie made his debut in the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship, driving for M2 Competition.[18]He took pole position by four tenths in Hampton Downs International Motorsport Park and had a win in Taupo Motorsport Park

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2018 CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy 38th
2019 CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy 35th
IAME Asia Cup - Junior I.S Racing 6th
2020 IAME Asia Cup - Junior I.S Racing 3rd
2021 WSK Super Master SeriesOK 71st
WSK Euro SeriesOK 34th
Champions of the Future — OK 51st
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOK Forza Racing 41st
WSK Open Cup — OK 36th
Sources:[7][6][1]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2022 Formula Renault Super Challenge H-Star Racing 4 4 2 4 4 120 1st
F4 Chinese Championship Smart Life Racing Team 14 13 7 11 13 375 1st
Macau Grand Prix 2 1 1 0 2 N/A 2nd
2023 GB3 Championship Hillspeed 22 1 0 1 1 128 20th
Euroformula Open Championship CryptoTower Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 8 18th
2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship M2 Competition 14 1 1 0 2 205 7th
GB3 Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 5 0 0 0 0 77* 7th*
Euroformula Open Championship Team Motopark 3 1 0 1 1 36* 8th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Chinese Championship results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2022 Smart Life Racing Team NIC1
1

1
NIC1
2

1
NIC1
3

1
NIC1
4

Ret
NIC2
1

1
NIC2
2

1
NIC2
3

1
NIC2
4

1
MAC
1

1
MAC
2

2
PSC
1

1
PSC
2

1
PSC
3

1
PSC
4

1
1st 375

Complete GB3 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 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2023 Hillspeed OUL
1

21
OUL
2

DNS
OUL
3

89
SIL1
1

17
SIL1
2

14
SIL1
3

175
SPA
1

5
SPA
2

4
SPA
3

143
SNE
1

17
SNE
2

17
SNE
3

17
SIL2
1

17
SIL2
2

17
SIL2
3

C
BRH
1

15
BRH
2

20
BRH
3

Ret
ZAN
1

18
ZAN
2

19
ZAN
3

Ret
DON
1

17
DON
2

19
DON
3

12
20th 128
2024 Hitech Pulse-Eight OUL
1

4
OUL
2

5
OUL
3

10
SIL1
1

5
SIL1
2

9
SIL1
3

C
SPA
1

SPA
2

SPA
3

HUN
1

HUN
2

HUN
3

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ZAN
3

SIL2
1

SIL2
2

SIL2
3

DON
1

DON
1

DON
1

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

7th* 77*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Euroformula Open 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 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points
2023 CryptoTower Racing Team PRT
1

PRT
2

PRT
3

SPA
1

8
SPA
2

8
SPA
3

Ret
HUN
1

HUN
2

HUN
3

LEC
1

LEC
2

LEC
3

RBR
1

RBR
2

RBR
3

MNZ
1

MNZ
2

MNZ
3

MUG
1

MUG
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

CAT
3

18th 8

Complete Formula Regional Oceania 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 DC Points
2024 M2 Competition TAU
1

6
TAU
2

1
TAU
3

11
MAN
1

7
MAN
2

10
MAN
3

15
HMP
1

4
HMP
2

5
HMP
3

DNS
CHR
1

6
CHR
2

2
CHR
3

6
HIG
1

8
HIG
2

6
HIG
3

16
6th 206

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