Ye Yifei


Ye Yifei or Yifei Ye is a Chinese racing driver, 2016 French F4 champion and member of the Renault Sport Academy. Ye is currently managed by Mukesh Jani, 2016 Le Mans 24 Hour Champion Neel Jani's father.

Career

Karting

Ye began karting in 2010 at the age of ten, winning the 2011 and 2012 All Chinese karting championships. In 2013, Ye made his European debut through ROK Cup International Final and finished 4th a year later.

Formula 4

In 2015, Ye graduated to single-seaters in the French F4 Championship, where he claimed two wins and finished 12th. The following year he repeated this series, claiming the French F4 title in dominant fashion.

Formula Renault 2.0

In December 2016, it was announced Ye would graduate to Formula Renault 2.0 with team champions Josef Kaufmann Racing. He had three podium finishes on his way to the eighth place in the drivers' standings. Ye reunited with JKR the following season, claiming two wins at Monza and the Hungaroring to finish the championship third overall.

Formula 3

In October 2018, Ye joined the final round of the F3 Asian Championship with Absolute Racing and rejoined the outfit for the following year's Winter Series, where he claimed three wins and finished as the runner-up.
In February 2019, Ye joined the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech GP

Formula One

In April 2019, Ye was added to the Renault Sport Academy.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Ye was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2019Hitech Grand PrixCAT
FEA
22		CAT
SPR
Ret		LEC
FEA
13		LEC
SPR
22		RBR
FEA
20		RBR
SPR
Ret		SIL
FEA
12		SIL
SPR
11		HUN
FEA
18		HUN
SPR
22		SPA
FEA
15		SPA
SPR
10		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
19		SOC
FEA
13		SOC
SPR
6		21st4