Reigning Asian LMS champions DC Racing will return to defend their titles under a new team name, “Jackie Chan DC Racing”.

The team will field two cars in the Asian LMS 2016-2017, which kicks off in Zhuhai at October 30 2016. Jackie Chan DC Racing will enter an Oreca 03– Nissan in LMP2 class and a returns with their championship winning Ligier JSP3 – Nissan in LMP3.

Chinese co-team owner and driver David Cheng will once again be behind the wheel on one of the cars, aiming to continue a successful record having claimed the last 3 Asian LMS driver championships. He is currently also racing in the FIA-WEC with Signatech-Alpine A460.

Other drivers of the team will be announced shortly.

David Cheng «It is with great pleasure to announce Jackie’s increased involvement with DC Racing after a great showing of LMP2 in LE MANS 24H and the victory of LMP3 in Road To Le Mans With Thomas Laurent»

“Due to logistical reasons and conflict of dates between the several championships it was impossible to with our Alpine A460, which we deeply regret. However, after our championship winning debut season this is an important new step for our team for the future. The growing involvement of Jackie Chan is a big commitment for our young team that now has every step of the ACO ladder for young drivers to climb »

Remy Brouard, team principal confirms that the targets will be the victory in the two categories. “We are very pleased to enter this 4th season in Asia in addition to our program in the FIA-WEC with the Baxi- DC Racing Alpine.

The 2 championships will overlap between Zhuhai late October, one week before Shanghai-WEC, an important race for our Chinese Team infront of home crowd…. “We will not be bored this winter!”