Daniel Lu

Daniel Lu
陆文龙
Born	Lu Wenlong (2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 24) Shanghai, China
Nationality	Chinese
Previous series
2018-19, 2021-24 2017 2017 2016–17	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Euroformula Open Championship Formula Masters China Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
Championship titles
2021	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

Daniel Lu Wenlong (Chinese: 陆文龙; pinyin: Lù Wén Lóng; born 9 May 2001), also previously known as Daniel Hibbitt, is a Chinese and British racing driver currently competing for Absolute Racing in GT World Challenge Asia.

Personal life and education

Lu was born in Shanghai on 9 May 2001 to a British father and a Chinese mother, and was named "Dragon" by his grandparents. He has a younger brother, Nathan Lu Wenhu, who is four years his junior and previously competed in karting.^[1]

Lu also attended the British International School of Shanghai and the University of Devon.^[2]

Career

Lu began his karting career at the age of 14 and most notably won the Rotax Max Kart Challenge China Cup Youth Division in 2015.^[3][4] In early 2017, Lu made his single-seater debut at the Buriram round of the 2016–17 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship.^[5]

For the rest of 2017, Lu competed for Absolute Racing in Formula Masters China, in which he took eight wins on his way to runner-up in points, three behind Taylor Cockerton.^[6] Alongside his Formula Masters China commitments, Lu competed in all but one rounds of the Asian Formula Renault Series for Asia Racing Team,^[7] taking four wins to finish second in points and winning the Renault Road to Champion class.^[8] During 2017, Lu also competed for BVM Racing in the Monza and Jerez rounds of the Euroformula Open Championship.^[9]

Despite testing Formula Renault machinery in Europe at the end of 2017,^[10] Lu became a Porsche China Young Driver and switched to Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for 2018.^[11][12] In his rookie year in the series, Lu scored a best result of fourth at Fuji en route to a seventh-place points finish.^[13]

Returning to Porsche Carrera Cup Asia as a Porsche China junior for 2019, Lu won in Singapore en route to a fourth-place points finish.^[14][15] During 2019, Lu also raced part-time in the China GT Championship, winning at Shanghai and Ningbo in the GTC class alongside Jacky Wu.^[16][17] Initially signing with Team Jebsen for the following year, Lu joined them in 2021 after the previous season was cancelled due to the pandemic.^[18] In his third full-tims season in the series, Lu won four races and clinched the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia title at season's end.^[19][20]

Following a two-year hiatus, Lu returned to racing in 2024 by competing for EBM in one-off appearances in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and GT World Challenge Asia.^[21][22] The following year, Lu joined Absolute Racing as one of the team's two Porsches for their campaign in GT World Challenge Asia,^[23][24] whilst also returning to the China GT Championship.^[25]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016–17	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	Meritus.GP	7	0	0	0	1	0	NC
2017	Formula Masters China	Absolute Racing	18	7	3	4	11	218	2nd
	Asian Formula Renault Series – Class A	Asia Racing Team	10	4	4	4	8	231	2nd
	Euroformula Open Championship	BVM Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2017–18	Porsche GT3 Challenge Middle East		4	0	0	0	1	59	17th
2018	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Porsche China Junior Team	13	0	0	0	0	98	7th
2018–19	Asian Le Mans Series – GTC	EKS Motorsports	1	0	0	0	1	18	2nd
2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Porsche China Junior Team	14	1	0	0	2	166	4th
	China GT Championship – GTC		2	0	0	0	2	28	10th
2020	China Endurance Championship – GT3 Pro-Am	FFA Racing							3rd
2021	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Team Jebsen	15	4	1	0	10	284	1st
2022	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Climax Racing	8					72	7th
2023	Shanghai 8 Hours – GTC	Z.SPEED	1	1	1		1	N/A	1st
	Thai Super Series – GT3	Absolute B-Quik Racing	2	0		0	1	0	NC†
2024	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	EBM Giga Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Asia – Silver-Am	EBM	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Thai Super Series – GT3	Absolute B-Quik Racing	2	1		0	1	35	12th
2025	China GT Championship – GT3	610 Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Asia – Silver-Am	Absolute Racing	10	0	0	0	1	73*	10th*
	SRO GT Cup – Silver	Team Pegasus	2	0	2	0	1	18*	4th*
Sources:[26][27][28][29][30]

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

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Masters China results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2017	Absolute Racing	SEP1 1 1	SEP1 2 1	SEP1 3 3	SEP1 4 1	SEP2 1 8	SEP2 2 1	SEP2 3 4	SEP2 4 3	ZIC1 1 1	ZIC1 2 Ret	ZIC1 3 2	ZIC2 1 10	ZIC2 2 2	ZIC2 3 1	SIC 1 1	SIC 2 4	SIC 3 4	SIC 4 5	2nd	218

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2017	BVM Racing	EST 1	EST 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	MNZ 1 16	MNZ 2 15	JER 1 Ret	JER 2 16	CAT 1	CAT 2	25th	0

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
2018–19	EKS Motorsports	GTC	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SHA 2	FUJ	CHA	SEP	2nd	18

Complete GT World Challenge Asia results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2024	EBM	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Silver-Am	SEP 1	SEP 2	BUR 1	BUR 2	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	OKA 1	OKA 2	SIC 1 4	SIC 2 7	0	NC
2025	Absolute Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Silver-Am	SEP 1 3	SEP 2 5	MAN 1 8	MAN 2 4	BUR 1 9	BUR 2 9	FUJ 1 Ret	FUJ 2 6	OKA 1 6	OKA 2 4	BEI 1	BEI 2	10th*	73*

^* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Daniel Lu career summary at DriverDB.com