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Christian Ho

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. Ho will be the first Singaporean driver to secure a seat on the FIA Formula 3 Championship grid.[2]

Christian Ho
Ho in 2024
NationalitySingapore Singaporean
Full nameChristian Ho
Born (2006-10-31) 31 October 2006 (age 18)
Singapore
Eurocup-3 career
Debut season2024
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number23
Starts16 (17 entries)
Wins5
Podiums9
Poles6
Fastest laps5
Best finish2nd 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.[3] He was a member of the Sauber Karting Team from 2019 to 2021.[4]

Career

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Karting

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In 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.[5] He became runner-up to Kajus Siksnelis during the 2019 Karting Academy Trophy.[6] During that year he also took part in the 2019 Karting World Championship, in which he ranked 11th.[7] 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.[3]

Formula 4

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Formula 4 UAE

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Ho 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.[8] 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

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2022
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Ho continued with MP Motorsport for the 2022 F4 Spanish Championship.[9] In the first race, he scored a point in tenth place.[10] 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 racing at Spa-Francorchamps during the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship.

Ho remained in Spanish F4 for 2023, but switched to Campos Racing.[11] Ho emerged as a contender early on, taking a double podium in Spa-Francorchamps.[12] After a double pole the next round in Aragón, the win was taken away after a track limits penalty in the first race.[13] However, he redeemed himself with a commanding win in Race 2, taking his maiden single-seater victory.[14] Following that, Ho began a run of five podiums in a row starting from Jerez to Valencia, which included two poles.[15] He then took his second win in the Valencia final race.[16] He was at his best during the season finale in Barcelona, taking pole for all three races.[17][18] Ho dominated during the races, proceeding to take all three wins.[19][20][21] Ho finished the season as vice-champion, having taken five wins, seven poles and 291 points.

Eurocup-3

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Ho racing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2024 Eurocup-3 season.

Ho was promoted to Eurocup-3 for 2024, remaining with Campos Racing.[22] A poor start to the season saw him with only a fourth place in the first two rounds.[23] However, he would claim his maiden wins in Portimão, although a suspension failure prevented a clean sweep.[24][25] He took the standings lead with two poles, a win and a podium in Paul Ricard.[26] 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.[27][28] 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.[29][30] However, Ho rebounded in the Barcelona finale with second in the first race and winning the second race.[31] 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.[32]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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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:[33]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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  2. ^ "Formula 1: Singapore teen makes history by securing seat on FIA Formula 3 Championship grid". South China Morning Post. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b Wood, Ida (1 September 2021). "Sauber protege Christian Ho joins Todt's All Road Management stable". Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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  5. ^ "CHRISTIAN HO". Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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  7. ^ "2019 FIA Karting World Championship Standings – Junior". fiakarting.com. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
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  12. ^ Wood, Ida (5 May 2023). "MP Motorsport's Pedro Clerot wins shortened Spanish F4 opener at Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  13. ^ Wood, Ida (27 May 2023). "Deligny earns first Spanish F4 win after Ho gets track limits penalty". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  14. ^ Wood, Ida (28 May 2023). "Christian Ho gets his first car racing win in Spanish F4 at Aragon". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  15. ^ Wood, Ida (14 October 2023). "Just 0.051s covers the top six in Spanish F4 qualifying at Valencia". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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  23. ^ "Christian Ho claims his maiden victory among the rookies in Spielberg". Campos Racing. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Ho Secures Two Wins in the Algarve. Kluss and Lisle Also Achieve Podiums for Campos Racing". Campos Racing. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  25. ^ "Christian Ho: Portimão Eurocup-3 wins 'a long time coming'". Feeder Series. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ "Eurocup-3 Zandvoort: Sagrera delivers at MP's home, Michael Shin's accident, and more". Feeder Series. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  28. ^ "Eurocup-3 Aragón: Sagrera maintains healthy championship lead despite teammate clash". Feeder Series. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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