Andrew Tang (born 13 November 1994) is a

Singaporean Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Ind ...

racing driver.

Career

Andrew Tang joined

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's Young Driver Programme in July 2012. Driving for Neale Motorsport, he became the champion of the 2014 Toyota Racing Series held in New Zealand. In 2014 Tang attempted to defer his

National service in Singapore National Service (NS) is the national policy in Singapore mandated by statutory law that requires all male Singaporean citizens and second-generation permanent residents to serve a period of compulsory service in the uniformed services. It was ...

in order to keep on racing but his deferment was denied and served his National Service. After finishing his National Service, Tang joined the Porsche China Junior team after becoming the top racer in the Porsche China Junior Programme in December 2015. He also won a sponsorship to race in Class A of the

Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Porsche Carrera Cup (sometimes abbreviated PCC) is a number of one-make racing by Porsche premier series competed with, initially Porsche 911 Carrera Cup, then later Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. The cars are specifically built by Porsche for one- ...

(PCCA). Tang won his first PCCA race in the fifth round at the Japan circuit. In 2016, his contract with Porsche China Junior team was extended for another year and will represent PCCA in the Porsche Motorsport Junior Programme shootout.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tang, Andrew 1994 births Living people Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers Toyota Racing Series drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers Prema Powerteam drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers