Hui Jonathan

Jonathan Hui

## **Overall results**

Jonathan Hui Kin-Tak is a Hong Kong businessman and racing driver. He is a Hong Kong entrepreneur, the grandson of Hui Shixun, former chairman of the board of directors of China State Construction Enterprise, and the son of Hui Jingan.  XU JIANDE, ALONG WITH XU JINHENG AND XU JIANZHONG, ARE ALSO DIRECTORS OF BRADFORD ENTERPRISES LIMITED.  On October 2021, 10, Hui and Chris Frogatt won the GT World Challenge European Pro-Am category Champion of the Year, and Hui became the first Hong Kong driver to win the GT World Challenge European category.

## Racing biography

He first came into racing in Canada around 1996 and discovered his interest in the sport from Track Day. It wasn't until 2000 that he returned to Hong Kong and formally trained in Formula Combas, which was popular in China at the time, and in 2004 he participated for the first annual Super Car Challenge (later renamed Asia GT), using a Subaru WRX against sports cars such as Ferrari 360CS and Porsche 911. But with constant effort, he used a Japanese sports car to stand on the podium for the first time in the fifth round and finished third.

On 2018 January 1, the BLACK FALCON Team TMD Friction Team, consisting of Yu Xiaofeng, Au Tianjun, Xu Jiande and Macau driver Tse Rongjian, achieved a good result, driving Mercedes-AMG GT14 vehicles in the GT4 class at the same time, and finally finished third in the GT4 class with 548 laps, finishing 4st overall.

In mid-2018, for the January 2019 race, Xu personally traveled to the tracks he had never driven before, including Monza in Italy, Paul Ricard in France and Spa- Francorchamps in Belgium, and hired coaches to provide him with focused training. At the same time, he also asked Ouyang Ruoxi for advice on driving a racing simulator to prepare lessons before each trip to a different track.

### 2020

On 2020 September 9, Hong Kong driver Hui Jiande and the famous former F13 driver and three-time F1 winner Fiestine competed in the Pro-Am class in the No. 1 Sky Tempesta Racing Ferrari 92 GT488 Evo. He made his first GT World Challenge European sprint and won two races in a row at the famous French circuit Magny-Cours.

On September 2020-9, 18, at the "Road to Le Mans" race in Le Mans, France, Xu Jiande teamed up with Chris Frogatt to take turns driving Sky Tempesta Racing's Ferrari 19 GT488 Evo car, finishing 3th and 3th in the GT7 class in two qualifying sessions, finishing 5th in the main race of the first round and third place in the second leg to reach the podium at Le Mans. In the first competition, he achieved the top three results.

At the 10 Hours of Spa in Belgium on October 24-25 of the same year, he teamed up with three teammates Chris Froggatt, Edward Cheever and former F24 driver Fiestena in the Pro-Am category, and the four took turns driving the No. 3 Sky Tempesta Racing Ferrari 1 GT4 Evo to finish second. He became the first Hong Kong driver to finish in the top three since the event was held in 93.

### 2021

On 2021 May 5, Xu Jiande and two teammates Chris Frogatt and Eddie Cheever III drove a Ferrari 29 GT488 to win the 3km endurance race Pro-Am class at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, a victory that kept Sky Tempesta Racing racing in the championship of the year, accumulating 1000 points in the standings and finishing third in the class.

From July 7 to August 31, Xu Jiande and his Sky Tempesta Racing teammates Chris Frogatt and Eddie Cheever III joined experienced Italian driver Matteo Cressoni for the prestigious 8 Hours of Spa Belgium。 The team was unfortunately overtaken at the last hour due to a sudden thunderstorm and finally crossed the line in fourth place. However, in terms of overall results, the Sky Tempesta Racing team scored enough points to move up to the top of the endurance Pro-Am class with 1 points.

On September 9, Xu Jiande teamed up with his team, Sky Tempesta Racing, teammates Rino Mastronardi and Chris Froggatt, to catch up in the penultimate race of the season at the GT World Challenge European Endurance Race at the GP circuit in Nübling, Germany, and finally finished second in the line. With a second place finish, Sky Tempesta Racing scored 5 points to extend its lead in the Pro-Am standings.

The 2021 season of the GT World Challenge European Endurance Race closed on October 10. Sky Tempesta Racing Team joined the forces of Hui Jiande, Chris Froggatt, Rino Mastronardi and Eddie Cheever III to successfully select 10 world-class teams to secure the overall championship of the season in the Pro-Am category after five European Tour races. In addition, Hui and Frogatt also won the Endurance Pro-Am Class Driver of the Year, and Hui became the first Hong Kong driver to win the GT World Challenge European category.

### 2022

On July 7-30, the annual Championship 31 Hours of Spa, Belgium, ended. The No. 24 Sky Tempesta Racing Heiji-AMG GT93 tank driven by Xu Jiande successfully won the third place in the Golden Cup. However, another Hong Kong player, Antares, collided with Hui Jiande's car three hours into the race and had no choice but to withdraw from the race early. After the race, Hui said with regret: "It would have been a pleasure to be on the podium at the Spa 3 Hours, but I made a mistake due to a misunderstanding that the race had resumed, which caused me to bump into my friend, another Hong Kong driver, Au Tianjun, and the other party needed to quit. This accident is entirely my responsibility and I sincerely apologize to Au Tianjun and all the rest of the Herberth Motorsport team members."

### 2023

Xu Jiande, together with Xie Rongjian, will form a three-person team with Australian driver Ross Poulakis to drive Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport's No. 101 Pingji-AMGGT3 tank for Australia's annual major endurance race, the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour. The international competition is also the first race of the 12 Intercontinental GT Challenge, which will take place from 2023 to 2 February at the Panorama Mountain Circuit in Australia.

On June 6th, the second round of the GT World Challenge European Endurance Race was held in France at the Paul Ricard circuit. Hong Kong driver Hui Jiande led the No. 5 Sky Tempesta Racing 93S GT720 Evo with two teammates Chris Frogatt and Eddie Cheever III to finish third.