Denis Lian (Traditional Chinese: 練建勝; born 8 March 1972) is a Singaporean racing driver.[1]

Denis Lian
Lian in 2002
Nationality Singaporean
Born (1972-03-08) 8 March 1972 (age 52)
Singapore
A1 Grand Prix career
Debut season2006–07
Current teamA1 Team Singapore
Starts2 (4 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Best finish20th in 2006–07

Biography

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Lian began his career in Australian club racing, driving a Subaru Impreza. In 1999 he was invited to compete in Asian Formula 2000 by the series promoter, finishing 5th on debut. Lian finished third in the championship in his first full season in 2001, and won the title the following year. In 2005, he moved to Europe to contest a partial season in Formula Palmer Audi, finishing inside the top-five in all entered races and placing 13th in the final standings. He returned to Asia in 2006 to contest the Formula V6 Asia championship, finishing 7th overall.

In late-2006, Lian was selected to compete for Singapore in A1 Grand Prix. He was entered in the first round at Zandvoort, but was replaced with Christian Murchison having contracted tonsilitis between practice and qualifying. Lian returned to the seat a week later in Brno, but qualified second-last and spun on the opening lap of the feature race. He was replaced with Murchison for the following round in Beijing, and was later fired when the series' parent company A1 Holdings took control of the team having fallen into financial difficulties.[2]

Lian later contested two seasons of the Asian Le Mans Series in the minnow Group CN class, winning the two-car class in the 2015–16 season. He also competed in handful of rounds in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia in 2013, and has raced in various editions of the Merdeka Endurance Race. Outside of the driving seat, Lian has managed the Singapore branches of Lotus Cars and McLaren Automotive, and was appointed CEO of Johor Motorsports in 2015.

Results

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Summary

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Season Series Position Car Team
1999 Formula Asia 5th ArgoFord AF2000 N/A
2000 Formula Asia 4th ArgoFord AF2000 N/A
2001 Formula Asia 3rd ArgoFord AF2000 N/A
2002 Formula Asia 1st ArgoFord AF2000 N/A
2005 Formula Palmer Audi 13th Van Diemen–Audi FPA MotorSport Vision
2006 Formula V6 Asia by Renault Series 7th TatuusNissan Racing for Singapore
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix 20th Lola–Zytek B05/52 A1 Team Singapore
2014 Asian Le Mans Series – Class CN 2nd Wolf–Honda GB08 Team Avelon Formula
2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series – Class CN 1st Wolf–Honda GB08 Avelon Formula

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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(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 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2006–07 Singapore NED
SPR

PO
NED
FEA

PO
CZE
SPR

18
CZE
FEA

19
CHN
SPR

CHN
FEA

MYS
SPR

MYS
FEA

IDN
SPR

IDN
FEA

NZL
SPR

NZL
FEA

AUS
SPR

AUS
FEA

RSA
SPR

RSA
FEA

MEX
SPR

MEX
FEA

CHN
SPR

CHN
FEA

GBR
SPR

GBR
SPR

20th 3

References

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  1. ^ "Denis Lian's Profile". Archived from the original on 17 December 2006.
  2. ^ "Singapore Took Part in the World Cup of Motorsports. And We Crashed and Burned". Kopi. 18 August 2019.