Melvin Choo

Melvin Choo Kwok Ming (born 24 July 1970) is a Singaporean auto racing driver.

Career
Choo qualifying a Mosler MT900 at the 400km of Fuji in 2010.

Choo competed in the final two rounds of the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship, becoming the first driver from Singapore to compete in the WTCC.[1][2] He drove for the Thunder Asia Racing Team in a BMW 320si with a best placed result of 20th at Okayama Circuit, Japan. He also finished as runner-up in Division Two of the Asian Touring Car Championship in 2008, after finishing third in 2007.[3] Other races participated in 2008 includes the Aston Martin Asia Cup, and finishing as runner-up in Class B of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.

In 2009 Super GT season, Choo spot-raced in the Malaysia round for the Thunder Asia Racing with Martin Short and becomes the first Singapore driver in the event. Their team finished 13th in GT300 class. He and the team would be fully involved in the 2010 Super GT season, while he was also appointed as the official negotiator of Super GT to promote the event in Singapore, including a possibility to bringing the race to Singapore in future.

Complete WTCC results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Position Points
2008 ThunderAsia Racing BMW 320si CUR PUE VAL PAU BRN EST BRA OSC IMO MON OKA MAC NC 0
23 20 Ret Ret

Complete Super GT results
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2009 ThunderAsia Racing Mosler MT900M GT300 OKA
 SUZ
 FUJ
 SEP
13		 SUG
 SUZ
 FUJ
 AUT
 MOT
 NC 0
2010 ThunderAsia Racing Mosler MT900M GT300 SUZ
 OKA
Ret		 FUJ
Ret		 SEP
Ret		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
14		 FUJ
C		 MOT
 NC 0
2011 ThunderAsia Racing Mosler MT900M GT300 OKA
16		 FUJ
15		 SEP
15		 SUG
 SUZ
18		 FUJ
20		 AUT
19		 MOT
18		 NC 0

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2009-01-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Melvin Choo will compete in the ThunderAsia BMW 320si, becoming the first Singaporean to race in the WTCC
  2. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/16102008/58/team-singapore-driver-race-wtcc.html Team Singapore driver to race in WTCC
  3. http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/14597/ Career at Driver Database.
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