Yifei Ye
Chinese racing driver
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| 2025 | Currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar with AF Corse, securing 1 win and 2nd place overall halfway through the season. |
| June 2025 | Won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with teammates Robert Kubica and Phil Hanson, becoming the first Chinese driver to achieve an overall victory in the event. |
| 2024 | Competed in FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar with AF Corse, finishing 9th overall. |
| 2024 | Yifei Ye announced he would be leaving the Porsche racing team and signed a factory contract with Ferrari. |
| 2024 | Ye, along with teammates Robert Shwartzman and Robert Kubica, won the overall victory at the Lone Star Le Mans driving the No. 83 car. |
| 2024 | Began driving for Ferrari, transitioning to the top-tier endurance racing team. |
| 2023 | Achieved three top-ten finishes in the final three races of the WEC season, with a notable fourth-place finish in Bahrain. |
| 2023 | Made impressive debut at the Spa-Francorchamps championship round, finishing sixth with the Porsche 963 team. |
| 2023 | Announced as the youngest driver in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, joining Hertz Team Jota and partnering with António Félix da Costa and Will Stevens. |
| 2023 | Following his successful Berlin rookie test, Ye was scheduled to return to the cockpit of the Porsche 99X Electric for the Rome E-Prix Rookie Free Practice. |
| June 2023 | Competed in the 100th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, initially making a remarkable run from last to first position before crashing at the Porsche curves. After repairs, completed the race with the Jota team. |
| April 2023 | Yifei Ye was announced to participate in the official rookie test for the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team in Berlin, driving the Porsche 99X Electric. During the test, he found a good rhythm and provided valuable setup feedback to the team's engineers. |
| 2022 | Participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a revised team line-up, with Ricky Taylor replacing Nicolas Lapierre. |
| 2022 | Secured pole position at Spa-Francorchamps and achieved three podium finishes in the European Le Mans Series championship. |
| 2022 | Made his GT racing debut in the Asian Le Mans Series, driving for Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific and achieving a pole position and second-place finish in the final round. |
| February 2022 | Announced as part of Cool Racing's driver line-up for the European Le Mans Series, alongside Nicolas Lapierre and Niklas Krütten, as the reigning European Le Mans Series LMP2 Champion. |
| 2021 | Won the European Le Mans Series championship with Team WRT, securing victory at Spa-Francorchamps with a round to spare. |
| 2021 | Won the Asian Le Mans Series championship with G-Drive Racing, securing victories in the opening round and consolidating their lead in the final two races. |
| 2021 | Drove for Team WRT in the European Le Mans Series alongside Louis Delétraz and Robert Kubica, winning the first two races at Barcelona and Spielberg. |
| 2021 | Made sportscar racing debut with G-Drive Racing in the Asian Le Mans Series, partnering with René Binder and Ferdinand Habsburg in the LMP2 category. |
| 2021 | Became the European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series champion. |
| October 2021 | Signed with Porsche Motorsport as the Asian Pacific Selected Driver, becoming Porsche's first official Chinese driver and positioning himself for the upcoming LMDh program. |
| August 2021 | Competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Team WRT, completing 315 overtakes in the LMP2 class and leading the race in its final phase before experiencing an electrical failure on the last lap. |
| 2020 | Ye achieved clean sweeps at three racing circuits: Hungaroring, Red Bull Ring, and Catalunya, winning a total of 11 races, securing 13 pole positions, and recording 12 fastest laps in the Euroformula Open championship. |
| 2020 | Secured the Euroformula Open title, further establishing his prowess in single-seater racing. |
| May 2020 | Yifei Ye joined CryptoTower Racing in the Euroformula Open championship, beginning a dominant season in single-seater racing. |
| 2019 | Achieved his best result of sixth place in the final race of the FIA Formula 3 Championship in Sochi. |
| 2019 | Competed in the inaugural season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Grand Prix, racing alongside Leonardo Pulcini and Red Bull junior Jüri Vips. |
| April 2019 | Yifei Ye was signed to the Renault Sport Academy after demonstrating notable performance in the Formula Renault Eurocup, marking a significant milestone in his single-seater racing career. |
| 2018 | Achieved 3rd place in Formula Renault Eurocup and participated in F3 Asian Championship with Absolute Racing. |
| October 2018 | Joined the final round of the F3 Asian Championship with Absolute Racing, claiming two podiums out of three races. |
| 2017 | Competed in Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Renault NEC with Josef Kaufmann Racing, finishing 8th in both championships. |
| 2016 | Won the French F4 Championship, marking an early success in his racing career. |
| 2015 | Participated in Italian F4 Championship with RB Racing, finishing 21st overall. |
| 2015 | Competed in French F4 Championship with Auto Sport Academy, finishing 12th overall with 2 wins. |
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