Melvin Choo is a racing driver from Singapore who last raced in Super GT for Thunder Asia Racing. Choo has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 17 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,466 ranks Choo 5975th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2011-10-15 | Motegi GT300 | P18 | −34 |
| 2011-10-01 | Autopolis GT300 | P19 | −53 |
| 2011-09-10 | Fuji GT300 | P20 | −48 |
| 2011-08-20 | Suzuka GT300 | P18 | −23 |
| 2011-06-18 | Sepang International Circuit GT300 | P15 | −21 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +27 | Suzuka 2010 | Super GT | P14 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ▸Super GT | Thunder Asia Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −195 | 3,466 |
| 2010 | ▸Super GT | 365 Thunderasia Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −316 | 3,661 |
| 2009 | ▸Super GT | Thunder Asia Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −39 | 3,977 |
| 2008 | ▸World Touring Car Championship | Thunder Asia Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +2,666 | 4,016 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Manabu OridoFIA Silver | 3,709 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 12% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,252 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuji KunimotoFIA Platinum | 5,017 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% |
| 🇯🇵 Tetsuya TanakaFIA Bronze | 4,639 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,632 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,618 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold | 4,452 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🇺🇦 Ryo Orime | 4,447 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuhi SekiguchiFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,879 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% |
| 🇨🇭 Alain MenuHigher-rated | 5,619 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,373 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,965 | 🇺🇸 Joe Aramendia | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,468 |
| 5,966 | 🇺🇸 Joey Iest | ARCA Menards West | 3,468 |
| 5,967 | 🇧🇾 Alexander Talkanitsa | Le Mans Cup | 3,467 |
| 5,968 | 🇺🇸 Chris Cockrum | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,467 |
| 5,969 | 🇫🇷 Dylan Estre | French F4 | 3,467 |
| 5,970 | 🏳️ Rob Ecklin Jr. | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,467 |
| 5,971 | 🇺🇸 Spencer Brockman | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,467 |
| 5,972 | 🇵🇷 Bryan Ortiz | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,466 |
| 5,973 | 🇩🇪 Hugo Sasse | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,466 |
| 5,974 | 🇺🇸 Jacob Lutz | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 3,466 |
| 5,975 | 🇸🇬 Melvin Choo | Super GT | 3,466 |
| 5,976 | 🇳🇱 Maurizio Basso | FIA GT Championship | 3,465 |
| 5,977 | 🇮🇹 Riccardo Cinti | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,465 |
| 5,978 | 🇵🇷 Victor Gomez | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,465 |
| 5,979 | 🇫🇷 Dimitri Enjalbert | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,464 |
| 5,980 | 🇧🇪 Edi Gay | FIA GT Championship | 3,464 |
| 5,981 | 🇩🇪 Moritz Oehme | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,464 |
| 5,982 | 🇺🇸 Wally Lambert | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,464 |
| 5,983 | 🇺🇸 Doug Taylor | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,463 |
| 5,984 | 🇺🇸 Frankie Mossman | USF Pro 2000 | 3,463 |
| 5,985 | 🇬🇧 John Melsom | Le Mans Cup | 3,463 |
Melvin Choo is an entry-level professional driver from Singapore who raced in international touring cars and endurance GT racing between 2008 and 2011. He competed in the World Touring Car Championship for Thunder Asia Racing in 2008, taking four starts, and then moved to Super GT's GT300 class, where he shared a car across 13 rounds for the same team from 2009 to 2011. His rating of 3,466 places him at the lower end of the professional scale, where drivers are developing consistency and experience against established opposition.[1]
Choo finished 22nd in the 2008 World Touring Car Championship standings in his sole season in that series. In Super GT, he was a regular presence in the GT300 grid but typically finished behind his most frequent competitors. He recorded two finishes ahead of Haruki Kurosawa, an established professional and FIA Gold driver who would go on to win the 2018 Super GT GT300 title, and once finished ahead of Yuji Kunimoto, a Platinum-graded driver with an extensive career spanning Super GT, Super Formula and Formula 3 machinery. Against the two drivers he faced most often, Manabu Orido and Nobuteru Taniguchi, both established professionals and Super GT GT300 champions, he usually finished lower in the order. Thunder Asia Racing, his team across all but one of his starts, had no race wins in the indexed record and fielded a roster where the strongest driver on record was an established professional.[2]