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 5874th of 38,983 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 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 | 3,708 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 12% |
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,236 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuji KunimotoFIA Platinum | 4,810 | 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 | 4,567 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,522 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki YoshimotoFIA Gold | 4,451 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🇺🇦 Ryo Orime | 4,447 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuhi SekiguchiFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,715 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% |
| 🇨🇭 Alain MenuHigher-rated | 5,619 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇯🇵 Haruki KurosawaFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,335 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,864 | 🇩🇪 Ernst Gschwender | FIA GT Championship | 3,468 |
| 5,865 | 🇮🇹 Felipe Ortiz | SKUSA SuperNationals | 3,468 |
| 5,866 | 🇲🇾 Hafizh Syahrin | FIA World Touring Car Cup | 3,468 |
| 5,867 | 🇬🇧 James Cole | BTCC | 3,468 |
| 5,868 | 🇺🇸 Joe Aramendia | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,468 |
| 5,869 | 🇧🇾 Alexander Talkanitsa | Le Mans Cup | 3,467 |
| 5,870 | 🇫🇷 Dylan Estre | French F4 | 3,467 |
| 5,871 | 🏳️ Rob Ecklin Jr. | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,467 |
| 5,872 | 🇵🇷 Victor Gomez | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,467 |
| 5,873 | 🇩🇪 Hugo Sasse | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,466 |
| 5,874 | 🇸🇬 Melvin Choo | Super GT | 3,466 |
| 5,875 | 🇺🇸 Satakal Khalsa | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,466 |
| 5,876 | 🇧🇷 Suellio Almeida | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,466 |
| 5,877 | 🇫🇷 Dimitri Enjalbert | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,465 |
| 5,878 | 🇳🇱 Maurizio Basso | FIA GT Championship | 3,465 |
| 5,879 | 🇺🇸 Michael Christopher Jr. | NASCAR Truck | 3,465 |
| 5,880 | 🇺🇸 Pedro Torres | Michelin 992 Endurance Cup | 3,465 |
| 5,881 | 🇮🇹 Riccardo Cinti | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,465 |
| 5,882 | 🇧🇪 Edi Gay | FIA GT Championship | 3,464 |
| 5,883 | 🇩🇪 Lorenz Stegmann | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,464 |
| 5,884 | 🇫🇷 Stephane Perrin | 24H Series | 3,464 |
Melvin Choo was a semi-professional racing driver competing in international touring car and endurance championships. He raced for Thunder Asia Racing in the World Touring Car Championship and Super GT, driving FIA GT3 and Japanese GT300 specification cars in Super GT's GT300 class across four seasons from 2008 to 2011.[1]
Choo made four starts in the 2008 World Touring Car Championship, finishing 22nd in the final standings. He then moved to Super GT, where he competed in the GT300 class over three seasons from 2009 to 2011, making 13 starts in the multiclass endurance series. Across his career he scored 17 starts without recording a championship title.[2]
In Super GT Choo typically finished behind established professionals in the field. He was regularly outpaced by Manabu Orido, the 2009 GT300 champion, and Nobuteru Taniguchi, who won the class three times across the period in which Choo raced. Choo did finish ahead of Haruki Kurosawa, a later GT300 champion who went on to establish himself at a higher professional level, on two occasions, and beat Yuji Kunimoto, a driver who progressed to professional single-seater racing in Super Formula, once.