🇨🇳 Yifei Ye

Yifei Ye is an established professional sportscar driver with a Racer Rating of 6,125, placing him among elite professionals who compete at the sharp end of top-level endurance racing. His FIA Gold categorisation confirms his status as a full professional within the GT and sportscar sphere. Ye has built his career primarily through endurance racing since 2021, winning the European Le Mans Series championship that year and establishing himself as a consistent front-runner in the FIA World Endurance Championship with AF Corse, where he has recorded 3 wins and 4 podiums across 29 starts through 2026.[1]

Ye's path to endurance racing included a formative spell in single-seaters between 2015 and 2019, though this phase proved less successful; he recorded 2 podiums but no wins across 85 starts in Italian F4, Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula 3. His breakthrough came in endurance racing, where he immediately demonstrated competitive pace. Against a field of established rivals, Ye has compiled a mixed head-to-head record; he finished ahead of Robert Shwartzman, a Platinum-graded former champion, in 40 of 44 shared races, a dominant result that speaks to his current standing, but consistently finished behind Max Fewtrell and Charles Milesi, both multi-time champions at their respective levels. Notably, he has occasional results against drivers of generational calibre, including isolated victories over Oscar Piastri on multiple occasions and rare outings against Lando Norris.[2]

Ye remains active in 2026, competing in the World Endurance Championship for AF Corse while exploring opportunities with other manufacturers; recent reports indicate an upcoming Porsche programme that will expand his endurance racing commitments. His average finishing position across 129 career starts stands at P9, reflecting consistent performance in competitive fields rather than dominant results, with eight wins gathered almost entirely in endurance racing series.