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Lü Wei
吕威
Lu in 2026
NationalityChina Chinese
Canada Canadian
Born (1986-11-06) 6 November 1986 (age 39)
Beijing, China
Categorisation FIA Bronze
Championship titles
2025
2022		GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – Pro-Am

Lü Wei (Chinese: 吕威; pinyin: Lǚ Wēi; born 6 November 1986), also known as Wei Lu, is a Chinese and Canadian racing driver competing in GT World Challenge Asia for Origine Motorsport.

Career

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Lü Wei was born in Beijing on 6 November 1986 and was raised there,[1] before moving to Vancouver in 2006 and beginning to participate in club races shortly after, while owning a residential building construction company.[2] After making his competitive racing debut in 2014 in Ferrari Challenge North America,[3] Lü competed full-time in the series the following year, scoring five Trofeo Pirelli podiums en route to a fourth-place points finish.[4] In parallel, Lü also raced in the TCB class of Pirelli World Challenge for Racing.ca,[5] scoring a lone podium in Utah to take eighth in points.[6]

Returning to the former for 2016,[7] Lü scored a pair of second-place finishes at Lime Rock Park as he ended the year third in Trofeo Pirelli.[8] At the end of the year, Lü finished second in the Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali.[9] Continuing for an identical programme the following year, Lü took four wins and four further podiums en route to runner-up honours in Trofeo Pirelli.[10] Remaining with Ferrari machinery for 2018 but stepping up to GT3 competition, Lü partnered up with Jeff Segal to compete in the SprintX GT Championship Series for TR3 Racing.[11] Racing in GT Pro-Am, Lü won race one at Circuit of the Americas and both Utah races,[12] as well as six other podiums as he missed out on the class title by four points.[13]

Lü made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in 2019 aboard a JMW Motorsport Ferrari.

In 2019, Lü joined Ferrari-linked JMW Motorsport to compete in the LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series under the Canadian flag.[14] Partnering Segal and Matteo Cressoni, Lü scored a pair of second-place finishes at Monza and Barcelona to take third in LMGTE.[15] Lü also raced alongside Segal and Rodrigo Baptista at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMGTE Am,[16] in which he crossed the line in third,[17] before later being promoted to second after the race-winning Keating Motorsports Ford was disqualified post-race.[18] During 2019, Lü also made one-off appearances in Blancpain GT World Challenge America for TR3 Racing,[19] as well as Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia and China GT Championship for Phantom Pro Racing.[20][21] The following year, Lü joined Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Motorsport to race in the first two rounds of the TCR China Touring Car Championship,[22] winning on his final start at Zhuzhou as he began using a Chinese licence.[23] After racing part-time in the GT Super Sprint Challenge and China GT in 2021,[24] Lü raced in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia the following year, in which he won the Pro-Am title for R&B Racing.[25]

Continuing with Porsche-fielding R&B Racing to make his full-time debut in GT World Challenge Asia, Lü took overall wins at Motegi (with Dennis Olsen) and Sepang (with Patrick Pilet), as well as four other podiums to secure third in both the overall and GT3 Pro-Am standings.[26][27] At the end of the year, Lü won the Shanghai 8 Hours with the same team alongside Yuan Bo and Leo Ye.[28] After winning the 2024 Sepang 12 Hours with them,[29] Lü stayed with the rebranded Origine Motorsport outfit to continue in GT World Challenge Asia for the rest of the year.[30] In his second season in the series, Lü won at Sepang (with Laurin Heinrich) and Buriram (with Pilet) outright,[31] as well as taking a class win at Suzuka en route to runner-up honours in Pro-Am.[32] At the end of the year, Lü raced in the 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series for Mercedes customer team Climax Racing in the GT class.[33]

Lü then returned to Origine Motorsport for his third season in GT World Challenge Asia for the remainder of 2025,[34] winning at Mandalika (with Alessio Picariello) and Okayama (with Bastian Buus) as he lost out on the overall title on countback,[35][36][37] but was able to clinch the Pro-Am crown by one point.[38] At the end of the year, Lü also raced with them in the first two rounds of the 2025–26 24H Series Middle East, winning the 2025 12 Hours of Malaysia and finishing on the GT3 Am podium at the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi.[39][40] For the rest of 2026, Lü remained with Origine Motorsport to race in both GT World Challenge Asia and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.[41][42]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Pirelli World Challenge – TCB Racing.ca 12 0 0 1 1 906 8th
Ferrari Challenge North America – Trofeo Pirelli Ferrari of Vancouver 8 0 1 1 5 101 4th
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – ST Mini JCW Team 1 0 0 0 0 10 70th
2016 Ferrari Challenge North America – Trofeo Pirelli Ferrari of Vancouver 12 0 1 1 2 126 3rd
Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali – Trofeo Pirelli 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 2nd
2017 Ferrari Challenge North America – Trofeo Pirelli Ferrari of Vancouver 14 5 7 5 9 213 2nd
Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali – Trofeo Pirelli 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 5th
2018 SprintX GT Championship Series – GT Pro-Am TR3 Racing 10 3 0 0 9 230 2nd
Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific – Trofeo Pirelli 4 0 0 0 1 13 14th
2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America TR3 Racing 2 0 0 0 0 10 25th
Blancpain GT World Challenge America – Pro-Am 1 0 0 1 27 11th
European Le Mans Series – LMGTE JMW Motorsport 6 0 0 0 2 74 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 2nd
China GT Championship – GT4 Phantom Pro Racing 3 2 0 0 3 76 13th
Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia – Am 2 2 0 2 0 NC†
2020 TCR China Touring Car Championship Shell Teamwork Lynk & Co Motorsport 4 1 0 0 2 39 9th
2021 GT Super Sprint Challenge – Gentlemen
China GT Championship
2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia R&B Racing 8 0 0 0 2 72 7th
2023 GT World Challenge Asia – GT3 R&B Racing 12 2 0 0 6 133 3rd
GT World Challenge Asia – GT3 Pro-Am 2 0 0 6 135 3rd
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia – Am 2 0 0 0 1 11 10th
Shanghai 8 Hours 1 1 1 0 1 N/a 1st
2024 GT World Challenge Asia Origine Motorsport 12 2 2 0 4 127 3rd
GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am 3 5 0 5 161 2nd
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia R&B Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – Pro-Am 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Sepang 12 Hours 1 1 0 0 1 N/a 1st
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia – Pro-Am Madness Racing Team 2 1 0 0 3 0 NC†
2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series – GT Climax Racing 4 0 0 0 0 1 24th
2025 Middle East Trophy – GT3 Am Climax Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10 NC
GT World Challenge Asia Origine Motorsport 12 2 1 0 5 125 2nd
GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am 3 1 0 5 155 1st
China GT Championship – GT3 8 1 0 0 4 93 3rd
China GT Championship – GT3 Pro-Am 1 0 0 5 117 3rd
2025–26 24H Series Middle East – GT3 Am Origine Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 72 3rd
Origine powered by CC 1 0 0 0 1
2026 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Origine Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 19* 10th*
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia – Pro-Am 2 4 0 2 41.5* 3rd*
GT World Challenge Asia 2 1 0 0 1 33* 2nd*
GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am 1 0 0 2 40* 2nd*
China GT Championship – GT3 Team KRC
Winhere Origine Motorsport
China GT Championship – GT3 Am Team KRC
Sources:[43][44][45][46]

† As Lu was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2019 JMW Motorsport LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 LEC
4		 MNZ
2		 3rd 74
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo CAT
2		 SIL
6		 SPA
6		 ALG
5

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2019 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United States Jeff Segal
Brazil Rodrigo Baptista		 Ferrari 488 GTE LMGTE Am 334 32nd 2nd

Complete GT World Challenge Asia results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2019 Phantom Pro Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT3 Am SEP
1
 SEP
2
 CHA
1
 CHA
2
 SUZ
1
 SUZ
2
 FUJ
1
 FUJ
2
 KOR
1
 KOR
2
 SHA
1
1		 SHA
2
1		 NC† 0†
2023 R&B Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) GT3 Pro-Am BUR
1
4		 BUR
2
15		 FUJ
1
3		 FUJ
2
3		 SUZ
1
12		 SUZ
2
3		 MOT
1
Ret		 MOT
2
1		 OKA
1
10		 OKA
2
3		 SEP
1
4		 SEP
2
1		 3rd 135
2024 Origine Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro-Am SEP
1
5		 SEP
2
1		 BUR
1
5		 BUR
2
1		 FUJ
1
9		 FUJ
2
5		 SUZ
1
1		 SUZ
2
3		 OKA
1
3		 OKA
2
4		 SHA
1
Ret		 SHA
2
4		 2nd 161
2025 Origine Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Pro-Am SEP
1
Ret		 SEP
2
6		 MAN
1
12		 MAN
2
1		 BUR
1
1		 BUR
2
5		 FUJ
1
2		 FUJ
2
9		 OKA
1
2		 OKA
2
1		 BEI
1
4		 BEI
2
4		 1st 155
2026 Origine Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Pro-Am SEP
1
3		 SEP
2
1		 MAN
1
 MAN
2
 SHA
1
 SHA
2
 FUJ
1
 FUJ
2
 OKA
1
 OKA
2
 BEI
1
 BEI
2
 2nd* 40*

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2024–25 Climax Racing GT Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 SEP
1
18		 SEP
2
16		 DUB
1
10		 DUB
2
13		 ABU
1
WD		 ABU
2
WD		 24th 1

References

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  • Lü Wei career summary at DriverDB.com
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