Teenage motorsport star Christian Ho wraps up stellar year with a display of six wins and three more podium finishes which saw him crowned Rookie Champion and the driver with most wins in the season
Singapore, 25 February 2025 – Singapore’s teenage motorsport star Christian Ho has been crowned the 2024 Eurocup-3 champion after competitor Emmo Fittipaldi was hit with a penalty for exceeding track limits during Race 1 of the final round in Barcelona on last November.
The result wraps up a stellar 2024 for Ho, whose impressive display of six wins and three more podium finishes also saw him crowned Rookie Champion and finish as the driver with the most wins in the season.
Reflecting on his season, Ho said: “What an incredible season. I'm so happy to be the Eurocup-3 champion as well as the Rookies' Champion. The last few months have been a roller coaster of emotions and I'm still trying to process everything and take in the moment. But I'm very happy with my performance last season."
"It has been an amazing experience. I've learnt so much from each weekend and everyone involved including my teammates, competitors and engineers. There were ups and downs for sure but that's normal. The most important thing is that I learnt something new each time and emerged stronger. Going into the final rounds, I knew it was going to be close and I just made sure to be fully focused each weekend so that I could get the best results possible. I knew I had to be at my best for the very last race."
"I'm glad everything paid off and I'm just so proud of how far we've come, having overcome a shaky start to the season. All these experiences have shown me that I'm always capable of pushing myself further and doing better, and that motivates me even more to keep going. I'm excited for what's to come in F3 and I'm going to bring this energy with me this year.”
Following a dream debut in the Eurocup-3, Ho’s next challenge will see him racing for DAMS Lucas Oil in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship, becoming the first Singaporean to compete in the series.
The third-tier F3 kicks off in Melbourne in March and the full calendar can be found here.
How the final weekend unfolded
At the final Eurocup-3 weekend on 9-10 Nov 2024, Fittipaldi won the first race ahead of Ho, but appeared to have left the track and gained an advantage. At that time, the stewards deemed it a racing incident and Ho’s Campos Racing team lodged an appeal immediately after the race.
While the appeal result was being determined, Fittipaldi’s MP Motorsport teammate Javier Sagrera was provisionally named champion at the end of the weekend.
The Royal Spanish Automobile Federation’s (RFEDA) Appeal and Disciplinary Committee later overturned the stewards’ decision, and MP Motorsport appealed that result to the FIA International Court of Appeal. On Monday (24 February), Eurocup-3 announced that Ho was officially crowned champion after the FIA International Court of Appeal upheld the decision made by the RFEDA’s Appeals and Disciplinary Committee.
With Ho being promoted to race winner and in addition to his clean sweep on 10 Nov 2024, he clinched the Eurocup-3 title in his rookie season with 255 points ahead of Sagrera (250).
Ho’s triumph is the latest achievement in his motorsport career. Since moving to Europe at 11 to pursue his motorsport career, Ho has been making waves in the industry. He has consistently been one of the top drivers for his age group and made steady progress earning a promotion to the next category of racing on a yearly basis.
When he was 12, he became the first Asian to win a race in the FIA Karting Academy Trophy and was the series’ overall runner-up. In 2020, he finished fourth in the 2020 FIA World Karting Championship – Junior and third in the WSK Champions Cup. Following a successful karting career, Ho made the move up to single-seater racing in 2022 when he raced in his first full F4 Spanish Championship season.
After finishing 13th in his rookie season, he placed second the next season after clinching five wins and 13 podium finishes. He then made the step up to Eurocup-3 last year before announcing his move up to the 2025 FIA F3 Championship. Ho’s historic participation in the FIA F3 Championship was announced last September and comes as he continues working towards his dream of competing in Formula 1, the pinnacle of motorsport.
The FIA F3 championship is part of motorsport’s governing body FIA’s pathway aimed at helping drivers reach the pinnacle of the sport, sitting in between the FIA Formula 4 and Formula 2 championships.
Most if not all F1 drivers go through the third-tier championship which serves as a feeder series. The FIA F3 season typically takes place on the sidelines of F1 races at the same circuits. The 2025 season consists of 30 drivers (10 teams), 10 rounds and includes iconic venues such as England’s Silverstone, Monaco’s street circuit and the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
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