Gerrard Xie

Xie Yonglin (born 24 September 2006), also known as Gerrard Xie, is a Chinese racing driver who currently competes in the 2024 GB3 Championship for Hitech Pulse-Eight, having previously raced in the series in 2023 with Hillspeed. He was champion of the 2022 F4 Chinese Championship and the 2022 Formula Renault Super Challenge.

Karting
Xie competed in karting across Europe and Asia from 2018 to 2021, though he often did not complete full seasons in Europe. He finished third in the 2020 IAME Asia Cup in the junior class.

Formula Renault
Xie made his car racing debut in the 2022 Formula Renault Super Challenge, driving for H-Star Racing. Entering from the second round onwards, he took pole position and won both races with the fastest lap in his debut round, and did the same again in the final and third round of the championship, taking the overall title, 32 points ahead of nearest rival Jason Wu.

Formula 4
Xie competed in the 2022 F4 Chinese Championship with Smart Life Racing Team. He dominated the opening round at the Ningbo International Circuit, taking a double pole position and winning three of the four races, retiring from the fourth. At the second round, also at Ningbo, he took another double pole and won all four races, with fastest lap in each. After qualifying second behind Andy Chang, he held off Charles Leong to win the opening race of the 2022 Macau Grand Prix (the third round of the championship), and finished second in the main race, sealing the championship title in the process. In the final round of the season at Pingtan Street Circuit, Xie again took double pole position and won all four races with the fastest lap in each, to win the championship by over 160 points, the largest ever title-winning margin in a Chinese F4 season.

2023
On 13 February 2023, it was announced that Xie would drive for Hillspeed in the 2023 GB3 Championship alongside Daniel Mavlyutov, with both drivers supported by the new Hitech GP Academy. Xie had a difficult season, but won the final race of the season at Donington Park. He finished 20th in the championship with 128 points.

2024
In 2024, Xie switched to Hitech Pulse-Eight for his second season in GB3.

Formula Regional
Xie made his debut in the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship, driving for M2 Competition. He took pole position by four tenths in Hampton Downs International Motorsport Park and had a win in Taupo Motorsport Park

Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.

Complete GB3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress.

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship Results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)