BlackArts Racing Team

BlackArts Racing Team (BAR) is a China / Hong Kong registered motor racing team that was formed in January, 2015. Its main operational headquarters is located within the Zhuhai International Circuit, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province bordering Macau. The teams business operations predominantly focus on professional racing series in Asia including F3 Asian Championship, Asian Formula Renault Series/AFR Series, Circuit Hero Series, China Formula 4 Championship, and TCR Asia Series. The team also provides year-round beginning and advanced driver training via racing schools, individual driver training, and corporate track days.

BlackArts Racing Team
Founded2015
BaseHong Kong (HQ)
Zhuhai International Circuit, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China (operations)
Team principal(s)Bill O'Brien
Current seriesFormula Regional Asian Championship
Former seriesAsian Formula Renault Series
China Formula 4 Championship
Current drivers Cem Bölükbaşı
Lorenzo Fluxa
Rafael Villagómez
Zdenek Chovanec
Alister Yoong
Teams'
Championships		Asian Formula Renault Series:
2015-2019
China Formula 4 Championship:
2017-2019
F3 Asian Championship:
2020
Drivers'
Championships		Asian Formula Renault Series:
2015 : Dan Wells
2016 : Josh Burdon
2017 : Charles Leong
2018 : Daniel Cao
2019 : Joey Alders
China Formula 4 Championship:
2017 : Charles Leong
2019 : Conrad Clark
F3 Asian Championship:
2019-20 :Joey Alders
Websitehttp://www.blackartsracing.com
Asia formula renault 2016

The team's most notable achievements include winning the Driver and Team Championships in the 2015-2018 Asia Formula Renault Series.

History

The BlackArts Racing (BAR) team was founded by a group of four entrepreneurs, business professionals and senior executives in January 2015.

Team Highlights:

2015: A group of successful International entrepreneurs create BAR to compete in the Asia Formula Renault Series and Circuit Hero Series.

Asia Formula Renault - 12 races with 12 Class A Wins - Driver's Champion and 2nd Runner Up; Team Champion

Circuit Hero Series [Pan Delta Super Racing Festival] - 18 BAR podiums in 6 races - Champions, Class A and C

KL GP BAR 10th overall and 4th in the GT4 Class in the first ever KL GP

Macau GP Three BAR drivers in two divisions, including the F3 GP

2016:

Circuit Hero 500 km Winner, Class A; Double Podiums Formula Enduro

Asia Formula Renault - 12 races with 7 Class A Wins - Class A Driver's Champion; Team Champion

2017

Asia Formula Renault Driver's Champion Class A, Class B; Team Champion

FIA China F4 Driver's Champion; Team Champion

2018

Asia Formula Renault Class A Driver's Champion; Team Champion

FIA China F4 Team Champion

Racing School

The Racing School is a formal driver training course recognized by the Hong Kong Automobile Association (HKAA), able to issue race license certificates through its one-day and two day courses. The Racing School is available to both newer and experienced drivers. BAR also conducts an annual Advanced Training Course with the assistance of professional engineers and coaches such as LeMans Champions Richard Bradley (racing driver), Danny Watts, etc. The Racing School is conducted with both formula cars Formula Renault and touring cars Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup.

Current Series Results

F3 Asian Championship/Formula Regional Asian Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2018 Tatuus F3-T318 Louis Prette 15 0 0 0 70 9th 6th
Thomas Luedi 6 0 0 0 0 25th
Presley Martono 3 0 0 0 6 20th
Tom Beckhäuser 3 0 0 0 1 22nd
2019 Winter Tatuus F3-T318 Charles Leong 3 0 0 0 20 12th 5th
Vivien Keszthelyi 9 0 0 0 13 13th
Joey Alders 3 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 Summer Tatuus F3-T318 Thomas Luedi 15 0 0 0 1 20th 3rd
Brendon Leitch 15 0 0 1 152 4th
Tom Beckhäuser 6 0 0 0 12 17th
Miki Koyama 6 0 0 0 18 15th
2019-2020 Tatuus F3-T318 Thomas Luedi 14 0 0 0 3 17th 1st
Joey Alders 15 5 0 3 266 1st
Yu Kanamaru 15 1 0 0 104 6th
Mikhael Belov 3 0 0 1 39 11th
Miki Koyama 3 0 0 0 6 16th
2021 Tatuus F3-T318 Rafael Villagómez 15 0 0 0 6 18th 6th
Lorenzo Fluxá 15 0 0 0 22 14th
Zdeněk Chovanec 2 0 0 0 2 19th
Cem Bölükbaşı 15 0 0 0 61 9th
2022 Tatuus F3-T318 Pierre-Louis Chovet 12 0 0 0 26 16th 7th
Ido Cohen 6 0 0 0 4 21st
Brice Morabito 3 0 0 0 0 30th
Thomas Luedi 15 0 0 0 0 32nd

China Formula 4 Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2016 Mygale-Geely Pavan Ravishankar 3 0 0 0 12 14th NC
2017 Mygale-Geely Hon Chio Leong 17 11 3 9 345 1st 1st
Louis Prette 3 0 0 0 26 17th
Josh Burdon 3 3 1 3 75 8th
Yves Volte 14 1 0 2 239 4th
Daniel Cao 2 0 1 0 27 16th 9th
Ryan Liu 11 0 0 0 39 11th
2018 Mygale-Geely Daim Hishammudin 18 4 2 2 256 3rd 1st
Hon Chio Leong 3 2 0 0 0 NC
Daniel Wells 3 0 0 0 55 9th
Daniel Cao 6 3 1 3 105 7th
Minjae Kang 3 0 0 0 32 13th
Oscar Lee 6 0 0 0 50 12th
2019 Mygale-Geely Patrick Tsang 3 0 0 0 5 25th 1st
Lu Zhiwei 5 0 0 0 18 20th
Nic Lai 8 0 0 0 24 19th
Conrad Clark 17 12 3 10 379 1st
Eric Sun 2 0 0 0 27 15th
Liu Zezhen 3 0 0 0 48 7th
2020 Mygale-Geely Oscar Gao 8 0 0 0 51 9th 4th
Zhu Yuanjie 10 0 0 0 96 6th
Kang Ling 2 0 0 0 0 NC

Timeline
Current series
Formula Regional Asian Championship 2018-present
Former Series
Asian Formula Renault Series 2015-2019
China Formula 4 Championship 2016-2020

References
  • “TCR Asia Reveals Drivers”. TCR-Series.com 27 April 2016. Bill O’Brien talks about co-founding BAR and racing in TCR
  • “Burdon to contest 2016 Asia Formula Renault Series.” Cams.com.au. Josh Burdon to contest 2016 AFR Series with BlackArts Racing after successful winter testing
  • “Burdon racing towards Asia Formula Renault crown” Speedcafe.com 27 October 2016. Josh Burdon set to win 2016 Asia Formula Renault Series for BlackArts Racing
  • “Dream Team within reach of Hong Kong formula racing fans.” Ejisight.com 5 Aug, 2015 Dan Wells of BlackArts Racing offers racing internship contest while leading AFR championship
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