BlackArts Racing Team

Hong Kong 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 4 South East Asia Championship
Former seriesAsian Formula Renault Series
F4 Chinese Championship
Formula Regional Asian Championship
Current driversFrance Pierre-Louis Chovet
Israel Ido Cohen
Luxembourg Brice Morabito
Switzerland Thomas Luedi
Malaysia 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

BlackArts Racing Team (BAR) is a Chinese 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.

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, 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 Richard Bradley and Danny Watts. The Racing School is conducted with both Formula Renault cars and Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup touring cars.

Current series results

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2023 Tatuus F4-T421 Australia Lincoln Taylor 3 0 0 0 24 16th 6th
Hong Kong Vivian Siu 3 0 0 0 17 20th
Philippines Iñigo Anton 3 0 0 0 14 21st
Malaysia Alister Yoong 3 0 0 0 5 24th
India Arjun Chheda 3 0 0 0 2 26th
United Arab Emirates Ian Loggie 3 0 0 0 0 30th

Formula 4 Australian Championship

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2024 Tatuus F4-T421 Philippines Iñigo Anton
India Arjun Chheda

Former 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 T-318 Hong Kong Louis Prette 15 0 0 0 70 9th 6th
Hong Kong Thomas Luedi 6 0 0 0 0 25th
Indonesia Presley Martono 3 0 0 0 6 20th
Czech Republic Tom Beckhäuser 3 0 0 0 1 22nd
2019 Winter Tatuus F3 T-318 Macau Charles Leong 3 0 0 0 20 12th 5th
Hungary Vivien Keszthelyi 9 0 0 0 13 13th
Netherlands Joey Alders 3 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 Summer Tatuus F3 T-318 Hong Kong Thomas Luedi 15 0 0 0 1 20th 3rd
New Zealand Brendon Leitch 15 0 0 1 152 4th
Czech Republic Tom Beckhäuser 6 0 0 0 12 17th
Japan Miki Koyama 6 0 0 0 18 15th
2019-2020 Tatuus F3 T-318 Hong Kong Thomas Luedi 14 0 0 0 3 17th 1st
Netherlands Joey Alders 15 5 0 3 266 1st
Japan Yu Kanamaru 15 1 0 0 104 6th
Russia Mikhael Belov 3 0 0 1 39 11th
Japan Miki Koyama 3 0 0 0 6 16th
2021 Tatuus F3 T-318 Mexico Rafael Villagómez 15 0 0 0 6 18th 6th
Spain Lorenzo Fluxá 15 0 0 0 22 14th
Portugal Zdeněk Chovanec 2 0 0 0 2 19th
Turkey Cem Bölükbaşı 15 0 0 0 61 9th
2022 Tatuus F3 T-318 France Pierre-Louis Chovet 12 0 0 0 26 16th 7th
Israel Ido Cohen 6 0 0 0 4 21st
Luxembourg Brice Morabito 3 0 0 0 0 30th
Hong Kong Thomas Luedi 15 0 0 0 0 32nd

F4 Chinese Championship

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast Laps Points D.C. T.C.
2016 Mygale M14-F4 Singapore Pavan Ravishankar 3 0 0 0 12 14th NC
2017 Mygale M14-F4 Macau Hon Chio Leong 17 11 3 9 345 1st 1st
Monaco Louis Prette 3 0 0 0 26 17th
Australia Josh Burdon 3 3 1 3 75 8th
Germany Yves Volte 14 1 0 2 239 4th
China Daniel Cao 2 0 1 0 27 16th 9th
China Ryan Liu 11 0 0 0 39 11th
2018 Mygale M14-F4 Singapore Daim Hishammudin 18 4 2 2 256 3rd 1st
Macau Hon Chio Leong 3 2 0 0 0 NC
United Kingdom Daniel Wells 3 0 0 0 55 9th
China Daniel Cao 6 3 1 3 105 7th
South Korea Minjae Kang 3 0 0 0 32 13th
Taiwan Oscar Lee 6 0 0 0 50 12th
2019 Mygale M14-F4 China Patrick Tsang 3 0 0 0 5 25th 1st
China Lu Zhiwei 5 0 0 0 18 20th
Macau Nic Lai 8 0 0 0 24 19th
New Zealand Conrad Clark 17 12 3 10 379 1st
China Eric Sun 2 0 0 0 27 15th
China Liu Zezhen 3 0 0 0 48 7th
2020 Mygale M14-F4 China Oscar Gao 8 0 0 0 51 9th 4th
China Zhu Yuanjie 10 0 0 0 96 6th
China Kang Ling 2 0 0 0 0 NC

Timeline

Current series
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship 2023–present
Formula 4 Australian Championship 2024–present
Former Series
Asian Formula Renault Series 2015–2019
F4 Chinese Championship 2016–2020
Formula Regional Asian Championship 2018–2022

References

  • [1] “TCR Asia Reveals Drivers”. TCR-Series.com 27 April 2016. Bill O’Brien talks about co-founding BAR and racing in TCR
  • [2] “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
  • [3] “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
  • [4] “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