BlackArts Racing Team

BlackArts Racing Team

Founded	2015
Base	Hong Kong (HQ) Zhuhai International Circuit, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China (operations)
Team principal(s)	Bill O'Brien
Current series	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
Former series	Asian Formula Renault Series F4 Chinese Championship Formula Regional Asian Championship
Current drivers	Pierre-Louis Chovet Ido Cohen Brice Morabito Thomas Luedi 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
Website	http://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 Australian Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast Laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Iñigo Anton	3	0	0	0	16	14th	N/A
		Arjun Chheda	0	0	0	0	0	NC

Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast Laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Lincoln Taylor	3	0	0	0	24	16th	6th
		Vivian Siu	3	0	0	0	17	20th
		Iñigo Anton	3	0	0	0	14	21st
		Alister Yoong	3	0	0	0	5	24th
		Arjun Chheda	3	0	0	0	2	26th
		Ian Loggie	3	0	0	0	0	30th
2025	Tatuus F4-T421	Joshua Berry
		Rishon Rajeev
		Iñigo Anton
		Ben Anh Nguyen
		Imran Halim

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	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 T-318	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 T-318	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 T-318	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 T-318	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 T-318	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

F4 Chinese Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast Laps	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2016	Mygale M14-F4	Pavan Ravishankar	3	0	0	0	12	14th	NC
2017	Mygale M14-F4	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 M14-F4	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 M14-F4	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 M14-F4	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 4 South East Asia Championship	2023, 2025
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

External links

• http://www.blackartsracing.com/ BlackArts Racing Team - Official website
• http://frdsports.com/en/AFR/ Asia Formula Renault - Official website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20061224175706/http://www.zic.com.cn/ Zhuhai International Circuit - Official website
• http://www.facebook.com/BlackArtsRacingBAR - BAR Facebook page

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