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 YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast LapsPointsD.C.T.C.2024Tatuus F4-T421 Iñigo Anton30001614thN/A Arjun Chheda00000NC
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast LapsPointsD.C.T.C.2023Tatuus F4-T421 Lincoln Taylor30002416th6th 30001720th Iñigo Anton30001421st Alister Yoong3000524th Arjun Chheda3000226th Ian Loggie3000030th2025Tatuus F4-T421 Iñigo Anton130001823rd2nd Rishon Rajeev110001565th 14000937th Joshua Berry120004711th Putera Hani Imran60004012th
Former series results F3 Asian Championship/Formula Regional Asian Championship YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast LapsPointsD.C.T.C.2018Tatuus F3 T-318 Louis Prette15000709th6th Thomas Luedi6000025th Presley Martono3000620th Tom Beckhäuser3000122nd2019 WinterTatuus F3 T-318 Charles Leong30002012th5th Vivien Keszthelyi90001313th Joey Alders30000NC2019 SummerTatuus F3 T-318 Thomas Luedi15000120th3rd Brendon Leitch150011524th Tom Beckhäuser60001217th Miki Koyama60001815th2019-2020Tatuus F3 T-318 Thomas Luedi14000317th1st Joey Alders155032661st Yu Kanamaru151001046th Mikhael Belov30013911th Miki Koyama3000616th2021Tatuus F3 T-318 Rafael Villagómez15000618th6th Lorenzo Fluxá150002214th Zdeněk Chovanec2000219th Cem Bölükbaşı15000619th2022Tatuus F3 T-318 Pierre-Louis Chovet120002616th7th Ido Cohen6000421st Brice Morabito3000030th Thomas Luedi15000032nd
F4 Chinese Championship YearCarDriversRacesWinsPolesFast LapsPointsD.C.T.C.2016Mygale M14-F4 Pavan Ravishankar30001214thNC2017Mygale M14-F4 Hon Chio Leong1711393451st1st Louis Prette30002617th Josh Burdon3313758th Yves Volte141022394th Daniel Cao20102716th9th Ryan Liu110003911th2018Mygale M14-F4 Daim Hishammudin184222563rd1st Hon Chio Leong32000NC Daniel Wells3000559th Daniel Cao63131057th Minjae Kang30003213th Oscar Lee60005012th2019Mygale M14-F4 Patrick Tsang3000525th1st Lu Zhiwei50001820th Nic Lai80002419th Conrad Clark17123103791st Eric Sun20002715th Liu Zezhen3000487th2020Mygale M14-F4 Oscar Gao8000519th4th Zhu Yuanjie10000966th Kang Ling20000NC
Timeline Current seriesFormula 4 South East Asia Championship2023, 2025Formula 4 Australian Championship2024–presentFormer 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