K-Apex
Full Name | K-Apex Racing |
Base | Yeongnam, South Korea |
Founder(s) | Song Dae-su, Kwon Ki-Hyon |
Team Principal(s) | Song Dae-su |
Technical Director | Kwon Ki-Hyon |
K-Apex is a South Korean racing team currently racing in the Asian Formula 4 and Eurasian Formula 3. The team is based in Yeongnam, South Korea, and began racing in 2019.
Origins
K-Apex began life in 2009 as a sim-racing team, participating in national events before moving onto regional championships in 2012. They reached their peak in 2017, claiming titles in the Shenzhen, Seoul & Tokyo iRacing LAN-Prix as well as a 3rd place in the Polyphony Digital Fukuoka Invitational, a showcase for the then newly-released Gran Turismo Sport. It was in the latter two events that a young Kwon Sung-Tae shot to prominence, showing remarkable racecraft for his age, thus inspiring his father Kwon Ki-Hyon to bring the team from the world of eSports to real motorsport.