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|Team Principals    =Song Dae-su
 
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|Drivers            =[[File:Flag of South Korea svg.png]] 14.[[Kwon Sung-Tae]] <br> [[File:Flag of South Korea svg.png]] 15.[[Choi Seul-Hae]] <br>
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|Drivers            ='''Asian F4''' <br> [[File:Flag of South Korea svg.png]] 14.[[Kwon Sung-Tae]] <br> [[File:Flag of South Korea svg.png]] 15.[[Choi Seul-Hae]] <br> '''Eurasian F3''' <br> [[File:Flag of South Korea svg.png]] 11.[[Song Ki-Hyun|Ki-Hyun Song]] <br> [[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] 12.[[Luca Bandini]]
|Noted Drivers      =[[Kwon Sung-Tae]]
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|Noted Drivers      =[[Kwon Sung-Tae]] (scored their first ever win in Asian F4, 2019 [[Asian Formula 4|Asian F4]] champion) <br> [[Luca Bandini]] (scored their first ever points in Eurasian F3)
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'''K-Apex''' is a South Korean racing team currently racing in the [[Asian Formula 4|Asian Formula 4 Championship]] and [[FIA_Formula_3_Eurasian_Championship|Eurasian Formula 3]]. The team is based in Yeongnam, South Korea, and began racing in 2019.
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'''K-Apex''' is a South Korean racing team currently racing in the [[Asian Formula 4 Championship|Asian Formula 4]] and [[FIA_Formula_3_Eurasian_Championship|Eurasian Formula 3]]. The team is based in Yeongnam, South Korea, and began racing in 2019.
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== Origins ==
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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.

Latest revision as of 16:47, 26 August 2017

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.