K-Apex
| Full Name | K-Apex Racing |
| Base |  Yeongam, South Korea
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| Founder(s) | Song Dae-su Kwon Ki-Hyon
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| Team Principal(s) | Song Dae-su
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| Technical Director | Kwon Ki-Hyon
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K-Apex is a South Korean racing team currently racing in the Asian Formula 4 and Eurasian Formula 3 championships. 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.
After several years of entering series at a national level, K-Apex made the jump to the international stage in 2019, competing in both the Eurasian F3 and Asian F4 series. The outfit struggled in the former, achieving only a single points finish courtesy of Italian signing Luca Bandini on the streets of Pau. They were much more comfortable closer to home, with Kwon Sung-tae claiming that year's Asian F4 title.
After Eurasian F3's division into European and Asian series in 2020, they opted for the latter, but were a distant 2nd in both teams' and drivers' championships to Jagonya Ayam Racing and Oscar Piastri respectively. Their highlight of the season was undoubtedly a 1-2 finish on home soil in the streets of Changwon, with Kwon followed by teammate Song Ki-Hyun.
2021 was much more successful, as they claimed both titles in Asian F3.
Operations
The team's head office and technical centre are located in Yeongam, home to the Korea International Circuit.
Current drivers
| Driver | Current Team | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Song Ki-Hyun
|
K-Apex
|
Asian F3 |
| Cho Seong-Jin
|
K-Apex
|
Asian F3 |
Results history
Eurasian Formula 3
| Year | # | Drivers |  JPN |
MOT |
 ITA |
 PAU |
 JOR |
 GBR |
 PAR |
 HUN |
 UAE |
 SIN |
KOR |
Pts | Pos | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||||
| 2019 | 11 | Song Ki-Hyun
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20 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 12th |
| 12 | Luca Bandini
|
15 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 18 | 19 | Ret | 18 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | |||
Asian Formula 3
| Year | # | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |  AUS |
 TUR |
JOR |
 IND |
KOR |
 MAC |
 CHN |
|||||||
| 9 | Song Ki-Hyun
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15 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 75 | 2nd | ||||
| 10 | Kwon Sung-Tae
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10 | 1 | DSQ | 3 | 1 | 10 | Ret | ||||||
| 2021 | DUB |
 JAV |
SIN |
PAC |
CHN |
KOR |
MAC |
 SAU |
 KUW |
BOX |
166 | 1st | ||
| 9 | Kwon Sung-Tae
|
6 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Song Ki-Hyun
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2 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | DUB |
JAV |
PAC |
SIN |
CHN |
KOR |
MAC |
SAU |
KUW |
BOX |
0 | N/A | ||
| 1 | Song Ki-Hyun
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| 2 | Cho Seong-Jin
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Asian Formula 4
| Year | # | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Points | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | OKA |
OKA |
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SEN |
SEN |
SUZ |
SUZ |
AUT |
AUT |
MTO |
MTO |
MTR |
MTR |
SUG |
SUG |
SIN |
SIN |
SHA |
SHA |
6 | 8th* | ||
| 14 | Kwon Sung-Tae
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2 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 15 | Choi Seul-hae
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19 | DNQ | 15 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 21 | DNQ | 26 | DNQ | 16 | 9 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 26 |
Former drivers
| Driver | Current/Most Recent Team | Series | Last active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwon Sung-Tae
|
Brian Taylor Racing
|
Formula 2 | 2022 |
| Luca Bandini
|
 Abiadura Euskara
|
European F3 | 2020 |