citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message asia racing team industry motor racing founded macau china 2003 2003 headquarters zhuhai international circuit guangdong province people s republic of china key people philippe descombes team manager sergio fonseca marketing & pr manager yannick mazier chief mechanic rodolfo vila team consultant & driver coach website art motorsports.com asia racing team art motorsports is a chinese macanese motor racing team that was formed in 2003 . its main operational headquarters is located within the zhuhai international circuit complex in southern china with a second workshop in chaoqing s guangdong international circuit . the organization business operation includes a competitive asian series racing team the organization of a racing school corporate track days and promotional events . the racing team has competed in a number of high profile championships including asian formula renault afr series formula asia 2.0 formula pilota china series formula bmw pacific porsche carrera cup asia malaysian super series and gt asia series and more recently tcr asia series . contents 1 team management 2 history 3 racing school 4 formula pilota china 4.1 team drivers 5 asian formula renault 5.1 team drivers 6 formula bmw asia pacific 6.1 team drivers 7 porsche carerra cup 7.1 team drivers 8 gt asia 8.1 team drivers 9 tcr asia series 9.1 team drivers 10 fia chinese f4 10.1 team drivers 11 external links 12 references team management edit art management with racing driver sandy stuvik . philippe descombes team manager the overall operation of the company is managed by motor racing multi titlist frenchman philippe descombes . he who is fluent in mandarin was the man to help the launch single seaters careers of several successful asian drivers including cheng congfu ma qinghua rodolfo vila mathias beche alexandre imperatori jazeman jaafar or rio haryanto . s rgio fonseca pr & marketing manager joined art in december 2007 as pr & marketing manager . prior to art s rgio worked for more than ten years in motorsports event organization driver s management and media in portugal and macau . the portuguese is the public and media relations of the team and customer support manager . yannick mazier chief mechanic frenchman yannick mazier is with art since the first day and leads a 12 man mechanics in the workshop based at zhuhai international circuit . rodolfo vila driver coach former british f3 and international formula master racing driver rodolfo avila train and coach novice and licensed drivers of all ages . 2003 asian & china formula renault champion and 2008 asian supercar challenge champion . avila raced in porsche carrera cup asia for the last 7 years . history edit kazuki nakajima former f1 driver racing with art in macau grand prix 2003 . the asia racing team ltd. art motorsports is a company registered in china and in macau with assets amounting to more than rmb 10 million . its main operational headquarters is located within the zhuhai international circuit complex in southern china . team highlights 2003 a group of successful macau entrepreneurs creates art to compete in asian formula renault challenge the first race of the team was the 50th macau grand prix . 2004 first full season of racing in asian formula renault finishing 2nd rodolfo vila . 2005 art wins asian formula renault macau grand prix hiroyuki matsumura . 2006 art conquers asian formula renault s teams title for the first time and finishes 2nd alexandre imperatori . 2007 art finished 2nd alexandre imperatori again in asian formula renault challenge . 2008 the team was 2nd mathias beche in formula asia 2.0 and wins asian drivers trophy rio haryanto . art returns to macau grand prix making the first appearance in formula bmw pacific . 2009 the team entered a new era giving the first steps into gt racing participating in porsche carrera cup asia with two overall victories and best rookie rodolfo vila . art took afr championship teams title and drivers classification first runner up luis sa silva . contested the formula bmw pacific macau grand prix and singapore grand prix rounds . 2010 asia racing team clinched the afr series team championship while sandy stuvik 1 clinched the driver points championship followed by his teammate tin sritrai and the asian drivers category . 2011 the team run for the first time two porsche gt3 cup r in gt asia series and was in competition for the drivers championship until the last round at macau . at the same time the red and black squad embarked in another porsche carrera cup asia season with a line up of three drivers . the year was also marked by the withdrawn of the team from afr series at full time to primarily focus in formula pilota china . asia racing team s luis sa silva was vice champion . 2012 china s li zhi cong is promoted to art s gt asia series squad and manages to be gt asia series vice champion and aamc gt challenge trophy winner at first try . thomas chow has sweated to secure the second place in afr series ifc class . 2013 li zhi cong seals gt asia series championship title and repeats aamc gt challenge trophy win . leo wong wins afr series ifc class trophy . 2014 the team repeats the full season participation in porsche carrera cup asia and afr series winning the first edition of the 2 hour circuit hero formula enduro and the four rounds of gt series boss gp li chao . 2015 the team joins the newly founded tcr asia series conquering the teams championship and drivers vice championship rodolfo avila and second runner up philippe descombes . at same time the team keeps collecting race wins in afr series and fia chinese f4 where liu kai finished third overall . racing school edit art racing school . the racing school is the only formal driver training course recognized by both the hong kong automobile association hkaa and the associa o geral autom vel macau china aamc . the organization of a monthly course continues to be popular among the young and elder alike from students to corporate decision makers . 2 in 2008 the racing school introduced the one day intensive course which were designed for racecar beginners and hobbyists making it possible for both younger and older generations . in 2016 a low cost 4 lap driving experience was introduced giving the opportunity to those willing to drive a real single seater racecar at the zhuhai international circuit . art motorsports racing school also owns the only 2 seater single seater in southeast asia for promotional activities and racing experiences . formula pilota china edit in 2011 asia racing team turned their heads from afr series to the newly established single seater championship in the region the formula pilota china series with an impressive four car line up china s chi cong li naomi zhang ran raced alongside with angola s luis s silva and thailand s tin sritrai . s silva was vice champion but the team highlight was the podium swap in race 1 at ordos . 3 in 2012 guangzhou native rookie driver zou si rui was team s only racer in the championship claiming two podium finishes at guangzhou international circuit . team drivers edit art dominated in ordos finishing p1 p2 & p3 art formula pilota china year drivers d.c. 2011 chi cong li 6th luis sa silva 2nd tin sritrai 5th naomi zhang 23rd eric lichtenstein 16th zou si rui 26th 2012 zou si rui 10th d.c driver classification asian formula renault edit throughout its history the team primarily competed in asian formula renault challenge with past drivers including f1 championship drivers such as kamui kobayashi or kazuki nakajima . after several tries and five vice champions including macau s rodolfo avila switzerland s alexandre imperatori mathias beche and angola s lu s s silva thailand s sandy stuvik won the championship for asia racing team in 2010 . in 2011 2012 and 2013 asia racing team confined its participation to the races in zhuhai . in 2015 afr series introduced the formula renault 2.0 13 and asia racing team assisted canada s maxx ebenal on his way to a double win at the inaugural races at zhuhai circuit . in the end of the year the team s best classified driver overall was indonesia s darma hutomo . teammate james runacres secured the class b vice championship title . team drivers edit rodolfo avila in pole position in shanghai 2004 sandy stuvik championship winning car 2010 art formula renault drivers year drivers d.c. t.c. 2003 kazuki nakajima d.n.f kamui kobayashi d.n.f motohiko isozaki 11th 2004 rodolfo vila 2nd 2nd henry lee junior 6th kenneth lau 30th michael choi 16th 2005 michael ting 8th 3rd zhang jin 9th 2006 alexandre imperatori 2nd 1st jazeman jaafar 3rd henri karjalainen 4th zhang jin 15th 2007 alexandre imperatori 2nd 1st benjamin rouget 13th mathias beche 5th zhang zhen dong 17th sujino hajime 18th 2008 mathias beche 2nd 2nd yoshitaka kuroda 5th rio haryanto 3rd ryan booth 7th 2009 rio haryanto 11th 1st benjamin rouget 4th luca ferigutti 7th luis s silva 2nd suriya bala kerisnan thevar 20th 2010 sandy stuvik 1st 1st tin sritrai 2nd suriya bala kerisnan thevar 6th zhang ran 11th chi cong li 5th 2011 chi cong li 8th 4th timothy teo 6th thomas chow 19th 2012 chi cong li 5th 1st thomas chow 2nd ifc guille pintanel 21st yang xi 13th thomas luedi 6th ifc leo wong 4th ifc timothy teo 13th ifc 2013 chi cong li ... ... thomas chow ... kenneth low ... yang xi ... li chao ... thomas luedi ... leo wong ... timothy teo ... ni weiliang ... guillaume cunnington ... karl yip ... eitan zidkilov ... 2014 chi cong li ... ... thomas chow ... pu jun jin ... li chao ... thomas luedi ... leo wong ... mitchell cheah ... ni weiliang ... darma hutomo ... senna iriawan ... 2015 ni weiliang 5th 2nd pu jun jin 6th james runacres 2nd class b darma hutomo 4th thomas luedi ... liu kai ... maxx ebenal ... d.c driver classification t.c team classification only one race macau grand prix formula bmw asia pacific edit asia racing team s involvement in formula bmw pacific was never at full time . after taking part in macau grand prix 2008 the team would repeat the single event appearances in singapore and macau in the following year . in 2010 asia racing team embarked in a half season adventure with singaporean driver suriya bala and decided to enter toyota racing academy drivers yuichi nakayama and ryo hirakawa in okayama and macau rounds . in japan nakayama earned the first and only pole position and podium position for the team . 4 due to the commitments with the formula pilota china in 2011 asia racing team decided to pull out of the series . yuichi nakayama on the streets of macau yuichi nakayama right at the podium team drivers edit art formula bmw drivers year drivers d.c. t.c. 2008 alon day d.n.f yuji kunimoto 5th 2009 alon day d.n.f suriya bala kerisnan thevar 7th 2010 suriya bala kerisnan thevar 18th 9th paul lau 19th yuichi nakayama ryo hirakawa chi cong li only one race macau grand prix only one race singapore grand prix only two races japan & macau porsche carerra cup edit the team which has participated in porsche carrera cup asia in 2009 winning two races has been keeping an eye on porsche carrera cup asia in 2010 . following discussions with various drivers the team has decided to re enter in the most prestigious series of southeast asia as a technical service provider for car owners