Cem Bölükbaşı
Cem Bölükbaşı | |
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Nationality | Turkish |
Born | Istanbul, Turkey | 9 February 1998
Euroformula Open Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Van Amersfoort Racing |
Car number | 74 |
Starts | 15 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 8 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 5th in 2021 |
Previous series | |
2021 2019–20 2017–19 | F3 Asian Championship GT4 European Series Formula One eSports Series |
Cem Bölükbaşı (born 9 February 1998) is a Turkish racing driver and sim-racer who is currently competing in the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing.[1]
Biography[]
Realizing his passion for speed when he was only 6 years old, his father took him to the motocross track. The 5-year-old began to participate in motocross competitions and when he was 6 years old he won the Turkish Championship.
Career[]
Esports[]
In late 2017, he was selected to join G2 Esports FA Racing, in which he would compete in various simracing competitions throughout 2018.[2] Throughout the 2020 lockdowns, Bölükbaşı has participated in several virtual races.[3]
Formula One eSports Series[]
Bölükbaşı raced for Toro Rosso in all of his F1 Esports appearances. In the 2017 Formula One eSports Series, finished 5th in the standings with 35 points and a race win under his name. In the 2018 Formula One eSports Series, he participated in 4 out of the 10 races, finishing 12th with 32 points. In the 2019 Formula One eSports Series, he participated in 9 out of the 12 races, finishing 21st with 4 points.
Formula Renault Esport Series[]
In 2020, Bölükbaşı won the inaugural championship of the Formula Renault Esport Series.[4][5]
GT4[]
In May 2019, Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport announced that Bölükbaşı would race in the 2019 GT4 European Series.[6] He was able to get a second-place finish in the Misano round and finished the championship in 17th overall.
Bölükbaşı continued to race in the series full-time in 2020.[7] He got 3 pole positions and 3 race wins and finished the season overall 2nd.[8]
Lower formulae[]
Bölükbaşı made his Formula debut in the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup with M2 Competition.[9] As a guest driver he raced only in the Hockenheim round, finishing 16th in race 1 and retiring from the second race.[10]
Formula 3[]
In January 2021, BlackArts Racing announced that Bölükbaşı would drive for the team in the 2021 F3 Asian Championship.[11][12][13][14] He scored points in 13 of the 15 races and with a best race result of 5th, finished 9th in the overall standings.[15]
Euroformula[]
In July 2021, it was announced that Bölükbaşı would join the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing.[16] He made his debut in round 4 in the Hungaroring and won the opening race, becoming the first esports driver to win a race on formula series.[17] During the second race of round 5, he collided with teammate Rafael Villagómez, causing both of them to retire.[18] In round 6, he ended up on the podium during the race 2, finishing behind Nazim Azman.[19] In round 7 held in Monza, Bölükbaşı managed to get on the podium in all three races, finishing 3rd and 2nd twice.[20] For race 1 of the 8th round, Bölükbaşı qualified on pole and won the race.[21] In race 2 and race 3, he finished 4th.[22][23] He finished 5th in the overall standings, tied in points with his teammate Casper Stevenson, but was classified ahead as he won one race more.[23]
Formula 2[]
On 14 October 2021, Bölükbaşı tested Formula Two machinery for the first time at the Brno Circuit, driving a Dallara GP2/11 which was used in the GP2 Series from 2011 to 2016 and in the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017.[24]
Karting record[]
Karting career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2007 | Turkey Karting Championship — Mini | 7th | |
South East European Karting Zone — Mini | 20th | ||
2008 | Turkey Karting Championship — Mini | 9th | |
2009 | Turkey Karting Championship — Mini | 3rd | |
South East European Karting Zone — Mini | 11th | ||
2011 | Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Rotax Junior | 13th | |
2012 | Rotax Max Challenge Belgium — Junior | 36th | |
Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior | Paul Carr Racing | 25th | |
Rotax Max Wintercup — Junior | 4th |
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2019 | GT4 European Series | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport (Pro-Am Cup) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 17th |
Formula Renault Eurocup | M2 Competition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
2020 | GT4 European Series | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport (Pro-Am Cup) | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 192 | 2nd |
2021 | Euroformula Open Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 217 | 5th |
GT4 European Series | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport (Pro-Am Cup) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 11th | |
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport (Am Cup) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 11th | ||
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport (Silver Cup) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 15th | ||
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 | EuroInternational | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18th | |
F3 Asian Championship | BlackArts Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 9th |
† As Bölükbaşı was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete F3 Asian Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
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2021 | BlackArts Racing | DUB 1 7 |
DUB 2 9 |
DUB 3 8 |
ABU 1 8 |
ABU 2 7 |
ABU 3 10 |
ABU 1 7 |
ABU 2 5 |
ABU 3 Ret |
DUB 1 7 |
DUB 2 8 |
DUB 3 12 |
ABU 1 9 |
ABU 2 6 |
ABU 3 9 |
9th | 61 |
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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2021 | Van Amersfoort Racing | POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 3 |
HUN 3 7 |
IMO 1 3 |
IMO 2 4 |
IMO 3 Ret |
RBR 1 4 |
RBR 2 2 |
RBR 3 6 |
MNZ 1 3 |
MNZ 2 2 |
MNZ 3 2 |
CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 4 |
CAT 3 4 |
5th | 217 |
* Season still in progress.
References[]
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- ^ Bolukbasi, Cem (13 November 2017). "Tweet by Cem Bolukbasi". Twitter. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Esports aces Bolukbasi and Bereznay beat F1 stars in NotTheGP". May 9, 2020. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "eSports - Press release - Cem Bölükbaşı wins the Formula Renault Esport Series crown - renaultsport.com". Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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- ^ "Cem Bölükbaşı ilk Euroformula Open yarışında tarihe geçti". NTVSpor.net. Archived from the original on 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
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- ^ "Euroformula Open Avusturya: Cem Bölükbaşı 2. yarışta 2. oldu!". tr.motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "Euroformula Open: Cem Monza'da iki ikincilik aldı, 3 yarışta da podyuma çıktı!". tr.motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "EuroFormula Open Barcelona: Cem Bölükbaşı ilk yarışı kazandı!". tr.motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
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- ^ "Cem Bölükbaşı, Formula 2 aracıyla testlere başladı". tr.motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
External links[]
- Cem Bölükbaşı career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Istanbul
- Turkish racing drivers
- F3 Asian Championship drivers