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Cem Bölükbaşı
Bölükbaşı driving a Dallara 320 of Van Amersfoort Racing in 2021
NationalityTurkey Turkish
Born (1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 26)
Istanbul, Turkey
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamCharouz Racing System
Car number23
Best finishTBD in 2022
Previous series
2021
201920
2017–19
F3 Asian Championship
GT4 European Series
Formula One eSports Series

Cem Bölükbaşı (Turkish pronunciation: [dʒæm bœlykˈbaʃɯ]; born 9 February 1998) is a Turkish racing driver and former sim-racer who is set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Charouz Racing System.

Bölükbaşı started motocross racing at the age of 5, and won the Turkish Championship a year later. Starting his professional career in esports in 2017, he joined G2 Esports FA Racing and competed in several Formula One eSports Series. He also won the inaugural championship of the Formula Renault Esport Series in 2020.

Making a switch back to real cars in May 2019, Bölükbaşı started racing in the GT4 European Series, and made his open-wheeler debut in October the same year in Formula Renault Eurocup. Throughout the first months of 2021, he competed in the F3 Asian Championship and finished as the runner-up in the rookie standings. He competed part-time in the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship and got 2 wins. After testing Formula 2 cars at the end of 2021, he was announced to drive in the 2022 Formula 2 Championship with Charouz Racing System.

Early life

Realizing his passion for speed when he was only 6 years old, his father took him to the motocross track.[1] He began to participate in motocross competitions when he was 5 years old, and he won the Turkish Championship at the age of 6.[2]

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.[3] Throughout the 2020 lockdowns, Bölükbaşı has participated in several virtual races.[4]

Formula One eSports Series

Bölükbaşı raced for McLaren in the 2017 Formula One eSports Series, which he finished 5th in the standings with 35 points and a race win under his name. In the 2018 Formula One eSports Series, he switched to Toro Rosso and 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.[5][6]

GT4

In May 2019, Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport announced that Bölükbaşı would race in the 2019 GT4 European Series.[7] 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.[8] He got 3 pole positions and 3 race wins and finished the season overall 2nd.[9]

Lower formulas

Bölükbaşı made his Formula debut in the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup with M2 Competition.[10] As a guest driver he raced only in the Hockenheim round, finishing 16th in race 1 and retiring from the second race.[11]

Formula 3

In January 2021, BlackArts Racing announced that Bölükbaşı would drive for the team in the 2021 F3 Asian Championship.[12][13][14][15] He scored points in 13 of the 15 races and with a best race result of 5th, finished 9th in the overall standings.[16] He is set to race in the 2022 championship as well, this time with Evans GP.[17]

Euroformula

In July 2021, it was announced that Bölükbaşı would join the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing.[18] 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.[19] During the second race of round 5, he collided with teammate Rafael Villagómez, causing both of them to retire.[20] In round 6, he ended up on the podium during the race 2, finishing behind Nazim Azman.[21] In round 7 held in Monza, Bölükbaşı managed to get on the podium in all three races, finishing 3rd and 2nd twice.[22] For race 1 of the 8th round, Bölükbaşı qualified on pole and won the race.[23] In race 2 and race 3, he finished 4th.[24][25] 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.[25]

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.[26] He drove a Formula 2 car for the first time in an official session during the 2021 post-season test with Van Amersfoort Racing on 18 December 2021, finishing 22nd and last.[27] On 12 January 2022, it was officially announced that he would compete in the 2022 Formula 2 Championship as a Charouz Racing System driver.[28][29][30]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
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

Esports career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 Formula One eSports Series Non-works McLaren 3 1 1 ? 1 35 5th
2018 Formula One eSports Series Non-works Toro Rosso 4 0 0 ? 0 32 12th

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
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
F3 Asian Championship BlackArts Racing 15 0 0 0 0 61 9th
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
2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Evans GP
FIA Formula 2 Championship Charouz Racing System

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
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
2022 Evans GP ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
DUB
1
DUB
2
DUB
3
DUB
1
DUB
2
DUB
3
DUB
1
DUB
2
DUB
3
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
- 0

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
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

Complete FIA Formula 2 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 25 26 27 28 DC Points
2022 Charouz Racing System BHR
SPR
BHR
FEA
JED
SPR
JED
FEA
IMO
SPR
IMO
FEA
CAT
SPR
CAT
FEA
MCO
SPR
MCO
FEA
BAK
SPR
BAK
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
HUN
SPR
HUN
FEA
SPA
SPR
SPA
FEA
ZAN
SPR
ZAN
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MNZ
FEA
SOC
SPR
SOC
FEA
YMC
SPR
YMC
FEA

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