Récardo Bruins Choi (born Choi Myung-gil; 3 December 1985, in Seoul, South Korea), later known as Roelof Bruins, is a South Korean-born Dutch professional racecar driver who currently competes in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Hankook Competition.
Youth Born in Seoul, Choi was adopted by a Dutch family and arrived in the Netherlands at four months of age.Choi Myung-Gil who is the first ever winner of F3 championship as an adoptee from Korea He grew up as Récardo Bruins in the village of Zwartemeer near Emmen, where he started to drive mini go-karts at the age of five. After his first learning years, practicing the basics of racing, he made the step to the karting competition races and drove his first races in the mini class for children from 8 to 12 years of age. This ended very well and in his first seasons of racing Bruins earned numerous of titles and prizes.
Career
After this, Choi made the step to the junior class in which he also raced on international circuits. In his second year he received the title of national champion and later that year he stepped up to Intercontinental A class, the highest karting class in the Netherlands at the time. Proving to be quick, Bruins in his first year was already a competitor for the national title but due to a mechanic failure he eventually finished second in the championship and had to wait a year to win the title of national champion. After his major successes in his karting career, Bruins made the switch to formula racing in 2004. At the most important race of the season, the Marlboro masters, Bruins proved his worth by scoring a pole position, the official track record and a podium finish. After this success more podium finishes followed and at the end of the season Bruins managed a third place in the overall ranking of the Dutch Formula Renault 2.0 series. In 2006, he stepped up to Formula Three racing, in the much faster and highly competitive German Formula Three Championship. Proving to be a quick learner, the Korean driver showed his speed by achieving podium finishes and promising results in his Formula Three debut season. In 2007, Choi continued his career in another season of German Formula Three Championship, getting two pole positions, two wins and several podium finishes. He finished fourth in the overall standings.
In 2008, Choi was going to focus on getting a seat in the GP2 Series, although nothing came to fruition.
Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins PolesF/LapsPodiums Points Position 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands Orange Motorsports?00006310th 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing1201051333rd Formula Renault 2.0 Germany10113214611th Formula Renault 2.0 Nordic200012010th 2006 German Formula 3 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing17001238 7th Formula 3 Euro Series20000027th Masters of Formula 310000N/A31st 2007 German Formula 3 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing182226954th 2008 Formula V6 Asia Championship Team E-Rain400001410th 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Team Carrera Cup Asia200000NC† 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Team Porsche Korea200123215th 2016 TCR Asia Series Viper Niza Racing21002416th 2017 China GT Championship - GT4??????1st 2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3 Indigo Racing1200023020th 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 Solite Indigo Racing1231041591st FIA GT World Cup10000N/A11th 2021 Superrace Championship - Super 6000 AtlasBX Motorsports80002912nd 2022 24H GT Series - GT4 AtlasBX Motorsports10000?? Superrace Championship - Super 600081101727th2023 24H GT Series - GT4 AtlasBX Motorsports5442001st2024 24H Series - 992 Hankook Competition Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP-X 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SPX2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Hankook Competition24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am10000N/A4th2026Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9Hankook Competition24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am10000N/A4th
References
External links Official web page