Récardo Bruins Choi

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.

Récardo Bruins Choi
Born	December 3, 1985 (1985-12-03) (age 22) Korea
Occupation	Racecar driver
Website Récardo Bruins.nl

Korean name

Hangul	최명길
Hanja	崔明吉
Revised Romanization	Choi Myung-gil

Récardo Bruins Choi (born December 3, 1985 in Seoul, South Korea) is a professional racecar driver. Récardo Bruins Choi is being managed independently by Sean Choi, who is responsible for his contracts and commercial affairs.

Choi started at the age of 5 in a mini go-kart near his residence, Zwartemeer, Netherlands. After his first learning years, practicing the basics of racing, Choi 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 Choi earned numerous of titles and prizes.

After this he 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, Choi 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, Choi made the switch to formula racing in 2004. At the most important race of the season, the Marlboro masters, Choi 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 Choi managed a third place in the overall ranking of the Dutch Formula Renault 2.0 series. In 2006 Récardo 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 2 pole positions, 2 wins and several podium finishes. He finished 4th in the overall standings.

In 2007 he will focus on trying to getting a seat in the GP2 Series.

[edit] Racing record

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2004	Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands	Orange Motorsports	20	0	0	-	10th
2005	Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	1	0	-	3rd
2006	ATS Formel 3\|German Formula Three Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	0	0	-	7th
2007	ATS Formel 3\|German Formula Three Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	2	2	95	4th