🇭🇰 Antares Au

Antares Au is a Hong Kong-based gentleman racer competing in international sportscar and endurance racing at the semi-professional level, with a Racer Rating of 4,349. His record spans seven seasons from 2019 to 2026 across six series, accumulating 36 starts with one win and one podium finish. The FIA's Bronze categorisation places him among amateur and gentleman drivers in GT and endurance racing, and his results reflect that standing; he averages a finish of 20th across classified starts and has yet to establish himself as a consistent front-runner in fields dominated by full professionals.[1]

Au's most significant achievement came in the 2025–2026 WEC season, where he scored a win and a podium in four rounds for Garage 59, notably improving on his five-year record in the Asian Le Mans Series with Manthey, where 18 starts yielded no podiums. His primary rival has been Alessio Rovera, a Platinum-graded professional and two-time champion; in 27 shared races Au finished ahead 9 times and behind 18 times, a consistent deficit that defines his competitive position. Au has occasionally beaten elite drivers such as Maro Engel and Jake Dennis, both Platinum-graded champions, but these have been isolated results rather than patterns of dominance. His head-to-head record against Gold and Platinum professionals is broadly negative, with only Davide Rigon (another Platinum-graded champion) a clear exception; against Rigon he finished ahead 15 times and behind 6 times across 21 races, suggesting the fields and formats in which they shared track time suited Au better. Current activity in 2026 includes continued WEC competition and occasional appearances in European championships.[2]