KC Motorgroup Ltd, known as KCMG, is an auto racing team based in Hong Kong. Founded by former racing driver Paul Ip in 2007, KCMG has participated in a variety of championships across the world in touring car, sports car, and open-wheel racing.[1]
In 2013, KCMG expanded outside Asia with an entry in the 24 Hours of Le Mans[2] before entering the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014, during which the team won three races.[3] The team went on to win the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 category on its way to a second-place finish in the 2015 WEC season. However, in the following year, KCMG pared down its LMP2 participation to a one-off entry at Le Mans. KCMG did contest the full 2016 WEC season, albeit in the GTE Am category,[4] finishing fourth in what would be its final season in the championship.
In April 2021, KCMG announced the launch of a new young driver programme named the KCMG Driver Development Project with Irish racer Alex Dunne being named as its first signing the following day.[6][7] The program provides its members with dedicated coaching staff on race weekends, and physiotherapists, managers and tutors to improve their fitness, media skills and education.
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^Wood, Ida (April 29, 2021). "Super Formula team KCMG launches driver development project". Formula Scout. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
^Wood, Ida (April 30, 2021). "F4 racer Alex Dunne revealed as KCMG's first junior driver". Formula Scout. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
^"Pablo Sarrazin added to KCMG's driver development programme". Formula Scout. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
^"F4 racer Alex Dunne revealed as KCMG's first junior driver". Formula Scout. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
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KC Motorgroup Ltd known as KCMG is an auto racing team based in Hong Kong Founded by former racing driver Paul Ip in 2007 KCMG has participated in a variety of championships across the world in touring car sports car and open wheel racing 1 KC MotorgroupFounded2007Team principal s Paul IpCurrent seriesSuper FormulaGT World Challenge AsiaSuper TaikyuFormer seriesGT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupFIA World Touring Car CupFIA World Endurance ChampionshipIMSA SportsCar ChampionshipChina Touring Car ChampionshipAsian Formula Three ChampionshipSuper GTClio Cup China SeriesHong Kong Touring Car ChampionshipAsian Le Mans SeriesAll Japan Formula Three ChampionshipNASCAR Xfinity Series supported by Richard Childress Racing Intercontinental GT ChallengeCurrent driversDennis Olsen Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor Alexandre Imperatori Patrick Pilet Kamui Kobayashi Yuji Kunimoto Pablo Sarrazin KCMG racing at Le Mans in 2013 Contents 1 History 2 KCMG Driver Development Project 2 1 Current members 2 2 Former members 3 Drivers 4 Racing record 4 1 24 Hours of Le Mans results 4 2 FIA World Endurance Championship results 4 3 Formula Nippon Super Formula results 5 References 6 External linksHistory editKCMG entered the Formula Nippon series in 2010 as a Toyota customer team with Katsuyuki Hiranaka finishing 12th In 2011 Alexandre Imperatori finished 12th In 2012 Ryo Orime finished 19th In the 2013 Super Formula Richard Bradley finished 21st Yuichi Nakayama finished 20th in 2014 16th in 2015 and 18th in 2016 In 2013 KCMG expanded outside Asia with an entry in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2 before entering the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014 during which the team won three races 3 The team went on to win the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 category on its way to a second place finish in the 2015 WEC season However in the following year KCMG pared down its LMP2 participation to a one off entry at Le Mans KCMG did contest the full 2016 WEC season albeit in the GTE Am category 4 finishing fourth in what would be its final season in the championship Beginning in 2017 KCMG has partnered with Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series sponsoring drivers Brandon Jones Matt Tifft Tyler Reddick and Earl Bamber 5 Reddick won the 2019 LTi Printing 250 with KCMG as the sponsor KCMG Driver Development Project editIn April 2021 KCMG announced the launch of a new young driver programme named the KCMG Driver Development Project with Irish racer Alex Dunne being named as its first signing the following day 6 7 The program provides its members with dedicated coaching staff on race weekends and physiotherapists managers and tutors to improve their fitness media skills and education Current members edit Driver Years Series nbsp Pablo Sarrazin 8 2022 Stellantis Motorsport Rally Cup Former members edit Driver Years Series nbsp Alex Dunne 9 2021 F4 Spanish ChampionshipDrivers editSee also Category KCMG drivers nbsp Alexandre Imperatori 2011 2013 2014 2018 present nbsp Matthew Howson 2013 2016 nbsp Ho Pin Tung 2013 nbsp Richard Bradley 2013 2016 nbsp Tsugio Matsuda 2014 2016 2018 present nbsp Nick Tandy 2015 nbsp Nicolas Lapierre 2015 nbsp Christian Ried 2016 nbsp Wolf Henzler 2016 nbsp Joel Camathias 2016 nbsp Yuichi Nakayama 2014 2016 2018 nbsp Katsuyuki Hiranaka 2010 nbsp Ryo Orime 2012 nbsp Kamui Kobayashi 2017 present nbsp Katsumasa Chiyo 2019 present nbsp Oliver Jarvis 2018 present nbsp Brandon Jones 2017 nbsp Matt Tifft 2018 nbsp Tyler Reddick 2019 nbsp Josh Burdon 2018 present nbsp Attila Tassi 2018 present nbsp Kris Richard 2018 present nbsp Tiago Monteiro 2019 present nbsp Earl Bamber 2020 Racing record edit24 Hours of Le Mans results edit Year Entrant No Car Drivers Class Laps Pos ClassPos 2013 nbsp KCMG 47 Morgan LMP2 Nissan nbsp Matthew Howson nbsp Alexandre Imperatori nbsp Ho Pin Tung LMP2 241 DNF DNF 2014 nbsp KCMG 47 Oreca 03R Nissan nbsp Richard Bradley nbsp Matthew Howson nbsp Alexandre Imperatori LMP2 87 DNF DNF 2015 nbsp KCMG 47 Oreca 05 Nissan nbsp Richard Bradley nbsp Matthew Howson nbsp Nicolas Lapierre LMP2 358 9th 1st 2016 nbsp KCMG 47 Oreca 05 Nissan nbsp Richard Bradley nbsp Matthew Howson nbsp Tsugio Matsuda LMP2 116 DNF DNF 78 Porsche 911 RSR nbsp Joel Camathias nbsp Wolf Henzler nbsp Christian Ried GTE Am 300 41st 10th FIA World Endurance Championship results edit Year Class Drivers No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points WEPpos 2014 LMP2 nbsp Matthew Howson nbsp Richard Bradley nbsp Tsugio Matsuda nbsp Alexandre Imperatori 47 SIL 2 SPA 2 LMS Ret COA 1 FUJ 2 SHA Ret BHR 1 SAO 1 130 3rd 2015 LMP2 nbsp Matthew Howson nbsp Richard Bradley nbsp Nick Tandy nbsp Nicolas Lapierre 47 SIL4 SPA 3 LMN1 NUR1 COA2 FUJRet SHA3 BHR2 155 2nd 2016 LMGTE Am nbsp Christian Ried nbsp Wolf Henzler nbsp Joel Camathias 78 SIL4 SPA 4 LMN5 NUREX MEX3 COA2 FUJ3 SHA3 BHR2 125 4th Formula Nippon Super Formula results edit Year Chassis Engine No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points T C 2010 Swift 017 n Toyota RV8K SUZ MOT FUJ MOT SUG AUT SUZ 4 7th 18 nbsp Katsuyuki Hiranaka Ret DNS 13 7 Ret 7 12 13 2011 Swift 017 n Toyota RV8K SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUZ SUG MOT 2 5 9th 18 nbsp Alexandre Imperatori 10 7 Ret 11 C 12 8 12 2012 Swift 017 n Toyota RV8K SUZ MOT AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ 0 12th 18 nbsp Ryo Orime 17 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 15 2013 Swift 017 n Toyota RV8K SUZ AUT FUJ MOT SUG SUZ 0 11th 18 nbsp Richard Bradley 19 Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 18 2014 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4A SUZ FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ 0 10th 18 nbsp Yuichi Nakayama Ret 13 16 10 Ret 16 13 Ret 18 2015 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4A SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ 1 5 11th 18 nbsp Yuichi Nakayama 13 Ret 15 16 19 10 Ret 6 2016 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4A SUZ OKA FUJ MOT OKA SUG SUZ 0 11th 18 nbsp Yuichi Nakayama 13 10 9 15 17 13 Ret 14 11 2017 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4A SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ 16 5 6th 18 nbsp Kamui Kobayashi 9 4 5 15 2 7 7 C C 2018 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4A SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 7 9th 18 nbsp Kamui Kobayashi 10 C 6 12 2 13 nbsp Yuichi Nakayama 13 2019 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4A SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 19 9th 18 nbsp Kamui Kobayashi 9 10 2 6 2 18 12 2020 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4A SUG MOT OKA SUZ FUJ AUT 37 8th 7 nbsp Kamui Kobayashi 14 14 4 15 11 nbsp Yuichi Nakayama 11 18 18 nbsp Yuji Kunimoto Ret 7 5 4 3 Ret 15 2021 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4A FUJ SUZ AUT SUG MOT MOT SUZ 4 10th 7 nbsp Kazuto Kotaka 15 16 16 17 14 18 nbsp Kamui Kobayashi 10 18 nbsp Yuji Kunimoto 8 Ret Ret 13 11 Ret 15 2022 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4A FUJ SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT SUZ 19 10th 7 nbsp Kamui Kobayashi 18 9 5 Ret 17 14 14 17 18 10 18 nbsp Yuji Kunimoto 13 15 6 11 9 8 15 12 20 18 2023 Dallara SF23 Toyota RI4A FUJ SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT SUZ 5 8th 7 nbsp Kamui Kobayashi Ret 6 14 18 nbsp Yuji Kunimoto 12 16 16 Notes Season still in progress References edit Interview of Paul Ip about Asian Le Mans Series Endurance Info 30 January 2013 Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 6 March 2015 KCMG takes delivery of Morgan LMP2 car for Le Mans Endurance Info 13 February 2013 Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 6 March 2015 Dagys John 29 January 2015 KCMG Confirms Purchase of First Oreca 05 Sportscar365 Retrieved 6 March 2015 WEC KCMG drops LMP2 program Racer com 12 January 2016 Archived from the original on 30 January 2016 Retrieved 25 January 2016 Richard Childress Racing KCMG expand partnership in 2018 NASCAR com April 2 2018 Wood Ida April 29 2021 Super Formula team KCMG launches driver development project Formula Scout Retrieved April 30 2021 Wood Ida April 30 2021 F4 racer Alex Dunne revealed as KCMG s first junior driver Formula Scout Retrieved April 30 2021 Pablo Sarrazin added to KCMG s driver development programme Formula Scout 2022 03 31 Retrieved 2022 04 01 F4 racer Alex Dunne revealed as KCMG s first junior driver Formula Scout 2021 04 30 Retrieved 2021 04 30 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KC Motorgroup amp oldid 1216268577 KCMG Driver Development Project, wikipedia, 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