KC Motorgroup Ltd, known as KCMG, is an

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team based in

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. Founded by former racing driver Paul Ip in 2007, KCMG has participated in a variety of championships across the world in

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, and

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History

KCMG 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

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before entering the

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in 2014, during which the team won three races. 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

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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 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

WEC season, albeit in the GTE Am category, finishing fourth in what would be its final season in the championship. KCMG duo 2024 SF Motegi Race

Beginning in 2017, KCMG has partnered with

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in the

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, sponsoring drivers Brandon Jones, Matt Tifft, Tyler Reddick and

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. Reddick won the 2019 LTi Printing 250 with KCMG as the sponsor.

KCMG Driver Development Project

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. 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

Former members

Drivers

* Alexandre Imperatori (2011, 2013–2014, 2018–present) * Matthew Howson (2013–2016) *

Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung (; born December 4, 1982) is a Dutch-born racing driver who races with a Chinese license. Career Tung was born in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands, to Chinese parents with ancestry tracing to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Tung starte ...

(2013) * Richard Bradley (2013–2016) * Tsugio Matsuda (2014–2016, 2018–present) * Nick Tandy (2015) * Nicolas Lapierre (2015) * Christian Ried (2016) *

Wolf Henzler Wolfgang Henzler (born 5 April 1975) is a former Germans, German Porsche in motorsport, Porsche factory racing driver. He began racing in 1991 with a win in the German Junior Karting, Kart championship. Born in Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg, he ...

(2016) * Joel Camathias (2016) * Yuichi Nakayama (2014–2016, 2018) * Katsuyuki Hiranaka (2010) * Ryo Orime (2012) *

Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, Toyota and in Super Formula for KC Motorgroup, KCMG. Kobayashi competed in Formula One from to . In end ...

(2017–present) * Katsumasa Chiyo (2019–present) * Oliver Jarvis (2018–present) * Brandon Jones (2017) * Matt Tifft (2018) * Tyler Reddick (2019) * Josh Burdon (2018–present) * Attila Tassi (2018–present) * Kris Richard (2018–present) * Tiago Monteiro (2019–present) *

(2020)

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

FIA World Endurance Championship results

Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

;Notes ** – Season still in progress.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.kcmg.com.hk Hong Kong auto racing teams Chinese auto racing teams 2007 establishments in Hong Kong Auto racing teams established in 2007 FIA World Endurance Championship teams 24 Hours of Le Mans teams Formula Nippon teams Super Formula teams Super GT teams Japanese Formula 3 Championship teams Formula Renault teams GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup teams WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams Toyota in motorsport Nissan in motorsport Porsche in motorsport Chinese racecar constructors Super Taikyu teams