KC Motorgroup

KC Motorgroup
Founded	2007
Team principal(s)	Paul Ip
Current series	FIA World Touring Car Cup; FIA World Endurance Championship; Super Formula; All-Japan Formula Three Championship; Asian Formula Renault Challenge; Formula Masters China; F4 Japanese Championship
Former series	China Touring Car Championship; Asian Formula Three Championship; Super GT; Clio Cup China Series; Hong Kong Touring Car Championship; Asian Le Mans Series

KCMG racing at Le Mans in 2013.

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 Japanese and Chinese championships in touring car, sports car, and open-wheel racing.^[1]

History

KCMG entered the Formula Nippon 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. Yuhki Nakayama finished 20th in 2014, 16th in 2015, and 18th in 2016.

In 2013 KCMG expanded outside Asia with an entry in 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 won the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 category. But in January 2016, KCMG announced that it will stop racing in LMP2 and switch to the GTE category.^[4]

Drivers

Alexandre Imperatori (2013–2014)
Matthew Howson(2013–2016)
Ho-Pin Tung (2013)
Richard Bradley (2014–2016)
Tsugio Matsuda (2014–2016)
Nick Tandy (2015)
Nicolas Lapierre (2015)
Matt Tifft (2018)
Kamui Kobayashi (2017-2018)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Entrant	No	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	KCMG	47	Morgan LMP2	Alexandre Imperatori Matthew Howson Ho-Pin Tung	LMP2	241	DNF	DNF
2014	KCMG	47	Oreca 03R	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Alexandre Imperatori	LMP2	87	DNF	DNF
2015	KCMG	47	Oreca 05	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Nicolas Lapierre	LMP2	358	9	1st
2016	KCMG	47	Oreca 05	Tsugio Matsuda Richard Bradley Matthew Howson	LMP2	116	DNF	DNF
2016	KCMG	78	Porsche 911 RSR	Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Joël Camathias	GTE Am	300	41st	10th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship participations

Year	Class	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	WEP pos.
2015	LMP2	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Nick Tandy Nicolas Lapierre	47	SIL 4	SPA 3	LMN 1	NÜR 1	COA 2	FUJ Ret	SHA 3	BHR 2		155	2nd
2016	LMGTE Am	Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Joël Camathias	78	SIL 4	SPA 4	LMN 5	NÜR EX	MEX 3	COA 2	FUJ 3	SHA 3	BHR 2	125	4th

References

↑ "Interview of Paul Ip about Asian Le Mans Series". Endurance-Info. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
↑ "KCMG takes delivery of Morgan LMP2 car for Le Mans". Endurance-Info. 13 February 2013. 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.

External links

Official website

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[Interview-1] "Interview of Paul Ip about Asian Le Mans Series". Endurance-Info. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

[Le_Mans-2] "KCMG takes delivery of Morgan LMP2 car for Le Mans". Endurance-Info. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

[Oreca_05-3] Dagys, John (29 January 2015). "KCMG Confirms Purchase of First Oreca 05". Sportscar365. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

[4] "WEC: KCMG drops LMP2 program". "Racer.com". 12 January 2016.