KC Motorgroup

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 Motorgroup
Founded2007
Team principal(s)Paul Ip
Current seriesFIA World Touring Car Cup
Intercontinental GT Challenge
Super Formula
NASCAR Xfinity Series (supported by Richard Childress Racing)
Former seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
China Touring Car Championship
Asian Formula Three Championship
Super GT
Clio Cup China Series
Hong Kong Touring Car Championship
Asian Le Mans Series
All-Japan Formula Three Championship
KCMG racing at Le Mans in 2013.

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 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.

Drivers

Racing record

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
78 Porsche 911 RSR Christian Ried
Wolf Henzler
Joël Camathias		 GTE Am 300 41st 10th

FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year Class Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points WEP
pos.
2014 LMP2 Matthew Howson
Richard Bradley
Tsugio Matsuda
Alexandre Imperatori		 47 SIL
2		 SPA
2		 LMS
Ret		 COA
1		 FUJ
2		 SHA
Ret		 BHR
1		 SÃO
1		 130 3rd
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

Formula Nippon/Super Formula results
Year Chassis Engine No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points T.C.
2010 Swift 017.n Toyota RV8K SUZ MOT FUJ MOT SUG AUT SUZ 4 7th
18 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 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 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 Richard Bradley 19 Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 18
2014 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4A SUZ FUJ FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ 0 10th
18 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 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 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 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 Kamui Kobayashi 10 C 6 12 2 13
Yuichi Nakayama 13
2019 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4A SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 19 9th
18 Kamui Kobayashi 9 10 2 6 2 18 12
2020 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4A SUG MOT OKA SUZ FUJ AUT 0 -
7 Kamui Kobayashi
18 Yuji Kunimoto

References
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  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.
  5. "Richard Childress Racing, KCMG expand partnership in 2018". NASCAR.com. April 2, 2018.
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