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.

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 before entering the FIA World Endurance Championship 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 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, 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. 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 DriverYearsSeries Pablo Sarrazin2022–WRC2 Championship

Former members DriverYearsSeries Alex Dunne2021F4 Spanish Championship

Drivers

Alexandre Imperatori (2011, 2013–2014, 2018–present) Matthew Howson (2013–2016) Ho-Pin Tung (2013) Richard Bradley (2013–2016) Tsugio Matsuda (2014–2016, 2018–present) Nick Tandy (2015) Nicolas Lapierre (2015) Christian Ried (2016) Wolf Henzler (2016) Joel Camathias (2016) Yuichi Nakayama (2014–2016, 2018) Katsuyuki Hiranaka (2010) Ryo Orime (2012) Kamui Kobayashi (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) Earl Bamber (2020)

Racing record 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Entrant No Car Drivers Class Laps 2013 KCMG 47 Morgan LMP2-Nissan Matthew Howson Alexandre Imperatori Ho-Pin Tung LMP2 241 DNF DNF 2014 KCMG 47 Oreca 03R-Nissan Richard Bradley Matthew Howson Alexandre Imperatori LMP2 87 DNF DNF 2015 KCMG 47 Oreca 05-Nissan Richard Bradley Matthew Howson Nicolas Lapierre LMP2 358 9th 1st 2016 KCMG 47 Oreca 05-Nissan Richard Bradley Matthew Howson Tsugio Matsuda LMP2 116 DNF DNF 78 Porsche 911 RSR Joël Camathias Wolf Henzler Christian Ried GTE Am 300 41st 10th

FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrant ClassChassisEngine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 Pts 2014 KCMG 47Oreca 03 Oreca 03RNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Tsugio Matsuda Alexandre Imperatori SIL 2 SPA 2 LMS Ret COA 1 FUJ 2 SHA Ret BHR 1 SÃO 1 3rd 130 2015 KCMG 47Oreca 05Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Nick Tandy Nicolas Lapierre SIL4 SPA 3 LMN1 NÜR1 COA2 FUJRet SHA3 BHR2 2nd 155 2016 KCMG78Porsche 911 RSRPorsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 Christian Ried Wolf Henzler Joël CamathiasSIL4SPA 4LMN5NÜREX MEX3 COA2 FUJ3 SHA3 BHR24th125

Formula Nippon/Super Formula results Year Chassis Engine Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 2010 Swift 017.n Toyota RV8KSUZMOTFUJMOTSUGAUTSUZ 7th 4 18 Katsuyuki Hiranaka Ret DNS 13 7 Ret 7 12 13 2011 Swift 017.n Toyota RV8KSUZAUTFUJMOTSUZSUGMOT 9th 2.5 18 Alexandre Imperatori 10 7 Ret 11 C 12 8 12 2012 Swift 017.n Toyota RV8KSUZMOTAUTFUJMOTSUGSUZ 12th 0 18 Ryo Orime 17 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 15 2013 Swift 017.n Toyota RV8KSUZAUTFUJMOTSUGSUZ 11th 0 18 Richard Bradley 19 Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 18 2014 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4ASUZFUJFUJMOTAUTSUGSUZ 10th 0 18 Yuichi Nakayama Ret 13 16 10 Ret 16 13 Ret 18 2015 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4ASUZOKAFUJMOTAUTSUGSUZ 11th 1.5 18 Yuichi Nakayama 13 Ret 15 16 19 10 Ret 6 2016 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4ASUZOKAFUJMOTOKASUGSUZ 11th 0 18 Yuichi Nakayama 13 10 9 15 17 13 Ret 14 11 2017 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4ASUZOKAFUJMOTAUTSUGSUZ 6th 16.5 18 Kamui Kobayashi 9 4 5 15 2 7 7 C C 2018 Dallara SF14 Toyota RI4ASUZAUTSUGFUJMOTOKASUZ 9th 7 18 Kamui Kobayashi 10 C 6 12 2 13 Yuichi Nakayama 13 2019 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4ASUZAUTSUGFUJMOTOKASUZ 9th 19 18 Kamui Kobayashi 9 10 2 6 2 18 12 2020 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4ASUGMOTOKASUZFUJAUT 8th 37 7 Kamui Kobayashi 14 14 4 15 11 Yuichi Nakayama 11 18 18 Yuji Kunimoto Ret 7 5 4 3 Ret 15 2021 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4AFUJSUZAUTSUGMOTMOTSUZ 10th 4 7 Kazuto Kotaka 15 16 16† 17 14 18 Kamui Kobayashi 10 18 Yuji Kunimoto 8 Ret Ret 13 11 Ret 15 2022 Dallara SF19 Toyota RI4AFUJSUZAUTSUGFUJMOTSUZ 10th 19 7 Kamui Kobayashi 18 9 5 Ret 17 14 14 17 18 10 18 Yuji Kunimoto 13 15 6 11 9 8 15 12 20 18 2023 Dallara SF23 Toyota RI4AFUJSUZAUTSUGFUJMOTSUZ 8th 24.5 7 Kamui Kobayashi Ret 6 14 11 6 9 7 8 17 18 Yuji Kunimoto 12 16 16 10 9 15 10 16 82024Dallara SF23Toyota TRD-01FSUZAUTSUGFUJMOTFUJSUZ4th77.57 Kamui Kobayashi 19† 10 10 8 12 3 5 14 108 Nirei Fukuzumi 6 8 13 4 9 5 2 6 3

Notes * – Season still in progress.

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