KC Motorgroup

KC Motorgroup Ltd
Company type	Private
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	2007
Founder	Paul Ip
Headquarters	Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Area served	International
Key people	Paul Ip (Founder)
Products	Motorsport team services

KC Motorgroup Ltd, commonly referred to as KCMG, is a motorsport team headquartered in Hong Kong, established in 2007 by ex-racing driver Paul Ip. The team competes internationally in various disciplines including touring car, sports car, and open-wheel racing series.

History

In 2010, KCMG made its debut in the Formula Nippon championship as a Toyota-supported customer outfit. Among the drivers representing the team were Katsuyuki Hiranaka, Alexandre Imperatori, and Yuichi Nakayama, who remained active with KCMG until 2016.

The year 2013 marked KCMG's expansion onto the international endurance racing scene with an entry at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This was followed by their involvement in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) beginning in 2014. Over this period, the team achieved three victories and won the LMP2 category at the 2015 Le Mans, while finishing as runners-up in the overall 2015 WEC standings. In 2016, KCMG scaled back its LMP2 participation to a single appearance at Le Mans and shifted focus to full-season competition in the GTE Am class, concluding their WEC campaign that year in fourth place.

Since 2017, KCMG has collaborated with Richard Childress Racing within the NASCAR Xfinity Series, providing sponsorship for drivers such as Brandon Jones, Matt Tifft, Tyler Reddick, and Earl Bamber. This partnership notably culminated in Tyler Reddick securing victory at the 2019 LTi Printing 250 under KCMG's backing.

KCMG Driver Development Project

In April 2021, KCMG initiated its Driver Development Project aimed at nurturing emerging talent. The programme's inaugural recruit was Irish driver Alex Dunne. Participants benefit from coaching support during race events alongside assistance from physiotherapists, management personnel, and educational tutors focusing on physical conditioning, media training, and academic development.

Current members

Driver	Years	Series
Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pablo Sarrazin	2022–	WRC2 Championship

Former members

Driver	Years	Series
Template:Country data IRE Template:Namespace detect showall Alex Dunne	2021	F4 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)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Entrant	No	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	Template:Country data HKG Template:Namespace detect showall KCMG	47	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matthew Howson Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Alexandre Imperatori Template:Country data CHN Template:Namespace detect showall Ho-Pin Tung	LMP2	241	DNF	DNF
2014	Template:Country data HKG Template:Namespace detect showall KCMG	47	Oreca 03R-Nissan	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Bradley Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matthew Howson Template:Country data SUI Template:Namespace detect showall Alexandre Imperatori	LMP2	87	DNF	DNF
2015	Template:Country data HKG Template:Namespace detect showall KCMG	47	Oreca 05-Nissan	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Bradley Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matthew Howson Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Lapierre	LMP2	358	9th	1st
2016	Template:Country data HKG Template:Namespace detect showall KCMG	47	Oreca 05-Nissan	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Bradley Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matthew Howson Template:Country data JPN Template:Namespace detect showall Tsugio Matsuda	LMP2	116	DNF	DNF
2016		78	Porsche 911 RSR	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Joël Camathias Germany Wolf Henzler Germany Christian Ried	GTE Am	300	41st	10th

FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Category	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WEP pos.	Points
2014	LMP2	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Matthew Howson Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Bradley Template:Country data JPN Template:Namespace detect showall Tsugio Matsuda Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Alexandre Imperatori	47	SIL 2nd	SPA 2nd	LMS Retired	COA Winner	FUJ 2nd	SHA Retired	BHR Winner	SÃO Winner		style="background:#FFDF9F" \| 3rd	style="background:#FFDF9F" \| 130
2015	'LMP2'	'Template:Flagicon\ Matthew Howson Template:Flagicon\ Richard Bradley Template:Flagicon\ Nick Tandy Template:Flagicon\ Nicolas Lapierre'	'47'	'style=background:#DFFFDF;' SIL 4th'	'style=background:#FFDF9F;' SPA 3rd'	'style=background:#FFFFBF;' LMN 1st'	'style=background:#FFFFBF;' NÜR 1st'	'style=background:#DFDFDF;' COA 2nd'	'style=background:#EFCFFF;' FUJ Retired'	'style=background:#FFDF9F;' SHA 3rd'	'style=background:#DFDFDF;' BHR 2nd'		style=background:#DFDFDF \| 2nd	style=background:#DFDFDF \| 155
'2016'	'LMGTE Am'	'Template:Flagicon\ Christian Ried Template:Flagicon\ Wolf Henzler Template:Flagicon\ Joël Camathias'	'78'	'style=background:#DFFFDF;' SIL 4th'	'style=background:#DFFFDF;' SPA 4th'	'style=background:#DFFFDF;' LMN 5th'	'NÜR Excluded'	'style=background:#FFDF9F;' MEX 3rd'	'style=background:#DFDFDF;' COA 2nd'	'style=background:#FFDF9F;' FUJ 3rd'	'style=background:#FFDF9F;' SHA 3rd'	'style=background:#DFDFDF;' BHR 2nd'		'4th'	'125'

Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

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Notes

* – Season ongoing.

External links

Year	Chassis	Engine		Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10		Points
2010	Swift 017.n	Toyota RV8K			SUZ	MOT	FUJ	MOT	SUG	AUT	SUZ			7th	4
2010	Swift 017.n	Toyota RV8K	18	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Retired	Did not start	13th place	7th place	Retired	7th place	12th place	13th place		7th	4
2011	Swift 017.n	Toyota RV8K			SUZ	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUG	MOT			9th	2.5
2011	Swift 017.n	Toyota RV8K	18	Alexandre Imperatori	10th	7th	Retired	11th	Cancelled	12th	8th	12th		9th	2.5
2012	Swift 017.n	Toyota RV8K			SUZ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	MOT	SUG	SUZ			12th	0
2012	Swift 017.n	Toyota RV8K	18	Ryo Orime	17th	15th	Retired	Retired	Retired	Retired	18th	15th		12th	0
2013 Super Formula Championship	Swift 017.n	Toyota RV8K			Suzuka Circuit (SUZ)	Autopolis (AUT)	Fuji Speedway (FUJ)	Twin Ring Motegi (MOT)	Sportsland SUGO (SUG)	Suzuka Circuit (SUZ)			11th	0
2013 Super Formula Championship	Swift 017.n	Toyota RV8K	18	align=left GBR Richard Bradley (racing driver)	>19 (CFCFFF) Ret (EFCFFF) Ret (EFCFFF) >14 (CFCFFF) Ret (EFCFFF) >13 (CFCFFF) >18 (CFCFFF)								11th	0
rowspan=2 2014 Super Formula Championship !	rowspan=2 Dallara SF14 !	rowspan=2 Toyota RI4A !		Suzuka Circuit SUZ ! colspan=2 Fuji Speedway FUJ ! Fuji Speedway FUJ ! Twin Ring Motegi MOT ! Autopolis AUT ! Sportsland SUGO ! colspan=2 Suzuka Circuit SUZ !		rowspan=2 10th !	rowspan=2 0 !
18 ! align=left JPN Yuichi Nakayama ! Ret EFCFFF ! 13 CFCFFF ! 16 CFCFFF ! 10 CFCFFF ! Ret EFCFFF ! 16 CFCFFF ! 13 CFCFFF italic ! Ret EFCFFF ! 18 CFCFFF !
rowspan=2 2015 Super Formula Championship !	rowspan=2 Dallara SF14 !	rowspan=2 Toyota RI4A !	Suzuka Circuit SUZ ! Okayama International Circuit OKA ! Fuji Speedway FUJ ! Twin Ring Motegi MOT ! Autopolis AUT ! Sportsland SUGO SUG ! colspan=2 Suzuka Circuit SUZ !		rowspan=2 11th!	rowspan=2 1.5!
18! align=left JPN Yuichi Nakayama! 13 CFCFFF! Ret EFCFFF! 15 CFCFFF! 16 CFCFFF! 19 CFCFFF! 10 CFCFFF! Ret EFCFFF! 6 DFFFDF!
rowspan=2 2016 Super Formula Championship!	rowspan=2 Dallara SF14!	rowspan=2 Toyota RI4A!	Suzuka Circuit SUZ! Okayama International Circuit OKA! Fuji Speedway FUJ! Twin Ring Motegi MOT! colspan=2 Okayama International Circuit OKA! Sportsland SUGO SUG! colspan=2 Suzuka Circuit SUZ!		rowspan=2 11th!	rowspan=2 0!
18! align=left JPN Yuichi Nakayama! 13 CFCFFF! 10 CFCFFF! 9 CFCFFF! 15 CFCFFF! 17 CFCFFF! 13 CFCFFF! Ret EFCFFF! 14 CFCFFF! 11 CFCFFF!
rowspan=2 2017 Super Formula Championship !	rowspan=2 Dallara SF14 !	rowspan=2 Toyota RI4A !	Okayama International Circuit OKA !Fuji Speedway FUJ !Twin Ring Motegi MOT !Autopolis AUT !Sportsland SUGO SUG !colspan = "2"\|Suzuka Circuit SUZ !	6th	16.5
7	JPN Kamui Kobayashi			6th	16.5
2018 Super Formula Championship	Dallara SF14	Toyota RI4A		Suzuka Circuit SUZ Autopolis AUT Sportsland SUGO SUG Fuji Speedway FUJ Twin Ring Motegi MOT Okayama International Circuit OKA Suzuka Circuit SUZ				9th	7