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, 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.

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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

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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

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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

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in the

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, sponsoring drivers Brandon Jones,

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and

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. Reddick won the

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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) *

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(2013–2016) * Ho-Pin Tung (2013) * Richard Bradley (2013–2016) *

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(2014–2016, 2018–present) * Nick Tandy (2015) *

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(2015) * Christian Ried (2016) * Wolf Henzler (2016) * Joel Camathias (2016) *

(2014–2016, 2018) * Katsuyuki Hiranaka (2010) *

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(2012) * Kamui Kobayashi (2017–present) *

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(2019–present) *

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(2018–present) * Brandon Jones (2017) *

(2018) *

(2019) *

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(2018–present) *

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(2018–present) *

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(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

References

External links

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