Founded | 2003 |
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Team principal(s) | Michael Ho Wai Kun |
Current series | China Formula 4 Championship TCR China Touring Car Championship |
Former series | China Touring Car Championship Formula V6 Asia Formula BMW Asia TCR International Series Formula Masters China TCR Asia Series Asian Formula Renault Series World Touring Car Cup |
Noted drivers | TCR 38. Michael Ho TCR Asia 38. Michael Ho 88. Henry Ho AFR Series 38. Victor Yung 63. Xie Ruilin China F4 2. Xie Ruilin 8. Liu Wenlong 58. Yves Volte Formula Masters China 8. Leong Hon Chio 9. Xie Ruilin |
Teams' Championships | Asian Formula Renault Series : 2013 China Formula 4 Championship : 2023 |
Drivers' Championships | Asian Formula Renault Series : 2005 (Hanss Lin) 2013 (Julio Acosta) China Formula 4 Championship : 2015–16 (Julio Acosta) 2023 (Tiago Rodrigues) |
Website | http://eng.champ.cc/eng.champ.cc/index.html |
Champ Motorsport is a Chinese auto racing team based in Zhuhai, China. The team has raced in the TCR International Series, since 2016. [1] Having also raced in the TCR Asia Series, Asian Formula Renault Series and China Formula 4 Championship amongst others.
Having first entered the championship in 2004. The team returned in 2005 and won the championship with Taiwanese driver Hanss Lin. The team kept entering the series for many years before again winning the title in 2013 with Colombian driver Julio Acosta.
The team entered the first season of the China F4 series with Chinese drivers Chen Zhuoxuan, Liu Wenlong, Yang Fan and Xie Ruilin alongside 2013 Asian Formula Renault champion Julio Acosta. Acosta took seven out of eight possible victories, with Acosta having secured the title at the fourth round out of five of the championship. Acosta therefore did not take part in the final round of the 2015–16 season. For 2016 the team entered Liu Wenlong and Xie Ruilin again for a second season with the team. [2]
The team made a one-off appearance in the series at their home circuit at Zhuhai International Circuit, with the team entering Xie Ruilin and Leong Hon Chio for the event.
The team entered the Asian TCR series for 2016, with Henry Ho and Michael Ho driving a Honda Civic TCR each. The team finished fourth in the Teams' championship, with Henry Ho having taken three podiums. [3] [4]
After having raced in the 2016 TCR Asia Series, the team entered the 2016 TCR International Series with TCR Asia regular driver Michael Ho driving a Honda Civic TCR. However, Ho withdrew from 2016 Guia Race of Macau before the first practice session. [1]
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2015-16 | Mygale M14-F4 | Julio Acosta | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 202 | 1st | N/A |
Liu Wenlong | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 4th | |||
Xie Ruilin | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 7th | |||
Chen Zhuoxuan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11th | |||
Alex Yang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th | |||
2016 | Mygale M14-F4 | Xie Ruilin | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 6th | N/A |
Liu Wenlong | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 10th | |||
Yves Volte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC | |||
2017 | Mygale M14-F4 | Ryan Liu | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11th | 5th |
David Sitanala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 12th | |||
Lin Taian | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 242 | 3rd | 3rd [a] | ||
Tai Yi† | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 156 | 5th | |||
Xie Ruilin | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 131 | 6th | |||
Julio Acosta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NC | |||
2020 | Mygale M14-F4 | Zeng Yucheng | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18th | 11th |
2021 | Mygale M14-F4 | Hu Chengru | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 6th | 7th |
Patrick Tsang | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15th | |||
2022 | Mygale M14-F4 | Patrick Tsang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 15th |
Andy Chang | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | NC | |||
2023 | Mygale M14-F4 | Tiago Rodrigues | 20 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 1st | ? |
Zhang Hongyu | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 103 | 5th | |||
Hu Chengru | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 7th | |||
Patrick Tsang | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 12th | |||
Marco Lau | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17th | |||
Albert Cheung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28th | |||
2024 | Mygale M21-F4 | Patrick Tsang | ||||||||
Kenny Chung | ||||||||||
Albert Cheung | ||||||||||
Andy Law | ||||||||||
Victor Yung | ||||||||||
Hugo So | ||||||||||
Jacky Wong | ||||||||||
Marcus Cheong | ||||||||||
Wang Yi |
† Yi drove for Glory Racing Team until round 6.
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2024 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Andy Law | ||||||||
Meng Cheng | ||||||||||
Jia Zhanbin |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2018 | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Filipe de Souza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th | NC |
Lam Kam San | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2016 | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) | Michael Ho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2016 | Honda Civic TCR | Henry Ho | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 5th | 4th |
Michael Ho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12th | |||
2018 | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Filipe de Souza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC |
Ryan Wong | ||||||||||
2019 | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | Filipe de Souza | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC |
James Wong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | Michael Wong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. |
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2016 | Tatuus FA010 | Hon Chio Leong† | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 7th |
Xie Ruilin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15th |
† Leong drove for DP Motorsport from round 4 onwards.
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2009 | Mygale FB02 | Jim Ka To | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | N/A |
2010 | Mygale FB02 | Jim Ka To | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC |
Ivo Yiu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |||
Wai Kai Un | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2006 | Tatuus-Renault V4Y RS | Michael Ho | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8th | 5th |
Jeffrey Lee | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10th | |||
Adderly Fong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12th | |||
2007 | Tatuus-Renault V4Y RS | Hanss Lin | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 4th | 3rd |
Adderly Fong | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 6th | |||
Jeffrey Lee | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 11th | 5th [b] | ||
Marchy Lee† | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12th | |||
2008 | Tatuus-Renault V4Y RS | Kevin Chen | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 73 | 6th | 4th |
Michael Ho | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9th | |||
Mathias Beche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13th | |||
2009 | Tatuus-Renault V4Y RS | Geoffrey Kwong‡ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 3rd | 2nd |
Kevin Chen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 4th | |||
Michael Ho | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5th |
† Marchy Lee drove for Team Meritus in round 1.
‡ Kwong drove for Dilango Racing in round 1.
Current series | |
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F4 Chinese Championship | 2015–2017; 2020– |
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | 2023–present |
Formula Trophy UAE | 2024–present |
Former series | |
Asian Formula Renault Series | 2004–2017 |
Formula V6 Asia | 2006–2009 |
Formula BMW Pacific | 2009–2010 |
Formula Masters China | 2016 |
TCR Asia Series | 2016; 2018–2019 |
TCR International Series | 2016 |
World Touring Car Cup | 2018 |
TCR China Touring Car Championship | 2018–2020 |
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