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.

China Champ Motorsport
Founded2003
Team principal(s)Michael Ho Wai Kun
Current seriesChina Formula 4 Championship
TCR China Touring Car Championship
Former seriesChina 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 driversTCR
38. Macau Michael Ho
TCR Asia
38. Macau Michael Ho
88. Macau Henry Ho
AFR Series
38. Hong Kong Victor Yung
63. Hong Kong Xie Ruilin
China F4
2. Hong Kong Xie Ruilin
8. China Liu Wenlong
58. Germany Yves Volte
Formula Masters China
8. Macau Leong Hon Chio
9. Hong Kong 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)
Websitehttp://eng.champ.cc/eng.champ.cc/index.html

Asian Formula Renault Series

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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.

Formula 4 Chinese Championship

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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]

Formula Masters China

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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.

TCR Asia Series

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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]

TCR International Series

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Honda Civic TCR (2016–)

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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]

Current series results

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F4 Chinese Championship

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
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.

Formula Trophy UAE

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2024 Tatuus F4-T421   Andy Law
  Meng Cheng
  Jia Zhanbin

Former series results

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World Touring Car Cup

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
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

TCR International Series

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2016 Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2)   Michael Ho 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC NC

TCR Asia Series

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
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

Formula Masters China

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C.
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.

Formula BMW Pacific

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
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

Formula V6 Asia

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
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.

Timeline

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Current series
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

Notes

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  1. ^ Entered as MRS Motorsport
  2. ^ Entered as Super Champ Racing

References

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  1. ^ a b "35-car Macau entry list of CTCC and TCR cars released". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. ^ "[2016 CFGP/FIA F4 Zhuhai round spectator guide]" (PDF) (in Chinese). MITIME Minter Racing. 23 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Henry Ho joins TCR Asia with Honda China". tcr-series.com. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ^ "TCR Asia Series kicks off-season two in South Korea". tcr-series.com. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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