Champ Motorsport

Champ Motorsport
Founded	2003
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.

Asian Formula Renault Series edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Honda Civic TCR (2016–) edit

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 edit

F4 Chinese Championship edit

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	5th
		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
2021	Mygale M14-F4	Patrick Tsang	6	0	0	0	0	16	15th	7th
2022	Mygale M14-F4	Patrick Tsang	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC	15th
2022	Mygale M14-F4	Andy Chang	2	1	1	2	2	0	NC	15th
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
		Wang Yi
		Marcus Cheong
		Albert Cheung
		Luo Yifeng
		Hugo So
		Jacky Wong

† Yi drove for Glory Racing Team until round 6.

Former series results edit

World Touring Car Cup edit

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
2018	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	Lam Kam San	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC	NC

TCR International Series edit

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 edit

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2016	Honda Civic TCR	Henry Ho	6	3	70	5th	4th
2016	Honda Civic TCR	Michael Ho	3	0	18	12th	4th
2018	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	Filipe de Souza	2	0	0	NC	NC
2018	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	Ryan Wong	2	0	0	NC	NC
2019	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	Filipe de Souza	4	0	0	NC	NC
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	James Wong	4	0	0	NC
	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	Michael Wong	2	0	0	NC

Formula Masters China edit

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
2016	Tatuus FA010	Xie Ruilin	2	0	0	0	0	4	15th

† Leong drove for DP Motorsport from round 4 onwards.

Formula BMW Pacific edit

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	D.C.	T.C.
2009	Mygale FB02	Jim Ka To	1	NC	N/A
2010	Mygale FB02	Jim Ka To	1	NC	NC
		Ivo Yiu	1	NC
		Wai Kai Un	1	NC

Formula V6 Asia edit

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	3rd
		Jeffrey Lee	11	0	0	0	0	31	11th	5th^[b]
		Marchy Lee†	5	1	1	1	2	28	12th	5th^[b]
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 edit

Current series
F4 Chinese Championship	2015–2017; 2020–
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	2023–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 edit

^ Entered as MRS Motorsport
^ Entered as Super Champ Racing

References edit

^ ^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.
^ "[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.
^ "Henry Ho joins TCR Asia with Honda China". tcr-series.com. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
^ "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.

External links edit

Official website

[5] Entered as MRS Motorsport

[6] Entered as Super Champ Racing

[MacauEntries-1] "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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