Champ Motorsport
| Founded | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) | Michael Ho Wai Kun |
| Current series | F4 Chinese 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 F4 Chinese 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 F4 Chinese Championship: 2023 |
| Drivers' Championships | Asian Formula Renault Series: 2005 (Hanss Lin) 2013 (Julio Acosta) F4 Chinese 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
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
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
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
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
Honda Civic TCR (2016–)
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
F4 Chinese Championship
| 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 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24th | ? |
| Kenny Chung | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |||
| Andy Law | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27th | ? | ||
| Victor Yung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |||
| Albert Cheung | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45th | |||
| Hugo So | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th | ? | ||
| Jacky Wong | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd | |||
| Wang Yi | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 10th | ? | ||
| Marcus Cheong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |||
| 2025 | Mygale M21-F4 | Kimi Chan | ||||||||
| Wang Yi | ||||||||||
| Andy Law | ||||||||||
| Patrick Tsang |
† Yi drove for Glory Racing Team until round 6.
Formula Trophy UAE
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Jia Zhanbin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st | 7th[5] |
| Meng Cheng | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | |||
| Andy Law | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
Former series results
World Touring Car Cup
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Current series | |
|---|---|
| F4 Chinese Championship | 2015–2017, 2020–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 International Series | 2016 |
| TCR Asia Series | 2016, 2018–2019 |
| World Touring Car Cup | 2018 |
| TCR China Touring Car Championship | 2018–2020 |
| Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | 2023 |
Notes
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2024 Formula Trophy UAE Standings". www.formulamideast.com. Retrieved 2025-02-19.