{"id":13714,"date":"2026-03-21T11:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/?p=13714"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:09:26","slug":"kcmg-super-formula-driver-change-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/?p=13714","title":{"rendered":"KCMG SUPER FORMULA DRIVER CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KCMG-Super-Formula-driver-change-announcement1-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KCMG-Super-Formula-driver-change-announcement1-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KCMG-Super-Formula-driver-change-announcement1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KCMG-Super-Formula-driver-change-announcement1-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KCMG-Super-Formula-driver-change-announcement1-1536x1004.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KCMG-Super-Formula-driver-change-announcement1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kalle Rovanper\u00e4, who was scheduled to take on the 2026 Super Formula campaign in our team&#8217;s #69 car, has decided to withdraw from all races this season.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, KCMG has decided to field Seita Nonaka, who has already been announced as the team&#8217;s reserve driver, for the opening round, held on 3-5 April at Mobility Resort Motegi in Tochigi Prefecture. As a result of this driver switch, the car&#8217;s number will be changed from 69 to 9.<\/p>\n<p>The team respects Kalle\u2019s difficult decision to withdraw from the season. The squad\u2019s driver line-up for the second round and beyond will be decided and announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The entire team wishes Kalle continued success and good fortune in his future endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>In our 17th season of participation, KCMG will be working hard to achieve our goal of our first Super Formula victory and winning the series title. We appreciate your continued support.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Media enquiries<\/strong>: Cristina Villar<br \/>\n<strong>Email address:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cristina@kcmg.com.hk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cristina@kcmg.com.hk<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For more information about\u00a0KCMG\u00a0please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf&amp;id=6fea4c9c27&amp;e=916dcbd04e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf%26id%3D6fea4c9c27%26e%3D916dcbd04e&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768698731402000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3AAVbyjanPNf8oCxGLDmlK\">www.kcmg.com.hk<\/a>. To keep track of all the latest updates, please like\u00a0KCMG\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf&amp;id=8f9289e05e&amp;e=916dcbd04e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf%26id%3D8f9289e05e%26e%3D916dcbd04e&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768698731402000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KWEBCO4oE58lyWNgluVNt\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page or follow on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf&amp;id=25cbfaff1e&amp;e=916dcbd04e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf%26id%3D25cbfaff1e%26e%3D916dcbd04e&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768698731402000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iyWJeEFh9Zrd2kjFC7x9X\">X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf&amp;id=786ffaaad0&amp;e=916dcbd04e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf%26id%3D786ffaaad0%26e%3D916dcbd04e&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768698731402000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0tw3hLlnD0ZvJ7IE5CTMpB\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About KCMG<\/strong><br \/>\nKC Motorgroup Ltd (KCMG) is an international motorsport services group established in 2007 by Paul Ip. The group, with its headquarters located in Hong Kong, has operations reaching across the Asia Pacific region.\u00a0KCMG\u00a0operates closely with many partner companies and racing organisations around the world to provide unrivalled motorsport services, equipment, team management and quality distribution in the automotive industry. For more information on all of the team&#8217;s activities please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf&amp;id=40fb90c625&amp;e=916dcbd04e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/pole.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D891ae4cc18b4ecb3fd08f3fbf%26id%3D40fb90c625%26e%3D916dcbd04e&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768698731402000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1i8o6wX58mcx4DDAxVia35\">www.kcmg.com.hk<\/a>\u00a0or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@kcmg.com.hk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@kcmg.com.hk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13646 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/footer02242026-1024x280.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/footer02242026-1024x280.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/footer02242026-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/footer02242026-768x210.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/footer02242026-1536x420.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/footer02242026-2048x560.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalle Rovanper\u00e4, who was scheduled to take on the 2026 Super Formula campaign in our team&#8217;s #69 car, has decided to withdraw from all races this season. Therefore, KCMG has decided to field Seita Nonaka, who has already been announced as the team&#8217;s reserve driver, for the opening round, held on 3-5 April at Mobility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13716,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13714\/revisions\/13716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcmg.com.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}