This year has started well with a class podium at the Bathurst 12 Hour, and hopefully we can carry this momentum forward into the rest of the season. “Last year I won the Pro-Am Championship and we also won the team championship for the first time, which was really amazing. “2023 will see us running two cars in Australia and two in Asia, so it will be a big year, with big challenges, but we’re looking forward to it,” said Ibrahim. JOHOR Racing/Triple Eight Race Engineering The team’s schedule finishes in November with the Adelaide 500. The team will then take to the track for 11 rounds of GT3 racing between Australia and Asia, with the exemption of Phillip Island due to a calendar clash. The 2023 JMR campaign begins over Easter weekend, when GT World Challenge Australia kicks off with a return to Bathurst’s Mount Panorama circuit for the Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst Six-Hour. Not content to rest on their achievements, Prince Jefri and co-driver Feeney took the opportunity to visit Red Bull’s world-class Athlete Performance Centre in Austria over the off-season, eager to put in the hard work in order to reap the rewards on offer in 2023. JMR experienced a stellar season in 2022 with Prince Jefri securing the Pro-Am Championship in Asia and a competitive third place in Australia, while JMR and Triple Eight took out the Team Championship in Asia. Prince Jefri will team up with Red Bull Ampol Racing driver Broc Feeney, while Prince Abu will join forces with Supercars’ legend Jamie Whincup and Mercedes-AMG driver Luca Stolz, as they contest races across both continents.Ĭontinuing the team’s long-standing relationship with Triple Eight Race Engineering, JMR will expand its garage to accommodate four Mercedes-AMG GT3s split between the two Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS categories, with the Princes’ sights firmly set on GT World Challenge driver and team championships this year. “This year we have seen huge crowds return to our events and Adelaide is shaping as a spectacular finale for the Holden Commodore and Ford Mustang rivalry.Johor Motorsports Racing (JMR) has unveiled its 2023 season entry for Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS with a brooding, sci-fi inspired video.įeaturing two Mercedes-AMG GT3s in contrasting livery designs for the Australia and Asia series, the clip reveals an impressive driver line-up headlined by Prince Jefri Ibrahim and Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim. “With the Camaro vs Mustang debut, the return of the Sandown 500 and our marquee event, the Repco Bathurst 1000, celebrating its 60th anniversary, 2023 is shaping as one of the most exciting in the history of our sport," said Supercars CEO Shane Howard. Super2 and Super3 will feature as supports at Newcastle, Perth, Darwin, Townsville, Sandown, Bathurst and Adelaide. The free-to-air TV events, which will be shared by Fox Sports and Seven, are Newcastle, Darwin, Townsville, Bathurst and Adelaide. The 60th running of the Bathurst 1000 will take place on October 5-8 before the season concludes with street races on the Gold Coast (October 27-29) and in Adelaide (November 23-26). The date, however, has prompted some controversy and tension with governing body Motorsport Australia, which had the circuit booked for a SpeedSeries round on that September 15-17 weekend. The Sydney SuperNight will be the only round under lights on July 28-30 while The Bend makes the calendar with an August 18-20 slot due to NZ falling over.įor the first time since 2019 there will be multiple endurance rounds, with the Sandown 500, as a two-driver event, returning in the lead-up to the Bathurst 1000. The Darwin round, meanwhile, will again be the official Indigenous round. Symmons Plains will then host the Tasmania SuperSprint in May 19-21 before the traditional northern swing to Darwin (June 16-18) and Townsville (July 7-9). Wanneroo Raceway is next on April 28-30, however the event is listed as the Perth SuperSprint with the night time running to be dropped. The most notable absence is New Zealand, Supercars having been unable to lock down a replacement venue for Pukekohe Park.Īnother change is there are no two-day meetings on the schedule, with all events a minimum of three days.įollowing the opener in Newcastle, which will be the competitive debut of the Gen3 cars, Supercars will stage its second round of the season at Albert Park as part of the Australian Grand Prix on March 30-April 2. Along the way Supercars will visit Albert Park, Perth, Symmons Plains, Darwin, Townsville, Sydney Motorsport Park, The Bend, Sandown and Bathurst for two endurance events, and the Gold Coast.
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