Toyota has confirmed that its second Supercars staff in 2026 shall be Brad Jones Racing.
The Albury, New South Wales-based staff, which at the moment runs 4 Chevrolet Camaros within the championship, will area 4 GR Supras from subsequent season.
The affirmation signifies that six Toyotas shall be on the grid subsequent season, BJR becoming a member of Walkinshaw Andretti United, which would be the model’s homologation staff.
Since September, when the information broke that Japanese model would be a part of Chevrolet and Ford within the V8 sequence, hypothesis has been excessive as to which staff would associate with WAU to run the Supras. Initially Workforce 18 was anticipated to be that staff, however the current information that it had agreed to be Chevrolet’s homologation staff, changing the Ford-bound Triple Eight, cements Charlie Schwerkolt’s staff to GM for the foreseeable future.
PremiAir Racing, Erebus Motorsport and Matt Stone Racing are additionally anticipated to remain within the GM fold, that means that there needs to be eight Camaros on the grid, with 10 Ford Mustangs.
“I’m a creature of behavior so change it isn’t all the time straightforward,” mentioned Jones, who beforehand raced with the Walkinshaw group when it was often known as the Holden Racing Workforce.
“I’ve had a relationship with them prior to now, I feel will probably be nice. I’m excited by the truth that there are two groups. We have to earn our stripes and there’s a lot of labor to do.”
What stays to be seen is whether or not BJR will change its driver lineup previous to the 2026 season. At the moment Andre Heimgartner is the one BJR driver to have received a Supercars race, whereas Bryce Fullwood, Jaxon Evans and Macauley Jones have but to win a race.
Ought to Toyota want to signal a high-profile driver, Jones – son of BJR’s staff proprietor – often is the most susceptible to a change. In six seasons, he has by no means completed increased than nineteenth within the championship, nor appeared on the rostrum in 170 race begins.
Mockingly, Jones certified his BJR Chevrolet a career-best fourth for Saturday’s Supercars Race 2 at Symmons Plains, and completed an equally unprecedented fifth.
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WAU expects to have a GR Supra prototype prepared for on-track testing within the second half of the 12 months.
Supercars 2025 season continues at Symmons Plains, with two races on Saturday and a single longer race on Sunday.
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