Triple Eight adds Stanaway to Perth GT field

Richie Stanaway will be on the starting grid for the GT World Challenge Australia series at the Supercars Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint.

The Triple Eight driver, who will co-drive with Shane van Gisbergen at this year’s Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 Supercars enduros, will drive the #888 Mercedes-AMG with Prince Jefri Ibrahim.

Stanaway will replace Broc Feeney as he races the #88 Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro in the Supercars category, leaving the seat open for Stanaway to take the two 60-minute races across the weekend.

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In his first race meeting with the team, Stanway drove a third Triple Eight entry at the 2023 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in February with Prince Jefri Ibrahim and Red Bull Ampol Racing Team Principal, Jamie Whincup.

The 31-year-old New Zealander described Triple Eight as “The best team I’ve ever worked with” as the trio drove the #99 Boost Mobile-backed Mercedes-AMG GT3 from 15th on the grid to tenth position overall and third in the Pro-Am class.

It was his first competitive outing since a solid comeback at the 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000, where he drove a Boost Mobile-backed wildcard entry with countryman, Greg Murphy, to tenth place. Stanaway made his mark with an impressive in fifth in qualifying around the 6.213km Mount Panorama circuit.

Stanaway was announced as Shane van Gisbergen’s enduro co-driver following the defection of Garth Tander – who won two Bathurst 1000s with van Gisbergen and Triple Eight – to Grove Racing.

The Perth drive will not only allow Feeney, who is coming off the back of a win in Race 6 at Albert Park, to focus on Supercars but allows Stanaway more competitive seat time ahead of any possible wildcard entries ahead of the Sandown 500, scheduled for September 15-17.

Stanaway won the 2017 Sandown 500 with Cam Waters for Tickford Racing.

The GT field in Perth will also include Bathurst 6 Hour winner Jayden Ojeda, as well as 2022 title winner Yasser Shahin. Former Supercars driver Renee Gracie will make her competition return in the Trophy Class at the wheel of an Audi R8 GT3

The Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS kicks off with Practice 1 at 9:10 (AWST) Friday, April 28.

Entry list: GT World Challenge Australia, Perth

Num	Class	Sponsor	Driver	Co-Driver	Car
1	Pro-Am	EMA Motorsport/The Bend Motorsport Park	Yasser Shahin	Garnet Patterson	Porsche 911 GT3R
8	Am	Launch Racing/MC Labour	Michael Kokkinos		Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
19	GT4	Nineteen Corporation/Daimler Trucks Australia	Mark Griffith		Mercedes-AMG GT4
22	Am	Melbourne Performance Centre	Ash Samadi		Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
23	Am	KFC	Matt Stoupas	Paul Stokell	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
24	Pro-Am	Tony Bates Racing	Tony Bates	Jordan Love	Mercedes-AMG GT3
45	Am	RAM Motorsport/GWR Australia	Michael Sheargold	Garth Walden	Mercedes-AMG GT3
48	Pro-Am	M Motorsport	Justin McMillan	Glen Wood	Mercedes-AMG GT3
55	Am	Schumacher Motorsport/Kelso Electrical	Brad Schumacher		Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
65	Pro-Am	Shannons Insurance	Liam Talbot	Max Hofer	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
75	Pro-Am	Jamec Racing	Geoff Emery	Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
88	Pro-Am	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim	Jamie Whincup	Mercedes-AMG GT3
96	Pro-Am	GWR Motorsport/Hobson Motorsport	Mike Bailey	Brett Hobson	Mercedes-AMG GT3
101	Pro-Am	Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport	Ross Poulakis	Jayden Ojeda	Mercedes-AMG GT3
181	GT3 Trophy	OnlyFans	Renee Gracie		Audi R8 LMS GT3 Ultra
888	Pro-Am	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Prince Jefri Ibrahim	Richie Stanaway	Mercedes-AMG GT3