Garth Tander teammate of Shane van Gisbergen in Enduro Cup

If the duo Jamie Whincup – Craig Lowndes will undoubtedly be one of the crews to beat in the three events of the Enduro Cup in Supercars this year (Bathurst, Sandown 500 and Gold Coast 600), the new duo formed at Red Bull Holden Racing Team by Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander should be closely monitored.

A few hours after the end of his adventure with Garry Rogers Motorsports, where the Australian, 2007 Supercars champion, was replaced by Richie Stanaway, Tander found a part-time seat for 2019 (the partnership running for two years), and what a tub.

He will support the 2016 series champion (and former winner of the Blancpain GT Series that same year). Endurance Cup), on the No. 97 Holden Commodore from Roland Dane's team, one of the benchmarks for several seasons.

The experience of Garth Tander, three times winner at Bathurst, will therefore be valuable for van Gisbergen, who is still chasing a first victory in the Bathurst 1000 on the Mount Panorama Circuit.

“When the opportunity arose to join the team alongside Shane for endurance racing, it was clearly the best way for me to transition from full-time driver to co-driver in this next phase of my career, Tander points out.

I'm really looking forward to joining the team, hopefully bringing some experience and speed, but most importantly learning from my new teammates, Shane, Jamie and Craig. »

Earl Bamber supported Shane van Gisbergen in 2018, but the official driver's schedule Porsche Motorsport was unable to allow him to repeat the experience.

Garth Tander will also be at the start of the Bathurst 12 Hours (February 1-3), in one of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 – Audi Sport Team Valvoline with Frédéric Vervisch and Kelvin van der Linde.