Triple Eight enters Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia

Multiple winner in Supercars, both among the drivers with his magical trio Jamie Whincup – Craig Lowndes – Shane van Gisbergen, and in the Teams ranking, Triple Eight Race Engineering (which plays in Australia under the banner Red Bull Holden Racing), will also have a GT3 program on its menu in 2019.

This year, Triple Eight Race Engineering and Shane van Gisbergen are crossing continents and categories to take on the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia.#tripleeightraceengineering pic.twitter.com/1vGm78RKtl

— Triple Eight Race Engineering (@tripleeightaus) March 9, 2019

A Mercedes-AMG GT3 will be entered in Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia, three drivers taking turns in the star-spangled car. Shane van gisbergen, Blancpain GT Series champion Endurance Cup and winner of the 12 Hours of Bathurst in 2016, will be the bridgehead of the crew where will also compete Jazeman Jaafar and Prince Jefri Ibrahim, from the royal family of Malaysia.

Jaafar will line up with Prince Jefri Ibrahim at Sepang, Fuji and the Shanghai final, while van Gisbergen will assist Ibrahim at Buriram, Suzuka and Yeongam.

“I've been looking towards GT for a few years now and our two 12 Hour campaigns at Bathurst made me realize that it was something I wanted to see within Triple Eight in the longer term, mentions Roland Dane, manager of the team.

There is no doubt that this category continues to grow and provides Triple Eight with the opportunity to expand our possibilities and gives staff members the opportunity to build their own motorsport experience, which will hopefully will only serve to improve the knowledge base for Supercars. »

Triple Eight joined forces with Scott Taylor Motorsports this year to run a Mercedes-AMG GT3 at the Bathurst 12 Hours, driven by the trio van Gisbergen – Whincup – Lowndes.