Campbell, Jaminet Reunion a “Big Advantage” for Chemistry

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Mathieu Jaminet believes his reunion with Matt Campbell as his full-time co-driver will yield instant results due to their already successful track record, friendship and chemistry.

Jaminet and Campbell, who had been teammates since their early days as factory drivers with the German manufacturer, were announced as co-drivers of the No. 6 Penske Porsche 963 for the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, as part of a driver shakeup across the GTP class and the team’s FIA World Endurance Championship program.

The 30-year-old Frenchman and 29-year-old Australian teamed up to win the 2022 IMSA GTD Pro title with Pfaff Motorsports, highlighted by a class win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, while also enjoying success together in other Porsche 911 GT3 Rs around the world.

While many had speculated that the ‘Cam-Jam’ pairing would continue into the Porsche Penske Motorsport program, the two drivers were split up in the first season in 2023, while Campbell departed the WeatherTech Championship on a full-time basis to move to the WEC this year.

Rumors had persisted that the pairing could be reunited in WEC competition next year, although a final decision was made to bring Campbell back to the WeatherTech Championship full-time.

“Obviously we’ve been driving together since 2019, more or less,” Campbell told Sportscar365. “We’ve got a lot of years behind us and originally, when we first signed for the [963] program, always the aim was to be together.

“Unfortunately, this never happened.

“After a couple of years, we’re back together, which is the main thing. So I think it will be a good year.

“We really understand each other well. We’re always on the same page and I feel like we balance each other well when it comes to managing all the different aspects.”

Jaminet added: “It’s hard to complain. I’m very happy to, first of all, to stay in IMSA. I really like the championship and the racing in the U.S.

“I wasn’t sure I’d really be there. This was great news. Then I heard later that I’d be back with Matt, which was also unexpected.

“Even though I had a really good relationship with Nick [Tandy], this was cool, and it worked really well.

“On the other hand, looking ahead, it’s super cool to be back with Matt because he’s a friend and he wanted to be back in IMSA.

“A lot of people all know how good our connection is and how good we work together. I’m looking forward to this.”

Jaminet, meanwhile, believes their existing relationship will pay dividends.

“We know each other extremely well so there will be no time to adapt,” he said. “We will not lose these first one or two weekends of the season to get up to speed or see things from each other.

“That’s pretty cool. It’s also an engineer we finished the season with on Car 6, Raul Prados, and this is the engineer [Matt] worked with last year on Car 7.

“We all know each other. This is for sure a big advantage and I think we have the same feeling about the car, about things we like and things we don’t like and this is really important to have someone where you are really aligned and that you can trust also.”

Campbell added: “I feel like we know each other well enough that we know which buttons to push and which ones we can’t, so it’ll just be getting used to a different car when driving together.

“We’ve never had a problem with this in the past, and certainly obviously doing so much in a program together, just not in the same car, I don’t see why this would be a problem.”

Jaminet “Disappointed” to Not Have Scored GTP Title With Tandy

With Felipe Nasr and Dane Cameron came out on top in the IMSA GTP championship this year, Jaminet has regrets he wasn’t able to achieve a title with Tandy, whom he spent the last two seasons with and came up short after several post-race technical-related penalties that knocked them out of title contention.

“I feel a little bit disappointed that we didn’t get a championship because looking at this year and last year and the misfortune we had with some disqualifications and this and that, it’s a bit frustrating because I think we’ve been really strong,” he said.

“I believe we should have deserved to at least get one of these two. But it didn’t happen.

“So it’s a little bit frustrating to close the book with Nick and not have a championship, to be honest.”

Duo Getting “Best of Both Worlds” With Partial Season WEC Drives

In addition to their WeatherTech Championship duties, Jaminet and Campbell will also be getting selected WEC race outings as third drivers for the Nos. 5 and 6 Porsches, respectively.

“I’m getting the best of both worlds because I get the chance to be confirmed for Le Mans already on one of the WEC entries, which on the other hand will be different to what I experienced the last two years,” said the Frenchman.

“But I always believed there’s a small advantage to be part of the race with a WEC crew and a full-time car.

“I’m really looking forward to it to do both and thankful to the people because in the end it shows some trust in Matt and myself, and Kevin and Laurens, that the people that go both sides.

“It’s not happening by mistake if there’s a change. That’s really good.”

Davey Euweuma contributed to this report

John Dagys

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