Mostert, Evans Join Arise Racing GT Ferrari Effort

Arise Racing GT has announced its drivers for this year’s Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS, including Supercars stars Chaz Mostert and Jaxon Evans.

It was announced last month that the newly-formed team would be bringing back current Ferrari machinery to the Australian series by entering pair of brand-new 296 GT3s in partnership with the Lance East group.

Now it has confirmed that Mostert will partner Liam Talbot in one of its cars, with the other to be piloted by Evans and Elliott Schutte.

“I’ve driven with Liam a few times and it’s awesome to be teaming up again, and hopefully we can put a good championship together,” said Mostert.

Evans, who is making his debut as a Supercars full-timer this year after several years of racing Porsche GT machinery in a variety of series, added: “(It’s) an exciting project with all the right ingredients, fuels my excitement for the season ahead.

“I’m pretty pumped to get behind the wheel of a Ferrari 296 GT3 car, at some of the best circuits in the country. The car is a work of art that has already accomplished big results in European, US competition. Everybody’s a Ferrari fan, even if they say they’re not!”

Talbot won the 2023 GT World Challenge Australia title driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II for Melbourne Performance Centre, and said he is looking forward to the fresh challenge of driving the Ferrari 296 GT3.

“(I’m) more motivated than ever to be part of this exciting journey with Arise Racing GT,” said Talbot. “I’m looking forward to the challenges ahead with a new car debut in Australia but have full faith in the very strong team assembled.”

Schutte meanwhile makes the step to GT3 racing from Radical one-make competition.

“It hasn’t quite sunk in that we’ll be racing Ferrari GT3 cars this year,” he said. “It wasn’t too long ago that I was sim racing in my bedroom.

“I can’t thank Laurence [Escalante, Lance East owner] enough for the support he’s given me and the entire team and to the Arise Racing driver development program – together they’ve genuinely made a dream come true.”

The program will make its debut in the first sprint weekend of the year at Phillip Island in April.