Supercars Star Brown Joins Schumacher in MPC Audi

Supercars star Will Brown will take on a full season in Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS as he partners Brad Schumacher at the Melbourne Performance Centre Audi team.

The pair will take on the Pro-Am class in their Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II, with Bronze-rated Schumacher stepping up after the winning the Am class last year.

Brown is no stranger to GT3 racing, having contested this year’s Repco Bathurst 12 Hour for Triple Eight Race Engineering, the same team that he races with in Supercars, but this season will mark his first in Fanatec GT Australia.

“I was keen to do more racing this year, and I really enjoyed the Bathurst 12 Hour, so I wanted to put something together,” said Brown.

“Brad was keen to stay in the series and step up to Pro-Am, so this felt like a great match. I’m really looking forward to the season ahead.

“If Brad isn’t the best Am driver in Australia, he is certainly one of the best. He does an awesome job, especially considering he hasn’t raced all his life.

“Brad and the Melbourne Performance Centre have put together a really cool deal. MPC is one of the most professional teams in the country and I’m looking forward to the season.”

Schumacher added: “Since winning the Am championship, now was the right time to step it up and have a crack at Pro-Am, so hopefully the momentum continues.

“My driving over the years has been improving year after year and the results show. We were going to enter and run our own car in Pro-Am, but once MPC reached out with the opportunity to join Will Brown in the works car, it was hard to not accept.

“To have Will in my camp, it will not only improve my driving working consistently with a Pro, but it increases the likelihood of good results.

“Also, Will and I have a similar personality, so I expect this to help us gel, which in turn will hopefully make us a hard team to beat.”

The Fanatec GT Australia season is set to kick off at Phillip Island on April 12-14.