» Supercars: 2018 entry list confirmed

The grid for the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship is now complete following Tekno Autosports’ signing of Jack Le Brocq.

Le Brocq will be one of five full-time rookies for the coming season along with Richie Stanaway (Tickford Racing), Anton De Pasquale (Erebus Motorsport), James Golding (Garry Rogers Motorsport) and Dunlop Super2 Series winner Todd Hazelwood (Matt Stone Racing).

In a busy off-season, there were a number of changes relative to the 2017 season. Among the teams:

Prodrive Racing Australia rebranded as Tickford Racing after its five-year lease on the Prodrive name expired.
Walkingshaw Racing was rebranded as Walkinshaw Andretti United following Andretti Autosport and United Autosport each purchasing a stake in the team.
Lucas Dumbrell Racing was rebranded 23Red Racing following a change in the controlling ownership of the team. It sold one of its two Racing Entitlements Contracts (REC) to Tickford Racing.
Britek Motorsport left the championship and leased its Racing Entitlements Contract (previously run by Prodrive/Tickford) to the new Matt Stone racing team, which will make its Supercars Championship debut.

At the driver level:

Will Davison moved from TEKNO Autosports to the newly-formed 23Red Racing team. Davison’s place at TEKNO Autosports was secured by Jack Le Brocq.
Super2 Series driver Anton de Pasquale will make his Supercars début with Erebus Motorsport, replacing Dale Wood.
Reigning Super2 Series champion Todd Hazelwood will join the championship on a full-time basis with Matt Stone Racing.
Andre Heimgartner will return to the championship, replacing the retiring Todd Kelly at Nissan Motorsport.
James Golding will join the championship on a full-time basis with Garry Rogers Motorsport, replacing James Moffat.
Richie Stanaway will join the championship on a full-time basis with Tickford Racing, replacing the retiring Jason Bright.

The field of teams and drivers will meet for the compulsory pre-season test at Sydney Motorsport Park on February 16 ahead of the season-opening Adelaide 500 on 3-4 March.

2018 Australian Supercars Championship – Entry List
#	Team / Entry	Driver	Co-Driver
023.	23Red Racing	Will Davison
1.	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Jamie Whincup	Paul Dumbrell
2.	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Scott Pye
5.	Tickford Racing	Mark Winterbottom	Dean Canto
6.	Tickford Racing	Cameron Waters	James Moffat
7.	Nissan Motorsport	Ash Walsh
8.	Brad Jones Racing	Nick Percat
9.	Erebus Motorsport	David Reynolds	Luke Youlden
12.	DJR Team Penske	Fabian Coulthard
14.	Brad Jones Racing	Tim Slade
15.	Nissan Motorsport	Rick Kelly
17.	DJR Team Penske	Scott McLaughlin	Alexandre Premat
18.	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Lee Holdsworth
19.	TEKNO Autosports	Jack Le Brocq
21.	Tim Blanchard Racing (BJR)	Tim Blanchard
22.	Walkinshaw Andretti United	James Courtney
23.	Nissan Motorsport	Michael Caruso
33.	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander	Chris Pither
34.	Garry Rogers Motorsport	James Golding	Richard Muscat
35.	Matt Stone Racing	Todd Hazelwood
55.	Tickford Racing	Chaz Mostert	Steve Owen
56.	Tickford Racing	Richie Stanaway
78.	Nissan Motorsport	Simona de Silvestro
97.	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Shane van Gisbergen	Earl Bamber
99.	Erebus Motorsport	Anton de Pasquale	Will Brown
888.	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Craig Lowndes	Steven Richards