New lineup and new number for TF Sport Corvette

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Dec 23

TF Sport ended past season on a high note with both Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs finishing second and third at Bahrain for the last round of the season. In 2025, the two Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs will be in the hands of two strong line-ups: the #81 will be driven by the returning line up of Tom Van Rompuy, Rui Andrade and Charlie Eastwood while behind the wheel of the #33 will be Ben Keating, Jonny Edgar and Daniel Juncadella.

Promising end of 2024 season

After a misfortunate five first rounds the championship where both Corvettes ended 4 races in the top 10 with both cars 7th and 8th at Imola, P8 at #81 São Paulo (#81), P10 at Qatar and a P11 at Le Mans for #82, both cars showed increasing speed in both qualifying and the race.

📷 © Luc Warnotte: Clockwise 7th and 8th at Imola, P10 at Qatar and a P11 at Le Mans for #82.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Lone Star Le Mans. P8 for #82 TF Sport Corvette Z06R.

Strong performances had come in both the Lone Star Le Mans and the 6 Hours of Fuji, where only hiccups prevented TF Sport and Corvette Racing from getting the result they deserved with a P8 Lone Star Le Mans for #82.

One double podium at Bahrain

TF Sport scored a double podium finish in the final round of the championship. At the end of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the team's two Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs took second and third place in their category, with #81 Corvette Z06 GT3.R driven by Tom Van Rompuy, Rui Andrade and Charlie Eastwood finished in P2, just ahead of the #82 sister car of Hiroshi Koizumi, Sébastien Baud and Daniel Juncadella. This impressive result confirmed the progress made throughout the season by TF Sport and Corvette Racing

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Bahrain. #81 Corvette Z06 GT3.R driven by Tom Van Rompuy, Rui Andrade and Charlie Eastwood finished in P2, just ahead of the #82 sister car of Hiroshi Koizumi, Sébastien Baud and Daniel Juncadella.

New number, new lineup for Juncadella’s car in 2025

Daniel Juncadella’s #82 Corvette Z06R in 2024 will feature a new number for 2025 season with #33 and two new experienced drivers: Ben Keating as “Bronze driver” and Jonny Edgar as “Silver Driver”.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Bahrain. TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3.R #82 of Hiroshi Koizumi, Sébastien Baud and Daniel Juncadella.

Jonny Edgar, born in 2004 in Whitehaven, brought joy to TF Sport by becoming 2024 European Le Mans Series champion in the LMP2 class with AO by TF. Throughout his career Edgar has shown great speed in Formula cars and was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team for five years before focusing entirely and successfully on endurance racing.
Ben Keating, one of the drivers of the “Trackhouse by TF Sport” Corvette Z06 GT3.R that will race the 2025 Rolex 24 at Daytona, will return with the team after a two-season absence. Ben won both the World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans with the team in 2022.

Jonny Edgar, #33 TF Sport Silver Driver: “I am very grateful for the opportunity to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship with TF Sport in the Corvette Z06 GT3.R, with Ben and Dani as teammates. It is great to be racing with TF Sport again after the success we had together in the ELMS in 2024. Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and in the 24 Hours of Le Mans is an amazing opportunity for me and I am looking forward to my first GT3 racing season. My teammates are great too, with Ben having already won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA World Endurance Championship with Corvette and Dani having had a lot of success in GT3 racing; I'm sure I can learn a lot from both of them. I can't wait to start the season in Qatar!”.
Ben Keating, #33 TF Sport Bronze driver: “I am so excited to be back in the FIA World Endurance Championship family. I have missed all the people and places I have come to love. I am also thrilled to be back with TF Sport for many of the same reasons. This will be a new car for me, but I am excited to race in the same Corvette that I sell at Keating Chevrolet. I am grateful to be able to come back”.
Dani Juncadella, #33 TF Sport Platinum Driver: “Obviously we have an exciting project ahead of us. I am really happy to join the team again, I really appreciated the way they work. I think it is one of the best teams I have ever raced with in customer racing. Now I'm joined by two incredible and talented teammates: Jonny was outstanding when we tested him in December, and Ben I don't even need to introduce him. He is one of the best, if not the best, bronze driver around. So I think the combination of the three of us will be very successful in terms of performance and results. Time will tell, because everything will depend on many other aspects, but I think we have a good chance of achieving great results this year”. Source: TF Sport

Same lineup for #81 Corvette Z06R

The line-up of the Corvette Z06 GT3.R #81 will be the same as in 2024, is familiar to all FIA WEC fans with Charlie Eastwood, a Corvette factory driver, Tom Van Rompuy, and Rui Andrade.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Austin. TF Sport Corvette Z06 GT3.R #81 with Charlie Eastwood, Tom Van Rompuy, and Rui Andrade.

Charlie Eaestwood, #81 TF Sport Gold Driver: “I am happy to be back with the same #81 crew for 2025. We finished 2024 on a high note, with great results and pace in the last few rounds, so hopefully we can carry this momentum into 2025 as well and get off to a great start from round one in Qatar”.

Tom Van Rompuy, #81 TF Sport Bronze driver:“I feel very excited to start another season in the FIA World Endurance Championship with TF Sport and my former teammates Charlie and Rui. We finished last season on a high, so our expectations for 2025 are even higher. I know we have a strong and consistent package to fight for good results. I feel very proud to drive the for another year alongside Charlie and Rui. As a team we made really good progress last season, so my desire to win is at an all-time high. I look forward to seeing all the fans again, thank you all for your great support!”.
Rui Andrade, #81 TF Sport Silver Driver: “I am very happy to join TF Sport for another year and to be fighting again for the World Championship and the win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. We have learnt a lot and made great steps forward and I am excited to keep this momentum going in 2025 to fight for our deserved positions”. Source: TF Sport