Courtney, Schwerkolt and Burgess combined to win the 2010 championship with Dick Johnson Racing. Courtney reunited with the title-winning Falcon, which is based at Team 18\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n
It continues a year of coups for Team 18, which was announced as General Motors\u2019 new homologation team earlier this year, before Craig Lowndes signed a wildcard deal.<\/p>\n
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Lee Holdsworth will also return for a second season with Team 18, after racing to second in the Repco Bathurst 1000 alongside David Reynolds last month.<\/p>\n
The team will confirm its 2026 pairings in due course.<\/p>\n
Charlie Schwerkolt and Adrian Burgess with James CourtneySource: The Daily Telegraph<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty excited to be working with Adrian again. I\u2019ve had a huge amount of success with him, we first met and worked together in the 2000s in Europe, so to be back working with him is really special. We\u2019ve been together on and off at HRT, at DJR, and back in Europe. Not only do I respect him for all his achievements, but he\u2019s also a good mate,\u201d Courtney said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m super excited to be working with him, and then also with Charlie, given our history together winning the championship. Charlie\u2019s been a boss before, but also a really good mate for a long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat they\u2019ve done with the growth at Team 18 is fantastic, and now being the homologation team for General Motors is also very inviting for me. I started my Supercars career as an endurance driver for the GM factory team, so it\u2019s quite fitting that I\u2019ll finish my career doing the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be honest, as soon as I announced I wasn\u2019t going to be driving full-time anymore, Charlie called me straight away. That eagerness showed that he really wanted it, and that the team wanted me to be part of it all. It was a pretty cool feeling to still be wanted after twenty-odd years. It\u2019s been really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
James Courtney GC500 drivers at Monos Tedder Ave . Picture Annette DewSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n
Courtney also returns to the GM fold, having raced Fords since 2020.<\/p>\n
Schwerkolt added: \u201cIt\u2019s really special to welcome James into the Team 18 family. This is a massive signing for Team 18, a real coup.<\/p>\n
\u201cJames is a proven champion and one of the sport\u2019s most respected and recognisable names, and there was no shortage of interest in his signature once he announced his retirement. It took a lot of convincing, but we made it clear from the start how much we wanted him.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecuring someone of his calibre shows our intent as a team and where we want to go, we\u2019re here to win races and to proudly represent Chevrolet as the homologation partner moving forward. It\u2019s our job to prepare a package that can go out there and get the job done.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo reunite with James after the success we shared in 2010 is something really special. We\u2019ve stayed great friends since that championship year, and to now have him join what we\u2019ve built at Team 18 for the next chapter of his career feels like things have come full circle.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow comes the fun part, deciding who he goes with! Between James and Lee as our co-drivers, and Anton and Dave as our main drivers, we\u2019ve got one of the strongest four-driver line-ups in pit lane to take on the Great Race next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2025 Supercars season resumes at the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 on November 14-16.<\/p>\n