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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlake Purdie returns to GT4 Australia with the Audi R8 and Jobe Stewart joins as co-driver. <\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlake Purdie returns to GT4 Australia with the Audi R8 and Jobe Stewart joins as co-driver. <\/p>\n
Purdie returns with the Audi R8 GT4 after a breakout start to the 2025 season, where he and co-driver Daniel Price finished second and first in the two races at Philip Island.<\/p>\n
Alongside enlisting Supercars rookie Stewart, the Purdie Racing entry will be run with assistance from highly esteemed South Australian outfit Team BRM.<\/p>\n
While results dropped away after the fast start at Philip Island, Purdie and Price showed speed throughout the season, with bad luck resulting in seventh position in the standings.<\/p>\n
Purdie and new recruit Stewart will be looking to utilise the same speed shown throughout the year and the experience of Team BRM to challenge for race wins through the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year was a bit of a redemption story in some ways \u2013 we came out strong in the first round and had some great pace, but the results didn\u2019t quite fall our way across the rest of the year,\u201d Purdie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully this year will be a different story with Jobe alongside me.<\/p>\n
\u201cJobe is a very talented driver. He\u2019s still early in his national career, but over the last 12 months he\u2019s really proven himself as a very capable driver.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve known each other for years and he\u2019s one of my closest mates in racing. We grew up racing together, so I think it\u2019ll make for a really strong pairing this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cOriginally we were looking at running in Silver-Am, but once we saw how strong the Silver field was shaping up to be this year it became a really attractive option.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Blake Purdie is joined by Supercars rookie Jobe Stewart for the GT4 Australia season. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n
Stewart has long been a product of the Erebus Motorsport Academy, having risen through the junior ranks with success along the way.<\/p>\n
Standout performances alongside Cooper Murray in the Supercars endurance events last year put Stewart on the map.<\/p>\n
Murray and Stewart combined to finish seventh at The Bend and fourth at Bathurst, almost pulling off a fairytale victory until late contact undid their chances.<\/p>\n
\u201cRacing in Monochrome GT4 Australia is going to be awesome,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never driven anything like a GT4 car before \u2013 I\u2019ve only raced in Toyota 86, Super2 and Supercars \u2013 so jumping into something with traction control and ABS will be a bit different.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe car showed great pace last year and Blake and Daniel won at Phillip Island, so I\u2019m really looking forward to the opportunity to hopefully continue that form this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we definitely have the potential to fight for the championship, but the main thing is to start strong in round one and see how everything plays out.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith so many different manufacturers in the field you never quite know what you\u2019re going to get each weekend, which makes it really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monochrome GT4 Australia commences on March 27-29 at Phillip Island as part of the Shannons SpeedSeries.<\/p>\n
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