{"id":642171,"date":"2026-05-01T06:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/642171\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T06:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:43:16","slug":"sro-gt-news-randle-set-for-gt-return-at-the-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/642171\/","title":{"rendered":"SRO GT news: Randle set for GT return at The Bend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/randle_castrol_audi_1.jpg\" alt=\"Randle set for GT return at The Bend\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThomas Randle will return to GT World Challenge Australia at The Bend, continuing as an injury substitute for Alex Peroni. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Randle returns with South Australian outfit Team BRM, <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-thomas-randle-enters-gt-world-challenge-australia-phillip-island-injury-replacement-alex-peroni-details-phillip-island\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where the Tickford Racing driver raced as a substitute for the team\u2019s regular Pro Alex Peroni at Round 1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peroni was sidelined by injury from the season opener at Phillip Island, initially expected to return for The Bend.<\/p>\n<p>The Bend is expected to be Randle\u2019s final appearance for the team, with Peroni now poised to return for Round 3 at Queensland Raceway in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to be back in GT World Challenge Australia with Mark [Rosser] and Team BRM at The Bend,\u201d Randle said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll adorn the Castrol colours again \u2013 back by popular demand. The car got such a great reaction at Phillip Island, so it\u2019s nice to give it another run after the reaction that we received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was originally only meant to do one event, but with Alex still recovering from his injury, I\u2019ll keep his seat warm one more time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark and I tested at The Bend this week and it was really productive. Testing before an event is a luxury that we don\u2019t often get in Supercars, so I know it will be really beneficial come the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhillip Island showed that Mark and I can race for trophies, so the aim is to do more of the same next weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Randle and Rosser scored a podium during the first race at Phillip Island, but a last-lap incident cost them a second podium chance.<\/p>\n<p>Round 2 of GT World Challenge Australia is set to commence on May 8-10 at The Bend Motorsport Park as part of the Shannons SpeedSeries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/250635\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777348516_29_250635.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Randle will return to GT World Challenge Australia at The Bend, continuing as an injury substitute for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,131633,806,805,803,804,254712,85,40367,272972,107489],"class_list":["post-642171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-gt-world-challenge-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-speedseries","tag-sports","tag-supercars","tag-team-brm","tag-thomas-randle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}