{"id":950865,"date":"2026-11-03T08:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/950865\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T08:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:46:13","slug":"premiair-racing-supercars-owner-peter-xiberras-upbeat-about-cooper-murray-jayden-ojeda-dynamic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/950865\/","title":{"rendered":"PremiAir Racing Supercars owner Peter Xiberras upbeat about Cooper Murray, Jayden Ojeda dynamic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PREMIAIR Racing left the Gold Coast with neither of its drivers featuring in the top half of the round points, but plenty of optimism about its new dynamic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surfers Paradise marked the first event since PremiAir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/gm-arranges-supercars-driver-swap-for-gold-coast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ditched Declan Fraser for Cooper Murray effective immediately<\/a>, in what is a headstart to the latter\u2019s tenure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/premiair-reveals-length-of-murray-supercars-contract\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that will cover at least the next two full seasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murray routinely outpaced the highly rated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1544-Jayden-Ojeda\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jayden Ojeda<\/a> \u2013 although \u2018Juice\u2019 did enjoy a strong Saturday charge to 10th \u2013 and should have brought home a top-eight result in the Sunday race <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/total-utter-fk-up-danes-fury-at-missed-murray-result\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">if not for a costly refuelling shortfall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe showed genuine pace throughout the Gold Coast weekend, highlighted by an appearance in Sunday\u2019s Top 10 Shootout,\u201d team owner Peter Xiberras said of his latest recruit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/1-18-scale-2024-sandown-500-31-chevrolet-camaro-golding-russell-model-1?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=buy-button&amp;utm_content=buy-button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/ACD18C24U_1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile the final result fell short of what was possible, there were plenty of positives to take forward, particularly in the way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1701-Cooper-Murray\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper Murray<\/a> and Jayden Ojeda are already working together to help move the team forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur Sunday result was affected by a refuelling mistake, and that is something we have to own. We have reviewed the process, and our attention is firmly on executing strongly at Sandown. The responsibility is for us to make the most of the opportunities we create.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat particularly encourages me is the partnership developing between our two drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving Jayden and Cooper operating at comparable speeds, sharing feedback and challenging each other to improve is important for our team\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Supercars Finals &amp; Team Orders | The Undercut<\/p>\n<p>THE Supercars Finals have landed for 2026, leaving plenty to unpack in this week\u2019s episode of The Undercut!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHealthy competition within the garage will only make us stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandown is a special location in PremiAir\u2019s short history as the site of its maiden main game podium, a third-place finish for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1192-James-Golding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Golding<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-29-David-Russell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Russell<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReturning to this circuit is a reminder of what we can achieve when the whole team delivers,\u201d Xiberras added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Track action starts this Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PREMIAIR Racing left the Gold Coast with neither of its drivers featuring in the top half of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-950865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950865","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=950865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}