JACOBSON COMPLETES SUPERCARS FIELD

Garry Jacobson completes Supercars field – Photo: InSyde Media

The final seat for the 2021 Supercars season has been taken after confirmation Garry Jacobson will partner Fabian Coulthard at Team Sydney.

By HEATH McALPINE

A previous Super2 Series winner, Jacobson will take part in his third full-time Supercars campaign for as many teams after debuting with Kelly Racing in 2019 where he finished 23rd in the title

Last year the Victorian moved to Queensland-based Matt Stone Racing, finishing 21st in the championship.

Jacobson is hoping the improvement demonstrated by Team Sydney last year will translate into 2021.

“Going head-to-head with Team SYDNEY last year I was really impressed that a newly created team could improve so quickly and achieve continually better results from round-to-round,” said Jacobson.

“I had always followed Jonathon’s career and admired his success, not only on the track, but as a team owner playing a key role in the careers of our current top driving talent. With Fabian also on board, this was the ideal time to gain some valuable experience with some successful seasoned campaigners.

“I’d like to thank the entire team for having me on board and being so accommodating.

“It will be exciting calling Sydney Motorsport Park home and I look forward to representing the city and achieving some of the goals I have already set myself which is to improve my preparation, fitness and technical understanding of the cars. By doing all of these things I am positive consistency and results will follow.”

Managing director Jonathon Webb is pleased to announce the signing of Jacobson, which follows that of Coulthard and engineering whizz Geoffrey Slater in December.

“Garry is an ideal fit for the Team SYDNEY family,” said Webb.

“He is young, determined and absolutely committed to progressing his motorsport career alongside Fabian and our crew. We have been impressed by Garry’s past performance and the character he demonstrates on track.

“Our crew are excited to kick off at Bathurst and look forward to sharing naming rights partner announcements for the Team SYDNEY Supercar #22 soon.”

Primary sponsorship is expected to be announced prior to the opening round of the Supercars season at Bathurst next month.

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