Porsche Carrera Cup driver Stephen Grove and his son Brenton will both head to Europe to contest in a series of renowned Porsche based events.
In what will be a triple header for the Grove family, Stephen will first compete in Round 5 of the Mobil 1 Supercup in Le Castellet, France, for a special one-off appearance.
The Mobil 1 Supercup is the premier Porsche Championship in Europe, with the competition exclusively competing on the Formula 1 schedules only.
The following week Stephen will be joined by his son Brenton for the Spa 24 Hour at Spa-Francorchamps, where they will be racing a 911 GT3 R alongside fellow Australians Matt Payne and Adrian D’ Silva.
“Spa is a special one. It’s such an iconic circuit where we are honoured to race the #16 Porsche 911 GT3 R in the Po-Am class,” said Stephen of the opportunity.
“It will be a tough race with an exceptionally strong field, but we are confident and excited to participate with our line-up of drivers including Grove Junior driver, Matt Payne, and Adrian D’Silva.”
Following that, the pair will return to Ardennes in October 26-30 where they will again contest the FIA Motorsport Games with Porsche, an event where they captured a bronze medal back in 2019.
The FIA Games will feature around 80 countries, all representing the FIA’s National Sporting Authorities of each representative country.
“We are excited to be racing in the 2022 FIA Motorsport games in which we are proud to represent Australia once again after achieving bronze in 2019,” said Brenton, who races Porsche’s in the GT World Challenge Australia.
“We hope to go two steps better this year and bring home gold to continue Australia’s strong sporting results in recent weeks.”
The competitions will include different races in a vastly expanded programme of 17 disciplines spanning the motorsport spectrum, staged across the three locations of Circuit Paul Ricard, Veynes and St. Baume.
As a result of his racing in the Mobil 1 at Paul Ricard, Stephen will not be competing in the fifth round of the Carrera Cup.
The Penrite Racing Team owner currently sits second in the Pro-Am class rankings.
