2026 GR Cup

The 2026 GR Cup (known for commercial reasons as the 2026 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia GR Cup) is a motor racing competition for Toyota 86 race cars. It is the ninth running of the GR Cup. The season started at Sydney Motorsport Park on 20 February and will conclude at Sandown Raceway on 8 November.

Calendar

The following circuits are due to host a round of the 2026 championship.[1]

Rd Circuit Dates Supporting Maps
1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park 20–22 February Supercars Championship
Super2 Series
SuperUtes Series
Touring Car Masters
2 Queensland Reid Park Street Circuit 10–12 July Supercars Championship
Aussie Racing Car Series
Touring Car Masters
Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia
3 Queensland Queensland Raceway 21–23 August Supercars Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Aussie Racing Car Series
4 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit 8–11 October Supercars Championship
Super2 Series
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Touring Car Masters
SuperUtes Series
5 South Australia Sandown Raceway 6–8 November Supercars Championship
Super2 Series
Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia

Teams and drivers

Entrant No Driver Rounds
ASAP Trading 2 Australia Jenson Teleskivi 1–3
Sieders Racing Team 3 Australia Ashton Sieders 1–3
Walkinshaw Foundation Academy 5 Australia Ayce Buckley[2] 1–3
19 Australia Pip Casabene[2] 1–3
67 Australia Liam Gerges[2] 1–3
99 Motorsport 14 Australia Will Thompson 1–3
99 New Zealand Ben Stewart 1–3
222 Australia Arthur Broughan 3
777 Australia Romeo Nasr 1–3
Lachlan Gibbons Motorsport 18 Australia Lachlan Gibbons 1–3
Ashton Cattach Racing 22 Australia Ashton Cattach[3] 1–3
Jascott Civil 23 Australia Kobe McInerney 1, 3
Marsh Height Safety 30 Australia Joshua Marsh 1–3
Stinson Family Racing 31 Australia Brock Stinson 1–3
BJS Workwear/Hard Yakka 36 Australia Isaac Demellweek 2–3
Jack Szewczuk Racing 39 Australia Jack Szewczuk 1–3
Apogee Motorsport 43 Australia Jr-Lung Hay-Bartlem 1–3
49 Australia Anthony Capobianco 1–3
JND Racing 46 Australia Tommy Roso[4] 1–3
64 Australia Jordan Roso 2–3
155 Australia Zane Rinaldi[4] 1–3
Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 50 Australia Tim Slade 3
84 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard[5] 1
New Zealand Chris Pither[6] 2
86 New Zealand Jaxon Evans[5] 1
Australia Todd Hazelwood[6] 2
Australia Will Davison 3
Hadley Green Investment Group 65 Australia Hugh Zochling 1–3
That Patio Guy 69 Australia Charlie Parker 1
Thornsport 71 Australia Craig Thornton 1–3
KDL Property Group 77 Australia Jett Leicester 3
TWC Motorsports 94 Australia Jackson Zammit 3
Seal's Tyre & Auto 95 Australia William Seal 1–3
WeetBix/Supercheap Auto 116 Australia Kade Davey 1–3
BJS Workwear 136 Australia Isaac Demellweek 1
Action Motorsport 186 Australia Cooper Barnes 1–3

Results and standings

Results

Rnd Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
(Eastern Creek, New South Wales)
20–22 February Australia Brock Stinson Australia Brock Stinson Australia Brock Stinson Stinson Family Racing
R2 Australia Cooper Barnes Australia Brock Stinson Stinson Family Racing
R3 Australia Brock Stinson Australia Brock Stinson Stinson Family Racing
2 R1 Queensland Reid Park Street Circuit
(Townsville, Queensland)
10–12 July Australia Brock Stinson Australia Pip Casabene Australia Brock Stinson Stinson Family Racing
R2 Australia Cooper Barnes Australia Cooper Barnes Action Motorsport
R3 Australia Cooper Barnes Australia Cooper Barnes Action Motorsport
3 R1 Queensland Queensland Raceway
(Ipswich, Queensland)
21–23 August New Zealand Ben Stewart Australia Kade Davey Australia Cooper Barnes Action Motorsport
R2 Australia Brock Stinson Australia Brock Stinson Stinson Family Racing
R3 Australia Zane Rinaldi Australia Brock Stinson Stinson Family Racing
4 R1 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit
(Bathurst, New South Wales)
8–11 October
R2
R3
5 R1 South Australia Sandown Raceway
(Melbourne, Victoria)
13–15 November
R2
R3

Standings

Pos. Driver New South Wales
SMP
Queensland
TOW
Queensland
QUE
New South Wales
BAT
South Australia
SAN
Pen Points
1 Australia Brock Stinson 1 1 1 1 3 25 10 1 1 0 744
2 Australia Cooper Barnes 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 18 21 0 724
3 Australia Pip Casabene 9 4 4 2 2 2 6 4 4 0 708
4 New Zealand Ben Stewart 10 7 7 3 4 7 2 3 5 0 668
5 Australia Lachlan Gibbons 3 3 2 7 5 4 14 16 23 0 610
6 Australia Zane Rinaldi 7 17 20 11 7 5 3 5 2 0 602
7 Australia Jack Szewczuk 4 5 5 6 6 3 8 Ret 17 0 556
8 Australia Kade Davey 16 13 10 5 Ret 10 4 2 3 0 550
9 Australia Anthony Capobianco 14 14 13 10 8 9 16 6 15 0 528
10 Australia Isaac Demellweek 11 22 16 15 9 6 13 7 7 0 526
11 Australia Ashton Cattach 15 9 14 13 11 15 15 10 11 0 512
12 Australia Liam Gerges 6 6 6 Ret 18 8 7 11 13 0 506
13 Australia Jr-Lung Hay-Bartlem 17 18 19 19 15 12 9 17 19 0 448
14 Australia Jenson Teleskivi 22 19 18 18 14 16 18 12 8 0 448
15 Australia Will Thompson 5 11 9 9 Ret 20 17 13 22 0 444
16 Australia Ayce Buckley Ret 25 23 14 10 13 22 14 10 0 394
17 Australia William Seal 23 10 8 Ret 17 18 21 22 18 0 382
18 Australia Joshua Marsh 13 DSQ 21 16 12 Ret 20 20 12 0 346
19 Australia Romeo Nasr Ret 15 Ret 12 20 11 5 Ret 16 0 334
20 Australia Ashton Sieders 19 16 17 22 21 21 23 Ret 27 0 324
21 Australia Hugh Zochling 24 24 24 23 23 24 27 23 28 0 298
22 Australia Craig Thornton 8 Ret 15 21 13 19 28 DNS DNS 0 284
23 Australia Tommy Roso 20 23 Ret 20 19 23 25 Ret Ret 0 232
24 Australia Kobe McInerney 21 21 22 24 19 24 0 230
25 Australia Tim Slade 11 8 9 0 190
26 New Zealand Jaxon Evans 12 8 12 0 182
27 Australia Will Davison 19 9 6 0 178
28 Australia Todd Hazelwood 17 16 17 0 146
29 Australia Jordan Roso Ret 22 22 26 Ret 26 0 136
30 New Zealand Chris Pither 8 Ret 14 0 120
31 Australia Arthur Broughan 12 Ret 14 0 112
32 Australia Charlie Parker 18 12 Ret 0 104
33 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard Ret 20 11 0 102
34 Australia Jackson Zammit Ret 15 20 0 94
35 Australia Jett Leicester Ret 21 25 0 72
Pos. Driver New South Wales
SMP
Queensland
TOW
Queensland
QUE
New South Wales
BAT
South Australia
SAN
Pen Points

References

  1. ↑ Chapman, Simon (2025-11-18). "Big changes to Toyota GR Cup calendar for 2026". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
  2. 1 2 3 Bartholomaeus, Stefan (2026-01-23). "Walkinshaw names drivers for expanded Toyota program". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
  3. ↑ Dale, Will (2025-12-15). "Hall of Famer's nephew takes step towards Supercars". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
  4. 1 2 O'Brien, Connor (2026-01-23). "Percat team names four-pronged Toyota driver roster". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
  5. 1 2 O'Brien, Connor (2026-02-06). "Walkinshaw co-drivers lock in early Toyota racing miles". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
  6. 1 2 O'Brien, Connor (2026-06-26). "Supercar stalwarts to drive Toyotas in Townsville". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2026-07-10.