TF Sport extends Corvette partnership

Fresh from claiming its first championship with Corvette in the European Le Mans Series LMGT3 class, British team TF Sport has announced a two-year extension of its partnership with the fabled American brand. With this renewal, it will continue to race the Z06 GT3.R around the world through to the end of 2027.

Tom Ferrier’s team switched from Aston Martin to Corvette machinery at the beginning of the FIA WEC’s LMGT3 era, and has gone on to score significant success with the General Motors marque in the seasons since.

After running the Corvette in the FIA WEC in 2024, a European Le Mans Series program was added at the beginning of this year, with an expansion into the Asian Le Mans Series occurring this winter. A return to both the FIA WEC and ELMS is expected in 2026, and the team is hoping to add a second car to its parallel ELMS effort.

“We are very proud and pleased that our relationship with TF Sport is continuing into the future,” said Corvette Racing program manager Jessica Dane.

“It’s gratifying for all of us at Corvette Racing and Chevrolet to see the team progress and achieve success with their Corvettes in multiple championships this year. TF Sport is an ideal example of a customer team that is committed to this platform and program. We are excited for more into the future alongside Tom [Ferrier] and his team”

Team owner Ferrier added: “Exactly 12 months ago at Bahrain we scored our very first podium finishes with the Corvette Z06 GT3.R. Now a year on we are European champions, Le Mans podium-finishers and double WEC race-winners, still with a chance of a World Championship.

“That is all down to the persistent hard work from everyone at Corvette Racing and Pratt Miller Motorsports along with our own crew at TF. I could not be happier to extend this partnership over the next two years and hopefully for many more. It is a pleasure to work with such talented and driven individuals.”

The debut year of the TF Sport-Corvette partnership peaked with a double-podium finish at the season-ending 8 Hours of Bahrain, which provided the kickstart for a strong sophomore campaign.

In FIA WEC competition, a win in the season-opening Qatar 1812KM was followed by podium finishes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 6 Hours of Sāo Paulo, before another victory in the most recent round, the 6 Hours of Fuji.

The team’s No. 81 Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R of Tom van Rompuy, Rui Andrade and Charlie Eastwood still has an outside shot of winning the LMGT3 title, as it is 24 points behind the current leader. The sister car, meanwhile, has had its ups and downs and sits fourth in the championship after being mathematically eliminated in Japan.

In the ELMS, meanwhile, Eastwood, Andrade and Hiroshi Koizumi scored Corvette’s maiden title in the series, following a campaign which featured wins at Imola and Portimāo.

The team also made a one-off appearance at this year’s Rolex 24, fielding a WeatherTech-backed machine with a star-studded driver line-up in partnership with Trackhouse in GTD Pro.