GM responds to WAU Ford switch

General Motors has released a statement following Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Ford switch announcement.

It was confirmed Friday that WAU will make a sensational move to Ford in 2023.

It ends over 30 years of history of the team running Commodores.

WAU began life with GM as the Holden Racing Team, a moniker it ran between 1990 and 2016.

From 2023, the team will not only run Mustangs, but it will receive factory Ford support. that it will switch to Ford next year.

"GM Australia New Zealand, via our new motorsport brand Chevrolet Racing, would like to acknowledge the contribution that the Walkinshaw Group and, more recently WAU, have made over the past 30-plus years – a legacy which commenced in 1988 when Tom Walkinshaw first raced a Holden at Bathurst,” the GM statement reads.

"The team has enjoyed great success in that time, including most recently a famous Bathurst win for Holden in 2021.

"2023 is shaping up to be incredibly exciting, thanks to the debut of the new Gen3 Camaro and the first full-year of Chevrolet Racing, we look forward to the competition.”

WAU’s move confirms a key piece in a puzzle regarding manufacturer alliance for Gen3.

Triple Eight Race Engineering is GM's homologation team; Dick Johnson Racing team is Ford’s.

Erebus Motorsport, Brad Jones Racing, Team 18 and PremiAir Racing are all slated to race Camaros in 2023.

WAU will race Mustangs alongside DJR, Tickford Racing, Grove Racing and Blanchard Racing Team.

Matt Stone Racing has yet to confirm which brand it will compete with next season.