Love, Blanchard Racing Team part ways

Aaron Love and Blanchard Racing Team have parted ways in a sudden driver-team split on the eve of the upcoming MSS Security Melbourne SuperSprint.

Love will not contest the second round of the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship, with driver and team parting ways effective immediately.

In a brief statement, BRT said the decision came at the request of Love himself, who made his debut with the Ford squad as it expanded to two cars in 2024.

The Perth-born driver sits 23rd in the drivers' standings after Sydney, where he finished 24th, 16th and 25th.

The BRT statement reads: "At the request of Aaron Love, Blanchard Racing Team and Aaron Love have mutually agreed to part ways, effective immediately."

Aaron Cameron, who was an enduro driver for the team alongside Love last year, was later announced as the new driver of the #3 CoolDrive Ford Mustang.

Cameron impressed last year, finishing second in the Dunlop Super2 Series with Kelly Racing with wins in Bathurst and Adelaide, while completing a triple-stint aboard Love's car in the Great Race.

Cameron didn't return to Super2 in 2025, and was on the ground with BRT in Sydney in CoolDrive colours.

Love's future is now uncertain, with the 22-year-old formerly a Porsche Carrera Cup Australia contender before shifting to the Supercars ladder with BRT in Super2 in 2023.

It was a turbulent stint in the main game for Love, who finished 24th overall in his rookie season last year.

Love also encountered a rocky start to his 2025 campaign with a brake failure-induced crashed at the all-in test day in Sydney, before he collided with teammate James Courtney in qualifying.

The West Aussie left Round 1 just ahead of Matt Stone Racing wildcard Cameron Crick and PremiAir Racing recruit Richie Stanaway, who suffered an engine-related DNF in Race 2.

Cars will hit the track in Melbourne on Thursday.