How Matt Stone Racing reunion has unlocked Le Brocq's best

Through certain moments doom and gloom on the results sheet for Chevrolet this year, the re-emergence of Jack Le Brocq has proven a shining light.

After two difficult seasons with Erebus Motorsport, Le Brocq returned to pastures familiar in Matt Stone Racing, and has barely put a foot wrong.

Remarkably, Le Brocq is just 24 points behind de facto Camaro spearhead Anton De Pasquale, who led the points with winning the second Sydney race.

As they did in 2023, when Le Brocq famously claimed MSR’s first pole and win in Darwin, MSR — led by rookie engineer Oli Boone — has been able to offer their driver with a fast race car.

A fast race car was harder to come by with Erebus, with Le Brocq also crashing out in Melbourne, Darwin, Ipswich and Adelaide last year. Le Brocq did claim a pole in Townsville in 2024, in what was clearly his best highlight for Erebus, with Erebus CEO Barry Ryan also stepping in as Le Brocq's engineer for 2025.

With five top 10s in seven starts, Le Brocq has marched to sixth overall, and was lead Camaro in fifth for the round in Melbourne.

Crucially, you stack Le Brocq’s numbers against his Erebus run — seven top 10s in 34 races last year, and 12 top 10s in 22 races in 2024 — and you can see how MSR is hitting the jackpot. Look a little closer, and superb early season race pace has made up for qualifying shortcomings.

In the Gen3 era, from 2023 onwards, Le Brocq's current qualifying average of 13.4 is his worst through two rounds, versus 8.7 (2024), 10.4 (2025) and 11.0 (2023). In contrast, his race average of 9.1 is his best, versus 10.0 (2023), 11.3 (2024) and 15.7 (2025).

Key to Le Brocq's speed has been rookie engineer Oli Boone, who stepped up on Nick Percat's car towards the end of 2025. Boone was part of a reshuffle that saw Jack Bellotti step into the role of Head of Engineering, and Paul Forgie appointed Team Manager.

The next step for MSR is to keep the form going, given the team's performance has tailed off in the second half of the season in recent years. Le Brocq himself held down a top 10 position for much of 2023, before dropping out late on.

"Overall it was a really solid weekend for us and great to come away fifth for the round and top of the Chevs,” Le Brocq said post-round.

"The car was quick and a testament to how hard the team has been working behind the scenes. It’s a solid points haul and puts us in a strong spot in the championship.”

Another consideration for MSR is to get rookie Zach Bates out of trouble, with the 2024 Super2 champion finding incident before Turn 4 in all four Melbourne races.

Like Blanchard Racing Team recruit James Golding and Walkinshaw TWG Racing rising star Ryan Wood, Le Brocq has returned serve to record his best start to a Supercars season through two rounds.

At a time GM needed a veteran to stand up, amid a crop of inexperienced young drivers, Le Brocq has so far delivered in spades in the quest for a Finals berth.

For now, Le Brocq is offering big positives, and team owner Stone likes what he sees so far.

"It was great to see Jack and the Car No.4 crew continue their strong form and come away with a really solid result for the round,” Stone added.

"The team has been working hard to give both drivers a fast and reliable package, so it’s rewarding to see that paying off."

Le Brocq will look to retain his top 10 position when the 2026 season resumes in New Zealand on April 10-12.

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Championship position after Round 2