Three drivers change teams, five rookies arrive in 2026
Triple Eight to Ford, WAU and BJR to race new Toyota Supra
Five teams head into new season with unchanged line-ups
The 2026 Repco Supercars Championship grid will look markedly different to the one that closed out the 2025 season in Adelaide in November.
While the top five teams head into the new season with unchanged driver line-ups, two have changed cars. There are five rookies, with three drivers also retiring.
So, what has changed, and what is staying the same? Supercars.com breaks it down.
Who has stability?

Red Bull Ampol Racing (Broc Feeney/Will Brown), Penrite Racing (Matt Payne/Kai Allen), Walkinshaw Andretti United (Chaz Mostert/Ryan Wood), Tickford Racing (Cam Waters/Thomas Randle) and Team 18 (Anton De Pasquale/David Reynolds) enter 2026 with the same line-ups.
Brodie Kostecki (Shell V-Power Racing Team), Andre Heimgartner and Macauley Jones (Brad Jones Racing), Cooper Murray (Erebus Motorsport) and Aaron Cameron (Blanchard Racing Team) are also going around again.
Feeney and Brown signed on until 2029, Waters and Randle to 2027, and Kostecki to 2030.
It continues an age of somewhat stability in the driving ranks: after just two teams entered 2024 with unchanged line-ups, six were unchanged in 2025, and five in 2026.
Who has moved?
Cameron Hill, James Golding and Jack Le Brocq have all found new homes for the new season. Two of them will change cars.
After winning his first race in a Matt Stone Racing Camaro, Hill will drive a BJR Supra next season. Golding has swapped a PremiAir Racing Chevrolet for a Blanchard Racing Team Ford.
Le Brocq, meanwhile, will return to MSR after two seasons with Erebus.
Which teams have changed cars?

There is change at Triple Eight Race Engineering, Walkinshaw Andretti United and Brad Jones Racing.
Triple Eight will swap Camaros for Mustangs in 2026, and expands to three cars with the addition of the SCT Logistics license.
WAU and BJR, meanwhile, will race the new Toyota GR Supra. BJR also drops from a four to three car operation, with the SCT entry linking up with Triple Eight.
Who are the rookies?
The biggest rookie cohort since 2018 sees Rylan Gray, Zach Bates, Jobe Stewart, Jayden Ojeda and Jackson Walls rise to the main game.
There are seven Super2 champions on the 2026 Supercars grid: Feeney (2021), Allen (2023), Waters (2015), Randle (2020), Gray (2025), Bates (2024) and Fraser (2022).
Gray scored the plum drive at Dick Johnson Racing, replacing Will Davison. Bates replaces the retiring Nick Percat at MSR, Stewart replaces the MSR-bound Jack Le Brocq, Ojeda returns with PremiAir Racing after replacing Richie Stanaway, and Walls will race the Triple Eight-bound SCT entry, which departs BJR along with Jaxon Evans.
Who has departed?

Three star drivers have retired: 2010 champion James Courtney, two-time Bathurst winner Will Davison, and 2011 Bathurst winner Nick Percat. Amid a busy co-driver market, the trio have already confirmed 2026 co-drives: Courtney at Team 18, Davison at Penrite Racing, and Percat at Triple Eight.
Jaxon Evans has also left the full-time fold, but replaces Jayden Ojeda at Walkinshaw Andretti United alongside Ryan Wood.
Bryce Fullwood and Richie Stanaway weren't renewed by Brad Jones Racing and PremiAir Racing. Neither driver has confirmed their 2026 plans.
Drivers will get behind the wheel of their cars in on Wednesday February 18 at Sydney Motorsport Park ahead of the first round of the 2026 Repco Supercars Championship on February 20-22. Tickets are on sale now.
Confirmed 2026 Repco Supercars Championship drivers
*Moved teams
^2026 rookie
Team | 2025 driver | 2026 driver |
|---|---|---|
Triple Eight | Broc Feeney | Broc Feeney |
Triple Eight | Will Brown | Will Brown |
Grove | Matt Payne | Matt Payne |
Grove | Kai Allen | Kai Allen |
WAU | Chaz Mostert | Chaz Mostert |
WAU | Ryan Wood | Ryan Wood |
Tickford | Cam Waters | Cam Waters |
Tickford | Thomas Randle | Thomas Randle |
Team 18 | Anton De Pasquale | Anton De Pasquale |
Team 18 | David Reynolds | David Reynolds |
DJR | Brodie Kostecki | Brodie Kostecki |
DJR | Will Davison | Rylan Gray^ |
BJR | Andre Heimgartner | Andre Heimgartner |
BJR | Bryce Fullwood | Cameron Hill* |
BJR | Macauley Jones | Macauley Jones |
MSR | Nick Percat | Jack Le Brocq* |
MSR | Cameron Hill | Zach Bates^ |
Erebus | Jack Le Brocq | Jobe Stewart^ |
Erebus | Cooper Murray | Cooper Murray |
PremiAir | James Golding | Declan Fraser |
PremiAir | Richie Stanaway | Jayden Ojeda^ |
BRT | James Courtney | James Golding* |
BRT | Aaron Cameron | Aaron Cameron |
SCT | Jaxon Evans (BJR) | Jackson Walls^ (Triple Eight) |
Note: Aaron Love (BRT) and Richie Stanaway (PremiAir) were replaced by Aaron Cameron and Jayden Ojeda before the end of the 2025 season.