“There has been much speculation over what Erebus Motorsport, AMG and Mercedes-Benz were doing in relation to the Car of the Future – and we haven’t been in a position to say anything about this until right now,” said Erebus Motorsport CEO, Ryan Maddison. Maddison and Klimenko see great opportunities with the marque in the sport. Save up to £33 when you subscribe and never miss an issueĬhoose from our Print, Digital and iPad editionsĮrebus Motorsport is fronted by Maddison who has a long association with the AMG brand and V8 Supercars. Keep up with the latest developments in motorsport technology with Racecar Engineering, the world’s leading publication for technical insight. I’d like to thank Ford and all our supporters for their backing and we now look forward to entering a new era of racing with Erebus Motorsport.”

“We will be racing a Ford Falcon for the last time at Olympic Park in December and will see out our contract which ends this year. “Leaving Ford was not an easy thing to do, but as car markets change here in Australia I felt the time was right for a new challenge and with Ford’s mutual agreement we have decided to part ways. We also won Bathurst with Jason Bright and Steven Richards in 1998,” Stone said.

“Since SBR’s inception in 1998 Ford has backed the team and together we have enjoyed many successes including three Championship wins – two with Marcos Ambrose in 20, and again with Russell Ingall in 2005. The amicable split paved the way for the Erebus merger. Stone Brothers Racing this morning announced it will be ending its partnership with Ford after a relationship that began when the team was first formed in 1998 and won three Championships with Marcos Ambrose and Russell Ingall. The announcement was made in Melbourne today by Stone Brothers Racing owner Ross Stone, Erebus Motorsport owner Betty Klimenko, Erebus Motorsport CEO Ryan Maddison and V8 Supercar Chairman Tony Cochrane.Įrebus Motorsport has been dominant in the Australian GT category with Mercedes-AMG’s SLS AMG GT3 race car. The agreement, which has been almost a year in the making since its initial concept in early 2011, is a reality with the newly formed team operating under a Customer Sports Program of AMG. One of V8 Supercars’ longest serving teams Stone Brothers Racing will merge with Erebus Motorsport to run three AMG E Class V8 Supercars in the Championship from 2013. Mercedes will be on the V8 Supercars grid next year with three non works COTF based cars.

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