A trio of McLarens for GT World Challenge Europe

Lining up in the Pro Class in the #159 McLaren for the full Endurance season are McLaren Junior PRO Driver Benjamin Goethe, McLaren factory driver Tom Gamble and Garage 59 returnee Dean Macdonald. For the Sprint Cup races, Tom and Benji will take the wheel. All three members of this rapid crew have their sights firmly set on the top step of the podium.

Macdonald said: “I’m extremely happy to be back with Garage59 again and drive with Tom and Benji. GT World Challenge will be extremely competitive again this year I’m sure but we are all ready to go and hopefully challenge for strong results."

Garage 59 has entered two strong line-ups in the Bronze Cup category for 2024. Focusing on the Endurance Cup, the #158 McLaren features team regular and McLaren Junior PRO Driver, Nicolai Kjærgaard, who is joined by the reigning British GT Silver-Am Champion, Mark Sansom, and established GT racer Lewis Proctor.

Kjærgaard said: “I’m very much looking forward to the new season in the #158 McLaren. The Endurance championship is super-competitive and the Pro-Am configuration of Bronze Cup is an exciting new challenge for me.”

Returning to the team for 2024 are two-time Pro-Am Drivers’ Champion Miguel Ramos and Louis Prette in the #188 Bronze Cup McLaren. They will make a hard-to-beat pairing in the Sprint Cup races and for the Endurance rounds they will be joined by the ultra-fast Adam Smalley, fresh from taking the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup GB title.

Smalley said: “I think we have a really strong line-up in the #188 McLaren. Endurance racing is a new challenge for me and I’m excited to learn from everyone on the team. I’m really looking forward to racing at Monza, Spa and Jeddah for the first time and to get out on track at Ricard for the first time today. I’m ready to put the work in and I can’t wait to see what the season has in store.”

Prette said: “I’m glad to be racing with Garage 59 for a second year in a row. We were very competitive last year and I think we have a very good package this year to fight for the championship. I’m also very happy to participate in the full championship this year and to come back to sprint racing, which I haven’t done for three years."

The three Garage 59 McLarens are running in bare carbon liveries this week. The 2024 liveries will be revealed ahead of the first round, which is back at Paul Ricard in early April.