Rights holder and promoter of the Malaysian round of the 2025 Autobacs Super GT racing series, Haro Sports & Entertainment has announced that it will field a Malaysian wildcard entry into the GT500 category of the Japanese racing series next year.
Plans for the Malaysian wildcard entry into the GT500 category of the series is currently a work in progress, said Haro Sports & Entertainment managing partner Fahrizal Hasan who made the announcement alongside Masaaki Bandoh, chairman of the GT Association that is the organiser of the Super GT series.
“It is not a Malaysian wildcard entry; it is a Super GT Malaysia [Haro Sports] wildcard entry, so the drivers [may or may not be] Malaysian,” although the preference is of course to have Malaysian drivers for the wildcard participation, Fahrizal clarified to Malaysian media after the announcement.
The manufacturer for the Malaysian GT500 wildcard entry project has yet to confirmed, though the three manufacturers currently in participation are Toyota, Honda and Nissan. Talks are underway, also with other manufacturers in consideration, which are not currently taking part in the top GT500 category of Super GT.
“The manufacturer will have a big say in the driver line-up,” and this wildcard entry will be a full factory entry next year, not a privateer or customer team entry, “or there will be no way for them to compete,” Fahrizal added.
Being a Class 1 racing series, the GT500 category of the Super GT series has commonality with the prototype era of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) from 2019 to 2020, before the latter went to LMGT3 regulations. Beyond the three Japanese marques, manufacturers with Class 1 machinery include Aston Martin, Audi and BMW.
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