TEAM NEWS: TF Sport is Ready to Tackle the Asian Le Mans Series with its Two Corvettes
British team returns to Challenge for GT Honours This Season
It will be an exciting winter for TF Sport. After having already entered the Asian Le Mans Series in the 2021/2022 and 2023/2024 seasons, the team will return to battle for the title in the famous endurance championship in the 2025/2026 campaign.
TF Sport will field its two Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs in the 2025/2026 season of the Asian Le Mans Series. The American race cars, already fielded by the team in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series, will roar around the curbs of some of Asia's most prestigious and iconic circuits.
The crews of the two cars will also be top-notch. The #34 Corvette will race under Racing Team Turkey, with Tom Van Rompuy, Salih Yoluç, and Charlie Eastwood behind the wheel. Meanwhile, the #33 Corvette will be entered by TF Sport and will be in the hands of Blake McDonald and Matthew Bell, with a third driver completing the crew. The lineup of the first Z06 GT3.R may sound familiar to both TF Sport fans and endurance enthusiasts: not only Tom Van Rompuy (Bronze) and Charlie Eastwood (Gold) are teammates in the #81 Corvette Z06 GT3.R entered in the FIA World Endurance Championship, but Salih Yoluç (Silver) is also an old friend of the team. The Turkish driver made his debut with the team in 2015 and has since raced with TF Sport in various categories, cars, and championships. With the team, Yoluç won the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in the Pro-Am class in 2019 and in 2022 he won the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 Pro-Am category. All three drivers have already raced in the Asian Le Mans Series, so their speed and experience could make the difference in the GT3 category.
The #33 Corvette Z06 GT3.R fielded by TF Sport will be driven by Blake McDonald (Bronze) and Matthew Bell (Gold). The two drivers know each other and the car very well: McDonald (USA) and Bell (UK) are teammates in the 2025 GT World Challenge America series, where they have so far scored four race wins and 10 podiums and last weekend, won the 150th race for the American manufacturer. Matthew, who also races in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship won the Rolex 24 At Daytona in a Z06 GT3.R, and Blake currently lie second in the Pro-Am championship standings, displaying the teamwork and speed that will certainly be crucial in what promises to be a tight battle for victory. The lineup will soon be completed by another driver, who will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
The battle will begin on the weekend of 13-14 December 2025, when TF Sport will hit the track at the Sepang International Circuit for the first double-header of the championship. Next, on January 31 and February 1, the races will be held at the Dubai Autodrome and lastly, on the weekend of February 7 and 8, the final two rounds of the 2025/2026 Asian Le Mans Series will take place at the Yas Marina Circuit.
