ARGT has finalised its 2026 GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS line-up with Jordan Love and Steve Wyatt to return to the grid starting from Round 1.
Behind the wheel of one of ARGT’s Ferrari 296 GT3 cars, the pair will feature at this month’s LIQUI MOLY GT Festival Phillip Island before confirming the rest of the year.
This year will be their second season together following a solid run in 2025 where they contested all but one round together - eventually finishing the year inside the Pro-Am top 10, with Love’s pole position at Sandown one of their team’s highlights.
Considered one of the country’s top GT drivers, Love has had quite an impressive career behind the wheel and has proved a handy driver in a range of national and international categories.
Starting his career in open-wheel racing in Formula 4 both in Australia and Germany, Love eventually switched to tin tops in 2017 where he raced in the Bathurst 12 Hour and picked up a class podium.
A switch to the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid proved successful as he ended up winning the 2019 Carrera Cup Australia title, which opened a range of opportunities overseas in highly esteemed categories, starting off with Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2020.
The West Aussie then opened up a new career path the following year, competing in many GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS, Intercontinental GT Challenge and Asian Le Mans Series races as a Mercedes Junior Driver
Some of his highlights as an international driver included a class podium in the 2023 24 Hours of the Nürburgring - SP9 Pro/Am, as well as a win and two podiums in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup that same year. This year, Love scored an impressive class podium at the Bathurst 12 Hour, finishing second in the Pro-Am class.
Wyatt himself has plenty of experience in GT racing, with much of it being behind the wheel of a Ferrari 458 GT3 at international level prior to taking a break from the sport in 2016 and returning last year.
Like Love, Wyatt has experienced plenty of success over the years – starting off with a victory in the Wanneroo 300 in 2012 before winning the Asian Le Mans Series GTC class in 2013 thanks to podiums in all four of his races, two of which were on the top step.
That year proved quite productive for Wyatt, who went on to finish on the class podium in the Gulf 12 Hour and score another three podiums in the Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific Trofeo Pirelli class. He went even better in 2014, scoring seven podiums in Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific and winning the Gulf 12 Hour GT3 class, four races in the Brickmakers Super GT Series and scoring three podiums in the FIA Endurance Trophy.
His final season before taking a step back saw him win the Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific Trofeo Pirelli title after picking up eight wins, a further three podiums and nine pole positions.
Love and Wyatt will begin their 2026 GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS campaign at LIQUI MOLY GT Festival Phillip Island on 27-29 March.
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Jordan Love
#77 ARGT Ferrari 296 GT3
“I am hugely grateful for ARGT, and Steve for having me back for a second year,” Love said.
“It’s super exciting to have Steve going again, as obviously last year being his first year and his return to racing after ten years out of the seat was very much a learning year, so to be back and going again, keeping that consistent momentum is going to be hugely beneficial heading into the season. I’m really looking forward to it.
“I think we will be able to continue our speed this year, and obviously now Steve will be going back to a lot of tracks that he’s now seen for a second or third time, so hopefully it’s going to keep flowing.
“Last year was my first year racing back in Australia competitively for a few years and it was really nice just rocking back up to race tracks that I grew up racing at and seeing a lot of familiar faces. It was really nice to be back and it is pretty special, something I’m very much looking forward to.”