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The first driver for the 2024 Macau Grand Prix has been confirmed, with Cooper Webster announced at Evans GP.
The race, which will be run for Formula Regional cars for the first time and award the category’s World Cup, takes place on November 14-17. Australian outfit Evans GP is one of 11 teams entering cars in junior single-seaters’ most prestigious race.
The 21-year-old Webster was GB4 runner-up with the team in 2023, taking five wins, then he romped to the Indian Formula 4 title with eight victories. This year he has made a winning cameo in Australian F4, but done no other car racing.
However the Australian already has extensive experience of higher level single-seaters, having raced in S5000 from 2021 to ’23 and taking seven wins from his campaigns in the Australian and Tasman series.
S5000 is designed to be a modern interpretation of Formula 5000, a popular Formula 2-rivalling category in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, particularly in Australia, New Zealand and North America. The S5000 car is based around a FRegional chassis but utilises V8 power.
“I’m really excited to be back with Evans GP for the Macau GP,” said Webster. “My experiences with Evans GP have always been great, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to race at such a prestigious event. It’s a huge challenge, but I’m looking forward to making the most of it.”
Although Evans GP never entered the Macau GP during its time as a Formula 3 and F4 race, team boss Joshua Evans was involved in engineering 2020 winner Charles Leong’s car. The team has two more drivers to announce for this year’s race.
“It’s fantastic to continue our long partnership with Cooper. He’s delivered incredible results for us in the past, and we’re excited to see what he can achieve at the Macau GP,” said Evans.
“Debuting in FRegional will be a challenge, especially against drivers who’ve been racing this machinery all season, but we’re looking at this from a long-term perspective. Cooper’s talent and adaptability will be key, and this experience will only strengthen his development for future events.”