SD Team will fly the flag for the Porsche marque in this year’s British GT Championship after confirming it will return to the series full-time this season with the latest-generation 911 GT3 R.
Nick Jones and Sven Müller will share driving duties, having impressed as a pairing across last year’s Michelin Le Mans Cup, while the car – which is based on the latest 992 Porsche platform – will be operated by Team Parker Racing.
The deal means a full-time British GT return for both Jones and the SD-backed Porsche for the first time since 2022, although they did make a one-off appearance at Silverstone in 2023 before focusing predominantly on European competition. Since then, a Porsche GT3 has not been regularly represented in the British championship.
Jones has a long history with both British GT and Team Parker Racing, having competed with the team for six full seasons between 2017-2023. Jones was crowned as British GT4 Pro-Am champion in 2018 and later became an outright British GT race winner with a Team Parker-run Bentley Continental GT3 at Donington Park in 2020.
Jones first partnered with Porsche factory star Müller in 2024, with the pair completing their first campaign together in last year’s Le Mans Cup. They scored two podium finishes – including a sensational third place in the prestigious Road to Le Mans race that ran ahead of the world-famous Le Mans 24 Hours – helping Jones to fourth place in the final GT3 standings.
Müller has enjoyed a string of high-profile successes across his career and will be a standout entry into British GT this season. After winning both the Porsche Supercup and Carrera Cup Germany titles in 2016 he has gone on to compete in the world’s biggest GT3 series, scoring podium finishes in categories such as the FIA World Endurance Championship and Japanese Super GT, plus victories in the GT World Challenge Europe and ADAC GT Masters. He joined Porsche’s factory driver roster back in 2017.
While Müller will contest the vast majority of the championship alongside Jones, a clash of commitments means he will be unavailable for the round at Spa-Francorchamps in June. British driver Harry King – who has lifted titles in the Ginetta GT Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup GB and Benelux – will deputise for that event.
Nick Jones says: “I’m really looking forward to being back in British GT this year and reuniting with both Team Parker Racing and Sven. Racing in Europe over the last few years has been refreshing and I’ve learned a lot; new tracks, new styles of racing and new techniques, so I’m excited to see how that will translate back into British GT. I’m fitter and more determined than ever, so I’m hungry to get back out on track. Sven and I have struck up a great relationship over the last season and a half, he’s both brilliant to work with and a top driver to have in the car. It made sense to continue that for this year and keep learning from him. Also being back with Team Parker is like coming home. I’ve known the team for so long and I’m just really excited to get back into the action.”
Sven Müller says: “I’m very excited for this season and my first time in British GT. I really like the English tracks like Silverstone and Brands Hatch, and I’m looking forward to learning some of the new ones across the year – I’ll have some simulator practice to get up to speed, for sure. And it’s a pleasure to partner with Nick for a second full season. We got to know each other really well and enjoyed a lot of success last season in the Le Mans Cup, so we want to improve on that and fight for some more trophies in British GT. I’m excited to start testing and working with Team Parker Racing for the first time. I think it’s going to be a really fun year ahead.”
The SD Porsche will first be in action for the British GT Championship’s Media Day test at Silverstone on Friday, March 21, before the championship roars into life with a two-hour race at Donington Park across the weekend of April 5/6.
