Jordan Love will finally get his chance to compete in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup next month after the international one-make series recently confirmed its revised 2020 calendar.
It’s been a tough few months for Love, who was one of many drivers around the world whose long awaited series debut was delayed due to COVID-19, made worse when the West Australian suffered a serious hip injury due to a freak surfing accident.
Spending the lockdown period in his home town, Love cracked his hip bone in three places as a result of the accident, before a successful surgery helped him recover quickly and get the green light for racing in July.
The 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia winner also contested in the category’s virtual series during lockdown but was unable to claim too many strong results.
Now, alongside Carrera Cup Series winner Jaxon Evans and the rest of the competition, Love can finally begin his real-life series debut early next month at the Red Bull Ring in Austria as a support category to the Formula 1 World Championship.
The category will then squeeze in another seven rounds over nine weeks, with rounds at the Hungaroring, Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya before finishing the season off at Monza in September.
Competitors will also enjoy every round of the revised season as a support category to Formula 1, which Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Project Manager Oliver Schwab was proud to achieve under the circumstances.
“Along with Formula 1, we are trailblazers within Europe with our return to the racetracks,” Schwab said.
“This exceptional situation entails a high degree of responsibility. The health measures required to protect everyone involved pose a major challenge, but we have meticulously prepared for them.
“I’m looking forward to a shortened but extremely gripping season. As originally planned, the calendar includes eight races. Despite the difficult situation, the grid line-up is just as strong as in previous years. The sporting value of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup is still high.”
The first round of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup takes place at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on 5 July.
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2020 calendar:
5 July - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg (Austria)
12 July - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg (Austria)
19 July - Hungaroring, Budapest (Hungary)
2 August - Silverstone (Great Britain)
9 August - Silverstone (Great Britain)
16 August - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain)
30 August - Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)6 September - Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Ita)