The son of former Minardi and Simtek Formula 1 driver Jean-Marc, Mercedes-AMG factory driver Gounon will replace Yelmer Buurman in the team’s Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Gounon rose to prominence in 2017 when he notched victory at the Spa 24 Hours with Audi and claimed the ADAC GT Masters title the same year in a Callaway Corvette.
He became a Bentley factory driver for 2018, winning the Bathurst 12 Hours with the marque in 2020, before joining Mercedes in 2021 and finishing second in that year’s GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Akka ASP.
Gounon and Loggie become the ninth GT3 car crew announced for the 2022 championship, with returning father-and-son pairing Richard and Sam Neary aboard Team ABBA Racing’s Mercedes joined by teams fielding Lamborghini (four), McLaren (one), Porsche (one) and Bentley (one).
The Frenchman will however have to miss two British GT races due to clashing commitments with Mercedes, so Loggie – who narrowly missed out on the outright GT3 title with…
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