Hyundai Excel X3 Cup — 2027 Season

FLYNN
GERARD RACING

A 16-year-old driver's first season in Circuit Excel, trained under current Monochrome GT4 Australia driver Jensen Shearer — built from the ground up: car, licence, and livery. Now building the partnerships to get to the grid.

#15
Car Number
FEB
Round 1, SMSP
X3
Circuit Excel Class
NSW
Series X3 NSW
Trained By

Jensen Shearer

Flynn's race craft is being shaped directly by a driver currently competing at the top of Australian GT4 — not a coach one step removed from it, but someone in the car, in the same season, right now.

Jensen Shearer's motorsport career started in karting, the same foundation every serious driver builds on, before he progressed through national-level Formula 3 — open-wheel racing, where car control and racecraft get built with no margin for error. At 21, he made the step up to Monochrome GT4 Australia for 2026, a deliberate move to build a GT career with a clear pathway ahead — GT World Challenge Australia, or the Porsche pathway through Sprint Challenge and Carrera Cup.

He's competing as a rare solo entry in the #46 RENNEN Motorsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS CS — where most of the field splits driving duties between two drivers per car, Shearer runs the full distance himself every round. That's the same foundation — karting up through single-seaters, then the discipline of driving a full stint alone — feeding directly into Flynn's own development as he moves from sim into real circuit racing.

2026
Monochrome GT4 Australia
#46
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS CS
P1
Pole — Hidden Valley, Darwin
Solo
Full-Season Entry, Silver Cup
Stage 01 — Karting

Like almost every driver on a professional grid, Jensen's career started in karting — the entry point where raw car control, reaction speed, and race sense get built long before horsepower becomes the main factor. Karts have no traction control, no driver aids, and razor-thin margins between drivers, which is exactly why it's treated as the foundation for every category above it. It's where a driver first learns to read a corner and manage wheel-to-wheel traffic under pressure — the same instincts that carry straight through to single-seaters, and now to GT4.

Stage 02 — National Formula 3

From karting, Jensen progressed into national-level Formula 3 — open-wheel, high-downforce single-seater racing with no bodywork to lean on and very little forgiveness for mistakes. It's widely regarded as one of the toughest proving grounds in motorsport precisely because the cars are unforgiving and the fields are stacked with drivers chasing the same limited number of seats higher up. That single-seater background is a big part of why the switch into GT racing came with real racecraft already built in, rather than starting from scratch.

Stage 03 — Monochrome GT4 Australia, 2026

At 21, Jensen made the deliberate switch from open-wheel single-seaters into closed-cockpit GT racing, choosing Monochrome GT4 Australia as the platform to build a GT career on — drawn to the scale of the events, the exposure, and the pathway it opens up into GT World Challenge Australia or the Porsche ladder through Sprint Challenge and Carrera Cup. He's running as a rare solo entry in the #46 RENNEN Motorsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS CS, carrying full stints himself against a field mostly made up of two-driver crews — see his season results below.

Queensland Raceway
P3 — Podium
Charged through the field from down the order to take third, in a category run largely by two-driver crews.
Hidden Valley, Darwin
P1 — Pole Position
Maiden GT4 Australia pole, set in qualifying by just 0.08s over the field.
Queensland Raceway
P4 — Points Finish
Ran inside the top four outright for the weekend against full-time professional line-ups.
The Driver

Ground-up, not handed down

Flynn Gerard is a 16-year-old driver entering Circuit Excel for the 2027 season with Series X3 NSW — his first season of wheel-to-wheel circuit racing. Every part of the programme is being built from the ground up: earning toward the car, sourcing and preparing it to category regulations, sitting the Motorsport Australia Circuit Licence test, and developing race craft through club test days ahead of Round 1 at Sydney Motorsport Park.

That includes the unglamorous side of the build too — mowing lawns, taking on weekend work, and pitching local businesses directly for support — because in a grassroots category like this, the effort off-track is what earns the laps on it. Circuit Excel is a control-spec category by design: sealed engines and control tyres across the field, which puts the emphasis squarely on driving standard and consistency rather than budget. That's precisely what makes it the right proving ground for the goals below.

Where This Is Going

The goal, and the dream

Every category has a different job to do. Circuit Excel is where the fundamentals get built — the categories after it are where they get tested.

01
2027 Season Goal

A class podium

The realistic, earned target for a first full season: at least one class podium finish in Circuit Excel. Not a given in a control-spec category where the whole field runs equal machinery — which is exactly what makes it worth something. It's a marker of racecraft and consistency, not budget.

02
The Pathway

Built one category at a time

Circuit Excel is the foundation, not the destination — race craft, car control, and tyre management learned on a level grid, under Jensen Shearer's GT4 mentorship. Results here are what open the door to the next step up in production or GT-based categories as experience and backing grow.

03
The Dream

WEC / GT3

The long-term ambition is a seat in international sportscar racing — the FIA World Endurance Championship, competing in GT3 machinery. It's a long way from a Hyundai Excel grid in NSW, but the fundamentals are the same ones being built right now: race craft, discipline, and the ability to get the most out of equal equipment.

The Car

Hyundai Excel X3 — #15

A control-spec Excel prepped to Circuit Excel regulations: sealed engine, control tyres, and a livery built to stand out in a field where the racing — not the horsepower — decides the result.

FGR Hyundai Excel X3 race car on track
Category
Circuit Excel
Chassis
Hyundai Excel X3
Engine
Sealed / Control Spec
Tyres
Control — Direzza ZIII
Livery
FGR — Pink / White / Black
Club
Series X3 NSW
The Build

Road to Round 1

Every stage of getting from a club membership to the grid — funded through lawn mowing, weekend work, and partners coming on board along the way.

01

Join the club

August

Series X3 NSW membership, licensing pathway confirmed.

02

Fund the build

August – November

Lawn mowing, sponsorship outreach, and weekend work stacking toward the car and safety gear.

03

Turn 16, sit the licence test

November

Motorsport Australia Circuit Licence — the last gate before racing solo.

04

Buy and prep the car

December

Source the Excel, scrutineer, cage and safety gear fitted.

05

Test day

January

First laps on control tyres, learning the car before points are on the line.

06

Round 1

February — Sydney Motorsport Park

Season opener. First official lap in FGR colours.

Partner With FGR

Space on the car, and beyond it

Three placement tiers on the car, each with its own visibility across broadcast, social, paddock, and print.

Premier Tier Placement

Door Sill / Lower Panel

Strong visibility in pit lane and paddock. Prominent in low-angle photography and social content.

Broadcast Coverage Social Media Content Paddock / Pit Lane Print / Photography
Content Tier Placement

Race Suit

Present in all driver appearances, press events, podium ceremonies, and social media content throughout the season.

Broadcast Coverage Social Media Content Paddock / Pit Lane Print / Photography
Associate Tier Placement

Front Bumper / Splitter

Visible in head-on photography and qualifying/race start footage. Strong brand presence at circuit entry.

Broadcast Coverage Social Media Content Paddock / Pit Lane Print / Photography
Where It Goes

What your support funds

🏎️Race entry & registration
🔧Car preparation
🛞Tyres & consumables
🦺Safety equipment
🚚Transport & logistics
📸Media & content
Get In Touch

Let's put your name on the car

Every tier is open for 2027. Reach out to talk placement, pricing, or a custom package.

Email — flynngerardracing@gmail.com
Instagram — @flynngerardracing
Club — Series X3 NSW
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