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PremiAir Racing is pleased to announce that Simon Hodge has rejoined the team for the 2025 Supercars Championship season.
The seasoned engineer has previously worked with PremiAir Racing as Jimmy Golding’s Race Engineer while on secondment from Triple Eight Race Engineering for the final three events of 2023.
Hodge has now returned to the Arundel-based outfit as a permanent employee, again working with Golding as Race Engineer from the beginning of this season as Romy Mayer, Golding’s engineer for a 2024 season which included a breakthrough pole position and race podium, is going on maternity leave.
“Everyone at PremiAir Racing is very excited for Romy and her family and can’t wait to meet the new arrival,”PremiAir Racing Team Manager, Stephen Robertson, said.
“At the same time, we are so pleased that Simon will be returning to our team and helping us continue forward with the work we have been doing over the past 12 months as the new season gets underway.
“Simon and Jimmy have a great relationship, as does Simon and our entire team, and we are set to hit the ground running for 2025!”
With this news, Golding said he was feeling more energised than ever ahead of the season opener.
“It’s great to be working with Simon once again. Obviously, Romy is going to be absent to have her second child, so I wish her all the best with that. We achieved some great things together last year, so it will be nice to have her back onboard when she is ready.” Golding said
“Simon and I had some very strong showings the last time we worked together (Bathurst, Gold Coast & Adelaide in 2023). Now twelve months down the track we have both learnt a lot and we will be putting that into practice for the 2025 season.
“Simon is a young driven individual like myself and I believe his commitment and skills are more than capable of winning in Supercars.
“I am the most excited I have been heading into a new season. The team’s progression has had a major influence on this. Bring on Sydney.”
Hodge has been involved in motorsport since the tender age of 16, starting out racing go-karts before going to Formula Ford, Formula 3 and Carrera Cup, before working as a driver coach while finishing his engineering study.
After starting out in data engineering for local racers, Hodge moved into race engineering, working in the F3 and S5000 ranks locally and in Asia, before moving across to work on the GT and Super2 programs of Triple Eight Race Engineering, where he also held a performance role for that team’s successful Wildcard entry in 2022.
Following his time with PremiAir Racing in 2023, Hodge expanded his expertise overseas by managing the JMR GT program. He then returned to Australia to oversee the Australian GT program for Triple Eight, provided customer support for Super2 teams, and has also recently been involved in revamping the Triple Eight Super2 program.
“I have to say that the team has progressed massively over the ‘24 season. Hodge said.
“They’re definitely on the rise and I’m pumped to be a part of it – bring on Sydney!
“It’s great to be back with the guys at PremiAir Racing and can’t wait to sink my teeth into everything the 2025 Supercars Championship has in store for us,
“I loved working with Jimmy for the enduros in 2023, and I feel we clicked. Bathurst quali was great, and we had enough pace to grab a surfboard at one point! I’m really keen to build on this with Jimmy in 2025.
“The team has been working really hard over the last year and I’m confident we have a great 2025 season ahead of us”
The 2025 Supercars Championship season will commence at the 2025 Sydney 500 across February 21-23. For the full2025 championship calendar, visit www.supercars.com
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