Simona De Silvestro’s Supercars career is up in the air after Kelly Racing announced a scale back and manufacturer switch for the 2020 season.
Team boss Todd Kelly confirmed on Tuesday the four-car Nissan set-up in this year’s Supercars campaign would become a two-car team fielding Ford Mustangs.
The drivers are expected to be Rick Kelly and Andre Heimgartner.
The shift ends the six-year Supercars Nissan era for Kelly Racing, although it will continue to run two Altima Supercars in the second-tier Super2 Series from 2020.
The deal will see the Mustang contingent grow from six to eight next season.
« We are excited for the future now we have confirmed the team will run Ford Mustangs in 2020, » Kelly said.
« After 11 seasons in Supercars we step into a Ford Mustang that is a proven race winner and will provide us with our best opportunity for success in the future.
« In this competitive environment it has necessitated a reconsideration of our structure to create the optimal model for the future. »
De Silvestro, who drove a Nissan for Kelly Racing this season, arrived in 2017 as the first full-time female Supercars driver.
But the Swiss talent is off contract and recently signed to Porsche’s Formula E team as a test and development driver in Europe.
De Silvestro is 20th in the Supercars drivers championship before of the Gold Coast 600 later this month.
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