The GM team began the season with an aerodynamic package developed during off-season wind tunnel testing, which adjusted the aero balance slightly forward compared to the 2025 season. This change seemed to surprise teams due to inconsistent setups, while Camaro drivers faced challenges with rear instability.

 

Midway through the New Zealand tour, Supercars approved the first of two adjustments to the Camaro's aero package to shift the balance towards the rear. The second adjustment was implemented before the Symmons Plains event. Since then, four events have taken place, during which GM's lead driver, Anton De Pasquale, has achieved four podium finishes, including a race victory in Darwin.

 

As a result, Burgess, who leads GM’s homologation team, Team 18, is content that the Camaro matches the Mustang and Supra in terms of parity. “The car is probably better than it was before [the aero change], but we don’t have any more or any less than what the other two [manufacturers] have,” said Burgess. “We’re now equal with the others, I’d say. We’re not ahead, not behind. “We’re quite happy with that, but we’ve just got to improve our setup work. “We’re still refining our setup. Our setup changed significantly. However, more of what we were accustomed to last year is becoming relevant again, so I think we’re back where we should be.”

 

Comfortable with the current parity situation, Burgess says his team is now focused on enhancing car speed to compete with leading teams Grove Racing and Triple Eight.

“I think our biggest issue is still not doing a good enough job with the qualifying car,” he added. “I think we’ve shown we can race at the front if we can position ourselves there.

“We just need to execute and produce a better qualifying car.”

Currently, two Camaro drivers are in Finals positions, with De Pasquale in sixth and Jack Le Brocq in 10th.