Luis has shown strong early pace, producing the 3rd quickest time in the field, in practice for Round 5 of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia.

In variable weather conditions at Winton Motor Raceway its field made final preparations ahead of Saturday’s final race of the Jim Richards Endurance Trophy.

The Porsche series held opening practice on a soggy Winton circuit before the sun emerged for practice two, a session where all drivers were able to complete their best times of the day.

Series points leader Cooper Murray was the best of both sessions, finishing the day just 0.1115secs ahead of his closest title rival Simon Fallon, with Luis Leeds behind in third.

Victoria’s Winton Motor Raceway will host the fifth round of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge this weekend with Luis returning to one of his home state tracks following years of international racing.

As the only category to be at every Shannons Nationals this year, the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge will be entering their penultimate round for the year with the final round to be at Sydney Motorsport Park later next month.

Positive momentum has been drawn from the final race at Ipswich in Queensland with Luis claiming the fastest lap of the field, during Round 4 of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia championship.

Clocking a blistering 1:11.8115 on the circuit known as 'the paperclip' due to its layout, Luis now heads to his home state of Victoria and to Winton Motor Raceway, on August 31-September 02 - for the season’s penultimate round, where the Jim Richards Endurance Trophy will be decided.

Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia this weekend commences the second half of its 2018 season as the one-make championship heads to Queensland Raceway.

Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia will feature two practice sessions this Friday, followed by qualifying and the 60-minute race one on Saturday and two 20-minute races on Sunday.

To watch Sunday’s entire on-track program, including race two and race three of Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia, visit the event’s Live Stream, available at the Shannons Nationals website – thenationals.com.au.

After two thrilling Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia rounds, the one-make sports car series returns for round three at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit with 25 entries as the three-class battle continues.

Luis Leeds enters the Phillip Island round off the back of his maiden Porsche podium at Sandown.

Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia will feature two practice sessions on Friday, qualifying and race one on Saturday and two additional sprint races on Sunday.

As per all Shannons Nationals events, Sunday’s racing, including the final two Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia races of the weekend, can be viewed live on the event’s live stream, available from the Shannons Nationals’ website at www.thenationals.com.au and Facebook page.

In tough and testing Melbourne wintery conditions, Luis has taken a third place podium position, during Race 1 of Round 2, of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series, at Sandown.

The podium is the second one of the season for the former Red Bull junior and has seen Luis add more points to his championship challenge.

Victorian Simon Fallon took the victory over Chelsea Angelo and Max Vidau, with Leeds closing to within 3 tenths of a second on the final lap but Vidau was later handed a post race penalty which saw Luis claim third spot.

In tough and testing Melbourne wintery conditions, Luis has shown strong pace, recording the third fastest time during Friday practice for Round 2 of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series, at Sandown.

Cooper Murray was the best of the 21-strong Porsche field in opening practice when the Melbourne weather was at its worst, while Max Vidau was the quickest in the dryer second session.

Vidau’s time of 1:20.2474 was posted on his final lap of practice two, 0.4secs ahead of Murray. Luis Leeds, Chelsea Angelo and Simon Fallon finished closely behind the leading duo with the third, fourth and fifth quickest practice times.

A third place podium and consistent speed all weekend has seen Luis come away from Round 1 of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge to sit in 4th place in the championship.

More points were thwarted when a mechanical failure forced Leeds to pit with 4 laps to go in Race 3.

Despite the frustration, the speed and performance shown across 3 races, against quality opposition, indicates good signs for Leeds this season.

A 27-strong Porsche field will begin a new era of the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series this weekend at The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia.

The 27 911 GT3 Cup entries will tackle the first ever national-level race meeting at the 4.9km circuit – the largest grid since the series’ opening 2010 round at Mount Panorama, Bathurst.

The 2018 season marks the introduction of the Type 991 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars to the series, the same cars used throughout the past four seasons of the Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia championship

23Red Racing will field Luis Leeds in the Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia series starting next weekend at The Bend Motorsport Park.

Leeds had been working to put a program together, with support in recent weekend allowing the former Red Bull junior to confirm his place on the 25-car grid.

Leeds will pilot the car driven last year by Cameron McConville in Carrera Cup, with team boss Phil Munday expanding the 23Red Racing operation to accommodate the GT3 Cup Challenge program.

Josef Kaufman Racing's Luis Leeds heads to the famous Spa circuit in Belgium, home to one of world motor racing's most iconic corners, Eu Rouge, for the second last round of the Formula Renault 2.0 championship, after completing the round at Le Castellet, Paul Ricard Circuit in France.

Luis currently sits 17th in championship with 2 rounds remaining.

Australian driver Luis Leeds of Josef Kaufmann Racing has finished in the points in horrendous conditions during Race 2 of Round 6 of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 at the Nurbürgring in Germany.

Many of the drivers fell victim to the torrential rain with Luis holding his nerve to finish in the top 10 and claim a championship point.