Steller's history
Steller Motorsport traces its origins to the early 2000s, formed through the partnership of Gary Blackham and Roger King, two figures with extensive experience at the highest level of British and international motorsport.
The partnership was rooted in success at Audi Sport UK, where Gary Blackham served as Team Manager and Roger King as Chief Engineer during Audi’s 1996 British Touring Car Championship title-winning season. Together, they delivered a number of successful engineering and racing projects across touring car, GT and endurance competition.
In 2010, their engineering consultancy GPRM played a pivotal role in shaping modern touring car racing, with its Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) concept selected by TOCA. NGTC technology remains the foundation of every car competing on the BTCC grid today.
That same engineering capability has underpinned a wide range of motorsport projects:
Development of the Toyota GT86 GT4, debuting in British GT in 2014
The GT86 project continued as a customer race car in British GT (through the mid-2010s), with GPRM entries in multiple seasons including 2014–2017.
Roger King departed the business in 2020. Since then, Gary Blackham, now Director, has led the continued development of Steller Motorsport as a professional, engineering-led racing organisation.
History & Seasons
2019–2021: Return to Audi & GT Racing
In 2019, Steller Motorsport returned to its Audi roots, becoming an Audi Sport Customer Racing team and competing in the British GT Championship with the Audi R8 LMS GT4.
The programme quickly established competitiveness, culminating in multiple podiums and trophies during the 2021 season.
2022: Championship Success
The 2022 season marked a defining moment for Steller Motorsport. Competing in British GT with the Audi R8 LMS GT4, the team secured:
- GT4 Overall Championship
- GT4 Silver Cup Championship
- GT4 Team Championship
This achievement represented Audi’s first British GT title in 26 years, delivered under the management of Gary Blackham.
2023: International Endurance Expansion
In 2023, Steller Motorsport committed to international racing, contesting the Michelin Le Mans Cup with the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II and a Duqueine LMP3
Despite varied driver line-ups, the team delivered standout results:
- Leading the Le Mans Centenary race at Circuit de la Sarthe
- Race victory at Spa-Francorchamps
- GT3 lap records set at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and MotorLand Aragón
Steller Motorsports Duqueine LMP3, marking its first involvement in prototype endurance racing and expanding experience within the ACO endurance framework.
2024: Transitional Domestic Programme
In 2024, Steller Motorsport returned to the British GT Championship, fielding the Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo as part of a focused domestic campaign.
While results did not reflect previous championship success, the season provided valuable continuity, operational mileage and development time. The year served as a strategic transition, maintaining race readiness while preparing for renewed international competition.
2025: GT World Challenge Europe
In 2025, Steller Motorsport stepped back onto the European stage, contesting a full GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup campaign.
Switching to the Corvette Z06 GT3.R, the team achieved:
- Silver class podium at the six-hour season opener at Paul Ricard
- Completion of its first CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa
- Multiple top-10 Silver class finishes
In parallel, Steller claimed Silver class victory at the Silverstone 500 with the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II.
2026: Season
2026 represents a defining step in the evolution of Steller Motorsport.
Building on championship success and progressive international experience, the team enters the new season with a focused dual-programme strategy across Europe’s premier GT and endurance platforms.
Steller Motorsport will compete in:
- GT World Challenge Europe, entering one Corvette Z06 GT3.R in GT3 competition.
- Michelin Le Mans Cup, entering one Duqueine LMP3, expanding its prototype endurance programme
Steller Engineering factory facilities
Steller’s impressive factory facility not only produces race winning cars and the very highest quality components for customers, the building and the company also employ industry leading sustainability processes.
The 2,500 square metre building is super insulated to keep the heat in during the winter and out during the summer.
Heating is provided throughout through ground source heating fed by boreholes under the carpark;
A significant proportion of the facility’s energy needs are fulfilled through a photovoltaic arry on the factory roof whilst water for the toilet facilities and for an external wash bay is supplied by rainwater harvesting, again from the roof.
Further sustainability programmes are also underway including work with a large water treatment company designed to drastically reduce, and hopefully to eliminate, the company’s use of plastic bottles by using filtered tap water.
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Meet the team
Gary Blackham
With a long career at the cutting edge of touring car and sportscar racing, including Championship-winning programmes with Audi – plus design and development of manufacturer-funded supercars, Gary is well-versed in the very highest standards of preparation and presentation.
Gary now focuses his expertise on the wide-ranging services provided by Steller and delivering those same high standards in the design office, the workshop, or trackside.
Max Daymond
A qualified Motorsport Engineer, Max’s career has been a varied one including project management for a major superyacht builder, classic cars, and even a spell in marketing, all of which has equipped him with a varied and complementary range of knowledge and skills which are being brought to bear at Steller in delivering the very best results for our clients.
Aside from his management duties across the group Max is currently Steller’s principal Race Engineer with British GT Championship wins already on his cv!
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