From Single Seaters to GT Success: How Chloe Grant made the leap
- MIRANDA BROWN
- Sep 12, 2025
- 4 min read
After a stint in single-seaters in both the GB4 Championship and F1 Academy, Scottish racer Chloe Grant recently made the jump to GT racing as part of the Porsche Sprint Challenge Ibérica; here’s her story of taking the leap towards a new set of opportunities.
Following on from a successful 2024 season in GB4, Scottish racer Chloe Grant recently made the jump to race GTs in Spain as part of the Porsche Sprint Challenge Iberica 2025, racing alongside teammate Maria Sanchez.
19 year old Grant from Perth, Scotland, first made her single seater debut in 2022, racing in GB4, before progressing to F1 Academy for its inaugural season in 2023. Thereafter, she returned to GB4 for a second season in 2024, where she achieved her maiden career podium at Oulton Park.
At this point, it was becoming increasingly clear that the single seater pathway was becoming less financially sustainable. With the ever-growing costs of securing seats and testing almost impossible to fund without huge financial support, GT racing looked comparatively appealing to Chloe.
“I did want to [move to GT racing] anyway, I was just very unhappy in single seaters. Motorsport in general is money driven, but single seaters is particularly worse. It doesn’t matter what you can do — the money will always win,” she said.
The golden opportunity to switch to a different form of racing presented itself when she received a message on Instagram inviting her to join the series in Monteblanco for round two, taking place on the 24th-25th of May 2025.
Grant, who had thought she would not be racing this year, admitted that at first, she had suspected that the offer of a drive this season was a scam, explaining: “Nobody just gives you a drive, it doesn’t make sense. There’s got to be a catch.”
However she decided to take the opportunity and joined the series for round two in Monteblanco, sharing the Porsche 991 GT3 cup car with young Spaniard Maria Sanchez. So far, she is absolutely loving it.
“It is a lot more enjoyable [than single seaters].”
Chloe explains that driving a GT car is very different to single seaters. In the weeks leading up to the meeting in Monteblanco, she spent gruelling hours on simulators, and weeks training in the gym preparing herself to drive the Porsche. She also did copious amounts of research to ensure that she was prepared to race in Spain.
“It is a completely different way of driving, a different style, a completely different car, different handling. Everything is different, but nothing took me by surprise”.
In the first round, which she described as “surreal”, Chloe managed to secure a third place finish in race three. Due to unexpected mechanical issues, she crossed the finish line of the final race in the pit lane, exiting the car to a welcome surprise when she was informed that she needed to go to the podium.
As it turns out, her and her teammate Maria’s efforts had secured them a podium finish on their debut joint race, despite Chloe finishing from the wrong side of the pit wall. She stressed the importance of having a strong supportive team behind her who made sure the car was always on top form.
“It was a lot of emotions, but a lot of happy and good emotions”
Following on from the promising weekend in Monteblanco, Chloe arrived in Valencia for the next round of the Sprint Challenge in June, ready to give it her all. She made a strong start, qualifying P5 in class in Q2, despite mechanical issues leaving her with no ABS.
The good luck lasted the weekend, as race 1 and 2 resulted in podium finishes for Chloe and Maria, with both achieving third place in their respective races. “Valencia was better because we actually did it properly, crossed the line how you should do it. You could actually enjoy it,” she explained.
Looking ahead, Chloe is aiming to stick with GT racing, and maintain this streak of success as she continues to adjust to the challenges and rewards of the Porsche racing life. She will finish the 2025 season with the Porsche Sprint Challenge Iberica, with the next round taking place in Navarra on September 13th and 14th.
When asked if she would ever consider making a return to single seater racing, she said: “I’ll definitely drive a single seater again in my life — not race — I’ll probably test, but I have no intention of racing them again. There’s no end goal there.”
“The opportunities in GT racing are endless,” she continued. “You could go to America. There’s so many opportunities in GT, which is why again it is such a better route. I don’t necessarily have one championship that is a goal, I could even stay in the Porsche pathway and race a Porsche all the way up to the top.”
“I’m just seeing what happens and I’m really trying to focus on this first season in GTs to do the best that I possibly can to set myself up for next year, and hopefully get something bigger and better.” Chloe concluded, “We will just have to wait and see.”
