Jodie Sloss completes FFSA GT Championship campaign with class podium at Paul Ricard
Jodie Sloss ended her 2026 FFSA GT Championship campaign on a high note at Circuit Paul Ricard, recovering from a technical failure that forced her and David Levy to retire from Saturday's race to secure third place in the AM class on Sunday.
Jodie Sloss ended her 2026 FFSA GT Championship campaign on a high note at Circuit Paul Ricard, recovering from a technical failure that forced her and David Levy to retire from Saturday's race to secure third place in the AM class on Sunday.
The Mirage Racing duo showed competitive pace throughout the final round, with Levy making progress during his opening stint in the second race before Sloss took over to bring the #5 Porsche home on the podium, completing a season in which the Scottish driver was a regular front-runner in the AM category.
Sloss arrived at Le Castellet looking to build on an great recovery at Magny-Cours, where she and Levy secured an AM-class victory and a runner-up finish despite adapting to an unfamiliar Porsche Cayman GT4. In her second season with Mirage Racing, following a strong rookie campaign in 2025, she had begun 2026 with podiums at Nogaro before claiming her first win of the year at Dijon.
A qualifying incident at Spa-Francorchamps had interrupted their momentum, but the Magny-Cours results provided a welcome response ahead of the season finale. Le Castellet was also a circuit where she had made significant progress the previous year, giving her another opportunity to finish the campaign strongly.
The pair opened the weekend with fourth place in the AM class in both practice sessions, recording a best time of 2:17.363 in FP1 before improving to 2:16.903 in FP2. Sloss took charge of qualifying for the first race, setting a 2:16.168 to secure fourth in class, while Levy posted a 2:14.958 in Q2 to qualify third in AM for Sunday's race.
Sloss started Saturday's race from fourth in the AM class and avoided a multi-car incident on the main straight at the start, when several cars were squeezed against the pit wall. The safety car was immediately deployed, with the Scottish driver emerging unscathed and remaining fourth in class, close behind Mathys Cappuccio.
The race resumed with 48 minutes remaining, and Sloss initially lost a position overall while maintaining her place in the AM category. She gradually found more pace, improving from 2:21s to 2:19.7 before moving ahead of Pisano to gain an overall position. Her lap times continued to come down, reaching 2:17.7 as the pit window approached.
Sloss brought the #5 Porsche into the pits on lap 10 from fourth in AM, handing over to Levy for the second half of the race. The French driver immediately began working his way through the field, making progress as the race continued as the race remained green also after an off-track excursion for Jordan Ramon in the #145 BMW at the chicane, which did not require a safety car intervention.
Levy moved through the Alpine Cup traffic and climbed to 15th overall, taking third in the AM class before advancing further to 14th and then 13th overall. After passing Bastide, he continued his charge to 12th overall and began closing on Alex Bachoura in the fight for second in class. Although the gap stood at approximately 13 seconds, Levy was lapping more than a second faster, giving the team reason to hope for a late challenge.
However, with just nine minutes remaining, the #5 Porsche suffered a technical issue and came to a halt on track, forcing the pair to retire. After a promising recovery from both stints, the late failure denied Mirage Racing a podium finish and left the team with an unfortunate end to the first race of the weekend.
The Mirage Racing team however worked to return the Porsche to the track for Sunday's race, the final contest of the 2026 FFSA GT Championship season. Levy started from third in the AM class and immediately set about moving forward, gaining overall positions while maintaining his place among the leading AM runners. Running 14th overall, he was directly behind class rival Auriacombe before making the pass on lap three to move into second in AM, subsequently putting several Pro-Am entries between himself and his immediate class competition.
Levy maintained a strong pace, recording laps in the 2:14s as the pit window approached. By extending his opening stint, he climbed as high as third overall before eventually bringing the #5 Porsche into the pits on lap 15. Sloss took over with the car running second in AM and 12th overall, with an approximately eight-second advantage over Lemeret behind.
Sloss initially settled into a consistent rhythm, dipping below the 2:17 mark and setting a 2:16.6 on lap 19. However, Lemeret and Grant West began closing the gap, and by lap 20 Lemeret was right behind the Scottish driver. Sloss fought to hold her position, but the Alpine eventually found a way past, dropping her to third in the AM class.
With a podium still within reach, Sloss turned her attention to defending third from West, who was around ten seconds behind. The pressure increased as the race approached its conclusion, before an incident involving Reynolds' Toyota triggered a full-course yellow with four minutes remaining.
The neutralisation offered Sloss some breathing room at a crucial moment, and she made the most of the opportunity to preserve her position when the race returned to green. Holding off West in the closing stages, the Scottish driver crossed the finish line third in the AM class, securing a well-earned podium in the season finale.
After Saturday's technical failure had denied them the chance to convert their pace into a result, Sloss and Levy responded with a determined performance on Sunday. The final podium therefore provided a fitting conclusion to their campaign, adding another strong result to a season that had included victories, regular podiums and progress for Sloss in her second year in the series.
