The 2022 GTD PRO Champs Are Reunited to Share No. 6 Porsche 963 GTP in 2025
By Jeff Olson
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – They first met in 2016 at Porsche Night of Champions, the annual Stuttgart gala celebrating the company’s success in motorsports.
Matt Campbell had just been hired to join Porsche Motorsport’s junior program, while Mathieu Jaminet was entering his second season.
“It turned out to be a bit of a party,” Campbell recalled. “Obviously, we had a good time, but we didn’t have a working relationship until a couple of years after that. We didn’t really know each other well or do much together in the beginning, but later we were able to hang out together and got along extremely well.”
Nine years after that initial encounter, an unlikely pair – a 29-year-old Australian and a 30-year-old Frenchman – have become fast friends. They’re weeks away from teaming up in Porsche Penske Motorsport’s No. 6 Porsche 963 for the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.
While they didn’t necessarily connect at the party, they did a few weeks later at Porsche’s training camp. They shared similar status in the gathering of talented and experienced drivers at camp: They were newbies.
“This is where we really started to get to know each other and spend some time among other drivers,” Jaminet said. “We were both the young guys. We meshed pretty early and pretty well.”
Five years after that training camp, Campbell and Jaminet teamed together as full-season co-drivers for Pfaff Motorsports, helping the team win the 2022 driver, team and manufacturer championships in the WeatherTech Championship Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) class.
They credit compatibility – the ease and comfort with which they work together – as a primary reason for their success.
“It’s extremely important to be compatible with your teammate, definitely in more ways than one,” Campbell said. “Mathieu and I have proven this in the past, having driven together for a number of years.”
It’s not just that they’re on the same page. They’re on the same sentence on that page.
“We definitely share the same vision about racing,” Jaminet said. “We like the same aspects around the car, and we like to work the same way with the people around us. Between us, there is a good friendship on and off the track. We also spend quite some time together outside racing, which is not very common with teammates. There’s no ego. We just try to help and support each other for the best.”
In 2023, they were teammates again – but not sharing a car. In the inaugural season for the reborn Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class, Jaminet shared the No. 6 Porsche with Nick Tandy while Campbell was in the No. 7 alongside Felipe Nasr. This past season, Jaminet and Tandy guided the No. 6 Porsche to second in the final standings. Campbell spent most of the year in Porsche Penske’s FIA World Endurance Championship program but was part of the No. 7 Porsche’s title-winning WeatherTech Championship effort, joining the No. 7 lineup for three endurance races including a victory in the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
When the 2025 season kicks off Jan. 17 with the Roar Before the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, Campbell and Jaminet will be in the No. 6 Porsche for the full season.
“We’ve had some strong results in the prototype so far, and I think we’ve been a good addition to the Porsche Penske Motorsport program,” Campbell said. “We’ve always had very good success and results together as teammates. No matter what championship we were in, we were always at the front, fighting for the championship and also victories. Hopefully, we can do something similar next year.”
They’ve proven they’re good. They’ve also proven that they’re good together.
“I think we’ve proven to the brand and to the team that we were both competitive and working at a very high level,” Jaminet said. “I think they realized that they should give a shot to these two guys. The last time they raced together, they won a championship. So maybe let’s put them together again and maybe try to win another one.”