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Making his debut midway through the season, Jay highly impressed during a series of test days with McElrea Racing despite having only just graduated from karting.<\/p>\n
The teenager then joined father Nathan in the team’s BMW M4 GT4 EVO for the final three rounds.<\/p>\n
Jay said he was extremely grateful for the opportunity to be part of the program and was hopeful of earning overall academy selection.<\/p>\n
“It was quite surreal to be part of the 12 to be honest,” he said. “Being able to do it in such a short period of time as well, having had limited experience in the car was incredible.<\/p>\n
“There were a lot of cool elements, but some that stuck out for me was the driving experience, where I learnt a lot about myself and car control as well.<\/p>\n
“We’ll have to wait and see. I put everything on the table and hopefully that brought me enough to get into the academy for next year, but we’ll just have to wait and find out.”<\/p>\n
The shortlist of drivers to make the Class of 2026 BMW M Racing Academy will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A GEELONG College student has his sights firmly set on making a career in motorsport following a unique training experience at BMW M Motorsport in Germany. Year 11 student Jay Murray was one of 12 young drivers from around the world to feature in a two-day selection course for the academy’s development program of GT4 […]<\/p>\n