Richard Muscat

Richard Daniel Muscat (born 9 July 1992) is an Australian former racing driver who last competed in the 24H GT Series in 2020. Muscat had also competed in the Supercars Championship as an endurance driver for Garry Rogers Motorsport.

Muscat had enjoyed a successful developmental career, winning the Victorian Porsche 944 Challenge, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia and the 2014 Australian GT Championship in a three year stretch. Soon after, Muscat would compete in the Super2 Series for Garry Rogers Motorsport with aims to compete in the Supercars Championship. After securing several endurance series drives for the outfit, Muscat's career in the category came to an end in 2019.

As of 2026, Muscat's last professional racing apperance came in the 2020 Dubai 24 Hour endurance race.

Career summary Muscat's debuting in racing cars came in 2012, competing in the Victorian Porsche 944 Challenge. Claiming five of a possible seven pole positions, as well as recording 13 race wins, Muscat become the first rookie to win the title in the championships history.

For 2013, Muscat would graduate to the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia. He would dominate the series, claiming 13 wins, securing the championship as well as the Jim Richards Endurance Trophy. During the year, Muscat would make sporadic appearances in the 2013 Australian Carrera Cup Championship for Steven Richards Motorsport at Sydney Motorsport Park and Winton Motor Raceway. His best result came in the opening race at Winton, securing a second-placed finish behind Michael Patrizi. His efforts throughout the year led to him being named as the inaugural Shannons Nationals Driver of the Year.

Muscat would step up to the Australian GT Championship in 2014, driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 as part of the Erebus Motorsport Academy. Claiming seven wins that season, Muscat would win the championship by over 50 points. Along with capturing the Australian Tourist Trophy, this marked Muscat's third championship title in three years. During the year, Muscat would take his talents across the globe, competing in an array of international championships. He made a one-off appearance in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain for Redline Racing at the Snetterton Circuit, claiming two podiums. He would also compete in the 2014 Gulf 12 Hours for Black Falcon alongside Abdulaziz Al Faisal and Hubert Haupt. The team would win the Pro-Am class and finished fourth overall.

For 2015, Muscat would sign with Team BRM to drive in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. The best-placed of the BRM drivers, Muscat would finish the year sixth in the drivers standings, scoring five podiums and consistently finishing in the top ten. He also competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour that year for Erebus Motorsport alongside Dean Canto and Jack Le Brocq, finishing fifth overall. For his efforts, Muscat was selected as a wildcard entry for the Porsche Supercup scholarship shootout in Germany.

While undertaking Supercars endurance duties in 2018, Muscat also signed on to drive in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia with Leipert Motorsport, co-driving with countryman, Ben Gersekowski. The pair enjoyed a successful campaign, regularly finishing on the podium and finishing fifth in the Pro standings. The following year, Muscat would return to the category with the GDL Racing Team, co-driving with Daniel Stutterd, in the Pro-Am category.

In 2020, Muscat drove in the 2020 Dubai 24 Hour race aboard a Porsche 991 Cup car with JFC / LB Living Racing alongside Stutterd, Sam Fillmore and Andrew Fawcet. As of 2026, this remains his last professional motor racing appearance.

Supercars career In 2016, Muscat would sign with Garry Rogers Motorsport to race in the Supercars Dunlop Series with the aim of adapting to the notoriously difficult category. He would finish eighth overall for the season with a best result of second coming at Sandown Raceway.

The following year, Muscat would return to the series for a second campaign. As well as this, he would be signed on as an endurance driver for Garry Rogers Motorsport in the Supercars Championship, driving alongside James Moffat. In the Dunlop Series, Muscat struggled for consistency and endured finished tenth in the driver standings with only one podium to his credit. His Supercars endurance events with Moffat bore little more fruit. After completing two practice sessions at Winton and Queensland, the pairing finished a commendable seventh in the Sandown 500. In what was an eventful Bathurst 1000, Muscat and Moffat found themselves third on the road with 22 laps to go despite numerous excursions. However, Moffat crashed heavily into the wall at McPhillamy Park, ending their race.

Muscat would be retained by Garry Rogers Motorsport for the 2018 endurance events alongside James Golding. He would return for the 2019 season, again with Golding. However, with the exit of Garry Rogers Motorsport from the category and few options available elsewhere, Muscat's career in the Supercars category came to an abrupt end.

Personal life Muscat works as a concreter for his family business, Muscrete Constructions.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2012 Victorian Porsche 944 Challenge ? 13 5 ? ? ? 1st 2013 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Genis Steel 18 13 5 16 16 488 1st Australian Carrera Cup Championship Steven Richards Motorsport 5 0 0 0 1 139 24th 2014 Australian GT Championship Erebus Motorsport 13 7 2 8 12 595 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Redline Racing 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Team BRM 21 0 0 1 5 754 6th 2016 Supercars Dunlop Series Garry Rogers Motorsport 16 0 0 1 1 1124 8th 2017 Supercars Dunlop Series Garry Rogers Motorsport 21 0 0 1 1 1038 10th Supercars Championship 5 0 0 0 0 291 50th 2018 Supercars Championship Garry Rogers Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 315 39th Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro Leipert Motorsport 10 1 3 1 7 92 5th 2019 Supercars Championship Garry Rogers Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 229 49th Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro-Am GDL Racing Team 8 0 0 1 4 70 4th 2020 24H GT Series JFC / LB Living Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 11th

Super2 Series results Super2 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Position Points 2016 Garry Rogers Motorsport 44 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 SANR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 SYDR15 SYDR16 8th 1124 2017 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 TOWR12 TOWR13 SMPR14 SMPR15 SMPR16 SMPR17 SANR18 SANR19 NEWR20 NEWR21 10th 1038

Supercars Championship results Supercars results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Position Points 2017 Garry Rogers Motorsport 34 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 TOWR13 TOWR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 SMPR17 SMPR18 SANQR SANR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 NEWR25 NEWR26 50th 291 2018 Holden ZB Commodore ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 BENR22 BENR23 SANQR SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 NEWR30 NEWR31 39th 315 2019 ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 BENR21 BENR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SANQR SANR28 NEWR29 NEWR30 49th 229

Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2017 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VF James Moffat DNF 141 2018 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB James Golding 8th 161 2019 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB James Golding 11th 161