The Supercheap Auto wildcard driver will join Mühlner Motorsport in its Bronze-class Porsche 911 GT3 R at the Spa-Francorchamps enduro.
The deal came off the back of an appearance with the team at the Sepang 12 Hour late last year and while in the works for a while, the drive was confirmed late in the piece.
So much so that Hall had to get his sister to bring his passport from Queensland to Darwin so he could travel directly to Europe from the Top End.
“I’m very lucky my sister came up to Darwin a day later than me, because I got her to pack my passport and pack a few extra clothes,” he told Speedcafe on Sunday.
“I’ll be flying directly from Darwin to Singapore, Singapore to London, London to Brussels and then down the highway to Spa-Francorchamps.
“It’s been a bit of a logistical nightmare to make it all come together. Booking hotels in German and French and whatever is painful, but it’s part of the job.”
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While his experience of the Spa is circuit is limited to a handful of non-racing laps in a GT3-spec Ferrari, Hall is eyeing the opportunity as a significant career milestone – and valuable miles ahead of his Supercars wildcard program alongside Craig Lowndes.
“I’m pretty lucky, it’s gonna be one of the greatest experiences for me,” he said.
“I’ll probably driving through the night as well. I could have anywhere from six to 10 hours of driving, so it’s just going to be invaluable to everything that I’m doing this year in Supercars and the Bathurst 1000.
We’re going to have pit stops, strategy, fuel saving, brakes management, tyre management… you name it, it’s got it.
“It’s the world’s biggest GT3 race so it’s going to be an amazing experience.
“Teams and manufacturers watch this race so if I do my job, who knows who might call the week after.”
The Spa trip follows a breakthrough weekend in Hall’s rookie Super2 campaign, where a third and a fourth place from the two races yielded a round podium.
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