Holdens jamie whincup made it career win number four at bathurst today, pushed all the way to the chequered flag in the km enduro by ford driver david reynolds. V8 supercar driver jamie whincup enjoys the practicality of his holden calais sportwagon when hes not racing around the track. Championship leader jamie whincup has dropped a bombshell on the eve of todays bathurst, revealing he may quit v8 supercars to chase his nascar dream. The red bull holden commodore vf ace leads teammate craig lowndes by just 20 points and fpr pepsi max star mark winterbottom by 124 points, with a maximum 300 points up for grabs over the two 250km mini. Whincup is the alltime record holder in the supercars championship for race. The dogfight between winterbottom and a fastapproaching jamie whincup was a wonderful.
The video owners have disabled playbacks on other websites, to view the footage click this link while most of the attention at the end of the bathurst 12 hour was focused on matt campbell in his porsche 911 gt3r and his relentless march to a wellearned victory, the last four laps also saw another battle taking place supercars driver shane van gisbergen and raffaele marciello were locked. Whincup crossed the line first, but was dropped to 11th place by a penalty for. The duo spent four years racing together between 2006 and 2009. Bathurst appeal explained jamie whincup, red bull. Craig lowndes to race porsche against his own team at bathurst. Red bull racings jamie whincup, holden racing teams garth tander and garry rogers motorsport volvo driver scott mclaughlin involved in a crash on lap 151 of the bathurst. Whincup to pilot mercedes in bathurst 12h return speedcafe.
Race car driver who won his fourth v8 supercar championship in 2012. Jamie whincup will pilot a scott taylor motorsport mercedes in next years liquimoly bathurst 12 hour. Whincup to defend bathurst 12 hour crown in scott taylor. Jamie whincup has clocked the fastest ever lap on the iconic bathurst race track of mount panorama, with a 2min 4. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. His interest in racing began when he was 7, after his father bought him a gokart. Jamie whincup is the defending v8 supercars champion, having picked up his third crown in four years last season.
Jamie whincup stands among the elite and not just for his incredible ability to clap the national anthem with his feet. He won the bathurst three straight years from 2006 to 2008 and won it again in 2012. The 2016 bathurst winner tried to close down the gap on whincup, but ended up some twoseconds short. He leads defending winner david reynolds, and leading kiwis scott mclaughlin and shane van gisbergen. Jamie whincup closes in on fourth v8 supercars title the. Craig lowndes and jamie whincup win the bathurst 12 hour. Red bull racing regulars shane van gisbergen and jamie whincup. The other driver trying to make use of fresh tyres late in the race, van gisbergen, ended up fifth. Jamie whincups drive for five at bathurst red bull.
Holden supercars driver jamie whincup excited to open loca cafe at hope island today. Jamie whincup 2012 drivers champion motorsport superstore. Despite struggling this v8 supercars season, jamie whincup will start as one of the. Jamie whincup has continued his dominance of the bathurst by taking pole position for sundays 161lap race. Peter brocks brother says jamie whincup would not have been a worthy recipient of the winners trophy named after his famous sibling after a controversial bathurst at mount panorama. As well as whincup being the fastest in the first and third sessions, his partner paul dumbrell was quickest in the co driver only. Driver of suv that ploughed into sydney hijab store rearrested and expected to be charged. An appeal has been sensationally launched by jamie whincups holden team in the wake of will davisons controversial bathurst triumph at mount panorama on sunday. Jamie whincup career quiz questions supercars red bull. Seventime virgin australia supercars champion jamie whincup has confirmed he will return to defend his liquimoly bathurst 12 hour victory in 2018. The seventime supercars champion will head up a proam entry for the february 24. The 2012 supercheap auto bathurst was an australian touring car motor race for v8. Jamie whincup penalty appeal blasted by supercars boss james warburton by mark fogarty updated october 14, 2016 5.
Jamie whincup was king of the mountain at practice on thursday. But the nuptials of v8 king jamie whincup and his longtime partner courtney nicholson were cancelled just a week before the couple were set to wed in a lavish ceremony before dozens of friends and family. Whincup hasnt tasted victory at the mountain since 2012 following a. Jamie whincup has scored provisional pole for the supercheap auto bathurst, ahead of tomorrows top10 shootout. This issue last round about the flexible splitter mount was not really an issue for us. One of the most successful driver pairings in bathurst history is jamie whincup and. Drivers club and v8 supercars australia that saw the bathurst race run twice in. Jamie whincup may quit v8 supercars for nascar daily. He won seven supercars titles, four bathurst victories, and a bathurst 12 hour victory. Why you should be excited about this years bathurst. Jamie whincup cars, motorsport biography jamie whincup. Triple eight duo whincup and dumbrell secure bathurst.
Demon fast in karting, whincup moved to formula ford in 2000 and was crowned australian champion in 2002. Whincups final flying lap was nearly a second faster than davison, who. From champion drivers that logically shouldve won at bathurst. As whincup sees it, being at or near the front sure beats the hell out of the alternative. It was meant to be a fairytale wedding for one of motor racings biggest stars.
The supercars ace talks ferrari, lefthand drive and this weekends mt panorama marathon. Jamie whincup cost red bull racing bathurst victory, says. Hes rarely among the quickest codrivers, but hes easily one of the most. The race was on sunday, 9 october 2011 at the mount panorama circuit just outside bathurst, new south wales, australia and was race 20 of the 2011 international v8 supercars championship. Holden supercars driver jamie whincup excited to open loca. Will davison and jonathan webb were victorious in the bathurst but red bull racing is set to protest the penalty that cost jamie whincup a win. One of the sharpest codrivers in the pack, hell be a huge resource for jones. These will sell superfast, so if you want one, place your order today as they wont last long, if they even make the end of the day. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Jamie whincup slates bathurst penalty procedure as a.
Jamie whincup and paul dumbrell won the race, ahead of david reynolds. Jamie whincup edged closer to sealing his fourth v8 supercars title with the team vodafone ace leaving mark winterbottom in his dust at winton as he racked up his 12th win of the year. Dumbrell is one of the quickest and most reliable codrivers in the field. V8 champion jamie whincup calls off wedding just days. Whincup and co driver paul dumbrell have led all but two of the practice sessions. Instead of playing it safe, expect mclaughlin and his codriver alex. The following graph shows the change in the driverdb rating of jamie whincup and david wall over time since january 1st 20. He is also a threetime bathurst and fourtime clipsal 500 adelaide winner. Jamie whincup held off a fastfinishing david reynolds to win his. Jamie whincup cost red bull racing bathurst victory, says team owner roland dane updated october, 2014 18. Teamvodafones jamie whincup on provisional pole for 2012 bathurst oct 06, 2012 jamie whincup was again the man at the top of the timesheets at the supercheap auto bathurst, this time. Jamie whincup born 6 february 1983 is an australian professional racing driver competing in the virgin australia supercars championship. One of the most successful driver pairings in bathurst history is jamie whincup and craig lowndes. What did it take for craig lowndes, jamie whincup and toni vilander to win the 2017 bathurst 12 hour in their maranello motorsport powered ferrari 488.
Jamie whincup is an australian auto racing driver who competes in the v8 supercar championship series, driving for red bull racing australia. V8 supercars champion jamie whincup has already earned himself a place amongst. His name is etched into the history books with a recordbreaking seven supercars championships under his belt. The 2011 supercheap auto bathurst was an australian touring car motor race for v8 supercars.
And as i said last week, we have done nothing wrong and have now been totally cleared after a thorough stewards inspection. For his defence, he will compete with scott taylor motorsport driving a mercedes amg gt3 in next years race, after winning it with maranello motorsport in 2017 with toni vilander and craig lowndes. Jaguar 56, jeep 33, kia 77, lamborghini 6, land rover 116. V8 king jamie whincup has cancelled his wedding with courtney nicholson just a week before the couple were set to wed. Oh, and we mustnt forget to mention those four bathurst victories that also grace his resume. Lowndes, a seventime bathurst winner and a codriver in the. Whincup and codriver paul dumbrell led for most of the 161 laps after. Its a feeling he knows well, winning the four times, three with old mate craig lowndes 20060708, and in 2012 with the man hell share the wheel of the red bull holden racing team commodore with again this weekend, paul dumbrell. Now, with lowndes retired from fulltime racing, the dream team are back together. The pursuit of greatness jamie whincup lithograph paying tribute to the record breaking sixth v8 supercars championship for jamie whincup personally signed by triple eight race engineering star jamie whincup limited to just 88 units worldwide officially licensed by v8 supercars and triple eight race engineering authenticated by atag accompanied by an individually numbered certificate of.
In that period they won the first three in a row, and never finished outside the top five. Jamie whincup pips fabian coulthard to continue days. It was a huge moment for both of us, and we were starting to get things together at tasman motorsport at the time. Friday belonged to jamie whincup at mount panorama, while. V8 supercar driver jamie whincup his career jamie whincup. And any doubts over his genuine freakish ability were dismissed in 2012. However, now the officials want to change the rules. The 2012 race was the sixteenth running of the australian race, which was first held after the organisational split between the australian racing drivers club and v8 supercars australia that saw the bathurst race run twice in 1997 and 1998, with one race open to v8 supercar entries, and the other open to super touring cars. He is a fourtime v8 supercar champion and fourtime bathurst winner. A broken valve is to blame for the end of jamie whincup and paul dumbrells bid to win the 2017 bathurst, but the team is unsure how the failure happened. Australian supercars driver jamie whincup has slated the procedure around his bathurst penalty as a debacle. Jamie whincup racing career profile driver database. The form man of the last eight years in the v8 supercars championship, reigning champion jamie whincup has amazingly not finished out of the top two in the championship in that period. It wasnt an issue for us, but many of the teams have rallied together to make it.
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