Craig lowndes 2014 co driver

But the good thing about that is that we have recognised that we can be better and are working towards doing that. The victory was set up when lowndes was able to get the jump on. The 2014 international v8 supercars championship was an. Despite winning both sandown and bathurst in 2007, and also the round at hidden valley raceway, craig lowndes at the end of the season was third. Lowndes finally won the race in 2014 driving a ferrari 458 gt3 for maranello. It gives him ample time to try and equal, if not break, brocks remarkable record. Oct 31, 2014 fairytale in new south wales 2014 bathurst. Richards was poached by triple eight race engineering to drive with craig lowndes from 2014 onwards in what had become known as the pirtek. Supercars legend craig lowdnes is daring to dream of breaking peter brocks impossible record of nine bathurst titles. Craig lowndes exwife supported by friends after ugly. With an updated, lighter and stronger vf holden commodore, new, lighter race suits and new co driver in steve richards for craig lowndes we. Craig lowndes hands us the keys to his signature commodore and his red bull racing v8 supercar.

Regarded as one of the best in the great races history spanning decades, the 2014 bathurst was a race that could represent everything. Lowndes confirmed that he will stay on with the team as a brand ambassador and codriver for the teams pirtek enduro cup campaign. Driver craig lowndes 2014 v8 supercars results racing. The 2018 winners were craig lowndes, who joined his 20 co driver luff as a twotime winner, and steven richards driving a holden commodore zb for triple eight race engineering. Richards joined triple eight as lowndes co driver in 2014, the pair claiming two bathurst victories including last octobers great race. The session was the years second aimed at co drivers ahead of the pirtek enduro cup, which starts at bathurst in october. It is difficult, skaife told of the challenge ahead for lowndes, who he teamed with to win the race in 2010. V8 supercars driver warren luff and craig lowndes have escaped injury after a massive crash during practice. Craig lowndes and warren luff collide in huge crash video. Lowndes shared the car with mika salo, john bowe and peter edwards, taking the il bello rosso prepared ferrari f458 italia to a narrow victory by just 0. We are both really excited to have a legend in craig lowndes join the. Craig lowndes led a red bull holden racing team onetwo in a rainhit winton practice session for additional drivers. Lowndes is set to chase more bathurst wins with triple eight, confirming hell race as a codriver in the threeevent pirtek enduro cup. Supercars superstar craig lowndes bowed out of fulltime competition at the end of a 2018 in which he claimed a seventh bathurst victory.

He is the 2018 and 2019 series champion and 2019 bathurst winner. Australia signed richards from ford as a codriver for the 2014 endurance races, to partner craig lowndes. Richards rejoined the series fulltime, this time with his own team, steven richards motorsport. The intended launch date coincides with lowndes stellar debut with the holden racing team as a codriver at the 1994 sandown 500 and bathurst. Team driver craig lowndes officially unveiled the fresh livery, launching the namingrights partnership between autobarn and triple eight race engineering at the automotive retailers allnew store, autobarn logan city. There are now two mustsee calendar events at mount panorama. Yes lowndes will be a co driver for the team in the three endurance races in 2019 and does have an ambassadorial role with.

Bamber added that he and vanthoor were both really excited to have a legend in craig lowndes join the team. Threetime supercars champion craig lowndes will contest next months bathurst 12 hour intercontinental gt challenge opener with. Among all his other achievements, lowndes has claimed nine 500 kilometre v8 supercaratcc endurance titles six sandown 500 victories, two phillip island 500 crowns and one queensland 500 win. Meanwhile, grm are yet to confirm mclaughlins co driver for 2014.

V8 supercar championship ace craig lowndes won the 2014 bathurst 12 hours this weekend after an exciting end to the gt race. Club sandown 500 round 12 of the virgin australia v8 supercars championship 16 september 2018,sandown, victoria, australia. Supercars great craig lowndes says he is comfortable playing second fiddle to holden co driver jamie whincup at this weekends bathurst. The holden racing team commodore of former bathurst winner garth tander and co driver warren luff has been. It was the sixteenth running of the v8 supercars championship and the eighteenth series in which v8 supercars have contested the premier australian touring car title. Craig andrew lowndes oam born 21 june 1974 is an australian racing driver in the supercars championship competing in the holden zb commodore for triple eight race engineering. Click on the site to see craig lowndes s career results at that track glossary. Craig lowndes and steven richards head the 2014 contenders. Lowndes was awarded the barry sheene medal for the second time.

Craig lowndes has set his sights on chasing down peter brocks record nine bathurst wins. Sharing a yna autosports mclaren 650s with shane van gisbergen and mclaren factory driver come ledogar, the 2017 and 2014 bathurst 12 hour champion had the british gt racer well. After that hes likely to become a soughtafter bathurst codriver and intends to step down into a supporting category to keep racing and. This years 12 hour was fraught with all the danger, unpredictability and organised chaos that australias motorsport mecca is renowned for. Craig lowndes set the co driver pace to round out friday practice.

We drive craig lowndes commodores craig lowndes hands us the keys to his signature commodore and his red bull racing v8 supercar. Lowndes is a threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a seventime winner of australias most prestigious motor race, the bathurst and twotime winner of the bathurst 12 hour. Craig andrew lowndes oam born 21 june 1974 is an australian racing driver in the. Not that he was thinking about it before october s great race. Jamie whincup and craig lowndes celebrate their victory on saturday. Speaking to the media, team owner dane praised lowndes for his time with the team though he spoke with regret about not being able to secure a fourth. Garth tander three time winner teams up with one of the most saughtafter codrivers in warren luff, while 2010 series champ james courtney. It was a tough day at the office for craig lowndes and codriver steve richards in this years bathurst on the weekend. Craig lowndes lowndes made the armor all top 10 shootout for the first time since 2014 in what is his last year as a fulltime driver in the virgin australia supercars championship. Van gisbergen had started the 2014 race from pole position, his first at the event. Craig lowndes has completed a fairytale finish for the final time as a fulltime driver at bathurst. Jul 14, 2018 craig lowndes is bidding farewell to the track, but is it by choice. Lowndes is a threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a. Lowndes won the 12hour race with the maranello motorsport ferrari team in 2014 and 2017, while last year he raced a mercedesamg gt3 for the triple eight squad.

Red bull racing driver craig lowndes says he will relish his new co driver role. Aap now solely on co driver duty in 2019s three endurance rounds, threetime series champion lowndes stepped up when. After a second season with the team, which became 00 motorsport in 2002. The seventime and reigning bathurst winner is codriving with jamie. Driving a ferrari 458 gt3 for maranello motorsport alongside craig lowndes, peter edwards, and former formula one driver mika salo, bowe was the winner of the 2014 bathurst 12 hour on 9 february. Richards replaces warren luff alongside craig lowndes, while paul dumbrell is confirmed to return with jamie whincup. One of the nations most popular and recognized sporting heroes, craig lowndes is the most successful driver in australian motor sport. Brown outfought van gisbergens veteran co driver garth tander in the 20lap race to finish behind whincups partner craig lowndes. Jamie whincups qualifying heroics have helped co driver craig lowndes stay on track to move a step closer to idol peter brocks record for bathurst wins. He moved up to the nationwide series in 2007, and later the sprint cup series in 2008.

This page is not run by or affiliated in anyway with gm holden, craig lowndes or his prmanagement team. The team became the factorysupported customer entrant for the new bmw m6. Sep 20, 2018 craig lowndes has more bathurst podiums than any other driver in the history of the event, but his hunger to find success at mount panorama is as strong as ever. I am yet to follow up with cams to see where we have got with improving the system. Craig lowndes joins defending bathurst 12 hour winner for. Craig lowndes will have a new co driver for the 2014 pirtek enduro cup, with red bull electing against retaining warren luff. Lowndes eventually finished second in the 2006 v8 supercar season. Theres an expectation around being able to do what your mainstay job is, which now for craig is part of the media, and then to go and do the co driver role and do it well. The australian touring car championship, presently known as the virgin australia supercars championship, is a motor racing competition open to australias premier touring car category. Five drivers that could replace supercars hero craig lowndes. It means the new zealander joins craig lowndes, jamie whincup, mark skaife, garth tander, marcos ambrose and glenn seton as the only drivers to win 10 or more races in one season.

Marcos ambrose born 1 september 1976 is an australian former racing driver. Craig lowndes had won the 1998 championship ahead of russell ingall and mark skaife, while luminaries such as larry perkins and dick johnson boasted extensive bathurst pedigrees. Theres a buzz in a few of the garages too, as a league of sponsorclad personnel from red bull racing australia prepare to give those who pay their wages and others who have paid for the privilege the ride of their life in a ridgydidge v8 supercar alongside either fivetime champion jamie whincup, bathurst legend craig lowndes or his codriver, steven richards. Jan, 2020 he is the most successful bathurst driver on the grid, so hopefully he can bring us some of that lowndesy magic during the bathurst 12 hours weekend, bamber said. Seventime supercars series champion jamie whincup and co driver craig lowndes have claimed the gold coast 600s opening race. Richards wants lowndes bathurst fight after split supercars. He won the australian v8 supercar series championship in 2003 and 2004 in 2006, ambrose relocated to the united states to pursue racing in nascar, starting with the camping world truck series. Garth tander three time winner teams up with one of the most saughtafter co drivers in warren luff, while 2010 series champ james courtney.

Craig lowndes wins bathurst 12 hours touringcartimes. Seventime bathurst winner lowndes, after extending his contract with red bull holden racing, will race at mount panorama until at least 2021. Lowndes is a threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a seventime winner of australias most prestigious motor race, the bathurst. V8 supercars veteran craig lowndes and rival holden codriver warren luff have escaped injury after a heavy crash during practice for. List of australian touring car and v8 supercar champions. Craig lowndes will be a busy man at bathurst, mixing his return to driving at. Feb, 2014 were back and itching to lay some rubber down in 2014. Craig lowndes racing career profile driver database. Threetime supercars champion craig lowndes will contest next months bathurst 12 hour intercontinental gt challenge opener with twotime le mans. Co driver steven richards craig lowndes 2015 bathurst winner. Jan, 2020 lowndes joins bathurstwinning squad for 20 race. Lowndes quickest in wet codriver session supercars. Overheating issues ended craig lowndes bid to win backtoback bathurst 12 hour gt races on sunday. Craig lowndes looks set to make up for lost time as a supercars co driver when he combines with jamie whincup in the gold coast 600 finale.

Lowndes and luff have driven together in each of the last two. Lowndes is a threetime v8 supercar champion, a fivetime barry sheene medalist, and a seventime winner of australias mo. V8 supercars craig lowndes and warren luff have big crash at. The wettest bathurst in recent memory made it a long day for the teamvortex duo, having to fight their way forward from. Champion v8 supercars driver craig lowndes has announced his retirement as a fulltime professional racer after more than two decades at the top of the sport. He is the most successful bathurst driver on the grid, so hopefully he can bring us. Craig lowndes is on the hunt for another bathurst podium. Holden driver craig lowndes ushered in the new era of supercar. It was a tough day at the office for craig lowndes and co driver steve richards in this years bathurst on the weekend. One of the nations most popular and recognized sporting heroes, craig lowndes is the most successful driver in australian motor sport history. V8 supercars codriver market in full swing speedcafe. After his success in 20, richards was poached by triple eight race engineering to drive with craig lowndes from 2014 onwards in what had become known as the pirtek enduro cup.

Craig lowndes joins defending bathurst 12 hour winners for. The 2014 international v8 supercars championship often simplified to the 2014 v8 supercars championship was an fia sanctioned international motor racing series for v8 supercars. We drive craig lowndes commodores 10 oct 2014 theres a thick, grey blanket of cloud hanging low in the sky and a wind cold enough to freeze a penguin is keeping the temperature in single figures. Lowndes is now a fulltime tv commentator but has signed on as a co driver for whincups triple eight team for the supercars endurance rounds until 2021. Kiwi driver scott mclaughlin wins v8 supercars at winton. Craig lowndes produces a fairytale finish, winning his seventh bathurst in his final year as a fulltime driver but the race ends in heartbreak for last years champion david reynolds. He is also set to join the fox sports broadcast team. Mostert was linked to the lowndes seat early, but tickford racing team co owner rod nash has reaffirmed that mostert is locked into his deal to drive for tickford next year. On 6 july 2018, lowndes announced his intention to step down from fulltime driving at the end of the 2018 season, continuing as a co driver. The man dubbed the next craig lowndes wants to make a name for himself in 2014 with new v8 supercars manufacturer volvo. Delve into the archives and rediscover the biggest stories over the past decade which had us talking, and have gone on to help shape. Craig lowndes first appeared on the australian touring car radar back in 1994 when he debuted for the holden racing team in the sandown 500, stunning everyone a few weeks later by finishing second at bathurst in partnership with brad jones. Bowes name has been lent to the john bowe trophy, awarded to the winner of the formula 3 tasmanian super prix. Scott thomas mclaughlin born 10 june 1993 is a new zealand professional racing driver competing in the virgin australia supercars championship.

Lowndes announced his retirement midyear, and the balance of the season through to the newcastle finale was a celebration of his decorated career. V8 supercars young gun scott mclaughlin will by volvos. Craig lowndes joins defending bathurst 12 hour winner for 20. After attempting to put together an openwheeler deal overseas, lowndes went to hrt for. The move brought richards a fourth bathurst victory in 2015.

Craig lowndes is bidding farewell to the track, but is it by choice. Craig lowndes will team up with factory porsche drivers earl bamber and laurens vanthoor at this years bathurst 12 hour. Pastor maldonado career overview years in numbers the following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Luff said he floored his brake pedal heading into the corner, but the car wouldnt stop. Australias most famous motor race, the bathurst, has contributed to the result of the. With a win at bathurst in 2008, he and whincup became only the third pair of drivers who managed to win it three times in a row. The name of the team was also the name of fred gibsons automotive business in sydney. Lowndes is set to chase more bathurst wins with triple eight, confirming hell race as a co driver in the threeevent pirtek enduro cup.

Steven richards hopes he and craig lowndes cross paths and have an ontrack battle at some stage during the supercheap auto bathurst, after spending five years together. In 2017, chaz mostert and steve owen won the first enduro cup for ford, with one win at the gold coast 600. V8 supercars craig lowndes and warren luff have big crash. Lowndes and luff were co drivers at red bull last year, winning the enduro cup with podium finishes at sandown, bathurst and gold coast.

That makes the mostert move highly unlikely, although its been referenced by other outlets that mosterts contract could see a premature release based on poor results. In 2016, van gisbergen moved to the successful triple eight race engineering team, alongside two of the most successful drivers in series history. Browse through indepth news on craig lowndes along with latest information, updates, biography, expert analysis and opinions. A drivers title has been awarded since 1960 and titles for teams and manufacturers are also currently awarded.