55 Facts About Jamie Whincup

Jamie David Whincup was born on 6 February 1983 and is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship.

Jamie Whincup currently is team principal for Triple Eight Race Engineering.

Jamie Whincup has driven the No 88 Holden ZB Commodore, won a record seven Supercars championship titles, four Bathurst 1000 victories, and a Bathurst 12 Hour victory.

Jamie Whincup is the first driver to win the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy twice at Pukekohe Park Raceway in Auckland, New Zealand.

Jamie Whincup was born in Melbourne, Australia to Sandra and David Jamie Whincup.

In 2001 Jamie Whincup embarked on the Australian Formula Ford Championship with a team run by his father and Uncle Graeme with mechanical support from fellow V8 Supercar driver Greg Ritter, racing with the Mygale Formula Ford team.

Jamie Whincup made his Supercars debut in 2002 as an endurance co-driver for Garry Rogers Motorsport.

Jamie Whincup made his Bathurst 1000 debut at the next round, driving with Mark Noske.

Jamie Whincup continued with Garry Rogers Motorsport in 2003 and completed his first full time V8 Supercars season.

For 2004, Jamie Whincup was not able to secure a full time drive.

Jamie Whincup landed himself a full-time drive in 2005 with the Melbourne-based Tasman Motorsport.

Jamie Whincup had many solid results throughout the season, including a fourth at the one-off Chinese round at the Shanghai International Circuit, a third at the Sandown 500 and most notably, second at the Bathurst 1000 endurance events with teammate Jason Richards after leading late in the race.

In 2006, Jamie Whincup jumped from Holden to Ford and joined Triple Eight Race Engineering alongside Craig Lowndes.

Jamie Whincup had a stellar first season, taking victory in the two biggest races of the season, the Clipsal 500 and Supercheap Auto 1000, the latter as co-driver to Craig Lowndes.

In 2007, Jamie Whincup returned with the same team which was re-branded TeamVodafone and celebrated several victories included a second Bathurst 1000 title alongside teammate Craig Lowndes and new engineer Mark Dutton.

Jamie Whincup finished second in the driver's title by a mere two points to Garth Tander from the HSV Dealer Team.

Jamie Whincup began a mentoring role as part of TeamVodafone's Junior Development Program, and as a co-ambassador for Formula Ford Australia alongside Will Davison.

Jamie Whincup celebrated both his 50th V8 Supercar Championship start and his inaugural pole position at Triple Eight Race Engineering's test track, Queensland Raceway.

Jamie Whincup moved into the championship lead after a successful defence his and Lowndes' Bathurst 1000 crown, coming just weeks after teaming with Lowndes to win the last Sandown 500 until 2012.

Jamie Whincup then had a disappointing weekend at Desert 400 at the Bahrain International Circuit, where poor qualifying pace for Triple Eight was compounded by a run of all three races marred by minor accidents, and he took away zero points.

Jamie Whincup failed to keep his slender margin at Phillip Island; after Garth Tander won the first two races Jamie Whincup faced a seven-point deficit.

At the 2007 V8 Supercar Gala Awards Dinner at the completion of the 2007 season, Jamie Whincup was awarded the Barry Sheene Medal, deemed to be the "Best and Fairest" award for V8 Supercars.

Jamie Whincup won the 2008 Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, and won a further six rounds after that including the Bathurst 1000 for a third year running.

Jamie Whincup clinched his first Championship after winning the first race in the final round at Oran Park Raceway, and was awarded the Barry Sheene Medal for the second year running at the V8 Gala Awards.

In 2009, Jamie Whincup successfully defended his title in a brand new Ford FG Falcon, including wins at Adelaide, Hamilton, Tasmania, Darwin, Townsville, Oueensland, Phillip Island and Barbagallo.

Jamie Whincup won the first four races of the season and Hamilton but a run of bad luck at Queensland raceway and Winton saw him relinquish the championship lead for the first time in two years, and sat second in the points table, just ahead of teammate Craig Lowndes in third.

Jamie Whincup became close to becoming a 3-time champion, the next triple champion in a row after Mark Skaife from 2000 to 2002 and the second man to win the driver's championship in both a Ford and a Holden after Norm Beechey, but due to a multi car crash in the 25th race of the season at the Sydney Telstra 500 in wet weather his car was badly damaged and couldn't continue.

In 2011, Jamie Whincup regained the championship from James Courtney becoming the first International V8 Supercars Champion.

Jamie Whincup won races in Abu Dhabi, Adelaide, Perth, Winton, Townsville, Gold Coast, Tasmania and Sandown.

The title that went down to the final race in Sydney where Jamie Whincup beat teammate Craig Lowndes by 35 points.

The 2012 season saw Jamie Whincup join Bob Jane, Allan Moffat and Jim Richards as a four-time series champion.

Jamie Whincup would stay with Triple Eight Race Engineering and Holden, but with a new look - Red Bull replaced Vodafone as major sponsor, with the team to be known as Red Bull Racing Australia.

Jamie Whincup won 11 out of the 34 races, winning at New Zealand, Barbagallo, Hidden Valley, Ipswich, Sandown, Phillip Island and Homebush.

Jamie Whincup was victorious in the series' first outing to the US at the Circuit of the Americas, taking victory on three of four occasions.

Jamie Whincup did win the Enduro Cup with Dumbrell as the most successful driver combination across the endurance events.

Jamie Whincup was still behind Lowndes when the crucial Safety Car period arrived in Lap 138, and decided to stay out for an extra lap rather than stack behind Lowndes in pit-lane despite being asked to pit by the Red Bull team.

Jamie Whincup misread a call which ultimately saw him illegally pass the Safety Car going up Mountain Straight as the critical final pitstops were unfolding.

Jamie Whincup finished fifth in the championship 599-points adrift to long-time rival Winterbottom after a difficult season.

At the Bathurst 1000, Jamie Whincup would fail to win despite being the first to cross the finish line, due to a time penalty following a collision with Scott McLaughlin and Garth Tander.

Jamie Whincup however proved, despite a lack of poles and wins by his standards, that consistency was key to his eventual championship win which he recorded in the final race in Newcastle after McLaughlin had received 3 penalties relegating him behind the 11th position he needed to win the championship.

In 2018, Jamie Whincup was one of 14 drivers in the field driving the Holden ZB Commodore.

At the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Jamie Whincup start on 2nd and finished 2nd in race 3.

Jamie Whincup takes the polesitter and claimed in race 4 opened his victory.

Jamie Whincup marked the 10th running of the Townsville Street Circuit by taking his 10th race win in commanding fashion.

Jamie Whincup took the lead from McLaughlin on lap two and controlled proceedings for the balance of the 70 laps, leading by more than 10 seconds for the bulk of it.

At Tailem Bend during the event, Jamie Whincup won the race 23 of The Bend Motorsport Park ahead of van Gisbergen, with David Reynolds third.

Jamie Whincup take his first win at the Ipswich SuperSprint drought by taking the win in an action-packed opening race at Queensland Raceway after the toughest weekends he's had with Triple Eight.

On Race 24 at Pukekohe, Jamie Whincup was incorrectly picked up by the Safety Car despite being further back in the field due to having already taken his first compulsory pit stop, which prompted him to pass it without permission.

Jamie Whincup took the chequered flag in 16th position and having dropped back to 20th immediately after serving his punishment.

In November 2019, Jamie Whincup inherited the lead and won the race with Craig Lowndes, a repeat of their 2007 win together and their fifth and sixth wins of the race respectively, as Scott McLaughlin wrapped up successive championships.

Jamie Whincup won five races and finished in third position in the championship standings.

At the final round of the Bathurst 1000, Jamie Whincup battling with Brodie Kostecki and Chaz Mostert when he ran wide at The Cutting and hit the wall on Lap 33.

On 5 February 2017, Jamie Whincup drove in and won his first ever GT race when he teamed with Lowndes and Finnish driver Toni Vilander to win the 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour driving a Ferrari 488 GT3 for Maranello Motorsport.

In 2016, Jamie Whincup opened Loca Cafe, a cafe and car wash business, in Hope Island, Queensland.

Jamie Whincup appeared on season 1 of the reality television program Australia's Greatest Athlete in 2009.