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Jamie Whincup (born 6 February 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian auto racing driver who competes in the V8 Supercar Championship Series, driving for Red Bull Racing Australia. He is a six-time V8 Supercar champion and four-time Bathurst 1000 winner. Whincup lives on the Gold Coast. He is a sports enthusiast and when not racing enjoys playing cricket, football, tennis and watersports.〔(Jamie Whincup Unmasked )〕 ==Early career== Whincup's interest in motor racing commenced at the age of 7 when his father purchased him a go-kart.〔(On the Fast Track to A Dream Career )〕 From 1991 through to 1997, he won numerous Rookie and Junior titles at a state level.〔(Sixty Minutes "Young Guns" )〕 He was crowned KartOz Magazine's Karter of the Year and won the FMK Senior Intercontinental A Karting Series in 1998 and the Formula A Series in 1999 before progressing to Formula Ford in 2000, though he claims he had no ambition of turning racing into a career.〔 In 2001 Whincup embarked on the Australian Formula Ford Championship with a team run by his father and Uncle Graeme (a former Sports Sedan star) with mechanical support from fellow V8 Supercar driver Greg Ritter, racing with the Mygale Formula Ford team.〔(MyGale Formula Ford Racing History )〕 After finishing third in his debut year, he moved to Sonic Motorsport for the 2002 season and went on to win the championship convincingly, which secured him his first ever V8 Supercar drive with Garry Rogers Motorsport.〔(Jamie Whincup V8supercars Profile )〕 Whincup landed himself a full-time drive in 2005 with the Melbourne-based Tasman Motorsport. He 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 team-mate Jason Richards after leading late in the race. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jamie Whincup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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