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πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί James Courtney

Racing driver from Australia. Supercars Championship, Snowy River Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
James Courtney
Born
29 June 1980(b. 1980)
Nationality
Australia
Current team
Snowy River Racing
Series
Supercars Championship
Status
Active
Career wins
1
Career podiums
9
Career starts
210
Career DNFs
16
Racer Rating
4,468
James Courtney
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,468
Rank 2038 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

James Courtney is a racing driver from Australia who competes in Supercars Championship for Snowy River Racing. Courtney has recorded 1 win and 9 podiums from 210 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,468 ranks Courtney 2038th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2025 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUS
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2025-11-27VALO Adelaide 500Supercars ChampionshipP12+53
2025-11-27VALO Adelaide 500Supercars ChampionshipP9+86
2025-11-27VALO Adelaide 500Supercars ChampionshipP14+17
2025-11-14Penrite Oil Sandown 500Supercars ChampionshipP13+43
2025-11-14Penrite Oil Sandown 500Supercars ChampionshipP7+117
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+169Perth Super 440 2025Supercars ChampionshipP3
+162Macau 2003Formula 3 MacauP1
+143Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint 2023Supercars ChampionshipP3
+135Betr Darwin Triple Crown 2025Supercars ChampionshipP5
+135Bathurst 1000 2019Supercars ChampionshipP3
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
VALO Adelaide 5009 starts+40
OTR Supersprint6 starts+35
Penrite Oil Sandown 5004 starts+24
Darwin Triple Crown5 starts+22
Struggles
Beaurepaires Melbourne 4004 starts-39
Betr Darwin Triple Crown8 starts-20
NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint8 starts-14
F1 Australian Grand Prix4 starts-13
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2025β–ΈSupercars ChampionshipSnowy River Racing3301400P16+3304,468
2024β–ΈSupercars ChampionshipSnowy River Racing2400000P23βˆ’6214,138
2023β–ΈSupercars ChampionshipTickford Racing2801400P15βˆ’174,758
2022β–ΈSupercars ChampionshipOpposite Lock Racing3403300P10+294,776
2021β–ΈSupercars ChampionshipBoost Mobile Racing3101300P11βˆ’3704,746
2020β–ΈSupercars ChampionshipBoost Mobile Racing2701200P10+465,280
2019β–ΈSupercars ChampionshipMobil 1 Racing3101000P15+3254,868
2003β–ΈFormula 3 MacauTOM''S Team111000β€”+1624,746
2002β–ΈFormula 3 MacauCarlin Motorsport100000β€”+3,2344,584
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Courtney finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Cameron Waters5,9992083817018%
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Anton De PasqualeFIA Gold5,6972087313535%
πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ Andre HeimgartnerFIA Gold4,9902089910948%
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Nick Percat4,2402088911943%
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Macauley Jones3,9862081505872%
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Chaz MostertFIA Platinum5,5202074616122%
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Jack Le BrocqFIA Gold4,9502071268161%
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί David ReynoldsFIA Gold4,4252028611643%
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Will DavisonFIA Gold4,4161846212234%
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Bryce FullwoodFIA Silver4,5471811027956%
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Lewis HamiltonFIA Platinum, 9Γ— champion8,638110100%
πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ Scott McLaughlinFIA Platinum, 2Γ— champion6,604585539%
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Broc FeeneyFIA Gold, 1Γ— champion6,5971202010017%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
2,028πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Roman de BeerGP3 Series4,471
2,029πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Bob ScottFormula 14,470
2,030πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jacob EidsonLamborghini Super Trofeo NA4,470
2,031πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Bart HylkemaFIA Formula 3 European4,469
2,032πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Charlie LuckGT World Challenge America4,469
2,033πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Christian RiedWEC4,469
2,034πŸ‡«πŸ‡· Edouard CauhaupeEuropean Le Mans Series4,469
2,035πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Andrew KirkaldyFIA GT Championship4,468
2,036πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ Antonin BorgaGT World Challenge Europe4,468
2,037πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ Felix HirsigerGT Winter Series4,468
2,038πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί James CourtneySupercars Championship4,468
2,039πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Jeroen MulLamborghini Super Trofeo NA4,468
2,040πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Mark ShulzhitskiyNΓΌrburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,468
2,041πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ Natacha GachnangWEC4,468
2,042πŸ‡·πŸ‡Έ DuΕ‘an BorkovicTCR World Tour4,467
2,043πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ύ Eitel CantoniFormula 14,467
2,044πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ Peter WyssNΓΌrburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,467
2,045πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Bill BrackFormula 14,466
2,046πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Cale GaleNASCAR Truck4,466
2,047πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Tony GazeFormula 14,466
2,048πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tyler MaxsonPorsche Carrera Cup NA4,465
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James Courtney is a professional driver competing in the Supercars Championship, where he has spent nine seasons racing at the national level across all series on record. His Racer Rating of 4,585 places him among professional competitors; drivers at this level typically lead national championship fields and beat semi-professionals consistently, though they do not regularly win at the very top. Courtney has scored a single win across his record, achieved in Formula 3 Macau in 2002, and has accumulated nine podium finishes over 210 starts, with eight of those podiums coming in Supercars between 2019 and 2025. His average finishing position of 12th place reflects a career spent in mid-field competitiveness rather than contention.[1]

Courtney's record in Supercars shows him racing consistently among a field of established professionals, though not as a regular race winner. Against his most frequent rivals he presents a mixed head-to-head: he has outfinished semi-professional Nick Percat slightly across 186 shared races, runs even with Gold-graded Andre Heimgartner, but finishes behind stronger drivers substantially more often than he finishes ahead of them. Cameron Waters (6,177) and Chaz Mostert (5,682, FIA Platinum) both finish ahead of him in roughly four of every five meetings. Courtney has occasionally beaten champions and front-line professionals in isolated races; he finished ahead of Broc Feeney, an FIA Gold driver and 2023 champion, seventeen times across their shared races, though Feeney rated considerably higher overall. More notably, he has once finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica in racing encounters, though these represent single results against elite drivers rather than sustained competitive patterns.[2]

Courtney remained active in the Supercars Championship through 2025, finishing 16th in the standings with one podium across 33 rounds for Snowy River Racing. His career has shifted toward part-time competition; recent headlines note his transition away from full-time racing and involvement in endurance and sportscar competition alongside his continued Supercars appearances.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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