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🇦🇺 Jamie Whincup

Racing driver from Australia. Supercars Championship, Red Bull Ampol Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Jamie Whincup
Born
6 February 1983(b. 1983)
Nationality
Australia
Current team
Red Bull Ampol Racing
Series
Supercars Championship
Status
Active
Career wins
12
Career podiums
45
Career starts
97
Career DNFs
4
Racer Rating
6,251
Jamie Whincup
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,251
Rank 105 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Jamie Whincup is a racing driver from Australia who competes in Supercars Championship for Red Bull Ampol Racing. Whincup has recorded 12 wins and 45 podiums from 97 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,251 ranks Whincup 105th 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)
P1P5P10P20DNFAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSB12-2024AUSAUSAUSAUS
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2025-10-09Repco Bathurst 1000Supercars ChampionshipP6+4
2025-09-12The Bend EnduroSupercars ChampionshipP19−152
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+122Adelaide 500 2019Supercars ChampionshipP2
+109Ipswich SuperSprint 2019Supercars ChampionshipP1
+107Perth SuperNight 2019Supercars ChampionshipP2
+103Melbourne 400 2019Supercars ChampionshipP2
+91Gold Coast 600 2019Supercars ChampionshipP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Melbourne 4004 starts+21
Darwin Triple Crown5 starts+1
Struggles
Tasmania SuperSprint5 starts-12
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2025▸Supercars ChampionshipRed Bull Ampol Racing200010P28−1496,251
2024▸Supercars ChampionshipRed Bull Ampol Racing202000P18+926,401
▸Bathurst 12 HourTriple Eight JMR101000—−107
2023▸Supercars ChampionshipRed Bull Ampol Racing211000P22−1466,416
2022▸Supercars ChampionshipRed Bull Ampol Racing100000P23+76,562
2021▸Supercars ChampionshipRed Bull Ampol Racing31215130P2+5196,555
2020▸Supercars ChampionshipRed Bull Holden Racing Team27414150P2−936,501
2019▸Supercars ChampionshipRed Bull Holden Racing Team31512240P2+4,8616,211
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Whincup finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇦🇺 Jack Le BrocqFIA Gold4,95097831486%
🇦🇺 Cameron Waters5,99996583860%
🇦🇺 Anton De PasqualeFIA Gold5,69796702673%
🇳🇿 Andre HeimgartnerFIA Gold4,99096831386%
🇦🇺 Scott PyeFIA Gold4,97296791782%
🇦🇺 Mark WinterbottomFIA Gold4,69796771980%
🇦🇺 Todd HazelwoodFIA Gold4,63996851189%
🇦🇺 James Courtney4,46896762079%
🇦🇺 Nick Percat4,24096722475%
🇦🇺 Fabian CoulthardFIA Silver4,21396722475%
🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlinFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,60458154326%
🇦🇺 Broc FeeneyFIA Gold, 1× champion6,59721150%
🇺🇸 Matt CampbellFIA Platinum, 3× champion6,270220100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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Jamie Whincup is an established professional racing in the Supercars Championship, a national single-class series that fields a mix of amateur and professional drivers. He drives the No. 88 Holden ZB Commodore for Red Bull Ampol Racing and holds an FIA Platinum grade, the highest professional classification in endurance and sportscar racing. His Racer Rating of 6,252 places him among active drivers at the established professional level, the band describing drivers with sustained records against quality opposition at the national or international level.[1]

Whincup has raced in the indexed database from 2019 to 2025, a span of seven seasons with 97 starts. He has taken 12 wins and 45 podiums across the Supercars Championship and the Bathurst 12 Hour, where he raced a GT3 car in the multiclass endurance format in 2024. His record in the Supercars Championship proper spans 96 starts with 12 wins and 44 podiums for Red Bull Ampol Racing. The 2025 season is currently in progress; through two rounds he sits 28th in the championship standings.[2]

Whincup's regular rivals in the Supercars field include the Gold-graded professional Jack Le Brocq, whom he usually finishes ahead of, and the established professional Cameron Waters, with whom he is closely matched. His career includes repeated victories over Scott McLaughlin, an elite professional and two-time Supercars champion who has also raced in IndyCar and IMSA, and a commanding record against Brodie Kostecki, the 2023 Supercars champion.

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