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Fabian Coulthard

Fabian Coulthard

New Zealand racing driver

Fabian "Fabs" Coulthard (born 28 July 1982) is a British-born New Zealand professional race car driver, currently competing in the Repco Supercars Championship, who will drive as an endurance co-driver for Nick Percat[1] with Walkinshaw Andretti United. Fabian is a second cousin of former Formula One driver David Coulthard.[2]

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Early career

Coulthard was born in Burnley, England[3] but raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He started his career in karts before moving into Formula Ford. He competed in the Formula Ford support races at the 2002 Australian Grand Prix, winning the Alan Jones Trophy with two wins and a second place in the three races.[4] Coulthard also won the 2001/2002 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship.[5] In the United Kingdom, Coulthard competed in British Formula Renault, where he was teammates with future Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton. With his budget exhausted, Coulthard returned to Australia to race in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship, finishing third and best rookie in 2004 and winning the title in 2005.

Supercars Championship

In 2006 Coulthard signed to drive with Paul Morris Motorsport, he shared a car with Alan Gurr and Steve Ellery. Coulthard returned to drive the older model VZ Commodore for the same team in 2007, before stepping out after Bathurst to concentrate on his 2008 plans.

Paul Cruickshank Racing

Coulthard at the 2009 Sydney Telstra 500

Coulthard enjoyed a breakout season in 2008 driving for Paul Cruickshank Racing. Driving a Ford Falcon (BF), Coulthard finished in the top ten on six separate occasions, including fifth place on home soil in Hamilton, New Zealand and finishing the season in a respectable 13th in the championship.

In 2009 he returned with PCR, driving a brand new Ford Falcon (FG) having another consistent year behind the wheel of the Falcon. At Symmons Plains Raceway Coulthard broke through for his first podium result in V8 Supercars, finishing third at the 2009 Falken Tasmania Challenge and finished the season in another consistent 16th in the championship.

Walkinshaw Racing

Coulthard's Holden Commodore (VE) at the 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

In 2010 he joined Walkinshaw Racing, the same operation as the famous Holden Racing Team.[6] On the first lap of the 2010 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, his left-rear tyre blew after earlier contact, spun at 280 km/h through The Chase and rolled six times in the sand-trap before coming to a stop. Coulthard has failed to replicate his 2008/2009 speed with only three respectable results being a seventh in race 5 of the championship, at the 2010 Clipsal 500 an eighth at 2010 Falken Tasmania Challenge and another 5th at the Sydney Telstra 500.

In 2011, Coulthard continued racing with Walkinshaw Racing, driving the No. 61 Bundaberg Racing Team VE Commodore.

Fabian Coulthard 2010 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 rollover sequence

Brad Jones Racing

Coulthard at the 2012 Ipswich 300
Coulthard at the 2014 V8 Supercars Test Day
Coulthard's Holden Commodore (VF) at the 2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

In 2012, he left Walkinshaw Racing and moved to Brad Jones Racing.[7] Coulthard won his first V8 Supercars race at the Symmons Plains event in 2013, he went on to win a further two races and scored nine podium finishes that year. He finished the year in sixth Place. 2014 was not quite as successful for Coulthard, with only one race win and five podiums on the way to 8th in the Championship. In 2015, Coulthard opened the year strong, with a podium in the first race at the Clipsal 500 and a win in the second. He went on to score another seven podiums in the year, placing seventh in the championship.

DJR Team Penske

Coulthard left Brad Jones Racing at the end of the 2015 season to sign with DJR Team Penske, returning to a two-car squad after running only a single car in 2015.[8] He went on to place 12th in the championship. In 2017 he won 4 races en route to a career best 3rd in the championship[9]

Career results


Career summary

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Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Supercars Championship results

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Complete Porsche Supercup results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    WAU confirms Holdsworth and Coulthard for 2023 Supercars enduros Speedcafe.com 15 February 2023
  2. [2]
    "Coulthard Mk II makes his mark". BBC Sport. 7 January 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  3. [3]
    Fabian's Website Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2010
  4. [4]
    Fabian Coulthard takes the honours at the AGP, www.formulaford.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  5. [5]
    Formula Ford, www.motorsport.org.nz Retrieved 26 March 2017
  6. [6]
    Coulthard confirmed at Walkinshaw Racing
  7. [7]
    Weeks, James (16 November 2011). "Coulthard switches to BJR for 2012 V8 campaign". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  8. [8]
    "Fabian Coulthard signs with DJR Team Penske in expanded two-car lineup for 2016 V8 Supercars season". Fox Sports Australia. 13 October 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Coates Hire Leaderboard". Supercars. 4 December 2016.
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