Craig Lowndes
Craig Andrew Lowndes OAM (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing driver in the Supercars Championship competing in the Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. Lowndes is a three-time V8 Supercar champion, a five-time Barry Sheene Medalist, and a seven-time winner of Australia's most prestigious motor race, the Bathurst 1000 and two-time winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour.
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 Craig Lowndes in 2015 | |
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| Born | 21 June 1974 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Supercars Record | |
| Car number | 888 |
| Current team | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Endurance Race Co-Driver) |
| Series championships | 3 (1996, 1998, 1999) |
| Races | 672 |
| Race wins | 109 |
| Podium finishes | 166 |
| Pole positions | 42 |
| 2019 Championship position | 25th (828 pts) |
On 6 July 2018, Lowndes announced his intention to step down from full-time driving at the end of the 2018 season, continuing as a co-driver.[1]
Among all his other achievements, Lowndes has claimed nine 500 kilometre V8 Supercar/ATCC endurance titles (six Sandown 500 victories, two Phillip Island 500 crowns and one Queensland 500 win). He is also the first driver in ATCC/V8SC history to win 100 races and holds the record for the most Bathurst 1000 podiums with 14.
On 11 June 2012, Lowndes received the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his success in motorsport and contribution to the broader Australian community, "particularly through road safety education programs and charitable organisations."[2]
In 2018 Lowndes was also recognised in the prestigious Australian Institute of Sport Performance Awards, as the ABC Sports Personality of the Year. [3] On 16 March 2019, Lowndes was inducted into the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame.
Racing career
Lowndes began his racing career at age nine, driving go-karts at a track in the town of Whittlesea.
Early career
He moved up to race cars in 1991, driving a Van Diemen in the Motorcraft Formula Ford "Driver to Europe" Series. Despite the car being several years old and receiving minimal sponsorship, Lowndes shot to almost immediate success. Lowndes won the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1993 which qualified him for the Formula Ford Festival in England that same year, where he finished third. Lowndes moved up to Australia's top rank of open wheel racing being Formula Brabham in 1994. His success in Formula Brabham driving an ageing Cheetah Mk9 against much more modern cars was rewarded with the Australian Silver Star.
Holden Racing Team
By this time Lowndes had been added to the Holden Racing Teams testing crew. He looked sufficiently promising in testing that Lowndes was drafted into the No. 015 Commodore with Brad Jones for the 1994 Sandown 500. It was expected to be a one-off performance as Rickard Rydell from the BTCC Volvo sister team within TWR was to join the team for Bathurst. Rydell was forced to stay home for family reasons and after his impressive debut at Sandown, HRT team manager Jeff Grech had no hesitation in giving Rydell's seat to the young Lowndes.
After a gruelling double-stint by Jones, Lowndes began the final stint of the race as the premier challenger to the DJR Falcon of John Bowe which had dominated the race. With eleven laps to go Lowndes stunned the touring car establishment overtaking Bowe on the outside of Griffins Bend in a move that made him a household name. Bowe retook a lap later and Lowndes was forced to back off in the closing laps but second was an impressive achievement for a rookie driver. Lowndes won fans in pit lane when he later admitted that his passing move on Bowe was simply a case of missing his brake marker.
A year later Lowndes qualified on pole for the Bathurst 1000, only for his Holden Racing Team Commodore to DNF early on in the race when both HRT cars experienced oil pressure problems and engine failure during the race. HRT had seen enough however, and for the 1996 season he replaced Tomas Mezera full-time in the team. At his first attempt, Lowndes won the championship and also won both the Sandown and Bathurst races with teammate Greg Murphy. His Bathurst 1000 victory made him the youngest winner of the race at the time and with Murphy, the youngest ever driver pairing to win the Bathurst 1000.
Formula 3000
Lowndes left Australia and went to Europe to further his open wheeler racing career, by competing with the RSM Marko Team in the 1997 International Formula 3000 Championship[4] as teammate to Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya. He was comprehensively beaten by his teammate which resulted in him failing to find a budget to compete a second year.
Australian return
On his return to Australia, Lowndes again won the 1997 Sandown 500 for HRT, partnered by New Zealander Greg Murphy. Together with back to back race wins at Sandown in the enduros. He resumed his racing seat with the Holden Racing Team, alongside new teammate Mark Skaife, shuffling Greg Murphy into a test-driving role. Lowndes again proved difficult to catch and went on to win the 1998 Championship, although the premature debut of the VT series Commodore would cruel his Bathurst campaign.
In the first full year of campaigning the VT Commodore, Lowndes had already amassed a large lead by the time the series arrived for Round 8 at Calder Park Raceway. Following a win in the first sprint race, a poor start by Lowndes saw him bogged down in the field and subsequently tapped by another car which resulted in a spectacular roll over, momentarily sending the car airborne, into an embankment. The car (which was only 4 races old) was declared a write-off and Lowndes was fortunate to only suffer a knee injury. Despite missing the following round at Symmons Plains Raceway due to the injury, Lowndes still went on to clinch the Championship at the Bathurst Classic finishing second in the final round of the season.
Despite Lowndes being favourite to win a 4th title in 2000, he struggled with reliability and consistency throughout the season and finished 3rd in the championship, behind teammate Mark Skaife and Garth Tander, with three round wins including the Queensland 500.
Ford
Dissatisfaction within HRT triggered Lowndes move to a new team, causing a stir among race fans when he jumped ship from Holden to arch-rival manufacturer Ford, signing with a team headed up by former driver Fred Gibson. This partnership lasted for two years in which time Lowndes finished 7th and 11th in the championship. The relationship proved unsuccessful due to reliability issues with the Ford Falcon race car. Despite the setbacks, Lowndes garnered an admiration from fans for his positive attitude and demeanour. Gibson Motor Sport was renamed to 00 Motorsport (pronounced "double-o", being Lowndes' racing number) after a change of management. Lowndes's black and silver Falcon was affectionately referred to as the "green-eyed monster" for the bright green covers over the headlights.
Ford Performance Racing
Lowndes signed with the factory-sponsored Ford Performance Racing team for the 2003 season. The season saw Lowndes improve from the previous 2 seasons and managed a 5th place in the championship including his first round win since the Queensland 500 in 2000 and the first with Ford. The season proved inconsistent and reliability issues started setting in throughout the season causing Lowndes to miss out on a chance for the title. 2004 would be Lowndes worst championship year, reliability became a big issue in the FPR garage throughout the season. Lowndes finished a lowly 20th in the championship, causing him to leave the team at the end of 2004.
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Lowndes joined Triple Eight Race Engineering in 2005 and enjoyed his most successful season since switching to Ford. He had the most round victories and the most pole positions of any driver in the championship, and finished second in the final standings behind champion Russell Ingall. He suffered a luckless run at the Bathurst 1000 that year, where, despite qualifying on the pole, he spent much time in the pits after two separate incidents which severely damaged his Falcon including a wheel that smashed into his windscreen.
At the V8 Gala Awards, Lowndes was awarded the Barry Sheene Medal, an award akin to Most Valuable Player which is voted on by a team of panellists from the Australian media, motorsport magazines, television commentators and former drivers. This award was first introduced in 2003, in honour of the late Barry Sheene. Marcos Ambrose won it in 2003 and 2004, winning the championship in both years. Hence this made Lowndes the first non-championship winner to take out the award.
2006–8
Lowndes was a contender for the championship right up until the last race, being level on points with Rick Kelly. The two fought one of the closest non-staged finishes in Bathurst 1000 history on 8 October 2006, with Lowndes winning over Kelly by just half a second. It was his first Bathurst win since 1996 and Ford's first since 1998. The win was a very emotional one for Lowndes, being the first Bathurst 1000 held since the death of his long-time mentor Peter Brock at a road rally the month before. As winners of the Bathurst 1000, the inaugural Peter Brock Trophy was presented to Lowndes and his teammate, Jamie Whincup.
Lowndes eventually finished second in the 2006 V8 Supercar season. After complaining of having been "unfairly" held up for up to six seconds a lap by Rick Kelly's teammates over the first two races, Lowndes was level on championship points with Kelly after race 2 (of 3) in the final round. In the deciding race Kelly crashed into Lowndes heading into the hairpin resulting in a lengthy pitstop to repair Lowndes' vehicle. Kelly received a drive-through penalty and went on to finish the race in 18th position and seal the championship victory, while Lowndes finished the race 31st.
Lowndes and Triple Eight Racing lodged a protest and a hearing was set up. The protest was dismissed after a long hearing and Rick Kelly was confirmed as the 2006 champion. Lowndes and Triple Eight Racing decided not to appeal that decision and proclaim themselves the "Moral Champions" for the 2006 season. Lowndes won the Barry Sheene Medal for the second year in a row.
Lowndes had three victories in 2007, the sixth round at Hidden Valley Raceway, and both the endurance races: the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000. He finished third place in the championship, while his teammate, Jamie Whincup, finished second. In 2008, Lowndes and Whincup won the Bathurst 1000 for a third time in a row, becoming only the third pairing in the history of the Bathurst 1000 to achieve it, after Peter Brock and Jim Richards (1978–80) and Peter Brock and Larry Perkins (1982–84).
2009
In 2009, Lowndes started the year with a brand new Ford FG Falcon. Despite winning races in Winton, the Gold Coast and Barbagallo, he was unable to match his teammate and finished the year 4th in the standings. Being once again paired up with Whincup in the enduros but suffered the heartbreak of losing the race lead on the final lap of the L&H Phillip Island 500 due to a delaminating tyre. Heading to Bathurst on the verge of making history, they failed in their bid to win a fourth consecutive Bathurst title, due to a drive-thru penalty, a clutch problem and bad luck.
2010
In 2010, Team Vodafone switched to Holden Commodores as Ford cut sponsorship. Lowndes placed fourth in the championship with podiums in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Queensland Raceway and Winton following a very solid season. Partnering five-time champion Mark Skaife, Lowndes won the Bathurst 1000 for the fifth time, as well as the Phillip Island 500. His first solo victory for the season came during the Falken Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains.
2011-12
2011 proved to be Lowndes' most competitive year in recent times, narrowly finishing second in the championship to teammate Whincup following a Sydney showdown. The year was filled with highlights, including five pole positions, a clean sweep of the Queensland Raceway round, another Phillip Island 500 crown with Mark Skaife and a stellar drive to second at Bathurst. Lowndes then capped the year off in style, winning the Sydney 500 and taking out the coveted Barry Sheene Medal for the third time at the end of season Gala awards. He backed up his strong championship campaign in 2011 by again finishing second to Whincup the following season. 2012 saw Lowndes net 7 race victories in the championship, including his fifth Sandown 500 title with teammate Warren Luff.[5]
2013
In the 2013 season opener in Adelaide, Lowndes won by a record margin of over 20.5 seconds in Race 1, while coming in third in Race 2. Lowndes' race 1 victory marked the first win under V8 Supercar's new "Car of the Future" regulations, as well as the 90th of his career, equalling all-time rival Mark Skaife. Along with his Triple Eight Racing teammate Jamie Whincup, Lowndes had continued to dominate in the 2013 season, scoring race wins at Adelaide, Barbagallo Raceway, Hidden Valley Raceway, and also winning Race 1 at Gold Coast with co-driver Warren Luff. He ended the season in 2nd for the third consecutive year — each behind Jamie Whincup.
2015
In 2015, Lowndes became the first driver to reach 100 race wins in the V8 Supercar championship. He capped off a brilliant campaign by placing second in the championship and winning his sixth Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with Steven Richards. In doing so, he equalled all-time greats Mark Skaife and Larry Perkins in terms of number of victories at Mount Panorama, and now stands alone with a record 13th podium at the event. He also scored his 5th Barry Sheene Medal and won the Most Popular Driver award for the third year in succession (since its inception in 2013). [6]
2016
In 2016, Shane van Gisbergen joined Triple Eight Race Engineering, with Lowndes moving to a third Triple Eight entry sponsored by Caltex and engineered by long-time technical director Ludo Lacroix.[7] Lowndes won his first race of the year at the Perth SuperSprint, where he charged through the field after taking on a two-stop strategy.[8] At the Sydney SuperSprint, Lowndes became the first driver to enter 600 championship races, and after leading the first half of the race, finished second to Whincup, who in the process became the second driver after Lowndes to win 100 races.[9]
2017
2017 saw the continuation of Team Vortex running alongside the newly named Red Bull Holden Racing Team. Despite race wins from both reigning champion Van Gisbergen and crowned champion Whincup, Lowndes for the first time in his career suffered a winless season and also was unable to record a podium finish. Despite the tough season and disappointing outcome of 10th in the championship (his lowest since 2004 and lowest ever with Triple Eight), Lowndes denied retirement and announced his intention to continue racing in 2018.
2018
In January, Lowndes peeled back the covers of the Autobarn Lowndes Racing Holden ZB Commodore in which he would compete in 2018, and also confirmed he would once again be partnered by Steven Richards in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.[10] At Tasmania, Lowndes took his first victory in nearly two years, recording the 106th win of his career in the second leg of the 2018 Tasmania SuperSprint. On 5 July, during the press conference at the Townsville 400, Lowndes announced that he will retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2018 championship.[11] He will remain with Triple Eight Race Engineering as an endurance driver.[12] Following up with a written farewell on Twitter. Lowndes finished fourth in both race 17 and race 18. He finished 3rd at Ipswich SuperSprint and 4th at the Sydney SuperNight 300.
On 7 October 2018, Lowndes won his 7th Bathurst 1000 in a record time of 6 hours 1 minute with co-driver Steven Richards. The win equals Steven's father Jim Richards' total of 7 wins.[13] Lowndes and Richards won the Pirtek Enduro Cup award after a strong showing throughout the campaign, including podiums at Sandown and the Gold Coast alongside his Bathurst win. Lowndes is the second driver to win the cup more than once.[14]
He finished his full-time career with an 11th place in the final race of the season in Newcastle.
Off-road racing
In 2010, Lowndes ventured off-road to compete in the Australasian Safari with a Holden Colorado at his disposal. He won the Rally Raid at his first attempt with a margin of over one hour back to second place. Former V8 Supercar team owner, Kees Weel was co-driver. Lowndes crashed out of the lead of the Safari the following year.[15]
Bathurst 12 Hour
Lowndes' first competitive race at Bathurst was in the 1994 James Hardie 12 Hour for production cars. Sharing a Nissan Pulsar SSS with John and Phil Morriss, Lowndes finished 14th outright and first in Class B.[16]
Since the Bathurst 12 Hour race was changed to allow FIA GT3 cars in 2011, Lowndes has been a regular competitor in the race. In 2011 he finished second outright in an Audi R8 LMS GT3 driving for famed German endurance racing team and multiple 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Joest Racing. In 2012 he failed to finish, again driving an Audi R8, this time for another German team Phoenix Racing, while he also failed to finish in 2013, again in an R8.
Lowndes finally won the race in 2014 driving a Ferrari 458 GT3 for Maranello Motorsport alongside fellow Aussies John Bowe and Peter Edwards, and ex-Formula One driver, Mika Salo of Finland.
On 5 February 2017, Lowndes again drove for Maranello Motorsport to win the 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in a Ferrari 488 GT3 alongside Triple Eight teammate Jamie Whincup and another Finnish driver Toni Vilander.
Racing record
Career summary
Supercars Championship results
| Supercars results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | Position | Points | |
| 1996 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VR Commodore | EAS Rd1 56 |
SAN Rd2 46 |
BAT Rd3 13 |
SYM Rd4 60 |
PHI Rd5 20 |
CAL Rd6 26 |
LAK Rd7 60 |
BAR Rd8 60 |
MAL Rd9 50 |
ORA Rd10 32 |
1st | 423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | SAN Rd1 116 |
SYM Rd2 114 |
LAK Rd3 92 |
PHI Rd4 112 |
WIN Rd5 66 |
MAL Rd6 108 |
BAR Rd7 120 |
CAL Rd8 76 |
HID Rd9 68 |
ORA Rd10 120 |
1st | 992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | EAS Rd1 140 |
ADE Rd2 300 |
BAR Rd3 150 |
PHI Rd4 142 |
HID Rd5 88 |
SAN Rd6 142 |
QLD Rd7 134 |
CAL Rd8 50 |
SYM Rd9 DNS |
WIN Rd10 94 |
ORA Rd11 138 |
QLD Rd12 264 |
BAT Rd13 276 |
1st | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | PHI Rd1 60 |
BAR Rd2 120 |
ADE Rd3 80 |
EAS Rd4 74 |
HID Rd5 36 |
CAN Rd6 171 |
QLD Rd7 120 |
WIN Rd8 68 |
ORA Rd9 68 |
CAL Rd10 96 |
QLD Rd11 160 |
SAN Rd12 104 |
BAT Rd13 168 |
3rd | 1310 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Gibson Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | PHI Rd1 238 |
ADE Rd2 213 |
EAS Rd3 172 |
HID Rd4 32 |
CAN Rd5 180 |
BAR Rd6 188 |
CAL Rd7 123 |
ORA Rd8 219 |
QLD Rd9 16 |
WIN Rd10 51 |
BAT Rd11 192 |
PUK Rd12 125 |
SAN Rd13 242 |
11th | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Gibson Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | ADE R1 4 |
ADE R2 4 |
PHI R3 12 |
PHI R4 Ret |
EAS R5 9 |
EAS R6 3 |
EAS R7 2 |
HDV R8 6 |
HDV R9 Ret |
HDV R10 Ret |
CAN R11 9 |
CAN R12 16 |
CAN R13 3 |
BAR R14 5 |
BAR R15 28 |
BAR R16 17 |
ORA R17 12 |
ORA R18 7 |
WIN R19 25 |
WIN R20 Ret |
QLD R21 6 |
BAT R22 5 |
SUR R23 3 |
SUR R24 2 |
PUK R25 8 |
PUK R26 9 |
PUK R27 Ret |
SAN R28 7 |
SAN R29 17 |
7th | 1051 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 Ret |
ADE R1 7 |
PHI R3 1 |
EAS R4 2 |
WIN R5 10 |
BAR R6 6 |
BAR R7 Ret |
BAR R8 17 |
HDV R9 28 |
HDV R10 27 |
HDV R11 15 |
QLD R12 6 |
ORA R13 2 |
SAN R14 16 |
BAT R15 2 |
SUR R16 15 |
SUR R17 9 |
PUK R18 16 |
PUK R19 12 |
PUK R20 18 |
EAS R21 6 |
EAS R22 4 |
5th | 1756 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 Ret |
ADE R2 Ret |
EAS R3 2 |
PUK R4 8 |
PUK R5 29 |
PUK R6 Ret |
HDV R7 12 |
HDV R8 5 |
HDV R9 9 |
BAR R10 21 |
BAR R11 Ret |
BAR R12 DNS |
QLD R13 Ret |
WIN R14 27 |
ORA R15 19 |
ORA R16 26 |
SAN R17 18 |
BAT R18 2 |
SUR R19 4 |
SUR R20 Ret |
SYM R21 6 |
SYM R22 6 |
SYM R23 13 |
EAS R24 2 |
EAS R25 3 |
EAS R26 Ret |
20th | 1182 | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 3 |
ADE R2 2 |
PUK R3 14 |
PUK R4 5 |
PUK R5 Ret |
BAR R6 21 |
BAR R7 3 |
BAR R8 Ret |
EAS R9 2 |
EAS R10 1 |
SHA R11 4 |
SHA R12 Ret |
SHA R13 Ret |
HDV R14 3 |
HDV R15 32 |
HDV R16 11 |
QLD R17 1 |
ORA R18 9 |
ORA R19 4 |
SAN R20 1 |
BAT R21 15 |
SUR R22 2 |
SUR R23 1 |
SUR R24 1 |
SYM R25 5 |
SYM R26 3 |
SYM R27 3 |
PHI R28 1 |
PHI R29 3 |
PHI R30 15 |
2nd | 1865 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 1 |
ADE R2 Ret |
PUK R3 5 |
PUK R4 17 |
PUK R5 2 |
BAR R6 3 |
BAR R7 14 |
BAR R8 2 |
WIN R9 2 |
WIN R10 8 |
WIN R11 1 |
HDV R12 4 |
HDV R13 3 |
HDV R14 1 |
QLD R15 4 |
QLD R16 5 |
QLD R17 4 |
ORA R18 2 |
ORA R19 2 |
ORA R20 1 |
SAN R21 3 |
BAT R22 1 |
SUR R23 11 |
SUR R24 7 |
SUR R25 14 |
SYM R26 27 |
SYM R27 9 |
SYM R28 7 |
BHR R29 9 |
BHR R30 5 |
BHR R31 3 |
PHI R32 4 |
PHI R33 3 |
PHI R34 29 |
2nd | 3271 | ||||||
| 2007 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BF Falcon | ADE R1 13 |
ADE R2 11 |
BAR R3 4 |
BAR R4 8 |
BAR R5 8 |
PUK R6 14 |
PUK R7 7 |
PUK R8 4 |
WIN R9 18 |
WIN R10 6 |
WIN R11 5 |
EAS R12 9 |
EAS R13 4 |
EAS R14 2 |
HDV R15 3 |
HDV R16 1 |
HDV R17 1 |
QLD R18 5 |
QLD R19 3 |
QLD R20 2 |
ORA R21 7 |
ORA R22 1 |
ORA R23 14 |
SAN R24 1 |
BAT R25 1 |
SUR R26 3 |
SUR R27 24 |
SUR R28 7 |
BHR R29 Ret |
BHR R30 5 |
BHR R31 1 |
SYM R32 5 |
SYM R33 6 |
SYM R34 5 |
PHI R35 4 |
PHI R36 6 |
PHI R37 3 |
3rd | 592 | |||
| 2008 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BF Falcon | ADE R1 3 |
ADE R2 Ret |
EAS R3 7 |
EAS R4 3 |
EAS R5 8 |
HAM R6 19 |
HAM R7 14 |
HAM R8 7 |
BAR R29 5 |
BAR R10 4 |
BAR R11 4 |
SAN R12 3 |
SAN R13 1 |
SAN R14 DNS |
HDV R15 5 |
HDV R16 4 |
HDV R17 Ret |
QLD R18 28 |
QLD R19 12 |
QLD R20 7 |
WIN R21 1 |
WIN R22 5 |
WIN R23 6 |
PHI QR 1 |
PHI R24 2 |
BAT R25 1 |
SUR R26 6 |
SUR R27 9 |
SUR R28 9 |
BHR R29 2 |
BHR R30 3 |
BHR R31 3 |
SYM R32 6 |
SYM R33 2 |
SYM R34 2 |
ORA R35 2 |
ORA R36 5 |
ORA R37 3 |
4th | 2871 | ||
| 2009 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford FG Falcon | ADE R1 19 |
ADE R2 4 |
HAM R3 24 |
HAM R4 Ret |
WIN R5 1 |
WIN R6 1 |
SYM R7 7 |
SYM R8 10 |
HDV R9 6 |
HDV R10 3 |
TOW R11 4 |
TOW R12 9 |
SAN R13 3 |
SAN R14 5 |
QLD R15 Ret |
QLD R16 2 |
PHI QR 18 |
PHI R17 2 |
BAT R18 5 |
SUR R19 4 |
SUR R20 4 |
SUR R21 1 |
SUR R22 13 |
PHI R23 28 |
PHI R24 7 |
BAR R25 6 |
BAR R26 1 |
SYD R27 19 |
SYD R28 Ret |
4th | 2592 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | YMC R1 2 |
YMC R2 5 |
BHR R3 3 |
BHR R4 12 |
ADE R5 19 |
ADE R6 16 |
HAM R7 4 |
HAM R8 19 |
QLD R9 2 |
QLD R10 5 |
WIN R11 2 |
WIN R12 2 |
HDV R13 7 |
HDV R14 5 |
TOW R15 26 |
TOW R16 Ret |
PHI QR 2 |
PHI R17 1 |
BAT R18 1 |
SUR R19 2 |
SUR R20 10 |
SYM R21 1 |
SYM R22 Ret |
SAN R23 8 |
SAN R24 11 |
SYD R25 Ret |
SYD R26 6 |
4th | 2669 | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | YMC R1 7 |
YMC R2 21 |
ADE R3 3 |
ADE R4 12 |
HAM R5 2 |
HAM R6 10 |
BAR R7 2 |
BAR R8 4 |
BAR R9 4 |
WIN R10 11 |
WIN R11 7 |
HID R12 3 |
HID R13 2 |
TOW R14 4 |
TOW R15 2 |
QLD R16 1 |
QLD R17 1 |
QLD R18 1 |
PHI QR 6 |
PHI R19 1 |
BAT R20 2 |
SUR R21 Ret |
SUR R22 20 |
SYM R23 2 |
SYM R24 5 |
SAN R25 6 |
SAN R26 4 |
SYD R27 1 |
SYD R28 2 |
2nd | 3133 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 4 |
ADE R2 5 |
SYM R3 5 |
SYM R4 Ret |
HAM R5 4 |
HAM R6 4 |
BAR R7 3 |
BAR R8 6 |
BAR R9 6 |
PHI R10 15 |
PHI R11 2 |
HID R12 4 |
HID R13 1 |
TOW R14 5 |
TOW R15 2 |
QLD R16 1 |
QLD R17 1 |
SMP R18 1 |
SMP R19 2 |
SAN QR 7 |
SAN R20 1 |
BAT R21 3 |
SUR R22 6 |
SUR R23 6 |
YMC R24 8 |
YMC R25 11 |
YMC R26 11 |
WIN R27 2 |
WIN R28 1 |
SYD R29 1 |
SYD R30 2 |
2nd | 3522 | |||||||||
| 2013 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 1 |
ADE R2 3 |
SYM R3 26 |
SYM R4 10 |
SYM R5 11 |
PUK R6 3 |
PUK R7 16 |
PUK R8 4 |
PUK R9 9 |
BAR R10 1 |
BAR R11 8 |
BAR R12 2 |
COA R13 2 |
COA R14 2 |
COA R15 2 |
COA R16 5 |
HID R17 26 |
HID R18 3 |
HID R19 1 |
TOW R20 4 |
TOW R21 7 |
QLD R22 4 |
QLD R23 12 |
QLD R24 6 |
WIN R25 21 |
WIN R26 12 |
WIN R27 10 |
SAN QR 3 |
SAN R28 2 |
BAT R29 3 |
SUR R30 1 |
SUR R31 8 |
PHI R32 8 |
PHI R33 1 |
PHI R34 3 |
SYD R35 15 |
SYD R36 5 |
2nd | 2966 | |||
| 2014 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 2 |
ADE R2 1 |
ADE R3 2 |
SYM R4 8 |
SYM R5 5 |
SYM R6 1 |
WIN R7 8 |
WIN R8 16 |
WIN R9 7 |
PUK R10 3 |
PUK R11 16 |
PUK R12 10 |
PUK R13 20 |
BAR R14 6 |
BAR R15 1 |
BAR R16 2 |
HID R17 2 |
HID R18 2 |
HID R19 17 |
TOW R20 Ret |
TOW R21 6 |
TOW R22 23 |
QLD R23 2 |
QLD R24 2 |
QLD R25 2 |
SMP R26 3 |
SMP R27 11 |
SMP R28 9 |
SAN QR 7 |
SAN R29 4 |
BAT R30 10 |
SUR R31 17 |
SUR R32 11 |
PHI R33 2 |
PHI R34 2 |
PHI R35 10 |
SYD R36 13 |
SYD R37 20 |
SYD R38 17 |
4th | 2659 | |
| 2015 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 4 |
ADE R2 3 |
ADE R3 9 |
SYM R4 1 |
SYM R5 1 |
SYM R6 6 |
BAR R7 3 |
BAR R8 5 |
BAR R9 2 |
WIN R10 12 |
WIN R11 8 |
WIN R12 3 |
HID R13 18 |
HID R14 1 |
HID R15 15 |
TOW R16 14 |
TOW R17 9 |
QLD R18 3 |
QLD R19 2 |
QLD R20 2 |
SMP R21 5 |
SMP R22 10 |
SMP R23 10 |
SAN QR 23 |
SAN R24 13 |
BAT R25 1 |
SUR R26 3 |
SUR R27 4 |
PUK R28 4 |
PUK R29 Ret |
PUK R30 2 |
PHI R31 1 |
PHI R32 3 |
PHI R33 1 |
SYD R34 15 |
SYD R35 7 |
SYD R36 6 |
2nd | 3008 | |||
| 2016 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 7 |
ADE R2 10 |
ADE R3 13 |
SYM R4 5 |
SYM R5 2 |
PHI R6 6 |
PHI R7 5 |
BAR R8 1 |
BAR R9 3 |
WIN R10 15 |
WIN R11 8 |
HID R12 11 |
HID R13 3 |
TOW R14 12 |
TOW R15 10 |
QLD R16 3 |
QLD R17 1 |
SMP R18 6 |
SMP R19 2 |
SAN QR 12 |
SAN R20 8 |
BAT R21 16 |
SUR R22 6 |
SUR R23 4 |
PUK R24 16 |
PUK R25 15 |
PUK R26 4 |
PUK R27 6 |
SYD R28 8 |
SYD R29 9 |
4th | 2770 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 8 |
ADE R2 10 |
SYM R3 3 |
SYM R4 4 |
PHI R5 12 |
PHI R6 23 |
BAR R7 7 |
BAR R8 8 |
WIN R9 6 |
WIN R10 15 |
HID R11 7 |
HID R12 6 |
TOW R13 6 |
TOW R14 10 |
QLD R15 5 |
QLD R16 6 |
SMP R17 7 |
SMP R18 24 |
SAN QR DNF |
SAN R19 11 |
BAT R20 11 |
SUR R21 7 |
SUR R22 4 |
PUK R23 8 |
PUK R24 4 |
NEW R25 Ret |
NEW R26 Ret |
10th | 2160 | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 9 |
ADE R2 7 |
MEL R3 16 |
MEL R4 Ret |
MEL R5 6 |
MEL R6 12 |
SYM R7 2 |
SYM R8 1 |
PHI R9 4 |
PHI R10 7 |
BAR R11 5 |
BAR R12 3 |
WIN R13 13 |
WIN R14 12 |
HID R15 7 |
HID R16 10 |
TOW R17 4 |
TOW R18 4 |
QLD R19 3 |
QLD R20 8 |
SMP R21 4 |
BEN R22 10 |
BEN R23 8 |
SAN QR 10 |
SAN R24 3 |
BAT R25 1 |
SUR R26 2 |
SUR R27 C |
PUK R28 11 |
PUK R29 4 |
NEW R30 23 |
NEW R31 11 |
4th | 3225 | ||||||||
| 2019 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
MEL R3 |
MEL R4 |
MEL R5 |
MEL R6 |
SYM R7 |
SYM R8 |
PHI R9 |
PHI R10 |
BAR R11 |
BAR R12 |
WIN R13 |
WIN R14 |
HID R15 |
HID R16 |
TOW R17 |
TOW R18 |
QLD R19 |
QLD R20 |
BEN R21 |
BEN R22 |
PUK R23 |
PUK R24 |
BAT R25 4 |
SUR R26 1 |
SUR R27 2 |
SAN QR 1 |
SAN R28 1 |
NEW R29 |
NEW R30 |
25th | 828 | |||||||||
| 2020 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
MEL R3 |
MEL R4 |
MEL R5 |
MEL R6 |
SMP R7 |
SMP R8 |
SMP R9 |
WIN R10 |
WIN R11 |
WIN R12 |
HID R13 |
HID R14 |
TOW R15 |
TOW R16 |
SAN R17 |
SAN R18 |
BAT R19 |
BAR R20 |
BAR R21 |
SYM R22 |
SYM R23 |
SMP R24 |
SMP R25 |
N/A* | 0* | |||||||||||||||
Bathurst 1000 results
| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VP | |
2nd | 161 |
| 1995 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VR |  |
DNF | 10 |
| 1996 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VR | |
1st | 161 |
| 1997 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VS | |
DNF | 38 |
| 1998 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VT | |
6th | 159 |
| 1999 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VT | |
2nd | 161 |
| 2000 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VT | |
6th | 161 |
| 2001 | Gibson Motor Sport | Ford Falcon AU | |
17th | 156 |
| 2002 | Gibson Motor Sport | Ford Falcon AU | |
DNF | 127 |
| 2003 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | |
2nd | 161 |
| 2004 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BA | |
2nd | 161 |
| 2005 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA |  |
15th | 151 |
| 2006 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BA | |
1st | 161 |
| 2007 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BF | |
1st | 161 |
| 2008 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BF | |
1st | 161 |
| 2009 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon FG | |
5th | 161 |
| 2010 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | |
1st | 161 |
| 2011 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | |
2nd | 161 |
| 2012 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | |
3rd | 161 |
| 2013 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | |
3rd | 161 |
| 2014 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | |
10th | 161 |
| 2015 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | |
1st | 161 |
| 2016 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | |
16th | 156 |
| 2017 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | |
11th | 160 |
| 2018 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | |
1st | 161 |
| 2019 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | |
4th | 161 |
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | RSM Marko | SIL 14 |
PAU Ret |
HEL Ret |
NÜR Ret |
PER 4 |
HOC Ret |
A1R Ret |
SPA Ret |
MUG 21 |
JER 9 |
17th | 3 |
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall Position |
Class Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | |
|
Nissan Pulsar SSS | B | 236 | 14th | 1st |
| 2011 |  |
|
Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 292 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2012 | |
|
Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 156 | DNF | DNF |
| 2013 | |
|
Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 162 | DNF | DNF |
| 2014 | |
 |
Ferrari 458 GT3 | A | 296 | 1st | 1st |
| 2017 | |
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | AP | 290 | 1st | 1st |
| 2018 | |
|
McLaren 650S GT3 | APP | 119 | DNF | DNF |
| 2019 | |
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | APP | 312 | 4th | 4th |
| 2020 | |
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | 312 | 9th | 8th |
Personal life
Lowndes and second wife Lara were married in 2015. They reside in Brisbane, Queensland.
In August 2011 Lowndes and Natalie confirmed their separation.[17] They share custody of son, Levi, and daughter, Chilli.
References
- "Craig Lowndes to retire from full-time driving". Wide World of Sports. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- "Craig Lowndes receives Queen's Birthday honour". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- "Lowndes wins ABC Sport Personality of the Year". Supercars. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- Autocourse, 1997–98, pages 274–275
- "Lowndes and Luff take Sandown 500 victory". Speedcafe. 16 September 2012.
- "Bathurst 1000: Craig Lowndes wins sixth title ahead of Mark Winterbottom and Garth Tander". foxsports.com.au. 12 October 2015.
- "Van Gisbergen to join three car Triple Eight in 2016". Speedcafe. 6 March 2015.
- Bartholomaeus, Stefan (7 May 2016). "Lowndes steals victory in Barbagallo thriller". Speedcafe. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- Bartholomaeus, Stefan (28 August 2016). "Whincup records 100th Supercars win". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- "AUTOBARN LOWNDES RACING ZB COMMODORE REVEALED - Auto Action". Auto Action. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- Howard, Tom (6 July 2018). "Lowndes to retire at end of season". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- "Craig Lowndes announces retirement". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Australian Associated Press. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- "Lowndes win seventh Bathurst". foxsports.com.au. 7 October 2018.
- "Lowndes and Richards crowned Pirtek Enduro Cup winners". Speedcafe. 21 October 2018.
- "Craig Lowndes leads the Australasian Safari". Speedcafe. 19 September 2010.
- Auto Action, 15 April 1994
- "Craig and Natalie Lowndes confirm separation". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
External links
- Craig Lowndes Official Web Site
- Craig Lowndes Story (1999)