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James Courtney was born on 29 June, 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales, is an Australian racing driver. Discover James Courtney's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?

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Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 29 June, 1980
Birthday 29 June
Birthplace Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Australia

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Timeline

1950

Courtney's season started with a crash at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide in race 1 and a 25th in race 2.

1980

James Anthony Courtney (born 29 June 1980) is an Australian racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship.

He currently drives the No. 7 Ford Mustang GT for Blanchard Racing Team.

1995

He was World Junior Karting Champion in 1995 and world Formula A Champion in 1997.

2000

He was British Formula Ford champion in 2000 and broke the record for winning the most Formula Ford races in one season.

2001

He drove for the Jaguar Junior Formula Three team in 2001, impressively winning his first F3 race on his F3 debut.

He was also a test driver for Jaguar's Formula One team.

2002

Injuries from a high-speed test crash at Monza in 2002, due to failure of the rear wing on the Jaguar F1 car, led to him missing some races in that year's British Formula 3 Championship so he could not win the title—although he was easily leading it at that stage.

While testing for the Jaguar Racing Formula One team in Monza in 2002, the rear suspension failed on Courtney's car, sending him into the barrier at 306 km/h.

The car hit with such force that it bounced back from the wall at 70 km/h, causing Courtney to suffer an impact estimated at 67G.

When he regained consciousness, he found the man who had pulled him from the wreck, multiple World Champion Michael Schumacher who had been at the circuit testing for Ferrari, shouting at him, trying to translate for the Italian track marshals who could not speak English.

Courtney "freaked out" when he found that he could not move the right side of his body and was bleeding from his eyes.

He explained that "it took me a year to recover. I couldn't walk without getting a migraine. Anything would set it off. Noise, light, anything."

Courtney also revealed that he could not see for weeks after the accident, and that he decided at that point never to be scared of having a crash again, stating "It's over if you are scared. It is all or nothing".

2003

In 2003, he was All-Japan Formula Three champion for the TOM'S team.

2004

In 2004 and 2005 he raced in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship for Toyota.

James Courtney is managed by BTCC/TOCA boss Alan J. Gow, who was instrumental in his European open-wheeler career leading to his testing role with Jaguar Racing.

2005

James Courtney debuted in V8 Supercars in 2005 with the Holden Racing Team in the endurance races with co-driving with Jim Richards but enjoyed limited success.

2006

In 2006, he joined Ford team Stone Brothers Racing to replace two-time champion Marcos Ambrose.

He crashed the car on debut in Adelaide but recovered to finished third in the 2006 Bathurst 1000 and followed it up with a second place in the 2007 Bathurst 1000.

2007

He appeared in the 2007 season of Dancing with the Stars, on the Seven Network.

2008

On 19 July 2008 Courtney collected his first V8 Supercar race win, taking out race one of the City of Ipswich 400 at Queensland Raceway.

He finished the year sixth in the championship.

2009

In 2009, he switched to Dick Johnson Racing.

He was given a brand new Triple Eight Race Engineering built Ford FG Falcon and was regarded by many as a serious threat for the title.

This came undone at the start of the year, with an accident marred start to the season.

2010

Courtney won the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series driving for the Dick Johnson Racing team.

Courtney has raced and was successful in several other categories, most of which are regarded as the stepping stones to Formula One.

Courtney took wins at the new events at Townsville and Sydney and finished the year in seventh.In 2010, Courtney his best season to date, with podiums at Adelaide, Melbourne GP and Hamilton, and five race wins; two each at Queensland Raceway and Winton, and one at Sandown.

He won the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series, ahead of 2009 V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup.

It marked the first time in 15 years that a Dick Johnson Racing entry had won the championship.

In the immediate post-season, however, Courtney signed a deal to leave the team and join the Holden Racing Team.

2011

Since joining Walkinshaw Andretti United, Courtney has had limited success, taking just one race win at the 2011 Yas V8 400.

After his win at Abu Dhabi, he struggled during the season with little success at most rounds with a best finish of 4th at Adelaide.

He then achieved a 2nd at Sandown.

He finished tenth in the 2011 championship with 1869 points, while his teammate Garth Tander finished fifth with 2574 points and 2011 Champion Jamie Whincup amassed 3168 points.

2012

After the first race of the 2012 race, the Clipsal 500 on the Adelaide street circuit, he was in 28th place in the championship.Courtney retained his seat at the Holden Racing Team for 2012 alongside Garth Tander.

2013

He now sits 21st in the championship with 171 points while Tander is in 6th with 368 points.Courtney sat out the final four races of the 2013 Championship Series after a severe incident during Race 32 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

As Courtney entered the turn 4 hairpin (Honda Corner) an out of control Alexandre Prémat, after suffering a delaminated tyre, made heavy contact to the driver's side window of James Courtney's car with the rear of his own after hitting a slight mound in the grass.

2018

He then finished 18th in the first race of Symmons Plains but recorded an impressive 8th in race 2.