Here is his history. It damn good.
Date of Birth 1 September 1976
Place of Birth Launceston, Tasmania
Lives Gold Coast Hinterland, Queensland
Marital Status Partner - Sonja
Height 179cm
Weight 81kg
Nickname Devil Racer
Website
http://www.marcosambrose.com
Team Pirtek Racing
Car Ford Falcon
Number 1
Years with team 2
Career Progression
1989 - 1995
Marcos commenced motor racing in go-karting at age 12. He won four Tasmanian titles in juniors before taking on senior competition at age 16. In seniors in 1995, Marcos won three Tasmanian titles, a Victorian title and the Australian title. His success in 1995 included winning every major go-karting meet in Tasmania.
1996
1996 saw his first foray into open wheel racing competition in the Australian Formula Ford Championship finishing an astonishing fourth in the series.
1997
In 1997 Marcos continued his stellar progression with a runners-up finish in the Australian Formula Ford Championship.
1998
A move to the UK followed in 1998 with competition in the British Formula Ford Championship with the Van Diemen Team, and a fifth placed finish for the year.
1999
Won the coveted European Formula Ford Championship in 1999, and placed third in the British Formula Ford Championship as well that year.
2000
Won the Motor Sports Achiever of the Year and Young Achiever of the Year awards at the Australian Motor Sports Awards in February 2000.
Raced in the French Formula 3 competition before withdrawing mid-season and hooking up with Alan Docking Racing for the concluding rounds of the British Formula 3 series.
At the end of 2000 he was back in Australia and won the Young Guns race at the Gold Coast Indy 300 against 'mates' David Besnard, Steve Johnson and Paul Weel.
2001
Marcos returned to Australia and debuted in the V8 Supercar Series in 2001 with Stone Brothers Racing in the Pirtek sponsored Ford Falcon.
In his first ever race in a V8 Supercar at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne in 2001, Marcos put his Pirtek Falcon on pole position. This was a non-points scoring round in the V8 Supercar Series.
His first pole position was in Round 3 at Eastern Creek in NSW in 2001, which was only his third round all-time as well in a V8 Supercar.
Marcos claimed his first round win in Round 4 at Hidden Valley in the Northern Territory in 2001.
His first season in a Ford V8 Supercar produced an eighth placed series finish and the honour of being awarded the V8 Rookie of the Year and CAMS Personality of the Year for 2001.
2002
2002 started brightly for Marcos with the Devil Racer claiming his first ever V8 race win (not round win) in race one at Phillip Island (Round Two).
Marcos finished the year in style by winning both races at Sandown (Round 13) catapulting him to outright third in the series. He was the highest placed Ford driver in the series - an amazing result for a driver in only his second year of V8 racing.
His year included five pole positions (equal highest in the season with Mark Skaife) and five round podium finishes including the win at Sandown.
There was 29 races in 2002 and Marcos achieved a top-three finish in 12 and was the leading Ford driver in 16 races.
2003
2003 Champion with an amazing 6 Round wins from 13 Rounds
Pole Position Award for claiming Pole 5 times throughout the season
V8 Supercar Career Statistics /SCS
V8 Debut 2001 - Australian Grand Prix, Ford Falcon AU
Total Number of Rounds 39
Round Wins 8
Round Podium Finishes 8
First Round Win 2001
First Round Podium Finish 2001
Total Number of Races 39
Race Wins 9
Race Podium Finishes 18
First Race Win 2002
First Race Podium Finish 2001
Most Consecutive Race Wins 4 (2003)
Pole Positions 13
First Pole Position 2001
Most Poles in Succession 3 (Rounds 7-9, 2002 and 2003)
Most Poles in a Season 5 (2002, 2003)
Most Consecutive Poles 3 (2002, 2003)
Full V8 Supercar History 2002
3rd in the V8 Supercar Series (Leading Ford driver)
Best Series result ever by Marcos
1 Round Win
5 Round Podium Finishes
3 Race Wins
First ever Race Win in a V8 Supercar at Phillip Island
12 Race Podium Finishes
5 Pole Positions (Equal Most in the Series)
Round Venue Grid position Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Overall
1 Adelaide 3 3 DNF 9
2 Phillip Island 1 1 DNF 4
3 Eastern Creek 2 2 2 4 2
4 Hidden Valley 3 3 9 5 5
5 Canberra 15 4 6 20 13
6 Barbagallo 16 6 24 10 11
7 Oran Park 1 4 2 3
8 Winton 1 2 4 3
9 Queensland 500 1 5 5
10 Bathurst 8 21 21
11 Surfers Paradise 6 2 DNF 6
12 Pukekohe 4 3 3 10 3
13 Sandown 1 1 1 1
Special Melbourne GP 7 13 10 10
2001
8th in the V8 Supercar Series
1 Round Win
First ever Round Win in a V8 Supercar at Hidden Valley
3 Round Podium Finishes
8 Race Podium Finishes
3 Pole Positions
Round Venue Grid position Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Overall
1 Phillip Island 3 4 6 5
2 Adelaide 6 DNF 6 12
3 Eastern Creek 1 13 6 7
4 Hidden Valley 3 2 4 3 1
5 Canberra 2 DNF 2 DNF 14
6 Barbagallo 18 18 16 24 19
7 Calder Park 5 3 5 9 6
8 Oran Park 16 16 DNF 23
9 Queensland 500 1 DNF DNF
10 Winton 18 5 3 5
11 Bathurst 1 DNF DNF
12 Pukekohe 3 2 3 4 3
13 Sandown 4 6 5 2 3
Special MelbourneGP
Special Gold Coast Indy 13 18 9 8
Bathurst History
Debut 2000 - Ford Falcon AU with Wayne Wakefield
Starts 2
Poles 1 (2001)
Wins 0
Podium Finishes 0
2001 Result DNF
2002 Result 21st
Fastest Lap 2:08.9420 (2002
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