Mark Winterbottom

Mark Winterbottom
Winterbottom in 2020
Nationality	Australian
Born	20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) (age 43) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Supercars Championship career
Car number	18
Current team	Team 18
Championships	1 (2015)
Races	615
Wins	41
Podiums	150
Pole positions	43
2023 position	15th (1579 pts)

Mark James "Frosty" Winterbottom (born 20 May 1981) is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently competes in the Repco Supercars Championship, driving the No. 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Team 18. His career highlights include winning the 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 (with Steven Richards), twice winning the Sandown 500 (2006 and 2015) and receiving the Mike Kable Young Gun Award in 2003. Winterbottom has also won his maiden championship title in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship, making it the first title for Ford in five years. He also voices himself in the Australian version of the hit 2011 Pixar film, Cars 2 .

Early career

Beginnings

Winterbottom made his motorsport debut racing motorbikes, racing in club level 50 cc events, progressing to the 80 cc class and competing in fields that included riders Anthony Gobert and Chad Reed. Winterbottom raced whenever he could between his soccer commitments. Raced a dirt Mini-Speedcar and won the NSW and ACT State Championships.

Karting

Winterbottom competed in his first kart race in the Cadet class at Wollongong (NSW) and would continue racing karts successfully to the age of 21. Winterbottom won ten Australian Kart Championships and 25 state Kart Championships during his rise through Australia's karting ranks. Winterbottom's national titles were six Clubman Light titles, three Junior National Lights titles and one Junior Clubman title. ^[1]

In 1998, Winterbottom visited America on a family holiday and heard about a major karting event taking place close by – so a last-minute decision was made to rent a kart locally and compete. Winterbottom then won the Knoxville State Championship title race. In 1999 he competed in Japan at the Suzuka Champions Kart race on invitation.

In 2001 Winterbottom was crowned as Australian Formula A Kart Champion.

Formula Ford

The Spectrum 09 in which Winterbottom placed 2nd in the 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

In 2001, Winterbottom made his Formula Ford debut in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship. Winterbottom raced to runner-up honours after winning four races out of six rounds, missing one round due to karting commitments. He won the Ford Kart Stars Scholarship Championship, gaining a Ford-supported drive in the 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

He finished second in the 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship with two round victories, five race wins and two pole positions. The championship was won by Winterbottom's future V8 Supercars rival Jamie Whincup. He was presented with 2002 Avon Formula Ford Rookie of the Year Award.

Touring car career

Development Series

In 2003, Winterbottom became the Konica V8 Supercar Series champion in his debut season. Winterbottom raced with Ford team Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) to five round victories and six pole positions in an almost perfect season. Two of Winterbottom's race victories were gained from rear-of-field reverse grid starts. He missed out on making a clean sweep of the series due to an engine failure in the fifth round at Phillip Island.

He also debuted in the V8 Supercars Championship at the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 with SBR, sharing a BA Falcon with Mark Noske. Winterbottom and Noske finished 11th at Sandown, before qualifying 16th at the 2003 Bathurst 1000 and then retiring at three-quarter distance whilst running in third with engine problems.

He was the recipient of the Mike Kable Young Gun Award.

Larkham Motor Sport

Winterbottom joined Ford V8 Supercar team Larkham Motor Sport (LMS) and competed in the 2004 and 2005 V8 Supercar championships. Highlights of his debut season included a fifth-place finish at Bathurst and sixth-place result at Sandown in 2004. Winterbottom's best qualifying result was fifth at the Darwin round in 2005. The lowlight was at the V8 Supercars China Round in which Winterbottom avoided injury after a loose drain cover penetrated the chassis floor and damaged the driver's seat.

Ford Performance Racing

2006

Mark Winterbottom at the 2007 Desert 400 in Bahrain.

Winterbottom joined Ford Performance Racing (FPR) as driver of the number 5 Ford Credit Falcon for the 2006 and 2007 V8 Supercar championship seasons. This appointment continued Winterbottom's career-long involvement with Ford Australia from the karting ranks all the way to a lead role with Ford's major V8 Supercars team.

He claimed his first V8 Supercars round victory co-driving with Jason Bright at the 2006 Betta Electrical 500 and gained second place overall round finishes at Pukekohe and Surfers Paradise. By the midpoint of the season, Winterbottom had climbed from 22nd to third in the championship standings and added two further podium finishes with a third at Symmons Plains Raceway and second at Phillip Island. Phillip Island also saw Winterbottom achieve his first V8 Supercars sprint race victory. With nine top ten finishes for the season, Winterbottom had secured third place in the Drivers' Championship in just his third season of main V8 Supercar Series competition. ^[2]

2007

Winterbottom achieved 5th in the championship, with the highlight being winning his first solo V8 Supercars round at the Desert 400 in Bahrain, preserving FPR's undefeated record at the international round. ^[2] Winterbottom also gained four pole positions, including his first at Pukekohe Park, which was followed by poles at the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and at the Desert 400. These four poles allowed him to claim the 2007 V8 Supercars Pole Award. Winterbottom went off late in the race whilst leading the 2007 Bathurst 1000. ^[2] FPR secured Winterbottom as the driver of the number 5 FPR Falcon for a further three years.

2008

Winterbottom at Eastern Creek Raceway in 2008

Winterbottom's highlight of 2008 was a dominant round victory at the BigPond 400 at Wanneroo's Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, Western Australia. Winterbottom achieved pole position and wins in all three races. Winterbottom also won the 2008 City of Ipswich 400 at Queensland Raceway. With further good results at Adelaide, Eastern Creek, Surfers Paradise and Symmons Plains, he placed second in the championship, just behind his former Formula Ford rival Whincup. ^[2]

2009

The Ford Performance Racing entered Ford FG Falcon of Mark Winterbottom at the 2010 Clipsal 500 Adelaide.

Winterbottom experienced a challenging season, finishing in fifth position in the championship, eight places ahead of team-mate Steven Richards. ^[2] His highlights included an event win at the Gold Coast 600 and pole positions for Race 3 of the championship at the Hamilton 400 in New Zealand, and race 5 at Winton Motor Raceway. On both occasions, he had troublesome races which resulted in little or no points for the championship. In race 6 at Winton, Winterbottom recovered from the difficulties of race 5 to finish in second position. He also won a race at the V8 Supercars Challenge non-championship round at the Australian Grand Prix.

2010

In 2010, Winterbottom was a distant yet mathematical chance of winning the championship title heading into the final round, the Sydney 500. However a crash, which ironically also involved fellow contenders Whincup and James Courtney, in wet conditions in the Saturday race ruled Winterbottom out of the title race. ^[2]

2011

Winterbottom at the 2011 Ipswich 300

In 2011, Winterbottom finished a distant third to the Triple Eight Race Engineering cars. He scored two wins, at the Gold Coast 600 with international co-driver Richard Lyons and in the final race of the year at the Sydney 500.

2012

Winterbottom's Ford FG Falcon at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Winterbottom finished the season in third position, with three race wins in the middle of the season. Before the final round of the championship, the Sydney 500 on the Homebush Street Circuit, Winterbottom was in second, but fell behind Craig Lowndes to finish third. Winterbottom also claimed the coveted Barry Sheene Medal for the best and fairest driver in the series.

2013

Winterbottom's Ford FG Falcon at the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

In 2013, Winterbottom won the Bathurst 1000 alongside ex-teammate Steven Richards on 13 October. ^[3] However, due to a poor start to the championship, Winterbottom was only able to finish fourth in the championship, with three race wins. Teammate Will Davison finished narrowly ahead in third, aiding FPR's rise in the Teams' Championship to finish second for the first time.

2014

Winterbottom's Ford FG Falcon at the 2014 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

In 2014 Winterbottom started the season very well, leading the championship by 161 points after the 2014 Skycity Triple Crown in June. ^[4] Despite high hopes of claiming his first title, Winterbottom's campaign ultimately crumbled against the Triple Eight juggernaut. He did not win another race after the Darwin round. At the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Winterbottom was a chance of going back-to-back late in the race, until an incident with an attacking Craig Lowndes resulted in him dropping back, and eventually recovering to take a fifth-place finish. As in 2012, going into the final round in Sydney, Winterbottom was second with Whincup in first and out of reach. However, Shane van Gisbergen won the Sunday race to demote Winterbottom to third in the standings.

Prodrive Racing Australia

2015

Winterbottom (left) racing Chaz Mostert (right) at the qualifying sprint race of the 2015 Sandown 500

In 2015, Prodrive Racing Australia (the new name for Ford Performance Racing, due to reduced support from Ford) debuted the Ford FG X Falcon, and it brought considerable success almost immediately, with Winterbottom taking four wins out of four races at the non-championship V8 Supercars Challenge event at the Australian Grand Prix. Winterbottom then achieved eight race wins in the middle part of the championship year, including a clean-sweep of the 2015 Castrol Edge Townsville 400. This resulted in Winterbottom taking a large championship lead into the endurance races. Driving with Steve Owen, Winterbottom then went on to increase his lead with his ninth win of the year at the 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500, before finishing second at the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. Despite not winning a race after Sandown, Winterbottom held on to secure his first championship title in a showdown against Craig Lowndes at the final round, the Sydney 500. ^[5]

2016

Winterbottom had a slow start to his championship defence, not achieving a podium finish until the fifth race of the season at Symmons Plains. Winterbottom's first victory of the year was at the Perth SuperSprint, where on older tyres he held off Scott McLaughlin by under half a second. ^[6] Two podiums at Winton gave Winterbottom the championship lead, before a poor event in Darwin dropped him back in the standings. Solid results at Townsville and Queensland Raceway followed, leaving Winterbottom third in the championship standings before the winter break. However, a decline in pace in the second half of the season left Winterbottom to finish sixth in the championship, with only one further race victory, at the Auckland SuperSprint. ^[7]

2017

Winterbottom's Ford FG X Falcon at the 2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

2017 saw Winterbottom complete a winless year for the first time since moving to Ford Performance Racing in 2006. Highlights included podiums at the Phillip Island 500, Townsville 400 and Auckland SuperSprint, while the lowlight was crashing out of the Bathurst 1000 on the penultimate lap while battling for fifth place. Winterbottom secured sixth in the championship for the second consecutive year, albeit only after Craig Lowndes' late retirement at the season-ending Newcastle 500.

Tickford Racing

2018

Winterbottom's Ford FG X Falcon at the 2018 Adelaide 500

In 2018, Prodrive Racing Australia was again renamed, to Tickford Racing, and Winterbottom began the year with a top five Saturday result at the Adelaide 500 before a pit lane penalty dropped him down the field in the Sunday race. ^[8] His fortunes did not improve, with Tickford Racing enduring a difficult start to the season until Winterbottom scored both his and Tickford Racing's first race podium of the year at the fifth event at Barbagallo. ^[9] It was confirmed on 1 November that Winterbottom would leave Tickford Racing at the end of the 2018 season, after 13 years with the team. ^[10] Despite a difficult final season with the team, in which he finished only 12th in the championship, Winterbottom left the team with a record of 412 race starts, 38 wins, 35 poles and 117 podiums. ^[11]

Team 18

Winterbottom announced ahead of the 2018 Newcastle 500 that he would be moving to Team 18 in 2019, the first time he will have driven a Holden in his career. ^[12]

Stock Car Brasil

In 2014 and 2015, Winterbottom appeared in the season-opening two-driver round of the Stock Car Brasil championship, for Voxx Racing. In 2014, he drove alongside Sérgio Jimenez to fourth at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace whilst in 2015 he finished second with Marcos Gomes at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna. Just like Winterbottom, Gomes went on to win his respective championship title in 2015. Winterbottom returned to Brazil in 2018, finishing eleventh at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace driving with Átila Abreu, despite starting from the rear of the grid. ^[13]

Personal life

Winterbottom is the son of the 1969 and 1974 Australian Sprintcar Champion and former chairman of the Sprintcar Control Council of Australia, Jim Winterbottom. Educated at Doonside Technology High School, Winterbottom took up the sport of Soccer from the age of six, and by eleven was competing with a state level team, (Blacktown United) in matches across New South Wales. He made the decision to give up soccer to pursue his motor racing ambitions at the age of eleven.

Winterbottom was used as the voice of the character 'Frosty' in the Australian Release of the 2011 Pixar film Cars 2. ^[14] He also appeared as a contestant on Season 3 of the Seven Network's celebrity series Australia's Greatest Athlete in 2011.

Career results

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Position
1995	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light	1st
1996	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Light	1st
1997	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Clubman Light	1st
1998	Knoxville State Karting Championship	1st
1999	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Formula Yamaha Light	1st
2000	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Formula Yamaha Light	1st
2001	Ford Kartstars Series	1st
	Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Clubman Light	1st
	Australian Formula A Kart Champion - Rotax 125cc	1st

Circuit racing career

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2001	Australian Formula Ford Championship	17th	Spectrum 06b Ford	Bosch Batteries
	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	7th	Spectrum 06 Ford
2002	Australian Formula Ford Championship	2nd	Spectrum 09 Ford	Borland Racing Developments
2003	Konica V8 Supercar Series	1st	Ford AU Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	44th	Ford BA Falcon
2004	V8 Supercar Championship Series	18th	Ford BA Falcon	Larkham Motor Sport
2005	V8 Supercar Championship Series	29th	Ford BA Falcon	Larkham Motor Sport
2006	V8 Supercar Championship Series	3rd	Ford BA Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2007	V8 Supercar Championship Series	5th	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2008	V8 Supercar Championship Series	2nd	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2009	V8 Supercar Championship Series	5th	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2010	V8 Supercar Championship Series	3rd	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2011	International V8 Supercars Championship	3rd	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2012	International V8 Supercars Championship	3rd	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2013	International V8 Supercars Championship	4th	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2014	International V8 Supercars Championship	3rd	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2015	International V8 Supercars Championship	1st	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia
2016	International V8 Supercars Championship	6th	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia
2017	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	6th	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia
2018	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	12th	Ford FG X Falcon	Tickford Racing
2019	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	13th	Holden ZB Commodore	Team 18
2020	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	10th	Holden ZB Commodore	Team 18
2021	Repco Supercars Championship	10th	Holden ZB Commodore	Team 18
2022	Repco Supercars Championship	9th	Holden ZB Commodore	Team 18
2023	Repco Supercars Championship	15th	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	Team 18

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
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
2003	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R1	PHI R3	EAS R4	WIN R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	HDV R11	QLD R12	ORA R13	SAN R14 11	BAT R15 Ret	SUR R16	SUR R17	PUK R18	PUK R19	PUK R20	EAS R21	EAS R22																		44th	152
2004	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1 15	ADE R2 Ret	EAS R3 12	PUK R4 25	PUK R5 14	PUK R6 Ret	HDV R7 11	HDV R8 10	HDV R9 23	BAR R10 19	BAR R11 16	BAR R12 15	QLD R13 21	WIN R14 25	ORA R15 23	ORA R16 Ret	SAN R17 6	BAT R18 5	SUR R19 16	SUR R20 12	SYM R21 19	SYM R22 17	SYM R23 11	EAS R24 28	EAS R25 22	EAS R26 33														18th	1190
2005	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1 24	ADE R2 14	PUK R3 24	PUK R4 22	PUK R5 17	BAR R6 20	BAR R7 27	BAR R8 21	EAS R9 23	EAS R10 Ret	SHA R11 Ret	SHA R12 DNS	SHA R13 DNS	HDV R14 24	HDV R15 27	HDV R16 20	QLD R17 25	ORA R18 Ret	ORA R19 27	SAN R20 16	BAT R21 Ret	SUR R22 21	SUR R23 29	SUR R24 26	SYM R25 21	SYM R26 22	SYM R27 25	PHI R28 19	PHI R29 20	PHI R30 25										29th	668
2006	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1 22	ADE R2 19	PUK R3 4	PUK R4 3	PUK R5 3	BAR R6 6	BAR R7 13	BAR R8 3	WIN R9 8	WIN R10 12	WIN R11 6	HDV R12 3	HDV R13 17	HDV R14 8	QLD R15 9	QLD R16 7	QLD R17 9	ORA R18 7	ORA R19 15	ORA R20 11	SAN R21 1	BAT R22 Ret	SUR R23 3	SUR R24 3	SUR R25 3	SYM R26 2	SYM R27 2	SYM R28 3	BHR R29 8	BHR R30 3	BHR R31 27	PHI R32 7	PHI R33 2	PHI R34 1						3rd	3089
2007	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BF Falcon	ADE R1 5	ADE R2 Ret	BAR R3 10	BAR R4 6	BAR R5 5	PUK R6 2	PUK R7 23	PUK R8 11	WIN R9 26	WIN R10 20	WIN R11 10	EAS R12 11	EAS R13 7	EAS R14 6	HDV R15 Ret	HDV R16 6	HDV R17 6	QLD R18 10	QLD R19 7	QLD R20 5	ORA R21 4	ORA R22 3	ORA R23 24	SAN R24 8	BAT R25 10	SUR R26 20	SUR R27 17	SUR R28 5	BHR R29 1	BHR R30 1	BHR R31 3	SYM R32 3	SYM R33 3	SYM R34 7	PHI R35 7	PHI R36 4	PHI R37 5			5th	420
2008	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BF Falcon	ADE R1 2	ADE R2 Ret	EAS R3 10	EAS R4 2	EAS R5 1	HAM R6 10	HAM R7 7	HAM R8 5	BAR R29 1	BAR R10 1	BAR R11 1	SAN R12 2	SAN R13 6	SAN R14 2	HDV R15 1	HDV R16 3	HDV R17 2	QLD R18 2	QLD R19 1	QLD R20 1	WIN R21 21	WIN R22 2	WIN R23 26	PHI QR 12	PHI R24 4	BAT R25 4	SUR R26 3	SUR R27 3	SUR R28 3	BHR R29 21	BHR R30 4	BHR R31 4	SYM R32 3	SYM R33 4	SYM R34 4	ORA R35 23	ORA R36 12	ORA R37 18		2nd	3079
2009	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	ADE R1 18	ADE R2 22	HAM R3 2	HAM R4 Ret	WIN R5 25	WIN R6 2	SYM R7 16	SYM R8 4	HDV R9 2	HDV R10 17	TOW R11 8	TOW R12 6	SAN R13 12	SAN R14 16	QLD R15 3	QLD R16 4	PHI QR 1	PHI R17 3	BAT R18 Ret	SUR R19 1	SUR R20 2	SUR R21 2	SUR R22 1	PHI R23 6	PHI R24 Ret	BAR R25 3	BAR R26 17	SYD R27 2	SYD R28 3											5th	2414
2010	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	YMC R1 3	YMC R2 2	BHR R3 2	BHR R4 2	ADE R5 21	ADE R6 3	HAM R7 7	HAM R8 DSQ	QLD R9 9	QLD R10 Ret	WIN R11 15	WIN R12 6	HDV R13 1	HDV R14 2	TOW R15 3	TOW R16 1	PHI QR 7	PHI R17 2	BAT R18 9	SUR R19 21	SUR R20 3	SYM R21 5	SYM R22 1	SAN R23 3	SAN R24 2	SYD R25 Ret	SYD R26 Ret													3rd	2729
2011	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	YMC R1 3	YMC R2 14	ADE R3 6	ADE R4 3	HAM R5 4	HAM R6 Ret	BAR R7 8	BAR R8 13	BAR R9 26	WIN R10 9	WIN R11 19	HID R12 15	HID R13 3	TOW R14 5	TOW R15 3	QLD R16 13	QLD R17 10	QLD R18 19	PHI R19 17	BAT R20 4	SUR R21 3	SUR R22 1	SYM R23 4	SYM R24 3	SAN R25 7	SAN R26 2	SYD R27 5	SYD R28 1												3rd	2710
2012	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	ADE R1 9	ADE R2 2	SYM R3 2	SYM R4 5	HAM R5 23	HAM R6 1	BAR R7 1	BAR R8 3	BAR R9 2	PHI R10 1	PHI R11 6	HID R12 3	HID R13 3	TOW R14 2	TOW R15 5	QLD R16 2	QLD R17 2	SMP R18 2	SMP R19 3	SAN QR 16	SAN R20 2	BAT R21 11	SUR R22 3	SUR R23 3	YMC R24 6	YMC R25 4	YMC R26 5	WIN R27 4	WIN R28 2	SYD R29 9	SYD R30 18									3rd	3457
2013	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	ADE R1 Ret	ADE R2 5	SYM R3 3	SYM R4 6	SYM R5 2	PUK R6 19	PUK R7 13	PUK R8 23	PUK R9 24	BAR R10 3	BAR R11 3	BAR R12 12	COA R13 8	COA R14 6	COA R15 7	COA R16 6	HID R17 22	HID R18 1	HID R19 2	TOW R20 2	TOW R21 4	QLD R22 3	QLD R23 10	QLD R24 3	WIN R25 4	WIN R26 1	WIN R27 17	SAN QR 4	SAN R28 6	BAT R29 1	SUR R30 3	SUR R31 18	PHI R32 5	PHI R33 7	PHI R34 2	SYD R35 Ret	SYD R36 6			4th	2793
2014	Ford Performance Racing	Ford FG Falcon	ADE R1 4	ADE R2 4	ADE R3 12	SYM R4 3	SYM R5 2	SYM R6 9	WIN R7 7	WIN R8 2	WIN R9 1	PUK R10 13	PUK R11 1	PUK R12 2	PUK R13 1	BAR R14 4	BAR R15 2	BAR R16 3	HID R17 6	HID R18 6	HID R19 1	TOW R20 11	TOW R21 8	TOW R22 6	QLD R23 6	QLD R24 6	QLD R25 22	SMP R26 11	SMP R27 12	SMP R28 20	SAN QR 3	SAN R29 10	BAT R30 6	SUR R31 4	SUR R32 13	PHI R33 23	PHI R34 3	PHI R35 3	SYD R36 23	SYD R37 5	SYD R38 19	3rd	2768
2015	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 5	ADE R2 11	ADE R3 5	SYM R4 2	SYM R5 6	SYM R6 5	BAR R7 1	BAR R8 1	BAR R9 15	WIN R10 2	WIN R11 1	WIN R12 1	HID R13 2	HID R14 7	HID R15 5	TOW R16 1	TOW R17 1	QLD R18 1	QLD R19 1	QLD R20 3	SMP R21 2	SMP R22 8	SMP R23 16	SAN QR 2	SAN R24 1	BAT R25 2	SUR R26 23	SUR R27 11	PUK R28 7	PUK R29 4	PUK R30 11	PHI R31 7	PHI R32 4	PHI R33 4	SYD R34 5	SYD R35 3	SYD R36 4			1st	3246
2016	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 8	ADE R2 11	ADE R3 9	SYM R4 9	SYM R5 3	PHI R6 5	PHI R7 2	BAR R8 22	BAR R9 1	WIN R10 3	WIN R11 2	HID R12 9	HID R13 20	TOW R14 3	TOW R15 3	QLD R16 4	QLD R17 5	SMP R18 11	SMP R19 14	SAN QR 22	SAN R20 23	BAT R21 Ret	SUR R22 4	SUR R23 5	PUK R24 4	PUK R25 5	PUK R26 1	PUK R27 5	SYD R28 23	SYD R29 12										6th	2489
2017	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 15	ADE R2 14	SYM R3 7	SYM R4 13	PHI R5 8	PHI R6 2	BAR R7 5	BAR R8 4	WIN R9 9	WIN R10 13	HID R11 14	HID R12 14	TOW R13 3	TOW R14 4	QLD R15 9	QLD R16 10	SMP R17 4	SMP R18 19	SAN QR 9	SAN R19 9	BAT R20 Ret	SUR R21 8	SUR R22 5	PUK R23 2	PUK R24 19	NEW R25 17	NEW R26 7													6th	2208
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 5	ADE R2 13	MEL R3 14	MEL R4 9	MEL R5 7	MEL R6 17	SYM R7 14	SYM R8 12	PHI R9 13	PHI R10 15	BAR R11 2	BAR R12 21	WIN R13 10	WIN R14 20	HID R15 20	HID R16 13	TOW R17 6	TOW R18 12	QLD R19 20	QLD R20 26	SMP R21 15	BEN R22 5	BEN R23 16	SAN QR 5	SAN R24 17	BAT R25 12	SUR R26 7	SUR R27 C	PUK R28 13	PUK R29 9	NEW R30 6	NEW R31 13								12th	2192
2019	Team 18	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1 9	ADE R2 6	MEL R3 12	MEL R4 11	MEL R5 13	MEL R6 6	SYM R7 4	SYM R8 6	PHI R9 21	PHI R10 17	BAR R11 18	BAR R12 15	WIN R13 9	WIN R14 22	HID R15 17	HID R16 12	TOW R17 9	TOW R18 Ret	QLD R19 15	QLD R20 10	BEN R21 4	BEN R22 23	PUK R23 22	PUK R24 8	BAT R25 6	SUR R26 12	SUR R27 19	SAN QR 15	SAN R28 12	NEW R29 10	NEW R30 14									13th	2092
2020	Team 18	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1 8	ADE R2 11	MEL R3 C	MEL R4 C	MEL R5 C	MEL R6 C	SMP1 R7 9	SMP1 R8 8	SMP1 R9 5	SMP2 R10 10	SMP2 R11 14	SMP2 R12 6	HID1 R13 4	HID1 R14 11	HID1 R15 7	HID2 R16 11	HID2 R17 9	HID2 R18 4	TOW1 R19 12	TOW1 R20 17	TOW1 R21 10	TOW2 R22 14	TOW2 R23 9	TOW2 R24 13	BEN1 R25 17	BEN1 R26 15	BEN1 R27 Ret	BEN2 R28 8	BEN2 R29 12	BEN2 R30 16	BAT R31 8									10th	1566
2021	Team 18	Holden ZB Commodore	BAT1 R1 4	BAT1 R2 5	SAN R3 4	SAN R4 11	SAN R5 10	SYM R6 7	SYM R7 7	SYM R8 11	BEN R9 25	BEN R10 9	BEN R11 18	HID R12 22	HID R13 5	HID R14 7	TOW1 R15 10	TOW1 R16 16	TOW2 R17 20	TOW2 R18 10	TOW2 R19 8	SMP1 R20 12	SMP1 R21 17	SMP1 R22 10	SMP2 R23 18	SMP2 R24 10	SMP2 R25 15	SMP3 R26 13	SMP3 R27 6	SMP3 R28 19	SMP4 R29 12	SMP4 R30 C	BAT2 R31 16									10th	1725
2022	Team 18	Holden ZB Commodore	SMP R1 16	SMP R2 12	SYM R3 18	SYM R4 6	SYM R5 7	MEL R6 7	MEL R7 12	MEL R8 17	MEL R9 9	BAR R10 14	BAR R11 16	BAR R12 20	WIN R13 21	WIN R14 9	WIN R15 9	HID R16 5	HID R17 7	HID R18 9	TOW R19 25	TOW R20 10	BEN R21 16	BEN R22 9	BEN R23 15	SAN R24 8	SAN R25 12	SAN R26 5	PUK R27 11	PUK R28 22	PUK R29 12	BAT R30 15	SUR R31 9	SUR R32 6	ADE R33 6	ADE R34 11						9th	1909
2023	Team 18	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	NEW R1 6	NEW R2 10	MEL R3 21	MEL R4 9	MEL R5 Ret	MEL R6 19	BAR R7 18	BAR R8 18	BAR R9 19	SYM R10 12	SYM R11 13	SYM R12 8	HID R13 1	HID R14 18	HID R15 7	TOW R16 11	TOW R17 7	SMP R18 9	SMP R19 9	BEN R20 17	BEN R21 17	BEN R22 24	SAN R23 11	BAT R24 DNF	SUR R25 12	SUR R26 9	ADE R27 11	ADE R28 15												15th	1579
2024	Team 18	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	BAT1 R1 12	BAT1 R2 14	MEL R3 11	MEL R4 2	MEL R5 13	MEL R6 13	TAU R7 11	TAU R8 17	WAN R9 16	WAN R10 20	HID R11 2	HID R12 19	TOW R13 13	TOW R14 8	SMP R15 24	SMP R16 13	SYM R17 18	SYM R18 9	SAN R19 16	BAT2 R20 18	SUR R21	SUR R22	ADE R23	ADE R24																15th*	1323*

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2003	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	Mark Noske	DNF	102
2004	Larkham Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	Jason Bargwanna	5th	161
2005	Larkham Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	Jason Bargwanna	DNF	122
2006	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	Jason Bright	DNF	28
2007	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BF	Steven Richards	10th	161
2008	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BF	Steven Richards	4th	161
2009	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Steven Richards	DNF	49
2010	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Luke Youlden	9th	161
2011	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Steven Richards	4th	161
2012	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Steven Richards	11th	161
2013	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Steven Richards	1st	161
2014	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Steve Owen	6th	161
2015	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford Falcon FG X	Steve Owen	2nd	161
2016	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford Falcon FG X	Dean Canto	DNF	132
2017	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford Falcon FG X	Dean Canto	DNF	159
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	Dean Canto	12th	161
2019	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Steven Richards	6th	161
2020	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	James Golding	8th	161
2021	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Michael Caruso	16th	161
2022	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Michael Caruso	15th	161
2023	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6	Michael Caruso	DNF [15]	160
2024	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6	Michael Caruso	18th	161

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2017	BMW Team SRM	Steven Richards Marco Wittmann	BMW M6 GT3	AP	281	14th	7th

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
2014	Voxx Racing	Peugeot 408	INT 1 4	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	GOI 1	CAS 1	CAS 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	CUR 1	NC	-
2015	Voxx Racing	Peugeot 408	GOI 1 2	RBP 1	RBP 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	GOI 1	CAS 1	CAS 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	INT 1	NC	-
2018	Shell V-Power	Chevrolet Cruze	INT 1 11	CUR 1	CUR 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	LON 1	LON 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	TBA 1	TBA 1	TBA 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	VCA 1	VCA 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	TBA 1	TBA 2	INT 1	NC	-

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External links

• Personal website
• Ford Performance Racing website
• Mark Winterbottom career summary at DriverDB.com
• Mark Winterbottom driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Paul Dumbrell	Winner of the V8 Supercar Development Series 2003	Succeeded by Andrew Jones
Preceded by Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2013 (with Steven Richards)	Succeeded by Chaz Mostert Paul Morris
Preceded by Jamie Whincup	Winner of the International V8 Supercars Championship 2015	Succeeded by Shane van Gisbergen
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Craig Lowndes	Barry Sheene Medal 2012	Succeeded by Craig Lowndes