Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose (born on September 1st 1976 with Launceston, Tasmanie) is an Australian racing driver who illustrated himself in his native land thanks to many championships, including two prisoners in the famous Australian championship V8 Supercars Australia, which makes him the of him one of most famous pilots of Australia.

Beginnings of career

It began in karting at 12 years, it gained four championships of Tasmanie of karting, juniors category, then entered the elite higher than 16 years, where it added three championships of Tasmanie of karting to its prize list. In 1996, it left Australia for England with for objective its dream, the Formule 1. Over there, he learned quickly and gained several races but in spite of these victories, Ambrose will need a financial support and had to return to Australia.

2001-2005: V8 Supercars

In 2001, the Australian stable Stone Brothers Racing TEAM and Ford signs Marcos for the championship V8 Supercars Australia. On board the Ford Falcon N°4, It finishes the season 2001 on encouraging a 8th place with the key a victorious sleeve and four poles positions (including one with Melbourne and with Bathurst 1000). The season 2002 sees very first the " vraie" victory of Marcos Ambrose over the first race of the second handle to Phillip Island. It finished the season in beauty with a victory in the final sleeve with Sandown 500 and one 3rd place with final, synonymous with better pilot Ford of the year. Seasons 2003 and 2004 will be the good ones for Ambrose. Indeed, Marcos Ambrose becomes world champion of V8 Supercars Australia with 6 victorious meetings out of 13 and 102 points in advance on its larger rival this season, the pilot Holden Greg Murphy. The year 2004 is hardly better than the preceding one: in spite of again 6 victorious meetings out of the 13, it registered approximately 90 points moreover than the season 2003 (2174 pts against 2085 pts) and precedes of 236 points its compatriot and fellow-member Russell Ingall. This last, as for him, gains high the hand the championship 2005 by preceding Craig Lowndes, quintuple world champion of V8 Supercars and Marcos Ambrose. To the 10th handle with Bathurst, Ambrose had left well to remove one 3rd championship where a discussed accident caused him the abandonment and the loss of the championship for 65 small points. In 2006, with the first course of the championship, Ambrose its intention to become the first Australian one to compete full-time in the American championship Nascar announced. It will have win because Ford Motor Company signed Marcos to compete with the stable Wood Brothers/JTG Racing in the category Craftsman Truck Series.

2006- : Nascar

It is first not-American to sign his first pole with the Kentucky Speedway in the Craftsman championship, since Ron Fellows on June 26th, 1999. Ambrose still entered the history of Nascar because it finished 3rd in the Kansas Speedway, synonymous with first signal 5 for the Australian one, which had not arrived any more since once again the Canadian Ron Fellows who, this day, had thus made the pole but had also gained the race the shortly after its pole with Watkins Glen. Marcos confirmed this result while being classified again 3rd. It is the first time that a rookie of Nascar succeeds in making two signal 5 in the same year. Thanks to these two good performances, it finishes 21e with the final classification. This year, Marcos Ambrose runs in the championship Busch Series with the n°59 of the stable Wood Brothers/JTG Racing, where it makes one good season with in particular 4 signal 10. With final, it classified 8th at 1328 points of the champion Carl Edwards. It is also the 2nd better rookie in the category Busch Series, behind David Ragan.

External bonds

Official site of Marcos Ambrose
Official site of the TEAM Australia

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