Courtney told the Supercars website<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s an important role, and one I\u2019m keen for.<\/p>\n\u201cThey have a driving code, and say there\u2019s a line ball incident, I have to give them the opinion from a driver\u2019s point of view.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike Bairdo [Supercars driving standards adviser Craig Baird] here, I don\u2019t make a call on the punishment \u2014 it\u2019s more a case of determining who\u2019s at fault, especially if it\u2019s not clear from the naked eye.\u201d<\/p>\n
Courtney was once on a trajectory to Formula 1, having left Australia for championship-winning karting career in Europe. He won the British Formula Ford title in 2000 but was a contender for the British Formula 3 championship when a 67g crash testing for the Jaguar F1 team in 2002 \u2014 the car\u2019s suspension failed at 306 kilometres per hour \u2014 derailed his international career.<\/p>\n
It took him a year to recover, and after winning the Japanese Formula 3 championship in 2003, he eventually found his way to Supercars in 2005 and to the national title in 2010.<\/p>\n
Courtney said it was pleasing for his extensive domestic and international experience to be recognised.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a lot of experience from being on the other side of the fence, so sitting in this position is something that excites me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s quite a feather in the cap to be singled out.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great news story for Supercars as a championship, that we\u2019re at a level where the FIA chooses to pick one of us as opposed to bringing one of their own.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next Brazilian MotoGP star? | 06:45<\/p>\n
TSUNODA SET FOR TRACK TIME IN 2026<\/p>\n
Red Bull reserve driver Yuki Tsunoda will get behind the wheel of the Racing Bulls 2026 car during practice sessions this year, the team has confirmed.<\/p>\n
Tsunoda raced for Faenza from his 2021 debut until his Red Bull Racing call-up two rounds into 2025. His struggles alongside Max Verstappen, however, saw him dropped from the team at the end of the season in favour is Isack Hadjar, though he\u2019s retained a place on the roster as a reserve driver for both Red Bull-owned teams.<\/p>\n
Racing Bulls boss Alan Permane said having an experienced driver working on the new regulations would be an asset for both teams, revealing that he\u2019ll get practice outings with at least his team and potentially the senior Red Bull Racing team as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to have Yuki still in the family,\u201d he said, per RacingNews365.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been part of this team for a long time. It\u2019s good that he\u2019s still going to be in the paddock.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis input will be very, very valuable, he will help us out a lot with simulator running.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe will do some Fridays \u2014 I\u2019m not sure if in both cars or just ours \u2014 but he will feature in FP1 running. But a lot of his work will be simulator support for us.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s really fantastic for us to have someone of his calibre helping us over a race weekend, driving our simulator.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tsunoda\u2019s career has been backed by Honda, whose relationship with Red Bull earned him a place in the brand\u2019s junior driver program, which eventually led to his 2021 debut.<\/p>\n
There was a dispute earlier this year, however, whether Tsunoda being retained at Red Bull, which now produces its own power unit in partnership with Ford, would conflict with his relationship with the Japanese auto giant.<\/p>\n
Honda admitted in January that Tsunoda had yet to sign a new contract with the brand owing to the conflict, with negotiations continuing with Red Bull. Honda, however, still considers Tsunoda an affiliated driver.<\/p>\n
Speculation has suggested Tsunoda could eventually find his way to Aston Martin given its status as the Honda works team from this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dissolution of Lewis Hamilton\u2019s relationship with former race engineer Riccardo Adami will go down as a significant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[2620,253492,42655,64,63,689,253490,4971,242206,170010,253477,3554,817,253478,813,816,653,253479,16200,107494,253486,188803,252396,253493,16201,825,647,673,253487,677,49517,99980,252383,2119,2114,245682,668,31307,21786,253484,81644,253488,253489,85,253481,253491,670,253482,253480,158241,253483,16234,253485,252384,660,16198,5077],"class_list":{"0":"post-504387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-agence-france-presse","9":"tag-alan-gow","10":"tag-anton-de-pasquale","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","14":"tag-calibre-helping","15":"tag-carlos-sainz","16":"tag-cedric-michel-grosjean","17":"tag-craig-baird","18":"tag-crash-testing","19":"tag-diogo-moreira","20":"tag-f1","21":"tag-feeder-categories","22":"tag-formula-1","23":"tag-formula1","24":"tag-fox-sports-news","25":"tag-grand-prix-call-up","26":"tag-honda-motor-company","27":"tag-james-courtney","28":"tag-japanese-auto-giant","29":"tag-junior-driver-program","30":"tag-lead-trackside-performance","31":"tag-line-ball-incident","32":"tag-ltd","33":"tag-max-verstappen","34":"tag-melbourne","35":"tag-new-south-wales","36":"tag-news-story","37":"tag-oceania","38":"tag-paddock-speculation","39":"tag-pecking-order","40":"tag-permanent-replacement","41":"tag-pit-talk","42":"tag-pit-wall","43":"tag-practice-outings","44":"tag-press-conference","45":"tag-race-engineer","46":"tag-race-weekend","47":"tag-relationship-starts","48":"tag-riccardo-adami","49":"tag-simulator-running","50":"tag-simulator-support","51":"tag-sports","52":"tag-standards-adviser","53":"tag-standards-monitor","54":"tag-sydney","55":"tag-team-radio-exchanges","56":"tag-television-punditry-work","57":"tag-title-tilt","58":"tag-touring-car-commissioner","59":"tag-track-time","60":"tag-trackside-operations-chief","61":"tag-trackside-performance-engineer","62":"tag-victoria","63":"tag-works-team","64":"tag-yuki-tsunoda"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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