was called up by the FIA to perform a driving standards advisor-type role<\/a> \u2013 akin to what Craig Baird does in Supercars \u2013 for Formula 2 and Formula 3 at last month\u2019s Australian Grand Prix.<\/p>\nIt was a notable change of pace for the veteran who\u2019ll get back behind the wheel of a Supercar at The Bend 500 and Bathurst 1000 later this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was interesting being on the other side,\u201d Courtney confessed to V8 Sleuth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt like an arsehole handing out jumpstarts, especially when you know the expense that the kids are paying and that sort of stuff and I know that it doesn\u2019t create a huge advantage when the wheel just slightly turns, but the rules are the rules.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that side of it was pretty average, but on the other side when guys balls up, like in the F2 race when the two teammates caught each other and passed and brake-tested him, that was some average driving.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was funny being on the other side and seeing him try to wriggle out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The matter Courtney is referring to is when Rodin Motorsport teammates Alex Dunne and Martinius Stenshorne collided while dicing for the lead of the F2 feature race at Albert Park.<\/p>\n
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The moment Alex Dunne and Martinius Stenshorne made contact. Source: Kayo Sports<\/p>\n
Both cars retired from the race, and Dunne would collect a five-place grid drop for the next feature race \u2013 at Monaco in June.<\/p>\n
Courtney did consult Baird, not on that particular incident but how to handle the overall experience: \u201cHe was laughing and saying it was going to be interesting for me, which he was right.\u201d<\/p>\n
All told, the door might now be open for Courtney to do more in this space.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only other F3\/F2 event over this side of the world is Macau at the end of the year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll see if I get invited back. But they asked if I\u2019d be open to other opportunities and I said \u2018I would definitely have a look at it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2026 Macau Grand Prix will be held across November 19-22, which happens to be the weekend between Supercars\u2019 Sandown semi-finals and Adelaide Grand Final.<\/p>\n
The Undercut \u2013 Breaking down the big 2026 issues!<\/p>\n
The Undercut is back for 2026, with Aaron Noonan once again joined by Jack Perkins and James Moffat, breaking down a massive start to the new motorsport season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUPERCARS champion. Budding television star. Now high-ranking open-wheel referee? It\u2019s the latest string to James Courtney\u2019s bow that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-360649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}