UJames Courtney: Izinto eziyi-13 okungenzeka ungazi ngomshayeli wemijaho wase-Australia

UJames Courtney ube yinkanyezi ye-V8 Supercars kusukela ngo-2006.

Manje usengumakadebona ochungechungeni lwe-V8 supercar, uJames Courtney ungumpetha wangaphambili futhi ongomunye wobuso obaziwa kakhulu kwezemidlalo.

Kodwa esikhathini esidlule, uqokwe njengomshayeli othembisayo kunabo bonke e-Australia, futhi kwabonakala sengathi ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe kwakuzodingeka abambe iqhaza kuFomula 1.

Wayengumpetha womhlaba we-karting amahlandla amabili futhi wadlulela emjahweni wezimoto ochungechungeni olwaluqhudelana kakhulu lweBritish Ford Ford ngo-1999.

Ngokushesha wakhuphuka waba umshayeli wokuhlola we-Formula One, kodwa ngemva kwengozi enyantisayo, umsebenzi wakhe wathuthela e-Japan ngaphambi kokuthi i-Holden Racing Team imnike ithuba lokuzama izimoto ezinkulu ze-V1 okokuqala ngo-'8.

Ngemuva kokuhlaba umxhwele nge-Bathurst 1000 yakhe yokuqala, waba ngumdlali odumile ku-V8 Supercars futhi wathatha indawo kaMarcos Ambrose eStone Brother Racing ngesizini ka-2006.

Ngemuva kokusebenzela i-Dick Johnson Racing, i-Holden Racing Team kanye ne-Walkinshaw Andretti United, u-Courtney manje uselungiselela isizini yakhe ye-16 kulo mdlalo ngo-2022. 

Nawa wonke amaqiniso abalulekile okudingeka ukwazi ngoJames Courtney.

Uneminyaka emingaki uJames Courtney?

Wazalwa ngoJuni 29, 1980, okumenza abe neminyaka engu-41 ubudala ngesikhathi sokushicilela.

Mude kangakanani uJames Courtney?

Ukuphakama kwakhe kubhalwe ku-183 cm.

Ingakanani inzuzo kaJames Courtney?

UKourtney kucatshangwa ukuthi ubiza ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-5 zamaRandi ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe omude. Njengompetha wangaphambili we-Holden nomshayeli wefekthri phakathi nezinsuku zodumo lwenkampani, u-Courtney wake waba ngomunye wabashayeli bezimoto ezinkulu ze-V8 abakhokhelwa kakhulu. Amahemuhemu athi i-Holden Racing Team yamkhokhela imali engaphezu kuka-$1 million ngesizini ngesikhathi bemkhipha kwaFord ngesizini ka-2011.

Ingabe uJames Courtney unezingane zakwabo?

Yebo unewele lakhe.

Ingabe uJames Courtney ushadile?

Cha. Wayeshade noCarys Hughes iminyaka engu-16, kodwa bahlukanisa ngo-2017.

Umbhangqwana unezingane ezimbili, uZara noCadel.

Ubani othandana noJames Courtney?

Kusukela isehlukaniso, u-Courtney ubelokhu ehileleka nabesifazane abaningi abadumile. Ku-2020, u-Kourtney waya esidlangalaleni nentombi yakhe ngaleso sikhathi u-Kylie Clarke (owayengunkosikazi wekhilikithi uMichael Clarke) e-Bathurst 1000. Lo mbhangqwana kubikwa ukuthi uhlangane njengezingane lapho uKourtney eqhudelana nge-karting nomfowabo kaKylie.

Kodwa-ke, lo mbhangqwana wahlukana, futhi ngesikhathi sokushicilela, umlingani kaKourtney wayengumfanekiso weGold Coast kanye nomdwebi wezimonyo uTegan Woodford. 

Ingabe uJames Courtney ezinkundleni zokuxhumana?

Yebo, u-Courtney ungomunye wabashayeli be-supercar abakhuthele kakhulu ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ngokuyinhloko usebenzisa i-Instagram kodwa futhi une-akhawunti ye-Twitter. Ungamlandela ku-@jcourtney kuzo zombili izingosi.

Ingabe kube nezingozi ezinkulu emsebenzini kaJames Courtney?

Yebo, udume kabi ngokubandakanyeka engozini enkulu ngenkathi evivinya imoto yeJaguar Formula 1 kusekethe yase-Italian Monza ngo-2002. Imoto yakhe ihlulekile ukumiswa ihamba ngesivinini esiphezulu yashayisa izithiyo ngesivinini esingaphezu kuka-300 km/h.

UMichael Schumacher wamkhipha emotweni ephukile. Ulimale kabi ekhanda futhi wathola nemiphumela engemihle engozini isikhathi esingangonyaka ngaphambi kokuba alulame ngokugcwele.

Ubani oshayela uJames Courtney?

Njengamanje u-Courtney ugijimela i-Tickford Racing, eshayela i-Boost Mobile exhaswe yi-Ford Mustang. Usayine ukwelula inkontileka ezomgcina eqenjini isizini ka-2022 no-2023.

Kungani uJames Courtney eshiya iTeam Sydney?

UCourtney ujoyine iqembu laseSydney ngesizini ka-2020 kodwa walishiya iqembu ngemuva komzuliswano owodwa nje. Ubalule ukungagculiseki ngezinhlelo zeqembu zesizini njengesizathu sokushiya kwakhe.

Ngaleso sikhathi, utshele i-RPM Network Ten, "Kwakuwukuzibophezela okukhulu okwenziwe ekuqaleni, okwakuyingxenye enkulu yesivumelwano sami," kusho uKourtney lapho ebuzwa ukuthi kungani eshiya.

“Mhlawumbe ngikushiye nginganqumile isikhathi eside ngenxa yobungane bami [nomnikazi weqembu] uJohn [Webb].

“Ngemuva kuka-Adelaide, kwaba sobala ukuthi ngeke kube nokuhlonishwa. Sekwanele nami bekumele ngenze esikwenzile."

U-James Courtney uphumelele kangaki u-Bathurst?

Akakanqobi uBathurst. Kodwa unama-podiums amane, kufaka phakathi amathathu kokune kokuqala.

Ukuqeda kwakhe kahle kwaba isibili emjahweni ka-2007, ngesikhathi ehlanganyela iFord Falcon esuka kuStone Brothers Racing noDavid Besnard.

Mingaki imiqhudelwano yezimoto zokuvakasha u-James Courtney ayiwinile?

Omunye wabo umqhudelwano we-2010 Supercars '8 oshayela i-Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon.

Lokhu kumbeka enkampanini eyivelakancane, okumenza abe ngomunye wabagibeli abane kuphela ukushaya u-Jamie Wincapup esicongweni somsebenzi wakhe.

Ngabe uJames Courtney wake wayishayela i-F1?

Wayehamba ngezimoto ze-F1 kodwa akazange agijime. Eminyakeni yokuqala yomsebenzi wakhe, u-Courtney wayethathwa njengomshayeli ohamba phambili nozayo wase-Australia futhi kwakubonakala sengathi wayemiselwe ukungena kuFormula One.

Ngemuva kokuwina umqhudelwano weBritish Ford Ford ngo-2000, wasayinwa eqenjini likaJaguar elincane ukuze akhulise ithalente leqembu lohlobo lwaseBrithani i-F1.

Ube ngumshayeli ojwayelekile wokuhlola iJaguar F1 ngo-2001, kwaze kwaba yingozi eMonza. Ngemuva kwalokhu, umsebenzi wakhe wobusha obusesihlalweni esisodwa waphazanyiswa yimiphumela yengozi futhi wathuthela eJapan ngo-2003 ukuyogijima kwaze kwaba ngu-2006 lapho ejoyina i-V8 Supercars.