Mark Winterbottom and Tickford Racing will reunite in 2025, with the lately retired full-time Supercars driver returning to his outdated squad as a endurance co-driver.
The previous Supercars champion and Bathurst 1000 winner will companion Cam Waters in one of many staff’s Ford Mustangs at The Bend 500 and Bathurst 1000 subsequent yr, leaving long-time Waters co-driver James Moffat to maneuver throughout into the staff’s different entry, to affix Thomas Randle.
The 43-year-old veteran driver will even tackle a mentor’s function, to work alongside the staff’s three-car Super2 squad. Winterbottom was a product of Ford’s personal improvement sequence, having first labored with the model as a younger kart racer greater than 20 years in the past.
“I’m so excited to return again dwelling to Tickford Racing. This staff performed such a large half in my profession,” mentioned Winterbottom.
Winterbottom joined the staff, then generally known as Ford Efficiency Racing, in 2006, and stayed there till the top of the 2017, when he moved to the Workforce 18 squad. With Tickford and related groups, he received the 2013 Bathurst 1000, the 2015 Supercars title and a complete of 38 races in 645 profession begins.
Mark Winterbottom will be part of Cameron Waters for the 2025 endurance rounds
Picture by: Bob Gloyn Pictures
“Tickford appears like household. So lots of the similar individuals are nonetheless right here, and the followers’ help has been overwhelming — Bathurst actually hit dwelling when folks saved saying, ‘Return to Tickford’,” he added.
“It’s a privilege to return to such a aggressive staff with two nice alternatives forward: to win with Cam within the enduros and to assist form the way forward for this sport. Cam’s probably the greatest drivers within the discipline.
“I’ll help him 100% — if he wins, we win. That’s what it’s all about. I’m excited to enrich his uncooked velocity with my expertise and assist Tickford battle for the highest step of the rostrum.”
Winterbottom introduced his retirement from full-time Supercars competitors in October, after shedding his Workforce 18 drive to Anton de Pasquale and failing to safe one other everlasting drive.
Winterbottom completed what was his closing season as a full-time Supercars driver sitting fifteenth within the championship standings driving for Workforce 18. His marketing campaign included second place finishes at Melbourne’s Albert Park and Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway.
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