Jamie Whincup will retire full-time driving after the 2021 season and replace Roland Dane as managing director and team principal of the Triple Eight Race Engineering Supercars team.
The seven-time Supercars champion will become the new leader of the power team after a 19-year career in which he has been the most successful driver in Supercars history.
Since being shot by Garry Rogers after his rookie season in 2003, Whincup has gone on to win 122 races and four Bathurst 1000 with the Triple Eight squad he joined in 2006, initially as a subconscious to team leader Craig Lowndes.
The 37-year-old has been toying with the idea of retiring from driving for a while, and helped set the foundation for a more future. longer than the cockpit when he bought his original bet of 15% in the team three years ago.
It has not yet been decided whether it will continue as a driver of sustainability.
“I always said, after retiring from full-time driving, that I want to keep racing and in 2018 I promised that that would be along with Triple Eight as a shareholder, “Whincup said.
“I am honored that Roland trusts me to lead the family he has raised here in Australia.
“I will definitely be increasing every opportunity this year and beyond to learn from him and I am grateful that he will continue to devote some of his time in 2022 to ensuring that the team and my best chance for success.
“I have to thank everyone who supported me during my driving career – family, friends, fans and partners. I will do my best to ensure that we deliver the best possible results in 2021. “
At the same time Dane will move into a part-time consulting position from 2022, as well as continuing as an 11% shareholder and chairman of the board of directors.
As part of the organizational shake-up, Australian GT amateur race and assistant promoter Tony Quinn will take a 40% share in the team, with Whincup and Jess Dane each increasing their commitments to 19% and 30% respectively leth.
Having led the squad since reaching Supercars back in 2003, Roland Dane said the global health crisis has decided to encourage a move out of a day-to-day career, with plans to “diversify motor sports. enjoy “and spend more time abroad once international travel becomes easier.
“Since Jamie expressed his interest a few years ago in continuing his career in motorsport with Triple Eight after retiring from full-time driving, the plan has been set out. be there to take the next directors, “said Dane, who will be at the helm until the end of the year.
“He has proven to be an integral part of the Triple Eight family during his 15 years here and has nothing to prove along the way.
“I have every confidence that he will enter his new role with the same motivation, dedication and competitive spirit that will bring him to the path at every turn.
“COVID-19 has reminded me that I am not getting younger and I look forward to having more time to enjoy my hands different types of motor sports in different abilities and more time spent with my oldest daughter in the UK, once the pandemic allows. “