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Scott McLaughlin
McLaughlin at the 2013 V8 Supercars Test Day
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 25) Christchurch, New Zealand
Supercars Record
Car number	17
Current team	DJR Team Penske
Series championships	1 (2018)
Races	206
Race wins	32
Podium finishes	71
Pole positions	52
2019 Championship position	1st (1058 pts)*

Scott Thomas McLaughlin (born 10 June 1993) is a New Zealand professional racing driver competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 17 Ford Mustang GT for DJR Team Penske ^[1] and won the 2018 Supercars championship.

McLaughlin won his first race in the NZ Touring Car series in early 2011, becoming the youngest ever driver to win a race in the Championship at just 17 years old.^[2] Then in 2012 he competed in the New Zealand V8SuperTourers Championship and became the inaugural series champion.

McLaughlin achieved his first Supercars race win during his first full time season with Garry Rogers Motorsport in 2013, at Pukekohe Park Raceway. He is the youngest person to ever win in a Supercar.^[3]

Career

Karting

McLaughlin began racing karts when he was eight, and represented New Zealand in the Rotax Max Challenge held in Italy,^[4][5] but had long aspired to race V8s, and was given a trial in one at Stone Brothers Racing while doing work experience there.^[3]

Dunlop Super2 Series

In 2010, McLaughlin confirmed that he would be racing for Stone Brothers Racing in the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series at just 16 years of age, becoming the youngest ever V8 Supercar driver.^[3] He didn't make his debut until the second round of the series, due to him not having the appropriate competition licence.^[6]

McLaughlin won his first race in the series at Queensland Raceway in 2011^[7] before going on to win the title in 2012.^[8]

V8 SuperTourer Series

McLaughlin drove a Holden VE Commodore in the 2012 season of the V8 SuperTourer Series. He won six races for MPC Motorsport on his way to becoming the inaugural series champion.^[9]

Supercars Championship

McLaughlin made his debut in the Supercars Championship at the Sandown 500 in 2012, as a co-driver to Jonathon Webb at Tekno Autosports. The pair performed well at both Sandown and Bathurst, finishing in tenth place at Sandown and in sixth place at Bathurst. McLaughlin also drove at the Sydney 500 for Garry Rogers Motorsport after Alexandre Prémat was forced out of the Sunday race due to extreme heat exhaustion the day before.^[10] McLaughlin was later signed by Garry Rogers Motorsport as a full-time driver for the 2013 season.^[8]

McLaughlin continued with Garry Rogers Motorsport into 2014, under its new identity as Volvo Polestar Racing (later Volvo Cyan Racing). At March 1, 2014, McLaughlin scored a podium finish in Volvo's return to the series at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide. Four race wins at Barbagallo, Sydney Motorsport Park, and 2 wins at Phillip Island. He finished 5th in the standings.

For 2017, McLaughlin moved from Garry Rogers Motorsport to DJR Team Penske to partner Fabian Coulthard. Throughout the year, McLaughlin was dominant in qualifying; acquiring 16 pole positions. Along with a string of strong results, McLaughlin would find himself in the box seat for a maiden championship title. After starting strongly in the final round at Newcastle, a chaotic second race saw McLaughlin pick up three penalties which would eventually contribute toward him narrowly missing out on the title to Jamie Whincup.

In 2018, McLaughlin continued to race with DJR Team Penske. He won seven out of the 34 races, winning in Melbourne, Phillip Island, Barbagallo, Hidden Valley and Ipswich. McLaughlin finished third at Bathurst alongside Alexandre Prémat in which was the Ford Falcon's final appearance at Mount Panorama. On 4 November, at Pukekohe Park Raceway, McLaughlin won race twenty-nine to join compatriot Shane van Gisbergen in winning the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy. In Newcastle, McLaughlin won race thirty (after van Gisbergen was stripped of his victory following a pit lane violation, demoting him to fifth) and finished second in race thirty-one to become the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars champion.

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  McLaughlin placed 4th in the 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series driving a Ford BF Falcon (pictured above at Queensland Raceway) & a Ford FG Falcon).
  

  
  

  
  


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  McLaughlin placed 10th in the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Holden VF Commodore (pictured above at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit).
  

  
  

  
  


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  McLaughlin placed fifth in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship driving a Volvo S60 (pictured at the 2014 Coates Hire Ipswich 400).
  

  
  

  
  


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  McLaughlin preparing for the third race of the 2015 Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint.
  

  
  

  
  


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  McLaughlin placed 2nd in the 2017 Supercars Championship driving a Ford FG X Falcon (Pictured above at the Newcastle Street Circuit)
  

  
  

  
  


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  McLaughlin at the 2018 Newcastle 500, the event at which he secured his maiden championship.
  

  
  

  
  

Career results

Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-Driver	Position	Laps
2012	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore VE	Jonathon Webb	6th	161
2013	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Jack Perkins	8th	161
2014	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60 Mk.2	Alexandre Prémat	17th	150
2015	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60 Mk.2	Alexandre Prémat	5th	161
2016	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60 Mk.2	David Wall	15th	159
2017	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	Alexandre Prémat	DNF	74
2018	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	Alexandre Prémat	3rd	161

V8 SuperTourer results

Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

• 
  Scott McLaughlin Official Website updated by in 2018


• 
  Scott McLaughlin career summary at DriverDB.com


• Profile on Racing Reference