Nick Percat (born 14 September 1988) is an Australian racing driver who currently races in the Repco Supercars Championship, driving for

Walkinshaw Andretti United Walkinshaw Andretti United is an Australian motor racing team based in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton. The team currently fields two Holden ZB Commodores in the Supercars Championship for Nick Percat and Chaz Mostert, along with a Porsche 91 ...

in the No. 2

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. He won the

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at his first attempt, co-driving for

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for the

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. Percat attended Sacred Heart College in South Australia.

Racing career

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 of Nick Percat (2013)

Percat won the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship in his third season in the category having dominated the season after finishing runner up the previous year to Paul Laskaseski. In 2011 he returned to single seaters for a one off support race for the 2011 Indian Grand Prix driving a

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built Formula MRF for a winner takes all $50,000 prize. He took pole position and won race one, the first-ever race held at the

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, but was taken out in race two by eventual winner

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. On 9 October 2011, he partnered

to win the

race for the

. In winning the Bathurst 1000, Percat became the first South Australian born driver to win the race. On 24 December 2014, it was announced that Percat would contest the

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season with

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. He endured a mediocre season, with a best finish of 6th at the

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. He finished 22nd in the championship despite not racing in the final two rounds of the year due to a foot injury. The 2016 season kicked off with Percat taking a shock win in unpredictable circumstances at the 2016 Clipsal 500 Adelaide, which was also the first win for the team. Percat became the first South Australian driver to win the local event. Percat continued his strong form at the 2016 Bathurst 1000 by scoring a podium with co-drive

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. Percat has finished on the podium 3 times out of his 8 starts. Holden Commodore ZB of Nick Percat (2018)

For the

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season, Percat signed a contract to race for

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, replacing outgoing driver Jason Bright. Results for Percat were mixed due to a horror run of bad luck from the BJR team. The highlight of the year was Percat's first podium for the team at the Darwin Triple Crown event. Results for

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were much improved for Percat, and the whole BJR team, with Percat scoring 2 podiums at the Australian Grand Prix event, narrowly missing out on winning the Larry Perkins Trophy. Percat finished the year 10th in the championship, his best result to date. In

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Percat took another step forward in the championship. He didn't score a podium, but was one of the most consistent drivers in the field and finished the year in 9th. In

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, he enjoyed his best Supercars season to date, finishing 7th in the Championship, claimed two wins during the Sydney SuperSprint round and a podium finish in the second race of the Darwin SuperSprint. After five seasons with

, Percat announced on 26 October 2021 that he would be returning to

in 2022 on a multiple-year deal.

Career results

Career summary

Supercars Championship results

Bathurst 1000 results

References

http://www.summitfleet.com.au/news-info/nick-percat-in-the-white-hot-summit-fleet-supercar-at-ipswich-supersprint/

External links

Official websiteDriver Database statsV8 Supercars Official ProfileProfile on Racing Reference
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