Mark Skaife

Mark Skaife
Skaife at the Australian GP in 2006
Nationality Australian
Born (1967-04-03) 3 April 1967 (age 57)
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Supercars Championship career
Championships5 (1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Races479
Wins90
Podiums203
Pole positions41

Mark Stephen Skaife OAM (born 3 April 1967) is an Australian former racing driver. Skaife is a five-time champion of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor, the Australian Touring Car Championship, as well as a six-time Bathurst 1000 winner. On 29 October 2008, he announced his retirement from full-time touring car racing.[1] Since retiring from driving, Skaife has worked as a commentator and presenter for the series for both the Seven Network and Fox Sports Australia.

He is the director of motorsport for design and engineering consultancy - IEDM, which oversaw the reconfiguration of Albert Park Circuit[2] - for which he has been working since he retired from racing. [3]

  1. ^ Guy Hand (29 October 2008). "Skaife announces retirement from V8s". FoxSportsNews. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
  2. ^ The Evolution of Albert Park: The Brand New F1® Australian Grand Prix Circuit - Episode 01, retrieved 29 January 2022
  3. ^ Skaife, Mark (1 August 2010). Skaifey: Life In The Fast Lane (with Andrew Clarke). Ebury Press/Random House Group. p. 189. ISBN 9781741668995.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)