Shane van Gisbergen races during stop 13 of the Supercars Championship on the Adelaide Street Circuit in Australia on December 3, 2022.
Shane van Gisbergen poses for a portrait in Santa Monica, California, USA on February 5, 2024.

Shane
van Gisbergen

New Zealand

New Zealand

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V8

New Zealand's Shane van Gisbergen is a supremely talented driver and V8 Supercars legend that was born to be behind the wheel.

Date of birth

9 May 1989

Place of birth

Auckland, New Zealand

Age

36

Nationality

New Zealand

New Zealand

Disciplines

V8 Supercar

Shane van Gisbergen was born to race. From pestering his father Robert to buy him a Suzuki ATV at the tender age of just five, to signing (at a mere 17 years of age) a contract to race V8 Supercars for top Ford team Stone Brothers Racing, the constant in his life has been competition.

Raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Shane spent his early years racing ATVs on natural terrain motocross tracks and a Quarter Midget on speedway ovals. Then followed a brief but successful dalliance with karts and then a year in the Formula First class courtesy of New Zealand's SpeedSport magazine scholarship programme saw his focus turn to tarmac.