the replacement to the V8 engine in the future, all without the guidance of former technical director Ludo Lacroix. However in April 2018, Holden announced it had chosen to halt the development of the turbocharged V6 engine and that it would be sticking with its V8 layout for the time being. This meant that the scheduled wildcard entry the team was planning to enter never happened. Red Bull Ampol Racing For 2021 and beyond, Triple Eight rebranded to Red Bull Ampol Racing due to the Holden brand being retired at the end of 2020. This was the first time that Triple Eight raced without factory support from Holden since joining the brand in 2010 and only the second time in its V8 Supercars history without any factory support (the last time being 2009). Ampol, formerly known as Caltex Australia, replaced Holden as one of Triple Eight's major sponsors alongside longtime partner Red Bull. Despite the name change, Triple Eight continued with Holden Commodores for the next two years where the Chevrolet Camaro is due to make its debut in 2023 along with Gen3. Jamie Whincup began his 16th and final full time season with Triple Eight while Shane Van Gisbergen began his 6th. Wildcard entries The team entered an extra car at the 2013 Bathurst 1000, running under the banner of Xbox One Racing and driven by Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekström. They qualified in 18th and finished in 10th. For the 2021 Bathurst 1000 the team ran a Supercheap Auto backed Holden ZB Commodore which was driven by former Super3 Champion Broc Feeney and former Supercars champion Russell Ingall. For the 2022 Bathurst 1000 will run a Holden ZB Commodore under the banner Supercheap Auto Racing and driven will be by 3x Supercars champion and 7x Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes and current Super2 driver Declan Fraser. Development series Triple Eight have previously entered cars in the Development Series for Andrew Thompson in 2011, Scott Pye in 2012 and Casey Stoner in 2013, winning the series in 2011. Since 2014 Triple Eight has provided technical assistance to Eggleston Motorsport. For the 2019 season Triple Eight have re-entered the development series, Super2. Fielding two cars for Brenton Grove and Kurt Kostecki. For the 2020 season they scaled the team down to one car driven by 2019 Australian Formula Ford Champion Angelo Mouzouris. For the 2021 season they had gone back