V8 Supercars Fabian Coulthard and Becky Lamb reveal why they’re putting off the wedding

A dangerous sport, twins, a life on the road and now a wedding. Life is not easy for supercars driver Fabian Coulthard and his partner Becky Lamb.

A dangerous sport, twins, a life on the road and now a wedding. Life is not easy for supercars driver Fabian Coulthard and his partner Becky Lamb. The pair open up on how their relationship is stronger than ever amid the chaos.

Fabian Coulthard and fiance Becky Lamb with their two-year-old twins Carter and Mackenzie. Picture: Mark Cranitch.

Becky Lamb, 31, Hope Island

It’s a bit of a cliche but I was a grid girl and Fabian was the Supercar driver. We met at the Barbagallo Raceway in Western Australia in 2011. I was working for the same team Fabian was leading. We’d see each other at racing events and we became friends along the way. After about six months, we made our relationship official. I was based in Sydney and Fabian in Melbourne, so we’d travel to each other’s houses between races or meet somewhere in the middle. After about 18 months we realised it would be much easier if we moved in together so I made the move to Melbourne. It’s incredible how far we’ve come as a couple since then. We’re now settled on the Gold Coast, recently engaged and have (almost) two-year-old twins, Mackenzie and Carter. Fabian proposed in August and there’s a YouTube video of it all unfolding — it’s pretty special. We don’t have any wedding plans yet. As you can imagine, our hands are full with twins and unfortunately, Mackenzie has been unwell and we’ve been in and out of hospital with her, so a wedding isn’t a priority right now.

Fabian Coulthard and fiance Becky Lamb with their two-year-old twins Carter and Mackenzie. Picture: Mark Cranitch.

We’ve been through so much but no matter what comes our way, we do it together. One of the best things is watching Fabian be a dad. He’s such a loving, caring and hands-on father and he makes the most of every minute he spends with his family. It’s a family we’re so blessed to have. I thought I’d struggle to fall pregnant because I have endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome but we got lucky. Being with a Supercar driver does add complexity to life sometimes but you find a new ‘normal’. One of the hardest times was when Fabian was away racing in the Bathurst 1000 in 2017, I went into labour six weeks before my due date. I drove myself to the hospital. But with Fabian unable to get home for another 48 hours, it was not an option to have them yet and the nurses stopped the contractions. The twins arrived a couple of weeks later when Fabian, thankfully, was close by.

Fabian is often travelling across the country and as a mother, it can be hard not having him at home but also as a wife, knowing the danger that comes with his sport. We’ve been on a rollercoaster together and it’s only in the last six months I feel like we’ve gained some control back in our lives. Despite everything, it’s a life I wouldn’t change. I’m so thankful to have met Fabian and have him by my side.

Fabian Coulthard, 37, supercar driver, Hope Island

We were both working for the same team in Perth when I first bumped into Beck. She was doing promotional work and she caught my eye but I wouldn’t say we hit it off right away. She was playing hard to get but I kept chasing and I guess it paid off.

It didn’t take long for me to realise she was the one for me. One of the happiest days of my life was finding out we were going to become parents, I was so excited. I knew Beck would be a fantastic mum and I couldn’t wait to be a dad.

We always knew it would be hard for us to have kids with no family of our own around us to help but we knew we could handle it. I do have a job that requires a lot of travel but I’m grateful that Beck is very understanding. Being a dad, I have missed out on some milestones like their first words and rolling over. They are the things you want to be there for and it does make it hard to be away from the twins, and from Beck.

With the twins getting a bit older and the chaos slightly easing, it was time for me to propose and in August this year, I asked Beck to marry me. It’s something I’d wanted to do for a long time. I had a plan and wasn’t nervous but like everything that involves two toddlers, it didn’t go quite as smoothly as I would have liked. She almost caught me at the jewellers and at one point, I dropped the ring but it’s definitely a proposal to remember. I’m just glad we caught the moment on video and Beck said ‘yes’. Two dogs, twins and an engagement later, I think we are pretty content. Although racing has been my life and it’s all I’ve ever known, being a dad keeps me grounded and it’s the best feeling in the world. Regardless of whether I’ve won or lost, I take the helmet off and put the dad hat on and go home to my family. It puts everything into perspective. Beck, Mackenzie and Carter are my everything and I’m the luckiest man in the world.

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