The CAMS Australian S5000 Championship held two "launch events" or exhibition meetings in 2019, prior to the inaugural championship season in 2021. These meetings were held as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships, [1] at Sandown Raceway on 21 and 22 September and The Bend Motorsport Park on 16 and 17 November.
The following teams and drivers competed in the races. As the championship is a spec series, all competitors raced with an identical Onroak-Ligier chassis powered by a naturally-aspirated 5.0-litre Ford Coyote V8 engine. [2] [3]
Entrant | No. | Driver | Rounds | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
AGI Sport | 22 | Tom Alexander | 1 | [4] |
24 | John Martin | All | [5] | |
Australian Racing Enterprises | 11 | Michael Gibson | All | [6] |
BW Motorsport | 89 | Braydan Willmington | 2 | [7] |
Eggleston Motorsport | 38 | Will Brown | All | [8] |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | 31 | James Golding | All | [9] |
Milldun Motorsport | 27 | Barton Mawer | 1 | [10] |
Modena Engineering | 34 | Ricky Capo | All | [11] |
MTEC Motorsport | 23 | Tim Macrow | All | [12] |
83 | Matthew Brabham | 1 | [13] | |
97 | Taylor Cockerton | 1 | [14] | |
Team BRM | 8 | Alex Davison | 1 | [15] |
James Winslow | 2 | [16] | ||
33 | Tim Berryman | 1 | [17] | |
49 | Thomas Randle | 2 | [18] | |
99 | Anton de Pasquale | 2 | [19] | |
111 | Rubens Barrichello | 1 | [20] | |
A provisional calendar had initially been announced in 2018, with Sydney Motorsport Park as the season opener and The Bend Motorsport Park as the concluding round. [21] However, after the organisers announced that the series would be delayed four months due to supply issues as well as further S5000 car testing, the first race of the series was pushed back to 22 September, 2019 at Sandown Raceway. [22] [23]
Round | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|
1 | Sandown Raceway | 21–22 September |
2 | The Bend Motorsport Park | 16–17 November |
At each meeting, a qualifying session, two qualifying heats and a Main Event were held. [22] Meeting points were awarded to the fastest six qualifiers in qualifying. Drivers in the top 75% of the field then selected their grid position for the first qualifying heat (held on Saturday), with the top ten positions reversed for the second qualifying heat, held on Sunday. [24] The grid for the Main Event was defined by the points earned by the drivers across the weekend, held later on Sunday. [24]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | Ret |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qualifying | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Qualifying Heats | 30 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning entrant |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heat 1 | John Martin | Tim Macrow | Tim Macrow | MTEC Motorsport |
Heat 2 | John Martin | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | |
Main Event | James Golding | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport |
Pos. | Driver | Q | H1 | H2 | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tim Macrow | 2 | 1 | 2 | 64 |
2 | John Martin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 61 |
3 | James Golding | 5 | 3 | 1 | 56 |
4 | Rubens Barrichello | 3 | 7 | 5 | 41 |
5 | Alex Davison | 7 | 6 | 4 | 40 |
6 | Will Brown | 8 | 5 | 6 | 38 |
7 | Barton Mawer | 10 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
8 | Tim Berryman | 9 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
9 | Matthew Brabham | 6 | 4 | Ret | 23 |
10 | Ricky Capo | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 |
11 | Taylor Cockerton | 11 | 11 | 10 | 18 |
12 | Michael Gibson | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 |
13 | Tom Alexander | 12 | Ret | 9 | 12 |
Pos. | Driver | Q | H1 | H2 | Points |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 31 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 11 | 19:34.7507 | 3 | |
2 | 111 | Rubens Barrichello | Team BRM | 11 | +1.4073 | 4 | |
3 | 24 | John Martin | AGI Sport | 11 | +2.6131 | 2 | |
4 | 38 | Will Brown | Eggleston Motorsport | 11 | +3.8050 | 6 | |
5 | 83 | Matthew Brabham | MTEC Motorsport | 11 | +5.8425 | 9 | |
6 | 33 | Tim Berryman | Team BRM | 11 | +6.7456 | 8 | |
7 | 97 | Taylor Cockerton | MTEC Motorsport | 11 | +7.7964 | 11 | |
8 | 22 | Tom Alexander | AGI Sport | 11 | +8.4327 | 13 | |
9 | 27 | Barton Mawer | Milldun Motorsport | 11 | +8.7931 | 7 | |
10 | 11 | Michael Gibson | Australian Racing Enterprises | 11 | +9.8833 | 12 | |
Ret | 8 | Alex Davison | Team BRM | 8 | Accident | 5 | |
Ret | 23 | Tim Macrow | MTEC Motorsport | 8 | Retired | 1 | |
Ret | 34 | Ricky Capo | Modena Engineering | 0 | Collision | 10 | |
Fastest lap: James Golding (Garry Rogers Motorsport) – 1:09.4829 (lap 9) | |||||||
Source: [28] |
Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning entrant |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heat 1 | Anton de Pasquale | Thomas Randle | Thomas Randle | Team BRM |
Heat 2 | John Martin | Tim Macrow | MTEC Motorsport | |
Main Event | Anton de Pasquale | John Martin | AGI Sport |
Pos. | Driver | Q | H1 | H2 | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Randle | 2 | 1 | 6 | 55 |
2 | John Martin | 3 | 3 | 3 | 53 |
3 | Anton de Pasquale | 1 | 2 | 7 | 53 |
4 | James Golding | 5 | 4 | 2 | 51 |
5 | Will Brown | 4 | 5 | 4 | 45 |
6 | Tim Macrow | 7 | 8 | 1 | 44 |
7 | Ricky Capo | 6 | 7 | 5 | 37 |
8 | James Winslow | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
9 | Braydan Willmington | 10 | 10 | 9 | 22 |
10 | Michael Gibson | 9 | 9 | 10 | 22 |
Pos. | Driver | Q | H1 | H2 | Points |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 24 | John Martin | AGI Sport | 16 | 30:43.2080 | 2 | |
2 | 49 | Thomas Randle | Team BRM | 16 | +0.7141 | 1 | |
3 | 38 | Will Brown | Eggleston Motorsport | 16 | +1.8949 | 5 | |
4 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale | Team BRM | 16 | +10.1733 [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | |
5 | 34 | Ricky Capo | Modena Engineering | 16 | +11.2991 | 7 | |
6 | 8 | James Winslow | Team BRM | 16 | +13.3741 | 8 | |
7 | 89 | Braydan Willmington | BW Motorsport | 16 | +48.0491 | 9 | |
Ret | 11 | Michael Gibson | Australian Racing Enterprises | 13 | Retired | 10 | |
Ret | 23 | Tim Macrow | MTEC Motorsport | 1 | Collision | 6 | |
Ret | 31 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 1 | Collision | 4 | |
Fastest lap: Anton de Pasquale (Team BRM) – 1:41.4329 (lap 16) | |||||||
Source: [31] |
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