2025 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 2025 Hankook Australian Drivers' Championship is a motor racing championship in Australia. It is the second running of the championship created in 2024 when its sanctioning body, the Australian Auto Sport Alliance secured the rights to the Australian Drivers' Championship title dating back to 1957. [1] The series is a spec series using the open-wheel Hyper Racer X1.

Contents

The 2025 season started on 1 March at Winton Motor Raceway, will be run over six race weekends and will finish on 2 November at the same venue. [2]

Drivers

All drivers compete with a Hyper Racer X1 car powered by a Suzuki Hayabusa engine on Hankook tires. Drivers aged 40 and above may take part in the Masters Australian Drivers’ Championship. [3] All teams and drivers are Australian-registered.

TeamNo.DriverStatusRounds
Summons Racing3Adam Nicolson1
12Rob Summons1
50Niko French1
89Ivan Vantagiato1
Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing6Hayden Crossland1
Justin Yuen Motorsport8Justin Yuen1
Lucas Stasi Racing34Lucas Stasi1
Privateer5Christopher Carydias1
11Chris Peters1
19Hamish Leighton1
23Peter Nowlan1
24Brenton Davey1
25Josh Gardiner1
26Damon Sterling1
27Bastien Treptel1
14Jack Lewis1
38Zachary Catlin1
41Anton Zhouk1
48Dean Crooke1
95Rory McKercher1
Source: [4]

Calendar

The 2025 calendar was announced on 24 December 2024, with a round at One Raceway added a few days later to bring the total up to six events. [2] [5] The series will make its debut at Sydney Motorsport Park.

RoundCircuitDateSupport BillMap of circuit locations
1R1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Motor Raceway, Winton 1 MarchFormula RX8
Australian Super TT Championship
Formula Ford: Stars & Renegades Series
Legend Car Australia Asphalt Series
TA2 Muscle Car Series
R22 March
R3
R4
2R1 Flag of New South Wales.svg One Raceway, Goulburn 5–6 AprilClubman Championship
Series X3 New South Wales
New South Wales MX-5 Cup
Motor Racing Australia Super TT
Legend Car Australia Asphalt Series
Legend Car NSW Asphalt Series
R2
R3
R4
3R1 Flag of South Australia.svg The Bend Motorsport Park, Tailem Bend 2–4 MayVictorian V8 Series
Super Tin Top Racing Victoria
R2
R3
R4
4R1 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek 30 May – 1 JuneFormula RX8
Australian Super TT Championship
Formula Ford: Stars & Renegades Series
Legend Car Australia Asphalt Series
TA2 Muscle Car Series
Legend Car NSW Asphalt Series
R2
R3
R4
5R1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne 13–15 JuneVictorian V8 Series
Super Tin Top Racing Victoria
R2
R3
R4
6R1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Motor Raceway, Winton 31 October – 2 NovemberFormula RX8
Australian Super TT Championship
Formula Ford: Stars & Renegades Series
Legend Car Australia Asphalt Series
TA2 Muscle Car Series
R2
R3
R4

Race results

RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driver
1R1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Motor Raceway, Winton Damon SterlingDean CrookeDamon Sterling
R2Hayden CrosslandDamon Sterling
R3Dean CrookeHayden Crossland
R4Damon SterlingHayden Crossland
2R1 Flag of New South Wales.svg One Raceway, Goulburn
R2
R3
R4
3R1 Flag of South Australia.svg The Bend Motorsport Park, Tailem Bend
R2
R3
R4
4R1 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek
R2
R3
R4
5R1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne
R2
R3
R4
6R1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Motor Raceway, Winton
R2
R3
R4

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded as follows:

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th 
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Drivers' championship

PosDriver WIN1
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 		ONE
Flag of New South Wales.svg 		BEN
Flag of South Australia.svg 		SYD
Flag of New South Wales.svg 		CAL
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 		WIN2
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 		Pts
R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4
=1Damon Sterling112290
=1Hayden Crossland221190
3Niko French435567
4Lucas Stasi543666
5Hamish Leighton656463
6Dean Crooke3Ret4353
7Adam Nicolson7912848
8Zachary Catlin11891145
9Justin Yuen101210943
10Peter NowlanDNS77742
11Brenton Davey86Ret1336
12Bastien Treptel12108Ret33
13Rory McKercher1514131032
14Anton Zhouk1313111631
15Jack Lewis1411141431
16Christopher CarydiasRet15151221
17Chris Peters1617161520
18Rob Summons1716171717
19Ivan Vantagiato9RetRetWD12
—Josh GardinerRetWDWDWD0
PosDriverR1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4Pts
WIN1
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 		ONE
Flag of New South Wales.svg 		BEN
Flag of South Australia.svg 		SYD
Flag of New South Wales.svg 		CAL
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 		WIN2
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Bruce (2 March 2024). "Motorsport Australia sanctioning rival claims prestigious Australian Drivers Championship title". AutoAction. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 OBrien, Garry (24 December 2024). "Australian Drivers' Championship calendar unveiled". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  3. ↑ "2025 Australian Drivers' Championship Rules and Regulations". 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Rd 1 - Winton Raceway Feb 28-Mar 2". Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "****UPDATED**** 2025 'GOLD STAR' AUSTRALIAN DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP". facebook . 27 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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