2025 Supercars Championship

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Will Brown and Triple Eight Race Engineering will enter the championship as defending Drivers' and Teams' Champions respectively

The 2025 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship) is an upcoming motor racing series for Supercars.

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It will be the twenty-seventh running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-ninth series in which Supercars have contested the Australian Touring Car Championship, the premier title in Australian motorsport. It is the sixty-sixth season of touring car racing in Australia.

Chevrolet, Will Brown and Triple Eight Race Engineering will enter the championship as defending Manufacturers', Drivers' and Teams' Champions respectively.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are expected to compete in the 2025 championship. [1] All cars and numbers from 2024 are carried over unless stated otherwise.

Championship entries
ManufacturerModelTeamNo.Driver nameRoundsCo DriverRounds
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown [2] [3] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye [4] 9-10
88 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Broc Feeney [1] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup [5] 9-10
Matt Stone Racing 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Hill [6] [7] AllFlag of none.svg TBA9-10
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat [8] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade [9] 9-10
Brad Jones Racing 8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner [10] AllFlag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA		9-10
12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans [10] [11] All9-10
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood [12] All9-10
96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones [1] All9-10
Erebus Motorsport 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq [13] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Hughes [14]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jobe Stewart [14] 		9-10
99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Murray [13] All9-10
Team 18 18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale [15] [16] AllFlag of none.svg TBA9-10
20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds [1] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth [17] 9-10
PremiAir Racing 31 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding [18] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell [19] [20] 9-10
62 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway [18] [21] AllFlag of none.svg TBA9-10
Ford Mustang S650 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Wood [22] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fabian Coulthard [17]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jayden Ojeda [17] 		9-10
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert [22] All9-10
Blanchard Racing Team 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Love [23] AllFlag of none.svg TBA
Flag of none.svg TBA		9-10
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney [24] All9-10
Tickford Racing 6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters [25] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom [26] 9-10
55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle [25] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat [27] 9-10
Dick Johnson Racing TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki [28] [29] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood [30] 9-10
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison [28] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony D'Alberto [31] 9-10
Grove Racing 19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Matthew Payne [32] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander [33] 9-10
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kai Allen [32] All Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood [34] 9-10
Wildcard Entries
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Matt Stone Racing 35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Crick [35] 1, 9-10Flag of none.svg TBA9-10
Triple Eight Race Engineering 888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zach Bates [36] TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes [36] 9-10
Source

Driver changes

Tim Slade will retire from full time competition, joining Matt Stone Racing in the Enduro Cup, and will be replaced by Richie Stanaway, who will depart Grove Racing. Stanaway will be replaced by 2023 Super2 Series winner Kai Allen. [37] [38] [39] [40]

Mark Winterbottom will depart Team 18 and will drive for Tickford Racing in the Enduro Cup. He will be replaced by Anton de Pasquale, who will depart Dick Johnson Racing. Brodie Kostecki will leave Erebus Motorsport, to replace De Pasquale at Dick Johnson Racing, and will be replaced by Super2 Series graduate Cooper Murray. [41] [42] [43] [44] [27]

Calendar

The following circuits are due to host a round of the 2025 championship.

RoundRaceEventCircuitLocationDatesMaps
Sprint Cup
11 Sydney 500 - Opening Round Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 21–23 February
2
3
24 Melbourne SuperSprint Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Albert Park Circuit Albert Park, Victoria 13–16 March
5
6
7
38 Taupō Super 440 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taupō International Motorsport Park Taupō, Waikato Region 11–13 April
9
10
411 Tasmania Super 440 Flag of Tasmania.svg Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 9–11 May
12
13
514 Perth Super 440 Flag of Western Australia.svg Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 6–8 June
15
16
617 Darwin Triple Crown Flag of the Northern Territory.svg Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 20–22 June
18
19
720 Townsville 500 Flag of Queensland.svg Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 11–13 July
21
22
823 Ipswich Super 440 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 8–10 August
24
25
Enduro Cup
926 The Bend Enduro Flag of South Australia.svg The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 12–14 September
1027 Bathurst 1000 Flag of New South Wales.svg Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9–12 October
Finals Cup
1128 Gold Coast 500 Flag of Queensland.svg Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 24–26 October
29
1230 Sandown 500 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 14–16 November
31
1332 Adelaide Grand Final Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 27–30 November
33
34
Sources: [45] [46]

Calendar changes

The Bend Motorsport Park will return to the calendar, after missing out on the 2024 championship, as an endurance event. [47]

Queensland Raceway will return to the championship for the first time since 2019. [46]

Sydney SuperNight will move from July to February, replacing the Bathurst 500. [46]

Rule changes

Format changes

For 2025, the series will be split into three categories, with each awarding its' own title. [48]

The "Sprint Cup" and "Enduro Cup" will follow a traditional first-past-the-post championship system, whereas the "Finals" will employ a combination of first-past-the-post and knockout elimination formats. [50]

Technical changes

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