2026 Australian Formula Open

2026 Australian Formula Open

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The 2026 Australian Formula Open: Driven by FRCA is a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This is the fourth season of the Australian Formula Open series, which was originally founded by two-time Australian Gold Star winner Tim Macrow in 2023 as a direct successor to the Australian Formula 3 championship. The AFO moniker was then taken over by the organizers of the NSW Formula Car Championship, an open formula championship run since 2011 as one of Motorsport Australia's State Championships, in 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

The championship is scheduled to be run over five weekends from March to October. ^[3]

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers are Australian-registered.

Entrant	No.	Driver	Vehicle	Rounds
Roberts Racing	2	Andrew Roberts	Dallara F307	1
RMS Racing	3	Robert Sviderskas	Mantis M2001	1
CO Machining	21	Graeme Holmes	Dallara F3	1
Baker Motorsport	22	Rodney Baker	Dallara F304	1
AGI Sport	23	Lawrence Katsidis	Mygale M4	1
	47	Xavier Babbage-Hockey	Tatuus F4-T421	1
	66	Lewis Gotch	Tatuus F4-T421	1
CPL	37	Ben Turner	Dallara F3	1
Formula Race Car Association	41	Greg Muddle	Dallara F305	1
Performer Australia	42	Michael Doherty	Performer 1000	1
	72	Shane Varley	Performer 1000	1
ARB Bundaberg	51	Ron Bennet	Dallara F399/01	1
Macdonald Air & Electrical	57	Alex Macdonald	Dallara F304	1
Privateer	73	Simon Bedford	Dallara F3	1
SMJ Plastering	95	Shayne Morrow	Dallara F3	1
Tim Macrow Racing	125	Anton Du	Mygale M14-F4	1
Raven Gruppe	666	Adam Savic	Stohr F1000	1
Source: [4]

Race calendar

The 2026 calendar was revealed in November of 2025. ^[3] The series will not return to Winton Motor Raceway, instead holding an event at Queensland Raceway.

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek	14 March	NSW Production Touring Cars NSW Sports Sedan State Championship New South Wales Supersports Championship New South Wales Formula Ford Championship	Queensland Sydney Goulburn
	R2		15 March
	R3
2	R1		30–31 May	Australian Production Car Endurance Series AU4 Championship RX8 Cup Australia
	R2
	R3
3	R1	One Raceway, Goulburn	25–26 July	NSW Production Touring Cars New South Wales Formula Ford Championship
	R2
	R3
4	R1	Queensland Raceway, Willowbank	19–20 September	Australian Production Car Endurance Series Queensland Production Sports Car Championship SuperMini Challenge Queensland
	R2
	R3
5	R1	One Raceway, Goulburn	24–25 October	NSW Production Touring Cars RX8 Cup Australia
	R2
	R3

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park	Alex Macdonald	Alex Macdonald	Alex Macdonald	Macdonald Air & Electrical
	R2			Alex Macdonald	Andrew Roberts	Roberts Racing
	R3			Ben Turner	Ben Turner	CPL
2	R1
	R2
	R3
3	R1	One Raceway
	R2
	R3
4	R1	Queensland Raceway
	R2
	R3
5	R1	One Raceway
	R2
	R3

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos Driver SYD1 SYD2 ONE1 QLD ONE2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Ben Turner 2 2 1 61 2 Andrew Roberts 8 1 2 47 3 Alex Macdonald 1 3 DNS 40 4 Rodney Baker 3 DNS 3 30 5 Ron Bennet 6 7 4 26 6 Michael Doherty 4 5 Ret 22 7 Graeme Holmes 5 Ret 5 20 8 Lewis Gotch 10 6 8 13 9 Greg Muddle DNS 4 Ret 12 10 Xavier Babbage-Hockey 9 13 6 10 11 Shayne Morrow Ret 12 7 6 12 Shane Varley 7 NC DNS 6 13 Adam Savic 11 8 DNS 4 14 Anton Du Ret 11 9 2 15 Lawrence Katsidis 13 9 Ret 2 16 Simon Bedford 12 10 10 2 — Robert Sviderskas WD WD WD 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts SYD1 SYD2 ONE1 QLD ONE2

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified

References

1. "Australian Formula Open Calendar confirmed – The Race Torque". Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
2. "AUSTRALIAN FORMULA OPEN - Australia's home of wings and slicks - DRIVEN BY FRCA". Australian Formula Open. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
3. "2026 Calendar". Formula Race Cars Association. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
4. "2026 NSW Motor Race Championship - Round 1 - Sydney Motorsport Park Gardner - 2026 MSA NSW Formula Open Championship - Qualifying". Natsoft Race Results. 2026-03-14. Retrieved 2026-03-14.

External links

• Website of the Formula Race Cars Association, organizer of the NSW Formula Car Championship