2025 Australian Drivers' Championship

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.

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

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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.

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Summons Racing 3 Adam Nicolson 1
Kyle Gurton 2–3
12 Rob Summons 1–3
50 Niko French 1–3
89 Ivan Vantagiato 1
Christian Sasso 2
Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing 6 Hayden Crossland 1–2
Justin Yuen Motorsport 8 Justin Yuen 1–3
Lucas Stasi Racing 34 Lucas Stasi 1–3
Privateer 2 Dean Crooke 1–3
5 Christopher Carydias M 1–2
11 Chris Peters M 1, 3
14 Jack Lewis 1–2
19 Hamish Leighton M 1–3
23 Peter Nowlan M 1–2
24 Brenton Davey 1–3
25 Josh Gardiner 1–3
26 Damon Sterling 1–3
27 Bastien Treptel 1–3
38 Zachary Catlin 1–2
41 Anton Zhouk 1–3
74 Bradley Smith 2–3
95 Rory McKercher 1–3
Sources: [4][5][6]
Icon Legend
M Master

Calendar

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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][7] The series will make its debut at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Round Circuit Date Support Bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway, Winton 1 March Formula RX8
Australian Super TT Championship
Formula Ford: Stars & Renegades Series
Legend Car Australia Asphalt Series
TA2 Muscle Car Series
R2 2 March
R3
R4
2 R1 New South Wales One Raceway, Goulburn 5 April Clubman 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 6 April
R3
R4
3 R1 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park, Tailem Bend 3 May Victorian V8 Series
Super Tin Top Racing Victoria
2 Litre Sports Sedan Championship
R2
R3 4 May
R4
4 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek 30 May – 1 June Formula 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
5 R1 Victoria (state) Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne 13–15 June Victorian V8 Series
Super Tin Top Racing Victoria
R2
R3
R4
6 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway, Winton 31 October – 2 November Formula RX8
Australian Super TT Championship
Formula Ford: Stars & Renegades Series
Legend Car Australia Asphalt Series
TA2 Muscle Car Series
R2
R3
R4

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Masters' winner
1 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway Damon Sterling Dean Crooke Damon Sterling Hamish Leighton
R2 Hayden Crossland Damon Sterling Hamish Leighton
R3 Dean Crooke Hayden Crossland Hamish Leighton
R4 Damon Sterling Hayden Crossland Hamish Leighton
2 R1 New South Wales One Raceway Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Hamish Leighton
R2 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Hamish Leighton
R3 Bradley Smith Damon Sterling Hamish Leighton
R4 Dean Crooke Damon Sterling Hamish Leighton
3 R1 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park
R2
R3
R4
4 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
R2
R3
R4
5 R1 Victoria (state) Calder Park Raceway
R2
R3
R4
6 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway
R2
R3
R4

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Points are awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th 
Points 25 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3

The worst weekend points-wise for each driver will be dropped to form the final score.

Drivers' championship

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Pos Driver WIN1
Victoria (state) 		ONE
New South Wales 		BEN
South Australia 		SYD
New South Wales 		CAL
Victoria (state) 		WIN2
Victoria (state) 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Damon Sterling 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 190
2 Dean Crooke 3 Ret 4 3 2 2 2 2 133
3 Hayden Crossland 2 2 1 1 4 3 Ret Ret 125
4 Hamish Leighton M 6 5 6 4 11 4 5 4 124
5 Lucas Stasi 5 4 3 6 5 5 Ret 13 107
6 Niko French 4 3 5 5 3 Ret 6 Ret 98
7 Zachary Catlin 11 8 9 11 14 8 8 10 88
8 Justin Yuen 10 12 10 9 13 9 10 9 85
9 Peter Nowlan M DNS 7 7 7 DNS 10 7 6 82
10 Brenton Davey 8 6 Ret 13 8 15 11 7 79
11 Kyle Gurton 6 6 4 3 65
12 Jack Lewis 14 11 14 14 7 Ret 12 12 63
13 Rory McKercher 15 14 13 10 16 11 15 14 63
14 Anton Zhouk 13 13 11 16 17 12 14 11 61
15 Bradley Smith 18 7 3 5 51
16 Christopher Carydias M Ret 15 15 12 12 Ret 13 8 51
17 Bastien Treptel 12 10 8 Ret 9 16 Ret DNS 50
18 Adam Nicolson 7 9 12 8 48
19 Rob Summons 17 16 17 17 15 14 16 15 40
20 Josh Gardiner Ret WD WD WD 10 Ret 9 DNS 23
21 Chris Peters M 16 17 16 15 20
22 Ivan Vantagiato 9 Ret Ret WD 12
23 Christian Sasso DNS 13 Ret DNS 8
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
WIN1
Victoria (state) 		ONE
New South Wales 		BEN
South Australia 		SYD
New South Wales 		CAL
Victoria (state) 		WIN2
Victoria (state)
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

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

References

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  1. ^ Williams, Bruce (2 March 2024). "Motorsport Australia sanctioning rival claims prestigious Australian Drivers Championship title". AutoAction. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ "2025 MRA State Championship - Round 2 Event Details". MRA - Motor Racing Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  6. ^ "VMRC Round 2 - The Bend". Winton Motor Raceway. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  7. ^ "****UPDATED**** 2025 'GOLD STAR' AUSTRALIAN DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP". facebook. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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