2023 Australian Formula Open Series

The 2023 Australian Formula Open - powered by Racefuels is a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This is the inaugural season of the championship, founded by two-time Australian Gold Star winner Tim Macrow as a direct successor to the Australian Formula 3 championship.[1]

Drivers compete to win a S5000 test and free entry to a race in the S5000 Championship in 2024 or later.[2]

Teams and drivers

The championship is structured in four classes. AFO1 encompasses all Formula 3 machinery, with several chassis and engine manufacturers represented. AFO2 caters to Toyota Racing Series, Formula Renault and older F3 cars. AFO3 serves all other invitational entries, while AFO4 is reserved for Formula 4 cars.[3][4]

AFO1 entries
Team No. Car Driver Rounds
Gilmour Racing 1 Dallara F308/11 Mercedes-Benz Australia Daniel Price 1
Dallara F308 Australia Jon Collins 2
R-Tek Motorsport Services 2 Dallara F307 Opel Australia Andrew Roberts 1–2
privateer 8 Dallara F308 Australia Miles Bromley 2
Ruff Racing 9 Mygale M11 Australia Gerrit Ruff 2
TWS Motorsport 14 Mygale M11 Australia Trent Shirvington 2
Formula Race Car Association 17 Dallara F397 Volkswagen Australia Shayne Morrow 1–2
41 Dallara F307 Opel Australia Greg Muddle 1–2
48 Dallara F3 Australia Ron Coath 2
55 Dallara F397 Australia Glenn Lynch 1–2
CO Machining 21 Dallara F304 Opel Australia Graeme Holmes 1–2
Baker Motorsport / Team Penrite 22 Dallara F399 Australia Rodney Baker 2
Tim Macrow Racing Dallara F308/11 Mercedes-Benz Australia Winston Van Laarhoven 1
24 2
27 Dallara F308/11 Mercedes-Benz Australia Ryan How 1–2
74 Dallara F312 Mercedes-Benz Australia Trent Grubel 1–2
Sydney Photo Booth 23 Dallara F304 Renault Australia Lawrence Katsidis 1–2
CPL 37 Dallara F3 Australia Ben Turner 2
Team Rod Anderson 38 Reynard 893 Toyota Australia Rod Anderson 1–2
Douglas Barry Specials 56 Reynard 92D Holden Australia Douglas Barry 1–2
99 Motorsport 99 Dallara F308/11 Volkswagen Australia Ryan Astley 1–2
Sources: [5][6][7]

AFO2 entries
Team No. Car Driver Rounds
privateer 3 Tatuus FT50 Australia Matthew Roesler 2
AGI Sport 60 Tatuus F4 Australia Jayden Ojeda 2
DiBiase Carpentry 127 Tatuus FT50 Australia Paul di Biase 2
Sources: [5][8][7]

AFO4 entries
Team No. Car Driver Rounds
AGI Sport 6 Mygale Australia Brodie Norris 2
40 Mygale M14-F4 Ford Australia Tim Boydle 1
62 Tatuus F4-T014 Fiat United Kingdom Craig McLatchey 1
66 Mygale M14-F4 Ford Australia Kristian Janev 2
77 1
71 Mygale M14-F4 Ford Australia Mark Wilson 1–2
Tim Macrow Racing 16 Mygale M14-F4 Ford Australia Hanming Huang 1
RMS Racing 25 Cheetah Australia Robert Sviderskas 2
Formula Race Car Association 51 Tatuus Australia Nathan Beer 1–2
Sources: [5][4][7]

Race calendar

The 2023 calendar was first announced on 20 December 2022. It consists of six rounds across six circuits all over Australia.[9]

Round Circuit Date Support bill
1 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway
Winton, Victoria		 4 March NSW Formula Vee Championship
NSW Formula Ford Championship
NSW State Championships
R2 5 March
R3
2 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
Eastern Creek, New South Wales		 15 April NSW Formula Vee Championship
Australian Formula Ford Championship
NSW Formula Ford Championship
NSW State Championships
TGR Australia Scholarship Series
R2 16 April
R3
3 R1 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park
Tailem Bend, South Australia		 9–11 June Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
R2
R3
4 R1 Queensland Queensland Raceway
Willowbank, Queensland		 4–6 August MA Trophy Series
R2
R3
5 R1 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway
Melbourne, Victoria		 8–10 September SpeedSeries Australia
R2
R3
6 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Ventnor, Victoria		 25–26 November Island Magic
R2
R3

Race results
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap AFO1 winner AFO2 winner AFO4 winner
1 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway
Winton, Victoria		 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel no entries Australia Kristian Janev
R2 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel no entries Australia Kristian Janev
R3 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel no entries Australia Kristian Janev
2 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
Eastern Creek, New South Wales		 Australia Trent Grubel race declared a non-event after multiple crashes at the start[10]
R2 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel Australia Matthew Roesler Australia Brodie Norris
R3 Australia Trent Grubel Australia Trent Grubel Australia Paul di Biase Australia Kristian Janev
3 R1 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park
Tailem Bend, South Australia
R2
R3
4 R1 Queensland Queensland Raceway
Willowbank, Queensland
R2
R3
5 R1 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway
Melbourne, Victoria
R2
R3
6 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Ventnor, Victoria
R2
R3

Standings

Scoring system

Cars classified as finished in race 1 and 2 are awarded points by the following structure:[11]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL   R1 PP 
Points 12 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

The third race of the weekend, the longer Feature Race, awards more points:[11]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1

Overall standings
Pos Driver WIN
Victoria (state)		 SYD
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 QLD
Queensland		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Australia Trent Grubel 1 1 1 C 1 1 83
2 Australia Ryan How 3 3 3 C 2 2 52
3 Australia Ryan Astley 4 2 2 C 4 6 44
4 Australia Winston Van Laarhoven 2 4 4 C 5 4 42
5 Australia Andrew Roberts 5 5 5 C 6 7 29
6 Australia Jon Collins C 3 3 20
7 Australia Kristian Janev 6 6 7 C 11 10 15
8 Australia Miles Bromley C 7 5 12
9 Australia Lawrence Katsidis 8 8 6 C DNS DNS 12
10 Australia Graeme Holmes 7 7 DNS C DNS DNS 8
11 Australia Douglas Barry 14 15 13 C 9 8 5
12 Australia Hanming Huang 11 10 8 4
13 Australia Mark Wilson 10 9 10 C 19 14 4
14 Australia Brodie Norris C 8 Ret 3
15 Australia Rodney Baker C 10 9 3
16 United Kingdom Craig McLatchey 9 11 DNS 2
17 Australia Rod Anderson 12 13 9 C 18 15 2
18 Australia Shayne Morrow 13 14 Ret C 15 Ret 0
19 Australia Tim Boydle 15 12 11 0
20 Australia Greg Muddle Ret DNS Ret C Ret 11 0
21 Australia Ben Turner C 12 12 0
22 Australia Nathan Beer 16 16 12 C 20 17 0
23 Australia Glenn Lynch DNS DNS DNS C 14 13 0
24 Australia Trent Shirvington C 13 Ret 0
25 Australia Paul di Biase C 17 16 0
26 Australia Matthew Roesler C 16 Ret 0
— Australia Daniel Price DNS DNS DNS —
— Australia Gerrit Ruff C DNS DNS —
— Australia Ron Coath C DNS DNS —
— Australia Robert Sviderskas C DNS DNS —
— Australia Jayden Ojeda C DNS DNS —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
WIN
Victoria (state)		 SYD
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 QLD
Queensland		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 PHI
Victoria (state)

Standings by class
Pos Driver WIN
Victoria (state)		 SYD
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 QLD
Queensland		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
AFO1 standings
1 Australia Trent Grubel 1 1 1 C 1 1 83
2 Australia Ryan How 3 3 3 C 2 2 52
3 Australia Ryan Astley 4 2 2 C 4 6 44
4 Australia Winston Van Laarhoven 2 4 4 C 5 4 42
5 Australia Andrew Roberts 5 5 5 C 6 7 29
6 Australia Jon Collins C 3 3 20
7 Australia Lawrence Katsidis 7 7 6 C DNS DNS 14
8 Australia Miles Bromley C 7 5 12
9 Australia Douglas Barry 10 10 8 C 8 8 11
10 Australia Graeme Holmes 6 6 DNS C DNS DNS 10
11 Australia Rod Anderson 8 8 7 C 14 13 10
12 Australia Shayne Morrow 9 9 Ret C 13 Ret 4
13 Australia Rodney Baker C 9 9 4
14 Australia Ben Turner C 10 11 1
15 Australia Greg Muddle Ret DNS Ret C Ret 10 1
16 Australia Trent Shirvington C 11 Ret 0
17 Australia Glenn Lynch DNS DNS DNS C 12 12 0
— Australia Daniel Price DNS DNS DNS —
— Australia Gerrit Ruff C DNS DNS —
— Australia Ron Coath C DNS DNS —
AFO2 standings
1 Australia Paul di Biase C 2 1 30
2 Australia Matthew Roesler C 1 Ret 14
— Australia Jayden Ojeda C DNS DNS —
AFO4 standings
1 Australia Kristian Janev 1 1 1 C 2 1 73
2 Australia Mark Wilson 3 2 3 C 3 2 52
3 Australia Nathan Beer 6 6 5 C 4 3 37
4 Australia Hanming Huang 4 3 2 30
5 Australia Tim Boydle 5 5 4 22
6 United Kingdom Craig McLatchey 2 4 DNS 16
7 Australia Brodie Norris C 1 Ret 15
— Australia Robert Sviderskas C DNS DNS —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
WIN
Victoria (state)		 SYD
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 QLD
Queensland		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 PHI
Victoria (state)

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