2023 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 2023 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship is the third season of the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship. The championship is held under the new unified SpeedSeries banner, promoted and organized jointly by Motorsport Australia and the Australian Racing Group.[1]

Drivers not only compete to win the Australian Drivers' Championship (the MA Gold Star), the last two rounds of the season will also double as the third edition of the S5000 Tasman Series.[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams compete with identical Rogers AF01/V8 single-seater racecars, Ligier/Onroak chassis powered by Ford Coyote V8 engines.[3] For the 2023 season, a Pro-Am class will be introduced.[4]

Team No. Driver Rounds
88Racing 1 Australia Joey Mawson[5] 1–2
Team BRM 2 Australia Mark Rosser[6] 1–2
3 Australia Zane Goddard[7] 1
Versa Motorsport 12 Australia Matt McLean[8] 1
28 Australia Winston Smith[9] 2
37 Australia Cooper Webster[10] 1–2
48 Australia Blake Purdie[10] 1–2
Garry Rogers Motorsport 18 Australia Aaron Cameron[11] 1–2
31 Australia James Golding[12] 1–2
49 Australia Jordan Boys[13] 1–2
96 Australia Nic Carroll[14] 1–2
98 Spain Roberto Merhi[15] 1

Race calendar

The calendar for the third S5000 season was announced on 7 December 2022. After two years of holding the main S5000 season and the S5000 Tasman series as separate championships over five and two rounds respectively, this will change in 2023. All seven rounds now count towards the main S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship, with the last two rounds also counting towards the S5000 Tasman Series.

The category is scheduled to debut at Winton Raceway, while rounds at Albert Park and the Hidden Valley Raceway are not part of the provisional calendar.[2] The second round was later confirmed to be held at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, while further details on the sixth round are still to be finalized.[16]

Round Circuit Location Date Supporting
1 R1 Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 25 February TCR Australia Touring Car Series
Touring Car Masters
Trans-Am Australia
Tassie Tin Tops
Tasmanian Super Series
R2 26 February
R3
2 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Ventnor, Victoria 13 May TCR Australia Touring Car Series
Trans-Am Australia
V8 Touring Cars
GT World Challenge Australia
R2 14 May
R3
3 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Victoria 9–11 June Touring Car Masters
Trans-Am Australia
V8 Touring Cars
R2
R3
4 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsports Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 28–30 July Supercars Championship
Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series
'GT World Challenge Australia
R2
R3
5 R1 South Australia The Bend Motorsports Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 18–20 August Supercars Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series
R2
R3
2023 S5000 Tasman Series
6 R1 TBA TBA TBA
R2
R3
7 R1 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 23–26 November Supercars Championship
GT World Challenge Australia
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Super2 Series
Super3 Series
R2
R3

Race results
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning entrant
1 R1 Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson 88Racing
R2 Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson 88Racing
R3 Spain Roberto Merhi Australia Joey Mawson 88Racing
2 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Australia Cooper Webster Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson 88Racing
R2 Australia Joey Mawson Australia Cooper Webster Versa Motorsport
R3 Australia Cooper Webster Australia Cooper Webster Versa Motorsport
3 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway
R2
R3
4 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsports Park
R2
R3
5 R1 South Australia The Bend Motorsports Park
R2
R3
2023 S5000 Tasman Series
6 R1 TBA
R2
R3
7 R1 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit
R2
R3

Championship standings

Scoring system

At each meeting, a qualifying session and three races are held. Meeting points are awarded to the fastest ten qualifiers in qualifying, where the grid for Race 1 was set. For Race 2, the grid is set by the results of Race 1. The grid for the Main Event is defined by the points earned by the drivers across the weekend.[17]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Ret
Qualifying 10 5 1 0 0
Race 1 and 2 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0
Main Event 60 50 40 32 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 0

Drivers' standings
Pos Driver SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 WIN
Victoria (state)		 SYD
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 TBA
 ADE
South Australia		 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Australia Joey Mawson 11 1 1 12 3 2 239
2 Australia Cooper Webster 3 2 2 21 1 1 228
3 Australia James Golding 52 4 3 33 2 3 179
4 Australia Aaron Cameron 2 6 4 4 7 4 147
5 Australia Blake Purdie 6 8 6 5 4 5 124
6 Australia Nic Carroll 7 7 9 6 5 6 112
7 Australia Jordan Boys 4 5 7 Ret 6 7 104
8 Australia Mark Rosser 10 9 10 Ret 8 9 70
9 Spain Roberto Merhi 93 3 5 63
10 Australia Winston Smith 7 9 8 48
11 Australia Zane Goddard 8 10 8 44
— Australia Matt McLean WD WD WD —
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SYM
Tasmania		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 WIN
Victoria (state)		 SYD
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 TBA
 ADE
South Australia
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)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

1 2 3 – R1 qualifying positions awarding extra points

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