2023 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship

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

Drivers will 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 will 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 TBA Joey Mawson[5] TBC
Garry Rogers Motorsport TBA Jordan Boys[6] TBC
TBA Aaron Cameron[7] TBC
TBA Nic Carroll[8] TBC
Team BRM TBA Zane Goddard[9] TBC
Versa Motorsport TBA Matt McLean[10] TBC
TBA Blake Purdie[11] TBC
TBA Cooper Webster[11] TBC

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 will 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.[12]

Round Circuit Location Date Supporting
1 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 24–26 February TCR Australia Touring Car Series
Touring Car Masters
Trans-Am Australia
2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Ventnor, Victoria 12–14 May
3 Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Victoria 9–11 June Touring Car Masters
Trans-Am Australia
V8 Touring Cars
4 Sydney Motorsports Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 28–30 July Supercars Championship
Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series
5 The Bend Motorsports Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 18–20 August Supercars Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series
2023 S5000 Tasman Series
6 TBA TBA TBA
7 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 23–26 November Supercars Championship
GT World Challenge Australia
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Super2 Series
Super3 Series

References
  1. arggrant (2022-10-21). "Unified SpeedSeries primed for bumper 2023". S5000. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  2. richardrt (2022-12-07). "2023 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship schedule confirmed". S5000. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  3. richardrt (2021-04-21). "INTRODUCING THE ROGERS AF01/V8". S5000. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  4. richardrt (2022-09-28). "Pro-Am battle to add to S5000 competition in Tasman, Gold Star series". S5000. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. richardrt (2023-02-15). "New partnership brings Mawson back in search of title three-peat". S5000. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  6. richardrt (2023-02-12). "Jordan Boys Commits to Full S5000 title campaign". S5000. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  7. arggrant (2023-01-29). "Garry Rogers Motorsport's Aaron Cameron set for full-season S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship campaign". S5000. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  8. richardrt (2023-02-14). "S5000 switch for Super3, Trans-Am Racer Carroll". S5000. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  9. richardrt (2023-02-07). "Zane Goddard joins Team BRM for S5000 opener". S5000. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  10. O'Brien, Connor. "Cult hero signs full-season S5000 deal". Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  11. richardrt (2023-01-31). "Versa returns in strength for 2023 Gold Star campaign". S5000. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  12. arggrant (2023-01-15). "Phillip Island joins SpeedSeries calendar". SpeedSeries. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
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