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]

Ironclad ID driver Damon Sterling entered the season as the reigning champion and successfully defended his championship title with one round to spare. Stoke Foiling's Hamish Leighton won the Masters' Championship, also clinching it at the penultimate round of the season.

Teams and drivers

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
Hyper Racer 2 Dean Crooke 1–5
Omnitude Investments 5 Christopher Carydias M 1–3, 5
Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing 6 Hayden Crossland 1–5
14 Jack Lewis 1–5
Justin Yuen Motorsport 8 Justin Yuen 1–5
Summons Racing 12 Rob Summons 1–5
33 Adam Nicolson 1
Kyle Gurton 2–5
59 Ivan Vantagiato 1, 3
Christian Sasso 2
07 Niko French 1–5
Stoke Foiling 19 Hamish Leighton M 1–5
Controltech Solutions 24 Brenton Davey 1–5
Above All Concrete 25 Josh Gardiner 1–5
Ironclad ID 26 Damon Sterling 1–5
27 Bastien Treptel 1–3
Lucas Stasi Racing 34 Lucas Stasi 1–5
Activ Digital 38 Zachary Catlin 1–5
SimworX Simulators 48 Luke Klaver 5
Spectre Property 74 Bradley Smith 2–5
Quad Lock 88 Chris Peters M 1, 3–5
Percat Automotive 89 Mitchell McGarry 3–4
RAW Australia Roofing 95 Rory McKercher 1–5
Privateer 23 Peter Nowlan M 1–3
41 Anton Zhouk 1–3, 5
Sources: [4][5][6][7][8]
Icon Legend
M Master

Calendar

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

Round Circuit Date Support Bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 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 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 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 Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek 30 May 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 31 May
R3
R4
5 R1 Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne 14 June Victorian V8 Series
Victorian Super TT Championship
Hyundai Excel Association of Victoria
2 Litre Sports Sedan Championship
R2
R3 15 June
R4
6 R1 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

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Masters' winner
1 R1 Winton Motor Raceway Damon Sterling Dean Crooke Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R2 Hayden Crossland Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R3 Dean Crooke Hayden Crossland Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing Hamish Leighton
R4 Damon Sterling Hayden Crossland Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing Hamish Leighton
2 R1 One Raceway Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R2 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R3 Bradley Smith Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R4 Dean Crooke Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
3 R1 The Bend Motorsport Park Damon Sterling Dean Crooke Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R2 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R3 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R4 Dean Crooke Damon Sterling Ironclad ID no classified finishers
4 R1 Sydney Motorsport Park Hayden Crossland Bradley Smith Hayden Crossland Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing Hamish Leighton
R2 Damon Sterling Hayden Crossland Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing Hamish Leighton
R3 Niko French Hayden Crossland Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing Hamish Leighton
R4 Hayden Crossland Hayden Crossland Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing Hamish Leighton
5 R1 Calder Park Raceway Hayden Crossland Hayden Crossland Hayden Crossland Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing Hamish Leighton
R2 Damon Sterling Hayden Crossland Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing Chris Peters
R3 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R4 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
6 R1 Winton Motor Raceway
R2
R3
R4

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th 
Points 25 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

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

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver WIN1
 ONE
 BEN
 SYD
 CAL
 WIN2
 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 1 1 1 1 14 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 447
2 Hayden Crossland 2 2 1 1 4 3 Ret Ret 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 366
3 Dean Crooke 3 Ret 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 7 5 10 9 10 7 326
4 Hamish Leighton M 6 5 6 4 11 4 5 4 5 5 4 15† 2 3 3 6 7 DNS 8 5 293
5 Kyle Gurton 6 6 4 3 3 4 19† 5 6 7 4 3 3 4 3 2 255
6 Niko French 4 3 5 5 3 Ret 6 Ret 6 6 5 4 7 Ret 6 4 17 17 9 4 234
7 Bradley Smith 18 7 3 5 11 16 10 6 4 6 5 7 4 3 4 3 224
8 Zachary Catlin 11 8 9 11 14 8 8 10 14 10 12 7 10 9 12 Ret 12 11 7 6 209
9 Lucas Stasi 5 4 3 6 5 5 Ret 13 WD WD WD WD 5 8 9 9 11 10 11 10 202
10 Justin Yuen 10 12 10 9 13 9 10 9 10 11 14 10 9 10 11 11 13 12 14 11 201
11 Brenton Davey 8 6 Ret 13 8 15 11 7 18† 12 9 9 15 11 14 10 6 7 13 8 199
13 Jack Lewis 14 11 14 14 7 Ret 12 12 15 17† 15 13 11 12 13 14 9 8 12 9 167
12 Josh Gardiner Ret WD WD WD 10 Ret 9 DNS 12 9 8 8 8 5 8 12 8 6 6 Ret 164
14 Rory McKercher 15 14 13 10 16 11 15 14 WD WD WD WD 12 13 15 Ret 14 13 15 Ret 107
17 Chris Peters M 16 17 16 15 13 13 13 Ret 13 14 16 13 16 14 16 13 97
15 Peter Nowlan M DNS 7 7 7 DNS 10 7 6 DNS DNS 11 Ret 92
16 Bastien Treptel 12 10 8 Ret 9 16 Ret DNS 8 8 16 11 91
19 Christopher Carydias M Ret 15 15 12 12 Ret 13 8 9 18† 17 Ret 18 16 18 12 90
18 Rob Summons 17 16 17 17 15 14 16 15 16† 15 18† 14 Ret 16 WD WD 15 15 17 Ret 82
20 Mitchell McGarry 17† 14 7 12 Ret 15 10 8 64
21 Anton Zhouk 13 13 11 16 17 12 14 11 DNS 19† WD WD WD WD WD WD 63
22 Ivan Vantagiato 9 Ret Ret WD 7 7 6 16† 60
23 Luke Klaver 5 5 5 Ret 48
24 Adam Nicolson 7 9 12 8 48
25 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
 ONE
 BEN
 SYD
 CAL
 WIN2
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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