2025 AU4 Australian Championship
The 2025 AU4 Australian Championship is an upcoming motor racing series in Australia for Formula 4 cars. The series was previously known as the Formula 4 Australian Championship. It will be the seventh national championship in Formula 4, and the first under the name of AU4.
The series is sanctioned by Motorsport Australia.
Globally, Formula 4 is the first step out of karting on the FIA Global Pathway from Karting to Formula One. It is no longer the only series on the pathway run in Australia, with the introduction of Formula Regional Australia in 2025.
Structure
Significant changes have been made to the championship for 2025 along with the name. The new promoter for the series is AGI Sport, who have been the most successful team in Australian Formula 4, replacing the China-based Top Speed organisation.[1][2]
There will be two types of car on the grid simultaneously; the Tatuus F4-T421 with the Abarth engine (termed "Gen 2") used in the 2024 championship, and the Mygale M14-F4 with the Ford engine used from 2015 to 2019 ("Gen 1").[1] The two will be treated as separate classes, and will be separated on the starting grid. Only Gen 2 cars will be eligible for the overall championship. This is not typical in Formula 4 Championships, which are usually single-class spec series in which all participants are in identical vehicles.
The minimum age for drivers in the Gen2 (Class A) cars is 15, and 14 for the Gen1 cars. There will be cups awarded to the best 14-17 year old driver in Gen1 cars ("Class B") & best 30+ driver ("Masters").[1]
According to Motorsport Australia, the changes are to enable the broadest range of participants in the series, including (older) owner-drivers racing for enjoyment (and not aiming for a professional career overseas), and junior drivers seeking affordable racing experience in open-wheelers, as well as those contesting for the overall win in the latest generation F4 car.[1]
Teams and drivers
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Calendar
The initial schedule was revealed on January 17.[14] But following shipping delays, organisers announced on March 7 that the opening round in Sydney would be postponed to late August. [15]
| Round | Circuit | Dates | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bend Motorsport Park (International Circuit) |
23–25 May | |
| 2 | The Bend Motorsport Park (West Circuit) |
12–13 July | |
| 3 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit) |
16–17 August | |
| 4 | Sydney Motorsport Park
(Grand Prix Circuit) |
29–31 August | |
| 5 | Sydney Motorsport Park (Grand Prix Circuit) |
26–28 September |
Race results
| Rnd. | Circuit | Overall | Gen 1 | Masters Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning driver | Winning driver | |||
| 1 | R1 | The Bend Motorsport Park | Harrison Duske | Noah Killion | Harrison Duske | Jensen Marold | Nick Filipetto |
| R2 | Noah Killion | Noah Killion | Noah Killion | Jensen Marold | Lawrence Katsidis | ||
| R3 | Noah Killion | Harrison Duske | Isaac McNeill | Jensen Marold | Lawrence Katsidis | ||
| 2 | R1 | The Bend Motorsport Park | |||||
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| 3 | R1 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | |||||
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| 4 | R1 | Sydney Motorsport Park | |||||
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| 5 | R1 | Sydney Motorsport Park | |||||
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Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. Each round there is also one point for pole position in each of the two qualifying sessions and one point for fastest lap in each of the three races. In Gen 1 and Gen 2, only a driver's best twelve finishes are counted for the championship.[16] While Gen 1 and Gen 2 award points per finishing order in each class, in the Masters category points are awarded based on a driver's outright finishing position in each race. The driver who accumulates the highest points total in all rounds will be declared the Masters Winner.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | FL |
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| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Gen 2
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Gen 1
| Pos | Driver | BND 1 |
BND 2 |
PHI |
SYD 1 |
SYD 2 |
Pts | ||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | Jensen Marold | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Koby Wilson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Andrew Fitzpatrick | 3 | 3 | 3 | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | De'Argo Stewart | 5 | 4 | 4 | 34 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Jesse James Samuels | 4 | 6 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Chloe Lane | 6 | 5 | Ret | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Lawrence Katsidis | 8 | 7 | 6 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Nicholas Filipetto | 7 | DNS | DNS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| — | Kevin Fang | WD | WD | WD | — | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
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References
- ^ a b c d "2025 Formula 4 Season Confirmed". Motorsport Australia. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Australian Formula 4 calendar confirmed Auto Action 18 November 2024
- ^ "Georgia Morgan". Facebook. Tim Macrow Racing. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f @au4_championship; (21 May 2025). "AU4 Round 1 - Driver line up 🏁" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Harrison Duske". Facebook. Tim Macrow Racing. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Jesse James Samuels". Facebook. AGI Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Koby Wilson". Facebook. AGI Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Noah Killion". Facebook. AGI Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Imogen Radburn". Facebook. AGI Sport. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ @feeder_series (9 May 2025). "DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🇦🇺 Jensen Marold joins AGI Sport for the first two AU4 rounds at The Bend!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Cohen Kokotovich". Facebook. AGI Sport. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "De'Argo Stewart". Facebook. AGI Sport. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Andrew Fitzpatrick". Facebook. AGI Sport. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "Australian F4 Championship Calendar". Facebook. AGI Sport. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "2025 AU4 Championship's new dual-class lineup to launch at The Bend Motorsport Park". AU4 Australian Championship. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "2025 Motorsport Australia AU4 Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations" (PDF). Motorsport Australia. 11 April 2025. p. 8. Retrieved 21 May 2025.