2025 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 2025 Hankook Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing championship in Australia. It was 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 was a spec series using the open-wheel Hyper Racer X1.

Damon Sterling, driving for Ironclad ID, successfully defended his Drivers' Championship title.

The 2025 season started on 1 March at Winton Motor Raceway, was run over six race weekends and finished 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 competed with a Hyper Racer X1 car powered by a Suzuki Hayabusa engine on Hankook tires. Drivers aged 40 and above were able take part in the Masters' Australian Drivers’ Championship.[3] All teams and drivers were Australian-registered.

More information Team, No. ...
Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Hyper Racer 2 Dean Crooke All
Summons Racing 4 Aaron Imbach 6
12 Rob Summons 1–5
33 Adam Nicolson 1
Kyle Gurton 2–6
59 Ivan Vantagiato 1, 3
Christian Sasso 2
07 Niko French All
Omnitude Investments 5 Christopher Carydias M 1–3, 5–6
Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing 6 Hayden Crossland All
14 Jack Lewis All
33 Ashwin Dyall 6
Justin Yuen Motorsport 8 Justin Yuen All
Stoke Foiling 19 Hamish Leighton M All
Controltech Solutions 24 Brenton Davey 1–5
Above All Concrete 25 Josh Gardiner All[a]
Ironclad ID 26 Damon Sterling All
27 Bastien Treptel 1–3
Lucas Stasi Racing 34 Lucas Stasi All
Activ Digital 38 Zachary Catlin 1–6
SimworX Simulators 48 Luke Klaver 5
Montgomery Haulage / Ringwood Kart Centre 63 Harry Strik 6
Spectre Property 74 Bradley Smith 2–6
Quad Lock 88 Chris Peters M 1, 3–6
Percat Automotive 89 Mitchell McGarry 3–4
RAW Australia Roofing 95 Rory McKercher All
Privateer 23 Peter Nowlan M 1–3, 6
41 Anton Zhouk 1–3, 5
Sources: [4][5][6][7][8][9]
Icon Legend
M Master
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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][10] The series made its debut at Sydney Motorsport Park.

More information Round, Circuit ...
Round Circuit Date Support Bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Victoria (state) 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 New South Wales 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 South Australia 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 New South Wales 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 Victoria (state) 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 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway, Winton 1 November Formula RX8
Australian Super TT Championship
Formula Ford: Stars & Renegades Series
Legend Car Australia Asphalt Series
TA2 Muscle Car Series
R2
R3 2 November
R4
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Race results

More information Round, Circuit ...
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Masters' winner
1 R1 Victoria (state) 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 New South Wales 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 South Australia 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 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Hayden Crossland Bradley Smith Hamish Leighton Stoke Foiling Hamish Leighton
R2 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R3 Niko French Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R4 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
5 R1 Victoria (state) Calder Park Raceway Hayden Crossland Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R2 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Chris Peters
R3 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
R4 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Hamish Leighton
6 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Chris Peters
R2 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Chris Peters
R3 Lucas Stasi Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Chris Peters
R4 Damon Sterling Damon Sterling Ironclad ID Peter Nowlan
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Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded as follows:

More information Position, Points ...
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
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The worst weekend points-wise for each driver was dropped to form the final score.

Drivers' championship

More information Pos, Driver ...
Pos Driver WIN1
Victoria (state)		 ONE
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 SYD
New South Wales		 CAL
Victoria (state)		 WIN2
Victoria (state)		 Pen. 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 (13) (1) (1) (1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 480
2 Dean Crooke 3 Ret 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 6 4 9 8 9 7 (5) (Ret) (12) (10) 326
3 Kyle Gurton 6 6 4 3 3 4 Ret 5 5 6 3 2 2 3 2 2 13 15 10 6 296
4 Bradley Smith 18 7 3 5 11 16 10 6 3 5 4 6 3 2 3 3 4 5 6 5 288
5 Hamish Leighton M 6 5 6 4 11 4 5 4 5 5 4 Ret 1 2 2 5 6 DNS 7 5 (Ret) (11) (11) (11) 286
6 Lucas Stasi 5 4 3 6 5 5 Ret 13 (WD) (WD) (WD) (WD) 4 7 8 8 10 9 10 10 3 3 3 3 273
7 Niko French 4 3 5 5 (3) (Ret) (6) (Ret) 6 6 5 4 6 Ret 5 3 16 16 8 4 6 8 5 7 16 256
8 Hayden Crossland 2 2 1 1 (4) (3) (Ret) (Ret) 4 3 3 3 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 4 4 2 250
9 Zachary Catlin 11 8 9 11 14 8 8 10 14 10 12 7 (9) (8) (11) (Ret) 11 10 6 6 7 6 Ret 14 214
10 Justin Yuen 10 12 10 9 13 9 10 9 10 11 14 10 8 9 10 10 12 11 13 11 (9) (Ret) (15) (12) 201
11 Brenton Davey 8 6 Ret 13 8 15 11 7 Ret 12 9 9 14 10 13 9 5 6 12 8 196
12 Jack Lewis 14 11 14 14 7 Ret 12 12 (15) (Ret) (15) (13) 10 11 12 13 8 7 11 9 11 14 16 16 174
13 Josh Gardiner (Ret) (WD) (WD) (WD) 10 Ret 9 DNS 12 9 8 8 7 4 7 11 7 5 5 Ret 8 7 8 8 164
14 Rory McKercher 15 14 13 10 16 11 15 14 (WD) (WD) (WD) (WD) 11 12 14 Ret 13 12 14 Ret 10 13 17 15 140
15 Chris Peters M 16 17 16 15 13 13 13 Ret 12 13 15 12 15 13 15 13 12 10 9 Ret 132
16 Christopher Carydias M Ret 15 15 12 12 Ret 13 8 9 Ret 17 Ret 17 15 17 12 14 12 14 13 122
17 Peter Nowlan M DNS 7 7 7 DNS 10 7 6 DNS DNS 11 Ret DNS DNS 13 9 114
18 Bastien Treptel 12 10 8 Ret 9 16 Ret DNS 8 8 16 11 91
19 Rob Summons 17 16 17 17 15 14 16 15 Ret 15 Ret 14 Ret 15 WD WD 14 14 16 Ret 74
20 Anton Zhouk 13 13 11 16 17 12 14 11 DNS Ret WD WD WD WD WD WD 61
21 Harry Strik 2 2 2 Ret 60
22 Ivan Vantagiato 9 Ret Ret WD 7 7 6 16† 60
23 Mitchell McGarry Ret 14 7 12 Ret 14 9 7 60
24 Luke Klaver 4 4 4 Ret 48
25 Adam Nicolson 7 9 12 8 48
26 Aaron Imbach DSQ 9 7 4 44
27 Christian Sasso DNS 13 Ret DNS 8
— Ashwin Dyall WD WD WD WD 0
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 Pen. Pts
WIN1
Victoria (state)		 ONE
New South Wales		 BEN
South Australia		 SYD
New South Wales		 CAL
Victoria (state)		 WIN2
Victoria (state)
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (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

† – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified

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Notes

  1. [a]
    Gardiner entered the final round as a non-scoring driver

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