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62-537: The inaugural race of the series was originally set to be in Sydney Motorsport Park in May 2019, but was delayed to September due to supply issues from Ligier's Charlotte area factory where the chassis are manufactured. The championship ran through to 2023, before being suspended for the 2024 season, though the promoters have hopes of reviving it. Australian circuit racing, since the end of Tasman Series racing in

124-692: A Swift FN09 chassis that raced in Super Formula between 2009 and 2013. A year later in 2017, the Super5000 series was later created by former Supercars CEO James Warburton , as part of his plan to sustain growth of motorsport in Australia. The series would originally be used as a support category for the Supercars series, alongside the Super2 and SuperUtes series. The creation of this series led to controversy, and

186-493: A "sacrificial lamb" and added that it was "pretty obvious" as to what had happened. Erebus Motorsport boss Barry Ryan claimed that DJR Team Penske had "blatantly cheated" and wanted points from the team stripped. Walkinshaw Andretti United's James Courtney, who finished third alongside Jack Perkins defended the team, stating that penalising the drivers would be "unfair" and stating that stripping McLaughlin of his maiden win would be "pretty harsh". McLaughlin, team-mate to Coulthard,

248-541: A $ 9 million upgrade, with the New South Wales Government providing $ 7 million and the Australian Racing Drivers Club funding the other $ 2 million. The upgrade reconfigured the circuit into four layouts, with two able to be operated at the same time, with a total length of 4.500 km (2.796 mi). The upgrade also included an additional pit lane facility to cater for the new configuration,

310-600: A deal was made for the Grand Prix to be held at what was then known as Eastern Creek International Raceway from 1991 to 1993. The race remained at the circuit until 1996 before returning to Phillip Island in 1997. The circuit has also hosted rounds of the Australian Superbike Championship . The Australian round of the A1 Grand Prix championship was held at Sydney Motorsport Park from the 2005–06 season to

372-575: A new race control tower and new amenities buildings. Work on the upgrades began in June 2011, with a new piece of road joining turns four and nine. This link road, finished in October 2011, created the new "Druitt Circuit", also known as the North Circuit. The 830-metre extension on the south-eastern part of the circuit was completed in May 2012 to create the new "Amaroo Circuit" (or South Circuit). On 21 May 2012,

434-534: A second, longer summer series to run from late 2021 to early 2022. The first championship event, and first race of the 2021 season , finally got underway in January at Symmons Plains , with Thomas Randle winning the feature race. The championship was suspended at the end of the 2023 season. The promoters of the category pointed to the eligibility rules for licenses to drive in the Supercars Championship as

496-417: A second. Friday began with a co-driver session, topped by Will Brown in the second Erebus Motorsport Commodore. The session was stopped a matter of seconds after it began with Jake Kostecki running straight into the fence at Griffins' Bend after a steering rack stop was left in the car, for which the team received an AU$ 5,000 fine. Debutant Thomas Randle ran wide at Forrest's Elbow and lightly brushed

558-542: A shuffle in positions, with several teams being better off, while others were worse off. Initially Coulthard was given a drive-through penalty for breaching safety car procedures, but when Ryan Story, Team Principal of DJR Team Penske, was interviewed about the issues, questions were raised that it was done by team orders. The actions of DJR Team Penske during the Lap 135 safety car received mixed reception from team owners and drivers. Race runner-up Van Gisbergen described Coulthard as

620-527: A support event for the 2020 Australian Grand Prix held at Albert Park , with the championship to be followed by a non-championship race at Mount Panorama . It was also announced in early 2020 that the championship would see the revival of the Australian Drivers' Championship title, last awarded in 2014 Australian Drivers' Championship for Formula 3 cars. This was accompanied by a plan to award trophies named after prominent Australian racing drivers to

682-462: Is operated by the Australian Racing Drivers Club. The circuit is one of only two permanent tracks in Australia with an FIA Grade 2 license and is licensed for both cars and motorcycles. The development of circuit was approved in 1989 and construction began soon after. However, construction was delayed by poor weather and debates over land ownership. A test race open to Superbikes was held in July 1990 and

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744-550: The 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship . In the early 1990s, the circuit also hosted the Winfield Triple Challenge, an event which featured Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) teams and drivers alongside Superbikes and drag racing . The circuit first hosted a championship round of the ATCC (now known as V8 Supercars ) in 1992 and held a round every year, excluding 1998 and 2006, until 2008. Further to this,

806-484: The 2019 Enduro Cup . DJR Team Penske drivers Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat won the race from pole position, marking their first Bathurst 1000 win. It was also the first time Dick Johnson Racing —which merged with Team Penske in 2015— had won the race since 1994 . The Triple Eight Race Engineering pair of Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander finished second, with Walkinshaw Andretti United 's James Courtney and Jack Perkins completing

868-533: The 2019 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 ) was a motor racing event for Supercars which was held on the weekend of 10–13 October 2019. It was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst , New South Wales , Australia and featured a single 1000 kilometre race. The event was the eleventh of fourteen in the 2019 Supercars Championship and incorporated Race 25 of the series. It was also the opening round of

930-703: The Australian Auto Sport Alliance is sanctioning the 2024 Australian Drivers' Championship as a one-make series using the Hyper Racer X1. The S5000 car's chassis is based on the Ligier JS F3 , an FIA -compliant Formula 3 bespoke chassis manufactured by French motorsport company Onroak-Ligier . The car uses a 5.2-litre naturally-aspirated quad-cam Ford Coyote V8 that is modified by InnoV8, and has an output of 560 hp (420 kW; 570 PS) and 460 lb⋅ft (620 N⋅m) of torque. All of

992-662: The Soundwave Festival for both years. Daniel Ricciardo drove a Red Bull RB7 Formula One car during the Top Gear Festival at the circuit in March 2014 and set the unofficial lap time record with a time of 1:11.2330. However, as this time was not recorded during a race, it does not count as a lap record. As of October 2024, the fastest official race lap records at Sydney Motorsport Park are listed as: 2019 Bathurst 1000 The 2019 Bathurst 1000 (formally known as

1054-452: The 10 November, DJR Team Penske were fined $ 30,000 and Scott McLaughlin's pole time was stripped, after it was found that the valve lift in a number of cylinders had exceeded the maximum permitted valve lift prescribed by the ESD. The stewards ruled that this did not offer McLaughlin a performance advantage and the violation was so slight that the team could not have been aware of it. The team accepted

1116-473: The 1970s, been heavily focused on touring car racing at the professional level. Open wheeler formula racing series such as Formula Holden and Formula 3 struggled to gain spectator and sponsor interest, and eventually folded. The idea for a modern interpretation of the historic Formula 5000 class was first raised in 2016, and was initially called the Formula Thunder 5000 . The original car used

1178-467: The 1995 event, the Winfield-backed entry of Mark Skaife had a major accident at Turn 1, hitting concrete drag racing barriers which resulted in injuries that forced him to miss the first round of the 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship . The event concluded with the ban of cigarette advertising in Australia at the end of 1995. An event organised and promoted by Australian Muscle Car magazine,

1240-471: The 2007–08 season. During the 2006–07 event on 4 February 2007, German driver Nico Hülkenberg set the outright lap record for the original circuit layout with a 1:19.142 lap time in the A1 Team Germany prepared Lola - Zytek . The first touring car event at the circuit was the 1990 Nissan Sydney 500 , an endurance race which was the final round of both the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and

1302-474: The Cutting and dragged the right-rear corner along the wall. All teams except DJR Team Penske elected to run both main and co-drivers in the session, Prémat proving the exception in the #17 Mustang. The Waters/ Caruso entry continued to be plagued with mechanical issues; a stuck throttle leaving them on the sidelines for the early running. The field went out in reverse order from qualifying, with De Pasquale setting

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1364-581: The Muscle Car Masters is held on Father's Day every year. The event includes races and demonstration laps featuring Australian muscle cars and ex-race cars from the 1950s to the 1990s. Regular racing classes include Group N , Group C , Group A and Touring Car Masters while different car clubs have their cars on display each year and take part in demonstration laps. Historically significant cars in Australian motorsport are also present and complete laps of

1426-459: The New Zealander ending the session on top. Van Gisbergen finished the session third ahead of Will Davison , with both Brad Jones Racing entries of Tim Slade and Nick Percat also making the ten. Having struggled for the majority of the session, Whincup put in a late time to elevate him to 7th from 23rd – whilst 8th placed Cam Waters also had an interrupted session having spent most of it in

1488-618: The Teams' Championship, DJR Team Penske hold an 855-point lead over Triple Eight Race Engineering . Twenty-six cars were entered in the event – 16 Holden Commodores , 6 Ford Mustangs and 4 Nissan Altimas . In addition to the 24 regular-season entries, there were two 'Wildcards' – one for Super2 Series team Kostecki Brothers Racing with cousins Jake and Brodie Kostecki , and another from Walkinshaw Andretti United for IndyCar drivers Alexander Rossi and James Hinchcliffe . A third wildcard from Team Kiwi Racing , who last appeared in 2008 ,

1550-459: The assembler of the cars,. The S5000 car has been certified by the FIA under the 2018 safety certification. The class introduced Push to Pass for the 2023 season, starting at Phillip Island in May. The S5000 car made its first public appearance taking part in demonstration runs at the 2018 Newcastle 500 Supercars event with drivers such as Greg Murphy , John Bowe , and Garth Tander going behind

1612-608: The benchmark of 2:04.3. Mark Winterbottom went out next, with lock-ups at the Cutting and Forrest's Elbow leaving him six-tenths down on the Erebus driver. Cam Waters moved to provisional pole with the first sub 2:04 of the session despite a moment at Sulman Park, before Jamie Whincup's attempt left him 0.03sec shy of the #6. The Brad Jones Racing pair did not challenge the top order, surpassing only Winterbottom with Percat ahead of Slade. Will Davison dropped in behind Whincup having felt he did not maximise his run, and Van Gisbergen dropped between

1674-472: The calendar in 2013, the circuit has returned to the calendar from 2014 onwards. The official pre-season V8 Supercar test day was held at the circuit in 2011 and 2013 to 2015. The 2013 test day was the first time that the four Car of the Future manufacturers appeared together at a public event. The 2015 test day clashed with the 2015 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour , preventing V8 Supercars drivers from competing in

1736-628: The car, resigning it to the garage for the rest of the day. Jake Kostecki in the Kostecki Brothers Racing wildcard would make the same error at the end of the session, with Ashley Walsh bringing out the only other red flag of the session having locked up and run into the sandtrap at Murray's Corner. Jack Smith had a baptism of fire, brushing the tyre wall at Griffin's Bend in the Matt Stone Racing entry fifteen minutes in. James Moffat overtook DJR Team Penske 's Alexandre Prémat in

1798-491: The category from the Mount Panorama Circuit , and to run international FIA Formula 2 Championship and FIA Formula 3 Championship as support races at the Australian Grand Prix rather than the local category, and the promoter's decision to switch from "free-to-air" broadcasting to pay TV for coverage of the events. The trademark to the name "Australian Drivers' Championship" name was registered by another party, and

1860-591: The circuit hosted the season-ending Grand Finale in 2003 and 2004, with Marcos Ambrose winning the round and the championship title on both occasions. In 2009 the circuit was dropped in favour of the Sydney 500 on the Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit . The circuit returned to the V8 Supercars calendar in 2012 after V8 Supercars failed to secure a second international event. After another year off

1922-466: The circuit was officially opened by then-New South Wales Minister for Sport Bob Rowland-Smith on 10 November 1990 with the running of the Nissan Sydney 500 endurance race for Group A touring cars . In 1991, the consortium formed to fund the circuit suffered financial problems and the complex was purchased by the New South Wales Government. The pit facilities provide fifty garages with direct access to

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1984-415: The circuit was renamed from Eastern Creek International Raceway to Sydney Motorsport Park. Construction of the new pit lane between turns four and five also began at this time. Following the circuits' reconfiguration, a number of corners were named. At the circuits' re-opening, turn five was renamed "Brock's 05" in reference to Peter Brock and the number with which he was associated, whilst in October 2017

2046-530: The circuit. While the main focus is on the history of Australian touring car racing , other classes, such as Formula 5000 , have also appeared. In the 1990s, the venue held a number of rock concerts and music festivals including Guns N' Roses , Bon Jovi , Pearl Jam , the Alternative Nation festival and the Colossus 2 dance festival. Music festivals returned to the circuit in 2009 and 2010 when it hosted

2108-471: The dying seconds to set the fastest time in the GT Mustang . Thursday's running ended with an incident-free third session, as championship leader McLaughlin broke his own Top Ten Shootout record by a tenth of a second on the first day of practice. The damaged #9 and #56 Commodores sat out the session, and all six Mustangs finished inside the top seven positions – the top six covered by less than three-tenths of

2170-437: The entire Grand Prix meeting was called off as a result of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic , so no race was held. Due to ongoing difficulties surrounding the pandemic, modified calendars were announced a few times over the year, with plans made for a championship running over late 2020 into early 2021. In the end, however, no races were held in 2020 and instead a short four race calendar was announced to be run in early 2021, with

2232-410: The field was Jack Le Brocq of Tekno Autosports , struggling heavily with the wet conditions. Saturday begun under grey skies. Will Davison set an early benchmark that would not be beaten, with only two other drivers setting a time under 2:05. The session stayed green throughout, however late in the piece James Hinchcliffe lost the rear of his Walkinshaw Andretti United Commodore on the exit of

2294-492: The first two corners were renamed " Moffat Corner" and " Bond Bend" respectively. After the first Australian motorcycle Grand Prix held at Phillip Island in 1989, there was a conflict over advertising between the Victorian Government and the tobacco industry , who were major sponsors of the Grand Prix teams. The New South Wales Government saw this as an opportunity to bring the race to Sydney and in October 1990,

2356-591: The founder of Formula Thunder 5000, Chris Lambden, disapproved of the idea, claiming it would threaten his own plans. Later that same year, both series announced a merger in a bid to further ensure the return of a formula racing series in Australia. The formation of the S5000 series came as a result, and would incorporate technical elements from both the Formula Thunder 5000 and the Super5000 series. A preliminary schedule

2418-622: The free-to-air network SBS . Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney Motorsport Park (known until May 2012 as Eastern Creek International Raceway ) is a motorsport circuit located on Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek (40-kilometres west of the Sydney CBD), New South Wales , Australia , adjacent to the Western Sydney International Dragway . It was built and is owned by the New South Wales Government and

2480-456: The full championship season. Jamie Whincup topped the opening session with the fastest time for an opening session in Bathurst 1000 history. Macauley Jones had the first incident of the weekend, and the only one of the session, backing his Holden Commodore ZB into the wall at the Cutting. As well as doing damage to the rear bumper and chassis rail, the impact bizarrely popped the rivets out of

2542-505: The garage with an engine sensor issue. Rounding out the top-ten would be Mark Winterbottom and Anton de Pasquale , with the latter's team-mate and 2018 pole-sitter David Reynolds finishing the session 22nd. Another big name to struggle was Fabian Coulthard ; the DJR Team Penske driver finishing 16th. Both 'Wildcard' entries ended the session down the back, with Brodie Kostecki beating Alexander Rossi to 24th by 0.03sec. Rounding out

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2604-440: The last running position, while Scott McLaughlin and Alex Prémat kept their first place. McLaughlin and Prémat were not penalised because the stewards' investigation found that the team's orders were intended to benefit Coulthard and D'Alberto; by slowing the field down, the team hoped that Coulthard would keep his position as continuing to the pits at race speed would mean an extended stop waiting behind McLaughlin. Furthermore, on

2666-487: The opening lap, with Michael Caruso slipping past his Tickford team-mate into second. As the field climbed the mountain for the first time, Tim Slade found himself on the wrong end of a mid-field battle with Scott Pye – a slight bump at Quarry Corner (Turn 5) sending the Brad Jones Racing Commodore into the outside wall and bringing out the safety car. A safety car was deployed on Lap 135 in response to

2728-508: The outside wall, but did not bring out the red flags. Garth Tander in Shane van Gisbergen 's Triple Eight Race Engineering Commodore also ran wide at the first corner, nearly rejoining into the path of Moffat. The final practice session before qualifying saw another big-name driver in strife, with Whincup crashing at the Esses in an attempt to avoid the already stranded Richie Stanaway . Elsewhere it

2790-538: The paddock area and a covered 4,000-seat grandstand overlooks the finish line, providing a view of the majority of the circuit. Events are held at the circuit on most weekends during the year. On 11 August 2006, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Ron Dickson, the A1 Grand Prix circuit designer who also designed the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit , suggested that Sydney Motorsport Park

2852-483: The pair. Chaz Mostert, the penultimate runner, bettered Waters' time by a tenth – but McLaughlin proved unbeatable, beating Mostert's benchmark by four-tenths to claim his second pole position at the Bathurst 1000, and fifteenth of the 2019 championship. The race start was delayed as Brodie Kostecki stopped the Kostecki Brothers Racing wildcard entry at the exit of Forrest's Elbow on the original warm-up lap, complaining of breathing difficulties. The teams' Commodore ZB

2914-659: The podium in third. The event was the 62nd running of the Bathurst 1000 , which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marks the 59th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 23rd running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. It

2976-478: The power is driven through a 6-speed gearbox by Holinger. Holinger also supplies the transaxle. The suspension set and the wing package are supplied by Borland Racing Developments , and are then fabricated by Garry Rogers Motorsport , who also perform the assembly of the S5000 car. The tyres are supplied by Hoosier . The complete car was officially designated the Rogers AF01/V8 in 2021. The "Rogers" name refers to

3038-406: The primary reason for its cessation. Drivers aspiring to drive in the full-professional Supercars championship were required to complete a minimum number of races in its direct feeder categories, Super2 and Super3, making S5000 a less attractive proposition for most young drivers, leading to unsustainably small entry fields. Other factors cited by the former category manager include the decision to ban

3100-551: The race. Between 1992 and 1995, the circuit hosted a non-championship Triple Challenge event in late January consisting of touring cars, Superbikes and drag racing. The event was backed by the Winfield cigarette brand, to promote their sponsorship of all three categories of racing. Glenn Seton Racing , sponsored by rival cigarette brand Peter Jackson , won the touring car element of the event in all four years, with eponymous team owner/driver Glenn Seton winning three. In practice for

3162-577: The roof, which subsequently folded back on the car as the Tim Blanchard Racing driver stopped at Reid Park. The first co-driver session was smattered with incidents, starting with multiple drivers running through the grass at the Chase. Twenty minutes into the session, the Mountain claimed its first major scalp with Luke Youlden hitting the wall at Sulman Park and ripping the front-right suspension out of

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3224-402: The stricken Commodore of Hinchcliffe and Rossi, which caused Coulthard, who was third at the time, to dramatically slow down the rest of the field. This happened as McLaughin and Whincup, who were first and second at the time respectively, headed into the pits. During this time the gap between Whincup and Coulthard, which was originally three seconds, extended out to over forty seconds. This caused

3286-495: The wheel. The race car received a positive reaction from the audience. For a race at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 2021, they were restricted to approximately 475 hp because they exceeded the maximum power-to-weight ratio permitted for racing at that circuit. The races were aired on a variety of networks and streaming services, including via streaming service Stan Sport , and live-streamed by website Motorsport.com through their Motorsport.TV platform. Some races also appeared on

3348-640: The winners of each feature race, with the winner of the feature race at Albert Park to be awarded the Alan Jones Cup. The opening round attracted a larger entry, including inaugural feature race winner Golding, two-time Australian Drivers' Champion Tim Macrow , and international entrants including the return of Barrichello and fellow Formula One veteran Giancarlo Fisichella , Formula 2 driver Jack Aitken and 2019 Bathurst 1000 winner Alexandre Prémat . After practice and qualifying sessions on Thursday 12 March, Golding had pole position. However, on Friday morning

3410-489: Was a struggle for the international drivers, as both Simona de Silvestro and Alexander Rossi found the sandtrap at Hell Corner in separate incidents. McLaughlin once again lowered the lap record by 0.3sec, with Andre Heimgartner producing the first sub 2:04 time for a Nissan Altima to finish second. The weather turned against crews ahead of the forty-minute qualifying session, and the circuit remained wet throughout. McLaughlin and Chaz Mostert traded fastest times, with

3472-406: Was also announced, featuring Chris van der Drift and Jaxon Evans as drivers – however this failed to materialise. Six drivers made their debut in the race; all four 'Wildcard' drivers, as well as Super2 Series competitors Thomas Randle and Jack Smith . It was the last start for five-time winner Steven Richards . Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in

3534-484: Was initially unfazed about the incident, but then lashed out at fans after it was revealed that Coulthard had received death threats after the incident. DJR Team Penske were later charged for breach of team orders and had a hearing on 19 October. They were later found guilty and were fined $ 250,000, $ 100,000 suspended until 31 December 2021 and 300 points stripped from the teams' championship. Fabian Coulthard and Tony D'Alberto were both relegated to twenty-first position,

3596-424: Was marred, however, by an accident involving Alex Davison which caused damage to safety barriers and forced organisers to red-flag the race after just 10 of the scheduled 25 laps. The race was won by James Golding , with Barrichello second and John Martin in third. A second event was held at The Bend , with the feature race being won by John Martin. For 2020, a six round championship was planned, set to start as

3658-475: Was not up to modern standards and needed to be upgraded. On 28 April 2008, it was announced that Apex Circuit Design Ltd. had been commissioned to perform a $ 350,000 feasibility study on upgrading the track to suit more purposes and hold larger events such as the Australian Formula One Grand Prix , however nothing came of this proposed upgrade. In early 2011, the circuit received funding for

3720-646: Was originally announced in 2018, with Sydney Motorsport Park as the season opener. However, in April 2019, the organisers announced that the series would be delayed four months and that the inaugural season would instead kick off in September 2019 at Sandown Raceway , due to supply issues from Ligier's Charlotte area factory . The organisers also wanted to ensure that the S5000 car would be properly tested. The first event attracted an entry of 13 drivers, including former Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello . The feature race

3782-724: Was scheduled as the 21st race held as part of the Supercars Championship and the seventh time it forms part of the Enduro Cup . The defending winners of the race are Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards , who are competing with Jamie Whincup and Mark Winterbottom in 2019 respectively. Scott McLaughlin lead the Drivers' Championship leading into the event, leading second-placed Shane van Gisbergen by just under two events' worth of points. Chaz Mostert sits in third ahead of McLaughlin's DJR Team Penske team-mate Fabian Coulthard . In

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3844-454: Was towed back to the pits where it was discovered Kostecki's helmet fan was blowing dry ice from the drivers' cool box into his face and causing carbon monoxide poisoning . Brodie's cousin Jake jumped in the car to restart the race from the pit-lane, with Jake's older brother Kurt on standby should Brodie be ruled unfit to continue. McLaughlin got the jump on Mostert heading into Hell Corner on

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