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. The series was a spec series using the open-wheel Hyper Racer X1.
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.
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. All teams and drivers were Australian-registered. TeamDriverStatusRoundsHyper Racer2Dean CrookeAllSummons Racing4Aaron Imbach612Rob Summons1–533Adam Nicolson1Kyle Gurton2–659Ivan Vantagiato1, 3Christian Sasso207Niko FrenchAllOmnitude Investments5Christopher Carydias1–3, 5–6Pakelo Lubricants Carbon Racing6Hayden CrosslandAll14Jack LewisAll33Ashwin Dyall6Justin Yuen Motorsport8Justin YuenAllStoke Foiling19Hamish LeightonAllControltech Solutions24Brenton Davey1–5Above All Concrete25Josh GardinerAllIronclad ID26Damon SterlingAll27Bastien Treptel1–3Lucas Stasi Racing34Lucas StasiAllActiv Digital38Zachary Catlin1–6SimworX Simulators48Luke Klaver5Montgomery Haulage / Ringwood Kart Centre63Harry Strik6Spectre Property74Bradley Smith2–6Quad Lock88Chris Peters1, 3–6Percat Automotive89Mitchell McGarry3–4RAW Australia Roofing95Rory McKercherAllPrivateer23Peter Nowlan1–3, 641Anton Zhouk1–3, 5Sources: IconLegendMaster
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. The series made its debut at Sydney Motorsport Park.
RoundCircuitDateSupport BillMap of circuit locations 1R1 Winton Motor Raceway, Winton 1 MarchFormula RX8Australian Super TT ChampionshipFormula Ford: Stars & Renegades SeriesLegend Car Australia Asphalt SeriesTA2 Muscle Car SeriesR22 MarchR3R4 2R1 One Raceway, Goulburn 5 AprilClubman ChampionshipSeries X3 New South WalesNew South Wales MX-5 CupMotor Racing Australia Super TTLegend Car Australia Asphalt SeriesLegend Car NSW Asphalt SeriesR26 AprilR3R4 3R1 The Bend Motorsport Park, Tailem Bend 3 May Victorian V8 SeriesSuper Tin Top Racing Victoria2 Litre Sports Sedan ChampionshipR2R34 MayR4 4R1 Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek 30 May Formula RX8Australian Super TT ChampionshipFormula Ford: Stars & Renegades SeriesLegend Car Australia Asphalt SeriesTA2 Muscle Car SeriesLegend Car NSW Asphalt SeriesR231 MayR3R4 5R1 Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne 14 June Victorian V8 SeriesVictorian Super TT ChampionshipHyundai Excel Association of Victoria2 Litre Sports Sedan ChampionshipR2R315 JuneR4 6R1 Winton Motor Raceway, Winton 1 November Formula RX8Australian Super TT ChampionshipFormula Ford: Stars & Renegades SeriesLegend Car Australia Asphalt SeriesTA2 Muscle Car SeriesR2R32 NovemberR4
Race results RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamMasters' winner 1R1 Winton Motor RacewayDamon SterlingDean CrookeDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR2Hayden CrosslandDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR3Dean CrookeHayden CrosslandPakelo Lubricants Carbon RacingHamish LeightonR4Damon SterlingHayden CrosslandPakelo Lubricants Carbon RacingHamish Leighton 2R1 One RacewayDamon SterlingDamon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR2Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR3Bradley SmithDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR4Dean CrookeDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish Leighton 3R1 The Bend Motorsport ParkDamon SterlingDean CrookeDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR2Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR3Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR4Dean CrookeDamon SterlingIronclad IDno classified finishers 4R1 Sydney Motorsport ParkHayden CrosslandBradley SmithHamish LeightonStoke FoilingHamish LeightonR2Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR3Niko FrenchDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR4Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish Leighton 5R1 Calder Park RacewayHayden CrosslandDamon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR2Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDChris PetersR3Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish LeightonR4Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDHamish Leighton 6R1 Winton Motor RacewayDamon SterlingDamon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDChris PetersR2Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDChris PetersR3Lucas StasiDamon SterlingIronclad IDChris PetersR4Damon SterlingDamon SterlingIronclad IDPeter Nowlan
Championship standings
Scoring system Points were awarded as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th Points252018171615141312111098765432 The worst weekend points-wise for each driver was dropped to form the final score.
Drivers' championship PosDriverWIN1ONEBENSYDCALWIN2Pen.PtsR1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R41Damon Sterling112211111111(13)(1)(1)(1)111111112Dean Crooke3Ret432222222223649897(5)(Ret)(12)(10)3Kyle Gurton664334Ret55632232213151062964Bradley Smith1873511161063546323345652885Hamish Leighton 656411454554Ret12256DNS75(Ret)(11)(11)(11)6Lucas Stasi543655Ret13(WD)(WD)(WD)(WD)4788109101033332737Niko French4355(3)(Ret)(6)(Ret)66546Ret531616846857168Hayden Crossland2211(4)(3)(Ret)(Ret)4333DSQDSQDSQDSQDSQDSQDSQDSQDSQ4422509Zachary Catlin1189111488101410127(9)(8)(11)(Ret)11106676Ret1410Justin Yuen10121091391091011141089101012111311(9)(Ret)(15)(12)11Brenton Davey86Ret13815117Ret129914101395612819612Jack Lewis141114147Ret1212(15)(Ret)(15)(13)10111213871191114161613Josh Gardiner(Ret)(WD)(WD)(WD)10Ret9DNS1298874711755Ret878816414Rory McKercher1514131016111514(WD)(WD)(WD)(WD)111214Ret131214Ret1013171514015Chris Peters 16171615131313Ret121315121513151312109Ret13216Christopher Carydias Ret15151212Ret1389Ret17Ret171517121412141312217Peter Nowlan DNS777DNS1076DNSDNS11RetDNSDNS13911418Bastien Treptel12108Ret916RetDNS8816119119Rob Summons1716171715141615Ret15Ret14Ret15WDWD141416Ret7420Anton Zhouk 1313111617121411DNSRetWDWDWDWDWDWD6121Harry Strik222Ret6022Ivan Vantagiato9RetRetWD77616†6023Mitchell McGarryRet14712Ret14976024Luke Klaver444Ret4825Adam Nicolson791284826Aaron ImbachDSQ9744427Christian SassoDNS13RetDNS8—Ashwin DyallWDWDWDWD0PosDriverR1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4R1R2R3R4Pen.PtsWIN1ONEBENSYDCALWIN2Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified
Notes
References
External links Australian Drivers Championship