2019 Australian S5000 Championship exhibition races

The CAMS Australian S5000 Championship held two "launch events" or exhibition meetings in 2019, prior to the inaugural championship season in 2020. These meetings were held as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships,[1] at Sandown Raceway on 21 and 22 September and The Bend Motorsport Park on 16 and 17 November.

2019 Australian S5000 Championship
Previous: none Next: 2020
Parent series:
Shannons Nationals

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the races. As the championship is a spec series, all competitors raced with an identical Onroak-Ligier chassis powered by a naturally-aspirated 5.0-litre Ford Coyote V8 engine.[2][3]

Entrant No. Driver Rounds Ref.
AGI Sport 22 Tom Alexander 1 [4]
24 John Martin All [5]
Australian Racing Enterprises 11 Michael Gibson All [6]
BW Motorsport 89 Braydan Willmington 2 [7]
Eggleston Motorsport 38 Will Brown All [8]
Garry Rogers Motorsport 31 James Golding All [9]
Milldun Motorsport 27 Barton Mawer 1 [10]
Modena Engineering 34 Ricky Capo All [11]
MTEC Motorsport 23 Tim Macrow All [12]
83 Matthew Brabham 1 [13]
97 Taylor Cockerton 1 [14]
Team BRM 8 Alex Davison 1 [15]
James Winslow 2 [16]
33 Tim Berryman 1 [17]
49 Thomas Randle 2 [18]
99 Anton de Pasquale 2 [19]
111 Rubens Barrichello 1 [20]

Race calendar and meeting format

A provisional calendar had initially been announced in 2018, with Sydney Motorsport Park as the season opener and The Bend Motorsport Park as the concluding round.[21] However, after the organisers announced that the series would be delayed four months due to supply issues as well as further S5000 car testing, the first race of the series was pushed back to 22 September, 2019 at Sandown Raceway.[22][23]

Round Circuit Date
1 Sandown Raceway 21–22 September
2 The Bend Motorsport Park 16–17 November

At each meeting, a qualifying session, two qualifying heats and a Main Event were held.[22] Meeting points were awarded to the fastest six qualifiers in qualifying. Drivers in the top 75% of the field then selected their grid position for the first qualifying heat (held on Saturday), with the top ten positions reversed for the second qualifying heat, held on Sunday.[24] The grid for the Main Event was defined by the points earned by the drivers across the weekend, held later on Sunday.[24]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Ret
Qualifying 10 7 5 3 2 1 0 0
Qualifying Heats 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0
  • No meeting points were awarded for the feature races.[25] The winner of the Main Event is deemed the winner of the event as a whole.[26]

Race results

Sandown
Race Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning entrant
Heat 1 John Martin Tim Macrow Tim Macrow MTEC Motorsport
Heat 2 John Martin James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport
Main Event James Golding James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport

Meeting points

(key)[27]

Pos. Driver Q H1 H2 Points
1 Tim Macrow 2 1 2 64
2 John Martin 1 2 3 61
3 James Golding 5 3 1 56
4 Rubens Barrichello 3 7 5 41
5 Alex Davison 7 6 4 40
6 Will Brown 8 5 6 38
7 Barton Mawer 10 9 7 28
8 Tim Berryman 9 10 8 24
9 Matthew Brabham 6 4 Ret 23
10 Ricky Capo 4 8 12 23
11 Taylor Cockerton 11 11 10 18
12 Michael Gibson 13 12 11 14
13 Tom Alexander 12 Ret 9 12
Pos. Driver Q H1 H2 Points

Main Event
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 31 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport 11 19:34.7507 3
2 111 Rubens Barrichello Team BRM 11 +1.4073 4
3 24 John Martin AGI Sport 11 +2.6131 2
4 38 Will Brown Eggleston Motorsport 11 +3.8050 6
5 83 Matthew Brabham MTEC Motorsport 11 +5.8425 9
6 33 Tim Berryman Team BRM 11 +6.7456 8
7 97 Taylor Cockerton MTEC Motorsport 11 +7.7964 11
8 22 Tom Alexander AGI Sport 11 +8.4327 13
9 27 Barton Mawer Milldun Motorsport 11 +8.7931 7
10 11 Michael Gibson Australian Racing Enterprises 11 +9.8833 12
Ret 8 Alex Davison Team BRM 8 Accident 5
Ret 23 Tim Macrow MTEC Motorsport 8 Retired 1
Ret 34 Ricky Capo Modena Engineering 0 Collision 10
Fastest lap: James Golding (Garry Rogers Motorsport) – 1:09.4829 (lap 9)
Source: [28]

The Bend Motorsport Park
Race Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning entrant
Heat 1 Anton de Pasquale Thomas Randle Thomas Randle Team BRM
Heat 2 John Martin Tim Macrow MTEC Motorsport
Main Event Anton de Pasquale John Martin AGI Sport

Meeting points

(key)[29]

Pos. Driver Q H1 H2 Points
1 Thomas Randle 2 1 6 55
2 John Martin 3 3 3 53
3 Anton de Pasquale 1 2 7 53
4 James Golding 5 4 2 51
5 Will Brown 4 5 4 45
6 Tim Macrow 7 8 1 44
7 Ricky Capo 6 7 5 37
8 James Winslow 8 6 8 32
9 Braydan Willmington 10 10 9 22
10 Michael Gibson 9 9 10 22
Pos. Driver Q H1 H2 Points

Main Event
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 24 John Martin AGI Sport 16 30:43.2080 2
2 49 Thomas Randle Team BRM 16 +0.7141 1
3 38 Will Brown Eggleston Motorsport 16 +1.8949 5
4 99 Anton de Pasquale Team BRM 16 +10.1733[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 34 Ricky Capo Modena Engineering 16 +11.2991 7
6 8 James Winslow Team BRM 16 +13.3741 8
7 89 Braydan Willmington BW Motorsport 16 +48.0491 9
Ret 11 Michael Gibson Australian Racing Enterprises 13 Retired 10
Ret 23 Tim Macrow MTEC Motorsport 1 Collision 6
Ret 31 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport 1 Collision 4
Fastest lap: Anton de Pasquale (Team BRM) – 1:41.4329 (lap 16)
Source: [31]

Notes
  1. De Pasquale was penalised 15 seconds for two incidents: ten seconds for a first-lap collision with Thomas Randle, and five seconds for a jump start.[30]
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gollark: Let alone the room of lethal visual cognitohazards.

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