The CAMS Australian S5000 Championship held two "launch events" or exhibition meetings in 2019, prior to the inaugural championship season in 2021. These meetings were held as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships, at Sandown Raceway on 21 and 22 September and The Bend Motorsport Park on 16 and 17 November.
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.
EntrantDriverRoundsRef.AGI Sport22 Tom Alexander124 John MartinAllAustralian Racing Enterprises11 Michael GibsonAllBW Motorsport89 Braydan Willmington2Eggleston Motorsport38 Will BrownAllGarry Rogers Motorsport31 James GoldingAllMilldun Motorsport27 Barton Mawer1Modena Engineering34 Ricky CapoAllMTEC Motorsport23 Tim MacrowAll83 Matthew Brabham197 Taylor Cockerton1Team BRM8 Alex Davison1 James Winslow233 Tim Berryman149 Thomas Randle299 Anton de Pasquale2111 Rubens Barrichello1
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. 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.
Round Circuit Date 1Sandown Raceway 21–22 September 2The Bend Motorsport Park 16–17 November
At each meeting, a qualifying session, two qualifying heats and a Main Event were held. 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. The grid for the Main Event was defined by the points earned by the drivers across the weekend, held later on Sunday.
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. The winner of the Main Event is deemed the winner of the event as a whole.
Race results Sandown Race 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) Driver Q H1 H2Points1 Tim Macrow212642 John Martin123613 James Golding531564 Rubens Barrichello375415 Alex Davison764406 Will Brown856387 Barton Mawer1097288 Tim Berryman9108249 Matthew Brabham64Ret2310 Ricky Capo48122311 Taylor Cockerton1111101812 Michael Gibson1312111413 Tom Alexander12Ret912Driver Q H1 H2Points
Main Event DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid 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:
The Bend Motorsport Park Race 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) Driver Q H1 H2Points1 Thomas Randle216552 John Martin333533 Anton de Pasquale127534 James Golding542515 Will Brown454456 Tim Macrow781447 Ricky Capo675378 James Winslow868329 Braydan Willmington101092210 Michael Gibson991022Driver Q H1 H2Points
Main Event DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid 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 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:
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