2019 S5000 season explained

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,^[1] 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.^{[2] [3]}

Entrant		Driver	Rounds	Ref.
AGI Sport	22	Tom Alexander	1	^[4]
	24	John Martin	All	^[5]
nowrap	Australian Racing Enterprises	11	Michael Gibson	All	^[6]
nowrap	BW Motorsport	89	Braydan Willmington	2	^[7]
Eggleston Motorsport	38	Will Brown	All	^[8]
nowrap	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	nowrap	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	nowrap	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]

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. 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)^[23]

	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
	Driver	Q	H1	H2	Points

Main Event

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	31	data-sort-value="GOL"	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	11	19:34.7507	3
2	111	data-sort-value="BAR"	Rubens Barrichello	Team BRM	11	+1.4073	4
3	24	data-sort-value="MAR"	John Martin	AGI Sport	11	+2.6131	2
4	38	data-sort-value="BRO"	Will Brown	Eggleston Motorsport	11	+3.8050	6
5	83	data-sort-value="BRA"	Matthew Brabham	MTEC Motorsport	11	+5.8425	9
6	33	data-sort-value="BER"	Tim Berryman	Team BRM	11	+6.7456	8
7	97	data-sort-value="COC"	Taylor Cockerton	MTEC Motorsport	11	+7.7964	11
8	22	data-sort-value="ALE"	Tom Alexander	AGI Sport	11	+8.4327	13
9	27	data-sort-value="MAW"	Barton Mawer	Milldun Motorsport	11	+8.7931	7
10	11	data-sort-value="GIB"	Michael Gibson	Australian Racing Enterprises	11	+9.8833	12
data-sort-value="11"	Ret	8	data-sort-value="DAV"	Alex Davison	Team BRM	8	Accident	5
data-sort-value="12"	Ret	23	data-sort-value="MAC"	Tim Macrow	MTEC Motorsport	8	Retired	1
data-sort-value="13"	Ret	34	data-sort-value="CAP"	Ricky Capo	Modena Engineering	0	Collision	10
Fastest lap James Golding (Garry Rogers Motorsport) – 1:09.4829 (lap 9)
Source:^[24]

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)^[25]

	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
	Driver	Q	H1	H2	Points

Main Event

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	24	data-sort-value="MAR"	John Martin	AGI Sport	16	30:43.2080	2
2	49	data-sort-value="RAN"	Thomas Randle	Team BRM	16	+0.7141	1
3	38	data-sort-value="BRO"	Will Brown	Eggleston Motorsport	16	+1.8949	5
4	99	data-sort-value="DEP"	Anton de Pasquale	Team BRM	16	+10.1733	3
5	34	data-sort-value="CAP"	Ricky Capo	Modena Engineering	16	+11.2991	7
6	8	data-sort-value="WIN"	James Winslow	Team BRM	16	+13.3741	8
7	89	data-sort-value="WIL"	Braydan Willmington	BW Motorsport	16	+48.0491	9
data-sort-value="8"	Ret	11	data-sort-value="GIB"	Michael Gibson	Australian Racing Enterprises	13	Retired	10
data-sort-value="9"	Ret	23	data-sort-value="MAC"	Tim Macrow	MTEC Motorsport	1	Collision	6
data-sort-value="10"	Ret	31	data-sort-value="GOL"	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1	Collision	4
Fastest lap Anton de Pasquale (Team BRM) – 1:41.4329 (lap 16)
Source:^[26]

References

Sources

• Book: 2019 S5000 Australia Sporting and Technical Regulations. CAMS.com.au. Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. 10 September 2019. 17 November 2019. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: SBS to broadcast S5000 debut live on free-to-air TV. Highway F1. en-US. 14 September 2019.
2. Web site: First S5000 chassis arrives in Australia. motorsport.com. en. 20 April 2019.
3. Web site: S5000 The Car. s5000.com.au. en-AU. 20 April 2019. 18 September 2019. 20 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190420165348/https://www.s5000.com.au/the-car/. dead.
4. News: Talented Kiwi secures S5000 Sandown drive. speedcafe.com. 10 September 2019.
5. Web site: AGI Sport to field John Martin in S5000. speedcafe.com. 6 September 2019.
6. Web site: Fourth S5000 driver confirmed. speedcafe.com. 5 September 2019.
7. Web site: Field locked in for second S5000 round. speedcafe.com. 13 November 2019.
8. Web site: Touring car young gun lands S5000 drive. speedcafe.com. 31 August 2019.
9. Web site: Supercars star James Golding completes 13-car S5000 Sandown grid. 19 September 2019.
10. Web site: Mawer added to Sandown S5000 field. sports.yahoo.com. en-CA. 14 September 2019.
11. Web site: Ex-Australian F3 runner-up joins Sandown S5000 grid. motorsport.com. en. 16 September 2019.
12. News: F3 champion to race S5000 prototype. speedcafe.com. 11 September 2019.
13. Web site: Brabham to race in S5000 opener. motorsport.com. en. 14 September 2019.
14. Web site: Grid for S5000 season opener complete. motorsport.com. en. 17 September 2019.
15. Web site: Davison gets S5000 call-up. 14 September 2019. Auto Action. en-AU.
16. Web site: Gold Star winner joins S5000 field. speedcafe.com. 11 November 2019.
17. Web site: Sandown S5000 grid hits double figures. 16 September 2019. motorsport.com.
18. Web site: Super2 ace joins S5000 grid at The Bend. speedcafe.com. 12 November 2019.
19. Web site: Penrite Racing star set for S5000 drive . speedcafe.com. 2 November 2019.
20. Web site: BRM squad to run Barrichello S5000. ca.sports.yahoo.com. en-CA. 14 September 2019.
21. Web site: S5000 calendsr revealed for 2019 season. v8sleuth.com.au. 20 April 2019.
22. Web site: S5000 Championship racing debut delayed. Velocity News. 20 April 2019. 14 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190420165353/https://www.velocitynews.co.nz/f2f3f4/s5000-championship-racing-debut-delayed. 20 April 2019. dead.
23. Web site: Sandown International Motor Raceway - S5000 Australia - Heat 2: Meeting Points Report. Natsoft. Timetronics Pty Ltd. 22 September 2019. 17 November 2019.
24. Web site: Sandown International Motor Raceway - S5000 Australia - Main Event. Natsoft. Timetronics Pty Ltd. 22 September 2019. 17 November 2019.
25. Web site: The Bend Motorsport Park - S5000 Australia - Qualifying Race 2: Meeting Points Report. Natsoft. Timetronics Pty Ltd. 17 November 2019. 17 November 2019.
26. Web site: The Bend Motorsport Park - S5000 Australia - Feature Race. Natsoft. Timetronics Pty Ltd. 17 November 2019. 17 November 2019.