2025 Supercars Championship

The 2025 Supercars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship) is an upcoming motor racing series for Supercars.

It will be the twenty-seventh running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-ninth series in which Supercars have contested the Australian Touring Car Championship, the premier title in Australian motorsport. It is the sixty-sixth season of touring car racing in Australia.

Teams and drivers

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The following teams and drivers are expected to compete in the 2025 championship. All cars and numbers from 2024 are carried over unless stated otherwise.

Championship entries
Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver name Rounds
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Matt Stone Racing 4   Cameron Hill TBA
10   Nick Percat TBA
Erebus Motorsport 9   Jack Le Brocq TBA
99   Cooper Murray TBA
Brad Jones Racing 8   Andre Heimgartner TBA
12   Jaxon Evans TBA
14   Bryce Fullwood TBA
96   Macauley Jones TBA
Team 18 18   Anton de Pasquale TBA
20   David Reynolds TBA
PremiAir Racing 31   James Golding TBA
TBA   TBA TBA
Triple Eight Race Engineering 87   Will Brown TBA
88   Broc Feeney TBA
Ford Mustang S650 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2   Ryan Wood TBA
25   Chaz Mostert TBA
Blanchard Racing Team 3   Aaron Love TBA
7   James Courtney TBA
Tickford Racing 6   Cameron Waters TBA
55   Thomas Randle TBA
Dick Johnson Racing 11   Brodie Kostecki TBA
17   Will Davison TBA
Grove Racing 19   Matthew Payne TBA
26   Kai Allen TBA
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Driver changes

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Richie Stanaway will depart Grove Racing and will be replaced by 2023 Super2 Series winner Kai Allen.[1][2]

Mark Winterbottom will depart Team 18 and will be replaced by Anton de Pasquale, who will depart Dick Johnson Racing. Brodie Kostecki will leave Erebus Motorsport, to replace De Pasquale at Dick Johnson Racing, and will be replaced by Super2 Series graduate Cooper Murray.[3][4][5][6]

Calendar

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The following circuits are due to host a round of the 2025 championship.

Event Circuit Location Dates
Melbourne SuperSprint   Albert Park Circuit Albert Park, Victoria 13–16 March
Taupō Super400   Taupō International Motorsport Park Taupō, Waikato Region 12–13 April
Sources:[7]

The following circuits are expected to host a round of the 2025 championship

Event Circuit Location
Bathurst 1000   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales
Sydney SuperNight   Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales
The Bend 500   The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia
Sandown 500   Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria
Gold Coast 500   Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Adelaide 500   Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia
Townsville 500   Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland
Sources:[8][9]

Calendar changes

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The Bend Motorsport Park is expected to return to the calendar, after missing out on the 2024 championship, as an endurance event.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Pavey, James (6 August 2024). "Penrite Racing signs rising star Allen". Supercars.
  2. ^ Pavey, James (26 July 2024). "Penrite Racing announces Stanaway exit". Supercars.
  3. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (27 August 2024). "Winterbottom announces shock Team 18 exit". Speedcafe.
  4. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (27 August 2024). "De Pasquale to replace Winterbottom at Team 18". Speedcafe.
  5. ^ Dowdell, Zac (29 August 2024). "Murray latest young gun to get full-time Erebus opportunity".
  6. ^ Dowdell, Zac (29 August 2024). "Kostecki to spearhead revitalised DJR in 2025". Supercars.
  7. ^ "Dates confirmed for 2025 ITM Taupō Super400". Supercars. 10 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b Pavey, James (10 November 2023). "The Bend to host Supercars enduro in 2025".
  9. ^ O'Brien, Connor (25 March 2024). "14-round target for 2025 Supercars calendar". V8 Sleuth.
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