2023 Australian Formula Open Series

The 2023 Australian Formula Open - powered by Racefuels will be a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This will be the inaugural season of the championship, founded by two-time Australian Gold Star winner Tim Macrow as a direct successor to the Australian Formula 3 championship.[1]

Drivers compete to win a S5000 test and free entry to a race in the S5000 Championship in 2024 or later.[2]

Teams and drivers

The championship will be structured in four classes. AFO1 encompasses all Formula 3 machinery, with several chassis and engine manufacturers represented. AFO2 caters to Toyota Racing Series, Formula Renault and older F3 cars. AFO3 serves all other invitational entries, while AFO4 is reserved for Formula 4 cars.[3][4]

AFO1 entries

Team	No.	Car	Driver	Rounds
Gilmour Racing	1	Dallara F308/11 Mercedes-Benz	Daniel Price	1
R-Tek Motorsport Services	2	Dallara F307 Opel	Andrew Roberts	1
Formula Race Car Association	17	Dallara F397 Volkswagen	Shayne Morrow	1
	41	Dallara F307 Opel	Greg Muddle	1
	55	Dallara F397	Glenn Lynch	1
CO Machining	21	Dallara F304 Opel	Graeme Holmes	1
Tim Macrow Racing	22	Dallara F308/11 Mercedes-Benz	Winston Van Laarhoven	1
	27	Dallara F308/11 Mercedes-Benz	Ryan How	1
	74	Dallara F312 Mercedes-Benz	Trent Grubel	1
Sydney Photo Booth	23	Dallara F304 Renault	Lawrence Katsidis	1
99 Motorsport	99	Dallara F308/11 Volkswagen	Ryan Astley	1
Sources: [5][6]

AFO2 entries

Team	No.	Car	Driver	Rounds
Team Rod Anderson	38	Reynard 893 Toyota	Rod Anderson	1
Formula Race Car Association	51	Tatuus FR2000 Renault	Nathan Beer	1
Douglas Barry Specials	56	Reynard 92D Holden	Douglas Barry	1
Sources: [5][7]

AFO4 entries

Team	No.	Car	Driver	Rounds
Tim Macrow Racing	16	Mygale M14-F4 Ford	Hanming Huang	1
AGI Sport	40	Mygale M14-F4 Ford	Tim Boydle	1
	62	Tatuus F4-T014 Fiat	Craig McLatchey	1
	71	Mygale M14-F4 Ford	Mark Wilson	1
	77	Mygale M14-F4 Ford	Kristian Janev	1
Sources: [5][4]

Race calendar

The 2023 calendar was first announced on 20 December 2022. It is scheduled to consist of six rounds across six circuits all over Australia.[8]

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill
1	R1	Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Victoria	4 March	NSW Formula Vee Championship NSW Formula Ford Championship NSW Production Touring Cars NSW Sports Sedan Championship HQ Holden Racing NSW Championship
	R2		5 March
	R3		5 March
2	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales	15–16 April	MA NSW State Championship
	R2
	R3
3	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia	9–11 June	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
	R2
	R3
4	R1	Queensland Raceway Willowbank, Queensland	4–6 August	MA Trophy Series
	R2
	R3
5	R1	Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria	8–10 September	SpeedSeries Australia
	R2
	R3
6	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Ventnor, Victoria	25–26 November	Island Magic
	R2
	R3

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	AFO1 winner	AFO2 winner	AFO4 winner
1	R1	Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Victoria	Trent Grubel	Trent Grubel	Trent Grubel	Rod Anderson	Kristian Janev
	R2			Trent Grubel	Trent Grubel	Rod Anderson	Kristian Janev
	R3			Trent Grubel	Trent Grubel	Rod Anderson	Kristian Janev
2	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales
	R2
	R3
3	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia
	R2
	R3
4	R1	Queensland Raceway Willowbank, Queensland
	R2
	R3
5	R1	Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria
	R2
	R3
6	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Ventnor, Victoria
	R2
	R3

Standings

Scoring system

Cars classified as finished in race 1 and 2 are awarded points by the following structure:[9]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL	R1 PP
Points	12	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

The third race of the weekend, the longer Feature Race, awards more points:[9]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1

Overall championship

Pos	Driver	WIN			SYD			BEN			QLD			SAN			PHI			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Trent Grubel	1	1	1																48
2	Ryan Astley	4	2	2																31
3	Ryan How	3	3	3																28
4	Winston Van Laarhoven	2	4	4																26
5	Andrew Roberts	5	5	5																20
6	Kristian Janev	6	6	7																14
7	Lawrence Katsidis	8	8	6																12
8	Graeme Holmes	7	7	DNS																8
9	Hanming Huang	11	10	8																4
10	Mark Wilson	10	9	10																4
11	Craig McLatchey	9	11	DNS																2
12	Rod Anderson	12	13	9																2
13	Shayne Morrow	13	14	Ret																0
14	Douglas Barry	14	15	13																0
15	Tim Boydle	15	12	11																0
16	Nathan Beer	16	16	12																0
—	Greg Muddle	Ret	DNS	Ret																—
—	Daniel Price	DNS	DNS	DNS																—
—	Glenn Lynch	DNS	DNS	DNS																—
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	WIN			SYD			BEN			QLD			SAN			PHI			Pts

AFO1 championship

Pos	Driver	WIN			SYD			BEN			QLD			SAN			PHI			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Trent Grubel	1	1	1																48
2	Ryan Astley	4	2	2																31
3	Ryan How	3	3	3																28
4	Winston Van Laarhoven	2	4	4																26
5	Andrew Roberts	5	5	5																20
6	Lawrence Katsidis	7	7	6																14
7	Graeme Holmes	6	6	DNS																10
8	Shayne Morrow	8	8	Ret																6
—	Greg Muddle	Ret	DNS	Ret																—
—	Daniel Price	DNS	DNS	DNS																—
—	Glenn Lynch	DNS	DNS	DNS																—
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	WIN			SYD			BEN			QLD			SAN			PHI			Pts

AFO2 championship

Pos	Driver	WIN			SYD			BEN			QLD			SAN			PHI			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Rod Anderson	1	1	1																44
2	Nathan Beer	3	3	2																31
3	Douglas Barry	2	2	3																30
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	WIN			SYD			BEN			QLD			SAN			PHI			Pts

AFO4 championship

Pos	Driver	WIN			SYD			BEN			QLD			SAN			PHI			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Kristian Janev	1	1	1																44
2	Hanming Huang	4	3	2																30
3	Mark Wilson	3	2	3																29
4	Tim Boydle	5	5	4																22
5	Craig McLatchey	2	4	DNS																16
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	WIN			SYD			BEN			QLD			SAN			PHI			Pts

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