Eleven entries for S5000 opener in Tasmania
Eleven drivers will contest the S5000 Australian Drivers Championship season opener at Race Tasmania.
Double champion Joey Mawson returns in his attempt to join Australian racing royalty as a three-time Gold Star winner, with familiar rival and 2021 Tasman Series champion Aaron Cameron returning in double duties.
James Golding, Roberto Merhi, and Cooper Webster are all one-off entries for the season opener, set to battle at the pointy end and threaten to take points away from the championship contenders.
2023 S5000 Australian Drivers Championship - Round One Entry List
#1 Joey Mawson - ACM Finance.com
The two-time Australian Drivers Champion returns to compete for his third title with new team 88Racing, supported by Team BRM.
#2 Mark Rosser - The Fuzzies Game Team BRM
The Audi GT3 convert returns for his first full season in S5000 and the Silver Star championship.
#3 Zane Goddard - Team BRM
Goddard will return to contest at least the first two rounds of the season.
#12 Matt McLean - Versa Motorsport
The 26-year-old Melburnian makes his S5000 debut after two seasons in Dunlop Super2.
#18 Aaron Cameron - Team Valvoline GRM
The S5000 contender returns for another shot at the title as part of TCR Australia double-duties.
#31 James Golding - Garry Rogers Motorsport
The S5000 stalwart returns for a one-off entry before his Supercars campaign begins.
#37 Cooper Webster - Versa Motorsport
Cooper Webster returns for at least the first round in Tasmania before heading to the UK for the GB4 Championship.
#48 Blake Purdie - Nippy’s Versa Motorsport
Versa Motorsport have locked in the Adelaide teenager for a full-season S5000 campaign.
#49 Jordan Boys - Team Valvoline GRM
After five one-off appearances in the past three years, Jordan Boys will contest a full S5000 championship for the first time in 2023.
#96 Nic Carroll - Crown Windows / Hobart Powersports
The Super3 and Trans Am driver returns to open-wheel motorsport for the first time since 2017.
#98 - Roberto Merhi - Roberto Merhi Racing
Former F1 driver returns for another one-off entry in the S5000 championship.
