2025 Australian Formula Open

The 2025 Australian Formula Open: Driven by FRCA is a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This is the third season of the Australian Formula Open series, which was originally founded by two-time Australian Gold Star winner Tim Macrow in 2023 as a direct successor to the Australian Formula 3 championship.^[1]

When AFO's original organizers launched the AU3 Championship for 2025, the AFO moniker was taken over mid-year by the organizers of the NSW Formula Car Championship, an open formula championship run since 2011 as one of Motorsport Australia's State Championships. That saw that championship effectively be rebranded under the AFO guise.^[2]

The championship is planned to be run over five weekends and started on 22 February at One Raceway.^[3]

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers are Australian-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Rounds
Baker Motorsport - Team Penrite	1	Rodney Baker	Dallara F399	1–3
RMS Racing	3	Robert Sviderskas	Mantis M2-001	1–3
TWS Motorsport	14	Trent Shirvington	Mygale M11	1
CO Machining	21	Graeme Holmes	Dallara F3	2–3
Sydney Photo Booth / AGI Sport	23	Lawrence Katsidis	Dallara F304	1–3
Apollo Patios	24	Nathan Beer	Dallara F305/7	1–3
Phil Morrow Racing	25	Phil Morrow	Dallara F305/7	1, 3
Formula Race Car Association	41	Greg Muddle	Dallara F305	1–3
Performer Australia	42	Michael Doherty	Performer P1000	1–3
Douglas Barry Specials	44	Douglas Barry	Reynard 92D	1–3
Eagle Transportation Pty Ltd	55	Glenn Lynch	Dallara F397	1, 3
3 Amigos Racing	76	Jeffrey Senior	Dallara F302	3
SMJ Plastering	95	Shayne Morrow	Dallara F300/01	1
Raven Gruppe	666	Adam Savic	Stohr F1000	1–3
Privateer	72	Shane Varley	Performer P1000	1–2
	88	Andrew Fitzpatrick	Mygale M14-F4	1
	655	Abhishek Jain	Swift 2015	2
Source: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

Race calendar

The 2025 calendar was announced in early January of 2024 - still under the guise of the NSW Formula Car Challenge.^[7] Compared to 2024, two events at One Raceway were added while Sydney Motorsport Park only hosted two instead of three rounds. A sixth event at Morgan Park Raceway was also part of the first version of the calendar, but was later removed.

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	One Raceway, Goulburn	22 February	NSW Production Touring Cars NSW Improved Production Championship New South Wales Formula Ford Championship	Winton Sydney Goulburn
	R2		23 February
	R3		23 February
2	R1	Winton Motor Raceway, Winton	10 May	NSW Production Touring Cars NSW Improved Production Championship Victorian Improved Production Championship New South Wales Formula Ford Championship
	R2		11 May
	R3		11 May
3	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek	26 July	Australian Formula Ford Championship NSW Production Touring Cars NSW Improved Production Championship SuperSports NSW State Championship
	R2
	R3
4	R1		27 September	NSW Production Touring Cars NSW Improved Production Championship SuperSports NSW State Championship NSW Sports Sedan State Championship
	R2		28 September
	R3		28 September
5	R1	One Raceway, Goulburn	18–19 October	NSW Sports Sedan State Championship SuperSports NSW State Championship New South Wales Formula Ford Championship
	R2
	R3

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	One Raceway	Trent Shirvington	Trent Shirvington	Trent Shirvington	TWS Motorsport
	R2			Trent Shirvington	Trent Shirvington	TWS Motorsport
	R3			Rodney Baker	Rodney Baker	Baker Motorsport - Team Penrite
2	R1	Winton Motor Raceway	Michael Doherty	Rodney Baker	Rodney Baker	Baker Motorsport - Team Penrite
	R2			Michael Doherty	Michael Doherty	Performer Australia
	R3			Michael Doherty	Michael Doherty	Performer Australia
3	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park	Douglas Barry	Michael Doherty	Michael Doherty	Performer Australia
	R2			Michael Doherty	Michael Doherty	Performer Australia
	R3			race cancelled after delays to race weekend schedule
4	R1
	R2
	R3
5	R1	One Raceway
	R2
	R3

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos	Driver	ONE1			WIN			SYD1			SYD2			ONE2			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Michael Doherty	6	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	C							148
2	Rodney Baker	5	2	1	1	Ret	2	4	3	C							123
3	Lawrence Katsidis	3	3	6	4	4	4	6	4	C							94
4	Trent Shirvington	1	1	Ret													50
5	Adam Savic	9	10	11	3	3	Ret	8	7	C							43
6	Andrew Fitzpatrick	4	4	2													42
7	Shane Varley	10	8	10	Ret	2	3										39
8	Graeme Holmes				WD	WD	WD	2	2	C							36
9	Nathan Beer	2	6	7	WD	WD	WD	DNS	9	C							34
10	Glenn Lynch	7	7	8				5	6	C							34
11	Jeffrey Senior							3	5	C							25
12	Greg Muddle	11	Ret	3	DNS	Ret	WD	9	8	C							21
13	Robert Sviderskas	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	5	5	10	Ret	C							21
14	Douglas Barry	DNS	Ret	5	WD	WD	WD	7	DNS	C							16
15	Shayne Morrow	8	9	9													8
—	Phil Morrow	Ret	Ret	DNS				Ret	DNS	C							0
—	Abhishek Jain				WD	WD	WD										0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	ONE1			WIN			SYD1			SYD2			ONE2			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)