2018 Formula 5000 season

2018 Formula 5000
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The 2018 Formula 5000 season was the second season of F5000.

Teams and drivers

Team	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds
Kazatomprom Pchelintsev Power Team	Nissan	2	Alexey Pchelintsev	1-
Template:AUS Erebus Precision Formula	Mercedes	4	Template:AUS Jack Le Broq	1-
		9	Template:GBR Thomas Wren	1-
Template:AUS Tekno Autosports	Holden	5	Template:AUS Chaz Mostert	10
Template:AUS Ford Performance Racing	Ford	6	Template:AUS Matt Grove	1-
		88	Template:AUS Dean O'Lauchlan	1-
Template:AUS Edgell Performance Racing	Ford	8	RRB-GP/VP	6-9
Volvo Polestar Racing	Volvo	10	Marcus Ericsson	1-
		55	Template:FRA Adelaide Voeckler	1-
Volvo Japanese Dealerships	Volvo	13	Thed Björk	1-5
			Prince Carl Philip	6-
		26	Barii Mori	1-
Template:AUS Nissan Motorsport Australia	Nissan	15	Template:AUS Rick Kelly	2
Nissan Motorsport	Nissan	22	Template:AUS Tim Horan	1-9
			Template:AUS Michael Robertson	10-11
		23	Hayato Kazami	1-8
			Hagane Shizuka	9
			Kyoko Katayama	10-11
Peak Motorsport	Holden	24	Template:USA Aaron Watson	1-
		25	Template:AUS Benjamin Foster-Thompson	1-
Kiwi Racing	Holden	37	Simon Bourne	6-9
Turismo Algarve	Ford	41	Template:AUS Lee Rogers	1-
		68	Alessandro Marchesi	1-6
			Template:GBR Phil McCracken	7-
Template:AUT Union Saver Developments	Nissan	42	Yuka Katayama	1-
		43	Template:AUS Allistair McHale	1-
HURT Racing	Holden	47	Sam Pritchard	6-9
Template:AUS Bryan Taylor Racing	Holden	50	Osuma Takahashi	1-
		51	Template:AUS Joey Mawson	1-
Template:USA/Template:AUS Team Tasmania by Gotham Racing International	Ford	60	Template:AUS Mark Boutsanis	1-
		61	Luis Razia	1-
Caltex United Nippon Team powered by Super Dragon	Nissan	73	Template:AUS Mitchell Macklin	1-
		98	Takuma Taki	1-
Template:AUS Motorsport Projects	Holden	90	Aldo Pellizotti	1-
		91	Template:AUS John Muirhead	1-
Carrera Granada	Ford	93	Template:USA Jimmy Hopkins	1-5
			Template:USA Oscar Duck III	6-
		94	Template:USA Roberto Zayas	1-
Nissan Motorsport New Zealand	Nissan	97	Shane van Gisbergen	6, 8-9
Template:AUS Holden Young Lions	Holden	99	Template:AUS Chelsea Angelo	10-11
Template:AUS Chance of a Lifetime Racing	Ford	111	Template:AUS Dean Bagley	1
			Template:AUS Scott Blackwood	2
Template:AUS Leketus Motorsport	Holden	113	Template:AUS Ant Leketus	1-

Season Calendar

	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Template:AUS Adelaide Street Circuit	March 2-4	Barii Mori	Template:AUS Joey Mawson	Template:GBR Thomas Wren	Template:AUS Erebus Precision Formula
				Template:AUS Mark Boutsanis	Template:GBR Thomas Wren	Template:AUS Erebus Precision Formula
2	Template:AUS Mount Panorama Circuit	March 9-11	Barii Mori	Template:AUS Matt Grove	Barii Mori	Volvo Japanese Dealerships
3	Template:AUS Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	March 24-25	Template:AUS Jack Le Brocq	Template:AUS Tim Horan	Template:AUS Jack Le Brocq	Template:AUS Erebus Precision Formula
				Template:AUS Jack Le Brocq	Template:AUS Mitchell Macklin	Caltex United Nippon Team Powered by Super Dragon
4	Template:AUS Symmons Plains Raceway	April 7-8	Barii Mori	Osuma Takahashi	Barii Mori	Volvo Japanese Dealerships
				Template:AUS Tim Horan	Template:AUS Matt Grove	Template:AUS Ford Performance Racing
				Template:AUS Dean O'Lauchlan	Hayato Kazami	Nissan Motorsport
5	Template:AUS Barbagallo Raceway	April 21-22	Barii Mori	Alexey Pchelintsev	Template:AUS Matt Grove	Template:AUS Ford Performance Racing
				Template:AUS Matt Grove	Template:AUS Lee Rogers	Turismo Algarve
				Luis Razia	Alessandro Marchesi	Turismo Algarve
6	Teretonga Park	May 19-20	Simon Bourne	Simon Bourne	Simon Bourne	Kiwi Racing
				Simon Bourne	Simon Bourne	Kiwi Racing
				Alexey Pchelintsev	Alexey Pchelintsev	Kazatomprom Pchelintsev Power Team
7	Highlands Motorsport Park	June 2-3	Simon Bourne	Simon Bourne	Simon Bourne	Kiwi Racing
				Simon Bourne	Simon Bourne	Kiwi Racing
				Template:GBR Thomas Wren	Marcus Ericsson	Volvo Polestar Racing
8	Pukekohe Park Raceway	June 16-17
9	Hamilton Street Circuit	June 30-July 1
10	Template:AUS Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	August 2-4
11	Template:AUS Sydney Motorsport Park	August 25-26

Championship Standings

Points Scheme

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	PP	FL
60 minute race	75	60	48	39	33	30	27	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	3	1
40 minute race	50	40	32	26	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1						3	1
20 minute race	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1											3	1

Driver's Championship

Pos	Driver	ADL Template:AUS		BAT Template:AUS	MEL Template:AUS		SYM Template:AUS			BAR Template:AUS			TER			HIG			PUK			HAM		SUR Template:AUS		SMP Template:AUS		Points
1	Template:GBR Thomas Wren	1	1	4	5	17	4	3	17	7	7	6	5	5	8	2	2	10										263
2	Template:AUS Matt Grove	2	24	2	6	20	2	1	22	1	3	13	8	7	27	4	4	8										233
3	Barii Mori	27	18	1	3	23	1	2	21	3	4	12	6	6	7	26	24	23										213
4	Alexey Pchelintsev	3	2	23	14	5	20	17	13	9	8	8	14	12	1	9	9	3										172
5	Marcus Ericsson	16	11	6	11	3	26	28	Ret	14	12	3	11	11	2	12	12	1										162
6	Template:AUS Mitchell Macklin	9	19	5	9	1	3	4	18	13	15	15	10	9	3	27	22	17										162
7	Template:AUS Dean O'Lauchlan	23	29	7	10	25	5	9	5	4	2	14	7	4	24	6	5	7										150
8	Template:AUS Lee Rogers	29	27	3	12	21	25	25	Ret	2	1	10	9	10	4	8	7	5										148
9	Luis Razia	6	3	11	8	24	9	6	23	5	6	11	18	16	9	24	31	27										119
10	Template:AUS Joey Mawson	4	6	13	7	16	22	13	16	8	10	9	4	8	5	Ret	26	25										118
11	Simon Bourne												1	1	23	1	1	11										115
12	Template:AUS Benjamin Foster-Thompson	8	4	9	16	14	Ret	24	2	18	14	2	16	18	14	10	30	30										113
13	Template:AUS Tim Horan	5	26	8	4	15	7	7	10	10	11	4	13	28	15	28	23	20										108
14	Template:AUS Jack Le Brocq	26	22	25	1	7	8	8	20	12	9	5	15	31	19	7	8	Ret										104
15	Template:AUS John Muirhead	13	8	27	2	18	6	5	19	6	5	7	12	14	12	30	27	24										103
16	Alessandro Marchesi	7	5	16	15	Ret	13	10	Ret	11	13	1	17	13	26													86
17	Template:AUS Mark Boutsanis	11	7	24	18	4	11	11	15	16	20	27	22	17	11	14	13	12										77
18	Sam Pritchard												3	3	6	5	6	6										73
19	Thed Björk	14	9	21	13	2	24	15	14	21	22	21																67
20	Osuma Takahashi	15	23	17	21	11	12	14	8	15	16	16	25	24	18	13	11	2										64
21	Hayato Kazami	24	15	19	19	6	23	19	1	22	18	19	23	20	13	15	16	15										63
22	Yuka Katayama	28	17	10	23	26	10	12	24	17	17	17	19	15	32	11	10	4										59
23	Takuma Taki	17	21	12	24	8	27	20	4	20	19	20	24	22	17	16	15	13										49
24	Shane van Gisbergen												2	2	20	EX	EX	EX										40
25	Template:GBR Phil McCracken															3	3	9										39
26	Template:USA Aaron Watson	12	10	15	20	22	14	16	11	19	21	22	26	23	25	29	28	29										34
27	Template:AUS Allistair McHale	18	12	22	28	10	15	23	9	26	23	26	30	25	28	23	20	19										33
28	Aldo Pellizotti	20	13	26	26	9	21	26	3	24	26	28	29	27	22	20	21	22										30
29	Template:USA Roberto Zayas	19	16	14	25	Ret	16	21	6	23	25	23	27	26	16	19	18	18										27
30	Template:AUS Ant Leketus	25	20	28	27	12	19	27	7	28	28	25	32	29	31	22	29	28										19
31	Template:USA Jimmy Hopkins	22	14	18	22	27	18	18	12	25	24	18																19
32	Template:USA Oscar Duck III												21	19	10	18	17	14										8
33	Template:FRA Adelaide Voeckler	21	28	29	29	13	17	22	25	27	27	24	31	30	30	25	25	26										8
34	Template:AUS Dean Bagley	10	25																									6
35	Template:AUS Scott Blackwood			20																								6
36	RRB-GP-VP												20	21	21	17	14	16										2
37	Template:AUS Rick Kelly				17	19																						2
38	Prince Carl Philip												28	32	29	21	19	21										0

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	#	ADL Template:AUS		BAT Template:AUS	MEL Template:AUS		SYM Template:AUS			BAR Template:AUS			TER			HIG			PUK			HAM		SUR Template:AUS		SMP Template:AUS		Points
1	Template:AUS Ford Performance Racing	6	2	24	2	6	20	2	1	22	1	3	13	8	7	27	4	4	8										383
		88	23	29	7	10	25	5	9	5	4	2	14	7	4	24	6	5	7
2	Template:AUS Erebus Precision Formula	4	26	22	25	1	7	8	8	20	12	9	5	15	31	19	7	8	Ret										367
		9	1	1	4	5	17	4	3	17	7	7	6	5	5	8	2	2	10
3	Volvo Japanese Dealerships	13	14	9	21	13	2	24	15	14	21	22	21	28	32	29	21	19	21										280
		26	27	18	1	3	23	1	2	21	3	4	12	6	6	7	26	24	23
4	Turismo Algarve	41	29	27	3	12	21	25	25	Ret	2	1	10	9	10	4	8	7	5										273
		68	7	5	16	15	Ret	13	10	Ret	11	13	1	17	13	26	3	3	9
5	Caltex United Nippon Team Powered by Super Dragon	73	9	19	5	9	1	3	4	18	13	15	15	10	9	3	27	22	17										211
		98	17	21	12	24	8	27	20	4	20	19	20	24	22	17	16	15	13
6	Template:USA/Template:AUS Team Tasmania by Gotham Racing International	60	11	7	24	18	4	11	11	15	16	20	27	22	17	11	14	13	12										196
		61	6	3	11	8	24	9	6	23	5	6	11	18	16	9	24	31	27
7	Template:AUS Bryan Taylor Racing	50	15	23	17	21	11	12	14	8	15	16	16	25	24	18	13	11	2										182
		51	4	6	13	7	16	22	13	16	8	10	9	4	8	5	Ret	26	25
8	Kazatomprom Pchelintsev Power Team	2	3	2	23	14	5	20	17	13	9	8	8	14	12	1	9	9	3										172
9	Nissan Motorsport	22	5	26	8	4	15	7	7	10	10	11	4	13	28	15	28	23	20										171
		23	24	15	19	19	6	23	19	1	22	18	19	23	20	13	15	16	15
10	Volvo Polestar Racing	10	16	11	6	11	3	26	28	Ret	14	12	3	11	11	2	12	12	1										170
		55	21	28	29	29	13	17	22	25	27	27	24	31	30	30	25	25	26
11	Peak Motorsport	24	12	10	15	20	22	14	16	11	19	21	22	26	23	25	29	28	29										147
		25	8	4	9	16	14	Ret	24	2	18	14	2	16	18	14	10	30	30
12	Template:AUS Motorsport Projects	90	20	13	26	26	9	21	26	3	24	26	28	29	27	22	20	21	22										133
		91	13	8	27	2	18	6	5	19	6	5	7	12	14	12	30	27	24
13	Kiwi Racing	37												1	1	23	1	1	11										115
14	Template:AUT Union Saver Developments	42	28	17	10	23	26	10	12	24	17	17	17	19	15	32	11	10	4										92
		43	18	12	22	28	10	15	23	9	26	23	26	30	25	28	23	20	19
15	HURT Racing	47												3	3	6	5	6	6										73
16	Carrera Granada	93	22	14	18	22	27	18	18	12	25	24	18	21	19	10	18	17	14										54
		94	19	16	14	25	Ret	16	21	6	23	25	23	27	26	16	19	18	18
17	Nissan Motorsport New Zealand	97												2	2	20													40
18	Template:AUS Chance of a Lifetime Racing	111	10	25	20																								12
19	Edgell Performance Racing	8												20	21	21	17	14	16										2
20	Template:AUS Nissan Motorsport Australia	15				17	19																						2