New year, new eras: What we're excited for in 2025

Where do you start, when looking at 2025?

New formats. New tyres. New drivers. New driver-team combinations. New tracks. More races. And, throw in an all-new elimination-style Finals system to determine the champion.

The 2025 Repco Supercars Championship is going to be one to remember, and there will be so many reasons why. So, it was hard to narrow it down to five!

The Finals

The all-new Finals Series will determine the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship winner and feature a new elimination-style format. Throughout the Finals, the final three rounds of the season, points will reset between each round, ensuring that every race is critical for the title contenders. The highest point scorer at the end of the Adelaide Grand Final will be crowned the 2025 Repco Supercars Champion.

Radical new formats

There will be more on-track action through a mixture of sprints, traditional race distances and challenging endurance events, before the Finals Series will be used over the final three rounds of the year. There has been a reduction in testing and at-event practice and there will be 34 races, up from 24 in 2024. Additionally, different tyre compounds will be used for each Saturday sprint race and its respective qualifying session at most sprint rounds, adding even more complexity for teams.

Ipswich is back

After a five-year absence, Queensland Raceway makes its triumphant return. 'The Paperclip' will host Supercars and Dunlop Series in 2025, and returns to Supercars competition for the first time since 2019. Since the last round, the venue underwent a transformation after being taken over by motorsport businessman Tony Quinn in late 2021.

Friday races

Friday racing will bring a new spectacle to the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship, with four rounds to feature a sprint on Friday. For the first time, Sydney, Townsville and Adelaide will stage a race on the Friday of the event, with the Grand Prix also returning with Thursday and Friday races. That's five races on a weekday!

The potential of DJR's rebuild

After years scrapping for wins and podiums, which came after a dominant period under Penske ownership, Dick Johnson Racing is swinging the changes in a bid to return to the front. Brodie Kostecki arrives from Erebus Motorsport, with engineers George Commins and Tom Moore following him. The team is also set to run Erebus-built chassis, proving DJR is putting pride aside to win at any costs.