New Name, Even Stronger Future: The 2025 Motorsport Australia AU4 Championship

OFFICIAL RELEASE, 31/01/25: A new chapter in Australian open-wheel racing begins in 2025 as the Australian Formula 4 Championship evolves into the Motorsport Australia AU4 Championship, offering the next generation of Australian talent a clearer pathway to the pinnacle of Formula car racing.

Recognised globally by the FIA and professional teams, Formula 4 is the essential stepping stone from elite karting to international formula racing. The rebranded Motorsport Australia AU4 Championship marks the start of an exciting new era in Australia, featuring a competitive grid exclusively made up of Formula 4 cars from the first-generation Mygale-Ford to the latest second-generation Tatuus-Abarth.

A split-grid format in 2025 provides young talent, starting from just 14 years old, the opportunity to compete in a five-round national series using first-generation 2015 Mygale-Ford F4 cars. The grid will be headlined by the second-generation 2022 Tatuus-Abarth F4 cars; the same machine shaping the future of Formula 1’s brightest prospects worldwide, and available to AU4 competitors aged 15 and above.

“The F4 Championship gained great momentum and produced some phenomenal drivers up to 2019, but since then, young drivers were not able to clock up essential F4 racing experience in Australia before making the significant leap to international competition,” said Adam Gotch, AU4 Championship series manager and founder of AU4 series promoter AGI Sport.

“AGI Sport has been focused on developing young Australian and New Zealand drivers on local circuits before taking them overseas to compete in Europe and the USA, but it’s not the same as competing in a national-level championship, and our best talent must leave the country at a young age to compete on the overseas circuit to gain this experience.

“We want to build on the momentum created by Asian-based promoter Top Speed in 2024 with the Australian F4 Championship, and believe a two-class structure is the right approach for 2025.”

The first generation Mygale M14-F4 has a vast pedigree, raced between 2015-2021 by the likes of Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, Logan Sargeant, Liam Lawson, Jack Doohan, Christian Mansell, and Will Brown. 

The second generation Tatuus-Abarth F4-T421 is currently racing in the world’s elite F4 Championships, and F1 Academy feeder series, in the UK, Italy, Spain and the UAE, and is set to be the current F4 car of choice in Europe through to 2030. 

“With drivers such as Oliver Bearman and Kimi Antonelli progressing from the Tatuus-Abarth to seats in 2025 Formula 1, the Formula 4 pathway is vital for young Australian drivers aspiring to the world stage, and the earlier they can gain experience in competition, the better,” says Gotch. 

“The AU4 model offers a more cost-effective entry-level class with first-generation 2015 F4 cars for aspiring drivers from the age of 14, with the option to step up to the latest Tatuus Gen2 once the drivers turn 15. Of course, competitors of any age can race in either class provided they meet the minimum age requirement.”

The new Motorsport Australia AU4 Championship will feature five rounds contested from March to September 2025, before expanding to four states in 2026. Drivers will compete on some of Australia’s most iconic circuits, including Sydney Motorsport Park in NSW, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, and Shell V-Power Motorsport Park at The Bend, SA.

Australian Formula 4 Championship 2025 Calendar

Series promoter AGI Sport has also announced a range of prizes for the winner of the Junior Cup for First Generation Mygale F4 cars, and the outright National championship for the Second Generation Tatuus F4. 

Mygale Gen 1 – Junior Cup

o   The winner of the Gen1 class in 2025 will receive free entry into the Gen2 class for the following season AND

o   A free full test day in a Tatuus Gen2.

Tatuus Gen2 – Outright Championship 

o   Winner of the Gen2 class will receive a free test in the United States with a Championship winning team in USA Formula 4 & USA Formula Regional.

§  Option 1:

·        2 x Test days in a US F4 car in Dallas, Texas – OCT/NOV 2025

OR

§  Option 2: 

·        1 x Test Day in a US F4 car in Dallas, Texas – OCT/NOV 2025, and

·        1 x Test Day in a US Formula Regional (US F3) car (the following day). 

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AU4 Championship enquires:

Dimi Katsidis
p. 0457 899 502 
e. [email protected]