The countdown to the new era of the Repco Supercars Championship is underway, with the Gen3 era officially launched in Sydney on Monday.
Four star drivers from the Chevrolet and Ford camps, Shane van Gisbergen, Mark Winterbottom, Will Davison and Chaz Mostert, gathered in front of the media on the world-class stage of Sydney Harbour.
Van Gisbergen, Winterbottom, Davison and Mostert combine for four drivers’ titles and seven Bathurst 1000 wins.
The star quartet posed in their new cars with the Sydney Harbor Bridge in the background.
It comes just three weeks before the season-opening Thrifty Newcastle 500 in NSW’s second largest city.
The star quartet posed in their new cars with the Sydney Harbor Bridge in the background.
Also on display were the two most important awards in Australian motor racing – the Bathurst Winners’ Champion Drivers’ Trophy and the Peter Brock Trophy.
Both trophies are held by van Gisbergen, who won a record 21 races en route to the 2022 drivers’ title.
All 25 drivers will be present at the official season launch event in Sydney on Monday evening.
The new Gen3 Tech Pack delivers one of the most unpredictable seasons in history.
The 25 new cars have completed track work and will share the track for the first time at Sydney Motorsport Park on Wednesday.
From there, the focus will be on Newcastle, which is the stage to start the 64th season of the Championship, and third with Repco’s naming rights.
The 2023 season will feature 28 races over 12 rounds, including two endurance races: the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 and the Repco Bathurst 1000.
There will be 14 Camaros and 11 Mustangs, with Mostert’s Walkinshaw Andretti United switching to Ford in the off-season.
Foxtel will broadcast all practice, qualifying, shootouts and races of the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship live and commercial-free for a ninth consecutive season.
Six rounds of the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship will be broadcast live on the Seven Network: Thrifty Newcastle 500, Betr Darwin Triple Crown, NTI Townsville 500, Repco Bathurst 1000, Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 and the season finale VALO Adelaide 500.
Seven events will be broadcast live on 7plus. Other rounds will have delayed featured packages.
Sky Sport will bring all sessions to New Zealand viewers during the championship as they follow van Gisbergen’s campaign to bring home a third consecutive drivers’ title in 2023.
Tickets for the Thrifty Newcastle 500 are on sale from Supercars.com and Ticketek.com.
