James Golding has qualified on pole position for Round 1 of the S5000 Australian Drivers’ Championship at Symmons Plains.
The 20-minute fight for pole was effectively a two-way contest between the Garry Rogers Motorsport driver and Team BRM’s 2021 champion Joey Mawson, with the former consolidating his advantage in clocking a 0:48.3895s on his 16th lap.
Mawson subsequently improved, but fell 0.0653s short in setting a 0:48.4548s near the end of his single run in the session.
Team-mate Tim Slade is set to start third after improving his time but not his position in achieving a 0:48.6139s with the chequered flag out, with Versa Motorsport’s Cooper Webster joining him on Row 2.
The rest of the nine-car grid will be Tim Macrow in fifth, from Blake Purdie, Josh Fife, Kaleb Ngatoa, and Adam Garwood.
Results: Qualifying
| Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver | Fastest lap | Split |
| 1 | 31 | Team Valvoline GRM | James Golding | 0:48.3895 | |
| 2 | 1 | ALABAR/FORM700 Team BRM | Joey Mawson | 0:48.4548 | 0:00.0653 |
| 3 | 3 | ALABAR/FORM700 Team BRM | Tim Slade | 0:48.6139 | 0:00.2244 |
| 4 | 37 | Versa Motorsport | Cooper Webster | 0:48.6818 | 0:00.2923 |
| 5 | 23 | UCS Group Racing TMR | Tim Macrow | 0:48.7922 | 0:00.4027 |
| 6 | 48 | Nippy’s | Blake Purdie | 0:48.9676 | 0:00.5781 |
| 7 | 88 | ACMFinance.com Racing | Josh Fife | 0:48.9932 | 0:00.6037 |
| 8 | 15 | Team BRM | Kaleb Ngatoa | 0:49.0280 | 0:00.6385 |
| 9 | 12 | Giraffe Civil | Adam Garwood | 0:49.2647 | 0:00.8752 |
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