{"id":358271,"date":"2025-12-19T12:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358271\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:28:25","slug":"matt-campbell-wins-motorsport-australia-gold-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358271\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Campbell wins Motorsport Australia Gold Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

MATT Campbell has claimed the Motorsport Australia Gold Star for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n

Reimagined for 2025 after decades of being awarded to Australia\u2019s champion driver in various eras of single-seater racing, this year\u2019s Gold Star has been awarded via a pointscore and is open to drivers across a range of different categories both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n

The season-long chase to determine Australia\u2019s champion driver of 2025 sees drivers from all forms of circuit racing scored based on their positions in championship standings, combined with performances in high profile, marquee events.<\/p>\n

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Campbell, a Porsche factory racer, won the IMSA SportsCar Championship aboard a Team Penske-run 963, while cameo appearances in the factory\u2019s Hypercar in the FIA World Endurance Championship netted him eighth in the final drivers\u2019 standings.<\/p>\n

Under the Gold Star\u2019s tiered points system<\/a>, which is weighted towards success in prestigious global championships, the Warwick, Qld product earns 36 points for his WEC result and 50 for his IMSA title.<\/p>\n

Campbell\u2019s combined tally of 86 points put him six clear of longtime Gold Star leader Oscar Piastri.<\/p>\n

The McLaren driver\u2019s late season fade to third in the FIA Formula 1 World Drivers\u2019 Championship delivered a final total of 80 points.<\/p>\n

Broc Feeney<\/a> hung on to third in the final Gold Star standings for 2025 despite his heartbreaking Supercars Championship loss on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n

His eventual third placing, allied to his GT World Challenge Australia crown, gives him a final tally of 65 points.<\/p>\n

Chaz Mostert<\/a>, who dramatically claimed his maiden Supercars title at the Adelaide Grand Final, finished fourth in the Gold Star standings on 60 points.<\/p>\n

Completing the top five is Will Brown<\/a>, whose second placing in the Supercars standings allied to a 10th-place finish finish in New Zealand\u2019s Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship nets him 47 points.<\/p>\n

Motorsport Australia Gold Star Top 5 Leaderboard \u2013 Final<\/p>\n

1. Matt Campbell (86 points)
2. Oscar Piastri (80 points)
3. Broc Feeney (65 points)
4. Chaz Mostert (60 points)
5. Will Brown (47 points)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MATT Campbell has claimed the Motorsport Australia Gold Star for the first time in his career. Reimagined for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-358271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}