Supercars ease Super Licence qualifications

By Timothy Neal

Date posted: July 20, 2023

Supercars have announced a variation to the licence requirement to open up a pathway for young drivers to race in the Supercars Championship.

Rule A5.1.3.3 the Supercars Operations Manual stated that a minimum of six rounds in the Super2 Series was required to qualify for a Super Licence, but that has now been tweaked.

Effective immediately, any driver that has finished in the top three of either the Super3 championship, or the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia in the last three years, will be credited with the completion of three Super2 rounds.

With noise having surrounded the difficulty for talented young drivers to qualify for a Super Licence, the move somewhat opens up the pathway.

That means of the current crop of drivers competing in this year’s Super2 championship, Kai Allen, Brad Vaughan and Aaron Love would immediately qualify for a spot on a Supercars grid.

Aaron Love immediately qualifies for a Super Licence after finishing second in his 2022 Carrera Cup campaign, as awell as having raced three Super2 rounds this year

With Love having finished second in last year’s Carrera Cup, and having completed three Super2 rounds this season, that immediately opens him up to a drive with Blanchard Racing, which would be possible at this year’s enduros with Todd Hazelwood.

With both Allen and Vaughan having finished in the top two of last year’s Super3 championship, their three Super2 rounds this season also qualifies them for a Super Licence.

The new amendment reads:

The following criteria will be permitted to a maximum of three (3) Dunlop Super2 Rounds:

i. A Driver having competed in and be one of the first three (3) of the final classification of that Supercars Australia Super3 Series in the last three (3) years, will be credited with three (3) DS2 Rounds towards the six (6) DS2 Rounds as required by Rule A5.1.3.3.

ii. A Driver having competed in and be one of the first three (3) of the final classification of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Series in the last three (3) years, will be credited with three (3) DS2 Rounds towards the six (6) DS2 Rounds as required by Rule A5.1.3.3.

The Dunlop Super2 and Super3 Series are next in action when the Supercars heads to Sandown, September 15-17, for its fourth round of the 2023 season.

After winning the Super3 title in 2022, Brad Vaughan automatically qualifies for a Super Licence.

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