Editing Supercars Championship (section)

==Race formats==
In 2023, there are three racing formats: SuperSprint, two-race rounds and endurance.<ref name="2023formats">{{Cite web |last=Pavey |first=James |date=10 February 2023 |title=2023 Supercars race weekend formats confirmed |url=https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/2023-supercars-race-weekend-formats-confirmed/ |website=Supercars}}</ref>

In previous years, formats included SuperSprint events, International SuperSprint events, SuperStreet events and [[Enduro Cup]] events.<ref name="2014 formats">{{cite news | url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/v8-supercars-simplify-race-formats-for-2014-introduce-three-set-styles-for-every-event-on-the-calendar/story-e6frfkp9-1226719455752 | title=V8 Supercars simplify race formats for 2014, introduce three set styles for every event on the calendar | work=SPEED | publisher=News.com.au | date=15 September 2013 | access-date=21 February 2014 | archive-date=5 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005184115/http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/v8-supercars-simplify-race-formats-for-2014-introduce-three-set-styles-for-every-event-on-the-calendar/story-e6frfkp9-1226719455752 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===SuperSprint===
[[File:V8 Supercar start 2011.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The start of a race at [[Queensland Raceway]] in [[2011 International V8 Supercars Championship|2011]].]]

In 2023, the SuperSprint format will be used for the [[Melbourne SuperSprint]] (previously known as the Melbourne 400), the [[Perth SuperSprint]], the [[Tasmania SuperSprint]], the [[Sydney SuperNight]], the [[Darwin Triple Crown]] and [[The Bend SuperSprint]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Supercars |title=Calendar |url=https://www.supercars.com/calendar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307234614/https://www.supercars.com/calendar/ |archive-date=7 March 2023 |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=Supercars}}</ref>

The format was previously used for the [[Phillip Island SuperSprint]], [[Winton SuperSprint]] and the [[Ipswich SuperSprint]].<ref name="OM Formats">{{cite web | url=https://d3spxwpngnho1k.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018-Div-D-FIA-Approved-200218.pdf | title=Supercars Operations Manual 2018 - Division "D" - Sporting Rules | publisher=Supercars | date=23 February 2018 | access-date=25 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325171522/https://d3spxwpngnho1k.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018-Div-D-FIA-Approved-200218.pdf | archive-date=25 March 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The SuperSprint format generally involves three (at the Melbourne Supersprint four) races, each with separate qualifying sessions, on the Saturday and the Sunday. Some races use the same qualifying format for each race while other use format 1 and 2 on different days.<ref name="2023formats" />

In previous years, the Phillip Island and Sydney Motorsport Park events featured a single one-hour practice session on Saturday, while all other SuperSprint events have two one-hour practice sessions on the Friday with a fifteen-minute practice session on Saturday. The Winton and Ipswich events featured an extra thirty-minute session on Friday for endurance co-drivers. The SuperSprint format featured a fifteen-minute qualifying session held on Saturday to decide the grid for the race on the same day. A single twenty-minute session was held on Sunday morning to decide the grid for the Sunday race. The Darwin event also featured a top ten shootout (a session where the fastest ten qualifiers complete one flying lap each to determine the top ten on the grid) following the Sunday qualifying session. A single {{convert|120|or|150|km|mi}} race was held on Saturday with a single {{convert|250|or|300|km|mi}} race was held on Sunday.<ref name="OM Formats" />

====International SuperSprint====
The International SuperSprint format was used at the [[Auckland 500|Auckland SuperSprint]].<ref name="OM Formats" />

Three thirty-minute practice sessions are held on Friday, while Saturday and Sunday both consist of two ten-minute qualifying sessions which set the grid for the pair of {{convert|200|km|mi}} races held on each day.<ref name="OM Formats" />

=== Two-race Weekends ===
The two-race round format, previously known as the SuperStreet format, covers those races not branded as a SuperSprint or an endurance race. In 2023 the format will be used in the [[Newcastle 500]], the [[Townsville 500]], the [[Gold Coast 500]] and the [[Adelaide 500]].<ref name="2023formats" />

This format generally involves two races on the Saturday and Sunday of the race weekend, 250&nbsp;km in length. Unlike the SuperSprint, refuelling is allowed.

In previous years, two thirty-minute practice sessions took place on Friday at each SuperStreet event, while a thirty-minute practice session is held on Saturday at Adelaide. The Adelaide event features a fifteen-minute qualifying session on Friday to determine the grid for the Saturday race, while the other events have a single fifteen-minute session on Saturday. All four events feature a twenty-minute session followed by a top ten shootout both on Saturday and Sunday. The Adelaide 500, Newcastle 500, Townsville 500 and Gold Coast 500 feature a single {{convert|250|km|mi}} race on each of Saturday and Sunday.

===Endurance races===
{{main|Enduro Cup}}
In 2023, there are two endurance races, the [[Bathurst 1000]] and the [[Sandown 500]].<ref name="2023formats" /> In previous years, the Gold Coast race was run as an endurance race and the driver who won the most points over the three races was awarded the [[Enduro Cup]].<ref name="Enduro">{{cite news | url=http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/v8-supercars-announces-prestigious-endurance-cup | title=V8 Supercars Announces Prestigious Endurance Cup | work=V8Supercars.com.au | publisher=V8 Supercars Australia | date=20 February 2013 | access-date=29 March 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305132459/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/v8-supercars-announces-prestigious-endurance-cup | archive-date=5 March 2014}}</ref>

This format is a single [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance race]] over either 500 or 1000&nbsp;km with refuelling allowed and multiple drivers required. The Bathurst race takes around six hours to complete with the Sandown race taking around half that.

In previous years, the Sandown 500 and the Gold Coast 600 both featured three thirty-minute practice sessions held on Friday, with Sandown having an extra session on Saturday. Practice for the Bathurst 1000 consists of six one-hour sessions held across Thursday, Friday and Saturday.<ref name="OM Formats" /> Qualifying for the Sandown 500 involves a twenty-minute session followed by a pair of {{convert|60|km|mi}} "qualifying races" held on Saturday.<ref name="2013 formats">{{cite news | url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/12/07/radical-changes-to-v8-supercars-race-formats/ | title=Radical changes to V8 Supercars race formats | work=Speedcafe | date=7 December 2012 | access-date=29 March 2013 | archive-date=9 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109200129/http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/12/07/radical-changes-to-v8-supercars-race-formats/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The grid for the first race is based on the qualifying session; the grid for the second race is based on the results of the first. The results of the second race determine the grid for the main race on Sunday. Co-drivers must compete in the first of the qualifying races while the main driver must compete in the second.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/10-fast-facts-wilson-security-sandown-500 | title=10 Fast Facts: Wilson Security Sandown 500 | work=V8Supercars.com.au | date=9 September 2013 | access-date=12 September 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914045022/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/10-fast-facts-wilson-security-sandown-500 | archive-date=14 September 2013}}</ref> The Bathurst 1000 features a single forty-minute qualifying session on Friday afternoon followed by a top ten shootout on Saturday. The Gold Coast 600 had two twenty-minute qualifying sessions, one each on Saturday and Sunday, with the Sunday session followed by a top ten shootout. The Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 both have a twenty-minute warm-up session on Sunday morning.<ref name="OM Formats" />

The Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000 feature single races held on Sunday, at {{convert|500|km|mi}} and {{convert|1000|km|mi}} in length respectively. The Gold Coast 600 consisted of two {{convert|300|km|mi}} races with one held on Saturday and one on Sunday.<ref name="OM Formats" />

===Points systems===
Between the founding of the championship and the current season, many different points scoring systems have been used. In the first few years, the same basic system as Formula 1 was used. Since the 1980s, separate point systems have been developed, some of which were based on the length of the race or which took into account whether there was only one long-distance race or several short races in a championship round. This should give the races a better weighting.

==== 2008–2024 ====
Points are awarded as follows at all championship events. Various different points scales are applied to events having one, two, three or four races, ensuring that a driver will be awarded 300 points for winning all races at any event.<ref>2016 V8 Supercar Operations Manual, p. D67–D68</ref> Points are awarded to all cars that have covered 75% of the race distance, provided they are running at the completion of the final lap and with a final lap time within 200% of the race winner's fastest lap. At the endurance events, both drivers earn the total points awarded to the finishing position of the car.<ref>2016 V8 Supercar Operations Manual, p. D41–D42</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9"
! rowspan="2" | Points Scale
! colspan="30" | Position
|-
! 1st
! 2nd
! 3rd
! 4th
! 5th
! 6th
! 7th
! 8th
! 9th
! 10th
! 11th
! 12th
! 13th
! 14th
! 15th
! 16th
! 17th
! 18th
! 19th
! 20th
! 21st
! 22nd
! 23rd
! 24th
! 25th
! 26th
! 27th
! 28th
! 29th
! 30th
|-
! Endurance-race 1000&nbsp;km
| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 300
| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 276
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 258
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 240
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 222
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 204
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 192
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 180
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 168
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 156
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 144
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 138
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 132
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 126
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 120
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 114
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 108
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 102
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 96
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 90
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 84
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 78
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 72
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 66
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 60
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 54
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 48
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 42
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 36
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 30
|-
! Endurance-race 500&nbsp;km  (only used in 2019)
| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 250
| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 230
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 215
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 200
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 185
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 170
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 160
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 150
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 140
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 130
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 120
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 115
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 110
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 105
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 100
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 95
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 90
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 85
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 80
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 75
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 70
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 65
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 60
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 55
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 50
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 45
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 40
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 35
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 30
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 25
|-
! Endurance-race 500&nbsp;km  (only used between 2008 and 2012)
| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 200
| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 184
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 172
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 160
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 148
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 136
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 128
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 120
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 112
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 104
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 96
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 92
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 88
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 84
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 80
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 76
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 72
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 68
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 64
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 60
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 56
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 52
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 48
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 44
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 40
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 36
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 32
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 28
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 24
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 20
|-
! Two-race
| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 150
| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 138
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 129
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 120
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 111
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 102
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 96
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 90
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 84
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 78
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 72
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 69
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 66
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 63
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 60
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 57
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 54
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 51
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 48
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 45
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 42
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 39
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 36
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 33
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 30
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 27
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 24
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 21
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 18
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 15
|-
! Three-race
| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 100
| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 92
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 86
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 80
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 74
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 68
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 64
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 60
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 56
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 52
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 48
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 46
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 44
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 42
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 40
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 38
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 36
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 34
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 32
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 30
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 28
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 26
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 24
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 22
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 20
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 18
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 16
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 14
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 12
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10
|-
! Four-race
| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 75
| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 69
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 64
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 60
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 55
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 51
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 48
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 45
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 42
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 39
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 36
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 34
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 33
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 31
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 30
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 28
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 27
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 25
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 24
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 22
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 21
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 19
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 18
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 16
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 15
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 13
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 12
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7
|-
! Sprint races (only used between 2009 and 2019)
| style="background:#ffffbf;" | 50
| style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 46
| style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 43
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 40
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 37
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 34
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 32
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 30
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 28
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 26
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 24
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 23
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 22
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 21
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 20
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 19
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 18
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 17
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 16
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 15
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 14
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 13
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 12
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 11
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 10
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 9
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 8
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 7
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 6
| style="background:#dfffdf;" | 5
|-
|}