Thrilling 2025 Supercars season soars to new heights on Foxtel, Seven

A thrilling and dramatic Repco Supercars Championship soared to new heights in 2025 across the Foxtel Group and the Seven Network.

The 13-round, 34-race championship concluded with a bang at last weekend’s bp Adelaide Grand Final, where Chaz Mostert was crowned champion.

In the wake of a record-breaking Repco Bathurst 1000, momentum into the maiden Repco Supercars Finals Series has seen Foxtel and Seven record some staggering numbers.

The incredible growth follows Foxtel and Seven’s historic new broadcast agreement, which will take the championship into a new era in 2026 as Toyota joins the grid.

The 2025 season was the most-streamed Supercars season in Kayo SPORTS’ history, recording 290 million minutes streamed — up 42% year on year.

Across Foxtel Group platforms including Foxtel, Kayo Sports, Foxtel Go and Foxtel Now, it was also the most watched season since 2019 — up 30% year on year.

The most streamed races of the 2025 season across Foxtel Group platforms were the Repco Bathurst 1000 — which was the most watched Supercars race on Kayo SPORTS ever — the AirTouch 500 at The Bend, and the bp Adelaide Grand Final.

The season also featured the most streams ever for Supercars events on the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Ipswich, Bathurst, Sandown, Sydney, The Bend and Townsville.

Foxtel Group Executive Director – Commercial, Sport Adam Howarth said: "We’ve loved bringing every heart-stopping moment of the 2025 Supercars season to audiences. Playing an important role in the sport’s growing momentum and passionate fandom is something we’re immensely proud of.

"In 2026, we look forward to taking that experience even further, delivering every exhilarating lap uninterrupted and in 4K as part of our new broadcast partnership.”

The Seven Network’s live and free coverage of the Repco Supercars Championship was a hit with sport fans this year, reaching more than 8.7 million people across the season and finishing with the highest rated Grand Final since 2021.

Seven’s bp Adelaide Grand Final coverage on the weekend reached 2.37 million, which was up 31% year-on-year. The race itself had an average total TV audience of 498,000, which was up 17%.

While on 7plus Sport, the round’s audience grew 138% year-on-year.Across the 2025 season, the races alone had an average total TV audience of 548,600, while each weekend had an average total TV audience of 411,400, up 17% year-on-year and the biggest since 2021. Streaming on 7plus Sport was up 111% compared to the 2024 season.

The Repco Bathurst 1000 delivered strong growth for Seven, with the race recording its biggest audience since 2016. More than 5.78 million people tuned in throughout the round, which was up 19% year-on-year. The Great Race itself had an average total TV audience of 1.54 million, which was up 31% on 2024. On 7plus Sport, the race delivered Supercars’ biggest streaming audience ever on the platform.

The Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 delivered the biggest year-on-year audience growth for any round this season, with the total TV audience up 39% to 327,100. The round reached 1.98 million viewers and had a 219% increase on 7plus Sport.

The Sydney 500 started the 2025 season strong in February, reaching 2.26 million across the weekend, which was up 41% year-on-year. The round had an average total TV audience of 296,500, up 21%, while the race alone had a total TV audience of 327,400, up 7%.

Seven’s Head of Motorsport, Angela Rampal, said: “The 2025 Supercars season delivered something special.

“This year’s Bathurst 1000 was the biggest viewing audience on Seven since 2016 and the momentum has continued through the exciting new Finals format, with huge numbers watching the Gold Coast 500 and the season’s Grand Final in Adelaide.

“It is exciting to see Supercars get recognition as the premier motorsport category in the country and there was no better way to have the Championship decided than in the very last race of the year, this weekend past.

“Congratulations to Walkinshaw Andretti United and Chaz Mostert on his maiden Supercars title, a feat that he has finally been able to achieve after 13 years competing in the Championship.

“The increase in viewer numbers this year is credit to a fantastic collaboration with the Supercars production team, and the incredibly talented commentators and reporters who work on our coverage. The stage is set for an even bigger and better 2026 and we couldn’t be more excited.”