2021 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 2021 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship, known by its sponsored identity the VHT S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship, was the inaugural season of the Australian S5000 Championship, run after a series of exhibition races in 2019. [1] The series was sanctioned by Motorsport Australia (MA) and promoted by the Australian Racing Group as part of the 2020 and 2021 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Series. The season was held over 4 rounds, it began in January at Symmons Plains Raceway and ended in May at Sydney Motorsport Park. Joey Mawson won the Australian Drivers' Championship (MA Gold Star) title.

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Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers were under contract to compete in the 2021 championship:

TeamNo.DriversRoundsRef.
Team BRM 15 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kaleb Ngatoa 2–4 [2]
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tommy Smith 1 [3]
27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson All [4]
49 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle All [lower-alpha 1] [5]
Tim Macrow Racing 23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Macrow All [lower-alpha 1] [6]
Garry Rogers Motorsport 29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan HerneAll [7]
31 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding All [lower-alpha 1] [8]
96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luis Leeds All [lower-alpha 1] [8]
Astuti Motorsport39 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Antonio Astuti1–3 [lower-alpha 2] [5]
Australian Racing Enterprise88 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Webster All [5]
Willmington Motorsport89 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Braydan WillmingtonAll [lower-alpha 1] [5]
Modena Engineering92 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricky CapoAll [lower-alpha 1] [9]

The following drivers only competed in practice and/or qualifying for the abandoned March 2020 round at Melbourne:

TeamNo.DriversRef.
Team BRM 16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Aitken [10]
33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Davison [11]
93 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zane Goddard [12]
111 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello [13]
Milldun Motorsport27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barton Mawer [14]
Garry Rogers Motorsport 34 Flag of France.svg Alexandre Prémat [15]
Borland Racing Developments38 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella [16]
88Racing88 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jordan Michels [17]

Race calendar

The original 2020 calendar proposal was released on 29 October 2019, with six confirmed rounds, plus one non-championship round at the "Bathurst International", all held in Australia. Qualifying was held during the opening round at Melbourne, but the event was abandoned on March 13, 2020, as the headlining Australian Grand Prix had been cancelled by Formula 1 because of McLaren's withdrawal after a team member was tested positive for COVID-19. [18]

With multiple disruptions delaying the season start due to the COVID-19 pandemic, heavy border restrictions in Australia further complicating the holding of the championship, [19] [20] and various calendar revisions that did not went ahead as scheduled, [21] [22] [23] [24] the season started in January 2021, with a four-round calendar where one venue was still to be announced. [25] [26] It included a round at Symmons Plains, which was not featured in the calendar until the May 2020 revision. Rounds at Winton and The Bend were not rescheduled, while the rounds at Melbourne and Bathurst were set apart from the calendar due to their later dates as support events for the Australian Grand Prix and the inaugural Bathurst International, [27] being later featured as part of the end-of-year S5000 Tasman Series. The round at Phillip Island was later postponed and rescheduled. [28] [29] On 16 February 2021 it was announced the third round would be held at Sandown. [30] As had been planned for 2020, the winner of each feature race received a trophy named in honour of former Australian racing drivers. [31]

RoundCircuitFeature RaceLocationDate
1 Flag of Tasmania.svg Symmons Plains Raceway John McCormack Cup [31] Launceston, Tasmania 25–26 January [lower-alpha 3]
2 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Costanzo Cup [32] Phillip Island, Victoria 13–14 March [lower-alpha 4]
3 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Sandown Raceway John Bowe Trophy [33] Springvale, Victoria 21 March [lower-alpha 5]
4 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park Warwick Brown Cup [34] Eastern Creek, New South Wales 1–2 May [lower-alpha 6]

The following racetracks were included at some point on the 2020 calendar, but were not rescheduled for the 2021 Australian Drivers' Championship.

CircuitLocationScheduled dates
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 12–15 March 2020 [lower-alpha 7]
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 1–3 May 2020
Flag of South Australia.svg The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 12–14 June 2020
Flag of New South Wales.svg Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 13–15 November 2020 [lower-alpha 8]

S5000 Tasman Series

See: 2021 S5000 Tasman Series

The follow-up season, initially billed as the 2021–2022 S5000 Australian Drivers Championship, was planned to feature the inaugural holding of the S5000 International Triple Crown, a stand-alone series-within-the-series consisting of the three events held in Melbourne, Bathurst and Gold Coast, supporting the Australian Grand Prix, the Bathurst International and the Gold Coast 500 respectively. After the cancellation of the 2021 Australian Grand Prix, it was decided to instead revive the Tasman Series with the remaining 2021 rounds, separate from the S5000 Australian Drivers Championship that will be held in 2022.

Race results

RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning entrant
1H1 Flag of Tasmania.svg Symmons Plains Raceway 25 January Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Team BRM
H226 January Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Macrow Macrow Racing
ME Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Team BRM
2H1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 13 March Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Macrow Macrow Racing
H2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Webster Australian Racing Enterprise
ME14 March Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Team BRM
3H1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Sandown Raceway 20 March Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport
H221 March Flag of New Zealand.svg Kaleb Ngatoa Flag of New Zealand.svg Kaleb Ngatoa Team BRM
ME Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Team BRM
4H1 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Motorsport Park 1 May Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport
H2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Webster Flag of New Zealand.svg Kaleb Ngatoa Team BRM
ME2 May Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport

Drivers' standings

At each meeting, a qualifying session, two qualifying heats and a Main Event were held. Meeting points were awarded to the fastest ten qualifiers in qualifying, where the grid for the first heat was set. For the second heat, the top 75% from qualifying were reversed. The grid for the Main Event was defined by the points earned by the drivers across the weekend. [35]

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15thRet
Qualifying1098765432100
Qualifying Heats30272422201816141210864210
Main Event60504032262422201816141210860
Pos.Driver SYM PHI SAN SYD Points
QH1H2MEQH1H2MEQH1H2MEQH1H2ME
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joey Mawson 21441053115211258392
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle 126132243DNS366534346
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Macrow 7512215354755625339
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding 335Ret146221Ret42141329
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luis Leeds 6627567566634372307
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Herne4Ret33434Ret42423463304
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Webster 887678167Ret879886209
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricky Capo548567DNS797597Ret10Ret173
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kaleb Ngatoa 810Ret8831DNS8717149
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Braydan Willmington11101099DNS810118101010999148
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Antonio Astuti109981199910998128
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tommy Smith 97RetDNS18
Pos.Driver SYM PHI SAN SYD Points

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Competed in the abandoned March 2020 event at Melbourne.
  2. ↑ Competed in the abandoned March 2020 event at Melbourne with Tim Macrow Racing.
  3. ↑ Not included in the original 2020 calendar; scheduled as part of the May 2020 calendar revision
  4. ↑ Originally due to take place on 23 August 2020; then scheduled for October 2020 and later postponed without a date before being rescheduled.
  5. ↑ Originally due to take place on 13 September 2020, it was initially cancelled before being rescheduled.
  6. ↑ Originally due to take place on 29 March 2020, it was subsequently rescheduled for 16 August 2020 and 6 September 2020, and then cancelled before being rescheduled.
  7. ↑ Qualifying was held on 12 March 2020; the event was abandoned on 13 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Originally scheduled as a non-championship round, it became a points event in the May 2020 revision.

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