2021 Australian S5000 Championship

The 2021 Australian S5000 Championship is the inaugural season of the Australian S5000 Championship, run after a series of exhibition races in 2019..[1] The series is sanctioned by Motorsport Australia and promoted by the Australian Racing Group as part of the 2020 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Series. The season is currently scheduled for 4 rounds, it began in January at Symmons Plains Raceway and will end in May at Sydney Motorsport Park. Drivers compete for the title of the Australian Drivers' Championship (for the MA Gold Star).

2021 Australian S5000 Championship
Previous: 2019 Next: 2022
Parent series:
Shannons Nationals

Teams and drivers

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

Team No. Drivers Rounds Ref.
Team BRM 16 Tommy Smith 1 [2]
27 Joey Mawson 1 [3]
49 Thomas Randle 1 [4]
Zane Goddard TBA [4]
Macrow Racing 23 Tim Macrow 1 [5]
39 Antonio Astuti 1 [4]
Garry Rogers Motorsport 29 Nathan Herne 1 [6]
31 James Golding 1 [7]
96 Luis Leeds 1 [7]
Australian Racing Enterprise 88 Cooper Webster 1 [4]
Willmington Motorsport 89 Braydan Willmington 1 [4]
Modena Engineering 92 Ricky Capo 1 [8]

Race calendar

The inaugural season was originally planned to start in March 2020, but after multiple disruptions delaying the season start due to the COVID-19 pandemic including the mid-weekend cancellation of the opening round in Melbourne,[9] and heavy border restrictions in Australia further complicating the holding of the championship,[10][11] the season started in January 2021, with a four-round calendar where one venue is still to be announced.[12][13]

Round Circuit Location Date
1 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 24–26 January
2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 19–21 February
3 TBA TBA TBA March
4 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 30 April - 2 May

Race Results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning entrant
1 H1 Symmons Plains Raceway 25 January Thomas Randle Thomas Randle Joey Mawson Team BRM
H2 26 January Joey Mawson Tim Macrow Macrow Racing
ME Thomas Randle Thomas Randle Team BRM
2 H1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 19–21 February
H2
ME
3 H1 TBA TBA March
H2
ME
4 H1 Sydney Motorsport Park 30 April - 2 May
H2
ME

Drivers' standings

At each meeting, a qualifying session, two qualifying heats and a Main Event are held. Meeting points are awarded to the fastest ten qualifiers in qualifying, where the grid for the first heat is set. For the second heat, the top 75% from qualifying are reversed. The grid for the Main Event is defined by the points earned by the drivers across the weekend.[14]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Ret
Qualifying 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0
Qualifying Heats 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0
Main Event 60 50 40 32 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 0
Pos. Driver SYM PHI TBA SYD Points
Q H1 H2 ME Q H1 H2 ME Q H1 H2 ME Q H1 H2 ME
1 Thomas Randle 1 2 6 1 115
2 Tim Macrow 7 5 1 2 104
3 Joey Mawson 2 1 4 4 93
4 Luis Leeds 6 6 2 7 72
5 Nathan Herne 4 Ret 3 3 71
6 Ricky Capo 5 4 8 5 68
7 Cooper Webster 8 8 7 6 57
8 James Golding 3 3 5 Ret 52
9 Antonio Astuti 10 9 9 8 45
10 Braydan Willmington 11 10 10 9 38
11 Tommy Smith 9 7 Ret DNS 18
Pos. Driver SYM PHI TBA SYD Points

References
  1. "2020 Australian S5000 Championship calendar revealed". s5000.com.au. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Tommy Smith reveals livery ahead of S5000 debut". 20 January 2021.
  3. "AUSSIE INTERNATIONAL MAWSON COMPLETES S5000 GRID FOR SYMMONS PLAINS". 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. "Drivers". S5000. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  5. "TIM MACROW CONFIRMED IN GROWING S5000 GRID". 11 December 2020.
  6. "NATHAN HERNE TO RACE S5000 AND TRANS AM IN 2021". 3 December 2020.
  7. "GRM CONFIRMS TWO DRIVERS FOR 2021 GOLD STAR EFFORT". Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  8. "RICKY CAPO CONFIRMS DRIVE IN 2021 S5000 AUSTRALIAN DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP". 2 December 2020.
  9. "Australian Grand Prix cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic - S5000". Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  10. "S5000 round at Sydney Motorsport Park postponed - S5000". Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. "Bathurst International debut postponed until 2021 - Bathurst International". Bathurst International. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  12. "S5000 announces four-round summer schedule for 2021 return". Highway F1. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  13. "TWO AND FOUR WHEELS JOIN TOGETHER AT PHILLIP ISLAND IN FEBRUARY". 23 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  14. "2020 S5000 Australia Series Sporting and Technical Regulations" (PDF). 2020-06-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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