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2021 S5000 Tasman Series

The 2021 S5000 Tasman Series, known by its sponsored identity the Shannons S5000 Tasman Series, was the 13th season of the revived Tasman Series that was last held in 1975, and the first Tasman Series using S5000 machinery and therefore the S5000 moniker.[1] It was held in late November and early December 2021. Aaron Cameron, driving for Garry Rogers Motorsport, claimed the Tasman Cup, first awarded in 1964.

Teams and drivers edit

All teams competed with identical Rogers AF01/V8 single-seater racecars, Ligier/Onroak chassis powered by Ford Coyote V8 engines.[2]

Team No. Driver Rounds Ref
Team BRM 1   Joey Mawson All [3][4]
28   Yoshiaki Katayama All [5]
98   Roberto Merhi All [5]
Garry Rogers Motorsport 18   Aaron Cameron All [6]
29   Nathan Herne All [7]
31   James Golding All
71   Ben Bargwanna 1 [8]
Tim Macrow Racing 23   Tim Macrow All [9]
AGI Sport with GRM 24   John Martin 2 [10]
101   Luis Leeds All [11]
Versa Motorsport 37   Cooper Webster 1 [12]
88Racing 48   Blake Purdie All [13]
88   Jordan Boys All [14]
  • Volante Rosso Racing were planning an entry, but these plans did not come to fruition.[7]

Calendar edit

Originally, the second S5000 season was planned to start in September 2021, running until early 2022. After the cancellation of the 2021 Australian Grand Prix, it was decided to instead revive the Tasman Series.[15] After the cancellation of the Gold Coast 500, the calendar saw the Tasman Series held over two rounds, the first one at Sydney Motorsports Park and the second one over the Bathurst meeting, which was now a six-day expanded Bathurst 1000 event.[16][17][18]

The second S5000 season started in January 2022.

Round Circuit Location Date
1   Sydney Motorsports Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 20–21 November
2   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 2–5 December

Race results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning entrant
1 R1   Sydney Motorsports Park 20 November   Tim Macrow   Tim Macrow   Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Racing
R2   Roberto Merhi   Roberto Merhi Team BRM
R3 21 November   Nathan Herne   Aaron Cameron Garry Rogers Motorsport
2 R4   Mount Panorama Circuit 2 December   Aaron Cameron   James Golding   James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport
R5 3 December   Tim Macrow   Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Racing
R6 4 December   Nathan Herne   James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport
R7 5 December race abandoned

Drivers' standings edit

Each of the two rounds started with a qualifying session, awarding ten points for pole position down to one point for 10th. The grid of the first race was based on this qualifying result, with 30 points being awarded to the winner. The middle races of each round reversed the qualifying results, with the top 75% reversed for R2 and R5 and the top 50% reversed for R6 respectively, all awarding 20 points to the winner. The last race of each weekend marked the most important one, with a grid based on points scored over all previous weekend sessions and 60 points on offer for the winner.[19]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th Ret
Qualifying 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0
First race (R1, R4) 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 n/a 0
Reversed grid races (R2, R5, R6) 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 0
Main event (R3, R7) 60 50 40 32 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 0
Pos. Driver SYD BAT Points
Q R1 R2 R3 Q R4 R5 R6 R7
1   Aaron Cameron 6 4 2 1 1 3 6 3 C 165
2   Roberto Merhi 5 5 1 3 6 4 2 5 C 143
3   James Golding 3 3 8 6 2 1 5 1 C 136
4   Luis Leeds 2 2 6 5 8 Ret 3 4 C 105
5   Joey Mawson 12 Ret 9 2 3 5 Ret 9 C 92
6   Tim Macrow 1 1 4 4 7 Ret 1 7 C 89
7   Nathan Herne 4 Ret 5 Ret 4 2 4 2 C 85
8   Blake Purdie 7 Ret 7 7 9 7 9 6 C 69
9   Jordan Boys 8 6 DSQ 9 10 6 8 Ret C 66
10   Cooper Webster 9 7 3 11 48
11   Yoshiaki Katayama 11 8 Ret 8 DNP 8 Ret Ret C 48
12   Ben Bargwanna 10 9 10 10 35
13   John Martin 5 Ret 7 8 C 21
Pos. Driver SYD BAT Points

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Shannons partners with S5000 Tasman Series". S5000. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  2. ^ "INTRODUCING THE ROGERS AF01/V8". S5000. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  3. ^ "Gold Star champions commit to Tasman Series, confirm overseas intent". S5000. 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  4. ^ "BRM: Winning Tasman Series would be a 'massive' achievement". S5000. 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  5. ^ a b "International stars confirmed for S5000 Tasman Series". S5000. 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  6. ^ "Cameron, classic Valvoline livery locked for Tasman Series debut". ARG. 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  7. ^ a b "GRM Confirms Golding, Herne for S5000 Tasman Series". S5000. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  8. ^ "Bargwanna to make S5000 debut in Tasman Series opener". S5000. 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  9. ^ "Second-generation Tasman ace looking for title". S5000. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  10. ^ "Martin to join AGI Sport for Bathurst". Speedcafe.com. 2021-11-26.
  11. ^ "2021 Tasman Series Rd1". S5000. 2021-11-18. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  12. ^ "WEBSTER RETURNS FOR SYDNEY S5000 ROUND - Auto Action". Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Blake Purdie locked in for S5000 debut". S5000. 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  14. ^ "Boys the man for 88 Racing Tasman Series campaign". S5000. 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  15. ^ "Iconic Tasman Series to return this summer with S5000". S5000. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  16. ^ "Tasman Series on track despite Gold Coast cancellation". S5000. 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  17. ^ "Australian Racing Group categories to compete in huge six day Bathurst event". S5000. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  18. ^ "S5000 Tasman Series to launch in Sydney". S5000. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  19. ^ "Tasman Series race formats confirmed". S5000. 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2021-11-08.

See also edit

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