The 2021 Bathurst 1000 (known as the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 for commercial reasons) was a motor racing event for Supercars held on the week of 30 November to 5 December 2021. It was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and featured a single 1000 kilometre race. The event was the final race of the 2021 Supercars Championship and the first time that Genuine Parts Company served as the naming rights sponsor.
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| Round 12 of 12 in the 2021 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
 Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit | ||||||||||||||
| Date | November 30-December 5 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Bathurst, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||||||||
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Report
editBackground
editThe event was the 64th running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marks the 61st time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 25th running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998.
Due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney in mid-2021, the event was pushed back to December for the first time in its history. Following the cancellation of the Bathurst International event for Australian Racing Group categories (TCR, S5000, GT World Challenge Australia and TA2 Series), the event duration was extended; beginning on Tuesday November 30th to account for the extra sessions.[1]
Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander were the defending race winners, they continued to race in the same car.
Entry list
editTwenty-five cars entered the event - 17 Holden Commodores and eight Ford Mustangs. In addition to the 24 regular entries, a single wildcard entry was entered from Triple Eight Race Engineering, for Russell Ingall and Broc Feeney (who were, respectively, the oldest and youngest drivers on the grid). Zak Best was the only driver to make his debut in the race for Tickford Racing.
Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in the full championship season.
Results
editPractice
edit| Session | Day | Fastest Lap | ||||||
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| No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Cond | Ref | ||
| Practice 1 | Thursday | 6 |  Cam Waters
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Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 02:05.0233 | Fine | [4] |
| Practice 2 | 25 | Lee Holdsworth
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Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:05.2258 | Fine | [5] | |
| Practice 3 | Friday | 6 | Cam Waters
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Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 02:04.7385 | Fine | [6] |
| Practice 4 | 25 | Chaz Mostert
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Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:04.2084 | Fine | [7] | |
| Practice 5 | Saturday | 25 | Lee Holdsworth
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Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:05.6421 | Fine | [8] |
| Practice 6 | 25 | Chaz Mostert
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Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:04.1877 | Fine | [9] | |
| Warm Up | Sunday | 39 | Broc Feeney
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:04.9021 | Fine | [10] |
Qualifying
editTop Ten Shootout
edit| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 25 | Chaz Mostert
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Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:03.3736 | 1 | |
| 2 | 11 | Anton de Pasquale
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Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:03.6634 | +0.2898s | 2 |
| 3 | 6 | Cam Waters
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Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:03.6864 | +0.3128s | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Tim Slade
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Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.0507 | +0.6772s | 4 |
| 5 | 888 |  Shane van Gisbergen
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Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.3648 | +0.9912s | 5 |
| 6 | 17 | Will Davison
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Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.7787 | +1.4051s | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Nick Percat
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Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.8988 | +1.5252s | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | Jack Le Brocq
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Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.5331 | +1.9577s | 8 |
| DSQ[a] | 9 | Will Brown
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Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:03.9921 | + . s | 9 |
| DSQ[b] | 99 | Brodie Kostecki
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Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:03.7733 | + . s | 10 |
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Grid
editRace
editBroadcast
editThe event telecast was produced by Supercars Media and carried domestically by Fox Sports Australia (via Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sports), a paid service which covered all sessions including support categories, and the Seven Network (via free-to-air channels 7HD and 7mate, as well as streaming on 7plus), which covered select sessions from midday Friday onwards. Prior to the start of the season, the Seven Network had regained the rights to broadcast select rounds free-to-air for the first time since 2014 as part of a five-year deal.[12] In New Zealand the sessions were shown by paid service Sky Sport, whilst internationally the broadcast was available through the series' pay-per-view service SuperView.[13][14]
| Fox Sports | Seven Network |
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| Host: Jessica Yates Booth: Neil Crompton, Mark Skaife Pit-lane: Mark Larkham, Chad Neylon, Charli Robinson, Greg Rust Supports: Richard Craill, Matt Naulty, Chad Neylon |
Presenters: Mark Beretta, Abbey Gelmi Pundit: Jack Perkins Roving: Emma Freedman, Brad Hodge |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Supercars.com (15 September 2021). "Six-day Repco Bathurst 1000 to round out 2021 season". Supercars Championship. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Chapman, Simon (10 November 2021). "Bathurst 1000 grid all but set for 2021". Speedcafe. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Proud moment for me to represent the 888 this weekend". Instagram. 30 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Practice 1 (All Drivers)". Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Practice 2 (Additional Drivers)". Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Practice 3 (All Drivers)". Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Practice 4 (All Drivers)". Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Practice 5 (Additional Drivers)". Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Practice 6 (All Drivers)". Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Warm up". Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Heimgartner's 'heartbreaking' end to time at KGR". Speedcafe. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Supercars new $200m TV deal Auto Action 24 September 2020
- ^ "TV GUIDE: HOW TO WATCH THE BATHURST 1000". V8 Sleuth. 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Back on top of the mountain: Ultimate guide to the 2021 Bathurst 1000". Fox Sports Australia. 5 December 2021.
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2021 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2022 Newcastle 500 |
| Previous year: 2020 Bathurst 1000 |
Bathurst 1000 | Next year: 2022 Bathurst 1000 |