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. 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 All teams competed with identical Rogers AF01/V8 single-seater racecars, Ligier/Onroak chassis powered by Ford Coyote V8 engines. TeamDriverRoundsRefTeam BRM1 Joey MawsonAll28 Yoshiaki KatayamaAll98 Roberto MerhiAllGarry Rogers Motorsport18 Aaron CameronAll29 Nathan HerneAll31 James GoldingAll71 Ben Bargwanna1Tim Macrow Racing23 Tim MacrowAllAGI Sport with GRM24 John Martin2101 Luis LeedsAllVersa Motorsport37 Cooper Webster188Racing48 Blake PurdieAll88 Jordan BoysAll
Volante Rosso Racing were planning an entry, but these plans did not come to fruition.
Calendar 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. 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.
The second S5000 season started in January 2022. RoundCircuitLocationDate1 Sydney Motorsports ParkEastern Creek, New South Wales20–21 November2 Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South Wales2–5 December
Race results RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning entrant1R1 Sydney Motorsports Park20 November Tim Macrow Tim Macrow Tim MacrowTim Macrow RacingR2 Roberto Merhi Roberto MerhiTeam BRMR321 November Nathan Herne Aaron CameronGarry Rogers Motorsport2R4 Mount Panorama Circuit2 December Aaron Cameron James Golding James GoldingGarry Rogers MotorsportR53 December Tim Macrow Tim MacrowTim Macrow RacingR64 December Nathan Herne James GoldingGarry Rogers MotorsportR75 Decemberrace abandoned
Drivers' standings 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. Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11thRetQualifying1098765432100First race (R1, R4)302724222018161412n/a0Reversed grid races (R2, R5, R6)201816141210987650Main event (R3, R7)60504032262422201816140 DriverSYDBATPointsQR1R2R3QR4R5R6R71 Aaron Cameron64211363C1652 Roberto Merhi55136425C1433 James Golding33862151C1364 Luis Leeds22658Ret34C1055 Joey Mawson12Ret9235Ret9C926 Tim Macrow11447Ret17C7 Nathan Herne4Ret5Ret4242C858 Blake Purdie7Ret779796C699 Jordan Boys86DSQ91068RetC6610 Cooper Webster973114811 Yoshiaki Katayama118Ret8 DNP8RetRetC4812 Ben Bargwanna10910103513 John Martin5Ret78C21DriverSYDBATPoints
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2021 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship