The 2021 TCR Australia Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series[1]) was an Australian motor racing competition for TCR Touring Cars. It was the second TCR Australia Touring Car Series.[2] The series was sanctioned by Motorsport Australia as a National Series with the Australian Racing Group Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager.[1] It was contested as part of the renamed Motorsport Australia Championships series.
The series was won by Chaz Mostert driving an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR.
The calendar was announced on 23 November 2020 with seven confirmed rounds.[3]
Round | Circuit | Location | Date | |
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1 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | 24–26 January | |
2 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 12–14 March | |
3 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 2–4 April | |
4 | Sydney Motorsport Park | nowrap | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | 1–2 May |
5 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 30 November–5 December | |
– The Phillip Island round was postponed to 12−14 March from its original February 18-21 date after a snap lockdown was enacted in response to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne.[4]
The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2021 series:
Team | Car | Drivers | Rounds | Ref. | ||
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Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 2 | Luke King | All | [5] | |
25 | nowrap | Chaz Mostert | All | [6] | ||
75 | nowrap | Garth Tander | 3 | [7] | ||
nowrap | Christopher Mies | 5 | [8] | |||
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR | 9 | nowrap | Jay Hanson | 5 | [9] [10] | |
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 14 | Lachlan Mineeff | 2, 4 | [11] | ||
37 | nowrap | Chelsea Angelo | 2–4 | [12] | ||
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR | 5 | Jordan Cox | All | [13] | |
GRM Team Valvoline | 7 | Michael Caruso | 1–3 | [14] | ||
150 | 4–5 | |||||
Peugeot 308 TCR | 18 | Aaron Cameron | 1–3 | [15] | ||
155 | 4–5 | |||||
Ashley Seward Motorsport | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR | 9 | Jay Hanson | 1–4 | [16] | |
10 | Lee Holdsworth | 1–4 | [17] | |||
HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 11 | nowrap | Nathan Morcom | All | [18] |
30 | Josh Buchan | All | [19] | |||
130 | nowrap | Duvashen Padayachee | 3–4 | |||
Purple Sector | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 14 | Lachlan Mineeff | 5 | [20] | |
78 | nowrap | Keegan Brain | 5 | [21] | ||
Michael Clemente Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 15 | Michael Clemente | 1–4 | ||
Burson Auto Parts Racing | Peugeot 308 TCR | 17 | Jason Bargwanna | All | ||
71 | nowrap | Ben Bargwanna | All | |||
Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 24 | John Martin | All | [22] [23] | |
50 | Tony D'Alberto | 1–4 | [24] | |||
Renault Sport GRM | Renault Mégane R.S TCR | 33 | Dylan O'Keeffe | All | [25] | |
34 | James Moffat | All | ||||
LM Motorsport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 97 | nowrap | Liam McAdam | 3 | [26] |
Team Soutar Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 110 | Zac Soutar | All | ||
DashSport | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 111 | Michael King | 4 | [27] | |
Tilton Racing | 333 | Bradley Shiels | All | |||
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st |
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Race 1 & 2 | 40 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Race 3 | 50 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Team | Car | Drivers | ||
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GRM Team Valvoline | Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR | 5 | Jordan Cox | |
7 | Zac Hudson | |||
Peugeot 308 TCR | 18 | Aaron Cameron | ||
Renault Sport GRM | Renault Mégane R.S TCR | 33 | Dylan O'Keeffe | |
50 Years of Bursons 1971-2021 | Peugeot 308 TCR | 71 | nowrap | Ben Bargwanna |
Team Soutar Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 110 | Zac Soutar | |
Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Points https://www.driverdb.com/championships/baskerville-tcr/2021 | |
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1 | Aaron Cameron | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 134 |
2 | Jordan Cox | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 124 |
3 | Zac Soutar | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 121 |
4 | Ben Bargwanna | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 118 |
5 | Zac Hudson | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 102 |
6 | Dylan O'Keeffe | 5 | 5 | DNS | DNS | 45 |