2021 Supercars Championship

The 2021 Supercars Championship is a planned motor racing series for Supercars. It is due to be the twenty-fifth running of the Supercars Championship and the twenty-fifth series in which Supercars have contested the Australian Touring Car Championship, the premier title in Australian motorsport.

2021 Supercars Championship
Previous: 2020 Next: 2022
Support series:
Super2 Series

Teams and drivers

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

Championship entries Enduro Cup entries
Manufacturer Model Entrant No. Driver name Ref. Co-driver name Ref.
Ford Mustang GT Tickford Racing 5 Lee Holdsworth [1] TBA
Holden Commodore ZB Brad Jones Racing 8 Nick Percat [2] TBA
Erebus Motorsport 9 David Reynolds [3] TBA
TBA Will Brown [4] TBA
Walkinshaw Andretti United 25 Chaz Mostert [5] TBA
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 Jamie Whincup [6] Craig Lowndes [7]
97 Shane van Gisbergen [8] TBA

Team changes

In February 2020, Holden's parent company General Motors announced it would retire the Holden name by the end of 2020.[9] Walkinshaw Andretti United responded by announcing its preference was not to race a Holden in the championship.[5][10]

Driver changes

Will Brown will graduate from the Super2 series and make his championship debut with Erebus Motorsport.[4]

List of planned races

The following venues are under contract to host a round of the 2021 championship:

Event Circuit Location Ref.
Adelaide 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia [11]
Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory [12]
Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland [13]
Newcastle 500 Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales [14]
Sandown Super400 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria [15]
Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania [16]
The Bend 500 The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia [17]
Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland [13]

Calendar Changes

Auckland, The Bend, Gold Coast, Newcastle and Winton are due to return to the calendar after they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[18]

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    References
    1. "Tickford confirms new multi-year deal for Holdsworth". Speedcafe. 21 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-11-27.
    2. Howard, Tom (19 January 2020). "Percat extends BJR contract". Supercars.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
    3. Howard, Tom (12 September 2019). "Reynolds signs 10-year Erebus deal". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
    4. Howard, Tom (11 December 2019). "Brown set to graduate to Supercars in 2021 with Erebus". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
    5. Chapman, Simon (23 February 2020). "CONFIRMED: No Commodore for WAU in 2021". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
    6. Howard, Tom (19 January 2020). "Whincup extends Triple Eight Racing contract". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
    7. "Craig Lowndes extends Triple Eight Supercars enduros deal to 2021". Autosport. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
    8. Chapman, Simon (21 February 2020). "SVG signs multi-year deal with Triple Eight". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
    9. Sutton, Malcolm (18 February 2020). "Holden vs Ford rivalry delivered a 'death' blow at Supercars Adelaide 500 after Holden exit". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
    10. "Urgent Timeline for Gen 3". Auto Action. 12 March 2020. After confirming in Adelaide his team will not campaign the Holden Commodore next season if it can be avoided
    11. https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/04/04/planning-underway-for-2021-adelaide-500/
    12. http://newsroom.nt.gov.au/mediaRelease/20954
    13. https://teq.queensland.com/news-and-media/latest-news/future-of-supercars-secured-for-queensland
    14. https://au.motorsport.com/v8supercars/news/five-year-57-million-newcastle-supercars-deal-confirmed-830507/2998946/
    15. https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/2020-supercars-calendar-revealed/
    16. https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/symmons-plains-secures-new-supercars-deal/
    17. https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/06/19/seamer-responds-to-the-bend-cancellation-criticism/
    18. "Supercars releases revised 13-round 2020/21 calendar". Speedcafe. 17 May 2020.
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