2021 Bathurst 1000 Festival Nov30th-Dec5th *Discussion Thread*

[Everso Biggyballies]

2021 Bathurst 1000 Festival Nov 30th - Dec 5th







Normally the Bathurst 1000 runs in the first weekend of October, but thanks to Covid restrictions we know the original date has been postponed a couple of times, and the race will now be run as part of a Bathurst Festival of Motor Racing from 30th November through to the big race on Sunday December 5th 2021. Being promoted as the largest ever Motor Sport event in Australia, an exclusive thread is warranted.

This year's Repco Bathurst 1000 will run over six days at Mount Panorama as the final event of the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship.

Officially, the Bathurst International event that had been scheduled for the last weekend of November has been cancelled, with ARG’s full suite of categories being brought onto the 1000 undercard.

All in all, 10 categories will feature across six days at the Mountain: beginning Tuesday, November 30 and culminating in the iconic Great Race on Sunday, December 5.The Bathurst Regional Council, Repco, Supercars and ARG have all joined forces to combine Australasia's leading categories for the biggest motorsport event ever staged in Australia.

The historic first will see Mount Panorama host six-days of on-track entertainment and racing between Tuesday November 30 and Sunday December 5.

This year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 will be the first Great Race to be staged in December.

The six-day Bathurst event will also feature
Dunlop Super 2 Series,
Porsche Carrera Cup,
Toyota Gazoo Racing 86 Series,
TCR Australia,
Touring Car Masters,
S5000,
GT World Challenge Australia,
V8 SuperUtes
Trans Am.


The event will become the finale of the 2021 Supercars Championship as part of the latest revision of the draft calendar.
Some great categories and I will certainly be looking forward to the sight of the S5000's hammering round at race speed.



The hope and plan is for spectators to be allowed without the limits of last year (4000 daily v a normal weekend 4 day figure 200,000+) which set the local economy back by over $20 million.... indeed that reason is why the event has been moved to December, in the hope that the increased by then vax rate of the community will help contain the Covid numbers and allow unrestricted attendance. Good news is that NSW numbers seemed to have plateaued, although it has to be said the Bathurst region is suffering increasing numbers.

As posted yesterday all drivers and teams need to be double vaccinated as indeed all spectators will need proof of double vaccination to be shown at the gate on entry and on ticket booking.

You all know the track details but here is a map anyway....




TECH SPECS
Length 6.213km
Direction Anti-Clockwise
Average Speed 178km/h
Top Speed 300km/h
Fastest Point Conrod Straight
Slowest Point Forrest Elbow


ENTRY LIST and driver pairings for the 1000 with 'Wildcards' known at this time included.

#2 Mobil 1 TM Middy's Racing Bryce Fullwood/Warren Luff WAU Holden
#3 CoolDrive Racing Tim Slade/Tim Blanchard TBR Ford
#4 SCT Logistics Jack Smith/Ash Walsh BJR Holden
#5 Truck Assist Racing Jack Le Brocq/James Moffat Tickford Ford
#6 Monster Energy Racing Cameron Waters/Thomas Randle Tickford Ford
#7 NED Whisky Racing Andre Heimgartner/Earl Bamber KGR Ford
#8 R&J Batteries Nick Percat/Dale Wood BJR Holden
#9 Erebus Pedders Racing Will Brown/Jack Perkins Erebus Holden
#11 Shell V-Power Racing Team Anton De Pasquale/Tony D'Alberto DJR Ford
#14 Brad Jones Racing Todd Hazelwood/Dean Fiore BJR Holden
#17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Will Davison/Alex Davison DJR Ford
#18 IRWIN Racing Mark Winterbottom/Michael Caruso T18 Holden
#19 Local Legends Fabian Coulthard/Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden
#20 DEWALT Racing Scott Pye/James Golding T18 Holden
#22 Team SYDNEY Garry Jacobson/Dylan O'Keeffe Tekno Holden
#25 Mobil 1 TM Appliances Online Chaz Mostert/Lee Holdsworth WAU Holden
#26 Penrite Racing David Reynolds/Luke Youlden KGR Ford
#34 UNIT Racing Jake Kostecki/Kurt Kostecki MSR Holden
#35 Yellow Cover Racing Zane Goddard/Jayden Ojeda MSR Holden
#39 SuperCheap Auto Racing Broc Feeney/Russell Ingall 888 Holden
#44 Boost Mobile Racing James Courtney/Alex Premat Tickford Ford
#51 Boost Mobile Racing Greg Murphy/Richie Stanaway Erebus Holden
#88 Red Bull Ampol Racing Team Jamie Whincup/Craig Lowndes 888 Holden
#96 Coca-Cola Racing Macauley Jones/Chris Pither BJR Holden
#97 Red Bull Ampol Racing Team Shane van Gisbergen/Garth Tander 888 Holden
#99 Erebus Boost Mobile Racing Brodie Kostecki/David Russell Erebus Holden



Actual schedules and details are yet to be finalised, and will be shown here as soon as available, but in the meantime anything re the Festival of the main race and the undercard this is the place to discuss.....

[Everso Biggyballies]

Indications and hints today suggest that a later start is all but confirmed.
It seems the 1000 will start this year at midday, with a conclusion by 7.00 in the evening.

Sean Seamer, Supercars CEO:

“The Supercars schedule over that weekend hasn’t changed significantly, other than finishing the race a little bit later on the Sunday so that we can run into primetime,” said Seamer.

“So, a big thank you to Channel Seven for agreeing to move the news to incorporate that, but that all of the other categories in the lead up to the weekend will be getting a lot of their practice and qualifying out of the way so by the time you get into things on Thursday, it’s going to be action-packed all the way through to seven o’clock on Sunday night.”

As an aside the Bathurst 1000 is typically the only race on the calendar without a time-certain finish, and Seamer insisted time-certainty will be no issue this time around.

He alluded to the fact that sunset is later in December than the traditional October date, while it should also be noted that the start time was moved forward last year due to the threat of inclement weather.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Bamber to miss Bathurst 1000 with KGR

Earl Bamber will not contest this year’s Bathurst 1000 with Kelly Grove Racing due to scheduling conflicts.

Bamber was to share the #7 Ned Racing Ford Mustang with Andre Heimgartner in this year’s Great Race; however, commitments in the United States clashing with the revised dates will prevent the two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner from doing so.

Team co-owner Stephen Grove confirmed the team has a replacement driver for Bamber, who will be announced in the coming days.

“We’ve got a really exciting announcement who Andre’s co-driver will be, which we’ll confirm in the coming days.”

While Bamber will miss this year’s crown jewel event, Grove said the team is planning to have him back in 2022.

“There’s no question that we’ll work with Earl to get him back next year hopefully and beyond,” said Grove.

“He’s an extremely good talent. We’ll definitely be bringing him back if all the dates align for 2022, no question.”

Bamber has just one start in the Bathurst 1000 to his name, finishing fifth with countryman Shane van Gisbergen in the 2018 edition.

This year Bamber has competed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in North America and GT World Challenge Europe.

I was thinking maybe Mathew Payne might be the replacement for Earl.... The only issue is that of a Superlicence. He is tied to tke the seat of Heimgartner for next year (subject to an S/L dispensation) He currently drives for Bamber in his Carrera Cu team.
Second thoughts Bathurst is not the lace to make your debut in Supercars, regardless of the licence issue.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Bamber to miss Bathurst 1000 with KGR

Earl Bamber will not contest this year’s Bathurst 1000 with Kelly Grove Racing due to scheduling conflicts.

Well that did not take long.... they mentioned of a name substitute in line for Bamber to be announced shortly.....

KGR names Campbell as Bamber’s Bathurst 1000 replacement

He will drive the #7 car with Heimgartner.

For Campbell, it is not just a case of coming back to Supercars, having last driven in the category with Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Shane van Gisbergen in the 2017 Pirtek Enduro Cup.

It also represents his return to KGR, having debuted in Supercars when he partnered team co-owner Todd Kelly in a Nissan Motorsport entry in the long-distance events of 2016.

He knows his way arount Bathurst as well.....Campbell is twice a class winner in endurance contests at Mount Panorama, having taken GT3 Pro-Am honours in the Bathurst 12 Hour in 2017 and then won outright with Earl Bamber Motorsport in 2019.

On the latter occasion, he did so as a Porsche factory driver, and was a ‘Porsche Young Professional’ when he bagged the GTE Am class victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Another casualty down to the difficulties of quarantine and international travellers

Premat to miss Bathurst 1000, Best in his place at Tickford

A bit sad but Tickford Racing has confirmed 2019 winner Alex Premat will not contest this year’s Bathurst 1000 due to international travel 'challenges'.

It marks the second year in a row that the Frenchman has missed the Great Race as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his place will be young Super2 Series front-runner Zak Best, who will join Jack Le Brocq in the #5 Truck Assist Racing entry.

Meanwhile, James Moffat will join Cameron Waters in the #6 Monster Energy Racing Ford Mustang while James Courtney in #44 will pair up with Thomas Randle at Boost Mobile Racing.

“I was really looking forward to coming back to Bathurst this year, so I am sad to say I won’t be making the trip to race with Tickford in 2021,” said Premat.

“Unfortunately, between commitments I have in the US and difficulties with travelling into Australia, we couldn’t put things together and make it work, which is a shame, but I’ll be cheering on the team from home and hopefully next year I can finally come back to Bathurst.”

Premat last contested the Bathurst 1000 in 2019, winning with Scott McLaughlin and the Shell V-Power Racing Team.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Boost Erebus Murphy / Stanaway Bathurst 'wildcard' livery launched

Early days yet but we have just had the first livery launch for the 1000..... that of the much publicized Boost Mobile backed Erebus run "Wildcard" entry of Kiwi pair Greg Murphy and Richard Stanaway. It features Boost logos with a Kiwi bird prominent. It also carries the #51 that Murphy used for most of his career. It seems to have no shortage of different stickers on it.

[Cheeveer]

Great looking car. Looking forward to this race!

[Everso Biggyballies]

Great looking car. Looking forward to this race!

Yeah im looking forward to the whole meeting..... 6 days with lots of great categories as well as 'the big one'. Certainly looking forward to seeing the S5000's on the Mountain.

[Everso Biggyballies]

FULL SCHEDULE RELEASED FOT THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL

Tuesday through Sunday with racing and practice all the way, except the Supercars dont appear until Thursday.

The Great Race will officially get underway on Sunday, December 5 at 12:15 local time/AEDT, making for a finish in prime time television hours on Fox Sports and the Seven Network. Sunset is around 20:00 local time, and there is typically no time-certainty at Mount Panorama.

Going to be a busy week even to follow it all. Looking forward to it. TDRA86 is the one make Toyota 86 prodsorts cars. The other categories are all pretty much self explanatory


Schedule: Repco Bathurst 1000 (Local time/AEDT):

Start Finish Category Session
Tuesday, November 30
8:55 9:15 V8 SuperUtes Practice
9:25 9:45 Touring Car Masters Practice
10:00 10:40 Australian GT Practice 1
10:55 11:25 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Practice 1
11:35 11:55 Trans Am Practice 1
12:05 12:25 V8 SuperUtes Qualifying
12:35 12:55 Touring Car Masters Qualifying
13:10 13:50 Australian GT Practice 2
14:00 14:30 S5000 Practice 1
14:45 15:15 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Practice 2
15:25 15:45 Trans Am Practice 2
15:55 16:15 V8 SuperUtes Race 1
16:25 16:50 Touring Car Masters Trophy Race

Wednesday, December 1
8:30 8:50 TGRA86 Practice 1
9:00 9:30 S5000 Practice 2
9:40 10:10 Porsche Carrera Cup Practice 1
10:25 11:05 Dunlop Super2 Series Practice 1
11:20 11:45 Touring Car Masters Trophy Race
11:55 12:15 Australian GT Qualifying 1
12:20 12:40 Australian GT Qualifying 2
12:50 13:10 V8 SuperUtes Race 2
13:20 13:40 Trans Am Qualifying
13:50 14:10 TGRA86 Practice 2
14:20 14:40 S5000 Qualifying
14:50 15:20 Porsche Carrera Cup Practice 2
15:30 15:50 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Qualifying 1
15:55 16:05 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Qualifying 2
16:15 16:55 Dunlop Super2 Series Practice 2
17:10 17:50 Trans Am Race 1

Thursday, December 2
8:25 8:45 V8 SuperUtes Race 3
8:55 9:20 Touring Car Masters Race 2
9:30 9:50 Dunlop Super2 Series Qualifying Race 1
10:00 11:00 Supercars Championship Practice 1
11:15 12:15 Australian GT Race 1
12:25 12:50 Trans Am Race 2
13:00 13:25 S5000 Race 1
13:35 14:25 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Race 1
14:35 14:55 TGRA86 Qualifying
15:05 15:25 Dunlop Super2 Series Qualifying Race 2
15:40 16:00 Porsche Carrera Cup Qualifying
16:15 17:15 Supercars Championship Practice 2 (Additional Drivers)

Friday, December 3
8:20 8:45 Touring Car Masters Race 3
8:55 9:55 Australian GT Race 2
10:05 10:30 S5000 Race 2
10:45 11:45 Supercars Championship Practice 3 (Additional Drivers)
12:00 12:20 TGRA86 Race 1
12:30 13:20 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Race 2
13:35 14:35 Supercars Practice 4
14:50 15:15 Porsche Carrera Cup Race 1
15:30 16:15 Dunlop Super2 Series Race 1
16:35 17:15 Supercars Championship Qualifying

Saturday, December 4
9:05 9:30 Trans Am Race 3
9:40 10:00 V8 SuperUtes Race 4
10:15 11:15 Supercars Championship Practice 5 (Additional Drivers)
11:35 12:00 S5000 Race 3
12:15 13:15 Supercars Practice 6
13:30 13:50 TGRA86 Race 2
14:00 14:50 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series Race 3
15:05 15:45 Porsche Carrera Cup Race 2
16:00 16:46 Dunlop Super2 Series Race 2
17:05 Supercars Championship Top 10 Shootout

Sunday, December 5
8:40 9:00 TGRA86 Race 3
9:15 9:35 Supercars Championship Warm Up
10:15 10:40 S5000 Race 4
10:50 11:15 Porsche Carrera Cup Race 3
12:15 Supercars Championship Race 31 (161 laps)

[Andy]

Top mate !
But trying to translate it into UTC I'm currently failing miserably.

What would be 12:15 on Sunday, 5 in UTC ?

[Everso Biggyballies]

Top mate !
But trying to translate it into UTC I'm currently failing miserably.

What would be 12:15 on Sunday, 5 in UTC ?

We are currently 9 hrs ahead of you ie our midday is 3 am for you. However I think most places in Europe change there clocks next weekend and put your clocks back one hour. If that is so we will be 10 hrs ahead of you so our midday is 2am for you. We already put our clocks forward one hour earlier this month so our end will be unchanged until March at the end of our summer.
Hope that all makes sense

[Andy]

Top mate !
But trying to translate it into UTC I'm currently failing miserably.

What would be 12:15 on Sunday, 5 in UTC ?

We are currently 9 hrs ahead of you ie our midday is 3 am for you. However I think most places in Europe change there clocks next weekend and put your clocks back one hour. If that is so we will be 10 hrs ahead of you so our midday is 2am for you. We already put our clocks forward one hour earlier this month so our end will be unchanged until March at the end of our summer.
Hope that all makes sense

9h ahead of UTC/GMT or the Middle european summert time, which would be UTC+2 currently and only changes on October 31 to UTC+1 .

[Everso Biggyballies]

We (eastern Australia time zone)are apparently UTC+10 currently

[Michkov]

Top mate !
But trying to translate it into UTC I'm currently failing miserably.

What would be 12:15 on Sunday, 5 in UTC ?

Replace the time date in the link below, keep the AEDT. It should give you the corresponding local time, that is the one where the site thinks you are calling it from.

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=T ... %3A55+AEDT

[erwin greven]

I just use this feature: