# 2021 Bathurst 1000

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.

## Report
### Background

The 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.
Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander were the defending race winners, they continued to race in the same car.

### Entry list

Twenty-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.
| No. | Drivers | Team (Sponsors) | Car | No. | Drivers | Team (Sponsors) | Car |
| 2 | Bryce Fullwood Warren Luff | Walkinshaw Andretti United (Middy's Electrical) | Holden Commodore ZB | 20 | Scott Pye James Golding | Team 18 (DeWalt) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 3 | Tim Slade Tim Blanchard | Blanchard Racing Team (CoolDrive) | Ford Mustang GT | 22 | Garry Jacobson Dylan O'Keeffe | Team Sydney (Muscle Car Warehouse) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 4 | Jack Smith David Wall | Brad Jones Racing (SCT Logistics) | Holden Commodore ZB | 25 | Chaz Mostert Lee Holdsworth | Walkinshaw Andretti United (Appliances Online) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 5 | Jack Le Brocq Zak Best | Tickford Racing (Truck Assist) | Ford Mustang GT | 26 | David Reynolds Luke Youlden | Kelly Grove Racing (Penrite) | Ford Mustang GT |
| 6 | Cam Waters James Moffat | Tickford Racing (Monster Energy) | Ford Mustang GT | 34 | Jake Kostecki Kurt Kostecki | Matt Stone Racing (Unit Clothing) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 7 | Andre Heimgartner Matt Campbell | Kelly Grove Racing (Ned Whisky "Sounds of Bathurst") | Ford Mustang GT | 35 | Zane Goddard Jayden Ojeda | Matt Stone Racing (YellowCover) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 8 | Nick Percat Dale Wood | Brad Jones Racing (R+J Batteries) | Holden Commodore ZB | 39 | Broc Feeney Russell Ingall | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Supercheap Auto) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 9 | Will Brown Jack Perkins | Erebus Motorsport (Shaw and Partners) | Holden Commodore ZB | 44 | James Courtney Thomas Randle | Tickford Racing (Boost Mobile) | Ford Mustang GT |
| 11 | Anton de Pasquale Tony D'Alberto | Dick Johnson Racing (Shell V-Power) | Ford Mustang GT | 88 | Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Red Bull, Ampol) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 14 | Todd Hazelwood Dean Fiore | Brad Jones Racing (Cub Cadet Lawnmowers) | Holden Commodore ZB | 96 | Macauley Jones Chris Pither | Brad Jones Racing (Coca-Cola No Sugar) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 17 | Will Davison Alex Davison | Dick Johnson Racing (Shell V-Power) | Ford Mustang GT | 99 | Brodie Kostecki David Russell | Erebus Motorsport (Boost Mobile) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 18 | Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso | Team 18 (Irwin Tools, Bunnings) | Holden Commodore ZB | 888 | Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Red Bull, Ampol) | Holden Commodore ZB |
| 19 | Fabian Coulthard Jonathon Webb | Team Sydney (Local Legends Meat Snacks) | Holden Commodore ZB | | | | |
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Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in the full championship season.

## Results
### Practice

| Session | Day | Fastest Lap | Fastest Lap | Fastest Lap | Fastest Lap | Fastest Lap | Fastest Lap | Fastest Lap |
| Session | Day | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Cond | Ref |
| Practice 1 | Thursday | 6 | Cam Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 02:05.0233 | Fine | |
| Practice 2 | Thursday | 25 | Lee Holdsworth | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:05.2258 | Fine | |
| Practice 3 | Friday | 6 | Cam Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 02:04.7385 | Fine | |
| Practice 4 | Friday | 25 | Chaz Mostert | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:04.2084 | Fine | |
| Practice 5 | Saturday | 25 | Lee Holdsworth | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:05.6421 | Fine | |
| Practice 6 | Saturday | 25 | Chaz Mostert | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:04.1877 | Fine | |
| Warm Up | Sunday | 39 | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 02:04.9021 | Fine | |

### Qualifying

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 9 | Will Brown | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:03.8989 | | Top 10 |
| 2 | 11 | Anton de Pasquale | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:03.9218 | +0.0229s | Top 10 |
| 3 | 25 | Chaz Mostert | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:03.9770 | +0.0781s | Top 10 |
| 4 | 3 | Tim Slade | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.1540 | +0.2551s | Top 10 |
| 5 | 6 | Cam Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.2035 | +0.3046s | Top 10 |
| 6 | 99 | Brodie Kostecki | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.2201 | +0.3212s | Top 10 |
| 7 | 888 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.2278 | +0.3289s | Top 10 |
| 8 | 17 | Will Davison | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.3078 | +0.4089s | Top 10 |
| 9 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.3078 | +0.5432s | Top 10 |
| 10 | 5 | Jack Le Brocq | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.4933 | +0.5944s | Top 10 |
| 11 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.5158 | +0.6169s | 11 |
| 12 | 2 | Bryce Fullwood | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.5555 | +0.6566s | 12 |
| 13 | 20 | Scott Pye | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.7273 | +0.8284s | 13 |
| 14 | 18 | Mark Winterbottom | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.7927 | +0.8938s | 14 |
| 15 | 39 | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.8273 | +0.9284s | 15 |
| 16 | 44 | James Courtney | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.9024 | +1.0035s | 16 |
| 17 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Kelly Grove Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.9394 | +1.0405s | 17 |
| 18 | 14 | Todd Hazelwood | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.9698 | +1.0709s | 18 |
| 19 | 26 | David Reynolds | Kelly Grove Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:05.0818 | +1.1829s | 19 |
| 20 | 19 | Fabian Coulthard | Team Sydney | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:05.1458 | +1.2469s | 20 |
| 21 | 34 | Jake Kostecki | Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:05.3350 | +1.4361s | 21 |
| 22 | 96 | Macauley Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:05.5207 | +1.6218s | 22 |
| 23 | 35 | Zane Goddard | Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:05.6649 | +1.7660s | 23 |
| 24 | 4 | Jack Smith | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:05.8671 | +1.9682s | 24 |
| 25 | 22 | Garry Jacobson | Team Sydney | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:05.9305 | +2.0316s | 25 |
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### Top Ten Shootout

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 25 | Chaz Mostert | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:03.3736 | | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | Anton de Pasquale | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:03.6634 | +0.2898s | 2 |
| 3 | 6 | Cam Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:03.6864 | +0.3128s | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Tim Slade | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.0507 | +0.6772s | 4 |
| 5 | 888 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.3648 | +0.9912s | 5 |
| 6 | 17 | Will Davison | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.7787 | +1.4051s | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:04.8988 | +1.5252s | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | Jack Le Brocq | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 2:04.5331 | +1.9577s | 8 |
| DSQ | 9 | Will Brown | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:03.9921 | + . s | 9 |
| DSQ | 99 | Brodie Kostecki | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 2:03.7733 | + . s | 10 |
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### Grid

| Inside row | Inside row | Inside row | Outside row | Outside row | Outside row |
| 1 | Chaz Mostert Lee Holdsworth | 25 | 11 | Anton de Pasquale Tony D'Alberto | 2 |
| 1 | Walkinshaw Andretti United (Holden Commodore ZB) | Walkinshaw Andretti United (Holden Commodore ZB) | Dick Johnson Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Dick Johnson Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | | 2 |
| 3 | Cam Waters James Moffat | 6 | 3 | Tim Slade Tim Blanchard | 4 |
| 3 | Tickford Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Tickford Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Blanchard Racing Team (Ford Mustang GT) | Blanchard Racing Team (Ford Mustang GT) | | 4 |
| 5 | Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander | 888 | 17 | Will Davison Alex Davison | 6 |
| 5 | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden Commodore ZB) | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden Commodore ZB) | Dick Johnson Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Dick Johnson Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | | 6 |
| 7 | Nick Percat Dale Wood | 8 | 5 | Jack Le Brocq Zak Best | 8 |
| 7 | Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | Tickford Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Tickford Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | | 8 |
| 9 | Will Brown Jack Perkins | 9 | 99 | Brodie Kostecki David Russell | 10 |
| 9 | Erebus Motorsport (Holden Commodore ZB) | Erebus Motorsport (Holden Commodore ZB) | Erebus Motorsport (Holden Commodore ZB) | Erebus Motorsport (Holden Commodore ZB) | | 10 |
| 11 | Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes | 88 | 2 | Bryce Fullwood Warren Luff | 12 |
| 11 | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden Commodore ZB) | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden Commodore ZB) | Walkinshaw Andretti United (Holden Commodore ZB) | Walkinshaw Andretti United (Holden Commodore ZB) | | 12 |
| 13 | Scott Pye James Golding | 20 | 18 | Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso | 14 |
| 13 | Team 18 (Holden Commodore ZB) | Team 18 (Holden Commodore ZB) | Team 18 (Holden Commodore ZB) | Team 18 (Holden Commodore ZB) | | 14 |
| 15 | Broc Feeney Russell Ingall | 39 | 44 | James Courtney Thomas Randle | 16 |
| 15 | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden Commodore ZB) | Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden Commodore ZB) | Tickford Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Tickford Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | | 16 |
| 17 | Andre Heimgartner Matt Campbell | 7 | 14 | Todd Hazelwood Dean Fiore | 18 |
| 17 | Kelly Grove Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Kelly Grove Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | | 18 |
| 19 | David Reynolds Luke Youlden | 26 | 19 | Fabian Coulthard Jonathon Webb | 20 |
| 19 | Kelly Grove Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Kelly Grove Racing (Ford Mustang GT) | Team Sydney (Holden Commodore ZB) | Team Sydney (Holden Commodore ZB) | | 20 |
| 21 | Jake Kostecki Kurt Kostecki | 34 | 96 | Macauley Jones Chris Pither | 22 |
| 21 | Matt Stone Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | Matt Stone Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | | 22 |
| 23 | Zane Goddard Jayden Ojeda | 35 | 4 | Jack Smith David Wall | 24 |
| 23 | Matt Stone Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | Matt Stone Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | Brad Jones Racing (Holden Commodore ZB) | | 24 |
| 25 | Garry Jacobson Dylan O'Keeffe | 22 | | | |
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### Race

| Pos | No. | Drivers | Team | Car | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 25 | Chaz Mostert Lee Holdsworth | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | 6:15:06.1951 | 1 | 300 |
| 2 | 6 | Cam Waters James Moffat | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | 161 | +3.7395 | 3 | 276 |
| 3 | 99 | Brodie Kostecki David Russell | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +6.1448 | 10 | 258 |
| 4 | 88 | Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +7.3448 | 11 | 240 |
| 5 | 2 | Bryce Fullwood Warren Luff | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +10.4073 | 12 | 222 |
| 6 | 8 | Nick Percat Dale Wood | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +13.2740 | 7 | 204 |
| 7 | 44 | James Courtney Thomas Randle | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | 161 | +14.5753 | 16 | 192 |
| 8 | 14 | Todd Hazelwood Dean Fiore | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +16.4182 | 18 | 180 |
| 9 | 3 | Tim Slade Tim Blanchard | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | 161 | +16.9603 | 4 | 168 |
| 10 | 17 | Will Davison Alex Davison | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | 161 | +17.5201 | 6 | 156 |
| 11 | 26 | David Reynolds Luke Youlden | Kelly Grove Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | 161 | +22.8753 | 19 | 144 |
| 12 | 96 | Macauley Jones Chris Pither | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +24.9126 | 22 | 138 |
| 13 | 34 | Jake Kostecki Kurt Kostecki | Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +26.0605 | 21 | 132 |
| 14 | 22 | Garry Jacobson Dylan O'Keeffe | Team Sydney | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +27.3676 | 25 | 126 |
| 15 | 5 | Jack Le Brocq Zak Best | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | 161 | +31.8084 | 8 | 120 |
| 16 | 18 | Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +35.9615 | 14 | 114 |
| 17 | 4 | Jack Smith David Wall | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +39.8953 | 23 | 108 |
| 18 | 888 | Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +1:06.1673 | 7 | 102 |
| 19 | 19 | Fabian Coulthard Jonathon Webb | Team Sydney | Holden Commodore ZB | 156 | +5 Laps | 20 | 96 |
| 20 | 9 | Will Brown Jack Perkins | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 150 | +11 Laps | 9 | 90 |
| NC | 7 | Andre Heimgartner Matt Campbell | Kelly Grove Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | 159 | Lap-time limit | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 39 | Broc Feeney Russell Ingall | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 142 | Accident | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 | Anton de Pasquale Tony D'Alberto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | 139 | Driveline | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 35 | Zane Goddard Jayden Ojeda | Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 113 | Accident | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 | Scott Pye James Golding | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 6 | Power steering | 13 | 0 |
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## Broadcast

The 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. 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.
| Fox Sports | Seven Network |
| 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 |