2011 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

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The 2011 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship is contested by a combination of regulations with Group N competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points. While the majority of competitors are privately funded, Malaysian manufacturer Proton enters a factory team of Super 2000 Proton Satria's for Australian driver Chris Atkinson and Scot Alister McRae.

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British driver Alister McRae won the championship by fourteen points from Chris Atkinson of Australia as he clinched in the final round of the championship held in China.

Race calendar and results

The 2011 APRC is as follows: [1]

RoundRally namePodium finishersStatistics
RankDriverCarTimeStagesLengthStartersFinishers
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysian Rally
(April 1–3) Result
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:14:49.315233.84 km
2 Flag of India.svg Gaurav Gill Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:16:35.9
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:23:37.5
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rally Queensland
(May 13–15) [2]
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:22:14.219230.79 km
2 Flag of India.svg Gaurav Gill Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:22:30.0
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Smart* Toyota Corolla Sportivo 2:22:53.7
3 Flag of France.svg Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie
(June 17–19) [3]
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:01:18.019223.84 km
2 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rifat Sungkar Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:02:56.0
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:08:53.0
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Rally of Whangarei
(July 15–17) [4]
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:01:26.916301.64 km
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon* Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:01:39.3
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richard Mason* Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:03:15.0
5 Flag of Japan.svg Rally Hokkaido
(September 30 – October 2)
1 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Arai* Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:07:26.719222.89 km
2 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:10:03.8
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 2:10:12.6
6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Rally
(November 4–6) [5]
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:00:38.613
2 Flag of Finland.svg Jari Ketomaa* Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:01:53.5
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:02:17.0

* - Competitor not registered for Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.

Championship standings

The 2011 APRC for Drivers points is as follows: [6]

PositionDriverVehicle Flag of Malaysia.svg
MAL
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
AUS
Flag of France.svg
NCL
Flag of New Zealand.svg
NZL
Flag of Japan.svg
JPN
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
CHN
Total
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 3 64 83 42 82 121 12153
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 1 81 121 142 12139
3 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rifat Sungkar Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 75 22 823 63 689
4 Flag of India.svg Gaurav Gill Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2 72 107363
5 Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3 4321 1261
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 51 1039
7 Flag of Malaysia.svg Karamjit Singh Proton Satria Neo S2000 69784 133
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Green Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4 25632
9 Flag of Japan.svg Akira Bamba Proton Satria Neo S2000 78895 228
10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Fan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 5 1779227
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Matt Jansen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 116
12 Flag of Japan.svg Seiichiro Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4 315
13 Flag of France.svg Alain Dalstein Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4 214
14 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Jagger Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4 113
15 Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Masumura Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 5 212
16 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Hunt Ford Fiesta ST 510
17 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Yoshii Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 6 19
18 Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Udhaya Subaru Impreza WRX 68
Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Guigou Renault Clio R3 68
20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hao Yuan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 9817
21 Flag of Japan.svg Fuyuhiko Takahashi Subaru Impreza WRX STi 76
22 Flag of Malaysia.svg Gunaseelan Rajoo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 8105
Flag of New Zealand.svg Sloan Cox Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 55
24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Quinn Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 33
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Razvan Vlad Ford Fiesta ST 101
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from
the event (WD)

[7]

Note: 17 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There are two bonus legs for each rally.

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