2011 International V8 Supercars Championship

2011 V8 Supercars

Drivers' Champion:
Jamie Whincup
Teams' Champion:
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Manufacturers' Championship:
Holden

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2012

Support series:
Fujitsu Series

The top 4 in the championship, from L to R: Shane van Gisbergen (4th), Jamie Whincup (1st), Mark Winterbottom (3rd), Craig Lowndes (2nd)

The 2011 International V8 Supercar Championship (often simplified to the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship) was an FIA sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars. ^[1] It was the thirteenth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the fifteenth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. It was the first since the series was elevated to the 'International category' status by the FIA. ^[2] The championship began on 10 February in the Middle East at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit and finished on 4 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. It was contested over 28 races at 14 events. These events were held in all states of Australia and in the Northern Territory as well as in the United Arab Emirates, and New Zealand. The 52nd Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to Jamie Whincup by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden driver Jamie Whincup won the championship by 35 points over his teammate Craig Lowndes. The best placed Ford driver was Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom, 458 points behind Whincup. Stone Brothers Racing driver Shane van Gisbergen finished in fourth, 38 points behind Winterbottom, with the Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander a further 98 points back in fifth.

Whincup won ten races during the course of the season, one shared with French driver Sébastien Bourdais at the Gold Coast. He finished on the podium in nine of the first eleven races, setting up a strong points lead. His teammate Lowndes chipped away at the lead, winning four races in a row in the middle of the season, one with Mark Skaife at Phillip Island, and briefly led the championship after the Bathurst 1000. Lowndes won his fifth race at the title decider in Sydney but this was not enough to take the crown away from Whincup. The other thirteen race wins were shared between eight other drivers. Reigning champion James Courtney won the second race of the year in Abu Dhabi while his teammate Tander won three races, including one race at the Clipsal 500 and the Bathurst 1000 with Nick Percat. Rick Kelly also won three races, taking his first race win since 2008 and the first for Kelly Racing at the Hamilton 400. Van Gisbergen won the first race of his career at the Hamilton 400 before scoring his second at Hidden Valley. Brad Jones Racing were another team to win their first championship race, with Jason Bright taking his first win since 2006 at Barbagallo and backing it up with another win at Winton. Winterbottom took his first win in just under a year at the Gold Coast, winning the Sunday race with British driver Richard Lyons, before winning the final race of the season in Sydney.

Teams and drivers

Jamie Whincup won the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship

Craig Lowndes placed 2nd

Mark Winterbottom placed 3rd

Shane van Gisbergen placed 4th

Garth Tander placed 5th

Will Davison placed 7th

Tim Slade placed 9th

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2011 championship.

Championship entries							Endurance entries
Manufacturer	Model	Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds		Phillip Island/Bathurst	Gold Coast
Ford	Falcon FG	Tony D'Alberto Racing [3]	3	Tony D'Alberto [4]	2–8, 10–14		Dale Wood [5]	Vitantonio Liuzzi [6]
				Taz Douglas [7]	9
		Stone Brothers Racing	4	Alex Davison [8]	All		David Brabham [9]	Marc Lieb [10]
			9	Shane van Gisbergen [11]	All		John McIntyre [9]	Emanuele Pirro [12]
		Ford Performance Racing	5	Mark Winterbottom [13]	All		Steven Richards [14]	Richard Lyons [15] [a]
			6	Will Davison [16]	All		Luke Youlden [14]	Mika Salo [17]
		Triple F Racing	12	Dean Fiore [18]	All		Michael Patrizi [19] [20]	Gianni Morbidelli
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson [21]	All		David Besnard [22] [23]	Dirk Müller [24] [25]
			18	James Moffat [26]	All		Matt Halliday [23] [27]	Joey Hand [24] [25]
		Tekno Autosports	19	Jonathon Webb [28] [29]	All		Richard Lyons [30]	Gil de Ferran [31]
		James Rosenberg Racing (SBR)	47	Tim Slade [18]	All		Daniel Gaunt [9]	Hélio Castroneves [32]
		Rod Nash Racing (FPR)	55	Paul Dumbrell [33]	All		Dean Canto [34] [35]	Christian Klien [17]
Holden	Commodore VE	Holden Racing Team	1	James Courtney [36]	All		Cameron McConville [37]	Darren Turner [38] [b]
			2	Garth Tander [39]	All		Nick Percat [37]	Ryan Briscoe [40]
		Tony D'Alberto Racing	3	Tony D'Alberto [41]	1		—
		Kelly Racing	7	Todd Kelly [42]	All		David Russell [43] [44]	Richard Westbrook [45]
			11	Greg Murphy [46]	All		Allan Simonsen [44] [47]	Oliver Gavin [48]
			15	Rick Kelly [42]	All		Owen Kelly [43] [44]	Jörg Bergmeister [45]
			16	David Reynolds [49]	All		Tim Blanchard [43] [44]	Alex Tagliani [50] [51]
		Brad Jones Racing	8	Jason Bright [52]	1–12, 14		Andrew Jones [53]	Stéphane Sarrazin [54]
				Cameron McConville [55]	12		—
				Andrew Jones [56]	13
			14	Jason Bargwanna [57]	All		Shane Price [58]	Allan Simonsen [59] [c]
		Britek Motorsport (BJR)	21	Karl Reindler [18]	All		David Wall [53]	Fabrizio Giovanardi [48]
		Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	30	Warren Luff [61]	All		Nathan Pretty [62] [63]	Marino Franchitti [64]
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Lee Holdsworth [65]	All		Greg Ritter [66] [67]	Simon Pagenaud [68]
			34	Michael Caruso [52]	All		Marcus Marshall [67] [69]	Augusto Farfus [70]
		Paul Morris Motorsport	39	Russell Ingall [71]	All		Jack Perkins [72]	Jan Magnussen [73]
			49	Steve Owen [74] [75]	All		Paul Morris [76]	Boris Said [73]
		Walkinshaw Racing (HRT)	61	Fabian Coulthard [75] [77]	All		Craig Baird [78]	Patrick Long [79]
		Triple Eight Race Engineering	88	Jamie Whincup [80]	All		Andrew Thompson [81]	Sébastien Bourdais [82]
			888	Craig Lowndes [80]	All		Mark Skaife [81]	Andy Priaulx [82]
Wildcard entries
Holden	Commodore VE	Kelly Racing [83]	77	—	10		Grant Denyer [83] Cam Waters [84]	—

Team changes

Tekno Autosports and driver Jonathon Webb ended their association with Dick Johnson Racing to run the team separately with support from Triple Eight Race Engineering. ^[28]

Walkinshaw Racing downsized to a single-car team, with the #10 Racing Entitlement Contract initially placed for sale. ^[77] It was subsequently purchased by the category's organising body V8 Supercars Australia to achieve their long-held ambition to reduce the grid to twenty-eight cars. ^[18]

After a long-running dispute over the ownership of Dick Johnson Racing, co-owner Charlie Schwerkolt sold his stake in the team and departed with the No. 18 Racing Entitlement Contract. The REC was later leased back to DJR to continue running two cars.

Tony D'Alberto Racing switched from Holden to Ford for the 2011 season. D'Alberto ran a Holden Commodore at the season-opening Abu Dhabi race before switching to Ford ahead of the Adelaide 500. ^[3]

Driver changes

James Courtney bought the #1 plate to the Holden Racing Team to replace the outgoing Will Davison. ^[36]

Davison joined Ford Performance Racing in a manufacturer switch, replacing Steven Richards, who retired from full-time driving. ^[85]

James Moffat then joined Dick Johnson Racing, replacing Courtney. It was the first time in 22 years that the Moffat name had been on the grid. ^[86]

2010 Walkinshaw Racing endurance co-driver David Reynolds joined Kelly Racing in the #16 Commodore, replacing Tony Ricciardello. ^[49] Greg Murphy also joined Kelly Racing, to replace the departing Jason Bargwanna. ^[46]

Bargwanna joined Brad Jones Racing as a substitute for Jason Richards, who was undergoing treatment for adrenocortical carcinoma during the season. Richards later passed away in December. ^[57]

Reigning Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series champion Steve Owen was confirmed as Murphy's replacement at Paul Morris Motorsport. ^[74]

Mid-season changes

Tony D'Alberto was forced to sit out the Phillip Island 500 after being diagnosed with chicken pox. Taz Douglas replaced him for the event. ^[7]

Jason Bright was injured and unable to take part in Race 24 at Symmons Plains. Cameron McConville replaced him for the race. ^[55] Bright later withdrew from the next race at Sandown, where he was replaced by his endurance co-driver Andrew Jones. ^[56]

Wildcard entries

Only two endurance race wild cards were approved for 2011. Fujitsu Series team Miles Racing applied to run Ashley Walsh and Chaz Mostert but the team later elected not to utilise it. Kelly Racing entered a fifth car for the winner of the Shannons Supercar Showdown, who would co-drive with the show's narrator and experienced driver Grant Denyer. At the show's conclusion a week prior to the Bathurst 1000, leading Formula Ford driver Cam Waters was announced as the winner.

Race calendar

The following circuits hosted a round of the 2011 championship. ^[87] The event at Barbagallo Raceway was reinstated with the Western Australian Government providing $5 million to redevelop the circuit. The Desert 400 was scrapped with V8 Supercars stating that the decision not to hold the event was because the circuit's international racing calendar was too full for an early season date.

Event	Race	Event	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	1	Yas V8 400	Yas Marina Circuit	Yas Island, Abu Dhabi	10–12 Feb	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	report
	2					James Courtney	Holden Racing Team
2	3	Adelaide 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	17–20 Mar	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	report
	4					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
3	5	Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton, Waikato	15–17 Apr	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	report
	6					Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing
4	7	Perth Challenge [88]	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	29 Apr–1 May	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	report
	8					Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing
	9					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
5	10	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	20–22 May	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	report
	11					Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing
6	12	Darwin Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	17–19 Jun	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	report
	13					Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing
7	14	Townsville 400	Reid Park Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	8–10 Jul	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	report
	15					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
8	16	Ipswich 300 [89]	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	19–21 Aug	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	report
	17					Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
	18					Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
9	19	Phillip Island 500	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	16–18 Sep	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Triple Eight Race Engineering	report
10	20	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6–9 Oct	Garth Tander Nick Percat	Holden Racing Team	report
11	21	Gold Coast 600	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21–23 Oct	Jamie Whincup Sébastien Bourdais	Triple Eight Race Engineering	report
	22					Mark Winterbottom Richard Lyons	Ford Performance Racing
12	23	Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	11–13 Nov	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	report
	24					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
13	25	Sandown Challenge	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	18–20 Nov	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	report
	26					Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
14	27	Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	2–4 Dec	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	report
	28					Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing

Adelaide Perth Winton Darwin Townsville Ipswich Phillip Island Bathurst Gold Coast Launceston Sandown Homebush class=notpageimage| Australian rounds

Hamilton class=notpageimage| New Zealand rounds

Abu Dhabi class=notpageimage| United Arab Emirates rounds

Season summary

Alex Davison placed 11th

Fabian Coulthard placed 12th

Greg Murphy placed 13th

Jason Bright placed 16th

David Reynolds placed 19th

Russell Ingall placed 20th

James Moffat placed 23rd

Dean Fiore placed 27th

Jamie Whincup won the opening race of the championship at the Yas V8 400, at the time it was his twelfth consecutive victory in races held outside of Australia, taking in wins in New Zealand, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain going back to the 2008 Gulf Air Desert 400. Whincup won by 14 seconds over the close pair of Alex Davison and Mark Winterbottom who in turn lead another pair of Fords in Shane van Gisbergen and Tim Slade. The second race was considerably more chaotic with a multi-car pile up in the opening laps ruling out amongst others Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander. Tander's new team-mate 2010 champion James Courtney, provided HRT with an opposing result, winning a late race battle with Jason Bright to take the second race win and to gain some points back after receiving the 50 point penalty the day before. Whincup was third ahead of David Reynolds completing an impressive return to the series after sitting out 2010.

Garth Tander won a shortened first race of the Clipsal 500. The race hinged on two safety car periods late in the race caused by incidents involving Russell Ingall and James Moffat. Tander lead Triple Eight Race Engineering team-mates Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes across the line at the head of a bunched queue. Jason Bright and Fabian Coulthard saw Holden fill the top five places ahead of Mark Winterbottom. The biggest of the incidents in the race saw Steve Owen crash at turn 8 with sufficient force that car would not be repaired in time for the non-championship Albert Park 400 a week later. Whincup became the first repeat winner for the year by winning the Sunday race by 1.3 seconds over Rick Kelly. The second place for Kelly was the best result since the formation of Kelly Racing in 2009. Ford Performance Racing and Holden Racing Team filled the next few positions with Mark Winterbottom taking third over James Courtney, Garth Tander, Paul Dumbrell and Will Davison. Whincup had diced entertainingly with Will Davison early in the wet conditions, while Turn 8 claimed more cars with Lee Holdsworth and Warren Luff both crashing out, while Bright crashed heavily at the Senna Chicane.

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded to the driver or drivers of a car that completes 75% of the race distance and is running at the completion of the final lap. The different points scales adapt to each event, having one, two or three races, making sure that a driver gets 300 points if they win all races of the event.

Event format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th
Std.	150	138	129	120	111	102	96	90	84	78	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	—
Perth	100	92	86	80	74	68	64	60	56	52	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14
Ipswich R16/17	75	69	65	60	56	51	48	45	42	39	36	35	33	32	30	29	27	26	24	23	21	20	18	17	15	14	12	11
Phillip Island 500 Qualifying Races	50	46	43	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7
Phillip Island 500	200	184	172	160	148	136	128	120	112	104	96	92	88	84	80	76	72	68	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28
Bathurst 1000	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36

Notes:

Std. denotes all races except the Perth Challenge, Ipswich 300, Phillip Island 500, and the Bathurst 1000. These four events have unique rules.

Perth Challenge: This event consisted of three races. The total points were divided between each race evenly.

Ipswich 300: This event consisted of three races. Due to their short length, Races 16 and 17 only awarded half the points of a usual race. Race 18 used the standard points system.

Phillip Island 500: The Phillip Island event was split into two qualifying races and a 500-kilometre feature race. The two drivers per team were grouped into separate qualifying races that counted towards drivers' individual point totals and towards the starting grid for the feature race. The two drivers then shared one car for the 500-kilometre endurance race.

Bathurst 1000: Two drivers shared one car for the race.

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver No. YMC ADE HAM BAR WIN HID TOW QLD PHI BAT SUR SYM SAN SYD Pen. Pts. 1 Jamie Whincup 88 1 3 2 1 23 18 1 2 1 1 2 9 6 2 1 3 2 10 2 21 1 2 1 1 13 1 20 8 25 3168 2 Craig Lowndes 888 7 21 3 12 2 10 2 4 4 11 7 3 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 20 2 5 6 4 1 2 0 3133 3 Mark Winterbottom 5 3 14 6 3 4 Ret 8 13 26 9 19 15 3 5 3 13 10 19 17 4 3 1 4 3 7 2 5 1 25 2710 4 Shane van Gisbergen 9 4 8 13 18 16 1 4 10 7 14 4 7 1 11 5 11 8 3 5 6 16 16 7 7 5 6 3 3 75 2672 5 Garth Tander 2 6 Ret 1 5 18 3 13 7 3 12 3 18 26 1 26 28 23 6 4 1 11 23 3 6 8 5 2 19 0 2574 6 Rick Kelly 15 13 19 12 2 1 6 9 16 12 4 17 1 20 7 13 4 4 17 8 22 7 5 14 12 1 9 10 12 25 2358 7 Will Davison 6 12 16 9 7 6 4 3 8 15 13 24 5 7 3 18 15 15 21 3 18 2 14 5 2 4 3 Ret Ret 0 2345 8 Lee Holdsworth 33 9 22 20 Ret 22 2 16 9 18 2 15 4 15 6 6 7 11 18 12 17 10 3 16 13 17 8 14 Ret 50 1920 9 Tim Slade 47 5 Ret 8 13 Ret Ret 22 5 9 15 13 21 4 25 7 2 3 2 24 12 12 10 12 27 15 7 6 10 0 1904 10 James Courtney 1 26 1 24 4 11 Ret 10 26 5 8 25 25 24 Ret 19 20 Ret 12 9 7 14 6 10 11 2 11 7 7 75 1869 11 Alex Davison 4 2 7 23 10 10 7 21 6 11 6 16 19 8 26 4 12 22 8 22 16 23 18 6 26 16 15 12 Ret 0 1850 12 Fabian Coulthard 61 8 15 5 9 7 Ret 23 11 13 10 5 13 18 15 8 24 18 7 10 Ret 5 15 8 10 9 12 11 Ret 25 1839 13 Greg Murphy 11 21 9 18 19 8 Ret 15 24 10 18 11 12 22 19 20 6 7 13 13 3 6 4 Ret 14 Ret 21 16 11 25 1750 14 Michael Caruso 34 15 5 16 21 15 Ret 12 18 17 16 6 11 12 16 16 19 19 14 16 10 8 21 9 15 21 22 4 6 100 1729 15 Steven Johnson 17 11 18 11 8 5 9 5 14 6 3 8 2 9 13 12 8 6 9 26 Ret Ret 12 23 21 23 Ret 18 14 75 1708 16 Jason Bright 8 Ret 2 4 23 19 11 6 1 2 7 1 Ret Ret 9 22 21 14 28 7 5 21 Ret 25 DNS Ret 9 25 1633 17 Steve Owen 49 14 13 Ret DNS 20 5 17 Ret DNS 23 10 10 14 8 14 5 5 27 15 11 18 7 17 23 10 10 Ret 15 25 1561 18 Todd Kelly 7 10 Ret 7 Ret 3 15 27 22 16 21 Ret 16 Ret 14 17 17 Ret 15 14 24 13 9 11 8 3 20 9 16 25 1550 19 David Reynolds 16 17 4 22 14 24 20 19 20 24 22 20 Ret 21 24 23 18 18 5 6 19 19 11 22 22 18 13 13 13 0 1519 20 Russell Ingall 39 24 Ret Ret 16 14 8 14 12 19 17 Ret 23 5 10 9 16 12 11 20 8 22 8 Ret 17 14 23 17 5 75 1514 21 Jonathon Webb 19 20 6 14 11 Ret 12 20 15 23 24 12 22 16 21 Ret 26 20 22 18 13 9 13 21 9 11 16 Ret 4 25 1493 22 Jason Bargwanna 14 19 12 10 Ret 13 Ret 11 3 8 Ret 14 8 10 23 11 22 13 17 11 23 17 17 18 25 Ret 14 Ret 17 25 1352 23 James Moffat 18 16 Ret Ret 22 9 17 18 17 21 19 9 14 13 17 15 10 9 4 25 25 4 Ret 20 18 Ret 25 8 Ret 75 1306 24 Paul Dumbrell 55 25 10 25 6 DNS 19 Ret 19 14 5 18 20 11 12 10 14 25 24 23 Ret 15 Ret 13 4 12 Ret Ret Ret 50 1242 25 Karl Reindler 21 Ret 11 19 17 17 13 7 Ret DNS 20 23 Ret 25 22 24 9 16 16 28 14 Ret 22 24 20 20 17 19 18 25 1144 26 Tony D'Alberto 3 18 Ret 17 20 12 Ret 25 23 20 26 21 6 17 18 25 25 17 20 9 Ret 19 15 16 Ret 18 Ret Ret 25 1045 27 Dean Fiore 12 22 20 15 15 21 14 24 21 22 25 Ret 17 19 20 Ret 23 21 25 19 20 20 Ret 19 24 Ret 19 Ret Ret 0 992 28 Warren Luff 30 23 17 21 Ret Ret 16 26 25 25 Ret 22 24 23 Ret 21 27 24 23 27 15 Ret Ret 26 28 22 24 15 Ret 25 809 29 Mark Skaife 888 1 2 0 532 30 Nick Percat 2 4 1 0 527 31 Richard Lyons 19/5 18 13 3 1 0 511 32 Allan Simonsen 11/14 13 3 17 17 0 509 33 Andrew Jones 8 7 5 19 26 0 460 34 Cameron McConville 1/8 9 7 19 0 406 35 John McIntyre 9 5 6 25 393 36 Steven Richards 5 17 4 0 366 37 Luke Youlden 6 3 18 0 344 38 Andrew Thompson 88 2 21 0 334 39 Sébastien Bourdais 88 1 2 0 288 Tim Blanchard 16 6 19 0 288 41 Paul Morris 49 15 11 0 268 42 Jack Perkins 39 20 8 25 255 43 Greg Ritter 33 12 17 0 243 44 Dale Wood 3 21 9 25 236 45 Marcus Marshall 34 16 10 50 229 46 Oliver Gavin 11 6 4 0 222 47 Owen Kelly 15 8 22 25 220 48 Daniel Gaunt 47 24 12 0 219 49 Simon Pagenaud 33 10 3 0 207 Jörg Bergmeister 15 7 5 0 207 51 David Russell 7 14 25 0 202 52 Mika Salo 6 2 14 0 201 53 Shane Price 14 11 23 0 197 54 David Brabham 4 22 16 0 193 55 Nathan Pretty 30 27 15 0 192 56 Michael Patrizi 12 19 20 0 187 57 David Wall 21 28 14 0 185 58 Patrick Long 61 5 15 0 171 59 Darren Turner 1 14 6 0 165 60 Gil de Ferran 19 9 13 0 150 Richard Westbrook 7 13 9 0 150 62 Craig Baird 61 10 Ret 0 148 63 Boris Said 49 18 7 0 147 Hélio Castroneves 47 12 10 0 147 65 Matt Halliday 18 25 25 0 137 66 Augusto Farfus 34 8 21 0 132 67 Jan Magnussen 39 22 8 0 129 68 Joey Hand 18 4 Ret 0 120 Alex Tagliani 16 19 11 0 120 70 Emanuele Pirro 9 16 16 0 114 71 Dean Canto 55 23 Ret 0 109 72 Ryan Briscoe 2 11 23 0 108 73 Taz Douglas 3 21 0 93 74 Marc Lieb 4 23 18 0 87 75 Dirk Müller 17 Ret 12 0 69 76 David Besnard 17 26 Ret 0 66 77 Christian Klien 55 15 Ret 0 60 78 Vitantonio Liuzzi 3 Ret 19 0 48 79 Gianni Morbidelli 12 20 Ret 0 45 Andy Priaulx 888 Ret 20 0 45 81 Stéphane Sarrazin 8 21 Ret 0 42 82 Fabrizio Giovanardi 21 Ret 22 0 39 Grant Denyer 77 Ret 0 0 Cam Waters 77 Ret 0 0 Marino Franchitti 30 Ret Ret 0 0 Pos. Driver No. YMC ADE HAM BAR WIN HID TOW QLD PHI BAT SUR SYM SAN SYD Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

Teams' championship

Pos. Team No. YMC ADE HAM BAR WIN HID TOW QLD PHI BAT SUR SYM SAN SYD Pen. Pts. 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 1 3 2 1 23 18 1 2 1 1 2 9 6 2 1 3 2 10 2 21 1 2 1 1 13 1 20 8 0 6326 888 7 21 3 12 2 10 2 4 4 11 7 3 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 20 2 5 6 4 1 2 2 Ford Performance Racing 5 3 14 6 3 4 Ret 8 13 26 9 19 15 3 5 3 13 10 19 17 4 3 1 4 3 7 2 5 1 0 5080 6 12 16 9 7 6 4 3 8 15 13 24 5 7 3 18 15 15 21 3 18 2 14 5 2 4 3 Ret Ret 3 Stone Brothers Racing 4 2 7 23 10 10 7 21 6 11 6 16 19 8 26 4 12 22 8 22 16 23 18 6 26 16 15 12 Ret 0 4597 9 4 8 13 18 16 1 4 10 7 14 4 7 1 11 5 11 8 3 5 6 16 16 7 7 5 6 3 3 4 Holden Racing Team 1 26 1 24 4 11 Ret 10 26 5 8 25 25 24 Ret 19 20 Ret 12 9 7 14 6 10 11 2 11 7 7 0 4518 2 6 Ret 1 5 18 3 13 7 3 12 3 18 26 1 26 28 23 6 4 1 11 23 3 6 8 5 2 19 5 Jack Daniels Racing 7 10 Ret 7 Ret 3 15 27 22 16 21 Ret 16 Ret 14 17 17 Ret 15 14 24 13 9 11 8 3 20 9 16 0 3958 15 13 19 12 2 1 6 9 16 12 4 17 1 20 7 13 4 4 17 8 22 7 5 14 12 1 9 10 12 6 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 9 22 20 Ret 22 2 16 9 18 2 15 4 15 6 6 7 11 18 12 17 10 3 16 13 17 8 14 Ret 0 3799 34 15 5 16 21 15 Ret 12 18 17 16 6 11 12 16 16 19 19 14 16 10 8 21 9 15 21 22 4 6 7 Kelly Racing 11 21 9 18 19 8 Ret 15 24 10 18 11 12 22 19 20 6 7 13 13 3 6 4 Ret 14 Ret 21 16 11 0 3295 16 17 4 22 14 24 20 19 20 24 22 20 Ret 21 24 23 18 18 5 6 19 19 11 22 22 18 13 13 13 8 Paul Morris Motorsport 39 24 Ret Ret 16 14 8 14 12 19 17 Ret 23 5 10 9 16 12 11 20 8 22 8 Ret 17 14 23 17 5 0 3175 49 14 13 Ret DNS 20 5 17 Ret DNS 23 10 10 14 8 14 5 5 27 15 11 18 7 17 23 10 10 Ret 15 9 Dick Johnson Racing 17 11 18 11 8 5 9 5 14 6 3 8 2 9 13 12 8 6 9 26 Ret Ret 12 23 21 23 Ret 18 14 0 3164 18 16 Ret Ret 22 9 17 18 17 21 19 9 14 13 17 15 10 9 4 25 25 4 Ret 20 18 Ret 25 8 Ret 10 Brad Jones Racing 8 Ret 2 4 23 19 11 6 1 2 7 1 Ret Ret 9 22 21 14 28 7 5 21 Ret 25 19 19 26 Ret 9 0 3158 14 19 12 10 Ret 13 Ret 11 3 9 Ret 14 8 10 23 11 22 13 17 11 23 17 17 18 25 Ret 14 Ret 17 11 James Rosenberg Racing (s) 47 5 Ret 8 13 Ret Ret 22 5 9 15 13 21 4 25 7 2 3 2 24 12 12 10 12 27 15 7 6 10 0 1904 12 Walkinshaw Racing (s) 61 8 15 5 9 7 Ret 23 11 13 10 5 13 18 15 8 24 18 7 10 Ret 5 15 8 10 9 12 11 Ret 0 1864 13 Tekno Autosports (s) 19 20 6 14 11 Ret 12 20 15 23 24 12 22 16 21 Ret 26 20 22 18 13 9 13 21 9 11 16 Ret 4 0 1518 14 Rod Nash Racing (s) 55 25 10 25 6 DNS 19 Ret 19 14 5 18 20 11 12 10 14 25 24 23 Ret 15 Ret 13 4 12 Ret Ret Ret 0 1292 15 Britek Motorsport (s) 21 Ret 11 19 17 17 13 7 Ret DNS 20 23 Ret 25 22 24 9 16 16 28 14 Ret 22 24 20 20 17 19 18 0 1169 16 Tony D'Alberto Racing (s) 3 18 Ret 17 20 12 Ret 25 23 20 26 21 6 17 18 25 25 17 20 21 9 Ret 19 15 16 Ret 18 Ret Ret 0 1163 17 Triple F Racing (s) 12 22 20 15 15 21 14 24 21 22 25 Ret 17 19 20 Ret 23 21 25 19 20 20 Ret 19 24 Ret 19 Ret Ret 0 992 18 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (s) 30 23 17 21 Ret Ret 16 26 25 25 Ret 22 24 23 Ret 21 27 24 23 27 15 Ret Ret 26 28 22 24 15 Ret 0 834 Pos. Team No. YMC ADE HAM BAR WIN HID TOW QLD PHI BAT SUR SYM SAN SYD Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

• (s) denotes a single-car team.

Notes

1. Will Power was due to take part in the Gold Coast 600, but was forced to withdraw after sustaining a back injury at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship.
2. Dan Wheldon was originally scheduled to drive alongside James Courtney at the Gold Coast 600, but was killed in an accident at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship one week before the race.
3. Tony Kanaan decided not to participate in the Gold Coast 600 following the death of Dan Wheldon. ^[60]

See also

• 2011 V8 Supercar season

References

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